The Daily Nashville true Whig. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1851-1855, 1855-11-05
MONDAY MORNING, NOV. s.
Legislative Summary.

In The Senate, in the morning, House bill 10
establish the new county of Cumberland, pass
ed third reading, and also Senate bill to au-
thorize incorporated towns to elect an add.
tional Justice of the Peace. The morning bu.
siness having been finished, the Senate resumed
the special order, the bill to change the man.
ner of electing the Keeper of the Penitentia-
ry. Mr.. Whitthorne spoke at some length in
opposition principally, not to the bill before
the Senate, but to the American party. He
charged that party with having peculiar way
of settling the claims of aspirants to Office, as
exampled in the election of officers of the Sem
ate, and of State officers. The peculiar way
alluded to in these instances, is one which has
been long familiar to the party with which the
gentleman from Maury acts. 1t is the same
peculiar way in which a majority of the
democratic State Convention in caucus Gf ru.
NOR speaks true, for they met in secret session.
expressed the preference of the democratic
party of Tennessee for Andrew Ewing as
candidate for Governor four years ago, which
expression, however, was defeated, and An
drew johnson nominated, by fortunate and
sagacious stroke of policy by the latter gentle
man. And we venture to say that the gentle
man from Marry has been in many such secret
oaucuSes, which, just now, seem to be peculiar
ly Objectionable to the democratic party in the
Legislature, being ineffective and imperative
with minority. Mr.. Whitthorne had great
deal to say about the American party organi-
zaton, but not word about its principles, pro
or con. He doomed most ferociously about
"oaths," but said not a word about the ques-
tions of foreign influence, emigration, and the
policy of filling the offices in this country with
native born citizens instead Of foreigners. Be-
fore he had concluded, the Senate adjourned
90 this morning.
In the House, a resolution was introduced
by Mr.. Wood, of Cannon, in relation TO Con-
gress granting pension to the officers and sol
diers of the war of 1912, and of the Indian
wars, which lies over. Bills were introduced,
by Mr.. Stovall, requiring railroad companies
TO drain cuts or ponds on each side of their
roads; by Mr.. Brown, of Madison, requiring
officers and others charged with the sale of
lands and negroes, to advertise the same in |
some newspaper; by Mr.. Wallace, to repeal the
homestead act of 1852; by Mr.. Gleaves, to
provide for lunstics, and to amend the divorce
laws so far as they may affect the husbands or
wives of lunstics; by Mr.. Myatt to require
surveyors to keep an office at their respective
county towns; by Mr.. Galloway, for the bene-
fit of stayors; by Mr.. Galbreath, requiring
Judges to write ont and read their charges TO
juries; and by Mr.. Cook and Mr.. Parks, in re-
ference to the practice in Chancery and Circuit
Courts. A number of bills of local charac-
ter were also introduced, and few acted up
on on second reading. A resolution wasadopt-
ed to ascertain whether the charters under
which the Eastern Division and the Southern |
Mining Companies prosecute the business OF
banking, were unconsututionally obtained, and
if so, the Attorney General for the State is in
structed to have them 50 declared.