Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1831-03-24

chat the white popuisuen Of TUG Couu'
try should net GA The sane day through
out the country, be called from h0me)
as an unaasNerabls REASON for centinu
ing il. Ia '9s the Legislature had re
quired the elections 10 be held on the
same day-the Legislature OF 1900
-lsOI-had returned 10 The present
system, 10 consequence of The attempt
Of Gabriel in September 1900.
The histurssl accuracy OF this state
msnt was vouched by Msssrs. Miller OF
Powhatan and Morris, when after faw
sbssrvstisus frsm Mr.. Mason. tbs a.
mendneht wasuegatIved
Mr.. Msers now moved TO amend, by
requiring the General elections ia tie
Great Districts Of the Valley and Trans
Allegheny TO be held on the same day,
and to give tue to draft the amend
nent, the bill at bis instance, wac fer
the present, lad on the table.
FLOUR INSPECTION.
The bill amending TIE laws in rela
ton to ths inspection Of -four was read
third time.
This bill re duee, the compensation
Of the Flour Inspector in Richmo
from cents barrel to l4-and prshi-
bits tina use OF % ere than cas- brand to
the city ullers; under the ide a, that the
brand deneting the inferior city mill
flour, being the same used Gu the upper
csualry flour, gave the latter bad cha
racter.
The Committee Of Agriculture and
Manufacture WAC reported this bill
accompanied i. by n report, in wbicd.it
was stated that a city miller ia order to
complete q cargo, bad arased the brand
on an aferisr parcel Of -four purchased
fer the occasion, & substituted his owR,
Mr. Rutherfserd said that when the
subject was formerly up, he was unac.
quaintsd with tho circumstances 81 the
case, and csula 4 ot therefore dsfsad TIE
city miller plioatsd, Though fEon the
hsDoGtRbls character Of tina gentle man,
he was wsi assured there was some
sisapprshension. Mr. r. thsn read
state ment fr.m YIN. Galliatt, ESQ, the
witness understood by the committee te
havs made this statement when exsHin-
ed by them -allsdging tina! be had been
misunderstood, and referring it te the
5,h Ma. Of Observer published in the
Wbig some week ago. for a true de.
scriptisH Of the transacton, The tYens-
action thus explained was perfectly fair
Mr.. Chevsllie, the city miller alluded
to-whoss high character as well as
great libsrsIity in the prosecution Of bis
busisess, are we'll known to this city,
aud TO the farmers of Virginia-~reqai
red small parcel Of flour to ee@plete
q cargo. tie did not erase tbs previous
brand and substitute his own more cell
bFsted trsnd-bue reground the -four
mixed it with good wheat, and packed it
in new barrels; making il in fact, equal
to the ether portion of The c&vgs
Messrs Rives Of Campbell, (Choir
aan Of the Cogami.tee,) ead Hamilton.
( a member Of the Committee, slle3ged,
that the term erased" had certainly
been ured by enc Of the witnesses be-
fore the Cosmittes, and that the Com
mittse csncurfed in understanding his
testimony in tbs sense Of their report.
THE explanation given by hr Ru
therfosrd, appeared to { i've entiFs salts
factieA
The question recurring on the Pea
saga Of ths bill, a warm d.scu,sinn en-
sued, in which Messrs, Miller a( Pow
hatan, Wsed of Albemarls, and Rive,
of Campbell supported. and Messrs,
Leigh and Marshall, opposed tbs bill.
The bill was then passed, ayes 20,
noes 81.
FYs,n The Constitutional Wbig, ,Nsrch r.
LECISLATU RE.--Yesterday wes a day Of
importance in the House Of Delegates the
bill organizing the Superior Courts of Law
and Chancery in tins Commonwealth, having
been road a third time and passed. We have
repeatedly stated its principal features. For
the vast labor which he has bestowed upon
the Judiciary-lcr the perfect and indelau-
gable devotion, with which he has applied
himself, night and day, to this great subject,
the Commonwealth owes Mr. Leigh an un-
e1tnguishab!c debt Of gratitude. How the
system viii work, experiment oAly, can fair.
" prove; il success correspond with the a
btitv, zeal and patriotism displayed IN the
architecture Of the systeRa, Virginia viii be
blessed with Judiciary equal TO ker wants
and situation.
Another bill was yesterday passed, Ct great
moment 70 enc section OF the Commonwealth,
and upon winch feeling a desire for tire pros
perity OF every part Of the State, we tender
our warm congratulations to these interested
mean the hill sptrNriyfpur the hnrretv-