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LODO!t, OCT. 22.'
The parliament was further prorogued
unut after Christmas. : "
The disgraced Minister JacVson aiTi
redit Portsmouth Oct. W,-and reached
London on the 21st: Ah expedition un
der Sir Home Popham had sailed from
jCoronna, Oct. 1 4, against Santona, with
it were carried 10,000 spare musquets.
A French privateer schooner was ta-
' ken by a llriush vessel called the Bfi
sets, Lieut. Denthanj after a desperate
conflict The French captain, after the
Tessel had surrendered, and himself
wounded in the knee, run a man through
who instantly died, for which he was
rown overboard by the carpenter of the
. British vessel but was afterwards saved,
forty thousand souls had been driven
into Lisbon before the retreating Eng
lish arroyrwho left the country behind
them a mere destfrt.
Utbcn, Oct. 12
Romana hascome down through
the Alentejo to the opposite side of the
Tarrus with 'about 10.000 Spaniards : his
troops are aftbjs moment embarking to
come over.
' It w said Moruer had joined Mas
sen "frith about the same number of
troops. Our troops are in the Mafra
lines, the enemy all along our front ;
continual reil centres of parties, but no
thing great.
Generals Trant and Silveira, with
12 or 15,000 Spaniards and Portuguese
are near Coimbra in Massena's rear.
The of Alcofctfca opened their
j torn to all who chose to take any thing,
and sent 85 pipes of wine to our array :
the rest theyonsumed fby fire among
which were 9.000 bushels of wheat,' to
prevent the enemy from seiaing it."
LATEST FROM THE ARMY IN
PORTUGAL.
We announced on Saturday the arri
val of tbe Apollo, of 36 guns, with dis
patches from Lord Wellington, contain
ing an account of his retreat to Torres
Vedras, followed by Massena, and that
thetwo armies were within three league
of each other on the 1 4th ; ana also stat
ed, on the authority of accounts from
Oporto, thai Col. Trant had taken pos
session of Coirobra, and made "5000 pri
soner, consisting chiefly of the sick Sc
wounded at the battle of Huzaro.
Wuh respect to the dispatches recei
ved on Saturday, their substance has
been circulatedthroufi the government
offices, in a bujjetin, of which the fol
lowing is a copy
M Dispatches hare been received from Lord
Wellington and Mr Stuart, of I he date of the
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1-ttn xutu oy wmcn u appear inai uc aiuca
armies had retreated within their line, their
rifbt being t Caatanbcro. and Villa Franca,
and their left t Torres Vedrat, on the 7th
and SihjpiC They had not been molested
.in their retreat, but some attain had taken
place between the cavalry of the two armies,
NEWS FRANCE.
JVrw Ttrk,' Arremixr 31.
. Yesterday arrived at this port, the fine
fast tailing pilot boat Flash, Captain Mi
nugh, in the remarkably short passage of
21 days, from L'Orient, which port she
left oo the ereniug of the 29ih of Octo
ber. By the Flash, we learn re rosily, that a
letter wes received atlOrient. on the
morning of the 29th Oct from St. Ma
Iocs, stating that a telegraph dispatch
announced that one wing ofthe British
Army in Portugal, had. been ctirofF in
their retreat Jo Portugal, by the trench
No intelligence oTa general tattle hav
ing been fought in Oct. in Portugal, had
reached France.
From Cadiz, Sept 26
"My frrmer letters will have viven you ai
accnu.it cf the great prAgren the French have
nude with their batteries, notwithstanding the
opposition aud efforts af the Spanish and Eng
lub j .to day,-for the first time, the? direce
their pce against the city, and have throw
ibne 321b balls into it, and not fifty yards fror
tbematket place, or place de Sc Juan Dedeo
these ihnc are all that have been throw
Which I suppose were done with thedes;gn ci
asc7rtaining the distance they coald cast a ball
I am sorry to Add, lhai from St- Catharine
sVw days past, they threw a shot under th ad
mini's br w, and 1 am informed by the officer
ofthe Auis,that a shell borst In the air, whi
would bavejeea on board of "her, hut tor tha
tirrwn stance. -
I also refret to state, that the French an
strongtj fcrtified at the Trnrhodera, and the."
have a strong ffattery behind Matagorda, of a.
bout 70 pieces, whicb, when opened upon Ftt
Ptmtales, wMl render it untenable in two hour;
and l bey will be able "to sweep the beach. 1'
is teporiedf that the Frenrh hive cast mortars
at Seville, that wl) throw2000 toises, and -t
js bv 1800 to the city from M ata gnrda "
One Hundred Dollars. Reward. -
A BSCON DbU, from the Subscriber, whew
cn the eve cf . his departure from Savan
ran, on the 20th rfaypf May laaf,. his Negro
Servant JlMr'- a shrewd, artfut andcunn ng
Fallow, about 35 years of ge, S feet 6 ipehes.
born in North Carolina, and, by his own ac
count, was brcught tjpin the nrighborhood of
llaleigh. Had orwwhen he ahacondedj a bine
ecatee, nankeen paotaloons jtnd, hair boots,
with taiseJs, and a glazed hat - when spoken
to, tff.cts a smile, and behaves respectfully ,
This fellow answers the nste of 'Jim Fa
Jj d sprmimes M'GxtLii, having been
fortnetly the servant ofthe latter gentleman-.
The at re reward and all reasonaUe eapen-
ht place or Savanr ah-
Tbls feUw was nought from North Giro.
Legislature of NortkCapliria,V
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THE PUBLIC PRINTING. ,
' lfoc rf Comma!, fonday, Dec. S. . ;
' The Bill preicribing the manner in
lhich the Pitolic Pririting sha1Ile m fu
ture regulated, beidg upon its secohd
reading J ;' . .
Mr. Lovzmored to amend the bill by
striking out the4 whole of it except the
preamble -and "enacting clause, ami in
serting in its place, a section prescribing
the "duties of the -Printer and fixing the
salary at 450.
MrvL. said -it tas only -necessary to
observe that this amendment went to re-1
tain the appointment of the Printer in the
Legislature, as heretofore, and to reduce
thd salary to the sum which the friends
of the bill had introduced a letter to shew
was the proper value of fche.busines, in
stead of Jetting the business out to the
lowest bidder, as proposed in tho bill.
As the subject had been so long before
th House, and so thoroughly discussed,
he did not think it necessaryto add more
at present.
Mr. Phitbr said the objeet ofthe amend,
znent was to contgue the printing businVas
on the same footing as at present, and he was
therefore decidedly opposed to it. Mr. P.
repeated the tame arguments which he used
on a former occasion, in favor of letting out
the business to the lowest bidder j the prin
cipal of which was. that it would avpid the
annual excitation of Party Spirit which was
occasioned by this election.
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Mr. W. Milelk said, but for the denuncia
tions which had been pronounced on this, k on
a former occasion, agamst those who opposed "j
the letting out the Public Printine; to the low
eat bidder, be should have given a silent vote
on this bill. But when he heard gentlemen
attempt to alarm the fears, instead of addres
sing themselves to the reason of members, in
order to carry their point, he should charge
himself with a dereliction of that duty which
he owed to himself and to bis cromituents.
were he not to give the reasons that Would.1
o m the vo 'i'lthhewaa -N uttogive
Mr. M. said he would lne the charity to be
lieve that the friends of this bill brought it
forward from pure motives, and that they had
at heart only a desire to save the money of
the public, and that it was not their wish by '
it to put dowmme Printer Wlio was obnoxi
ous to thera,' in order to raise up another who
was their fxrorite. What, then, he enquired,
wathe great object proposed by this hill 1
Why had gentlemen so much anxiety about
o insiKnificunt an Officer as the Public Prin
ter a mere tetter of types, as they termed
him. If he be an officer of so little conside
ration, why upend 4 or 5,000 doUars in deba
in a question which proposes "only the sa
rni7 of a few hundreds ? Besides, said, Mr
M ootK the bill and the amendment have the
same -object in view--ihey only differ as to
the means of effecting it ; for if the Printer's
salary be too large, he was perfectly willing
.o reduce it ; but he had wished before be
did this, to hare gained some information on
the subject, and that froto a disinterested
source. He was opposed to the mssare f
mis Din. Dccause ne mourn ine ietin oi tne
Public Printing to the lowest bidder would
not only be beneath the dignity ofhe State,
hut inconsistent with its true interest Gen
tlemen say that the best way of getting the
btisiners done would be to offer It to the low
est bidder ; but he believed the same spirit of
rivalry, which frequenfty induced persons to
eire too hih a pricr for property sold to the
highest b'uider, might induce persons in this
case to undervalue their labour, in order to
outstrip their rival -What, asked Mr M.
would be said abroad were they to proceed
to let out the office of Writing CleTk, Head
ing Clerk, and Doorkeepers 1 Would it not
be termed rigid ceconomy ? It surely would
V it is certainly of as much importance that
the Laws of this Genera. Atenb;y should be
well printed as well en,rrtS!ed or well read :
and it is certainly of more consequence that a
faithful person should have charge ofthe de-'
1 ery of the la after they are printed, than
that a person of any particular description
should keep our door. If any one office was
toilet out, others ought to be put on the
same footing.
. Mr M. was opposed to the bill on another
ground. It proposes to take the power of
this appointment out ofthe hands ot the Le
gislature and place it in those of an individu
al He believed the Representatives of the
People were the most proper guardians of
thepursestrings of the Nation, and ought hot
to part with this guardianship. He was no
great stickler for bid establishments, because
they were old t but, on the present occasion,,
he felt a high respect for the work of our
ancestors, vho he believed to have been as
great economists aa the friends of this bill.
Gentlemen had said the bill was necessary,
in' order to do away party spirit, the same rca- j
on, he said, might be alledged, for parting'
with all legislative power, since scarcelv anv
measure of importance wis brought forward, j
in this, or any other legislative body, in which '
this spirit did not, more or less, appear ItJ
sremed inseparable from deliberative bodies I
and it might be well, ' in some degree, to
rnensn , . aa tne viguance of each party
might prevent the abuses ofthe other. -.
Mr M. observed, that it bad been exult
ingly asked, what the opposers oftbis bill, on
their return home, would have to say to their
friends, on their muster grounds ? He was
not himself much used to Tub Oratory But
if he wrre mounted on a Tub, -.or a Drandy
Cask, on hit return, and called'upon for an
account of. his conduct, he would say " Gen
tlemen, I esteem very highly the confidence
) u placed in me as your Representative, and
have endeavoured to deserve it r but if I have
done any thing which you disapprove, believe
roe tt was an error of judgement, and not of
hm JL.. f tf JTJ ' .
i u! ui not, prove sausiactory,
they would, of course, let me remain at
borne another y earbut if they did so they
could not deprive me ofthe coroiurtable re
flection of having done my duty.
J Mr. StAWELX. said, after the remark
which had been made by the gentleman from
Warren he thought it todispcnsible that ere
ry friend of the bill should atatc his reasons
for being so, aa he seemed to have indirectly
assailed tie pixrity'of their motives. The gentleman-
had urged no argument against pass
mg Una bill, except that the Legislature
w-uld part with , the power of makine this
1 tppoujuacnti for it vu not in order to fczibs
Inta view the propriety bl"; letting put other
offices,. when the office pf: Print ef waa -only,
under consideration. TAIf S, J ere 'repeated
the arguments which he used on a fornier.oc 1
casion m tavor oi leiung oui mc wuunc w
the lowest bidder," and quoted largely from
Mr. Jefferson! Inaugural : Address; recom
mending, politicals moderation, the : right, of
tmnoritUt, &c. concluding: with his famous
sentiment of "We are all MepubUcaru-tvre
are all Federalittt Mr. S also read the
Besohitibq agreed to by Congress in 4804,
for obtaining the Printing and Stationary for
the House of Representatives at the lowest
price ; and amongst the yeas on this question
he read the names of Alexander, Blackledfe
and Stanford Shortly after Congress had
adopted this resolution, he said, the for
mer Printer thought proper to admonish
the Legislature,' by calling it a Federal mea
ture but Congress f till continued to have its
business ,done in this way Mr. S. said much
about the purky'of his motives, that he was
uninfluenced by any personal consideration,
he. He then asked from what "quarter the
gentleman from Haywood had now learnt that
the services of the Pubflc Printer were not
worth morethan g900 ? That gentleman pro
fessed himself no judge, where then had he
now made this discovery ? The propbsed a
raendment proved, that for ten years past,
8600 a year had been paid too much for the
printing. After reiterating several things
which he said in the former debate, he con
cluded with warning gentlemen not only of
the judgment of their constituents but of a
more awful judgmem that of their own Con
sciences. Mr. Love said the friends of the bill seem
ed to have it more at heart to do away "the
office of the Printer, than even to lower his
compensation. They had stated the salary
was too high, and the amendment proposes
to bring it down to the sum which the) hid
fixed upon as the true value of the services
performed. He had wished to bave gone in
to an examination of the subject and to have
obtained such information as could have been
relied upon in relation to the value of the bu
siness. Hut' this was resisted The gentle
man from Wake, said Mr L. wished to know
where I got my information that g900 is the
proper price of the printing I got it from
the letter which he or his friends had intro
duced on a-former occasion. As the writers
of that letter had said that was the value, he
had proposed to fix the salary at that sum,
and let them come forward if they thought
proper, and offer their services. The gen
tleman from Wake has been very loud in his
complaints against the present salary ; but,
said Mr. L how did it happen that he never
made the discovery before f I find he was jn
the Legislature 10 or 12 years ago ; but he
made no complaint against the salary at that
time. All was then well But now, all at
once, the salary is f und too high. Be it so,
he would fix it at the gentleman's own 'sum ;
but he would keep the office. It was an of
fice early fixed in our Government, no doubt
to answer a good purpose, and he was not
willing to part with it.
Mr. Wilson observed, that the bill on the
table appeared to be supposed on 3 grounds ;
1, to promote economy . 2, because Congress
has set an example oflettmg their priming to
the lowest bidder; and 3d, because the tak
ing away the appointmenr of a Printer from
he Legislature, will d away party Spirit.
After taking a view of these several grounds,
he should feel it his duty, to support the a
inendmen't Economy, he acknowledged,
ught to be consulted ; It was a principle in
nerent in Republican Government; but the
spirit of Economy ougbt to be regulated by
reason. Legislative bodies ought to do no
thing which would encourage individual
spleen This bill he said, was lalculated to
xcite such feelings. It had been said that
the value of the public printing could not be
well ascertained!, because the members of
this house had no knowledge on the subject
that though there are several Printers in
this city, they would probably differ In opi
nion about the value of the work But he
had obtained information which he could rely
upton, and which convinced him that the sa
lary proposed rs too low. He said this, with
out fearing any thing from his constituents,
because he believed they wished him to act
according to his best judgment. When this
house is about to fix the proper compensation
for an officer's services, it would'be deroga
tory to the dignity of the Legislature, as well
ik dishonest towards the officer, to fix the
amount at a less sum thin their real value.
With respect to the offer which had been
made to do the business for &900, he had e
vidence which convinced him that it was not
made from proper motives -but with a. view
of doing individual injury. He was clearly
of opinion, therefore, that the sum mentioned
was too low.
It is said this bill ought to be passed, be
cause Congress has let out its printings but
the printing let out by Congress and the ser
vices performed by the Printer of this State
are very different The Printer for the House
of Representatives of Congress has nothing to
do with printing the laws, publishing them in
a StateGazette,or distributing them. Indeed,
he does not publish a paper ; nor does he
print anj thing but the journals, , bills, re
ports, fcc. ordered during the session he
laws being published under the direction of
the direction of the Secretary 'of State. In
this State, the Printer is to publish the laws
in his newspaper, and it ought to be in a pa
per that U widely 'circulated, that the people
generally may become acquainted with the
laws ; and who are so well able to make this
hoice as the Legislature ?
Mr. W said, gentlemen appeared ready to
jump out of their seats, whenever Party was
mentioned, though they themselves have lug
ged it into the present discussion. . If gentle
men are determined to avoid the collisions of
part, it would be necessary to remove the
appointment of Governor and other Officers
from the Legislature. But if would be a vain
attempt to prevent the appearance of this spi
rit in theLegislatiire The party which would
be' overthrown,' if this bill passes i into a law,
would, at the next session, rise again and en
deavor to restore the office which had been
bj it. put down. He knew, for one, 'that
should he have a seat in the Legislature at
that time, he should certainly use his endea
vor to effect th's purpose.' ...
!'Mr W concluded with' a, hope that, the a
mendment would be agreed to : it will fix
the salary, and the Legislature will' then fill
the office as they judge proper. , j
Me -Phitek. rose to answer an obser
vation which had fallen from tb: gentle
man from Stokes He states that th printing
let out byCongress is different fro tn therprin
ting done herei ' and the greai tUfierencep
pears to be, that the laws are net published
in a newspaper. He knew ihe Jfrtto be other
wise, as he took a Waahinp-tnn t. w. H.-
thi Uto inserted ia it. lie could'tse no dif 1 1
ference betwixt the printing of Congress and
that of this Staled . fy, I
r The gentleman, from Jtbkesfwoa" opposed
to giving a cent less than the worth of the jer
vices or the ? Printer;. He( thought- fears on
this head were unnecessary. He had nor doubt
that those' who would offer to do the business
knew better than to do themselves an injury
by undertaking the work at less than' its va
lue v 'h , .
4 That gentleman also said, that the gentle
men who supported this biH did it from im.
pure or improper tnoti vesV Mi Wilson said
he had been mistaken He had said hat the
proposition -to do the work for $$900, had its
source from individual spleen and improper
motives ; but so far from believing the advo
cates of the bill from being improperly actuat
ed, he believed there are gentlemen "who Siip-
port the bill, who do so from the purest and
best motives Mr. P. said he understood-the
gentleman differently, but as he had explained
him.Hf, he .hould accept of Wj explanatwn
posed the bill With any improper motives. He
was willing to consider the motives of every
individual as puie. A -gentleman has said,
that if Patty Spirit is to be excluded altogether
from the Legislature, all leg slathm 'must be
excluded This was by no means necessary.
Ii was well known, that' no other subject excit
d so mucbyf this spirit as the appointment of
a Public Printer.
Mr James W. Ci.ark was well aware of
the disadvantage belaboured under in rising so
late in the debate Were he to attempt to elu
cidate ail the merits of the present question, he
sru uld have to travel over ground that had al
ready been taken. He should, therefore, con
fine himself to a few observations only. He
should, indeed, have given a Filent vote had it
not been for the extreme sensibility which
the Gentleman from Wake expressed tor those
who differed in opinion from him, on their
return to their constituents That gentleman
says, there is an awful Tribunal where every
member, sooner or later, must appear mean
ing, Mr.C. supposed the Tribunal of Conscience,
or future Judgment He could assure tha; Gen
tleman that he felt as little ajirehension at the
approach of these unerring tets of right and
wrong, as ne couia do. Mr. is. said ne repre
i ....u j mr r i i
- a
sented a large number of persons, who, in de
legating to him the power to act for them, did
not, be hoped, consider him as anere automa
ton, but had some reliance upon his judgment
and d'scrttion ; and as he had not been parti
cuiarly instructed in this case, he must a r ac
cording to the dictates of his own convictions.
Mr C. observed, that the preamble of the
bill stated its object to be economy The a
mendment proposed has this completely in
view ; but how does the house know what is
economy in this case, or that there has been a
waste of money for years past, as represented
by the friends of the bdl This is collected only
from a proposition to do the business for g909.
This is the data on which he supposed the
sum mentioned in the amendme nt is founded,
as-it is to be supposed the persons who make
the proposition have made a correct estimate of
the value of the services to be performed. v
As an admirer of the principles oC our Re
publican Government, be w s in favourc-l re.
taining the p -wer of appointment to oniee in
the Legislature, rather than place it inthe"
power of any individual He was therefore ia.
favor of the amendment. jV'
The question being put on the amendment,
it was carried 83 to 41, The yeas and nays
were as follow 4
YEAS, Messrs. Avery, Arm field, Allen,
Bunch, T. Bell, Brittam, Barnard C Bryan,
B Bell, By num, Burton, J C Bryan, Barber,
Bateman, II- Brown, Ballard, Blackman, Car-
tr.Clarlc. C-frip-TA CZ. 1 . Davidson. D vu
las, ueans, camui.as, reiton,r towers, rrniK,
Flower Gamble, Guy, Gol,Gandy, Good
man, Gentry, Henderson, Hudgens, Hoyle,
Hoke, Hannah Hasell.Hora, Hughes, Huime,
Horton, Daniel Jones, K. 5nes, A Jones, E.
Jones, W. R, Johnson, Kilpatrick, Leonard,
Lenoir, Love, Lindon, MGuire M'Dowll,
Mosjey, Mebane, Mumford, Matthews, W.
LMiIIt, D. Mdler, Nantz, J S.Nelson, Nors-
worthy, I. Nelson, Payne, Pride, Relf, Russ,
Kainey, bpeiler, Stedman,4scott, J. bawyer,
M -E. Sawyer, J Thompson, -H7hompson,
Vnhook, N. Williams, Wright, Ward, H..G.
Wdliams. Wilson 83-
NAYS Messrs. Adams, Boyd, T. Brown,
Barringer, Buie, Blount, Culverson, Caldwell,
f'aldcleugh; Cart, Cameron, Chambers, Car
hy, Collins, G..W. Davidson, Evans, Folson,
Glisson, Glchrist, W Johnson, David Jones,
W.W Jones, A.Jones, Lanier, Lamb, Moody,
Owen, Pinkham, Phifer; Peebles, Parsons,
Kyan, Roberts, ' Reid, H. Smith, N Smith.
Seawell, Thomas; Jas Williams, Webb, Jonas
Williams, Edward Williams 41.
The bill as amended then passed its second
reading ,
The difference is this. The Printing of
the House of Representatives in Congress on
ly (for each .House orders and regulates its
own printing) is let out to the lowest bidder.
The printing of the Senate is done in a diffe
rent way ; find the Laws are printed, by order
and under the direction of the Secretary of
State, distributed by him, and published in
such papers as he directs.--Ediiort. 'j,
- HOUSE OF COMMONS.
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Thursday November 29.
jThe following billsjwere presented :
By Mr. Phifer. a bill reulatinff the mode
in, which Sheriffs, shall act upon executions I
' ' 1 . .1 r .1 n . r a."
issuea to meiu irom ine wiuns 01 counties
other than their own ; by Mr Wilson, a bill
tO ffive to the Supreme Courts exclusive ju
risdiction of petit larceny ; and a bill to com
pel persons to give security in certain cases ;
by Mr,W y Jones, a bill to amend an act to
establish an Academy in, Wilming-ion ; by
Mr M 15 Sawyer, a bill jconcerninjr the Dis
mal Swamp Canal Company ; by Mr Phifer,
a bill to establish an Academy in Cabarrus
county : and a bill to amend an act of 1809
to amend the several Acts relative la the re
moval of obstructions to the passage offislt
up the several rivers, 8tc. f,
The annual Report of the Treasurer :was
read and. ordered to be printed Acopy fit
appears in the first page of tffu? paper ' r
message was received fiom the Senale
proposing to ballot to morrow morning for
Governor for the ,etisutng, yearr nominating
Benj Smith and pavidJStone Tlieames of
Joseph Kiddick and James Mebane were af
terwards addeoTtojUie nonYinati'on. ,
. The House waa'efiaged alrriostr the
whole ofihis day, on the report of the f
Vsommiuee oi rnvnetres ana iiecuons 1
on ;ne peuuon or. ttenry liranson, pray
ing, that , tHe seaV of Johii A. Cameron,
the member from layette villa, might
be vacated, onlthe ground of improper
means having beea used to obtain his
! election, and of his not bcine
tohoidhirsCaTnsT
treiwrtofthccommftee 3V
tr concurrence Mr. Wilson rUon
jcommijinentWthe reportand a ,
.nymg documents to a committee of a"
hole House. Mr. W. said l
duced.to make this motion, Irom?!
presentation which had been made to
him of certamfacts m this case. He hiS
been informed that the committee htn
produced by. the petitioner, because
theyv. had been taken sine the com
mencement of the present Sessionof
the General Assembly. Believing thar
this was not a sufficient
j jecting this testimony, he wUh .
.mittee of the whole. Afier some de
bte the motion w'as carried, and Mr
W W. Jones was called to the chair
Ttwas then moyedj'-that 'the evidence
rejected by the committee of Elections
be received. This motion being car
ried, leave was obtained for Mr. Bran
son to appear at the bar of the House
to declare what he meant to substantiate
by the several affidavits. He appeared
and stated the amount of his evidence
and observed -that the 'affidavit upon
? which he most, relied was that of David
Hay, which went to prove that the deed
upon which Mr. Cameron-held his land
! was ntcdated for the purpose of giving
him eligibility to a seat in the General
; Assembly. The reading of the notice
with which Mr. Cameron had been
served was called for. By this it ap-
' peared that the petitioner had stated one
of the grounds jupon which he meant to
contest his election, was, constitutional
i ! i
ineiigiDiiity, out aia not state in what
particular Mr. Cameron was deficient.
This, it was insisted upon by Mr-. Sea
well, to be indispensible, in order that
the sitting , member might have been
prepared to rebut the charge. But, even
if there had been no objection to the no-
ffice Mr..S. doubted whether the quali
vficaUons raad necessary for the repre
senfatives of counties in the House of
Commons were necessary for the repre
sentatives of towns as the Constitution
was silent in this respect. Mr. James
W. Clark said this was a new and very
etxtraordinary doctrine : for if it were
not necessary; for a town member to be
a freeholder, neither, would it be.neces
, sary for him to have any of the other .,
'qualifications prescribed for "members
of the House of Common?. He had no
doubt, however, btit in prescribing tKe
qualification of members, that the Con
' stitution embraced the representatives
of towns as well as of counties. Its lan
g"uageis " that rack m' tnfc r of the House
of Commons shall have such and such
qualifications. ' Not did he believe when
a sitting member was deficient in any
one of these qualifications, that any no
tice was necessary If, said he, a mem
ber is thus disqualified, and sufficient
eviaence oi it can Deaaaucea, ne nngui
at any time be rejected from his seat
by a vote of the House, on the motion of
any member. On the question, " Shall
the affidavit touching the constitutional
disability of the sitting "member be
read," being put, it was negatived by a
majority of three votes only. The rest
of the evidence being withdrawn, the
committee rose and reported, that the.
sitting member ought to retain his seat,
which report was concurred witn oy uic
House.
Friday, JVov. 30. ,Vi, a
Th BAVPml bailntine-s were this day had
for Governor without an election..' On the
first ballot, Smith had 78 votes, Stone 5,aie
bane 27, VRiddick IB ? on the second, Smith
had 82 votes, Stone, 59, Mebane 23, ..Biouic.
12 t on the third-"(Gen. Riddick having ; wjtb
drawn) Smith had, 80 votes, Stone 78 and Me
bane 26. " . , ' '
Mr. Ja's W. Clark, from the committee to
whom was referred a resolution enquiring
intd' theexpediencvMtablislung an.um.
form mode of.electrlroughout the State,
reported a bill to establish an uniform moat
(viz- in every captain's district) throughout
the State. ,
The following bUIs were presented :
By Mr W. Johnson (Anson) a bill to $ive
to the Superior Courts of this State original
and exclusive jurisdiction on thejtnai
Slaves for capital offences : by Mr Wilson,
bill to enable persons conscientiously scrupu
lous of holding slaves to manumit such slave
under certain restrictions-fThis bill wasre
iected on, its second reading by a tov
jority 1 ; by Mr, Hudgins, a dui i r -; ,
JethrJ Summer, late Sheriff of Gates, to co . ,
lect arrears of taxes ; by Mr Ward, a bill to
establish Wi Academy in Stransboro, : by
j Mr; At Jones a bilUo autbonse oeu -!
former Sheriff of Northampton to collect ar
1 rears of taxes : by Mr Pridea bill .t
Ithe several acts regulating the ?o
Town of HalifA:T)y Mr Deans,a bi toem
pdwerthe county court 01 wsprv.
overseers & hanas to keep up certain bridff .
es : by Mr . W, W Jones, a bdl to
administrators of JestseJ f
riffof Sampson, to complex " ;Uo
a
I bill to prevent the practice of howe.rac.ius
in
1 Vf. ttvt of the town OI ucnu-' 4
Received from the Senate, a biUto .aw.
an act directing the' mode of , proceeazng
1Ttftrs. ElC. a DlU
Xs respects Buncombe county
ects jsuncomoc m"V - - e rst.
e of holding the county courts 01 j
billtoanvldeWnot.
the time ot houiinjr tne
rel; a' bill to divide tne lHdge
Militia i a. bill to authorise Cale-bl" s
to cut a canal on Cowenjock 1 a M -
tatelthe navigation ;of Goshen ffode
a bih to'amend an act FcUo
of settling with the Sberiffs,&c. m
county. , , n . 1
, t , Saturday Dec. Governor.
The ballottmg commitiee fora fc6
reported that B ity
haV,ng9rvotes,ndD. Stone&i 4
! baiiC name hid been wiuiu - -