Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-12-29
vTaGIMIA LEalsLArURE.
House. OF DELEGATES.


leave to bring IN bill amend the 9th Sec
ton OF the act concerning the County and other |
interior Courts, and the jurisdiction of Magistrates
al that the Commissioners in Chancery shall have |
power to take dispositions.
Mr.. Rires OF Nelson, asked leave to bring in a !
ohi 10 provide mode by which the present secu-
rites OF the clerks of the county and circuit courts
may release themselves from responsibility. on
giving reasonable notice TO their principal and TO
authorize their court- whenever they NAV deem i:
expedieni to require additional security Of their
clerks. Alter some conversation, the resolution
was laid on the table.
Mr.. 1duenner obtained leave to bring in a bill
10 change the days OF holding the two separate
elections in Wood.
On MIR. Cdrrinston's motion the rule was sus
pended Tor tha, purpose. and Mr.. Ruffner obtained
leave TO bring IN bill regulating the inspection
OF sait III certain counties
Easrossed bills passed --Es'abl.bine the
town OF Melville in Ohio; releasing 10 Zach.
Wheat, the Commonwealth right 10 a tract of
lana; establishing ferry from the land of John
frnshcur, In the county of Monongslia, across
Iysar's Valley River; to amend The act proyidine
tor the poor, and declaring who shall be deemed
Migrants; establishing ferry from the lands of
D'vid Shriver and Others in Ohio across the Ohio
river.
RESOLUTIONS from the Committee of Claims.
were read and concuired in, declaring reasonable.
the petitions OF T. b. Bradley of Fairfax, John A.
Lee oil Fauquier, and John Baskerville and re-
JectIns the petition OF John Henson
RESOLUTIONS were read from the Committee e.,
Eoufts oil Justice, LIST. Rejecting the petition OF
! Hannah, an emancipa ed slave, to remain in rho
Commonwealth; 81. Rejecting the petition Of
f'izaoeth Hoy OF Mason county, respecting a terrv
across Ohio river; 81. Declari g reasonable the
Pe.ion rom the Huslinss Court and Bar of the CITY
oishichmond, praying tor change in the times OF
| ho!dng That Court, - CDDcurre1 a., b. IL
Inc Militia Committee reported in favour of
exe;ip'ing the two Clerks Of H. Mosby, (Superin
| tehueh' OF the lower section OF the James River
Eah'i) rom performing militia duties, excsp, il
the eases OF invasion ard nsunec,ion.
The Committee OF Roads and Internal Nayipa
W." ,epo' eu III favor OF granting 10 the Rich.
mond Dock Company the privilege of raisjn.
s $4,000 by lottery, to complete RI. DocL dis
nensins with their establishing lock above Mayo's
Bridge and permitting them to charge the usual
regular lois on every thing passing through their
lower iocks-and also. acceding to the petition of
the Commissioners 10 extend an arm of the Lynch.
burg and Salem Turnpike road 10 Cooke or We,
street IN Lynchours, who prayed for an act to
perpeuate their body as a Board of Commission
ers prescribing the mode of filling vacancie. there
! In, vestins the ground which tina, road is NOW
! located, IN them and 'heir successors as a nuhic
highway, and auhorising the Board to raise by vo-
uh'ary SUBSCRIPTIONS the necessary funds for repair
ing The road-Agreed TO by the Hou-e.
The House, having gone rough all the bushes.
| before their, adjourned at an early hour
YESTERDAY. on MIR. Gaines motion. leave
was given 10 bring in bill to appoint Commits
sioners to contract for and superintend the repsjr,
| and improvements necessary 10 be made in the
Hall OF the House of Delegates for the accommo-
da'ion OF the Members.
On motion OF Mr.. .Arason of Frederick. the
Committee OF Courts of Justice were instructed 10
enquire into the expediency of so amending the
act divorcing Amelia Alexander from her husband
as TO extend the provisions Of said act TO divorce
a rnculo Mat, imoni
An engrossed bill changing the time of holding
the Clarksburg Chancery Court, was taken I'D and
opposed by Jnessrs. Afc.Hillan of Brooke, Edg-
inston, Watts and Nelson, and supported by
Mr. WiUiams.--The bill was rtjeetea
Engrossed Bills passed Concerning the legal
representatives of Nathaniel Welch dec'd--chsng-
ing the time of holding the County Courts Of
| Logan concerning William Brown concerning
Robert G.. Fulkerson.
The Resolution of the Committee of Claims
rejecting the petition of S. Kercheyal was taken
up on motion of Mr. Ship, who made an unsuc-
cessiul effort to reverse tie Report.
| Gov. Tyler, of Virginia, in his late message to
the legislature OF tba state, noticed the decease of
MIR. Jefferson, and recommended the erection of
monument TO his memory. He did not aliude TO
the death OF Mr.. Adams. This circumstance has
afforded several conductors of journals, whose ge-
! neral political opinions differ from those of Gov
| L. an occasion TO animadvert with much severity
! upon his conduct. A writer in the Boston Patriot
| says that il il question whether Gov T. was
under the influence of ignorance, or that narrow
souled, peiulan, jealousy which has marked, and
dissraced the ancient dominion for several years
past" And the writer proceeds TO arraign the
motives OF the vshole state oi Virginia, and asks
i" What Is the meaning, or ultimate intention Of
virginia, by these marks OF hostility and tokens OF
an aniriendly spirit? DO they mCsn 10 array them
selves against the North! or have they no meaning
at all; but act like spot, sulky child, who cries
aud raves, and tries TO bite every member of the
| family, because he cannot have every dainty and
all the play-thiDgs TO himself" Now, we ask
who beirsys an unseemly and absurd petulanee
Is're than the author OF TRADE in such termss
For ourselves, we could have wished that on this
| occssioD simultaneous notice had been made of
the death of Mr.. Adams But we can discover mo-
thing monsrous in the omission. Gov. TYLER
was addressing state legislature, the native state
OF Mr. Jefferson, and in the act of submitting
proposition TO the representatives If the people
Of that state TO erect a monument 10 their fellow
citizen lie chose 10 submit TO their consideration
a matter altogether local, without attending 10 the
| simultaneous death Of Mr.. Adams. I, should not
be forgotten. that Governor Tyler pronounced the
first Eulogy the death OF Mr.. Jefferson; and
that he then spoke Of Mr. Adams in such terms as
his great worth and his patriotic services meried
at his hands The attack by the Eastern writer is
unworthy of the character he assumes, viz. that of
90 an individual who reveres alike the memory OF
Adams and Jefferson, and who wss in correspon-
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