Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1859-01-15

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s6spssk almost daily. q I'll The business On the
"a 4Was time enough to extend The scssioa vhsn
che babess accumulated.
h Wsolutioa Was paced over fos one day
N. tsnch introduced resolution to prohibit pay.
Deos q public moneys uatlcs certain cireunstan.
CO.. 11srrsd to the committee on finance.
Mr.. oounell . resolution requiring certain ~
1srs4fswamp lanik Propositions and KsicvsoccA
NE Mcdowell, . rrsoluiioa to rrSsr the me~aes
nfA Governor on the report q the Literary fund
AdsVo.d
~ Thomas, . resolution. inssrucsins the judicis-
y sesusidcr The expcicucy a altering the law re-
lasiss 70 granting licenses sos The sale q spir;suon
IquRs. Adopted
4. Pool inirodueed bin to amend The ct inenr.
pssssing the town Of Elizabeth City. Referred 10
sAe cpmmittee on corporations
II. Humphrey, bill to incorporate She Raleigh
0.ssht Company. Corporations
Nr. Gosscll bin to incorporate the town Of
Jamestown. Gailford county. Same coUmistcc.
Mr.. Edncy, bill io the protection a the labor q
Mechanics. Judiciary.
CoALrtElne HttL
Mr.. Miller moved 10 rrsonssicr the vutc by which
was rejected the ball to aid In The construction and
equipncnt Of the Western and CoslticAis Tailrusd
ll object to gain information, o. BIC would like
to vote Cor the Hill if possible.
Mr.. Cowpcr opposed the reconsideration.
Mr. Br,lsoc thought the interests q the State jus
tilted tho passage Of tho bill lie had l'ecn rrquc>
ted and au,hor;xcd by gentlemen q character and
standing tn state that if the Hill should pass they
will authorize survey To be mac. at their own
pcnsc. far branch to cuUncct with tho " Z. rusd,
and build the connection By private subscriptions
exclusively.
Mr. Dou,hi,t had Promised to vote Zoe the rrcoa.
sidcration hut after the rrarks az The senator from
Wake, he would he hound to vote against Il. ~ u
was the intention To make cu0ncvtioa at o. mar
Raleigh lie was in 6vur Of bill n reach the cual
fields from Fayetteville and was opposed 10 all the
amendments
Mr. Eincy cuncurrd with Mr. Dcushitt on the
hare charter without the amendments.
Mr.. Blcsac hsd mssic the statement as an induce
mcnt To go for the reconsideration. lie did pot sP.
| prove Of the amcndmcuts; bnt he ds<irvd In show
that the connection could lie made by private sub
scrptions. and had no ida u ensTsftins anything
on 10 the charter.
Mr. Mcdonald aid barc chatter to the coslfie,ds
was al the company needed and thsi if they desired
| to 20 farther they had not the means.
Mr. Douthitt was inpcllcd by . sense a duty to
his constituents; and he gave noticc that the vote
Was rcconsidcrcd he should move to strike out tbs
| amendment of Nr. Ashc.
| Nr. Thomas askcd Mr.. Douthiss u he would voss
for the bill In the event Of Mr. Ashes amendment
bcing stricken out.
Mr. Douthitt could not
Mr.. Cowpcr thought that Il the coal deposits wcrc
a rich represented there would be no difficulty
in getting individuals 70 build the rosd without STATE
Nr. Cherry was in favor Of the rrcca.;drntioo;
there were sufficient Inducements to Justify the pas
sagc Of the bill
The vote to reconsider resulted, aye q. no "a. %
follows:
Ay.-Ncssrx A.he. Ble,lsoc. Boyd. Brown. Cher.
ton. Leach, Mcdonald. Mcdowell. NcKoy. MINI.
Mills. Pitchford, Ramsay. Rcinhardt Siraushsn.
Steele, Thomas, Tuucr, walkon Ward and Worth
go.
Ma-Ncssrs Battle. Cowpcr. Cunningham. Don.
nell nou:hi',; Guythcr; Humphrey. Lane; t.nk.
forl Martin. Pool Spcisht and whitakcr-la
Mr.. Blc,isoc moved 10 postpone the further con.
sidc,ioa Of the ,i and that Il be made tho special
order for wednesday next Adopted
ApvAlowrx sysYxs ~ TAXATION.
The bill to amend the constitution 30 - to cstab-
lish the advalorcm system Of TAXATION. being The
special order. Was taken up It's iir~t reading
The committee had rrpostci adversely to is passaec
Mr.. Blcslsoc addressed the Senate for nearly two
hours In support of the bill As his remarks In iull
arc now undergoing his rrvisioa and viii b pub
lished shortly, wc will attempt no synopsis
AZ the conclusion az NJ. Blcdsoc's remarks
Mr.. Cornell moved to amend by providing fue .
free and open convention to revise the Constitution
Il being now near three O'Clock. on motion Of Mr..
MilA, the Senate adjourned ill 10 O'Clock to-mos-
TOW.
mx scene ~ rxr ssxArs oS sAvnsAr.
Mr.. Turner arose 70 . question of personal psi,i.
lego lie said he had been improperly rcposted "
in the proceedings the appointment q Justices Al
the peace - reported In the Ssssdsrd lie denied
the accuracy Of several passages relative To himself
and ciied others which he would not pronounce
false" but would call on Senators to ssy u they
were not false o. to them.
As this matter has gone 70 tar and ss the rvades,
Of this journal must havs hccomc tirrd and dsguss-
ed with the details the Reporter viii give merely .
summary Of what followed
Mcssn. Cherry. Cunningham. Miller. Co~per.
Bctisoe. Leach, bohson. Battle Pool. Dooncil. "a.
ncy, walkup Mcdonald and Mr. Speaker Clark.
were scvcaliy called upon 10 prove tbs IMPORT sse
- to them" Mr. Cunningham corrected tie svposs
in one particular viz: that he had stated NJ. Turn
e. had promised to lesd the "levity when mem.
Der Of The House of Commons nol on ihe present
occasion, rspossed That wss shc only cossscsioa
made by all this array Of witnesses though several
isaeesrseiss spoken of bot nos pointed out ex
ceps in one oase BY Mr.. Cowpes. and In which, - be
stated, the report agreed with the journal though
he considered Il IN error In both Of The IL wit
nses thirseca did net prove The report Che . "a
them; but On The contrary. some unqual0sdly -