Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-01-29
VIRGINIA LEGrsLArURE.
house oP DELEGATES.

thursday, JAN. 90 1850.
report received from The Senate STATING tha,
had passed the bills, 1ncor porsting a comnsnv ~
construct turnpike road from the Pcnns yyenia line
nea, Snhthned, on the naiional road, to the mouth
! OF rsnng Creek OF the Ohio River; 2, Authorzip,
tho raising sum ofmoney by way Of LOTTERY to CON-
! pete the roud from Staunton TO Parkersbnyo. r.
curing returns OF sales OF the effects of insoiyeo,
debtors, 4. An act in aid of the statute of Inn;;
relative TO the introduction of slaves into ,L..
| Mr. Bryce ffomthe Committee on Finance scnartc;,
the annual revenue q appropriation bs which wera
ofthe day for Moniay next.
| Reports were made by Dir. White from the Com
mttee OF Roads--by Dir. Hill from that of Proposi-
ions ano utlcyanots-oy MIR: Murdaugh from the
Mr Robertson called up The Petersburg Rail ,,s.a
| company bill - TN"
Mr. Wtite of Rockbridgc [cbairman of tho CON-
miti &c OF Roadsl said he would ofer few ohs....
tlons on the bill II Incorporated a commons ct .
capital OF 100000 to rail road from peersho,o
to tho Carolina line. co, 900 of this sum was 70 ne
S Wt rom the Fund Of Internal Improvement
other, DR. W. thought it extremely uniust that wbn2
other parts OF tho Common eahh were lnhor;no %
ge COW paths so largo sum should be appropriated to
the peneht OF the southern part of Vn. The fund ,,f
Internal Improvement has no, thu rnopcv % stS,
the half, nor the fourth Of IT,
mf fIfoes u r. U. suggested that as the gentle
S au "aS Opposed 10 the appropriation asked Of the
oate IL would be e2pecient for him TO make mr.
tioH to that effect as the company miph, dee;r. ~;
corporation without that aid; upon which Mr. yVb;,c
tnp O-,f hat ~.
State. ''0s0''oeu oy tho
Dr. Robertson Of Petcrsburp oppo,cd tho u,..;...
explained mot the subscription asked of the STATE !,
tnN easc' was the same which she extended IN m
o o. commented on the Importance of the
experiment about TO be made by Petersb,t,o "a "a,
cuHdtIy truted to tho aid and counton,neo g Il
sac ana which was only ,skod when tho Fund 30
itenuI Improvement was IN condition to render n
-aud eXpat!aisd on the advantages of Internal I'm
prov.mcpt, the gigantic propress mnda 80 -. th
states and the slow march and consnmIent declen.
sion OF Virginia. He referred 10 instance. IN 1;t
Wv. u''l PORTIONS Of the Commonwealth had received
uc oAs1stonce OF TIC Sthtp, and hn oniv nskcd ,bn,
equality. 'FO" "0Ung oil
Mr.; Wdha,as Of Harrison, asked if tho pos,a
OF Public " orks had passed upon tho Min, IL ~
pedioBcy tho raid road And III, nm ~, 49,
VcTsai practice TO require their approbofio- bot.
"PP'OPI"lonS were nader Fbe approximations ct.
GO was very enormous, too great for the object, ond
zoo partial IN is character. The Si6O 600 be,e 49,
Cd TOR Tni road OF 90 miles, ifaxpendcd in rho nil
dle and western parts OF tho 81 na would ,Sv,,so 10
caIcuablc benefit. II might contribute IN the al
vantage OF the commission merchants of p.,ersh,-
but he did not conceive IT scheme Of such rsnornl'
benefit as TO deserve so large an appropriated
W.T. It"oeTtSon replied to Mr.. Williams acknow-
,ogng lnat tne course OF obtaining tho judgment Of
the Board OF Public works WIS cus,omnrv h., H.,
there we're exceptions TO it, One or tLoso 49,
uoS was the charter for turnpks from pe,o,sh,,f,
10 Inc IN Carolina llnea year or two apo To thar
tue STATE had subscribed 5ths but that yosd had sb
sequenily been abandoned in fave, nj tho RnIroaJ
80 thht The appropriation would not h. needed Mr.
supported his former views in favor Of the nppli-
mr D'H'ams OF Harrison, said he was not cppo-
SEQ 10 the bill on prirclplo He would vote for n
reasonable sum in hid of the object, but he wns on
posed TO the expenditure of $4,000 at ono dash ON
an object which benefited country Of only 80 mir
cXtont. ~ """"
Mr. Whis Of II. further explained tho grounds NJ
his opposition IIe desired 10 sec all rsy,v n ,tn
country improved. and If no possSrscd ,b sno,.,,.
faculty Of turning every ibirr into rold h. "n.nt
willingly appropriate $50 600 90 ,l,ys ohio, d.,
as things wrrc, he thought j, 6sp'oprtidrito ssd