1 4r<_to__f 1'clsl wir sh 1 -#*% r^__%r 0*011119 to mm d ulolt vol 1 third series salisbury n c monday december 17 1866 no 50 whole no 1741 terms : w iklt 1 yi'»r 3 00 ti 6 nn in 1 1 00 ann in advance rates of advertising oui sqii re apace of 12 lines first insertion 1 03 '• 2d 3d ami 4il insertion each 60 11 for each additional publication 30 legislature the senate met pursuant to adjourn ment mr cowles asked nave ol absence for mr harris of rutherfoid granted bills on six-ond bbadgnq the bills granting aid to the coalfield & cheraw ii ll co mr jones moved that tlio bill be laid on the tablo temporally agreed to mr cash moved thai the bill establish ing a penitentiary bo postponed for the present and uii'ler tlio special order for tuesday next at 12 o'clock agreed to a hill to authorise eertaln counties to subscribe capital stook to the coalfield ife cheraw it r c i pus-ted its second reading mr loach by permission a hill to in corporate the north carolina denial as sociation prohibiting persons trnm prac ticing dentistry who are not members of the organization referred to ewnitnitieu on corpoiations mr covington moved that the rules bu suspended and iho lull authorizing cer lain counties to subscribe otpital stuck to the coalfield and cheraw railroad in put upon iis third a nl last reading the rules were suspended and the bill passed its third and last reading mr morue moved that the bill regu lating the appoint ment of magistrates i and justices ofthe peace lie taken up and considered agreed in mr mr kat offered a resolution for the same giving the county courts the ower of recommending persons miitablu to till i the places of justices nf ihe peace mr moore moved the re*erence ofthe substitute to committee on judiciary mr p_6chal moved to lay the subtth ttite ou the lahlj upon this question the yea and miys wero demanied and the substitute was tabled hy yeas 2 and i,h\b 14 a lull to amend an iii-t lor thu relief ■ f persons as may have soil red from the destruction of records a nt dr it ei pur poses passed its seeo id lead ng on motion of mr cowles the miles were sus pended and tiie bill pas id its third aud last reading a messago was received from the house proposing to go hit i uu olection for five councillors of state mr wilson added to ihe noin nations the name of hon thos s ashe mr clark hy leave u bill to enable a board to i-btab_.li times for holding supe rior courts and other purposes referred i to the judiciary committee mr kubb'iii asked leave of absence * for mr paschal granted mr wilson asked leave for mr liar ' ris of franklin a bill lo amend the law of evidence did not pass its second reading a bill author zing several justices of the peace to lix the rati 8 of jailor's lees passed its second reading the rules were suspended and tho bill passed its third and tiual leading a bill to authorize tho justices of the county court of cumberland to fund the interest due on bonds of the western north hail road company tbe amendment pr posed by the com mittee whs agreed to mr mclean mov.-d to strike out 7 in the ccinmitieu amendment and insert 10 agreed to the bill as amended passed its second reading mr love moved to take up the house engrossed bill to extend llio lime for the collection of taxes in ihe 2nd congressioii al district and certain other counties tbe rules were suspended and the bill considered mr koonce moved that the co nty of beaufort he included carried by yeas 21 nays 18 tbo bill then passed its second reading tho rnli'8 wero suspended and the bill pot upon its third and final reading leavo of absence were granted messrs wiggins and hall leave of absence was granted major englehard on motion of mr paschal tho senate adjourned until 11 } o'clock tosmorrow house of commons friday dec 7th 18g6 the use of tho hall was granted to ex gov vance to deliver a lecture sat urday evening a moraor.al was presented by mr moore of hertford from jno ii wheel er and was referred to the committe on claims mr davis _ resolution instructing committee ou agriculture to inquire whether any changes are necessary in laws to prevent vagrancy adopted mr jenkins a bill to charter the hen derson and western r r co referred mr roundtree a bill placing physi cians account on equality with bonds — referred su evwo a bill to ohango a»4 regv tilato thu fees of county solicitors re ferred mr moore of ilortfort a bill in aid of tlio literary fund iteferrod tlio joint committee to wait on the governor reported that ho has filed on saturday the 16th of december tor his inauguration mr jordon a bill in relatioa to sur veyors roferocd mr mckay from judiciary committee reported favorably to bill to nnieiid char ter of washington toll bridge ootnpa n.v which was passed its several reading under n suspension of tlio rules mr jenkinsof gaston moved to solid a message to the senate proposing to go into an election for live councillor of stato tho house agreed the senate concurred and a ballot wns had mr mooro of hertford moved to re consider tho bill defeated yesterday on its 3d readiiigs to enable the western n c it it co to complete its road to some point on the n 0 it it mr cowan addressed the ilousn in fa vor of the motion and was seconded by mr stone of nash tho lull was reconsidered and passed its 3d reading bills on tiiii1d iteadixo a bill to repeal the cth section 48th chapter of the revised code lead and passed a bill providing for wotking public ri ni is read and p issed a resolution by mr russ that where as certain persona are interested to mis represent the sentiments of the people of this state this legislature represent ing the people accord in solemn form as the sense of this assembly that the reps resentations aforesaid are false mr davis said that be knew of no disloyalty that iiersecution of union men was untrue i'hat part izan contests would always arise and men differ — that no one could blatne the people for their preferences that if there was a man iu ths state so baso as to say her people were disloyal he would brand him s a double traitor that no person interests l in misrepresenting north cur tilinii at preseu formerly pretended to be good confederates how could the people trust them i if any were disloy al such men were mr davit ca ail fur the yeas and nays mr williams of yancey asked to he excused from o ing lie said that he did not know tho truth about these things the house refused to excuse him mr crawford of rowan said that if the gentleman did not know the truth he coul-i loll it him and call names there wns disloyalty in this slate and he was willing to say so w w lluldcn ami h s colleagues were disloyal he was willing to tux the people if there was no hell here in north carolina for these men to build a hell mr lyon called him to order and he look his seat under the ruling of the speaker mr blair moved to lay the resolutions on iho taale the house refused — mr bi air otfered an amendment that those who inflamed tho southern mind to the late war were not worthy of con tidence the amendment was lost mr lyon moved to postpone indefin itely lost mr russ said that he presented this resolution and endorsed it ho held that any man who misrepresented north carolina was unworthy of respect he would vouch for the loyalty of our peo ple tho men who wore attempting to prejudice the northern people aganibt us und overturn existing affairs were like midn glit assassins attempting to rob your house he went en in that strain for soma time messrs lyon freeman and others ex plained the reason of their vote when tho ballat was had as follows : yeas 85 nays — 14 senate saturday december 8th the senate was called to order at 10 o'clock a m prayer by the rev dr smedes of the episcopal church the journal of yesterday was road and approved lk8oluti0ns and bills mr avery a bill tu incorporate the north carolina land emigration com pany ordered to be printed and lefer red to the committee on the judiciary mr speeo a bill t aut orlze the.dis uiiil swamp canal company to issue coupon bonds bearing 8 percent interest on motion of mr leach the rules were suspended and the bill passed its several readings ordered to lio engrossed and sent immediately to the house a messago war received from the house transmitting an engrossed bill to amend ihe charier of the washington toll bridge on motion of mr respas the rules were suspended and the bill passed its several readings ; also a resolution in favor of the hon a s mernmon re ferred to the committee on claims tho following resolutions and bills came up and passed under the suspens sion ofthe rules a bill to incorporate pasquotank lodge no 10.1 a bill to in corporate the hibernian benevolent so ciety in tbe city of wilmington a bill to incorporate tho mclean firo engine company in the town of fayetteville a resolution in favor of w s mason for tho services rendered the stato by the diioc tion of tbo governor a message was recoived from the house transmitting the report of tho com mitteo on joint ballot for councillors of state which resulted in the election of mr edwin w jones of caldwell mr clark from the committee on cor porations to whom was referred a bill to incorporate the union camp ground in the county of cloavolaiid referred back tho same with ail amendment rei commeudillg its passage a resolution in favor of the lion d a barnes came up ami passed its second reading a message wns received from the llouso transmitting the house resolutions relating to llio loyalty of the state on motion of mr i_ove thoy wore mnde the special order for friday next and ordered to he printed a bill to amend lib sec tion of the 48th chapter of the revised c ale a bill to repeal an act to provide hands to work on public roads the bill to repeal an ordinance to en change the stock oflhe stato for bonds came up on its third reading and on mo tion of mr liurry it was passed over ins formally a message was recived from the house proposing to go forthwith into tho ap poititment of justices of the peace which was concurred in a number of changes and additional names were offered from nearly all the counties in the state a list of the magistrates will bo published at some future time on motion of mr clark tho senate ad journed until monday at 10 o'clock the reporter should have said on yes terday thai the motion of mr respites to amend by including the county of beau fort was concurred in instead of being rejected house of commons satikiiat dec 8 ' i the house was culled to order at 10 o'clock a m prayer by rev dr.smedes of the epis cpal church tbe journal of yesterday was read and approved bepobtb of committees mr waugh from the committee on propositions and grievances reported a bill to supply artificial arms to disabled soldiers of this stato as a substitute for resolutions referred mr itoseboro from the same commit tee reported a bill for the relief of disa bled soldiers providing for the pay ment of commutation in certain cases in lien of artificial limbs a resolution in favor nf hon a s merrimon reported back favorably from the committee on ciaims passed itssev «, eral readings under a suspension of the rules mr meclainmy,from the jointcoramit tee on adjournment reported a resolution that the general assembly adjourn on 24th of d cember to rc-arsemblo on tiicsdav the 8th of january next mr patton moved to amend the reso lotion by substituting the 28th of decem ber as the time for re-assembling mr p said tbat the resolution as re ported was unjust to western members it ditl not give them time tog > home and return the amendment would give time to other members to visit their homes and not force members from tbe extreme west to remain here on expenses mr mcclammy stated that it was nol the intention of the committee to compel members from the west to remain here on expenses they contemplated the ins trodnciion of a resolution to allow those remaining bera dining the recess upon their nsnal per diem divers amendments were offered and discussed and tho resolution was finally recommitted on motion of mr bryson tbe committee tlwt superintod the elec tion on yesterday for five councillors of state reported the election of e w jones of caldwell county no other election at 12 o'clock m tlio house proceeded to execute the joint order for the appoint ment of justices ofthe peace the counties were called alphabetical ly and a numberof nominations were made the name of john c 11 ill was stricken from the list recommended for randolph county on motion of mr waugh alter discussion mr clark introduced a resolution requiring the committee on adjourns meut to report on monday next — adopted mr ruts a joint resolution requiring the printing of the comptroller's report hereafter before the meeting of the gen eral assembly adopted by mr latham of washington ; a bill to amend sec 7ih chap 62 revised code entitled justices of the 1'eaee by mr harper a resolution to author ize the public treasurer to employ coun set in certain eases passed its several readings under a suspension ofthe rules by mr cowan a bill to amend the 3rd sectou of the 95th chapter of the res vised code entitled religious societies u.r whitfield was allowed to fecord bis vote in favor of the resolutions intro duced by mr russ on yesterday assort ing the loyalty of tho state a message was received from the gov ernor transmitting tbe report of iho board oflntcitnil improvements sent to the senate with a proposition to print a bill concerning the sale of the old jail loi in the county of edgecombe passed its second aia third readings un der a suspension of the rules sundry engrossed b lis from the sen ate hud their first reading one of these authorizing a majority of the justices in iho several e unities tn re pillule the feus of jailors wns laid on llie table mi motion of mr latham of was ■ ington a law of like purport having been passed by ibo last general as i'vnibly an engrossed bill to authorize the dis mal swamp canal company to i sue s por cent bonds had its first reading on motion of mr cowan the rules were suspended nml the bill pas'ed its 2nd and 3nl readings and was ordered to bo unrolled a message was received from the sens ate refusing to appoint certain persons re commended by the llmise as iiing'stru'es for randolph county and rocnmmelldiuy o'h h lor appointment mr blair protested againat the senate's action and moved to lay the nics-ni/coii the table not agreed to the house concuraed in tho message aud then ad journed sen ate monday december 10 the senate « as culled to order nt 10 j o'clock a m the journal of saturday was read and approved mr cunningham from the committee on propositions and grievances to whom was referred so much of the governor messuge as relate to weights and tueas ures reporled several lesolutions on the subject recommending ihen passage mr micnrkle from tbo committee on the judiciary to whom was referred a resolution instructing tin m to inquire in to and leport what power this b idy has to change the jurisdiction of the courts linked to be lischarged from its lur her consideration mr a veri ftori the committee on in tertial improvements lo whom was re ferred u bill to declare valid an act amending the charter of the chatham riilroad c'liip.iny recommending its passage mr wilson moved the bill bo recom mitted to the committee mr avery moved to amend by substituting toe ju diciary which molion was lost and the bill was recommitted to the committee on internal improvements a message was received from the house transmitting tho following a resolution to amend a resolution passed at this session of ihe general assembly relative to the printing all the lem_thy reports prior tj the meeting of tho gen eral assembly adopted a resolution authorizing the public treasurer to em ploy council in certain eases ; a bill to make valid iho sales of the old jail lot in the county of edgecombe on motion of mr moure the rules were supended and tbe bill passed its several readings mr leach asked leave of absence until wednesday next for mr jones senator from wake granted a message was received from tbe house transmitting additional names for justices of the peace for tl e county of martin on motion of mr moore they were laid on the table also a resolution on ibe subject of adjournment providing that this body adjourn oil tile 24th of de cember to meet again on ihe 22d of jan uary next mr paschal offered to amend by substituting iho 17th of december for the 24th mr matthews offered an amend tneut to the amendment by striking out all a'ter the 24th of december and insert sine die the yeas aud nays were called and the amendment to ihe amendment was adopted by a vote ol 20 yeas lo lti nays the qnesiion arising on ihe ad •) > tion of the resolution as amended the yeas and nays were called and t e reso lution wus adopted by a vole of 1(1 yeas to 10 nays subsequently a message was received fi-.nn the house lefusingto concur in the senate amendment a message was received t'ronl the house prntio i-.g to go fm th with into the election of four councillors f sate — concurred in messrs mccorklc and 11 md were appo n ed lo superintend tho election and the senate voted as follows me srs joyner 36 mohaue 97 ashe 80 shepherd 35 phillips 3 and ruffln 1 a message was received from iho house transmitting a communication from the governor concerning reports frum the different works of the state in which she owns stock ; also a report from the president of tho literary fund with a proposition lo print ihe enclosed d cii incuts concurred in ihe bill to prevent fraud upon the rev enue of the s'ate came up and was dis cussed at some length pending its disi ciission on molion of mr leach tbe senate adjourned until to-niorrow at b'j o'clock house of commons m ox dat dec 10 1s6c t thehuitae was called to order at 10 o clock a.m mr konan of duplin in the , chair mr waugh introduced tho following . resolution whereas in llio liioiission of the resolutions which pass d this i house on the 7'h inst declaring among other things that the charges of disloyal ty of persecution nguinai those styling litems 1mm tne original union men and i of the piiiiia hdtnini trillion of justice arc false and known i . those who mnke them to he without a shadow of fiiiinihi ! tion ilm im iib.t i'mm i lender oo mr 1 v he declared bo coul i not congeion ■ tionsly vote for tho resolutions because ! thoy wil iinti ue in thai tb v nsu i led thai the union men ol this stato bail not been persecuted this nlleytitioo that : union nun had been pe'secuted which allegation is understood lo refer to per secution t-i m co the icesfahlishmont of civil government coming from a iiietn bur of this house requires investigation to the end therefore that thu person or authority guilty olsuoh persecution.be duly puiii.lil'd ; resolve i that the com tnittee mi the judical ho in tiuctod to request said member to appear before them and furnish the facts on which he rest d said allegation and that aid com mittee ill older that a fair and full inves tigation may be made bnvu power to send for pe im lis and papers and that the v report to ihis house al an early day by bill resolution or otherwise adopted mr cowan for the committeo mi inter nal improvements reported back a bill to incorporate tho vanccyville and milton railroad company favorably with amendments also a bill tore-enact and confirm the charier of the williamston and tarboro railroad company us asubsiitui - for a bill referred ; also resolutions lor ihu re lief of tho mayor and commissioners of the city of raleigh in response to their memorial concerning tho city'sstlbsciip tion to llie chatham r r company bills intkoducicd by mr boyd a bill to regulate as signments and protect creditors by mr waugh a bill to amend the second section of chapter 113 of the re vised code by mr trull a bill to pay tales jn rors for llieir services on capital felonies by mr simpson a bill lo incorpor ate centre hill lodge in the county of chowan by mr perry of wake a hill for the relief of wards liv mr dargan ; a bill for the relief of the estato of tho late lawrence c b branch the following engrossed bills bud their first leading viz : a bill to incorporate pasquotank lodge no 103 of free and accepted masons a bill to incorporate the liiber nian benevolent society f the city of wilmington a bill to incorporate the mclean fire engine company no 1 in tho town of fayettevil'e and a roso union in favor of w s mason the resolution for the relief tho city of raleigh passed its several readings umler a suspension of the rules vir tually releases the city from its subset ip tion to the chatham it r company a bill to authorize the county court of mecklenburg to extend its sessions also passed its several readings mr morehead by leave introduced a resolution that the finance committee inquire as to tbe expediency of issuing treasury notes for the payment of the non funded interest on the debt of the state also tho exchange of treasury notes for state bonds adopted mr holderby by leave a resolution that the judiciary committee inquire us to the expediency propriety a d con stitutionality of enacting a law suspend ing the sale of property under execution or venditioni exponas lor a limited time adopted mr holderby said that information just from tin country satisfied him of t he great necessity of enacting a law with out del iy suspending the sale uf proper ly under execution for a given timo — that he heard of tho sale of a tract of land a few days sinco at bix hundred dollars that it was sold the next day by the purchaser for the sum of fifteen htin ded dollars he regarded such sacri tices as ruinous both to the honest debt or a-^well as to the better and more le niont creditors of the country und hop ed that the com mit tie wouhl send in a bill at an early day embracing the ob jects of the resolution which had just been read by the clerk mr mcciamniy for the joint com mitteo on adjournments reported a reso lution that tlio legislature adjourn mi the i24th of december instant and meet again on the 22d of january this res olutiou was adopted alter some discus sion special iil.iil-llt at 12 o'clock m the house pr cood ed to consider the bill to enhance the value of the bonds to be issued t"i ihe completion of the western x c rail road ami for other purposes on its soo ond leading mr patton addressed the house in support of the bill explaining its pro visions aud enumerating the advanta ges whicli wuuld accrue to the people of the west and to the stato at urge from the oompletroa of the io*4 to the tenn ' '■" lino as originally contemplated mr lltitehi mi opposed the bill ho i.i opposed to increasing the state's in debtedness directly or indirectly it was tun tho bill did not ask a direct ap propriation from the treasury ant ho fared thai indirectly the credit of the stale wouhl be impaired by changes of tli securities now held by tho state for others of doubtful validity mr kenan supported the bill it had been ritoinmenileil iinaniino.i_.ly by iho committee on internal improvements — li wonl i nut incroaso the state debt one iota it was emphatically a bill i'm the relief of the people world enhance the value of state stocks and contribute ma terially to the payment of state dub messrs dargan and mckay also ad die ed tho llouso urging tbe passago ofthe bill the quei ion recurring the bill passed ils 2nd reading ayes 67 nays 25 a bill to empower tho county courts to levy taxes r.ir repairing public roads was laid on the table on second reading on motion ol mr holderby a message was received from the go ' vein it transmitting a communication i from the president and directors of tho j literary fund nnd tho roports of sun dry railroads sent to the senate with a proposition to print < br.jnutioii of mr riclinidson a mes sage was sent lo tho senate proposing that the two houses proceed to ballot for four councillors of stato the senate concurred and the house voted n num j her of nominations having been with - ! drawn a messago was received fiom the son ate announcing the passage in that body of the resolution in relation to ndjouru ! ment with an amendment to tho effect i that the adjournment on tbo 24th inst , shall be sine die in this amendment the oonenrrence of tho llouso was asked mr lilnck moved to lay the message on the table not agreed to ayes 3d nays 61 messrs dargan and mckay opposed concurrence in tho senate amendment for the reason that much necessary leg islation would be left unfinished and no material relief would bo offered the pi ople mr rush deem'ng the senate's ac tion nn indication that that body wns unwilling to do anything for tbo relief of tbe people thought an early adjourn ment advisable thu sooner tho better mr mckay said that an indisposition on the p rt of tho senato to mat tiro measures of relief and perfect necossa ry legislation was an additional reason why the ilousn should adhere to its po sition and evince a dctermiua'ion to do their duty the question recurring the house refused to concur in the senate amend . ment i he house then adjourned _ the mobt astounding fish story yet told is the statement by professor agasbiz thai iu brazil they have a species of lisli that can climb trees mexican advices inform ns that the liberalistsare progressing steadily they occupied mazallan on november 14th there appear to be great complications in the liboralist camp upon the rival claims of juarez nd ortega no intel iigctico of the whereabouts of maximil . lian has been sent to the united states tin some tune the graves of the federal dead iu the national cemeteries are hereafter to bo marked by cast iron heaikblocks weighing not loss than twenty pounds covered wuh a solution of zinc to prevent rust with the name of the soldier his rank reg iment company and date of burial in ; raised letters cast on the top aud tho ! number ot the grave on tho sido a funeral was prohibited from enters i ing the c uliiilic cemetery at newark x i j recently because more than six car i ri.i„es accompanied it and as bishop 1'i.uly has torbidden tho entrance of more j than that number ut one time the party ' returned home again without interring | iho deceased a novel law case has just been decided at chicago a british subject there iu i testate the british consul claimed the i rigiit to administer upon his property judge bradwell has decided that a con sul lias no authority in the matter and dismissed the suit at his costs the props city bv this decision goes into tho hands of the public administrator i ti boston recently a man named mur ray entered a still for the purpose of cleaning it and was suffocated by tho gas before assistance could be rendered tlie crime of embezzlement appears to be fearfully on the increase in st louis mo clerks bookuepers porters female clerks and servant girls aro dailv arrest ed a silver mine in greece which sus pended operations 2,_d4 years ago has been purchased and is now being worked by a french company o.i thanksgiving fee a ball was given to tho lunatics at ihe flatbush asylum when tho crazy onus danced with consid erable method