The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1869-01-13
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.

t--.,ff THURSDAY, Jan. 2.
The SPE4KER announced the appointment of
Messrs. Aryo Seymour and Bowman as the
House branch of the special committee to revise
the Code of Civil Procedure.
Mr.; GILBERT presented the petition OF citizens
Of Mcdowell. t-
Reports of survey: from the Commissioners of
several counties were presented by Messrs Snipes,
Gper, Ellington, Smith Of Allegheny, Hoffman
Gilbert and French -..f....,
with all similar reports which had been reported
hack from the Committee on Counties and Town
ships he referred TO that committee. Agreed to.
Mr. Downing called up communication from
the Pepaeptiary Committee. The communica-
ton is published in another column
Mr. Downing said as member of this much
abYsod committee he had heard The motives of
the committee impngned, and seen the structures
in the public papers, aud remained quiet, hoping
and knowing that the time would come .wher he
should have an opportunity of defending TINS
committee and OF letting the Legislature know
precisely what the committee had done, and
what the influences wee that induced them to
do rs they had done. ~ ,e44, : lEs
This was ajpint committee, provided for by an
act of the Legislature They faithfully, with one
exception attended to the duties imposed upon
them. After vituperation in the other branch OF
the Legislature which he heard himself and va
rioas resolutions derogatory to the character and
action OF this committee, and after passing an
act repeating fer as they could the law for the
! purchase of location and for the keeping of the
| conyicts in penitentiary, they appointed COM
mittee, not a joint committee, but Senate COM
mittee, a majority of them bitter opponents of
this whole scheme, to investigate the action OF
this committee on the penitentiary. That should
have been joint COMMITTEES, to investigate the
subject fully and fairly and therefore the forma-
/: tioa of the committee was an insult to this body
and TO the committee itself
! The committee had attended faithfully to its
7 dates, with the exception of the Senator from
Rowan, EMr. Robbins, who attended the h n
! meeting of the committee and examined the
properties around this city. in Johnston and III
+; Ioekville There his attendance ceased he was VA
(; written TO and requested to be present 10 aao MS
W sse eounses to the deliberations OF Inc eommll-
tee, but he did not attend he nau niofs
:. 1ant business on hand There was an exciting
POLITICAL contest and his business was TO canvass
his district in place of attending to the duties OF
]. the State; and then he had the modest assurance
: to sriticse the action OF the committee IN more
than one speech, rejecting upon their honesty
7: ind their integrity. When the Legislature met
Mt the present session, the report OF the commit
: tee was presented to him ior his signature; he
! readi the report, made some objection to some
clerical errors, and statedto the chairman OF lns
coa,miltee that if they were corrected he Wouiu
sign it. Those alterations were aade, put tne
j. gentleman went out into the streets OF this CITY
Wheno the disappointed applicants had oeen rhe
in their opposition to the report and next morilF
ing he refused to sign the report Oh this
tee and presented minO' ity report
he. Mr. Downing, continued, saying that there
we've eight or nine applications to sell site from
his city and the yicnt which d W sis .isS en
tha tsbnr,,t paper mills" consisted of about 2lt
z ,,eres with limited water power. The priet
;nally asked was $4,000 in currency, or about
$4,000 in the bonds; of the State. That poin
was rejected on account of unhealthiness ane
because it would have been necessary to build
railroad there at cost of some $3.50, 900 or $500,
Ooel All places to which attention was called il
this vicinity were visited.
At Selma, Johnston County, therewere offeret
Toe acres or more If necessary as gratuity,
the penitentiary were located there. That wa
y low country, the committee presumed subjee
| te fevers, with no water power or other induce
nent to locate it there