Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1851-01-31

MospAY, Jan. 90, 1851.

| 81 All MosDAY, Jan. 90, 1851.
NSEsaTE--Mr Bower introduced bill to amend
the Constitution so as to elect Judges by the people
Mr. Cameron bill to authorize the citizens of Ave
rysborough, in the county of Cumberland to elect
Commissioners of said town Mr. Berry bill to pro-
vide for the election of Justices of the Peace by the
people Read first time The resolution in favor John
Berry and Hugh Waddell. providing for the payment
of certain expenses incurred in the contested election
between them, passed and ordered to be engross
ed. Mr. Hopes appeal from the decision of the
Chair the motion to reconsider the vote by which
the Free Suffrage Bill had been rejected was taken
up and after some conversation withdrawn. Mr..
Washington who, on Saturday had voted with the
prevailing party, moved to reconsider the vote by
which, Saturday, the Free Suffrage bill had been
rejected. Laid on the table.
House. OF CoMMoNs.-Mr. Foster, of Davidson in
troduced bill for calling unlimited Convention.
Mr. Mclean one to submit the question of Conven-
ton or no Convention to the people. Mr. Mclean
wished his bill taken up Immediately. Now that
Free Suffrage had been killed in the Senate, he was
unwilling to go home without doing something upon
this subject MIR. Rayner offered a substitute for
both bills a bill calling limited Convention. The
bill of MIR. Mclean was put upon itssecond reading,
to it's passage on it's second reading, considerable
discussion took place.
At o'clock in the afternoon the bill to repeal the
act of 1867, redisricting the State, taken up
and indefinitely postponed by vote of yeas e. nays
a.
Mr.. Saunders, of Wake, moved to take up the bill
creating new Judicial Circuit, which motion
disagreed to-yeas IS, nays 50. The revenue bill
3o1.. IL
tomorrow The following bills passed third reading:
bill to improve the Deep and Yadkin Rivers, and
connect the same by portage Railroad. bill to
improve Haw River. A bill to increase the capital
stock of the Wilmington and Raleigh Railroad Com
pany The bill to incorporate the Neuse River Nav
igation Company was read third time, amended and
passed. The bill to incorporate the Raleigh and
Castor Railroad Company was read third time
An amendment proposing to appropriate 100000
for the improvement of the Yadkin River was lost
yeas 10, nays 81. The bill was finally passed by the
following vote:
YEAs-Messrs. Adams Amis, Avery Barco, Boyle, Bond,
Caldwell of R., Caldwell of G., Campbell, Cherry, Doutht
Drake, Dunlap, Eaton, Fleming Foard, Gordon HARRISON
Hayes of Cherokee Hayes fCaldwe Hill b. Hill of
Jarvis Johnston, Jones, Leach of D., McKoy w. McNei
Montgomery Newsom, Parham, Patterson Pegram Poole,
Rayner Rollins Ruin, Russell, Saunders of W., Scott
Sharpe, Shnpock, Ser Sloan, Steele Swanner Thornton
Thornburgh Trip, Walton, Webb Wiley and Williams
of M.-54
NAYs-NTessrs. Barnes, of n, Barnes of E., Blow, Boy
kin, Brazer Bridges, Brogden Cockeham Gotten Erwin
Eure, Flynt, Fonve Hackney, Harrison, Hill of N H.,
Holland, Kaum Kelly Leach of J., Love- Marshall, Mar
tin, Maultsby Mcdowell, Mclean Mcmillan, N. McNeil
Person of N, Pigott, Pope Powers Rankin Reinhard
Sanders of j. Sheek Sherard Simmons Stevenson Sowe
Stubs, Sutton, Thigpen, Waugh, William of G., Wilson,
Winstead, and Winston-4S
The House then adjourned