Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1864-12-20
HOUSE OF COMMONS.


The House called to order at 10 o'clock, A. NJ.
Prayer by Rev. j. NJ. Atkinson of the Presbyte-
ran Church.
Journal of yesterday was read and approved.
The committee that superintended the election
held on yesterday for Counsellors of State report
ed the election of Messrs P Fl. Winston, N. L.
Williams and A. G. Foster.
The House concurred in a proposition from the
Senate to print the report of the Treasurer of the
University.
Leaves of absence were granted Messrs. Harris
and FaiSon.
Mr. Perkins was allowed to record his vote in the
affirmative on Mr.. Fowle's resolutions in relation to
the suspension Of the privileges of the writ OF hG
6eGS corpus
Mr.. McAden introduced a resolution, which was
adopted, requesting the Governor to correspond
with President Davis and protest against the cruel
and inhuman manner in which slaves conScrlbed
from our citizens are treated in North Carolina.
On presenting the resolution,
Mr.. McAden said he did not introduce this reso-
luton in a captious spirit, as he was one of those
that believed that we should give to ourselves
generous support Yet the cruel and inhuman
manner in which our slaves had been treated at
Wilmington had become crying evil. That some
eight months since slaves, under the order of the
Governor, were cOnseribed from his constituents
with the promise that they should be returned at
the end of thirty days. At the expiration of the
time the Governor demanded the return of the
slaves, which demand was refused by Gen Whit
ing. The slaves were kept for ninety days and so
inhumanly treated that third thereof died, and
the remainder returned unfit for service for several
months. Slaves have been recently conscrIbed
again and sent to Wilmington and Weldon, and
that he was in possession of information that said
slaves were being murdered by cruel and inhuman
treatment He had no doubt all of this conduct
was contrary to the wishes of both the President
and Secretary of War and the object of the reso-
luton to call attention to it in order that the
great eOb might be remedied
Mr.. Shepherd, a resolution instructing an inqui-
ry, BY the Committee on Judiciary, as to what leg
islaton is necessary to the wives and families
of soldiers from being dispoSscsSed of houses they
occupy as tenants. Adopted.
Mr. Sharpe introduced the following resolutions:
RessIoed. That State sovereignty is the principle
on which North, Carolina and the other States with
drew from the United States government; and,
therefore, the States composing the Southern Con-
federacy are soVeregns, and that the Confederate
is only the agent of the States and sab
lect to their control:
ResOtUed further, That the States in their sover-
eign capacity have the right to take up the ques-
ton of peace or war; and settle it without consul.
taton with the President of the Southern Confed.
eracy or of the so-calLed United States.
On motion of Mr.. Crawford of Rowan, these res
olutons were laid on the table. Yeas 80, nays 30.
Those who voted in the affirmative were Messrs.
Allston, Austin, Baxter, Benbury, Bond of Gates,
Boyd, Brown of Madison, Brown of Meckenburg,
Caho, Cobb, COstner, Crawford of Rowan, Crawford
of Wayne, Cunningham, Dargan, Davis of Halifax,
Duke, Enloe, Erwin, Faison, Farmer, George, Gid
ney, Grier, Gudger, Harrington, Harris, Hasseu,
Hawes, Joyner, Judkins Lane, Latham, Lewis,
Little, Love, Lyle, Mclean, Murphy, Outterbridge,
Patton, Peace, Powell, Reinhardt, Russ, Shepherd,
Shipp, Smith of Cabarrus Smith of Duplin, Stan
cell, Strong and Wooten So.
Those who voted in the negative were MesSrs.
Allison, Asheworth, Banks, Best Blair, Bond of
BERTHE, Caldwell Galloway, Calvert, Carson of
Alexander, Carson of Rutherford, Garter, Clapp,
Cowles, Craige, Flynt Fowle, Gibbs, Grissom, Had.
Eley, Hanes, Harrison, Headen, J. f., Henry, HoI-
ton, Horton of Watauga Horton of Wilkes, Isbel
Johnston, Jordan, Lowe, Mann, Mccormick, Nc
MILAN, Morisey, Murril, Patterson, Perkins, Phil
lips Riddick, Rogers Russell, Sharpe, Shober Sim
mons, Smith of Johnston, Stipe, Waugh and
Wheeler--50.
The committee that superintended, on yesterday,
the election of Trustees of the University reported
the election of Mr.. Saml. F. Phillips.
Mr.. Murphy introduced a resolution instructing
the committee on the judiciary to enquire into the
expediency of making it capital offence to per-
uade, entice, or aid negroes to go to the enemy
adopted
Mr. Waugh introduced the following resolutions:
ResolOed, That the Governor be directed to issue
lothng first to the private soldiers actually in the
ervice in the field then to the commissioned off,
srs in active field service
Be it further resolced That hereafter no quarter
easter or commissary or any other person not
tually engaged in field service shall be allowed to
raw either clothing, cloth or commissary stores,
nleSs they physically disabled from field service
Referred to the committee on military affairs.
Mr.. Boyd resolution in favor of Joseph 81.
ardwell, of Rockingham county. Referred:
On motion of Mr.. Baxter, the resolution Gntro-
iced by Mr.. Lyle) to limit debate, restricting
embers to ten minutes, was taken up.
Mr.. Baxter moved to amend by restricting men,
rs to fire minute speeches
'On motion of Mr.. Grissom, the resolution and
nendment were laid on the table.
Mr.. Shepherd introduced bill to make the chief