The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1868-12-16

q direct railroad communica from the At
! lantic to the, Mississippi .y7s.. M
/ Mr.. WELLER could not. vote 70 impair All
the interest Of the people of North Carolina
had in this road, much as be desired to see
the road pmlt- nli e.i - B.Ssi ,stis to1 .sii
b Mr.. DAVIS spoke at some length in faypr
OF the road &C. .f,.3s .ssa sI
Mr.. LAssITER thought that the increased
! taxation, which seemed to bc.thei sirnng
point of the opposers of this bill, wnull be
met by an increased ability to pay taxes.
There were now six, million acres of land
lying contiguous to this road, Which would
|, he doubled and trehled in value t,y Its COM
| pletiun, and many other interests which
would he advanced in a like degree, which
would render tie increase of taxation amat
ter of small moment. He thought it right
and proper to 90 forward and do that
| which, If it had been dore by our fathers,
would have made us to-day as wealthy MS
New York and Pennsylvania. As to the
State having her money invested in this
road, he did not anticipate any traud-lt
| was net characteristic Of Ncrth .Caroilna.
! If we stood idly here and did nothing to i'm
| prove the resources of the State, we lett to
| posterity the same legacy lett US, and weu'd
| cause them to regret our faults in dust and
ashes He most earnestly hoped liberal and
enlightened pulley would be pursued He
| felt much interest in the great western sec
ton of the State, and when he Looked at the
| great prospects offered us by developing it,
| he telt willing to be taxed ten times as much
as would be necessary underthis bill. %;
Mr.. WELKER moved to strike out so much
as provided for the erection of a branch
road from Catawba Station to the liner
| beds -t.f ~ ....,.s. ...if.ls.tsf -.IE fig
Messrs. DAVIS and RoBBlNs opposed the
| amendment. ....r-.4 f.#i'
Mr. WELKER defended the amendment.
Mr.. Cook moved the previous question.
The motion was sustained. i..lr5 .,g.s
The amendment was rejected, aud the
bill passed its final reading. ,...5 r..
On motion OF Mr. WYNNE, the Senate
adjourned until IL A. NJ, Friday. .Il. .s...
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,. ''-
THURSDAY, December 10, 1868.
The House met at II o'clock, A. M.
The Speaker in the Chair. ....r. ...l
Prayer by Rev. Mr. Shaver, of the House.
The Journal of yesterday was read and
approved. 81. "a. "a. ,.l..,. Ash. .-,..
Briet leaves of absence were granted to
Messrs White, Long, of Chatham, Robbins,
| Stanton, Rea, Smith, Of Martin and Grier.
| Mr.. PoU gave notice that Nlessrs.
| IIinnant and Ferehee were confined to their
rooms by sickness. .-... ............ ..7...
| Message from the Senate announced that
the Senate had passed and transmitted
| House bill for the relief Of John t. White,
former Sheriff of CASTOR county with an
amendment. The amendment was con-
| Cured in. ..,......f
Also House resolution for the relief of
James Consel, Sheriff of Macon county, and
| House resolution for the reduction of the
tobacco tax. ..,-~t.-.- .-r
Also transmitted for concurrence Senate
bin No. 60 in favor of s. c. Gulck and
Senate bill to amend an act in relation to
| punishmcnts. i
Mr.. FRENCH from the Committee on
| Counties and Townships, reported back the
| reports of survey from the Commissioners OF
Franklin, Davie Macon. Pasquotank, Cas-
| well and other counties and recommended
that the same he placetlon file in the Office of
the Secretary of State as required by the
| Constitution. .. '."
The Chair called attention tc sec. 3, art. 7,
of the Constitution and suggested that SEINE
action should be taken and reports should
he sent to the Senate for action ''I..s
The reports were placed on the calendar.
On motion of Mr.. FRENCH, two members
| were ordered to be added to tiac Committee
on Immigration. e-.'
Mr.. SINCLAIR introduced resolution con-
corning special clerks in the Office of the Sec
rotary of State I'D
Mr.. GREEN introduced resolution in favor
of NJ. B. Howell. Referred to the Commit
| tee on claims.
MIR. MALONE introduced resolution pro-
viding for IA committee of conference he
tween the Legislature of North Carolina and
and the Legislature OF Tennessee. concern
ing railroads. Calendar. la.-- '.t
Mr.. HARRIS, of Wake, moved 10 take up
| bill to establish special court for the city
of Raleigh -atI -
Mr.. SEYMOUR stated that the bill was re-
ferred to the Judiciary committee with in
| structious to report the bill to day. The
bill had Just come from the printer, and it
could not be reported upon unit! to-mor-
row. ~ . t..
On motion of Mr.. SSIPEs House hill No.
80 to incorporate the land and Lumber
Company of North Carolina was taken up
and amended by adding the proviso that the
bill shall not lie construed to give the com
pany banking privileges. 9 E.t
The bill passed its third reading.
Mr.. HIGH introduced a bill to incorporate
Lebanon Lodge No. 297 A. Y. NJ, of Column
bus county. Referred to the committee on
Corporations. t.. ,-ls. a.4 I'D. r
Mr.. HUMPHREYS introduced a bill to in
corporate Atlantic Lodge No 23S, A. Y. M.
of Currituck county,. Referred to the COM
mittee on Corporations 1la-g aea .a a.
Mr.. STILLEY introduced bill to provide
for the registration of voters Referred to
the Judiciary committee tI-a5-l. raea.tl
Mr.. MATHEsoN introduced bill to in
corporate Lee Lodge No. 253 A. Y. NJ. of
Taylorsvilie. --......f. ..-..-.,-..
Mr. HENDRICKS introduced a bill to in
corporate Jones Lodge No. 297 A. Y. NJ. of
the county of Yadkin. s-st..,.- h.. q. ,l.
The SPEAKER signed the bill to provide
for the collection of taxes in the county of
Carteret for the year 1868. ,.,....l, = n
On motion of Mr.. SYKES the rules were
suspended to consider the bill for the relief
of the Sheriffs of Pasquotank and New Han
over counties, which was reported by Mr..
Estes from the Finance committee, as a sub
stitute for House bill No 1O7 for the relief
of John L. Wood and the bill for the relief
j. w. Schenck. 49,. IL. .,.,-i., ~. .,.,.
The substitute was adopted and the bill
passed its second reading H. styj
Under suspension of the rules, the fol-
] lowing bills, reported favorably from the
Committee on Corporations. were passed on
their several readings :: ,,}ss-, Ia...a