Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1861-08-28


ton Company was taken up and put on its second
and third readings, and the bill passed.
Mr.. Gambler offered a bill nstructing the military
committee to inquire whether it was necessary to
station regiment anywhere along the Tennessee
line. Agreed to.
On motion, the Senate adjourned tomorrow, 10
o'clock.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The House met at 10 o'clock, A. M.
The journal of yesterday was read and approved
MEMORIALS AND RESOLUTIONS.
Mr.. Padget presented memorial from sundry
citizens OF Rutherford praying additional taxes be
laid on sundry retailers of spirituous liquors. Re-
ferred to committee propositions and grievances.
Mr.. Patterson, amemoral from the Orange Guards
at Fort Macon, in reference to supplying them with
suitable arms Referred to committee on military
affairs.
Mr.. Small, resolution limiting the time of speak
ers to Is minutes. Laid over.
Mr.. Foy, resolution instructing the committee
Of finance to enquire into the roprety OF preparing
bill for the relief of SheriffS. Adopted.
Mr.. Wright resolution in favor of the Western
railroad company-transferring 100000 of State
coupon bonds to the company on certain conditions.
Mr.. Wright supported his resolution by an earnest
speech showing the importance in military as well
as general point of view, Of completing the West
railroad at once. Under a suspension of the
notion it was referred to the committee on mil
itary affairs
Mr. Liles resolution instructng the judiciary
committee to enquire into and report, whether the
commissions Of military officers are valid after three
years. Passed
Mr. Bowman, resolution inStructing same COM
mittee to inquire into the propriety Of making
disposition of the free negro population of the State
Passed.
Mr.. Foy, resolution proposing to the Senate to
+; raise joint committee OH the stay law. Adopted
Mr.. Galloway, resolution complimentary to
Messrs. Coleman Crossan and Duval, of our State
navy, recommending them to the Confederate gov
i ernment as every way entitled to commissions in
the Confederate navy and urging upon delegates
the notice OF the government Under a suspension
Of the rules it passed its several readings and was
| sent to the Senate for its concurrence.
BILLS ON FIRST HEADING.
Mr.. Hall, bill in favor of James NJ. Hilliard late
| Sheriff of Dave county. Read and referred to ap-
propriate committee.
Mr.. Jordan, bill! to grant regiment of militia
| to Pennsylvania county. Referred to committee on
militia.
Mr.. Hayes, bill to establish ferry on Hiwassee
river. The rules suspended and the bill pass
ed its second and third readings and ordered to be
enrolled.
Mr.. Davis of Mecklcnburg bill to incorporate
the Charlotte and Southwestern railroad company.
| Referred.
Mr. Tapscott, bill to incorporate Mechanics
Savings Institute in Alamance county. Referred to
committee on banks and banking.
| PROPOSITION TO ABOLISH THE CONVENTION.
! The unfinished business OF yesterday, being Mr..
Foys preamble and resolutions, was taken up, and
pu. on its second reading, and the yeas and nays
were called, when Mr.. Bachelor appealed to the
| House not to press the question. He was anxious
oGac f,rth arr fho hi1f
he was entirely too unwell to attempt it and moved
that the bill be postponed till tomorrow; which
| proposition was rejected.
Mr. Merrimon deprecated the disposition to press
this grave matter upon the body in this form. He
had alluded to the improper verbiage of the resou
tons before and must still insist with all due defer
ence to the introducer that if this body must take
action upon this subject it should be sent to COM
mittee to be reduced to proper FORM The preamble
set forth statement to which he could not subscribe,
that there were two antagonistic legislative bodies
in the State No action Of the Convention exhibit
ted any such antagonism. So far from it, all its
acts were respectful to this body. He did not ap-
prove of all the Convention did, far from it; nor did
he Justify the bcral remarks of individuals in that
body but it due to both bodies that whatever
ton is taken here should be borne out by the facts
He alluded to other Objectionable features in the
preamble in which he thought the Legislature would
assume untenabe ground, were it to adopt thepre-
ambe as it stands. If gentlemen really thought
that it was important that the people should have
an opportunity to declare their wishes to the
tinuance of the Convention, why not say so? On
that simple issue he might vote for it But why
dictate to the people? Why should the Legislature
in advance PREJUDICE the matter? Why should this
body declare before the people had done So that the
Convention should be dissolved? The bill declared
that the Convention had done all that it ought to
do. He thought otherwise. Its work was incom-
plete and he considered it important that it should
be convened again.
Mr.. Bachelor felt his duty to resist this meas
ure, but he was too feeble, yet the refusal of the
House to postpone it. forced upon him the necessity
of doing what he could to arrest proceeding which
he deemed revolutionary, and an attack upon our
institutions, if not upon liberties. He was pro-
ceeding when he gave way to Mr.. Merrimon to offer
resolution, when, his notion the paper was re-
ferred to the committee on the judiciary.
The resolution of Mr.. Small fixing the meeting
and adjournment of the sessions vas taken up when
after several Intellectual efforts to amend the resolu.
ton was laid on the table.
BILLS SECOND READING.
The bill to increase the powers of the commits
sioners of the town of Newborn. Referred to com
mttee on banks and banking.
The bill to confer on the city of Raleigh the pow
er to issue small bills &C. Referred to the same
committee.
The bill to amend the 18th chapter Of revised code.
Referred to the judiciary committee
On motion, the House adjourned tomorrow 10
o'clock.
SENATE
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 81, 1851.
Senate met at 10 oclockA Speaker in the chair
Prayer by Rev. Thos. Skinner
The journal Of yesterday was read and approved
Mr.. Hall introduced q resolution instructing the
Finance committee to report bill for issuing State
bonds to the amount of one million. =.
Mr.. Bledsoe moved to amend BY instructing the