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bridge, laid upeu the table.
The subject Of State Rights, injudi.
ciously appended, by the Senate. 20
the Staunton and Potomac Rail Road
bill, and to the Petersburg Rail Road
bill. was near throwing the house into
. fer'nent. II will be reeoliected that
the Senate added . section Ca each bill,
declaring the charters void, If the com
panies should accept any aid from the
general government. Mr.. Brodnax,
Of D,pwiddie. "a stronK state. right
man, moved TO disagree 10 the amend
ment Of the Senate TO the Petersburg
bill. declaring the amendment iniudi
cious. ill-timed, and pr0scriptive ia its
character. In reference to the iocum
brance upon the Valley bill, he though,
u savored too much Of an arbitrary
faint Of . supposed infected district.
He thought this method Of proceeding
calculated to bring int disreputs the
doctrines Of Virginia upon the subject;
and begged gentlemen not to suffer
themselves to BE- led into discussion
upon this controverted point. rs tu
which, he had no doubt, honest differ.
ences Of opinion existed.
Dir. Campbell, Of Brooke. mot the
learned theoIogian who was in the Con.
vention. but very Intelligent and in
dependent politician,) denounced, in
strong and appropriate terms, the at
tempt Of the Senate to make the IVES
tern heretics swallow q nau.eous poli
teal dose, with their privilege. OF i'm
provement He thought the encroach
'nent upon their rights as gross and
uh warranted, rs would be the imposi.
ton OF political test oath.
Mr.. Eppes, Of Sussex. supported the
Srnates amendment. He thought /,
favorable moment tn enforce pracfi-
caHy the doctrines Of Virgins.
Mr.. Claiborne, Of Greensville, also
supported the amendment, and justifi
ed the Senator who introduced il.
MIR. Williams, Of Shenandoah, Mr..
RIves, Of Prince George, Mr.. Macfar
land, Of Petersburg. Mr.. Miller. OF
PowhataD, Mr.. Gilmer, Of Albeuarle,
and MIR. Preston, Of Montgomery, (aIl
state-right men. condemned the q.
nendment Of the Senate. and declar.
ed their readiness to lop it of.
Alter some further discussion, the
Senate's amendment was disagreed
TO. by large majority.
The fungus. las Gen. Brodnas
called it) was then Topped OF the Val
ley Rail Road bill. by the sweeping
vote of SO TO 50.
The balance Of the day was spent in
discussion upon an amendment Of the
Senate TO the Valley bill, striking out
the section which gives the company
the privilege Of extending the road e
the kanawha or some point on the Ohio
River.
Mr.. Summers. Of Ksnawha, propos.
ed to reinstate that section in a modi6.
ed form. Deserving TO tho State the
privilege to make the improvement her,
self At any time,) and supported hi,
motion in . very animated and able
manner. 1t is but justice to this young
gentleman to say, that few men of hi,
age seem to have devoted more atten.
ton 10 the subject Of internal improve
ment, or to be better acquainted with
the various facts and argume n,Sbear
ing upon il.
Alter acme conversation between
Messrs. G'lmer, Garland of Nelson.
and Lewis, the bill and amendments
were laid upon the table.
On Friday. after the desp.teh oi
some local business. a bill VAS cons;
dered. authorizing loan from the fund
oi internal improvement. for the pur
pose of constructing Road from some
convenient point on the Kanawha turn.
pike to Point Pleasant, on the Ohio
River. Mason county y and upon the
question OF Its passage, il was decided
10 the negatIve-ayes ~, noes so.
The balance ofihe day was spent in
committee Of the whole, upon The pe
neral election law. This biIlisa,er,
long one, embodying ell the provisions
OF the various election laws, and such
new ones as experience has rendered
necessary. The committee did ma,
get through, and asked leave TO sit a.
gain.
The Senate has been principally on
gagged Tor three days, upon the hill.
concerning the forfeiture Of lands for
the non. payment Of taxes. The Judi
cary Bill has been referred, in tina,
body, to q select committee, eoo,istioy
oi member from each judicial circuit
That committee will probably not re.
port before Monday, (the 2Ist,) and IL
new features should be introduced. =.
expected, the session will be extended
81 FEAST . geek longer than otherwise.
should think, however, that the de
eided expression Of the popular branch.
l. majority Of Co.. ought to convince
the grave and reverend seienors'' Of
The Senate, that the expectation Of the
h"use reeeding or giving way to any
important change Of principle, is utter.