The Yazoo Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1840-1842, 1841-02-12

makof Stewart Thompson. Tonpkins. VIII
cox, Watkins, WOOD, williamson and YeF-
PER,
SO the amendment was lost. r. Goode.
moved q postpone Tie further consideration
Of the question 70 the FIRST NOndog s. -
gust The question VAS put by ayes and
noes, and lost, ] only potina Is fagor Of Il.
M. Bradford amended his resolution So
Is % make i express the opinion 81 he
Legislature, instead Of the House, and de.
claEes q tie beliefof lhe Legislature, that
when the assets Of the Banks are exhausted.
ia paying The bonds, the people will par the
residWe. Several members rose % various
points Of order, when the question was put
on Tie amendment offered 81 Mr. Bradford,
and lost.
Mr.. Besangon moved to strike the Union
Bank out Of the resolution reported 81 the
committee. He believed the State legally
and morally bound for the redemption 81 the
bonds, but he did not believe there was such
40 institution il existence as the Union
Bank.
Before the question was taken our report.
closed.
TnURsDAY, JAN. %.
Alter the journal was read, the orders Of
the day were taken up, and the bin to sspro-
vide for the election of State printeT,' was
read tho third time and passed.
The resolutions approving the act passed
through the y. s. Senate at its last session,
appropriating the per cent fund Of Ala
bama and Mississippi to the construction Of
g rail road between Montgomery, Ala. and
BTandon, Miss, were read, and after consid-
cradle discussion motion was made to lay
on the table, and the question being put BY
ayes and noes It was lost By q tie vote Of 81
g 81. a bill supplemental to bill to "pro-
vide remedy against steam boats, keel
boats and other water crafts, > was taken up,
read the third time and passed
The bill Incorporating the ''Fulton Fire
Engine CO., No. 8, Of the city Of Vicksburgn
was read the third time and passed.
DiYers and sundry bills were taken up in
theft regular order on the orders Of the day,
and acted upon, the most Of them, however,
Of q local and unimportantc character.
The bill to incorporate the city Of Vicks-
burg was amended 50 as to authorize the city
to charter National Bank, and then the
bill was indefinitely postponed.
The bill TO make Begging factory Of
the Water Works Bank, was read a second
time and referred to select committee.
On motion the House adjourned to nine
o'clock, to morrow.
FR1DAY, JAN. 90.
IN the House, after the reading Of the
the journal and the presentation Of petitions,
ar. Ofutt, from the committee on the PEN
itentiary, reported on the situation Of the in
and the condition and treatment Of
the conyicts. They report very faVorably as
70 the genera! management Of the Peniten-
tiaEy, but censuFe the keeper fora particular
course Of severe and cruel treatment %
cOnVicts who died ii the Penitentiary; they
think, however, that be was ignorant Of the
critical situation Of the convict upon whom,
i IS alledged, harsh and cruel punishment
was inflicted, and that otherwise be would
not have been 50 treated.
Mr.. johnson moved TO refer the report
back TO the same committee, which was lost.
On motion, one hundred and fifty copies
81 the report were ordered TO be printed.
The resolutions instEucting our Senators
and Representatives. ID Congress to vote for
] Bankrupt Law, was read third time aud
put upon its passage. The ayes and noes
icing called, III. Magruder moved 4 call Of
he House, which being made, il appeared
hat seventeen members were absent. On
notion, the seargent-at-arms was sent out
lfler the absentees, and che question being
1ut was decided as follows:
YEAs Nc. Speaker, Messrs. Allen al
AaFshall, Allen Of Kinds, Barnes, BaTrinuer.
Baldwin, BesanGon, Binford, Cook, Crunn.
Dickson. Downs, Durham, Dobyns. Draurhn.
lunn, Finley, Fore, Field, Inge, johnson.
and, Means, Mount, Murchison, Maury.
1abry, MagrudeT, Norris, Offntt. Owen.
'ucketl, Ruff, Robinson, Runnells, Shelby.
Imiley, Shoemaker, Stewart, Thompson.
Wilcox, Watkins, Wood, VIII
amson, Yerger,47.
NAYS Messrs. Acker, Ayrcs, Berry,
,ell, Bradford, Billups, Boon, Bynunl, Cole,
Draine, Ellis Of Copiah, Ellis oF Jasper, Ellis
Newton. Evans, Frost, Graves, Grinssead,
loode, Harrington, Harrison, Holland,
ones, Kilgore, Lemleg, Leake, Lowe, Leg.
eft, Marsh, MCGOWAN, Prewett, RaybuFn, /
.oberts, Turner, Terrell, Wagsler and Wo.
liek, Sc.
So the Tes0iut tons were adopted On mo- I
Oh, the House adjourned
How 70 b Harry. How much would 81 i
induce % our Happiness to beselect III our Il
Shlfn ard III ntar frfnrre ~ aknnen noeY5 IS