Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1864-12-09
HOUSE OF COMMONS

The House was called to order ut lOo'clock.
Prayer by Rev. Mr.. Branson Of the Meth
Church.
The Journal of yesterday was read and appr
Mr.. Fowle presented memorial from citize
Wake County, praying certain exemptions
Home Guard duty. Referred to the commute
military affairs.
Mr.. Shepherd introduced resolution in refeI
to the lst n. G. Regiment of volunteers. IReu
Maj. Jas. FL. Foote to record on the Roll Of b
in his Office, the name of said regiment as the
N. @. Regiment and not as the Eleventh, by
style it now appears. Referred to the conn
on military affairs.
Mr.. Stipe, resolutions protesting against the
throw of State sovereignty and civil liberty.
Mr.. Pool, resolutions in relative to Peace.
These were ordered to be printed and were
red to the committee on Confederate relations
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS
Mr.. Bond of BERTHE, bill for the relief Of
liam Stewart Of BERTHE county.
Mr.. Herbert, bill to keep in repair the w
Turnpike Road.
Mr. Mclean, bill for the relief of wive
families of soldiers in the army.
Mr.. Enloe, resolution in favor Of William |
of jackson county.
The following engrossed bills from the Senat
their first reading in the House viz.
A bill to enable the county courts of New
over to fix the fees of county solicitor,
amend the End section, 112th chapter Of thi
vised Code, in relation to the Public Treasu
bill to incorporate the Leroy Mining and MAJ
turing company, bill to incorporate the 9
Mining and Manufacturing Company, bill
vide for Just compensation to the public prlnte
a resolution In favor of W. W. Holden, late
Printer.
Mr.. Dargan presented the credentials of
league, Mr.. L L. Polk, COmmoner from
who appeared and was qualified.
A bill to amend an act, entitled an act 10 prY
the distillation of spiri:uous liquors, was am
on motion of Mr.. Carson of Rutherford BY sI
out after the words "Chinese Sugar Cane
words cor the seed thereof"
The bill then passed its third reading.
A bill for the relief of Powell Lowe and CON
bill in relation to Alimony; bill to rePe
act to prevent Instructions in the Big swan
means of fish traps a bill to incorporate tue
federate Joint Stock Publishing Company
to authorize the payment Of bounty to cln1'
this State in the naval service; bill tor the
of Hugh B.. Guthrie, late Sheriff Of Orange coa
a bill to incorporate the Linville Steel ahu|
Company, and bill to incorporate the OiSD
Iron Works, passed their second reading 90
A bill to extend the time for perfectInS u
land heretofore entered, was put on Its seeonu|
ing and pending the question on Its paSSagS
o'clock, NJ.
The House proceeded to consider the spec
der, namely, the following resolutions, lnHu
by Mr. Fowie, relating to the Suspension
privilege of the writ of hGbeds corpus:
Resot1ed, That the privilege OF the VIII VI
corpus extends no further than securing
ty under arrest the right to be carried oe'Ol'
tribunal, to have inquired into his claim
charged or admitted to bail; and, that the
power to suspend the writ, contained N "
| stitution of the Confederate States, con'sn
the suspension of this privilege only.
RssOlUed, That the provision in the Oons,
of the Confederate States, that no perSon. Sp
deprived of life, liberty or property, n1"T
process of lao" was meant TO deny to Ihe
crate government all power to make any
except upon warrant from q civil tribunal,
any arrests otherwise made or autboriIeu
press. or trials except bY due. course OF a1,
in cases arising in the land and naval iofcS
the militia. when in actual service, IN taSs
or public danger "are unconsutuu9na, a." -
sion OF every pTluClpIe vi Ni' g, ~ IN
North Carolina could not see Vloistlois
damentaI and reserved right in resaro ~
gems, without the deepest concern. ,.it
Resolced, That Congress has no epD. .ni
power to impair "the right to SpeeoJ "a All
trial by an impartial jury of the STATE M.s
wherein the crime shall have been eogalh
authorizing arrests otherwise than unoeI
returnable before the regularly estaolfsu 1t
tutionaI tribunals of the country, e2csg
arising in the land or naval forces or 10 'I
when in actual service in time Of wa
danger" D..,.ss
Resoloed, That our Senators and keps'o n
in Congress, be requested to protest, a
against every infringement of the tCseg"nS
pies of civil rights and constitutional noS,5
Mr.. Smith of Johnston, moved % aL no a
king out all after the word "and IN tns
the LIST resolution and inserting as iolio"'
the rest of said resolution: cond
"That the clause in the Confedera.e ~ w. n
which authorizes the suspension OF tne
Of the writ applies only to cases o.