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tract, the legal interest shall be seven per

tract, the legal interest shall be seven per
eentum.
Also an unfavorable report upon bill to al.
low farmers and planters to give their books
in evidence. =.
A favorable report upon Bill to require
Sherffs, when requested to do SO. to put pur
chasers Of real estate ut their sales in posses.
SION within one month"; where the owner of the
property. or his tenant is possessed.
An unfayorable report upon Bin abolish
ing the whipping Of white persons in the
| State,
Mr. Richardson from the anne committee
! nm unfavorable report upon q Bill prov idiug q
summary mode OF foreclosing mortgages OF
| real estate.
Also nm unfavoraLle report upon Bill TO
restrain Confessions of Judgment and Assign
| ments Prrferring Creditors.
| Mr.. Simonton, from the anme committee, on
Bill to abolish fmparlances in Suits nt Law,
presenting report approving of the oh ject
proposed, hut recommending as a substitute
Tor the Bill, provision that writs bo returna.
be on the lst Monday after the issuing there
Of when the plaintiff shall file his leclarat ion
and post his rule to plead as usunl-with leave
from the Defendent to set aside q Judgment
by default on the f1rst day OF the next term
Also, n Bill 10 secure the rights Of mechnn
| ics and hnndicrafLsmen-thc Bill providing
Tint where labor ar material to the value O!
one hundred dollars is contributed to the ercc-
!
shall he given to the owner Of the same, who
! shall retain th" amount until the matter is set
tied between the employer and employee
On ednesday and Thursday the. two
Houses were busiy engaged in the Cons ider-
alton OF the second Bill Of the Negro Code re
ported by the Commissioners, through the
Committee on the Judiciary. The changes
made by that Committee in tho Original Bill
are unimportant, and still. fewer chnnges arc
made by the General Assembly. Many amend
ments are proposed, but voted down. and the
majority Of the members seem disposed N give
the Bill, rs it came from the hands Of the Com
misscners, q fair trial.
Among the changes made in the original
Bill is a'provision against marriages between
the Two races. The clause making it obligato
rr upon the master to send the apprentice tt
school has nlso been stricken out. The prjnci
pal objection urged 70 the Bill ore that til,
provisions Of the Bill are too minute ant
| complicated in its provisions, but the mnjorit,
of the two Houses seem to think that no bette
system Of labor in the main can be devised
for the present, than thnt proposed.
Nov. l0th.-On Yesterday. by joint rcso
luton in 10th Ilouass. the General AsscrnLl,
has decided upon taking recess from o'clocl
p. m. next Monday, to 7 O'Clock p. IN. of Sat
! urday before the fourth Monday inst-beint
an interval of about weeks Before the nd.
I tournament we will likely perfect the secopt
Bill Of the Code. which is now upon lis secon,
reading in both Houses The amount Of th
work to be accomplished. the .impossibility o
completing anything before the regular session
aud other considerations before alluded To
have brought about the present determination
of the adjournment question. AS yet hut Iii
tie hos beeu done: the great work Of legisla
ton is Yet TO be accomplished. W. A. L.