Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1866-12-20
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.


for me-"
EDITORIAL CORRESP ONDENCE.
The Railroad Schemes before the Legisla-
ture-Persona al NIatters-Cheravv and Coal
fields Railroad-ConsolidatiO
Amnesty and Parlon-The Land Script
and the University-Judge Rumn-The
New Hanover Criminal Court-Col. Hall
The Howard amendment Commissioners
to Washington City-Judse Heath-The
Memorial Fair-Lectures- Female Preacher
RALEIGH, Dec. 18th, 1866.
Dear Journal The Assembly, by joint
resolution, having definitely fixed day for
a temporary adjournment, have gone to
work in good earnest to perfect and act up
on most of the important measures that
crowd the calendars of both Houses. The
House of Commons, with an energy and
ZEAL and with an enlightened iberality,
which it is hoped and believed will rebound
to the welfare of the State, have engrossed
most of the bills looking to the compile
ton of the unfinished railroads of the State,
and they now lie on the desk of the clerk of
the Senate, having, with one exception,
been made the orders of the day for Tues
day and Wednesday of this week, on mo-
ton of Col. Hall. This exception is the
Fayetteville and Western Railroad, which
comes up for consideration to-day.
Theability and zeal with which Coils. Cow
an, Mckay and Patton, of the House, have
conducted the respective bills which they
have taken special charge Of, merits the
warmest concentrations of their constitu-
ents. In these great measures, however,
they have been ably assisted by Col. Kenan,
the intelligent and jealous Commoner from
Duplin With 10 individual or local in
terest III these great works, but actuated by
an earnest and Jealous desire to develop
| the great resources of the State, and by in
creasiDg its wealth, relieve the people of
the terrible incubus that now paralyzes
their industry and checks their enterprise,
he has, with assiduity and attention, devo-
| ted himself to the furtherance of these
measures, which has won for him the con-
fdence and respect of the House OF which
he is member, and given him an infu-
ence second to none in that body.
The first of the railroad bills which claims
| the consideration Of the Senate, as above
stated, will be that granting aid 10 the Fay
| etteville and Western Railroad. This will
| be considered to-day. On Tuesday Colonel
| Halls bill to amend the charter Of the Will
| mington and Western Railroad, granting
10 iNy.oro o11nc
without incorporating the stock in the gen
eral stock of the Company. The Whining
ton, Charlotte and Rutherford Railroad
stands next, and then in order is the West
ern Extension Road and last, is the bill to
| amend the charter of the Wilmington and
Weldon Railroad in order to create the of
| fee Of ce-President. The Chatham and
Raleigh Railroad seems to hang fire before
the Senate Judiciary committee. The Che
raw and Coalfelds Railroad is permitted to
lie quietly on the table, its friends display
ing evident fear to present it, at present,
to stand the test of the Senate, after the
very proper ventilation it received at the
hands of Col. Hall, when last up and the
| great 60 consolidation scheme" sleeps in the
files of the Senate Internal Improvement
committee, abandoned by its friends to rest
in its legislative sepulchre, rather than by
resurrection incur more violent death
at the hands of the Genera Assembly.
| The bill granting general amnesty and
pardon for offences committed during the
war, has passed through both Houses, hay
| A71-o L, 80 l.
almost the entire day on Saturday. A copy
of the enrolled bill is enclosed It's provi-
| sions will be seen to be founded in Justice
and good feeling. In presence of the af-
fictions and sorrows of the past, and the
more terrible uncertainties of the future.
| there should be total oblivion of all the
ill-feelings and bad blood engendered by
the war. Our Legislators, in placing this
act among the statutes of the State, have
shown themselves worthy successors OF
those noble fathers, who in 1876 shed a
halo of glory over their gallantry and hero
ism by crowning their achievements in the
field with wisdom and mercy in the legis.
lative halls
4, The subject of the land script donated by
Il Congress for the establishment of an Aari
cultural and Mechanical College, has
formed one of the most interesting cues
tons before the Legislature during the
past week, land, on Saturday, Gov. Clarl
introduced bill, accompanied with mos
able report, transferring the script to the
Trustees of the University of the State
Gov. Clark made most able effort in sup
port of the bill, which passed its second
reading and was made the special order TO,
to-day, on its third reading. During the