Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-01-22
Virginia Legislature.

| We shall IN our next No. make np The lee
way we have lost, ia failing TO furnish our usn.
| al extracts from tbe Iuuinais OF the House of
| Delegates since Tuesday the 18Th it,st We
| shall, Of course, continne our register of tie
| biiIs winch have passed both houscS-ot tl,,,
| ENCLOSED bills which have passed the House
OF DeieSates- OF the most material re- olutions
| adopted Quot already specified la our peaeral
lsummary)-furnishnga at the same time some
documents OF u general nature which, we find
among the journals; as the report OF the ar
| mory committee, OF the penitentiary commit
| tee, oil the Visitors of The central col,eoe tba
| general report iom the committe. of schoois
| anu colleges, and perhaps the report OF the
| committee of roads and internal payjratiou
on the means OF opening a COMMUNICATION
| between the James and OHIO rivers
In the mean time we oiier lew words upon
| the principal subjects now before the legIsla-
ture
The Rerisai.-Both branches are still pro-
crossing In tins important matter The Hsuse
OF Delegates are almost every day rassiD~ thp
engrossed bills, OF receiving further bills from
the committee OF revisors, reading them The
Isl ana "a times. The last reported on Tues
day last by Mr. Magill was The bill " redn,insr
Into ne the several acts, for the safe keeniu5
OF prisoners committed under the authority OF
the u. States, being the 2D9th page of lie
Az pages, which the bills occupy in the print.
Ell volume. The reader MAY form some idea
from tins fact of the progress which the Hous,
oil Delegates nave made. They are sill going
on IN the wOrk-Some ofthese bills nave beeH
returned passed ny the Senate. The day fixed
upon by thai bod and agreed To bv tn, House
OF Delegates, Tor these Diiis 10 be put into o.
pefatlon, is the FIRST Of january neat MANY Of
the revised bills. winch are before them are
also In a state OF professionalism u ON tie
petlou oil operation being put OF 10 The LIST of
January, from many material changes, which
nave been proposed III some Oh Tie bills and
from Tue conversations OF the members there il
reason 10 GouDt whether they will 20 through
The revisal during The present session. No
decision, however, as Tar as we can under
STAND, has been taken upon that qnestion--uor
mas any arrangement been made between th.
TWO houses, as TO the polHt 10 which they will
proceed during the preecnt session.
Since writing the above, we understand tha,
Yesterday moticn was made ia the Senate NV
hr. Johnson, TO discharge The several comuif.
tees from The further consideration of tbe 70 .
Vised bills, and 10 postpone those alTeady sub-
united To them, until December neAt-the mn
ton was lost, Yeas ., Nays lI-But as The -.
nate are making some Very essential chance
IN the bills, particularly The County Courts
system, aud the law OF convey amces as well as
ior The other reasons we have stated We have
now yer, little doubt HAT Che ilevisal wili ,,oI
be completed during this winter.
School Billion Tuesday Mr. Scot, from
| the committee of SCHOOLS and colleges. laid he
| fore the House of Delegates very important
bill providing for The endo wmeut nf nri,nsr,,
schools, academies and colleges and am univer
sity, which was referred TO a committee of
the whole house on the state OF the comn,on.
wealth This measure is calculated to ex cite
| the deepest attention, aud will doubtless re
ceive II. III proposes TO establish "A certain
number OF primary schools in each comfy q
academies, colleges, and one university. 20
be styled the University of Nirginia-It Calls
for certain voluntary subscriptions ON th,.
part of individuals, TO buy The settles and buiId
The houses, of these respective seminaries
before any contribution is made from the
| literary fund for salaries, libraries, SC xc.-
Inc bill provides Tor the education of GER
fail IN thpra f arif
VeSteIH CoDDmpiicati0n.-A proposition not
Interior 10 any, which can at these times come
| within the scope OF the power OF the state. is
now brought forward iii a most ialpoSing form
| in the shape OF airport, made Yesterday Il,
| the House Of Delegates bv the committees Of
| roads aud internal nayigation-It proposes 10
| open the communication between the Ohio
| aud James rivers the expencc of ,tlect;n,e
| which. is estimated as follows:
| To improve the Kanawha from its
mouth TO the great falls in that
! river, so as togive good keel boat
| navigation, lie estimated by MIR
Baldwin, the engineer, at s 10 ,OGO:
but to give depth of water AT all
seasons OF the earsufhcent lorihe
| use OF steam boats on that river, 1t
is belleved would cost SIlO 600
| Constructing turnpike road from
| the falls OF the Great Ksnawha to
| the mouth of DuBlop's creek on
| Jacksons river, in the manner
proposed by Mr.. Baldwin, is esti.
mated by him at 100000
| To render the navigation of James
| and jacksOns rivers from Crows
ferry TO the mouth of Dunlop's
creek. eqnal to the present state Of
the navigation of,iames riverwitl.
in the c0mpauy's limits, is esiima.
ted by the engineer al 5 900;
but from the data which his report
furnishes, it is believed that
complete navigation in that part
OF the river viii cost 10000
Besides this, two other objects are propos
Ell. viz:
90 miles Of turnpike road between
the Roanoke river and Lynchbufg
ats 900 per mile 800, OOC
DO miles of turnpike road between
Staunton and some convenient
point on James river at {, 900 per
mile nOOol
The whole scheme estimated al 5 800 900
To raise the funds necessary for these objects
il is proposed to establish bank with capt.
tai OF 5 1000. 900.
The principal bank at Richmond capita
900 900, with branches, viz
One at Lynchburg, capital. s 100000
One at Abingdon. 10000
Oneat CbarleStOwn( kannVla) 10000
One AT Ddnviile.............. 10000
, stanton or Lexington 10000
I and one either at Wheeling, Wellsburgb, Mos
, gantown or Clarksburg, with capital o
$ 300, 900.
This bank to pay annually the sum Of S IS 90
for 20 years, to go towards these improve
b, | ments.
B. As the sum proposed TO he derived froi
: the Bank will much exceed tue bonus heTet,
e foro received by the State for the charte rim
OF any company of like character, aud ma
!. render the stock less productive to the stoci
E holders than in the other Banking cOmpanie
u the Committee propose as an indemnifoaiit
y a. tile Stockholders, HAT one half Of the Stos
E OF the road aud river company, on the compl
; tlon of those works, shall be vested in II
q Stockholders of The Hank and the other Ia