Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1871-12-08
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RALEIGH,
The LeSisla ture-Hard at Work.
Crowds Of Strangers Rail-
rOad--CoI. McAfe4-The Chatham
RaiIrOad-80me more OF That "Peti-
tiOn''-MH. Justice Squelehed.
RALEIGH, Dec. 9TH, 1871.

hAIELI"h1 A/tS' O|AAs ACtA'
Dear Journal Having spent the major
portion of the last two or three days in the
Lecislati.e Chambers, thought that your
readers might receive favorab:y the jottings
of an eye witness.
Raleigh is now very near the height of
the gay and festive season, the Legislature
and the session % tIls United States Circuit
Court having attracted great many to the
CITY. The members of the former are hard
at work, endeayoring to correct some of the
numeEons abuses in the administration Of
State affairs inauigyl4r.itel 4qd carrind out by
the i.orde II Northern bummers who so
etfectually played tl.6 mischief with us III
'6S and 90.
In the Senate, last Monday, there wae
very little to interest, the principal item to
the people Of your section being that the
bill To- censoiiIat., Pho Planters Railroad
Company and The Wilmington y Onslow
Railroad Company, vas passed its third
reading. And would here take t1le OPP
portunity OF congratulating you all upon the
nrnspect of an earl connection, by rail, with
the ESod petp.e .: Onslpw, but that past
experience admoiisiles ii,r hat II .hS TOO
hasty i'll such things, as railroads, strange
as it NAV seem, are much easier built on
pa'er than on substantial cross ties.
In the Houaee, Justice, (Radicai of
cOurSe) Introduced u IS~O1A!tOb W IbIoC d
Joint committee to investigate certain
charges against Col. Lee NJ. McAfee and
other nuremberg and officers of the General
Assembly. It vas first piacsd nn the calendar
and then aiken up on the same day Mon
! day> and, after considerable discussion, was
laid On the table Col. McAfee himself vot-
ing nay, bscause, as hessaid, he does not
shrink from, nor does e fear, any investi-
cation.
In the Senate to-day, there was very
excited discussion over the bill to amend
the charter of the Chatham Railroad Com
pany. which came up as the special order.
| The pros and cons pn this Paint were ably
contested, the discussion occupying several
hours, i'll the course OF which, It transpired
that the great aim Of the bill was to relieve
the Company from carrying their road to
the Gulf, in Chatham COUNTY, as they were
pledged to do. Mr.. Troy and Mr.. Murphy
were Of those who were willing to let the
road extend itself al inyinitum, provided it
first fulfilled It's obligations to the State, and
| they would therefore vote for the bill, with
an amendment proposed by Mr.. Gilmer,
that the Company be compelled to extend
! their road to the Cult. This amendment
was, h6weyef; lost, and Ihe blu finally
nassed it's second readiDg, and was made
tbs sEerial order for TOMORROW, OWednes-
day.S
In the House there was great deal of
| miscellaneous business passed upon. Mr..
Justice presented a petition" (silnilar to
those from New Hanover aud Washington)
from certain citizens Is Is Rutherford county,
! and asked that it be read. The teI,iyccr,' o.
the RQ4s nae e..Ir:=.=s..y szsI pretty severely
taxed ON this same subject, and but little
mercy was therefore accorded the misrep-
resentative from Rutherford county. He
was taken in hand by Mr.. Sparrow, when
it was ascertained that the petition was
no petition at all, the President and Secre-
tary Of the meeting having failed to append
their signatures. The paper was, of course,
rejected.
There will probably be more of these in
teresting proceedings relative to the presen-
tation Of these petitions" and / will en-
deavor to keep you fully posted on these, as
wen as on all other matters Of interest
transPiring here, For the present, I am
SLAM