Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1851-01-22
VOLUME XVII.

bill that subject, which report was copcurred IN.
Also, to reject the bill to amend the Militia laws
of the State, which was laid on the table.
Also, in favor of the res olution requiring the Ad
utant General to obtain copies of certain muster
rolls from the War Department in Washington City.
which passed its second reading.
MI. Cotton offered bill to lay off new county
out of portions of Moore, Chatham and Randolph,
to be called La Fayette. which was referred to the
committee on Propositions and Grievances.
The House then took a recess.
SEVEN O'CLOCK, P. NJ.
The following bills were read the third time and
passed bill to repeal the act of 1889 relating
to runaway slaves in the Great Dismal Swamp
bill to regulate the inspection of tar, which was
amended on motion of Mr.. Pigott, SO as to provide
that purchasers should pay the inspection fees on tar
and turpen,ne-a resolution in favor of Jacob Siler-
bill repeating the act giving exclusive jurisdiction
over pleas in the Superior Court in Robson county,
On motion of Mr.. Brogden, the bill to lay off and
establish new county by the name of Wilson was
taken up and put on its second reading.
Mr.. Barnes of Edgecombe, advocated the bill at
length and stated the grievances under which the peo
pie of the proposed county labored.
MIR. Taylor opposed it, and offered amendment
altering the boundaries. MIR. Sanders of Johnston
and MI: ThigPen opposed the bill Mr.: Sanders
moved the indefinite postponement of the bill, which
motion was lost-yeas As, noes So.
Mr. Stevenson moved amendment to the bill to
strike out all OF Johnston county proposed to be EN-
braced in the county of Wilson.
Mr.. Sanders said he would vote for this bill if this
amendment carried. Mr.. Barnes of e. opposed
the amendment, when it was lost-yeas A, nays As.
Mr.. Taylor's amendment was also lost-yeas Al,
nays SO.
Mr.. Leach Of Johnston, proposed amendment
that if the majority of the voters in Edgecombe,
Nash, Wayne and Johnston shall be in favor of the
erection of county, it shall be erected, which
amendment prevaed-yeas 81, nays 43. The bill
then passed its second reading.
The bill to incorporate the Bank of Washington
read the third time and passed-yeas 62, nays %.
The following bills were read the third time and
Mutual Insurance Company-a bill to recharter the
Merchants Bank of Newbern, and the bill to allow
DEGREES of Equity TO transfer titles in certain
The bill to amend act to facilitate the collection
of rents was read, when
Mr.. Avery moved to amend by striking out the Sc
cond section. Mr. Avery advocated the amendment,
and Mr.. Barnes of Northampton opposed it. The
amendment was lost-yeas AZ, nays SIS.
On motion of Mr.. Barnes, the bill was amended,
and then it passed its third reading-yeas 81, nays
Al.
The bill to allow compensation to Justices of the
Peace was read the third time, pending the consd-
reation of which the House adjourned.
County OF EDGEcoMBE. We are indebted to
Col. J. p. Pitt, Deputy Marshal, for the following
additional statistics of this county.
The county of EIgecombe was first settled in the
year 1920, and organized a CO unty in l74l,
by settlers from Virginia and England The town
of Tarborough was settled in l760. The county
contained on the lst of June, 1880, 1893 inhabi-
tants-on the lst of June 1910, l6,Os5-on the lst
of June last 1854, as follows:
Free population, 1863 |
Slave do 9,Ol5 {