Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1858-12-23

Mr.. Humphrey from the committee
ttns, in favor of the bill to extend tbo CORPORA
limits OF the town of Newton. VIZ corporate
RESOLUTIONS
MI. Mills offered resolution CONCERNING !,
OF adulterated liquors. Judiciary. The ste
MIR. Blount, resolutions in favor Of ,ho
LIQUID Hoyt j.. D. Cherry and Messrs. AlIr;,.'s Of
Mr.. Carmichael, resolution nstr,ct;n
cary committee to consider the cxpcd.,., oie judi
terlig the law relative to capital punsh.'," soal
require them to be inflicted in private ,J as 10
MI Ihomas resolution relative 70 tbn le
Mark Coleman and others for DAMAGES ~ THlGs Of
Indian reservations. Referred. " land by
NEW BILLS
MI. dhomas introduced bill to AUTHORIZE,
OF the Cmoe Turnpike Company to form branch
into separate company. Cherokee l,nd. '.iISelves
tern turnpikes '''"s and IVES
Mr. Leach, a bill for the better rcyr,..;o.
banks OF the State. Banks and currency Oh the
On motion of Mr.. Houston, the bin ~
sage. was put on ltsms
The law now requires in cases of COPIES Of n
entered for probate in foreign States .n,i vi wills
that they bear upon their face the :. i,i countries
proof of such entry, when used in tbc ''.''e Of
State The bill proposes to admit othcr or u this
to probate e'"'enceas
Inc bill was slightly amended and poss.d =,
ond reading, and on motion of Nj, .Cr,n: eu lis sec
third reading also. '''e'ali, It's
On Motion of Mr.. Martin, message w,s
the House. proposing to go into an election f Sell TO
councillors OF State at - o'clock tol, ''' seven
BILLS ON THEIR SECOND pEin1xc
The bill to prohibit fraudulent bdd;nn -,
sales passed its second reading. ''' "' Judicial
ALSO the OIL concerning magistrates in a.,
county. Authorizes twelve to transact tha o's'ow
now requiring majority" except lawn" ,a vss'e>S
making appropriations. . "'Aes and
Also the bill authorizing the magistrates ofc
berland county to call special term of thc vu
court When necessary and for other purposcs '!
JURY TRIALS
Mr.. Thomas called up his bill to lcav. t,o
lishment or abolition of jury trials in CONT, .>a'
discretionary with the magistrates, maimi, p'rS
present, but prohibiting changes under fonr wing
MIR. Thomas, in supporting the bill rc,n .rl's;
upon the waste of time in special le~isato o N.
subject Every session the Legislature wow WI lS
PEELED to waste time these chanccs-estaLl; 1"i-
jury TRIALS at one term which had been abolished ,t
the last '''u al
Mr.. Miller opposed the bill Mr.. Thomas 10,
failed to give one reason for the change in the l,u
MIR. Thomas My friend, the Senator from Rnrla
has gwen most excellent reason why the l,r
should not be changed he is opposed to it. Gau"h.
ter) e'F
Mr.. Edney thought the bill gave too much novor
to magistrates. The power ought to rest with thr
people, where the constitution left it.
Mr.. Thomas thought the magistrates a part of The
people, and they surely knew as well as any otbar
class of the people when jury trials were needed
Mr.. T. alluded to the distruSt cvinccd to magistrates
and to the amount of unremunerated labor they
performed, and he declared them to be- as class be
equals of the lawyers who attended their courts
morally and Intellectually
Mr. Edney saw no necessity for the contrast
drawn, He had high regard for magistrates and
always spoke of them highly. and as a badly mil
body of men, Still he did not think the innovation
would be justified by even these considerations
Mr. Turner did not regard the proposition as an
innovation. The Revised Code now left it discre-
tionary with magistrates to have two or four ,,rv
trials in the year. Mr. IT, cited instances of mne
cessary expenses to counties in having jurieS with
out business for them. And he had no objection to
the eulogy of the Senator from Jackson-the magis
trates were no doubt very proper set of mer--why
l believe said he, the honorable Senator from Jack
Is one OF tns" he ssoua an say that he a
nothing to take back as regarded magistrates No
respectable magistrate would object to anything he
had said about them. And he had good Zeal more
yet to say. But what he had said was aimed more
at the Legislature than the magistrates
Mr.. Carmichael would support the BILL but he did
not think it went far enough. He thought farther
business left the dockets in the case of change
Mr. Thomas was glad to find the Judiciary com
mittee approving the principle Of the BILL and
der that it might be amended he proposed to re-
commit it.
Mr. Houston objected to this system of recommit-
ting bills to the same committee.
Mr.. Thomas would not insist, but would offer an
amendment to the bill
Mr. Miller pressed for vote.
Mr. Thomas demanded the ayes and NOES
The bill was rcjected-21 to II, as follows:
For tile bW-MessrS. AShe Boyd Carmichael,
Houston, Humphrey, Leach, Mills Thomas Turner,
Walkup and Worth-11
Agninst the biH-Mes<rs Battle, Blount, Brown,
Cunningham, Davidson Dobson, Donnell, Donthtt,
Edney, Flanner, Gorrel Gather, Landlord, Martin,
Mcdonald Miller, Ramsay, Reinhardt, Speight, Tay-
lor ano Whitaker-21.
OATH CLERKS
The bill prescribing an oath for the clerks of the
General Assembly was next in order.
Mr.. Donnell thought the adoption OF the Dill
would be sacrifice of the selfrcspect of the Legs
laturc. In the first place the oath implies the pos
sible election of gentlemen as clerks who would be
capable of being bribed In the next that they
would sell an interest in their office, and we here
working with them face to face every day. Ana
finally it deprives them of holding any other ucra
tive Office whether it conflict with the constitution
or not He moved the bill be indefinitely postponed.
Mr.. Houston preferred no bill to this. It mlgh.
be we'll enough to have simply an oath OF oflce ou'
this bill was insulting to the good sense OF the Leg
islature
Mr.. Dobson considered it wrong to attempt the
imposition of such an oath on the cerk-f neces,a-
ry for Them then all officers elected by the lessa
ture should be required to take it.
The question then required on the motion to posi-
pone indefinitely.
Mr.. Leach demanded the ayes and noes. H..
Mr.. Edney would like to know the object lot 'n''
demand. E,fFt.
Mr. Leach To take the sense of the Senate
The Senate then voted as follows:
: For the Postponenent- Messrs. Battle Bleas s
>Blount Boyd, Brown, Carmichael, Cunnnlngrra ',,
Dobson, Donnell, Douthitt, Edney, Flanner' uny
ther Landlord Martini Miller, Mills, Person. Ra 1,
Reinhardt, Speicht, Taylor, Thomas, Turner a'Aof
|, Whitaker, and Williams-27
Against the Postponement. -Messrs. %G %a..b
Houston, Humphrey, Leach, Mcdonald and ""''
a