Mr. Gillespy moved a call of the Senate, which being done, the following gentlemen answered the call, to wit: Messrs. Aiken, Balch, Brown, Coe, Frey, Gaines, Gillespy, Hardwicke, Jones of Hickman, Jones of Lincoln, Laughlin, Reneau, Smith, Sevier, Terry, Wheeler, Yoakum and Mr. Speaker Love-18. Mr. Jones of Hickman submitted the following: Resolved, That the regular meeting of the Senate shall be nine o'clock in the morning; and any motion to adjourn before half after twelve, shall be considered out of order; and provided also, that the regular hour of meeting after the first adjournment shall be two o'clock, p. m., and any motion to adjourn before half after five shall be considered out of order. Be it further resolved, That the Chairman of the several committees of the Senate, be requested as soon as possible to report and return all bills, resolutions or resolves to the Senate, in order to enable the present General Assembly to come to a speedy close. Mr. Laughlin introduced A Bill to incorporate the Winchester and Chalybeate Springs. And A Bill to incorporate the Bersheba Chalybeate Springs in the county of Warren, both of which were read a first time and passed. Mr. Speaker Love presented the report of the Comptroller of the Treasury, on the debt due the State by the late Joel Parish, which was referred on motion of Mr. Laughlin to the committee on Education and Common Schools. The Speaker also presented the report of the clerk and master of the Chancery Court at Franklin, which was referred on motion of Mr. Laughlin to the committee on the Judiciary. Mr. Yoakum, from the joint select committee on the Lunatic Asylum, made the following report, to wit: Your committee respectfully reports, that they have embraced the earliest opportunity of ascertaining the condition of the Lunatic Hospital, as well as all matters and things connected with its interest. Your commmittee would most earnestly recommend this institution to the protection and patronage of the General Assembly of this State, as an object worthy of their consideration. They believe this institution eminently calculated to elevate the character of your State; and to place her on an equality with her sister States in their praiseworthy efforts ameliorate and advance the comfort of that unfortunate class of our race, who are designed to be brought within the protection of this Asylum. Our State has already acquired an enviable distinction among her sister States for chivalry and valor; and shall it be said that she withholds her assistance in the advancement of those objects of humanity and philanthropy, which always command the attention and admiration of nations and civilized societies? Your committee most successfully hope that this General Assembly will not withhold from this institution, that patronage which has heretofore been extended to it. And which if hopefully fostered is destined to reflect lasting honor on our State. It will soothe the sorrows and ameliorate the condition of many of the unfortunate sons and daughters of our race. From an examination of the appropriation, heretofore made in behalf of the hospital, your committee find that the sum of thirty-nine thousand two hundred and ninety-five dollars have been appropriated for the purchase of ground, and the construction of the edifice, &c. By reference to the report of the Secretary of the Board of Commissioners appointed by the last Legislature, it will appear that the entire appropriation has been absorbed, and that there is due to sundry individuals for work done, the sum of two thousand nine hundred and ninety-seven dollars and eighteen cents; which should be provided for by act of Assembly. By reference to the same report, it will appear that sixty rooms with the exception of furniture, grates to windows, bolts to the doors, &c, are in readiness for the reception of patients. There are thirty-three rooms in the basement story, which are entirely unfinished. It is esti mated that twenty-five hundred dollars will complete these rooms. It is recommended by said report, that the ground in rear of the building should be graded, and that two cisterns should be erected for the use of the hospital. Your committee approve of this recommendation. With regard to other improvements and fixtures; your committee are of opinion that they should be left to the board of trustees. to be hereafter appointed. Your committee would further suggest the propriety of requiring the keeper of the Penitentiary to have done by the convicts in the Penitentiary, such of the work as they can do, and as many be required by the board of trustees of the hospital. It is the opinion of your committee that the work can be done in this way at a much smaller expense than by an appropriation of money; and from an interview with the keeper of the Penitentiary, they are assured that without hazarding the escape of the convicts, almost the whole of the work oan be done in this way. Your committee recommend that the sum of dollars be appropriated for the payment of the monies now due by the institution, and for the purchase of materials for future works and improvements. Your committee report the following bill for carrying into operation the Lunatic Hospital. H. YOAKUM, Chairman Senate Com. JAMES C. JONES, Chairman H. R. The foregoing report and the said bill, were read and ordered to the - table. And then the Senate adjourned. MONDAY MORNING, Nov. 11, 1839. Mr. Coe moved a call of the Senate, which being made, the following named Senators answered the call, to wit: Messrs. Balch, Brown, Coe, Frey, Gaines, Hardwicke, Jones of Lin coln, Laughlin, Reneau, Sevier, Smith, Walton, Wheeler and Speaker Love-14. Absent Senators being sent for, the Senate proceeded to business. A Bill to authorize aliens to hold, convey, mortgage, demise and in, herit real estate, lands and other property, and for other purposes therein specified, was taken up, read a second time and passed. A Bill to extend the corporate limits of the town of Fayettville in Lincoln county, was read a third time, passed, and ordered to be transmitted to the House of Representatives. Mr. Reneau asked and obtained leave to have entered upon the journals the following, to wit: [The Protest of Mr. Reneau was not furnished the Printer in time to be inserted in its proper place. It will be found at the close of this Journal The work was stopped several days, expecting a copy of the protest to be sent from Nashville-it having been written for.] Mr. Speaker Love, then on the floor, submitted to the Senate the following: Resolved, That the Committee on Federal Relations be instructed to prepare and report a memorial to the Government of the United States. for a relinquishment to the State of Tennessee of the vacant and unappropriated land lying south and west of the Congressional reservation line, to the end that the occupant settlers thereon may be secured in their titles at low and moderate rates, and to the end that the proceeds thereof may be applied to indemnify the State for the loss of the school land directed to be laid off for the nse of schools by the act of Congress of the 18th of April, 1806, and which School lands were never laid off or obtained by the State. And also the following: Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That the Secretary of State be, and he is hereby directed, to adjudicate a land warrant, No. 1239, purporting to have been issued by Wm. Hill, Secretary of State of North Carolina, dated 27th of October, 1835, for the benefit of the heirs of Jeremiah Bullock, for nine hundred and fourteen acres of land, and to certify the same if found on adjudication to be a bona fide warrant. Mr. Gillespy submitted the following: Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That the committees of the Senate and of the House of Representatives of this General Assembly on the subject of internal improvement in this State, be made a joint committee of both houses. And the rule being suspended, said resolution was adopted. Resolved, That a resolution adopted by the Senate a few days ago, requiring the Superintendent of the Penitentiary to make a report to the Senate, be rescinded. And the rule being suspended, said resolution was adopted, Whereas, it has been asserted during the deliberations of the present General Assembly by members of that body, that the Bank of Tennessee has been converted into an engine to effect party purposes, therefore, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That the Committee on Banks be instructed to call on the President, Cashier and Directors of the Bank of Tennessee at Nashville to reply individually and in writing to the following interrogatives: First, were you influenced in your choice of directors of the branches of the Bank of Tennessee by a regard to the political sentiments of the individuals whom you elected. Second; did you in making contracts either for services to be rendered to the bank or its branches, or for buildings or other property designed for its use, have a regard to the party attachments and party opinions of the person or persons with whom such contracts were made. Third; during your deliberations touching the discounts of said bank,. were the political opinions of applicants for loans ever made a subject of serious discussion, and did a regard to such opinions ever to the best of your knowledge and belief influence the decision by which any bill or note submitted to your board was either passed or rejected. Mr. Wheeler introduced A Bill to repeal a part of the 7th section of an act passed in the year 1835, establishing chancery courts; which was read a first time, passed, and referred to the committee on the Judiciary. A Bill to carry into operation the Lunatic Hospital, was read a first time and passed. A resolution from the House of Representatives, requiring the banks under certain conditions to resume the payment of specie, was taken up and read. Mr. Terry moved to lay it on the table, which motion prevailed. A resolution from the House of Representatives proposing to rescind so much of the joint rules for the Government of the two Houses as makes the committee on Banks and the committee on the Penitentiary joint committees, was read and non-concurred with. A Bill from the House of Representatives to exempt persons disabled from sickness or other causes from working on public roads. A Bill to amend an act passed at Nashville in the year 1838, relating to the Internal Improvement fund of Lawrence county. A Bill to prevent fraud and impositions in the sale of salt and sugar. A Bill to repeal all laws authorizing the editors of newspapers to publish the laws of the State. A Bill to repeal an act passed October 23d, 1837, ch. 40, declaring Buffalo river navigable up to Beardstown, in Perry county. A Bill to extend the term of the circuit courts of Sevier county and for other purposes. And A Bill to make more public an act passed Dec. 11, 1837, establish. ing the county of De Kalb. All of which were severally read a first time and passed. A Bill from the House of Representatives to amend the act of 1837, ch. 30, entitled An act in relation to the change of venue in criminal causes, was read a first time, passed and referred to a committee on the judiciary. Mr. Aiken presented the memorial of the justices of the peace of Washington county, praying that the State taxes for the years 1839 and 1840 be relinquished to said county, to enable them to rebuild a court house and jail, which was read and referred to the committee on claims. On motion of Mr. Gillespy, Ordered, That Mr. Jones of Hickman be added to the select committee on the Ocoee district. On motion of Mr. Aiken, Ordered, That Mr. Laughlin 'be fadded to the committee on éducation and common schools. Mr. Jones of Hickman's resolution of yesterday," designating the hour of meeting and adjournment [of the Senate, and requiring the several committees to report upon all matters and things to them referred, at as early a day as practicable, so as to enable the General Assembly to come to a speedy close, was taken up and read. Mr. Gillespy moved a division of the resolutions so as to test the sense of the Senate first upon the first resolution, which motion prevailing, the question was had, Will the Senate adopt the said first resolution? and determined in the negative-ayes 3, noes 15. The ayes and noes being demanded, those who voted in the nega tive were Messrs. Brown, Jones of Hickman, Jones of Lincoln-3. The negative voters were Messrs, Aiken, Ashe, Balch, Coe, Frey, Gaines, Gillespy, Hardwicke, Laughlin, Reneau, Sevier, Smith, Terry, Wheeler and Mr. Speaker Love-15. And so said first resolution was rejected. The question was then had upon the adoption of the second resolu tion, and determined in the affirmative without a dissenting voice. A Bill for the benefit of the occupant settlers south and west of the Congressional reservation line, was referred to the committee on pub lic lands. A Bill for the relief of certain enterers of land in the Ocoee District was referred to the committee on the Ocoee District. On motion of Mr. Brown, Ordered, ThatM r. Sevier be added to the committee on enrolled bills. The resolutions submitted by Mr. Laughlin on the 27th October di rectory to the joint committee on banks, was on his motion taken up and read. Mr. Laughlin moved to amend by adding thereto the word 'reduction' after the word 'regulation, which motion prevailed. The said resolution was further amended, on motion of Mr. Gillespy, by adding thereto the following, to wit: And that said committee also enquire in |