Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-03-17

y Dir. Mccoy called up the enyrossed bail ontbo,
eng subscription for road from RIddlcbnrp i
u yer 10 frah&I }, Greene County, Pcnnsylyania-
ne eXrHdioncy "f which he explained and enforced
me bill wac rel'ci"d--ayes IL, noes go
On motion of Mr.. Gibson leave was gi,en n br;,,
~ oi authorizing the survey of a route for turn
s PIKE from New Market in Shenandoah to Culncnc
ut mousse ana IRON CulPeper court house. TO some
convenient point on the Swift Run Gap Turnpike
Mr. Rvcs of Campbell, moved to ins;ruc, the com
nlttec OF roads to .rng in bill prohibiting the sub
scnP'ioh TO Internal improvements virginia on tho
part Of the u. States
Mr. Bives stated that an amspdn,on, D., ,Li, ,co,
hnd been tackled 10 the Pc crsburr aud Sounfon
ways by the Senate, and would probably b, to Others
"nn 70 save time he thought It best to adopt cen-
Mr. Campbell of Brooke. moved 10 law il ON Tho
1hie and was proceeding 10 discuss the mC,its vbna
me Speaker pronouncing his rcmarl, on, OF order,
ana lie Withdrew The motion
Mr.. Lewis renewed the motion. w,sLinr,bo rcs-
puti"n to lie for fuller house, in order to ascertain
Inc real opinion Of the Hon of ID ierates Ictbot
sense sh9nd b, m favor OF adopting the provision
he should withdraw the opposition bo pnyv r,oJ,,oI
% tHc amendment made 70 tho S:aurtoa rail road
bill by the Senate.
I The resolution was Lid Oh Ia, tobc--ayes s..
Mr. Mccoy asked leave o hiring IN n bin aui,or
i2'ng an appropriation from tho fund of internal mn,
pro'ement, 10 open the road in CONJUNCTION with
renVryIVan'a Tor which b,I! appr"pra'ing the IN,
n'y rom ne treasury was Just ry"ctad-irom Mid
dIcburn ~ Tyler. to the PcnnSylyana line
Some discussion crsued among Mcssrs Mccoy
WncneT' Claiborne. CUmohcil OF Brooka Garland
OF Nelson' Summer, and 4tives of Prince George
MIR. Garland o. Nelson, who had not been apuriscI
IN voting against he bill lust rccc I'd. that the faith
OF Inc Sta,e was pledged 10 Pennsy lyania to con-
slruct THIS road. moved to Law the resolution NJ,
tue taOie III order to NOV reconsideration of that
vote. Mn Garland said he had voted against lie
ON III the persuasion hat it not entitled to ua.s
on MS merits but the fath of the State was Ger
tainy pledged 10 Pennsylvania to construct it, !, be-
come new question, and he felt bound redeem the
public faith
The motion Prcvalicd-whcn Mr. Garland moved
10 reconsideT--wh'c, after some conversation among
hleSsrs eiarland, Rivcs Of Prince Gco-gc. MeFar.
land, Witcher, and Williams Of Shenandoah the
iiouSH agrecd 20 do. ayes co. 10.
The n'li beng again Before the House. farther dis
cusslpn onsued nm'ng hesS-s. Wilson, Mccoy Glib .
sou, Garland of .lson and YER when le hin mass
ed by the following vote:
ArEs- Messrs Banks, Speaker Booker, 5. NJ Gar I
land kenney. McCne, Mayse, Letwich Davis of Ecrk-
ley, henShaw, j. b Campbell, Gholson, Yancey Spur
i"cS, Clay, Burfoo Jones' Marshall, Payne NJ Ma,
son. Casileman, w. Wood, Green Easley, Dunn Car
skadon, Seymour, DayiSson, g. !. Williams, Leigh
lucas. GaI'1heF, Summers, Hooe Ewing, HAYS. w. r. +
/. Mason, Caldwell Newman, Watts, Bllingslev
IawteT, Preston, Helms O'Ferrall C0hoon, j. Gar
land, Murdaugh, UPshur, Blackwell, II. Il. Anderson
jacobs PaTr!ot, Davis of Orange, Iiiner Baxter, I
Miller, linn, Hart, Moore Mcmahon, Lewis KiIcore
7. Williams, Harris, Gatewood, Moncure, Mccoy,
hcCuiioch, Keller, Jackson, Maxwell, Mcfarland, .
rutherford IS
NoEs- Messrs BayIy, Drummond, r. W. WOOD,
u. campbell She Christian, w. NJ. RiTe'. wilkins
Broadus, Gibson, Wilson. Brodnay right James, c.
ro"G' H3iLand' hing, Hal street IInJ
hhdI' Kdams, Witcher, swanson, YenabIe F. Z.
Eves, Alexander, Goodwin, Hamilton, Eppes Giles
pie,s Newton, Crockett 40.
Mr.. Leigh, from the committee Of courts of Justice
reported with amendments bill to provide iut ho
ding the REMINDING spring sessions OF the superior
On motion of Mr. Rutherford. the House resu,
med tie consideration of the b.ll concerning r>1's
and their fees ,
TGe question be, g on The bill a def n"Iy;
which motion he sqrSrru a. er's.l
hcrcins,re imposed upon them, the employment OF
pilots above Bermuda HundFed, and reducessthe fees
on pilotage on james and Elizabeth Rivers, 90 PEI
cent below whar was authorized by the act OF 1919
a long discussion ensued in winch the motion to
postpone sustained, and The bill opposed by
Messrs. Jones, aud ScmpH, aud the bill defended by
Mcssrs. McFarland Brodnax, Eppcs aud Leigh.
NJ. Jones nov offered n substitute, confnlnG tic
object OF the bill TO dispensing with pilots between
City Pom. and Richmond, and addressed the House
IN a cogcnt argument IN IFS 5ehal.
Mr.. Rutherford repied-whcn the question was
put aud the substitute rejected
Mr. Jones now offered a Pad substitute, C-Iag1- .
ting pioagc according to The Of the vessel, aud
making change III the rates.
Alter some conversation between MessrS RurhCr-
l,orl and Jones this substitute adopted. So. -
Mr.. Mcfarland now moved to my the bill for the .
present ON the table, which wJs opposed BY NJ. .
Scmpln, and agreed to.
Mr.. Williams OF Shenandoah from the committee
on general laws to whom were - erred the Li 5
concerning the Petersburg and stanton rail ways.
returned from the Senate with amendments made q
report rccomm nndng disagreement to those
amendments.
THE Senate struck from the Stanton rail road
bill, the Goth section, authorizing tho continuance Of
the rail way wcstward'y from stanton 20 the Ken
awha or Ohio. THIS amendment was carried Ivy
tho casting vote OF the Speaker of the Senate
They also, by MAORI OF enc. annexed rrnyIs-
ION prohibiting under penalty of forfeiture of the
charter, the subscription 20 the stock OF the COM
pauy by he Government of The L. 5 ates.
a similar prohibition WIS attached to sho Peters
bnIg rail way bill
On motion OF Mr. Summers, and Mr.. Campbell
Of Brooke respectively these bills and amendments,
were LAID on the table for the present. the impor
tanCc of the amyndmeuts requiring some time for
investigation
The bill authorizing the construction OF road
by the State, along the margin Of The canal IN lieu
/ OF subscribing lwo-iiina, was explained and sup
ported by Mr. Ervcs Of Campbell, and passed.
Mr.. Lcigh called M the bill making provision