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I.*/™ HOUSE of commons/1 he.House met at 9 o’clock. ' .Prayer V Rev.,Mr. Skinner.TuO journal of yesterday was read and approved.Mr, Baxter from committee on propositions and grievances; Mr., Williams of Nash, from committee on claims; Mr. Person fro in committee, on tlie judicial')'' • Mr. Mendenhall from’ committee on claims ; Mr. Waugh from committee on corporations, and Mr, Hill from committee on banks and banking; „ reported sundry bills/The bill to authorize the city of Raleigh to issue small bills, on motion of Mr. Rogers, was taken up,. together with the substitute from the committee on banks and banking, including Newborn, Charlotte and Greensboro1 in the same provision, and the substitute passed its several readings—when, on motion, the bit] was amended so as to include Salisbury onniotion of Mr. Hall, Beaufort, on motion of Mr. Whitehurst, Asheville, on motion of Mr. Mammon, and Graham on motion uf Mr. Mebane.Mr. Bowman moved that all the incorporated towns of the State be allowed the same privilege; when, on motion of Mr. Latham, the bill. c., was laid on the table. . •The Speaker presented a communication from the •Comptroller of the State, presenting to the consideration of the House the accumulation of business in his office—read and referred to finance committee.Mr, Waugh, a resolution requesting the Governor to appoint forwarding agents at Richmond and other points for forwarding articles to the soldiers—read and referred,Mr. Sholcr, a resolution authorizing the Paymaster Gunmil to pay the soldiers in (he several forts, who have not been paid—read and referred.Mr. IIusr to authorize Eliza Chavis to enslave herself and child for life—road and referred. •Mr. Mebane, a bill concerning wardens of the poor of A lama nne county—read and referred.Mr. Pearson, a bill to amend the act incorporating the town of Morgan ton—read and referred,Mr. Bowman moved to take up the bill in favor of Chns. Byrd, lale sheriff of Yancey—passed its several readings, engrossed and sent to the Senate.Mr. Bridgcrs presented a resolution asking information of the Public Treasurer in regard to loans lt;c Passed. * ’A message was received from the Senate asking the concurrence of the House to the engrossed bill providing for increasing the battalion c by Col. Spruill to a ful! regiment.O'commandedMr. Clark of Craven, moved to suspend the rules to take up the fail!. Objections were urged, but the rules were suspended, and the bill passed its several readings mid ordered to be enrolled.The bill lo amend the Tanner’s Hank of North-Carolina was taken up, was read and passed and or-ileroi! to bo engrossed.Mr. Latham a resolution instructing the Pay-mas-ter General to pay of.' the officers and soldiers belonging-to the 7th regiment who have not been paid 1 repositions were made to add the 5th and Oth retri-meats. • °Mr .Bridget's moved so to amend as to include all our officers ar.d soldiers who have not been paid.On motion of Air. Ilil), the resolution with the amendments were referral to committee on military nlluirs. JAir. Wooten, n bill to prevent the sale of ardent spirits within two miles of Lenoir Institute m Lenoir county under the suspension of the rules, the lull passed its several readings, engrossed and sent to the Senate.On motion of Mr. Meares, Mr. IV. 11. Love), assistant ilooi keeper, was excused from further services during this session, to enable him to repair to Manassas to nurse the sick.The bill to abolish imprisonment for debt was taken up and on its second rending was rejected.The bill to amend the 1st .section of the 7th chap. of the lie vised Code was rejected on its second reading,the bill to divide the State into six Congressional Districts, on motion of Mr. Hill was taken up, being the special order. Several ineffectual attempts to amend were made, and the bill passed us it came from the committee.A message from the Senate asking (he concurrence of the House, on enrolled hill in f.ivor of the Fayetteville and Northern Plank Load Companv— read and referred.TO Auni.isu Tlir: CONVENTION.Mr. Toy's bill heir. the special order, was taken up. The question being on'the amendment offered by Mr. Person, limiting the existence of the Convention until the 1st of January, JSU2.Mr. Wright was opposed to the amendment, as he was to the entire bill. Ife desired harmony in the State. It was no time for division and strife. All should be united in the great contest against the common foe. lie was in favor of the Convention assembling and doing up its work. It had important business to do. and he was in favor of its being done.Mr. Person explained the amendments offered by him.Mr. Meares moved to lay the bill on the table. Rejected.Air. Person’s Amendments were rejected, except the last, which authorised the Governor simply to announce the result, which passed.Mr. Mernmnn moved to strike cut the preamble. The yeas and nays were called for, and the result was as follows:9Vena—Messrs. Barringer, Barrow, Booth, Bowman, Bridget's, Bullock, Bynum, Cannadv, Clark of Davidson, Cowles, Davis of Mecklenburg, Farthing, Ferebce, Fleming, Foust, Galloway, Gentry, Gorrell’ Green of Chatham, Green of Star, ly, Guthrie, Hall] Hanes, Harris, J laves, Howard, Horton, Jenkins, Jordan, Kelly, Logan, McBce, McMillan, Martin, Mebane. Mcrrinion, Mordecai, Patterson, Person, Polk, Pope, Putts, Shobor, Taylor, Waters, White, Whitehurst, Wilkcrson, Williams of Cumberland, Williams of Nash, Williams of Pasquotank, Winslow, Wood fin, Wooten and Wright—fi-LNtiyt—Alfred, Autry-, Baxter, Blue, Branch, Clark of Craven, Crawford, Davis of Bladen, Davis of IJali-Ncwby, Padgett, Pearson, Peebles, Perkins, Poindexter, Rogers, Russ, Shaw, Simonton, Small, Speight, Stanford, Tupscott, Ward, Watson, Waugh, Wishart and Woodard—4.5.The bill as amended was put upon its third reading, and passed by the following vote:Yens—Messrs. Alfred, Autry, Barringer, Baxter, Blue. Bowman, Branch, Cannady Clark of Craven.Harrington, Henry, Ilill, Horton, Jenkins. Kullum, Latham, Loinmonds, Liles, Logan, McCleese, McMillan, Mendenhall, Merrimon, Mitchoncr, Newby, Padgett, Pearson, Peebles, Perkins, Person. Rogers, _ Russ, Shaw, Simonton, Small, Speight, Stanford, ‘ Tapscott, Taylor, Ward, Waters, Watson, Waugh, Whitehurst, Williams of Nash, Wishaut, Woodard and Wooten—03.iVi/ys—Messrs. Barrow, BrMgers, Bullock, Bynum, Davis of Mecklenburg, Fsgg, Farthing, Fore-bee, Fleming, Foust, Galloway-, Green of Stanly, ‘ Guthrie, llalf, ffancs, Harris, IIaycs, Howard, Jordan, Kelly, McBeo, Meares, Mebane. Mordecai, Patterson, Poindexter, Polk, Pope, Potts, Shober, White, Willcerson, Williams of Cumberland, Williams of Pasquotank, Winslow, Woodfinand Wright —37.The Speaker laid hefore the House n communication from Hon. L, O’B. Branch, Quarter-master and Pay-mn3ter General, denying the statements contained in Mr. Woody’s memorial, as published in our last, so far as his office was concerned. [We could not obtain a copy in time for publication.JOn motion, the House adjourned to meet to-morrow at 9 o'clock.
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