Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-02-04

any hl On tAis sunjeot and hoping that & possesses
merits which have been unable 70 see, IlOie ey6
MIR NEWBERN, when his pslns vas called said:
} Dir Speaker; claim ne privilege Of an eSplana-
ton, and then ] shah cast nv vote I was MOI
present when this bill passed its third readinein
this House have voted indifsreutly on various
propositions connected with this bill did So be-
cause was opposed % tspassage; and my votes
given during the progress Of this bill, have been
cast, with view TO its defeat oppose the oriei-
nal bill first, because, consider that t contains
doubtful constitutional powers. Secondly, because
of its c1pedieney-nOt being in my estimation cal
culated 10 give relief to the people; but calculated
to involve the banks and State in litigation the ob
vious tendency Of which, Weuld be to cripple the
banks and thereby Cypress the people Thirdly.
because the provision in the bill, Withdrawing all
small notes from circulation, would create demand
for specie; this would enhance the value Of gold
and silver and depreciate bank paper This en-
HANGED value Of, and demand for specie, would
operate opprsssively upon the poor and laboring
cIasses-the people-less able, than their more for
tunate neighbors, to bear such oppression. feel
therefore, constrained to vote against concurring
that may be able to defeat the bill. IvoteRo
So the report was coueurred in; and then, on the
motion Of Mr. NEWMAN the Clerk was directed
forthwith to inform the Senate Of this action Of the
| House Of Representatives.
COUNTY COURT JURISDICTION
On motion by Ar BULLOCK, 10y unanimous con-
sentl the House took up, on the second reading Mr.
Roberts bill Q68) to repeal the act Of ls49, &C.,
giving county courts Jurisdiction in the partition
| and sale Of estates Of deceased persons-Wifh the
Judiciary Committees bill in lieu
The bill in lieu was adopted, and 80 passed the
second reading.
PULASKI AND PIsaAH TURNPIKE.
The House now returned to the calendar Of bills
On the third reading and Mr. Harneys bill to ineor-
! porate the Pulaski and Pisgah turnpike company,
/ was taken up
Mr. HARVEY proposed to amend, BY charter for
the Connersyille and Lynnville Turnpike Company
! Mr.. WILSON proposed to amend the amendment
to extend said road up the valley Of Richland, ad-
ding that the company shall uOt be compelled to
build the road further than the county line, unless
the people Of Marshall shalt subscribe stock, Sc
which was adopted
The amendment as amended wss adopted: and
the bill passed the third and last reading in the
House Of Representatives
ROBERT r. GILBERT.
Mr. CALDWELL's bill Q9s) directory to the
Comptroller for the benefit Of Joseph r. Gilbert,
coming up
Mr. NEWMAN proposed to amend by adding his
bill 172) for the benefit Of s. 7. Turner; which
was adopted
Mr. CALDWELL. Mr. Speaker: will explain
the facts connected with this claim: Alexander
Myers, now a convict in the Tennessee Peniten-
tiary obtained $500 from Robert r. Gilbert an old
and highly respectable citizen Of my county, under
false and fraudulent pretences, and under cireum
stances which greatly aggravated the offence. At
the next term Of the Weakley Circuit Court, in
dictment preferred against him. Having learned
that he had fed to Kentucky-where he Wss.knOWn !
as a man hardened in crime-Mr Gilbert presente |
a transcript Of the record TO Gov johnson, who |
issued his requisition upon the Governor Of Ken |
lucky, in which he appointed agent to take this
My ers into custody and bring him back to this
Ind, IL - a. HTowo bo,1 l..
was arrested, identified. brought back to Tennessee
after much difficulty aud expense, and was tried,
convicted and sentenced to the Penitentiary for five
years All that is asked now is that the State pay
the expenses incurred by her agent in pursuing and
Crresting a VIC ator Of her laws No remuneration
for loss Of time is asked-but only that the money
actually paid out shall be refunded. The committee
claims have in gestigated the facts and reported
in favor Of the bill. A petition, signed by the
judge who tried the case and hundreds Of respects
bic citizens, has been presented TO this body, pray
ing that this loss may be made up to the old gentle
man, and hope, Mr. Speaker, there will be no Op-
position to it.
The bill, as amended, then passed the third and
last resdingin the House Of RePresentatives-yeas
40, noes TO-
MEMPHIS AND OHIO RAILROAD.
On motion by Mr. DUNLAP, (by unanimous con
sent,) the House now look up the motion 10 recon-
slider the vote rejecting the Senate bill 27 for the
benefit Of the Memphis and Ohio Railroad Com
psny.
Mr. DUNLAP made statement of the case-as
heretofore reported in this paper.
Mr. BATE stated the public importance Of this
road in its connections, and showing, that by short
ening the route of the road six miles, by leaving
Trenton on the North, as the bill proposes, there
was saving of $4,000 to the State Of the Govern
prs endorsements Of this Roads bonds.
Mr. CARTER Of Hardin demanded the yeas and I
nays the reconsideration, and the same being
ordered and taken, resulted-yeas 81, nays IA
So the vote was reconsidered; and the question
occurred on the third reading of the bill
Mr. ALGEE proposed to amend, by adding: "Pro-
Yided, the said $4,000 worth of State bonds shall
not be issued till said road is graded to ObiOn river
1t McNamerville, in 0bion county" which was c
adopted q
Mr. DUNLAP proposed further to amend, By add D
ng: Provided they shall use 10 more of said
100000 than shall be necessary to complete the
bridges alone, and nothing more Of said aid shall
,e used
The amendment was adopted.
Mr. FULTON proposed to amend further by add t
ng: "Be it further enacted That the act passed c
February q, 1856, section 9th, granting bridge aid
o the Winchester and Alabama Railroad Company, (
n the construction Of bridge across Elk river, in
lincoln county, be so amended to authorize the
aid company to receive the said bridge aid in the
anne manner that similar aid is received by other u
railroad Companies provided this act shall not be
that contained in the act referredto" a
The amendment was adopted.
The vote was then taken on the passage Of the E
i'll, as amended, resulting-ysas "a; nays l3-as
pillows:
Yeas-Messrs. Algee, Anderson, Bate, Bsyless,
entley, Benton, Bieknell, Blackburn, Bradford,
fraction, Caldwell, Cantrell, Cooper, Copeland
avidson Dobson, DodsOn, Dunlap, Ewing, Frazer,
ultOn, Cannon, GOlladay, Griffith, Hamilton, Har-
ey, Ivie, Keeney, King, Lackey, Lamb, Nancy,
Iaris, Mickey, NeWbern, Randolph, ROulston,
enshaW, Richardson, Roberts, Rose, RoWles, St.
ohm, Saunders Smart, Stanton, StovaIl, Summers,
thompson, Turner Of Roane, Turner Of Sumner,
'illiams, White of Hamilton, and White Of Knox
Nays-Messrs. Beale, Bullock, Carter Of Carter,
arter of Hardin, Estes, johnson, Low, Newman, =
enter, Shrewsbury, Wilson, Wood, and Vaughn ~
3. n
So the bill passed the third and astreading in the OF
ouse Of Representatives, and motion it was
dered to be Immediately transmitted to the Senate,
r enrolment.
The House thOn adjourned till tomorrow morning,