Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1808-01-05

Also petition of Richard I,igor. ef,r.
OF homas Ligon, decd. praying the re-.
, mission OF damages asse Sseu.a gai,.st his t,s.
'ator ny the district court OF Pt;ersb;,rv 1,
Ordered, That the said petitions be "a.
'erred to the committee of Claim tI..
, I'ney 90 examine the matter thereut ami
report Tie SAME with their opinion there.
upon TO the house.
a petition of suhdry inhabitants OF pitt.
yIVahia county, praying the passage of A.
!, =" making provision for Calling cohvcn-
4 ZION to revise and amend the Constitution of
this state. u
Ordered, That the said petition be ~.
ierred 70 a committee of the whole hou,s
on the state OF the ommonueal,h.
Po..tion OF Littleberry Robertson Of
SreehViile county, praying the remission
OF me inflicted on HIM hy d courr mari.
al in said county;
Also apeti,ion of the German Lutheran
III Londcn county, praying that they
Imay be authorised to raise by Lottery a s,,r;,
OF money, for purposes in the said pe ,i,inn
stated Ps'''i'h
| And the question being put on the refer.
negative. " Wv
jjected. ' os
The speaker laid before the house a LET.
Ter IRON Edmund Randolph, ESQ. Of the
Ici.y OF hicEmond, which was resetl in tbs.
following words:
SIR, ''''' A'''
Al late meeting of the inhebisauts
o' Shis CITY, a committee was appointed tn
prepare and present 10 the General A..
srlnolY representation upon the subject
Oh the public guard.--In pursuance of nus
appointment they have instructed nee IN
transmit TO the House Of Delegates thro'
,neir Speaker the enclosed MEMORIAL.
Every TACT stated in it, can be SUPPORTED
Dy unqneshonab.e testimony.
The present mode of communicated "a
the only one. which circumstarres 80.
permitted them to adopt; and the indul-
gehce OF your Honorable body IS therefore
requested, IT any form has been unInt.nt,.
onally omitted.
have the honor, Sir,
be with the highest respect,
Your obedient servant,
EDMUND RANDOLPH.
The lion. HUcH NELSON,
Sneaker oCfhe II of Drlegates.
n motion Was made that the memorial
accompanying the said letter should he re-.
celved and read.
ne Speaker declared the reception Of
me SAID memorial to be in opposition TO the
'oo rule of the house, which is in the fol.
towing ords: '0''
he period of fifteen DAYS from ,he
Gay onwhch the house OF delegates annn-
any TORN house shall be prescribed for
me 20, reception OF petitions, Sundays exoiud-.
"A motion was made, that the said rule
,houio be suspended, for the purpose of re-
ceiving the SAID memorial
. . And the unestiOn ba;r,-
motion, st passed in the afirmatiye-Aves
102--Noes ST. $3.50
Inc SAID memorial was then read. STAT
is the great danger to be apprehended
from olsmissng the public guard and
praying the legislature to Continue the
same, or to adopt some other plan OF secu..
fHy TOR the city, equally tficacious.
motion was made to refer the said me-.
'horiai 20 the consideration of a committee.
Inc Speaker declared the reference of
HH sara memorial to be in opposition to the
9Th rule Of the house, which Is in the toll.
lowing Words
" question once determined mas, sts1d
IS the judgement Of tho house, and cannot ~
gam be drawn into debate during the same
session. - '.I
motion was made 20 suspend the operafi.
~ W ~ tne sac rule and the question beng put
on inc said motion, IL passed IN The alTtnr.t!,
The said memorial was then. On uotion. ~
erred TO Messrs Jonston (of p Edward.1
9Layth (of Wythe), Brqckenbroueh fof Han5I
.t,,erl' w Foushee, Tucker, BrccEenrlse. Csrr,
Parker and Clarke, who are to take tie mat,
yer thereof into consideration, and reIlyr, IN.
same witt t0eif 6pipiin theroupon d,5 Ens
house, by biitot Otherwise - e, i'e''S,
=, Mr' Blake presented according 70 order, n
Din = Explanatory ofthe act entitled All act
concerning the election Of members Of liz
General assembly" which'svos received ana
read the first time and ordered 10 be read =
second time f.I t.t. ~ ..I - -f
A.r. THURSDAY, Dec. 81. r
The following bills we're read th;rd tins
and passed
bill, "Coneeraiag William M'Coy I"
a bill, "Conrerninsthe Potowmae cotnpa-
A BIN "Givihg farther tine 70 cotnp,e,a
mil daihs across Monongalis river"
bill, "Diybrcing Charles Bosher fron1bis
wife susanna -
bill, "Yestiug in Henry ]. Arnold me
light Of the commonwealth 70 a certain Iot az
ground whereofW-llliam Y. Asst died seizsd,@
A bill, " For adding pert of the coutr, 81