The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1866-12-18
ported bill 10 fasor Of build,ng Psoi.so.iary.

ported bill in favor of building Peoi.so.iary.
g 81 IS TuuRsDAr, Dec. u.
I fSENATE-Mr Johnson, from the coumittee
on Coriorasions, towhom was referredFa bill 70
encourage immistatioo reeomnended that II do
not pass =
The Senate eoncurred 10 the original report
of the Committee to adjourn Oh the 24th of
December to meet again on the ed OF JAN
uary next
The Hoscard Amendm,emt--T hour for the
special order having arrived, the report from the
Joint Select committee on the Howard Amend
ment was taken up,
MIR Leach addressed the House in favor Of the
resolution TO reject the Amendment.
Mr. Harris of Rutherford, moved to amend
the resolution by striking out the word ''not."
The amendment was lost BY vote of nays
43, aye /, Mr. Harris alone voting for his amend
ment The question arising on the adoption of
the resolution, the ayes and nays were called,
and the resolution was adopted by the following
vote: .-...s T. $685. l. Y Is .r~ltE - r. ~
YEAs-Messrs. Adams. Avery. Battle. Barnes,
Berry. Brown, Clark. Covington. Cowles Cum
ningham. Edwards, Etheridge, Ferebee. Cash.
Hail. Hand. Harris of Franklin, Hill, Johnston.
Jones, Kelly. Koonce. Leach. Love. Lloyd. Mar
shall, McCnrkle. Mclean, McRae, Moore, Pas
chal. Perkins, Respass, Richardson. Robins.
Snead. Speed. Spencer. Thompson, Thornton,
Virgins. Wiley, Williams and Wilson-A.
NAys-Mr Harris Of Rutherford-1. ~ 81.
HousE-Mr Harper introduced resolution
to postpone the valuation of the lands of the
State. sa >.#t zt... Isl - -
MIR Harper moved suspension of the rules
that the resolution might have its second read
ing. MIR Harper thought that valuation OF
the lands in 1867, as required by Law, would be
mex pedient owing to the unsettled condition of
the labor system, the fears of con6scation enter
tanned in some sections, etc. The valuation Of
| 1860 was generally deemed fair one, and if q
re. valuation is had there would doubtless be a
great reduction in the assessed value of lands,
| which would necessitate heavier taxation.
Mr. Hodnett hoped the resolution would not
pass Its passage would be unjust to the tobac-
CO raising counties Of the State. Lands in those
counties we're assessed by the last valuation at
three or four times their real value owing to the
high prices Of tobacco see
Mr. Latham Of Washington, opposed the rcso-
luton, and adverted to the diminished value of
lands 10 the Eastern part of the State, owing to
| the destruction of fences, buildings, &c, during
| the war as reasons why the re assessment should
take place.
Dir Cowan thought the resolution good one.
A certain amount of Revenue must be raised in
any event, and it was useless to incur the ex-
pense OF re assessment.
MIR Patton favored the resolution for like
| reasons. - ~~.,-.' "t..
The rules were suspended and the resolution
passed it's several readings.
A message was received from His Excellency
| the Governor, transmitting correspondence with
the Military authorities, 10 relation to the Mill
tary order suspeuding the infection of corporal
punishment by the courts of the State.
On motion of MIR Cowan this correspondence
was sent to the Senate, with the following reso-
luton, in which the concurrence of that body
was asked:
Resotved, That three Commissioners be sent
to Washington City to inquire into the alleged
| necessity for the order, with view to remove
such necessity, if any actually exists; and if it
| be otherwise, to correct the misapprehensions
with regard to the administration of justice in
our State, which led to the supposed necessity;
and His ExceIlency, the Governor be requested
| to act the head Of the Commission, aud to
| select his associate Commissioners
The Uorard Ameadment.-The Howard
Constitutional Amendment was then taken up
| for action. Ar Jordan addressed the House IN
support of the Amendment. No one replied.
The resolution rejecting the amendment was
| then adopted as follows:
YEAS-M essrs. Allen. Autry. Baker, Beasley.
Black. Boyd. Bowe, Bradsher, Bright. Brown,
| Bryson. Carson. Chadwick, Clark. Clements,
| Cowan. Crawford of Macon, Crawford of Rowan,
| Dargan. Davidson. Durham, Everett Farrow,
| Foard. Freeman. Galloway. Gambril. Garrss
! Goodwin, Cranberry. Guess, Harding. Harper.
Henderson. Hodnett Hnlderby, Horton Of Wa
tauga. Horton Of Wilkes, Houston. Hutchison.
jenkins of Granville, Jones, Kelsey, Kenan,
Kendall. Latham Of Craven, Latham of WASH
| ington. Lee. Long Lowe. Lyon. Lu.terloh May,
Martin. Macarthur. McClammy. McGnugan. Nc
| Kay. McNair. McRae. Morehead. Morton. MUIR
rill. Neal Patton, Perry Of Carteret. Reinhardt,
Richardson, Rogers, Rountree Russ. Scott, Shell
| ton. Smith of Duplin, Smith Of 6 Milford Steven
| son. Stone. Sudderth, Trull. Turnbuli, Umstead,
Vestal. Walker, Waugh, WeStmoreland. Whit
| ley, Wilson of Perquimans. Williams of Harnett
Williams of Pitt, Williams of Yancsy, Womble,
Woodland and York-93. a
NAYs-Messrs. Ashworth, Blair. Blythe. Gar
| rctt, Hinnant. Jenkins of CASTOR. Jordan, Scog-
gin, league. Wilson Of Forsythe-10. ~