The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-03-03
HOUSE OF DELEGATES

$3.50 '"ta WE senate, mat iileR had pas SEE
the bills 10 invest ans Washington Nonn,nen
Fund aud that they had passed, {" it'll ancod
meh's, the oils changing the timeG 81 h3ld4n!
certain superior Courts 81 Chancerv. Tina
,hey rad rejected the bills. for the extension NJ
the kanawha Turnpike Road ; and .nl,roin,
'he po"ere anh duties Of conyahrs in cerfai,
caseS Aud tina, they agreed ~ the resolution
requesting the Executive 10 presentte the Ceo
grapb'oai Society Of Pans Z copy ofthe iarg,
Nap OF Va.
The Scnates arnpudnea were cnneurfed IN
E"gfosad nj, passed-Io amend tic act :,
ralse m"ney by lottery passed 9Th March l-2G
audi appoH' c"wmrs,oncrs 40 pcaie the rea,
IN said act mention d giving the assent Of TINS
State 10 an AL hr,hey 20 am,ud he act iucgI
pofa'ng tn chesapeake ana Onp Eaull Com
pany passed by the state at Maryland 10
amend III at III relation 10 TIE Iassdictou
o. tie Court Of Appeals and ior other purpo.
SOS.
Mr.. Mayo made M unsuccessful motion for
leave 70 BRING m . bil to uend an act CON.
cern'ng The fetItentlsry Institution.
A report and resolution. from The Ioint Com.
mittee on the Afnoty, were read and concur.
Cured IN, recommending fjat he Executive he.
authorised 10 cause 10 hesod sueh articles nov
stored IN the Armory as ar going decay, and
IN the opinion ott1c AdluIanr Grnerai are not
Of sufficient value 10 bt retained tot future Use
provided a sale can be effected ugon advantage
aus terms and that tn t.Xccn re he authors
ed TO obtain from Messrs Archer aud Povall,
a surrender OF theIr lease al The Boring Mil. if
il can be- effected upon advantageous terms
a resolution from The tonnitire IT Roads
VS. read aud concmred in, thai, was eapcdien
10 revise the tanl of tolls allowed b, law upor
tn Blue Ridge section OF the James River "a
ual.
On Mr.. Whites motion, the House re olyct
10 proceed Jointly on Mo da, next, 10 the cleo
ton Of he utmher of rhc Bead II Public
Is Ks And on Nh. Gurduus motion, iht
Speaker vacated The Gnair, aud signed sundI y
cnrojied hiIls
The House proceeded 10 take ~ The Report
fthe Select COMMITTEE on the case oil Chancel.
Tor Taylor:
M. X ngbrouab rise and said, that he was a
mrmbc al tHr committee in winch that rrport
had bcrna opt d; that MhIe he concnrred in
some, hc di,sented lrom other parIs OF II he
conCurIed more par iculalll IN the resolution
{. whichthe Committee had come. Yet, he
could not think there was any thiHg IN the con.
duct Of Chancellor Iaytor which Justified The
language used ia pafs Of the report He felt
il his duty Win the impressions he rn' erlalned
u after, substitute for tue port al The Commit
ter Nj h. produced a paper which lie wasaboul
to hand IN 10 The Chan, when
VI .Colstp- ros, nd remarked, thatin ms lie.
gis',tVe Characterize was not disposed onneces-
sasrIy, to lohict "o.ad on 4 - feeling, or the
pahiie a. dctrr of Chancellor ioslor That
officer, h thought had only toiscon,uued the
laa; and tor So doing he hood the Honse
would oot treat MIN nitntae hashnr,s aud IN
Justice displayed n tine pot Tie ChanfelOr
VS. noi all we'd an opportunity OF appearing
briplc the Comairtee, 10 make any statement
, or TplanRtIun he insight We - make. Air &.
thnueh Il lou ttul Who " ; right IN the con-
stprcun oil the law. the Chancellor on the Gen
ernl Cunt The Committee bad taken The
ground that the Chancellor had made no order
ON the subject ofsccnrilY by the Clerk. winch
he thought unteuabe. They may have come
, Ia this conclusion because the General Cotut
lad pronounced fhe order Illegal but that in
vpleed the true construction Of the law, about
nich doubts exist. Mr.. C. said thai he >calcc-
/, knew the Chancellor personally that hr had
no feeling on the subject but thought il Impro
per II act upon the report. He concluded ih3t
he Committee had done the Cha ceor nia,
tirc IN saving thai the CDurl hid been in session
torty days, without making an order Tor the
Cielk 10 giyr security. lie had referred tn
subject to the Legislature; ard pcnding the
matter before the House he ought not 10 have
acted upon II.
Nh. Hale Of +. moved to lay the report on the
table.
". Clarke Of Chesterfield sail, thai as hi,
nam 0ad been ass catpd with lhc report both
i. an eut o. the Housr. hp cit hi, dulg 10 sa,
! something. The Export ~as no, written by
Inns II, but by i genlI,man who was not a
member Of the Committee. Bun having nrr,cu-
ted il. he stood sponsor tor i be aad voted in
| Committee to amend II by striking aut the word
miscoHdnct and inserting mi apprehension
sian ing on thai floor one of the representa-
! Byes Of the people, me thought : course taken
by the Chancellor 'n retsrrItg thc subject to Tie
/ House and suggesting hr pas-ase oil! a Tefr0S-
/ pcr'iea act. most repreiaus b'.--aud so think
ing II as his rlght and his duty 10 express that
/ opinion I. passage al retrospective iricS, he
/ eonteuded, was against both the spirit aui th.
! letter of he Constitution. Thu fouse h.,d ne
yer passed sucb Il tf" AT tie request Ola Cban-
| ccllor. oil ofauy body else You wee e.4t{
/ 10 pass a law 10 rogrr PAT neg eel aud official
/ misconduct in the Cllk . and were YOU
not 10 infer HAT the Clerk had been guilty of m E,
corduct siucc June last MIR Clarke insisted
that ,here was u disposition N ,ne onmlrrne
to do the c antrlIor 5agiire. There was Ger
\ member here rose and called o or Ter, say.
ing HAT on the motion 10 Ian on The 'ablc such
a discussion could not be in order Mr.. Clarke
sud thai II he could not be permitted TO d ,irnd
himself against the change Of .ujus.ice he sup
posed that he should BE- compelled 10 submit TO
it but hoped hat the Char and the House
would not deny hm The opportunity
The spcahcr SAID that on the motion 10 lay
on the table. the scop otthr discussion Wa lin.
tied; bn that member surely had the RIGHT r.
make explanation and touch the merits nI
the a e-tlan only 50 ttr as WAS Necessary to
show that the motif ought not 10 prevail
Nj. Carrie, IN continuation, remarked, thai
he lad always been on personal terms OF friend
slp with Chancellor Taylor On the subject
then beiore The House he Aud ouIY &C ed m hi.
pa Il character; and ne had acted towars hr
chancellor without the slightest personal feel
lHs, nnd precisely as he would nave act to-
wards any other officer in the service of the
commonwealth. He feared no crusure that
might be legrled at his conduct; and ~, Gated
his npi1f1u tlf3i llp C-b,ur.lnr h., 4 ..b..I e..