Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-02-10
TENNESSEE LEGISLATURE.
FousE oF INCONSISTENCIES.
WEDNESDAY,, February 3, 1858.
The Journal Of yesterday was read.
PERSONAL.

had not received that paper. which was one Of the
tive papers be had selecedto take st the beginning
of the session. He had ct length notified them to
discontinue their paper TO him, az he had deter
mined to take another paper in It's place. he did
not want the State TO pay for paper which he had
not received according 70 the order Of subscription
for members Of The House Of Representatives He
desired this statement 10 be recorded.
PErrr1oE-FoBKED DBER RIvRR-SEW Propositions.
Mr. LACKEY presented the petition Of sundry
citizens Of Dyer and adjoining countless with refer
enoe to the improvement Of the navigation Of Forked
Deer river; aud in conformity herewith
Mr. LACKEY Introduced a bin No 42l) TO au-
thorize Isaac 8raeken 10 keep open the channel Of
the FOrked Deer river at its mouth, to charge
toll. SC.
Mr. RANDOLPH introduced bill mo 422) to
prevent grand juries from sending for witnesses in
certain cases.
Mr. KENDRICK introduced bill (NO. 42S) to
amend the 9th section Of the act of 1885, chapter
III, and for other purposes.
Mr. STOVALL introduced bill mo. 424) to
amend the act Of 1927, chapter Il, section l.
Mr. WHITE Of Hamilton introduced bill NO.
425l to change the name Of Vincent Foler-[tO
Vincent Pullen.
Which bills we're seVeraIly passed the first read
ing.
AMENDMENTS OF TIE CONSTITUTION IN REGARD TO
BANKS, THE PUBLIC CREDIT, sc
Mr NEWMAN'S resolutions for amendments to
the Constitution Of Tennessee in those regards,
oeming up
On motion by Ar BATE. they were laid over till
tomorrow morning, 10 Ocock.
SECRETARY AND TREASURER OF STATE CLERKS AND
MASTERS.
Mr. ESTES resolutions to so change the State Con-
stitution TO make these officers elective by the
people, coming up
Mr. DAVIDSON moved TO amend, By striking out
the words, Secretary Of Stale"
Mr STOVALL opposed the resolution-especially
was he in favor Of striking out Secretary"
Mr DAVIDSON wanted to say something, but he
feared if he should say anything about the Govern
or's nominating, &C., he would be located over in
England, the field Of that or some other mOnar-
ehy. He proceeded, however, and when he had
concluded, he Withdrew his motion.
AR FRAZER renewed Il; and the yeas and nays
being demanded and taken thereon Fesuted-yeas
II, nays 80
So the House refused to strike out; and the ques-
ton REQUIRED the adoption Of the resolutions on
their third reading.
hr CANTRELL saw discrepancy between this
proposition and that for quadrennial sessions, &C.,
and preferring the latter, between the two, he
should now vote against the former.
Mr ESTES replied
AF BULLOCK moved to lay the subject on the
table, with the view Of taking up his bill to author
ze the people to call convention to alter or amend
the Constitution Of Tennessee, and make its con-
sideration a special order; but withdrew it for
hr ESTES,,tO make an sppeal for the vote directly
on the passage OF his resolutions.
Dir BULLOCK withdrew the motion entirely,
preerring take the vote the resolutions direct
ly, and the same being taken by yeas and nays, re-
suted--yeas Al, nays 2S-as follow:
YeaS-Messrs. Algee, Bsyless, Bentley, Blackburn,
Bradford, BraEelton, Carter Of H., Copeland Davie
DObson, Estes, Fulton, Cannon, Golladsy, Griffith,
Hamilton, Holmes johnson, Kendriek, Keeney,
Ian Ion sak1
dolph RenshaW, Roberts, Rose, RoWles, Sanders,
Schmittou, Smart Summers, Taylor, Turner Of
Sumner, Williams, Wilson, Wood, and Speaker Dom
elsOn-4l.
Nays-Asssrs. Anderson, Bate, Beale, Benton,
Bicknel, Bullock, Caldwell, Cantrell, Cooper, d.
wilson, DOdson, Dunlap, Ewing, Frazer, Ivie Lack
ey, Nancy, Newbern, RouIston, Richardson, st.
John, Senter, Shrewsbury, Stovall, Thompson,
White Of Hamilton, White Of Knox, and Vaughn
-28.
So the resolutions we're passed the final resdingin
the House Of Representatives, and they we're then
ordered 10 be forthwith transmitted TO the Senate
AMENDMENT OF THE CoNsTITUTIoN-NEw COUNTIES.
Mr COPELAND, Toy unanimous consent, moved
10 take up Mr. Folks motion TO reconsider the vote
rejecting his resolutions changing the State COnsti
tuition in regard to the formation Of counties.
Mr. EWING showed the evil working Of such
change Of the Constitution, where counties, like
Davidson have involved in railroad stock
subscriptions.
Mr. COPELAND replied. It was not final prOpO-
sition, sc.
Mr. BAYLESS could not see how this proposition
could work any hardship.
Mr. CANTRELL showed what would be the ill
working Of this proposition in the OF the oOun
y Of DeKalb.
After further debate, the House refused to recon-
slider, yyeas p, nays "a
ABSENCE
On motion by Mr. SANDERS, Mr. Stanton had
leave Of absence for this day.
On motion by Mr. THOMPSON, the House took
up his motion to reconsider the concurrence of the
House to change the charter of IL. Pleasant The
was had and Mr. Thompson's
amendment applied; and it was ordered that the
same be forthwith communicated
TUBULAR RAIL.
The Senate amendment to the bill QO7) to pro-
duce uniformity in railroad reports, viz sUbstitu-
ting the Tubular rail, instead of the solid pro-
vided the same shall not be used till the Road Com
missioner shall report that the said tubular rail is
fully equal in point Of durability to the rail
adopted By law
After statements by Mr. TURNER of Sumner and |
Mr. NEWMAN
The amendment was cOncurred in.
MISSISSIPPI RAILWAY COMPANY.
The Senate amendments to the bill C277 to charter
the Greenville and North Carolina RailrOad-addng
a CnarJer Tor the hlsslsSlppl hallrOAu company /
Ito connect with the system Of roads eOnverging at
Cairo, Illinois T.
MIR DUNLAP showed how this proposition would |
connect itself with that other great public work of
leveeng the east bank of the Mississippi river from
Memphis to the Kentucky line. The bill was with
out State aid.
Mr. STOVALL demanded the yeas and nays, and |
they were ordered.
MrWHITEo of Hamilton also stated that the propo- |
sition did not propose TO involve the State. The /
bill contemplated that, if the enterprise Of the West
ern Disrict should succeed with the leVee it would
require but little additional expense to lay down the
rails for the railroad and so confers a charter for
that purpose
The amendment was cOneurred in without d.
vision.
COUNTY COURT JURISDICTION.
Mr. SANDERS entered his motion TO reconsider /
the vote of yesterday rejecting the bill No. los.
DISTRICT CHANCERT COURTS.
The House now took up the special order, viz: /
Mr. BULLOCKS bill (l14) to abolish the present /
Cbsncery Courts and to establish District Chancery
Courts
The bill was read through by the Clerk.
Mr. BULLOCK took the floor in support Of the bill, |
but gave way for motion for recess till two o'clock,
?. n, and accordingly
The House took recess.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
WEDsEsDAY, Feb. 8, 1865.
EVENING SESSION.
Mr. CARTER Of Carter, asked and obtained leave .
10 withdraw the bill, No. 81, for amendment.
MEMPHIS, GAINESVILLE, AND OHIO RAILROAD.
n, -,otio, nv Mr. SINNERS INV 7,poDiwoBa |