The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1864-12-20
N. G. LEGISLATURE.
Saturday, December 10.

| SENATE-Mr Warren, OF Beaufort introduced
bill to allow the Secretary of State Clerk.
| Mr. Ward, of Duplin, to impose tax in kind
(four per cent in corn, wheat, rye and pork to be
commuted for bacon at the rates of twenty-fo
pounds thereof to every thousand pounds of pork
forhe needy families of soldiers and for soldiers
widows.
The Committee on Propositions and Grievances
reported adversely on memorial from citizens of
Rutherford county in regard to the distllaton OF
! spirituous liquors.
HoUsE.-Mr Shepherd, of Cumberland, from
the Finance Committee, reported a revenue bill and
bill in relation to the State Treasurer. The latter
(which authorizes the Treasurer to sell the c. s.
bonds received in lieu of the old issue c. s. notes.
directs him to issue no more Treasury notes pay
able in 1866 and orders that the State notes here
after issued be made payable in 1869, and CONVEX
tlble into per cent bonds, redeemable in 1885, and
limits such immediate issue to So, ,000,0
| MIR Shepherd proceeded to state that this bill
contemplated the usual of Treasury notes,
but merely change in the nature of those already
authorized and provided for Should the present
military system of the State be kept up, aud the
other State expenses remain unaltered, the sum of
$40, 100000 would be required for each of the
coming two years. The committee did not think
the people labouring under Confederate, State,
county and often taxes, could bear this, and it
was therefore proposed to raise $5.0OO,00 by
direct taxation, and the deficit IN the way pro-
posed by the bill.
Under suspension of the rules the bill passed
its various readings and was ordered to be imme-
diately engrossed and sent to the Senate.
Mr. Shepherd also reported Revenue Bill which
passed its first reading, ordered to be printed,
and on motion of Mr. S. made the special order for
Tuesday, and every day thereafter, at the same
hour from day to day until its consideration shall
have been completed .
(This bill, which is quite lengthy, provides for
an ad uolorem tax of l per cent on the assessed
value of 1868, and seems to be both rigid and we'll
guarded in all its provisons)
Monday, Dec. IL
SENATE-Mr Pool from the Joint Committee
on Confederate Relations reported the resolutions
relative to impressments by the Confederate author
tiles, and asked that the Committee be discharged
from the further consideration thereof.
The House bill to establish mileage and per diem
Of members, with amendment increasing the
latter to $50 per day was concurred in.
The House bi passed Saturday, to author
ize the sale of bonds usual Of treasury notes. &c
by the Treasury, was taken up and, under a sus-
pension of the rules, passed its various readings.
HoUsE-Mr Dargan, of Arson, offered the fol-
lowing:
Resolved, That all of the Home Guards and
Senior Reserves, ssigned to light duty, be and the
same are hereby discharged from further military
service.
Mr. Fowle, of Wake, regretted to oppose any,
thing in favour of the classes named, but thought
it not only of no practical importance, but amount
ing to notification of G.. S. military laws, with
which the General Assembly had nothing to do.
Mr. Dargan advocated the passage of the resolu
ton and moved it be put upon its several readings
Mr. Fowe moved it be laid on the table. So
ordered by the House.
The consideration Of the ha6ens corpus resolu-
tions, being before the House, the resolutions
put to the vote and adopted by yeas GO, nays 20,
the vote being as follows:
Ayes-Messrs Allison, Asheworth, Banks, Beam
Benbury, Best Blair, Bond of BERTHE, Bond of
Gates, Brown of Madison, Bryan, Caldwell, Gallo
way, Carson of Rutherford, Carter, Costner Crage,
Gov les Dargan, Davis Of Halifax, Duke, Enloe,
Erwin, Flynt, Fowle, Gibbs, Gidney, Grissom,
Gudger, Hadley, Hanes, Harrington, Harrison,
Hassell, J Headen, W Headen. Henry, Her
bert, Holton, Horton of Watauga, Horton of
Wilkes, Isbeil, Jordan, Joyner, Lane, Latham,
Lewis, Little, Lyle, Mann, Mccormick, McGehee,
Morisey, Murrill, Patton, Peace, Reinhardt, Rid.
dick, Russell, Shober, Simmons, Smith of john
ston, Waugh-63.
Nays-Messrs Austin, Boyd, Brown of Meek
lenburg, Caho, Cobb, Crawford of Rowan, Faison,
Farmer, Grier, Harris, Hawes, Judkins, Love,
Outterbridge, Powell, Shepherd, Smith of fiDaplin,
Stancil, Strong, Wooten-2O.
Mr. Shepherd introduced a resolution authorizing
the Public Treasurer to receive partial payment of
taxes due from counties in the encmy's lines
Resolutions of thanks to certain Junior Reserves
and Home Guards we're adopted, as also resolutions
authorizing the payment of bounties to soldiers.
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DEATH OF Col. C. G. BLACKNALL-It is with
deep regret that we announce the death of Col O.
G. Blacknall, 23d N. c. Regiment. letter from
his brother, DR.. G. ". Blacknall, to the Editor,
says:
tTt hoo.n,o, M "a. fld dutv fo foil vnu Of tho