The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-02-07
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persons in this State as may suffer nom t!ie
burning, or destruction of the public records,
with the amendment extending the time to
five years. which was concurred IN. ~
Also, the Senate bill to continue IN once
Clerks and Masters until their successors shall
be appointed amended SO as not to apply 70
such Clerks as may have been appointed by
any of the Circuit Judges agreed to.
A bill relative to the Court of the County
of Cabarras read first time q, i.5.si
Bill incorporating tile Weldon Enterprise
and Loan Company, read q third time and
passed ~ A..
Bill to prevent the obstruction Of fish up
the waters Of the Catawba, in the County OF
( Mcdowell was read second time, and re-
ferred to the judiciary Committee.
Bill legalizing the election OF Mayor and
Commissioners for the town OF Morganton,
read second time, and passed. = X,
Bill Incorporating the town OF Company
Shops, passed second reading.
Bill incorporating the Ports Gold Mining
Company, passed second reading. -
Bill incorporating Dillwood Cemetary,
read second time and passed.
On motion of Mr. Mclean, the bill to
amend the Charter of the town OF Fayette-
vile, was taken from the table, read second
time and passed; and on his motion the
rules were suspended, the bill read a third
time, and passed, yeas 20, nays To-
Message was sent to the House, proposing
to 90 forthwith into an election Tor Two
Trustees Of the University. sl91 - :, ~.
Mr.. McLean arose to a question OF prIvi,i
lege in order to make statement personal to
himself. He said, Z saw in the Standard OF
Yesterday, a communication over the names
of A.. g. Thornton and J. r. Lee, which ls
. calculated to do me very great injustice, in.
timating that in moving, few days since,
to strike the names of these persons from the
list of Magistrates for Cumberland County,
I had done so of my own will, thereby sti-
fling the will of the people Of that County,
as expressed by their immediate representa-
tives in the House of Commons. Such, Mr..
Speaker, and Senators, is not the truth. For
the satisfaction of the Senate, and for the
vindication of my reputation, will state the
facts as they were. list OF names were pre-
sented to the House Of Commons by Messrs.
Shaw and Smith, the Commoners from Cum
!. berland, as fit persons to be recommended
. as Magistrates for that County. In this list
the names of A. G.. Thornton and ], r. Lee
were not embraced MFR. Mckay, Comnoner
from Harnett, moved to add several names
to the list for Cumberland, among which
were the names of A. G. Thornton and ]. R.
Lee. A discussion upon the subject eIisued
between Mr.. Smith, of Cumberland, and Mr.,
Mckay, of Harnett, The House of Com
mons recommended the additional names of
ffered by Mr.. Mckay On the next Gay Mr..
Smith, of Cumberland, came into the Senate
chamber and requested me to move to strike
from the list of Magistrates for Cumberland
: County, all the names added by the House of
4. Commons at the instance of Mr., Mckay, of
Harnett I consented to do so, delicate as I
knew the duty to be, After Mr.. Smith, of
! Cumberland, had retired from the Senate, I
Z learned some facts which indelibly impressed
I my mind that the proposed move in the SEN
ate might be improper. 7t iHt
Impressed as was that the move was re-
! quested to make in the Senate, and from the
delicacy of doing it, apprehended, as it
! doubtless would be considered a political
move and interference on my part, might and
! probably would operate injuriously to the
best interests of the people of Fayetteville, 1
io,iowed Mr. Smith into the House of Com
mons to ask the liberty of not doing what
! had been required at my hands. The result
! of the conversation with Messrs. Smith and
! Shaw was, that should strike out the names
of A. G. Thornton and j. r. Lee, alone, and
: insert the names of j. C. Poe and NJ McMil-
I Ian. came to the Senate chamber and did
! as was askedto do, not thereby ssttiIing and
!, th..--:.rtting the viii Of the people of that
! County as has been intimated, but on the
! contrary, respecting and rejecting that will
| as expressed in the House of Commons by
their immediate Representatives
! am now done with the matter in saying
| what / have done. have said it as a mat
ter of simple justice to myself, and thank
/ the Senate for their kind indulgence.
! Mr.. j. M. Leach asked permission to say
| in regard to Messrs. Thornton and Lee, that
they were gentlemen ofhigh espectabilityand
{ inf1uence-that he was authorized to say thus
: much from gentleman of high standing and
much influence, who resided in Fayetteville,
/, and who had written to him, expressing sur
! prise and regret that those names had been
=, stricken from the list as it came from the
House of Commons that he held in his hand
: record of the vote for commissioners in
Fayetteville, and that both Mr.. Thornton
! and Lee had been elected, the former receiv-
+, ing the highest,vote of any commissioner,
i and thus endorsed by those who knew him
best. Mr.. Leach added, that he was indis-
/ posed to make any motion, or further move
in the matter unless petition came up from
! Fayetteville ,ii 10 snagfyfl irad 4a 9tlis'
! The Senate then adjourned until to-mor-
| row morning II o'clock ,,.,f,. nose 1grA i 81