Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1812-01-09

sau huSOSlu, ne may DC permitted 10 RENAL
IN this commonwealth, is reasonable.
| 2 Resolved, as the opinion Of this commit
tee, that the petition of Betty Dean, Frank,
Dean, Billy Dean, John Dean, Henry Dean
Daphncy Dean, Samuel Floyd, Frank Floyd and
Mitchell Floyd, stating that they liave lately
been emmcipated BY Margaret Rose and John
~ Rose, and praying that they may be permit
ted to enjoy their freedom III this common
wealth, be rejected.
! 8. Resolved as tie opinion of this commit.
tee, that the petition Of William wynne, of the
state OF North Carolina, praying that the right
OF the commonwealth to certain slave named
Human, and her descendants, which he su,,po.
seq 10 be escheatable to the commonwealth may
be released to him, be rejected.
4. Resolved, rs the opini ion OF this commit
tee, that the petition OF ThoSnas Beall, George
and George C. Washington, of the District of
Columbia, setting forth, taat they are in posses
sion OF about fifty slaves that they own lands
| IN the state OF Maryland, contiguous to the Po-
towmac river, and other lands in the counties of
Jefferson and Westmoreland, in this state, also
adjacent TO the saidfiver, and praying tina. they
| may be permitted to employ the said slaves, Ell
Their on their lands in Maryland, or in this state,
as OCCASION may require, be rejected.
| S. Resolved, as the opinion of this commit
tee, that the petition of Anne Crawford, of the
county of Brooke, praying that she may be per-
mittcd to bring and retain in this commonwealth
certain slaves OF which she is possessed be re-
jected.
The said resolutions, being twice read, and
! the questions put thercupon, the 1st and Sd re-
| solutions were agreed to by the House:
The ID resolution was amended, on motion,
by striking thcrefrom the words a" be rejected"
and inserting the words =" is reasonable" in
lieu thereof; and the said resolution as amen
dcd, was agreed TO By the House
The 9TH and 5th resolutions were ordered to
be laid upon the table
Ordered, That bills be brought in coniorrna-
bly, TO the LIST and Cd resolutions and that the
| Committee for Courts of Justice do prepare and
bring in the same.
Alr Stanard, (of Spottsylvania,) from the
same committee, made further report as fol-
lows:
The committee for Courts of Justice have ac-
cording to order, had under consideration the
petition of John Pryor, of the city of Richmond,
to them referred, have agreed on 4 report, and
como to the resolution thereupon, as follows
1t appears to your committee, That the petit
toner intcrmarried with Anna Whiting, of the
county of Gloucester, in Che year 1895, with her
full consent, and that of her guardian and mo-
| Their, that they lived happily together rs man &
wife, from that time till the month ofJune 1911,
when BY the stratagems of 4 certain Charles
Frcmon, her affection was perfdiously sedueed,
so far as to be concerned in a criminal inter
course with the said Premon-as soon as her
said conduct was discovered and made known
to the petitioner, she voluntarily left his house &
protection, under the pretence of visiting her
| sister in Gloucester, when the petitioner, gave
! her two negroes and money to defray her OK
penses to the place of her destination but in
| stead of making said visit, she hath left this
state with her seducer, and gone, whittier the
| petitioner does not know.
1t further appears 90 your committee, That by
letter from the said Anna to her said sister, it
appears she is now living in open adultery with
the said Freemon, and wishes the petitioner
success in his present application.
Resolved, rs the opinion of this committee,
That the petition OF the said John Pryor, pray
| ing to be divorced from his said wife, be reject
ed.
The said resolution being twice read, and the
question put thereupon, was agreed to by the
House.
Mr.. stanard [of spottsylvaniaJ from the
| same committee, made further report as fol-
| lows
The Committee for Courts of Justice have ac
| cordinG to order had under consideration the
petition Of Jesse Horton, praying to be divorced
from his wife Jemima, to them referred, have a.
| greed on areport, and come to the following re-
| solution thereupcn
1t appears to your committee, that the petit
| toner was joined with his said wife, in bonds
| of matrimony considerable time ago; that his
Salu NIlc3 IlCS OF marriage, mas
abandoned him and lives In the habits of adulte-
| ry-and that she has frequently declared before
many respectable persons, that n child which
| she has had since the aforesaid marriage, was
not the child Of the petitioner, but of a certain
| James Fuilin.
| Resolved notwithstanding, That the said pc
tition be rejected.
| The said resolution being twice read, and She
| question put thereupon, was agreed to by the
| House.
Mr.. Stanard Cof spottsylvania1 from the said
committee, made a further report, as follows
The Committee for Courts Of Justice have
! according TO order, had under consideration the
| petition of Ann billiard, 10 them referred, have
| agreed upon report, and come to resolution
| thereupon, rs follows
| 1t appears to your committee, By the petition
| cr's own statement, that she intcrmarried with
certain Thomas billiard, ofthe county of King
and Queen, who for a short time thereafter trea
| ted her with tenderness, but he soon after be
| came habituated to drunkenness, and treated heI
| IN an inhumau manner, after uttering threats
| which rendered her situation miserable-thai
she always scduousiy performed her duties as
wife, TO the best Of her abilities till September
| 1906, when tho said Thomas perpetrated most
| horrid murder in her presence, for which he
was tried, but acquitted-immcdistely after
which acquittal, he absented himself from her
and his children, and is gone as she under.
stands] to the East Indies That she has been
informed he has conveyed to certain persons all
his right 20 whatever property lie may acquire
| IN right Of his being her husband.
Resolved, That the petition Of the said Ann
| billiard, praying TO be divorced from her said
| husband, be rejected
The said resolution being twice read, and the
question put thcreupon, was agreed to by the
| House
Mr.. Stanard TOT Spotsylvania1 from the same