Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-01-02

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3rdiy, dlsposing by sale of ihel
goods, NC. ot such bank, < disirIb
the proceeds OF such sale, and the sur,
which may remain after paving all dc
among the persons entitled thereto.
With this pro,iso, thatif any other act
done by amy such bank ,-eAcept these, al->s
Ter The forfeiture ot It's charter, it shall be
liable 10 The full and entire operation of ,
the Act of 2ith Feb. 1916, &c hiore eilec-
tually 10 prevent the circulation Of notes r
miitcd by unc chartered banks" b.
Mr. Mercer heartily ;cquiesced i'm this \
northumberland.
Mr.. Eoadifdge moved Il commencing
clause-Cc,7icd.
All the sectionsbcing gone through, the
committee rose-and reported the amend
ments tothe House, which were agreed
to.
Tuesday, Deceul6e, 81.
The II. Old. had second discussion
upon The question Of Dico,ces, on a re- <
port ~ the case of Sally Carter praying
TO be divorced from her husband Thomn-s
son Carfer.-NIr ,Sn,yth. moved TO amend
The Report by resolution that her peti-
ton Was reasonable. In support of this
question he entered intotlieabstract quos-s
ton CT divorce, contcnding that il was
not forbidden by Holy Writ 10 part a NO.
man from her husband in certain cases
that II was sometimes required hv a re-
gard 10 social order; that where, as in the 8
present case, there was abandonment,
had usage aud fraud in the formation of
me marriage contract, justice required
The dissolution: he said this was a stroup
er case, than the famous one which Lad
occurred IN Philadelphia, and had ndu
ced tie Legislature TO divorce the parties;
that there Il foreigner, had indeed impos-
e1 upon the glrlby assuming pretensions
winch he could not support; hui here.
the man had notonly passed hinselfofIas
man OF wealth, which he did not possess.
but he bad abandoned his wife Cor three
years, and permitted her to suffer for the
want OF the necessaries of life Mr.. s.
objected 10 the expedient which had been
sometimes proposed in the House of d.
vorcing parties without the permission Oi
marrying aSain-this he commended was
against good order-because ,iature would
he obeyed,. and diss.iuteness of man,
nefs would thus creep in-that it was the
interest o. society that every person
shouls' nave either husband or wife.
Mr Dodd'1dge opposed the motion, and
conIured The House not 10 grant divorce
upon such grounds: that in every case.
wnere the parties were disappointed in their
calculations upon each others fortune.
ihis precedent might be cited to justify
Ni'cieS-TIlS oShttt III tNe-1icuSe would
grant separation, where the husband
should become an ideoi, a lunatic. inca
pable OF performing the conditions of the
contract As TO the case cited from PHI
ladelphia, he said that the divorce had
been granted, because the marriage was
vold at ilrst, being contracted while the 4
female was an infant, withoutihe consent /
OF the parents, &c.
MIR. 'Smyh replied when Mr.. Mercer
moved TO amend the amendment. by a
proyIso, wiIichwould forbid the husband
!, Carfer from marrying again during the
life time Of his wife
Mir. Coiaon said, that he tbonght he
could see through the whole of this case q
file mattel. had disappointed the far
ther-ln-iaw, who finding his daughter not
80 eliSibly married as he wished had
lrrltated the husband by those innumer- 4,
able and nameless vexations, with which
some are so well acquainted, and had >
goaded the man to go AWAIT divorces
were granted on such grounds, orr sys- 4,
tenn would soon be not more respected (
than that OF Bhode-Island, where divorces
are so easily obtained, that n conf Of :
New-Y York had lately hung a man, orsep-
fenced him TO the penitentary for biga-
my, though he had pleada divorce in tle
state ofRhode-Tsand.
MIR. EstW declared that he considered
Tins House as the most incompetent tri- 4
bunal TO investigate the facts. on which E
divorces were prayed for and that if was
far better to leave ii to a court Of chance
ny to try the facts, and if those facts wers
proven, then for the court To consummate
the divorce.
The amendment TO the amendment was
Iost-aS also the original amendment
ayes 50, noes 75-and the report of the 4
Committee against the petition was then
confirmed.
The House then went into Committee
OF the Whoie-On the Nap Biik-Mr. nd IS
torn in the chair.
The original bill proposed BIZ Mr.. !.
Thompson (of'F) tie Chairman of the
Select Committee on this subject. was
read-if goes III unconditional terms to
repeal the Act of last winter for havinr 4
map tdkenof this State and chart Of each
county.
Mr. Mercer (ofL) proposed a substi- 4
tnte, which goes TO repeal so much OF
that Act as gives the county courts the
power to contract for chart Of eac,
county, transferring it exclusively TO ths,.
Executive, with power 10 contract for
the survey of one OrseveraI ofthc counties
WIN one agent-giving the Executive a.
SO the power TO dispense, If they pleased.
with plumbing the chain and noting
variety OF points which were embraced
IN the iaw of the last session-Iinil-
ing the whole expeuce of the Survey
OF ne state, exclusive OF engraving, !