Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1816-11-19

be u esacteu Ny the u neral hss.
IDLY Of Virginia, that the oreratiou n,
Act, entitled An Act e to Froyide ~
|efectually, for the paymen Of speei ss
the several banks ofthi, conmonw.sn
he, and the same is here : ,usn.ad a
until the fifteenth day If Decsne.
next.
This ast shall commence, and h.,
force from the time Of passing th.reof
| Mr.. Colston presented a petitian g..
sundry inhabitants Of Berkley & H, "on
shire, praying the creation Of ! ~.
county out of parts Of those counf ee
Referred.
/ Mr.. Atkinson moved re.e,nt;o,.
proceed on Cd December, TO the elect s
Of judge of the genera court for tIa
Cd circuit. to supply the vacancy co.,,
stoned BY the resignation Of Juds. San
I|ple. Agreed to.
i a petition was presented by Mr.. Ta,.
well, from VIM. Cooper, of the Iys e
Wight, praying the legislature to cbanss
1.-THE surname of his son to Parker: Jo,;
|sh Parker having bequeathed to him a,
his property on this express condition..
to which condition, there is no Iimits6on
! as to time Referred.
A petition was presented BY n,
lChamberlayne, from sundry inhabnant,
|oi Hen'ico, city of Richmond, HanOys,
and Louisa, praying for a turnpike road
from Ovens tavern, lat tie north endof
1.-THE Brook turnpike) to Ground squirrsl
4 Bridge in Hanover. Referred.
I A petition, by Mr.. CoIston, from sun.
.|dry inhabitants of Berkeley. stating IN
VERY foreible terms the grievances under
(which they labor from the existing law
prospecting delinquent lands, and praying
1.-THE repeal of some OF its provisions: they
IS y, they csnnot recognise any principle
Iby which property worth thousands
|ousht to be sold for perhaps few cents:
THAI its retrospective featnrp is also peeu.
Ihafly edious, third persons being liable
Ito injury. and land frequently remaioin,
I'm the commissioners books cha ged to
one person, while they have been actually
transferred t. 0 hers who pay the taxes
on them. Referred to the C for court,
lIoi justice. On MIR. Doddridge'. notion
that con mittse was instructed to enquire
GENERALLY whether the law referred 10
10y the petitioners does not require a.
mendment.
A petition from Catherine Evans, Of
onoDsalla, praying for divorce, her
husband having deserted her the very
morning after her marriage and at this
moment residing in Kentucky with a con.
Icubine.
Mr.. Wilson, of Kenawha, presented an
elaborate and very able petition from
srndry inhabitants of that county: set.
ting forth their great natural advantages,
OF tlre river communications, of On abun.
dance of fossils, as salt nitre, iron--but
stating their want Of banking capital to
Improve these advantases--that the eapi.
tai oil the existing banks, is, as to them,
perfectly dead that their circulating me-
dun is curious mixture OF chartered,
unchsrted, fictitious, private or corporate
|paper--that the Banks Of PennsyIvania,
Chic, &c. to WHICH they are indebted for
most OF this paper, now draw from them
those profits ofbanking which tlley ought
TO enjoy themselves-.they point the at
tention of the Legislature to the yea
Western Communication which miphtb
effected by good roads beta cen the Kena.
wha and GreeDbr;er ri,ers-they arpeal
to the old dominion and ask ii The .lber
states are to reap the golden harvest Of
rhe trade of the West They concerted
hat these great objects might be ACCOM-.
Pilshed, as well as their OWE embarass-
ments removed by the creation of bark.
ins capital--they therefore, pray ethel.
for a branch OF the existin. banks, with a.
capital Of 9 or 500 900 dollars to BE- ex-
tended TO Charlestcwn. or the establish
meut OF an independent Baak in that
piace-Reterrgd.
UNCH aRTERED BANKS.
Mr.. Mercsr, Off. informed the House,
that he had understood the Senate had
dispersed for a short time, and would
meet ag"ln for the purpose Of acting on
she Uunchartered Bauk Bill, if it should
pass this house-tbat they only waited
For decision on this question, when they
would adjourn for a taw days-He thee re-,
fore, mayed, to take up the engresscd OIL
for suspending in part the law OF .he ias'
session.
The House agreed TO consider IT. ard
the question occurred, with what time
hey should Gil up the blanks in the bill
lin other words, how 10 they would give
the Unchartered Ba *, to wind up their
concerns
i,r. Hiercer, moved to FIJI the blank