Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1852-12-31
NORTH CAROLINA nEG1sLATURE.
From our Regular Special Correspondent.
RAIEIeH. Dec: %. 1852.

Night 8 o'clock. 4
DEAR lJorRhAt: As I, intimated in my letter yes
terday the Legislature in the greatest excitement
imaginable on proposition to rescind the joint res
olution to adjourn on tomorrow. The whole day
has been troubled with low murmuring, discomfort
-adeterminatou to go home at all hazards The
House is now discussing the ropositon--Whigs OPP
posing to fescind. / lave never known the State
Legislators to be SO full of revolutonizingI mean
the Wing portion. Eight Congressional districts to-
be laid off yet. @ g. e..
81 O'cLocK. The Senate has just passed re-
solution resembling the Joint order of the Houses,
and fixing the day Of adjournment on Monday, the
9th. = ....s-.'5 l5s#
Senate has ust taken up the bill to re-dstrct the
State, but they will not get through with it tonight
number OF amendments are being made.
Contrary to my expectations, the bill has passed
its second reading and it is as follows: .-.E
The first district shall be composed of the coun-
ties of Currituck, Camden, Pasquotank, Perquimons
Chewan, Gates, Hartford BERTHE. Martin, Beaufort
Washington, Tyrell and Hyde; the second district
shall be composed of the counties of Edgeeombe,
Pitt. Greene Wayne, Lencir, Craven Jones, Carter
ct Dapiin and Johnson the third district shall be
composed of New Hanover Brunswick Columbus
Bladen. SampsoH, Robson, Cumberland, Moore
Richmond and Onslow: the fourth district shall be
composed of the counties of Wake Granville, War
rem. Franklin, Nash Halifax and Northampton the
filth district shall be composed Of the counties of
Orange A lamance, Person, CasweIl, Rocking ham.
Chatham, Stokes and Forsythe; the sixth district
Siall De composed OF the cOunLleS or Guf0fQ Ran
dolPh Montgomery, Anson, Stanly, Union, Rowan.
Dayie and Davidson; the seventh district shall be
composed of the counties of Mecklenburg, CASTOR,
Lincoln, Catawba, Alexander, Iredel Yadkin Surry,
Wilkes Ashe and Cabarrus; and the eighth district
shall be composed of the counties of Cherokee Ma
con, Haywood, Jackson, Burke, Henderson, Ruther-
| ford, Mcdowell. Buncombe, Caldwell, Yancy, Wa
tauga, Cleaveland and Madison IF
The bill from The House, for the apportionment of
the House of Commons, was amended, and passed
three times.
| Governor Reid appeared before the two Houses
and took the oaths of office to-day at II o'clock
/ His inaugural was very Short he referred to his
augural of two years ago, for the course which he
would pursue-he urged that free suffrage should be
adopted. '..Er
/ The House Of Commons refuses to recnd the reso-
luton to adjourn and its Wing members say they
will speak against time, until II o'clock to night,
when the Legislature. will stand adjourned.
The following Councillors of State were elected
to-day P. Busbee, Columbus Mills, R. S. French
Whitmel Stallings, w. K. Lane, Wilson S, Hill,
Arch. Henderson, w.
10 o'clock Excitement in the House increases!
| Wings swear they never wild rescind the resolution
to adjourn, unless the Democrats will vote for plan
of their own laying off fifty Senatorial districts As
fast one man speaks out his fifteen minutes, an
other pops up and it will be- until IL o'clock to-
night, when the Speaker will declare the Legislature
adjourned.
The Senate is quiet; nearly every member has
left. and mingles with the immense crowd in
the lobby of the to the scene now
being enacted which drags down shame and infamy.
upon the heads of that party who have always de-
clared themselves the law and order party! What
will the people of North Carolina say to this What
will be the result of such conduct, on the part OF
men, who have sworn to sustain the Constitution ?
A free Convention will be one of the results-and
then, the balance, Eastern men may guess.
TO IL. The House in a complete ste1v I close
this letter the Legislature, from appearances will
break up in a row, in hour and fifteen minutes
P. S.-1l4 OCLoCK.-House proposes TO rescind
on condition that the adjournment take place to-
morrow IL o'clock. Senate agrees to the PROPOSE
! ton.
RALEIGH, Dec %, 1852.
! DEAR JOURNAL The storm of last night lasted in
the House of Commons until II O'Clock to-day and in
the midst thereof, Mr. Speaker Baxter resigned his
speakershp, 10 take effect o-morrow morning, al C
O'Clock The great difficulty between the parties, j:
the bill to lay off the fifty Senatorial and the elgh
Congressional districts. First. let me say here
that the Senate, to-day, at about o'clock, sent pro
son to the House rescind the joint order to jour-
at IL o'clock. The House kept the proposition before
them until within 10 minutes of the hour to adjourn
when they also agreed 10 the proposition, and fixed
Monday next for the adjournment The Senate pas
sed bill, embracing the existing plan, to-day, for thu
SO Senatorial districts and sent it to the House tn
House has passed different one, and sent it 10 tn
Senate,-so you see they have got each other by tn
ears, and its pull and pul.-Whigs contend that IN
Democrats are :lliberal taking for themselves twenty
six, certain and giving the Wings ony eighteen, an
leaving the remainder debateabte They seem TO hav
forgotten the celebrated Raynermdnder in their hu
and CIV for right-they ask the Democracy TO do tina
which they would not do under similar circumstance
&c. in like manner, is situated the Congressional dis
tricts-Whigs asking and demanding that their nc
y tons may be respected.
: The Atlantic bill has been up in the Senate to-day
for the third time this sesson.-H lcU not pass
A great number of engrossed bills have been read
- both houses to-day-none, nearly have passe
L to third reading.
The House, after the row, is in fine humor-fu
of fun, giving the Speaker frequent occasions 10 ca
; them 10 order. The lobby is crowded constantly
Witnessing such scenes has before been ena
ted in North Carolina The Wings have done I'll
r. whole of it-an1 with their own hands, they hay
il written in everlasting shame, their name and part
er title. among the men of the age w.
RALEIGH, Dec. "a, 1852.
e. DEAR Journal: The Senatorial districts hay
- been agreed on by both Houses
at bill has passed the Senate, laying of the Sta
into Eight Congressional District it varies fro
the plan communicated to you, in several parties
! lars 1T was presented by H. M. Shaw, Esqr., ar
- passed without very severe struggle. The Wi
mington District is composed Of the counties of Ne
Hanover, Brunswick, Duplin, Columbus, Blade
Robson, Richmond, Cumberland, and Sampson
A bill has passed the Senate and is now befo
~ the House. to add another wing to the Institution
on the Deaf Dumb and Blind and making an appr
d. praton of $4,000 to the annual appropriate
r. in consideration of the Blind Department being ad
~ ed to the labors of the Principal.
u host of bills are being hurried through on the
he third readng-al with reference to an adjournme
on Monday next. The excitement in the two branc