Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-02-03

ton of the Banks of Virginia. with sun'ry
documents accompanying the same-which
were ordered to be printed.
Various Bills were read the 1st or Cd
time.
The House resolved itself into n Com
rnittee os the Whole, on the bill " To pro
vide more eAectualIy for the payment OF
specie. by the several Banks of this Com
,nonwealth and sundry amendments
thereto were adopted. said bill and
amendments were laid upon the table.
Thursday February /.
A-Communcation from the Senate, sta
ting that they had passed the Bills" To
alter the times of holding certain Superb
Courts OF law in the 81 Judicial Circuit
and " Concerning Robert McCandlish." -
That they had also passed the bill ' IL
creasing the pension OF Moses Rollins
with northumberland that they had re-
jected the bills Authorizing sale of GER
tain slaves belonging to the free-schools OF
N3nsc monde Concerning Lburn l..
Henderson" The House agreed to tine
said amendments.
On Mr.. MERGERS motion Resolution of
the Committee of Propositions and Griev-
ances, voting reasonable the Petition of the
Trustees ofthe Theological Seminary of
Virginia, was again taken up wher>upon
he also moved that the committee of the
said Trustees be farther heard at the bar
of this House, in support of the said petit
Undetermined in the affirmative, Ayes
50, Noes rs.
A motion was then made by MIR. Baker,
(of Cumberland,) that the said Resolution
be amended, by striking out the words Z" is
reas"n -ble" and inserting in lieu thereof, the
words "be rejected"
The Reverend John II. Rice (ef this CT
ty,) the Rev. WIN. Hill (ef Winchester,)
and VIII am Writ, Esq. the Committee
of the Trustees aforesaid, were then con-
Quoted tothe har-when Mr.. Writ entered
at large into the support of the Petition,
with that enchanting eloquence which al
ways delights and interests his admiring
audience-His arguments were most inge-
NOUS, but did not appear to us to be ire
sistble. He attempted to prove, that the
proposed institution for the education of
poor and pious ycu2g men in the general
principles of Christianity was calculated
to do much service, and was not fraught
with those terrible consequences which
some persons hal anticipated.
No argument was used by any member
of the House-and when the Committee
withdrew from the bar, the question was
taken on Mr.. Bakers amendment, and
carried, 119 to 48.
The petition was of course rejected.
The House then went into Committee
of the whole, on the Bill, " To provide
more efiectually for the payment of spe-
Gle by the several Banks within this Com
monwealth," when several amendments
were made thereto-The bill and amend
ments were reported to the House
a motion was then made by Mr.. Stanard
to add section, which, went to give the
Banks the like remedy by motion on ten
days notice against every drawer, endor-
SER, &c. of any Rote discounted after the
LIST day of June next-but this amendment
was lost. Noes 90, Yeas 50.-Ordered
that the said bill as amended, be engrossed
and read third time.
A variety of bills read the list and I'd
time.
Friday, February 2.
The house resolved itself into Committee OF the
whole house, on the state of the Commonwealth
The bill to establish snndry Banks, WAS cons-
dered, and sundry amendments were made but,
not having time to go through the ssbect, the Com
miNce rose, reported progress, and obtained leave
to sit again.
An Engrossed Bill to change the mode Of exa-
mining Surveyors, was passed also Engrossed
Bill 70 dirSc, certain copies OF collection of
UeCluCU Oy tle cnlclV TeIatinS 10
the penal laws (bcing the reported by Judges
B,ocSenbrough and Holmes,) to be purchased for
the use of the County and Corporation Courts, aud
prosecutors for the Commonwealth.
---rzzaxszs----
[The real character ofthe man who wrote the
extract Of the letter and the one which seems 70 be
ascribed to him by the writer Of the following
structures, different from each other, that we
are really amused at the contrast.-Hs Obisi07Isi
another matter. Whether he is mistaken, for in
stance, in representing the Sectaians to the North
as Presbyterans, we confess ourselves at loss to
decide.
10 the Editor o. the Enquirer.-
SIR,
In the Enquirer ofthe 9th January, an
extract Of letter, preceded by some explanations
and remarks, made its appearance. presume you
will have no objection to allow place in your pa
per to a few remarks on the communication of your
correspondent and that of his friend
] wish il TO be understood however, that nothing
but the present state of exci.ab ly in the public
mind, in r=at on to the petitioa new before the Lee
gisature for an ncorp' ration to Theological Sc
minary would have indaced noe to notice a cOmniu-
uication equally WI ak and wicked
This writer seems to have his Imagination raised
to degree OF phrenzy bordering upon mental de-
rangement-snd reminds one, OF Don QuixOtte wa
gng war up)n the winj-milIs. Where others cnn
see nothing bu; what is onsive, harmless or use
iul, he sees only
e" Gorg1ns anil Hyiras AMI Chimeras dire"
| did, for while, suppos that this writer might
have been some arllul and insnuating dissembler
bat of his sentences appear disjointed, nco-
her nj aud ulintellgible as to lead one tob iieve
that they must certai ily proceed from mind IL a