The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-12-19

adjournment, to-Mit, ito adjourn on the oath
instant and reassemble on The 22d of JAM,
next
On motion of Mr. Hodnett the rules were
suspended, and the bill to incorporate the
Yanceyville and Milton railroad company
was taken up
The bill was amended and passed its Sec
ond and third read reading. a
q ON CALENDAR. 20
; A bill to change the rules Of evidence in
relation to mortgages, deeds of trust, ETC.,
was laid on the table. -
.a A message was received from the Senate
transmitting the report of the joint commit
Senate resolution rejecting it asking the con
currence in the same.
Mr.. Perry, of Carteret, moved that the re-
port and resolution be made the special or
der for the hour of noon tomorrow Not
agreed to.
On motion of Mr. Latham, of Craven. the
rules were suspended and the report Of the
committee was read.
Mr. Jordan, addressed the House in sup
port of the constitutional amendment.
He said that he had maturely considered
the amendments did not deem it mat
ter to be lightly treated and hastily acted up
on. It had been sanctioned by two thirds
of the Congress of the United States, and
this fact gave it additional claim to deliber-
ate consideration. He asked should he be
respected in differing from others on this
question He claimed the right to be heard
Great men would willingly accord this right
to those who differed from them-small men
would perhaps be disposed to deny it. The
report Of the committee was in some respects
an able one, but there were two sides to the
question He denied the committees asser-
ton that this amendment had not been con-
stitutionally offered to the subjugated States.
He denied that the proposed amendment
embodied the doctrine of negro equality.
He wished to be understood as being de-
cidedly in favor of the Constitutional amend
ment. The President and Congress were at
variance, and the Presidents plan of recon
struction was a failure,
If the amendment is rejected harder terms
would be exacted, and submission now
would be honorable and in keeping with the
unconditional surrender of the Confederate
Armies.
The report was adopted as follows:
AYEs-Messrs. Allen, Autry, Baker, Barden,
Beasley, Black, Boyd, Bowe, Bradsber, Bright,
Brown, Bryson, Carson, Chadwick, Clark, Gle
.aents, Cowan, Crawford, OF Macon, Crawford, Of
Rowan, Dargan, Davidson, Durham, Everett,
Farrow, Foard, Freeman, Galloway, Gambril,
Garriss, Cranberry, Guess, Harding, Harper, Hold
nett, Holderby, Horton, of Watauga, Horton, OF
Wilkes, Houston, Hutchinson, jones' Kelsey, Ke-
nan, Kendall, Latham, of Craven, Latham, of
W.. orfar, I I I Lob
Martin, Macarthur, McCIammy, McCougan, Nc
Kay, McNair, McRae, Morehead, Morton, MUIR
rill, Neal, Patton, Perry, of Carteret, Renhardt,
Richardson, Rogers, Russ, Scott, Shelton, Smith,
of Duplin, Smith, Of Guilford, Stevenson, Stone,
Sudderth. Trull Tunbull, Umstead, Walker,
Waugh, WestmOreland, Whitley, Wilson, OF Per-
quimans, Williams, ofHarnett, Williams, of Pitt,
Williams, of Yancey, WOmble, Woodland and
YOrk.-S9 -
NAYs.-Messrs. Ashworth, Blair, Blythe, Gar
rett, G"dwin Hnnant. Jenkins, Of CASTOR, Jen-
kins, OF Granville, Jordan, Lyon, Rountree, Scog-
gin, league, Vestal, and Wilson, of Forsyth-15.
The resolution rejecting the Constitution
al amendment was then adopted as follows:
YEAs.Messrs, Allen, Autry, Baker, Beasley,
Bryson, Carson, Chadwick, Clark, Clements,
Cowan, Crawford, of Macon, Crawford of Rowan,
Dargan, Davidson, Durham, Everett, Farrow,
Foard, Freeman, Galloway, Gambril, Garriss,
Goodwin, Cranberry, Guess, Harding, Harper,
Henderson, Hodnett, Bolderby, Horton of Wa.
Jenkins, of Granville, Jones, Kelsey, Kenan,
Kendall, Latham, of Craven, Latham, of Wash
ington, Lee, Long, Lowe, Lyon, Lutterloth, May,
Martin, Macarthur, McClammy, McGougan, Nc
Neal, Patton, Perry, of Csrteret Reinhardt, Rich
ardson, Rogers, Rountree, Russ, Scott. Shelton,
Smith, of Duplin, Srpith, of Guiiford, Stevenson,
Stone, sudderth, Trull, Turnbull, Umstead,
Vestal, Walker Waugh, Westmoreland, Whitley,
Wilson, OF Perquimans, Williams, OF Harnett,
Williams, of Pitt, Williams, of Yancey, Womble,
Woodard and Ycrk-93
NAYs-Messrs Ashvorth, Blair, Blythe, Gar
rett, Hinpast, jenkins, of CASTOR, Jordan, Scog-
gin, league and Wilson Of Forsyth-lO.
A MESA ge wss received from His Excel
lency the Governor, transmitting correspon-
dency with the Military authorities, in rela-
ton to the Military order suspending the in
Fiction of corpoeal punishment by the courts
of the State
On motion Of Mr. Couan this correspon-
dence was sen: to the Senate with the fol-
lowing resolution. in which the concurrence
of that body wsa asked
Resolred, ThA. three commissioners be sent
to Washington City to insuire into the al
legged necessity, if any actually exists and if
it be otherwise, ts correct the misapprehsn
sions with reyari 70 the administration of
justice in our State, which led to the sup
posed necessity; anu His Exceiiency, the
Governor. be requested to act As the head of
the Commission, and to select his associate
Commissioners.
The House concurred in message from
the Senate, proposing lat His Excellencys
to change the time for the Govern
ors Inauguration, and fixi,s the s2nd inst. as
the dav instead Of the 15th as heretofore de-
The House then adjourned