Virginia free press & farmers' repository. [volume] (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1827-1832, 1831-02-24
INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT.
FRIDAY. vEn. 10.


in the Chair, on the bill authorizing a
loan Tor the purposes .for Internal I'm.
prove'nent-(82, 600, OOO.)
The first section of the bill having
been read. Mr.. Jackson moved to u.
mend 1t, by pledging in addition tn
the proceeds of the fund of internal
Improvement, the surplus revenue Of
the State.
The amendment was rejected.
The second section appropriaiing
the sums borrowed To the several i'm
provcments being read, Mr.. Miller Of
Botct0urt, moved 10 fill the blank for
the James River to Lynchburg With
1900, OOO-and the motion was = rrie,I
Mr.. Miller move, to nh the blank
for the river between Lynchburg and
Covington with $3.50, OOO-and il wa.
carried.
Mr.. Miller moved to strike out the
blank Tor an appropriation for a road
from Richmond To Frederick sburg-
and il was carried.
Mr.. Tyler moved to amend by pro-
viding blank for an appropriation for
a road from Falmouth to the inter.ec-
ton Of The Hunters Creek Turnpike
in the county Of Fairfax-necessary TO
the communication between Richmond
and Washington.
The amendment was rejected.
MIR. Miller moved To fill the blank
for an appropriation to the Petersburg
rail road with l60,0OO-and the a.
meldment was carried-ayes IS, noes
~.
Mr.. Kilgore moved to amend BY
striking out the words from the Ten
ressee line down the Valley Of Va. by
Abingdon, Fincas,lr. &c.-and TO in
sert g from the Cumberland gap by
> Lee and Scott Court Houses"
The amendment was adopted.
MIR. Miller moved to fill the blank
for the appropriation to III. road from
the Tennessee line to Harpers. Ferry,
with $4,000.
Mr.. Preston moved $500. 900.
Mr.. Preston's amendment was re.
jected. and that proposed by Mr.. Mil.
Ter adopted.
MIR. Gibson moved TO amend by
changing the route Of the Valley road.
after u gets to Sfaunton, 81 a. Ia max e
itrun from Stauuton to Charlottesville.
Orange Court House and CuIpeper
Court House, to Warrenton in Eau
quier-where II would meet an excel
lent road TO Washington City. The
proposed rail road or canal. down the
Shenandoah Valley, superseded the
necessity Of this road
Mr.. Gallaher opposed the amend
ment' He was sorry the gentleman
from Culpeper proposed to impro, G
his section, by demolishing the i'm
provements contemplated for another
section. He could not suppose that
the products Of the Valley Of Virginia,
were to be carried TO market by the
route he suggested.
The amendment was opposed fur
Their, by Mr.. WilIisms Of Shenandoah.
and Mes,rs. Anderson Of Botetourt.
supported at good deal of length bv
Mr.. Gibson, who entered into de-
tailed view Of the relative advantages
OF the two routes, and rejected.
Mr.. Garland Of Nelson said if the ap-
preparation for the road from the Ten
nessee line to Harpers Ferry was pre-
served as IL stood-ths road being OF
dirt, and not necessary for the puIpo
ses Of Commerce decided him
gainst the bill. Along many parts Of
the route Indicated, there were nov
turnpikes. or turnpikes proposed. He
therefore moved TO amend, by stopping
the road at Salem in the County oI
BotetOurt-giving to the Commerce
nh rh q h. II. IF II.
ing afterwards, the James or the Roam.
oke.
Mr.. Miller suggested the propriety
OF extending the road to Patton bU rg
on James River, in the county If Bote.
tourt-and the suggestion was adopted
by Mr.. Garland.
MIR. Mason Of Frederick. regretted
the disposition to disturb the system
as arranged by the Committee of Roads
and Navigation. IL the object Of gen
tcmen was 10 distract aud defeat the
whole plan Of internal improvement,
the attempt to derange the arrange
ment Of the Committee, would no doub,
be SO far successful. The object al
this amendment was TO stop the trade
at the highest point Of navigation or
the James River, instead of permitting
il TO aow down the Valley. Mr.. VI
dwelt upon the injusties of this design
its influence TO defeat the bill, in de
taehng its friends in the low part Of The
Valley, and the improperly Of grasp.
ing all for the darling scheme Of the
James River improvement. tie re
gretted, particularly, that this motion
came from the gentleman from Nelson
whom he had supposed liberal 10 hi.
views on internal Improvement.
Mr.. Garland replied, disclaiming an '