Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-07-17

contested election in Camden county was
read.
The Chair announced the following
Standing Committees:
Judiciary-Messrs. Seymour, Bowman. Pou,
barnett, Du ham. Argo Candler, Abbott and
Harris, OF Wake, (negrol.
Privileges ana ELeetions-Messrs Pou, stiIlev,
Durham, smith, of Martin, Sykes (negro) Nor
ing, Short, Long, of Richmond, Peck, Siegrist,
and Harris, of Franklin.
Engrossed Bills-Messrs. Downing, Hicks, Gil
BERT High Kelly, of Moore, Hutchings, Forkner,
Sinclair.
Hinnant Cherry. (negro), Crawford, (negro).
White
Education-Messrs. Bowman, Abbott Menden-
hall, harris, OF Wake, (negrol, Stevens, Hodgins.
Rsgland. Wiswall Cawthorne, (negro), Foster,
and Shaver.
Agriculture, Mechanics and Mining-Messrs.
Stevens, Kinney, Pearson, Williamson, (negro),
Proctor, Wilkie, Gunter, Forkner Davis, Rey-
Military Affsirs-Messr Ashworth. Latin, Es-
tes, Justice, OF rutherford, Price, (negrol, Cat
ling. Moore, Ragland, Hayes, (negro), Renfrow,
and Farrow.
Propositions and Grieyanc s-Mcssrs. Harris,
of Wake, (negro), Ames, Hodnett, Parker, Sweat.
| (negroJ, Rea, vestal, Clay ton, of Chowan, Will
Hams, Morris, and Snipes.
| Corporations-Messrs Barnett, Horney, Leary,
2negrol' Jarvis, Hutohings, Mstheson, Whitley,
baoner, Rohblns, (negro), Brown, and Morrill,.
Clalms-Messrs Dixon, Vest, Hendricks Jar
| Wis, Rhodes, Ellis, Mayo, (negro), Armstrong
Justice, of Henderson, Harris. OF Franklin. and
Green.
The Committees on Finance and Inter-
nal Improvements to be announced to-mor-
row.
Messrs. Jarvis, Hodgins and Crawford,
| (negro,) were granted leave of absence.
J. O. Hicks, of Clay, appeared, qualified
and took his seat.
| Mr.. Abbott, from the Select Committee
on Disabilities, asked to defer report until
tomorrow morning.
RESOLUTIONS, &c.
By Mr.. Gunter: A resolution to raise q
committee of one from each Congressional
District, to report upon the location and
management of the State Penitentiary
Lies over.
By Mr.. Justice, of Rutherford A bill to
allow Judges of the Superior Courts to ex-
anime applicants and grant licenses to
those that are qualified. Referred.
By Mr.. Hutchings: A bill to prohibit the
distillation of corn. Referred.
By Mr.. Davis :: A bill entitled San act
empowering the State Commissioners to
select site for the State Penitentiary"
Referred.
By Mr.. Wilkie A bill to provide an
abatement of taxes in Jones county. Re
ferred.
| UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
Mr.. Pou's resolution, in regard to the
removal of political disabilities from the
citizens of the State. was taken up and
read.
Mr.. Proctor moved to lay them on the
table, but withdrew his motion to indulge
Mr. Estes, who said in the course of his
remarks that these resolutions would bring
upon the surface the old politicians to
plunge the State into rebellion. He al.
luded to the bitterness with which the op-
posite party had conducted the late can
vass, and said that those men were still
actuated with the same spirit that in
fuencad them in 1861. He would not
vote for the resolutions to enlranchise set
of men VINO had still the spirit ot rebellion,
&c.
The motion to lay on the table being re-
nays.
The call was sustained, and, the roll
being called, resulted in the following
ballot
AYEs.-Messrs. Abbott, Ames, Ashworth Bow
man, Blair, Barnes, Banner, Carson, Gambler
Clayton, OF Chowan, Cherry, negro, Crawford,
negro. Cawthorn, negro, Dixon, Ellington, Estes,
Gunter, Gilbert, Graham, Hutchings, Hoffman,
Horney, Hodgin, Hayes, negro, hendricks In
gram. Justice, of Henderson, Justice, of Ruther-
| tord. Kinney, Kelly, OF Moore, Leary, negro,
Mayo, negro, Morrill,, Morris, negro Mendeuhall,
| McCanJess, Morlng, Peck, Price, negro, Proctor,
Pearson, Robbins, negro, kagland, Renfrow,
Reynolds Rea, Rhodes, smith, of Martin, Stilley,
Simmons, Seymour, Stevens, Sweat. negro,
Sykes, negro, Siegrist Vestal, Williamson, negro.
Wilkie, Wiswall. aldrop and Williams.
| NAYs-Argo, Armstrong, Boddie. Barnett. Clay
ton of mia nau nnrh FQr-
row, Ferebee, Gatling, Gibson, Green, Hodnett,
Hicks, High. Humphries. Harris, of Franklin,
Hinnant, Jarvis, Kelly, of Davie, Mathesop, Pou.
Profitt, Robinson, Smith, of AlleghAny, Sinclair,
Short, Shaver, stanton, Thompson, Whitley and
| Williams.
MIR. Sinclair's resolutions in regard to
the charges against Judge E. W. Jones
came up as the order of the day.
Mr.. Sinclair said he had no personal ami
mostly against the gentleman charged
Nay, bis sympathy was for him, and he
would like, consistently with his duty to
resolution. The Judge stood indicted as a
criminal in the very Court which he was
elected to preside over, and the charges OF
his conduct in this matter were not the
only ones against him. He (Sinclair)
would now wash his hands of the affair
He had done his duty. and the House could
do as they pleased.
Mr. Vest said that at first he had voted
against the resolutions, but he had since
ascertained that they were true, so he would
now vote for them.
! Mr. Seymour said the House was not the
| custodian of public morals. 1t was the busi-
ness of the Grand Jury to investigate high
crimes and, unless the resolution charged
something more definite, the House could
have nothing to do with it. They were not
impeachable crimes, &c. He, therefore,
| Mr.. Sinclair said if the House would
choose to sit calmly by and see Judge of
one of their high Courts taken up on the
public streets OF the Capital, as common
vagrant, and not take steps to maintain
the integrity and respectability of the
bench, then their regard for the honor
and purity of the Judiciary had fallen low
indeed.
Mr. Barnett said he heartily endorsed
the resolutions: both in spirit and letter.
He was wholly ignorant, both as to the
qualifications as Judge and as to the gen
| eral habits of the gentleman aliuded TO IN
| the resolutions. If his conduct last week
was specimen of his general department,
then it is the duty of the Republican psrty,
the party that gave him his position, to