The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1829-01-15

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Ar. quite too dIscordani.
/ AIS :. our 6nal answer What Va" demand
!. uri.il-re 90. never possessed. We VIII na'
i give il by concession, and. therefore force Us II
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/ Amer MIR d had conc ludfd his REMARKS, the
Com ,nit,er rose and oht,inrd rnVe +" $" AGAIN
lied tan Ill was communicated '"fs me
Sr,iaie that thy mad passed the bhi gfhhhhs
i 10 T. alker Iimnetlake "A intihfr ihnr t"r cum
+ piplinr his bridge across the K'sshnn river :
and that they had passed, "hh a"rhh""fhs'
! an At 10 aniena az kri enft'ira an Al 10
amend an Act appointing commissioners !" We"
/ aud make "a way ior "a road IRON iho'ni"h ;
Z Car i. The Blue Ridge 10 tire Liille RIVER Turn
nix leading II Alexandra -nnd 10 hu'hofis'
/ n surn Of money by lottery Tor opening san
road = an Act incorporating e.'"p"ny To
Construct Turnpike road fro \ hrifi~''hPr
bridge on the Ri,auna river TO boyd Tavern
aud an Act diyorcing Sarah Ann Lees fnin
her husband Jas NJ. Lees
i Tie amendments proposed 10 tire FIRST bill,
r-ere cnncurrcd in-a- we'll rs those 10 the Sc
cond, with an unmportant exceptDn-lhe
u,euduspl 10 the bill divorclng sarah Snn
+ Lpcx. &c proposed to substitute, for what WAS
/ in the orig slah bill nm nbWtfte divorce nlehs1
II Mora. from qoard and bed) only .--On mo-
/ lion Of ~. Ea,s, twho briefly explained The
case the amendment proposed ny the Senate
was disagreed To.
LaeJotsed b. 4, pas,ed-' An Act concerning
] Noah Znne- to incorporate Company to
/ erect a toll bridge across the Shenandoah river
! CONVf.H HON.
| The House resolved itsrlf again INTO Com.
mittce of the whole on the Convention htll, MIR
/ Nav IN the Char. M Dedd'idee's motion 10
strike out ,he irst section beng still under con
sierafion.
! Mr.. Anderson. of Botetonrr, agreed with Mr..
Newton. in the GENERAL principle, that Govern
ments were based on principles ofcompromise :
l-Estnhli.h this position, and the question Al
once meet. VOC by whOm is this compromise TO
be made 7 Should u he made by botonghs and
counties, unequal rs they were, or by the great
body of The people OF their representatives IN
Convention
The motion to strike oui was supported by
Ma Anderson of Boietourt He was followed
| by NJ Old. ofPowhatan. who spoke n favor Of
the bill N its present form. Mr. Craig was in
favor e -triking nut the section, aud expressed
hi, sentiments on the subject. The question
was then taken and the Committee refused 10
strike out the feature in the bill of represen Ia.
TIA Ivy Congressional Districts, by vote aye
%. noes 90. S
NJ, Mclaughlin thought there was probably
, men, oithe question: aud hoped that II would
be again propounded, aud that new count
should be had This was accordingly done.
and resulted in the vote Ayes o. N aes l0t
Mr. Dnddridge moved 10 amend the End Sec
ton so a to allow all free whites over 81 years.
AID who had been res idents of the country
twelve months to vote for members 10 the Con-
veuion. This motion WIS rejected without
count He then moved 10 change the number
Of delegates from each Congressional distric,
fran TO members, which was also negaiived
Mr. Miller If Powhatan, moved the number oil
5-and Nlr TerrilI moved i members the
latter motion was neg atiycd and Mr.. Miller s
prevailed.
III Miller then moved to strike ont the clau-
SEES which required that the members TO be cleo
ted to the Goa venlion should reside within the
districts on the ground that the restriction wa
Limitation OF the CIR Dice of the people. The
motion was sustained on the same ground b,
MIR. Mason Of frederick +; and opposed b,
hlessrs. Craig, Duncan. and Allen, and mega
lived
Ca AIR. Eppes motion. mn amendment was
, agreed to, requiring that the delegates to the
Convention should he ir eholdefs.
|. On Mr. Terrl's motion the committee rose,
l'afd oh,nined leave to sill again.
y 4 fuller sketch ofthese proceedings in our
next, ms we have no room to-day)
MIR Dupuy obiadrd leave 10 bring in bill
10 Incorporate the town Of Farmsville, in Prince
Edward.
III. Rves of Campbell, obtained leave to
bring in a hill 10 establish separate election dis
t'ics in the county otCampbell.
| And then the House adjourned.
Thursday, jan g.
The Speaker laid before the House Com
municaiion from The Governor transmitting
Report of the Council in relation to the transae-
tons between the late Treasurer aud the ETgi-
MIA and Farmers Banks OF Virginia, together
with Report oil each Of the member oI the
Committee who detected the defalcatiou Of the
late Treasurer
On Mr.. Wtcher's motiou these, with the en-
closed Reports, were referred TO she Com
mittee appointed TO examine the Treasurer 5
| Accounts.
The following engrossed bills were read
| third Time and passed, VIZ. a bill to establish
the Town OF Wheatley in the county of Fan-
QUEER bill to amend the several acts concern
ing slaves. free negroes and muianoes';
bill concerning the hers of Elias Ehmunds.
decd and bill concerning Humphrey MAJ
| shall.
| An enGrosSed bill authoriSng the Govern
ment Of the United States 10 purchase Littl
| Watts Island on which to build light house
was on motion of Mr.. Parker of Northampton,
laid upon the table,
! CONVENTION.
| The House again resolved itself into Com
mitce OF the whole on the Cony on uue .tion,
MI May in the Chair On motion Of MI.
Doddridge, verbal amendment was made to
/ the bill
MIR. Mason Off, made motion TO change
the phraseology ofthe bill. without changing its
principle. After some conversation ON this mo.
ton. it f1iled.
MIR. Christian ofCharles CITY offered an a.
nendment TO supply the blank SC created in the
bill, gong to refer the snbec, to the frrehol-
ders, only, as the only individuals who ought TO
decide on thai question.
Some remarks were made by MIR. Gordon
IN thu npr"prie'y oihavins TOO many propo.
sltions al once before the committee ; and after
aiew remarks from Mr.. Eppes, Mr.. Christian
withdrew IT'S proposition. Mr.. Mason's propo-
siilon wns then negaived
All the sections of the hill hayior been eone