Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-11-16
TENNESSEE LEGIsLATuRE.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
AFTERxooN SESSION.
MoxpAr. Navember 14. ls5o.

Mr.. CALDWELL, being ennIied to the door. re-
sumed, in opposition TO the bill proposing to abol-
ish tbe Office Of Geologist and MiDera,ogst. There
were lead, iron end zinc ia various portions Of this
State which would amply repay the commonwealth
for The triAng expense of sustaining the ofhee of
ate deologist, not to say any thing about the re-
cent discoveries of gold in the county of Monroe
He was opposed to the bill which would tbrow the
state bsck nifty years in the march Ofimprovtment.
In the single article Of marble slcne the quar-
res discovered have amply repaid the State for all
its expenditure in that direction. He aoped We
would do nothing which would retard the progress
OF science amongst us, or which would give our
neighboring States chance to brand us as set Of
ignoramuses- He hoped gentlemen would look bet
ter to the interests Of the people than to be actuated
by motives Of the kind which would abolish the
othce in order 70 the miserable pitance which
is or may be allowed to its incumbent
Mr.. FORD mored to refer the bill to the Commit-
tee on Agriculture.
Mr.. M0RPHIS never heard tell Of State Geol-
ogist being in his county. There was mari bed
there ninety feet deep which had been discovered
without the aid Of oologists it found by those
paddles who carry picks on their shoulders that
new addition to the Democratic party.
Mr.. WHITE, of Davidson, wanted TO show to the
world that we hse wealth untold in Tennessee so
that our stocks would 60 up in the New FORK mar
ket He favored the motion to refer the bill to the
Committee on Agriculture; and he also favored the
rejection Of the bill. He thought il could be shown
that the mari beds in the coEniy Of AlcNairy we're
found BY Biologists, and il the bill were referred
some gentleman mig hs fad time to hunt up the au-
thOrity.
Mr. JOHNSON called upon gentlemen to point
out an instance where the State Geologst had made
discovery which had refunded 10 the credit Of the
State. He hoped the House would not refer the
bill.
Mr. FORD hoped the motion to refer would pre-
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time should be had before vote was taken upon it
Mr.. BEAFY was hardly prepared to vote upon
the bill; yet be thought the State was not far
enough advanced in that direction 20 spspse With
STATE Geoiogst. The State had been penuri0us
in this matter, and that was the reason Why moth
ing more had been developed. Instead Of abolish
ing the office he would favor an appropriation Of
$40 900 10 enable the State Geoogist TO employ as
sistaDts and go to work in hard TO develop
the resources of the State. nasrafa0 .zI.
Mr. EWING said that geology laid at the very foun-
dsiion Of many Of the interests Of the Slate. The
latter part Of the nineteenth century is not the time
for gentlemen to say that geology do but little
for the general welfare of community. There are
ten thousand reasons why the flee should remain
aOd the salary be increased, but there was not
why it should be abolished that should affect gem
tlemen upon this floor. .--.-ni y
The motion to refer was rejected by yeas %, nays
SO. ~
81, nays 3l-ss follows 4, tt
Yeas-Msssrs Baker, of Perry, Baker. Of Weak
ley, Barksdsle, Beunstt, Bledsoe, BrazeltOn, DOak
Dudley, Ford, Frszier, CAN'T, German, Guy, Hsbb,
Ingram. Jones, johnson, Kinesid of Anderson, Kin
caid, Of Claiborne, Lea, McCahe, Morphis. Roberts,
Russell. Senter, She'd, Smith, Treyitt, Vaughan,
Williams, of Franklin, Williams, of Hickman, Will
Hanson, Woods, and Speaker Whitthorne--94
Nays-Messrs. Armstrong. Bayless Beatty, Bick-
nell, BrittOn, Butler CsldHell, Cheaiham, Critz
Davidson, East, Ewing Farley, Farrelly, Gillespie,
Greene, Harris, Havron, Hurt, Kenner Kennedy
Mayfeld, Morris, Nall, Norman, Porter, Richard
son, Shrewsbury, White, Of Davidson, Whitm0re
and Woodward-Sl. ~ t-
Mr.. DUDLEY moved to refer the hill to the Com
mittss on agriculture.
The motion was agreed to by yeas 49, nays l6.
LEAyE OF ABsENCE 4t ~.
Was granted to Messrs. SHED and LoOkhsrt.
FoREIGS BANK NOTES
Mr. BIcknslPs bill RI, R. GOT 10 repeal sections
1917 and 1871 OF the Code, was read
Mr. BICKNELL said the object Of section 1911
was destroyed by the operation of section 1917.
He wished the good money from South Carolina and
other States to into this State; and unless the
bill passed this currency would be driven cut.
3, Mr. WILLIAMS, of Hickman, moved to ameBd
the bill by striking out "sections 1917 sad 1Sl8,"
and inserting the words ''seeiion 1917, ,i
MIR. BICKHELL wished to have the benefit Of the
good paper Of other States, and could see no good
reason Why it should be denied to the people, He
hoped the amendment would be rejected
Mr.. CAN'T opposed the passage Of the bill and
favored the amendment He moved to recommit
the bill to the Committee on Banks
MI BICKNELL never could understand Why good
money from her States skOald be abolished and
driven from our midst.
The motion to Iscommit vas agreed TO-
And then .. I-. -. -.IH -e H..a-a -.- Il
On motion. the House adjOurhsd till tomorrow
morning 8. O'Clock. I'D. .-