Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1872-12-13


The Senatorial struggle is oves st last
and the Legislature has gone earnestly to +
work.
/. is not yet decided whether a recess |
will be taken during the Christmas Holi- /
days or not. The House on yesterday /
passed rc solution to take recess from !
the 10Th Of this month until the 18th OF
January: il is not certain, however, that
the Senate will concur in it. If it can be !
made 70 appear that the work can be done
before the new year comes in, the members
will doubtless greatly prefer to get through
with it in one sitting, so as not to be COM
pelled to come back again. Those who
favor working on think this can be made
to appear. According to their view OF the
case it is difficult to see why all the busl-
ness should not be finished up this year
! There are some very important bills to be
/ acted upon, but, fortunately, there is not
/ much prob billty Of any protracte1 discus
sion in relation to them. The ne"
Revenue Bill must be passed; but as l.
seems to be generally conceded that the
and arrangement as may be, It need take
but little time to 90 1t.
The bill of Constitutional Amendments
must also be acted upon. AT this late day
there Will scarcely lie much debate about
the amendments. l. seems DOW highly
Drooable, if the amendments shall be sepa-
rated so that the Radicals may endorse
some and oppose others, that they VIII &c
so. If. he ever, they shall be forced to
anproye or endorse the bill as an entirety
they will doubtless vote against it solidly
Whatever course may be pursued, 1t does
not give promise Of much debate.
Judge Battle having submitted hi:
, rep0rt llpon the revisal Of the Statute Law
, of the State, action must be taken upon 1t
} brt it is manifest that ii must Ire takoI
mainly in the Committee Room. 1h'
revjsal and re-arrangemcnt Of our statutes
have become absolutely necessary. Indeed
Il is no easy task for even lawyer to sa.
z whot acts are now IN force, aud what haE
/ been repcaled. We feel sure that Jucg
= Battle has done his work well, and tha
c but little, if anything, is left TO he done b
Y the Legislature, save to give otficia
sanction thereto.
l. These seem to be he mos: pronincl
S subjects of legislation. The pc'' d'c'h 4'les
t. tio,, has been settled and without any use
: less consumption Of time in doing so. Ill
IS Public Printing question las also been vi
J. tualIv settled by the action Of the House {
nr-ia n
1t to give the work to some competent ma
j. and nav him fair price therefor. just as
a nriyate individual would be compelled
o do who had a Job Of printing to be done.
d The Public Debt question will scarce
2 consume much tire. The day has not y
ly come when North Carolina and her cree
or tors can agree upon any terms OF compr
or mise. The demands Of the creditors so
+. exceed the means Of the State, that t
P task Of him who seeks to make bo'h en
ID meet seems 4 hopeless one.
Id The chief reason, however, by II Is p
IL sible for the Legislature to adjourn at
,la early a day, is that its calendars will not
nd encrrllarcd with the usual mass ct bills
re q purely private character. II the last
Of cislaturo hal doi2c 10 ether good tLing,
lal ought to be regarded with great kindly fe
&c. ING for The reason that it passed gene
all Incorporation law under which all sorts
70. corporations mag be created without tax
,ce I'D the time Of the Legislature. 1t may
nv safely asserted, that for years past thI
by fourths of the Journals Of the two Hou'
,on have constituted record OF mere PRIV
his matters that ought never to have come
for fore them. Until gen, raj law was
ion acted, however, by which corporations &C
IN be created, the Legislature could not
,m- fuse to engage in special private legisiatl
It Thanks to the last Legislature, hoFe7e
Mr.. is no longer necessity, except In case
on, which, for some good reason or other'