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SENATE.
Mr.; Mebane reported a bill
authorising the Board of Internal
Improvement, if in their discre
tion they should deem it availa
ble, to cause a survey to be made
from the nearest find most con
venient points between Lumber
river and the Cape Fear, so as to
ascertain the practicability of con
necting these rivers by a naviga
ble canal, and the probable ex
pense thereof.
A resolution was adopted, re
linquishing to the Roanoke Navi
gation Company, all the right
heretofore reserved to the State of
North Carolina to take any more
shares of stock in the Capital
stock of said Company.
On motion of Mr. Marshall,
the Judiciary committee were in
stucted to inquire into the practi
cability of so amending the crim
inal Law, as to make the break
ing and entering out houses, and
taking goods therefiom, felony.
Mr. Baily presented a bill to
amend an act, passed in the year
1821, entitled; "an act to incorpo
rate a company, entitled 'the Roa
noke Inlet Companyand for oth
er purposes."
Mr. Wilson, a bill
the town of Tarboroujjh.
The resolutions submitted by
Messrs. Wellborn and Wilson,
relative to the right of Congress
to create a fund for Internal Im
provements, were indefinitely
postponed, 33 to 27.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.
Mr. Fisher presented a bill to
r.nnsnlinntf thn spuprn Rnnl:a nf
this State, and to establish a new
bank to be called "the Bank of
the State of North Carolina;"
which was ordered to be printed
and laid on the table.
Mr. Saunderson, from the com
mittee to whom was remitted the
bill to exempt from execution a
part of the real and personal es
tate of debtors, reported a new
bill, entitled "a bill to regulate
the sale of lands, and to protect
from execution a certain portion
of the free hold of the citizens of
North Carolina;"which was or
dered to be laid on the table, and
printed.
The bill more effectually to
enforce the payment of taxes from
free negroes & mulattbes, in cer
tain cases, was read the third time
and passed Yeas 75, Nays 42.
Mr. Wyche, from the commit
tee of Finance, to whom was re
ferred the bill to authorise the
issuing of Treasury notos, and for
appropriating the same to the
several counties in this State, re
ported that the committee asked
to be discharged from the further
consideration thereof; which was
concurred in, and the bill, on mo
tion of Mr. Brittain, of Burke,
postponed indefinitely,
Mr. Bynum presented the fol
lowing resolutions:
Resolved, That the Judiciary
committee be instructed to in
quire into the expediency of amen
ding the law relative to the elec
tion of constables, so as to reauire
the m to be elected by the votes of
the several districts in each coun
ty; and that they report by bill or
otherwise.
The question to concur with
said resolution was determined in
the negative.
On motion of Mr. Stedman, the
Judiciary committee were instruc
ted to inquire into the expediency
of so amending the law as to com
pel constables to return warrants
in the district in which the defeu
dant lives, in certain cases, and
that they report, by bill or other
wise. The bill to vest the right of c
lecting sheriffs in the free white
men of this State, was taken up
in committee of the whole house;
Mr. Gaston in the Chair. Mr.
Harper moved that the bill be in
definitely postponed, which was
not agreed to, 73 opposing and 55
voting for the motion. A motion
was then made by Mr. Bynum to
strike out the word ichitc, in the
title of the bill, which was nega
tived 73 to 51. Mr. Montgomery
moved to amend it, so as to pro
vide for the election of Clerks of
the County Courts, also, by the
people, which was rejected, 97 to
rwi f 111 i
zi. l lie bill was read the sec
ond time and passed yeas G3
nays 59.
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SENATE.
The Bill to authorise the Pres
ident of the United States to cause
the several lead mines in the State
of Missouri, to be exposed to pub
lic sale, together with the amend
ment offered by the Committee,
was considered by the Senate as in
Committee of the whole.
Mr.BRANCII observed that he
would be glad to hear the reasons
why the bill should pass. He
was opposed to the sale of the
public property in the way propo
seu. unless mere snouiu oe a
manifest necessity for such
measure. He could discover no
such necessity at present, and as
no satisfactory reason had as yet
been given why the government
should force a sale of their prop
erty mentioned in the bill, he
should certainly vote against it.
Mr. BENTON said, the sub
ject had been before the Senate
repeatedly. The facts in relation
!to it, had been otten presented to
their consideration. There was
no coercion, said Mr. B,, on the
jal troops on the Niagara; and nlsc
.any umur eviaence in possess on
of the government, which niav
make the employment of a regular
armed force necessary fur the
enforcement of the revenue laws.
On motion by Mr. Chilton, the
Committee on Roads and Canals
were instructed to inquire into the
expediency of adopting some sys,
tern by which appropriation 0(
public money for internal imprcv
ment may as nearly as practica
ble, bo apportioned amonn- tj1(
several States and Territories
belonging to the American Union,
in referrence to boundary, popu
lation, and the internal condition
of said State or Territory.
Mr. Smyth introduced a reso
lution amending the Constitution,
so that after the 3d of Marchj
1329, no person who shall have
been elected President shall be
again eligible to that office, and
that no Senator or Representative
shall, during the time for which
he was elected, bo appointed to
any office or employment under
the authority of the United States.
W. Scott, Major of the 2d Regi-:Part of th?
crovernment
to brinir
ment of Halifax militia, was read
and accepted. j
The remainder of the setting of
this day was consumed in com
mittee of the whole, Mr. Gaston
in the Chair, in the consideration
of the bill to erect that section of
the mines into market, and it was
proposed by the bill that six
months previous notice of the
sale should be given in all the
public papers thotighout the Uni
ted States, to the end that bidders
might come from all quarters.
country, called the Cherokee pur- I would be glad if gentlemen, op
gave rise to
af-
Arc not the mining
chase, into a separate county to
be called Macon, it
a long and animated debate;
ter which the bill passed its sec
ond reading yeas G5 nays 62.
A message was received from
the Senate, asking concurrence
to a bill to incorporate the hdge
combc Manufacturing Company.
The bill to compel Quakers, &
Moravians, Menonists & Dunk
ards to bear arms, or as an equi-;
valent to nav an exemntion tn-
was tpagcUmI hv .i vnt nf fi3 tnM. Kut asked
Mr. Bogle presented a bill to
prevent a sacrifice of real estate,
and for other purposes.
M r. S p r ujllf fr o m the joint se
lect c o m in ft t ee"on the Banks,
made a report, accompanied by a
bill imposing a penalty of
per cent, on all the Banks of this
State which may after the
day of next re
fuse to pay specie on demand for
their notes; and Mr. Potter, on
behalf the minority of said com
mittee, presented acounter report.
Which reports were read and or
dered to be printed with all the
accompanying testimony and do
cuments. The bill requiring registers,
clerks of the Superior and County
Courts, and clerks and masters in
equity to keep their offices at the
court houses, was read the third
time, passed, and ordered to be
engrossed 66 to 57.
The bill to vest the right of e
lecting Sheriffs in the people,
was read the third time, amended,
& the question on the final pas
sage of the bill was decided in
the negative by a vote of 71 to 53.
Mr. bpruill presented a bill for
revising, digesting, and amending
the laws relating to executors and
administrators: which passed its
first reading,
posed to the measure, would give
their reasons why they would have
the mines to remain unsold,
Mr. BRANCH replied, that it
was conceded that where an au
thority is given by law to the Pre
sident, it was equivalent to an
expression of the will of Congress,
that that power should be exerci
sed; and if the restriction were
only removed, the President
would be unceasingly called upon
to bring those lands into market.
Mr. B., why should
we with a prospect of those valu
able minerals being greatly en
hanced, force them into market?,
districts th
Affairs at Washington, We
learn from Washington that there
is not much disposition to make
this a session important either as
to legislative excitement or de
bate. It is a sort of political in
terregnum, and every one is wait
ing and looking for the 4th of
March. There appears to he a
settled determination not to stir
the tariff question during the pre
sent session; but it is evident that
this is to be the prominent busi
ness of the next. Without refer
rence to parties or to districts of
country, the present tariff is too
injurious to the general interests
of the nation to remain the perma
nent law of the land; and we shall
probably be led to what is very
much wanted, a general revision
of our revenue laws. The com
mencement of a new administra
tion, whose legislation will he
conducted more with a view to
the real interests of the country,
and less to those of parties, is the
httcst, and, it we mav judge from
sincis nit- i the experience of the last session.
common treasure oi me nations
Is the State of Missouri alone
interested! No Sir, these lands
were paid for out of the common
fund of the nation, and wTe are
bound to see them properly dis
posed of. He appealed to the
Senator of Missouri himself, if it
would not be most proper to hus
band our resources, and place
these lands into market, for the
benefit of the whole, at a more
auspicious period. These were
the views he had taken of the
subject, and he was sorry the
gentleman had not concurred
with him.
The bill was finally ordered to
be engrossed for a third reading.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The followjng resolutions, pro
posed yesterday by Mr. Verp-
is perhaps the only time to frame
wise, salutary, and durable laws.
N. Y. Ev. Post.
Suicides, We learn that Coh
Samuel Neill, of Mecklenburg
county, hung himself on the 21st
ult. He was in affluent circuit
stances, highly esteemed and re
spected, and an exemplary mem
ber of the church: but during a
temporary alienation of mind, he
hurried himself out of existence.
His melancholy exit will be most
deeply deplored, by hfs relatives
and acquaintances. West. Car
lanck, and laid on the table, was
read and agreed to:
Resolved, That the President
be requested to communicate to
this House, if it be not in his
judgment incompatible, with the
public interest, the information
in relation to intended frauds upon
the revenue which has rendered
necessary the stationing addition-
Fires, From an official state
ment presented to the New York
Corporation, it appears that du
ring the first eleven months of the
present year, there have occurred
125 fires, the damage from which
is estimated at 8680,000.
Foreign. An arrival at Charles
ton brings Liverpool dates to
the 9th November. The paper
do not furnish any intelligence,
political or commercial, but what
has been anticipated by arrivals
at Philadelphia and New York.