Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1829-02-12
General assemblp.
HOUSE or DELEGATES
TutapAY. Feb 1

nexing a part Of Monroe to Giles, aud
rejected the bill concerning MsuRt and
Patton.
Mr.. Rufhsrfoor8 in Offering tbs fol
lowing resolution, observed that he did
not mean to express the opinion that
the state was bound for the deialcstion
to which it referred. but he thought it
incumbent OIL the justice and dignity OF
the State, to make ths enquiry, sAd
due to the Pensioners who constituted
spreciausFelict of those Who establish
ed our independence.
Resolved, that the Committee of III
nance be Instructed to enquire into the
expediency Of providing by law. Tor the
payment Of the interest Of which the
Pensioners upon the Cincinnati Fund,
nave been deprived, in consequence Of
the late dsfalcstion IN the Treasury as
TO that Fund and the resolution vas
adopted
Much business was done in the way
Of reading bits | st and "a time.
WEDNssDlv, Fob 4.
The Senate have passed the bIlls-l.
Tor proeessioning lands 10 the county
ofisle of W gh,; q, concerning owners
Of ferries (repealirg their exemption
from county levies
Mr.. Fif1g srala moved tina! the Com
.uittte OF Fiaance be instructed to en-
quirs into the expedieucy of licensing
billiards, The resolution was rejected.
Toe bill 10 amend the act Incorporate
ing the Chesterfield Rail- Road Compa
ny, was TAKEN up:
Mr. Dodde idgs said that Internal I'm
pFoyemen. had no waFmer friend than
himself; but iv could not vote for this
or any other similar bill, that contain
ed an exemption to the company, frsm
taxatian and public charges At the
passage of the bill incorporating the
Caesapeake eud Ghio Company in 1898.
it wasupon consideration, resolved To
ak no such exemption, sad be should
adhere 10 the principle.
Mr. BW(opf, in reply, said that the
bill in affect, already provided the pow
ar 81 repesGng this exemption, by Civ
iGg the Legislature controlling power,
10 alter amend OF snnul the ehsrter.--
Bntfor himself, he was in favor Of the
exemption; which was intended and
operated as an inducsment TO etserpri.
sing citizens, 10 embark their capital. in
'atarp,i3es calculated 70 improve and
enrich the country The policy was
recognized 10 the General Turnpike
law, in two laws which Rad passed the
General Assembly ct It's preseat ses
sion, and he deemed il wise and ss.ula
~, Of all Che aehao1es oE Improvement
which had been undertaken in Virginia,
Nr Rurtont thought the orc eoutempla
ted by the bib the most important. The
coal brought from tha mines above
Richmond, aad which Would be brought
down this vAil road when compelled a
mounted 10 between ~ and 10000
bushels a year: and for the wagonsee
OF this, the golfers now paid uue cents
per bushel- "a charge he believed, un.
paraleled in the whole world The
rail road would reduce the costs OF
transportation to cents per bushei. and
an annual saving 10 she collier. in the
art'r'e Of carriage alone, of SIC. 00O.-
Mr. II stated the singular fact that the
c. argos Of Wagering on the present
road exceeded 100000 per &nnum;
a sum larger than that estimated as SUI
he'ent, and appropriated by this bill TO
construct the rail road MIR b. dwelt
upon the importance of the coal trade to
Virginia; and the tact, that il was being
onsted from the northern markets by
the Schuylkill eosl, enabled to be bro't
So market Dy the, advanced improve ment
Of that country. There was further
confederation for granting the exsmp-
ton from taxation to the compsny-an
exemption granted to every petty turn
pike in the Commemorative and that
was, that they were about to make an
important experiment, in mechanical
They were-about to make
the experiment, If the theoretical sape
riority Of rail ROADS 10 canals, was true
IN prs c,iee-an experiment which, if
successfully realized, would be worth
millions te the state. For his own part.
MIR. 3 expressed the fullest faith in the
alleged superiority, and concurred in
the opinien of eminent Engineers in
Europe, that canals would oe deserted,
and their banks converted into rail
roads. But TO meet the objection Of the
gentleman from Brock ,tMr Dodaridge)
Mr., B offered ryder, to the bill re
pealiug the exemption granted by il,