Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1861-01-30
sTAIn LEnI6LATURE

laVOf OF mos. blEe~ bt an on pd~Stu u
three several rea an q, anu Was orierca 70
be enrolled. Afcr tIe passage If some u.s.
important bills on their second reading, tie
5 suatc resumed the Cd. sIdcration Of { q & n
vcnttou bill, Bat soon postponed ITS furtaer
consideration tHl tO-bOrrON. The bill to
autharize the county court Of Hyde to APP
point a committee Of finance passed third
reading. Also, the biltto amend the charter
of the town of Statcsyille. Also, the bill to
amend the charter Of the t0an Of Charlotte.
JAv. 2l-H1ass. "A number Of reports
from committees were sabmlttc1, but no de-
finite actioa taken on any. Mr.. Mendcnhall
introduced q resolution, calling fr a conycn
ton T., amend the Constitution Of the U. s.
Ordered 20 be printed. The House then re-
sumed the consideration Of the Convention
ill, which was discussed I'LL the hour of adj
iournmeut without coming 10 a vote.
JAS. ~ SeRdiG--N0 bin passed its final
reading before the hour arrived for taking up
the Convention bin Much time was con
stunned n discussing the time for elccting del
cgatcs to the Convention; when finally the
DIST Of February was designated as the day
for cIecting delegates, and the Convention not
10 assemble carrier tBau the llth Of March.
The bill then passed second reading-ayes
27-nays 10.
JAS. 92-Hgase After some uniinpor-
portaut business, the House passed tue Con-
ycutiou bill on is second reading, by a vote
Of 40 to 90; aud by a vote Of two-thirds put
the bill upon its third reading The day and
night session were consumed in debate W it'll
out coming TO a vote.
JAS '23-Seaatt "A large number Of pri
vate bills, resolution and reports Of Com
mites handed in no aclou on any. House
bill for lighting and warming the Capital
passed It's three readings and was ordered to
be enrolled. The consideration Of the Con
yeutiou bill was then resumed, when Mr..
Turner moved an amendment that no mem
Der Of the present Legislature shall be eligi-
bic to u scatin the proposed Convention.
Rgccted-aycs u nays 80. Mr.. Ramsay
proposed It'll March as the day for conye-
ming the Convention. Lost. Mr.. Eure's
bill, as amended, was then substituted for the
original bill-aycs 81, nays 1O-and thus
amended passed It's second reading.
JAN. 23.-H0Rse Mr.. Newly submitted
n resolution for appointing Commissioners
60 W ashingtou on the 18th Of February to
meet Commissioners from other States to
settle our sectional difficulties. The resolu
tons name, as Commissioners, Hon. Thomas
Rullin. William A.. Graham, Weldon n. Ed.
wards, Kenneth Rayner and Edwin g.. Reade
Ahcr considerable debate the resolution was
postponed till tomorrow
At the night session the convention bill wa.
discussed ill 10 o'clock and a number Of M
ttons were voted doNn as to time Of holding
the convention, but the main question was not
reached,
JAS. 24-SeHate.--Scyera bills were pu.
on first readings and referred. The bill t
alter the time Of opening polls at Salisbury
Lexington and Ashcvillc passed third Teading
and ordered to bc enrolled. Also a bill con
corning common schools.
Mr. Avery, from the committee on fedora
relations made report on the Virginia an,
Alabama resolutions. Said report recommend
that . commissioners be appointed by thi
General Assembly, to meet similar commits
sioucrs from Virginia and other States, il
Washington on Che Attn OF Februa y An,
tbat three other commissioner DC oapPota,e,
to meet the slavcholdiug States in Convention
on the 4th Of February, in Montgomery, Ala
bama
No action was taken on the report.
The bill for calling n State Convention, wa
read third time and passed See yeas ant
nays under editorial head. Adjourned.
JAS. 2l-Housa-The resolutions of MI
Newly, for sending commissioners to Wash
inrtun. were taken up, and after debate wer
postponed till TO morrow. The Convcntio
bill was then aiken up. A large number {
amendments of one sort or another We're pre-
posed and rejected, and iiua ly the vote wa
taken ou the third and last reading, resultIn
in les passage by a vote Of Sc ayes to ~ nay
See yeas and nays under editorial head.
At the night session, Il large number
bills passed first reading and the bill to c
tablish the county Of Mitchell was read thin
time, passed, ordered to be cngrosscd and SCI
10 the Senate.
JAS. 2~Jth-SeHate -After a favorable r
port on several bills from the Judiciary cor
mittcc and the committee on Internal In
provcmeuts,
Mr.. Brown made a report in behalf of
minority of the Committee on Federal Rel
tious i'm regard TO the communication fro
the States Of Alabama and Virginia.
These reports were made the special ord
for / o'clock.
The hill to repeal the act cxcmpting Sta
bonds from taxation, was taken up and {
bated by Messrs. Dockery, Bledsoe, Turn
and Morchead until | o'clock.
The reports from the Committee were tn
taken up, and a debate ensued betwe
Messrs. Brown, Avery, Turner and others.
Pending this, the Senate adjourned
JAS. 25th-House. The House met at
clock.
Artcr the introduction Of Il few priv;
bills and resolutions,
The House took up the special order it
ing the resolutions Of Mr.. Newly to send c
tim Commissioners to Washington. J
lloke moved to strike out all the nan
fom the resolutions, carried.
Mr.. Hoke then moved an amendment Il
a proposition bc sent to the Senate to rails
Joint Committee of four from each Hol
whose duty it stall hc 10 report the nan
of five gentlemen MS Commissioner TO go
Washington, and also Of five as Comnissi
cis To go TO Montgomery, Ala.
Mr.. Harris moved an amendment, that
Commissioners TO Alabama shall at only
mcdmturs, and eudeayur to reconcile the
listing troubles between the North and Sol
The question on NJ. Hoke's a%mendmen
thus amended, was then put, and it
adopted, yeas lO7, nays l3.
MIR. Person uHered an amendment to
effect that the Commissioner should a
10 10 proposition for compromise, ex
upon the basis of the Crittenden proPesi
ard the vi gnia reso utions.
Mr.. Iloke offered an amendment, that
COMPROMISE shall be accepted that does
provide for the recognition and proteC
Of slavery South of $50 the repeal
anti fugitive slave laws, and that these
bc agreed To 10y the delegates of a numb
States s iicicut To- INCORPORATE The sam
AN am,uumg ut into the Con tuition.
Mr.. trrmpler offered to- asd % the
amendment tae Wors uevrr theless
pro q. tio. snai I'd reit..sI that pro.
le llu J.-ac. ts tue sa"t1