Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1834-12-15
VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE.
HOUSE. Of DELEGATES.

act 10 trosdc for The exteHsii, OF the OF Term ~
the special Court OF Law & chaneery for Fe'ier,ek
county,
On motion Of NJ. Wilson of'B,,e,our,. TIC
House agreed to procf cd 10 execute the joint order
sfihe day, having for It's ol.jeci, the election oil
Pubiic Printer for the ensuing year
Mir Wilson nominated Ia0mas Rifeiis, md
Mr. Smith of Frederick nominated Sdmati .stsP.
herd-Thc nomn atom OF the itsi named gentleman
was sustained by the mover, ani by VI oAsfs. Gar
land uf Mecla.nhufs, ilolirman OF lsic OF wight,
and w akin. Of Goochli md and that nj the latter
10y Mcss,s Smith, Witchor Of PHsylvanls Bar
ton of Ffe,arlek, Johnson of Richn"ni city, an
PA. kcr, Whose speeches We arc reluctantly com
pcllcd 10 omit
A message having been sent 10 The Senate M
forming them that tho House ~hs nov Ia readiness
TO proreed 10 the election, and The House having
been informed tina, no additional nominations had
been made IN the Senate, the roll was called, and
the vote r,ooi Ms follows
Far Str.uei .S4sptevd -Messrs. Drnrmond,
GrinaIds Booker OF Amelia, Garland Of Amlefsl,
Craig, Bro Ike, Mays, Pate Holt Coistoo, Hon
ter OF Berkeley, Shell, Saunders, Bnron, i!ord,
| Christian, Johnson Of Chesicrfcl1 BrJadus, VII
500 Of C., Srop, servant llaaler Of Essex Boil,
Marshall, French, pcIcc, Wad,, Barton, Smith oil
Fred, Smith OF Gloucester, Glur Wetheredi
Vance, Gurus Mullen, Bots, GrdvoeY, Gregory,
Berry, Galaher, Summers Hoo. Enamel, Cad-
well, Lawson, Janney, Beafd. M'Cary, Wagon
or, Alexander, Webl' C,beIi, Coilrn' Waits Of
Norfolk CO, prrkcr Epes, BaJy, MLuc, cfi'z,
Jones of Pcndelon, Wrcher, Dapuy, WooiIouse,
Booihe, Thornton, Doimnr Harrison, Clump DE.
iashmu, Jen Prenss Cunningham, Brown and
Johnson, of Richmond-1i
Esy Thomas R,tehie Messrs Banks, Speak
or y Rvcs Randolph, Layoe, Miller. Wilson OF
b., M'M,lIan Turnbull, Booker of Buckingham,
Ysnccy. Hampton, Madison, Payne, Steser, Hol-
land, Gibson, Watts of Giles, Watkins Avcni,
Carrlngon, Snced, Nixon, Kinchcoe, sh'nn,
uoeman Pollard, Harris, May, Todd, Garland
OF Meeklcnburg, Rodgers. Wiley. Morgan, NJ
Cuuley, Shrrrard, Leland, Voolfolk, Robertson,
Csckiey Nasb, Carroll, shands, Williams. NJ
DowclI, Jr., Moorman, Cline, Hopkins, Spear
Bare, Jones' of ShcnanIoab. Harley, Crnieh6eld
Moncure, Harsrovc, Whhten, Clarke and Stun
ger-57.
The Committee appointed to wal, the Sen
ate, returned and reported the following vote -
For Slmuei Shepherd.-- Mcssrs Old, Campbo
Cooke, paueson, Page, Slaughter, McCom,s, Wat
k,ns, Golf, Keller, Maxwell, McCar,y, und Smith
Ia
For Thomn, Riichic. Messrs. Dromgooe, |
tSpcaker,) Parker, Hunton, Pennybacker, Watts
lsives, Flood, Oplc, Bcrne, Dye, Ilnrvic Basyc
McMahon, Donaldson, Harwooj, Fonianc, An
dcrson, and McCoy-I8.
Joint vote with the Senate -
For Samuel Shcphcd--S7.
- Thomas Rlche--75.
The Speaker presented commune slion from |
the Governor, incosng the annual report of the SD
pernlendent of the Pcnentiery Institution, win h
| was, on motion OF Mr. Wilson Of b., o.d red 10 be
printed
| On motion of Mr. Price, i, was
soseea, -f,vN ,'~-~ - e,yan to bring in n bill
authorizing the Judge Of tho Circuit Superior Court
OF Law and Chunoefy for the county of Fayottc, 10
h1 upon place IN said county, for holding VIC
SAID Court permanently, until the public bu ldngs
shall be constructed.
| Petitions were presented and rcfcrreJ-By Mr.
Gre DRY, of Margaret Moss, n cplored woman. 10
be allowed 10 remain IN thu Common ", ah-by
Mr.. Mullen, of the citizens Of Hardy, Tor law to
make II penal to set fire TO the woods
On motion Of Mr.. Knobelor
The House adjourned.
ibnday, Drc ga
Petitions were presented md referred, az fol.
lows by Mr. Nlsh of portion of tho people of
| Powhaian, for u law 10 make James River a law
iui fence by Mr.. Prentss Of Wood, of John Par.
r'ot' cohiesling the election of John Mcclure one
OF the delegates returned from the County of Ohio
by Mr.. fancey, Of portion the citlzcrs Of Buck
| ineh ham, for INV to mHkc James River n lawful
| fenco; by Mr.. Dorman, OF citizens of Rockbridse
county, Tor the construction OF Il turnpike road from
| Lexington, 10 Richmond; by Mr. flnley, of ia.
hao'uh's o, Montgomery, for the es, abshment OF
u bank, or branch bank at Buchanan, In Bao.
tout County by tho snn,c of inhabitants of
| Smyh County, for the snme ; by MIR. Wilson of
| 3o'''out, OF inhabitants OF sa,d County, for the
same MI StoScr, OF inhabitants ofFloyd County
Tor u law requiring the null DAMS &c, on Liulc
RIVER 10 be SO Constructed us 10 allow the passage
OF n'h over the same 10y Mr. Garland Of Amhersr,
| OF Lindsay Coleman, to be compensated for feeding |
and clothing runaway slave confined in the i,,l
the owner thereof being unknown, and the sI,y,
having escaped from jail by the same of Lucy
Walls for a divorce from her husband by the
same, oil residents OF 'sockbrdgc Amherst, Nelson.
buckingham, Cumberland, Powhatan and Chester |
Held, lor an extension of the Kanawha turnp,k,
| from Lexington TO the City OF Richmond
On motion, the Report of tho Committee on Pr,
vIlegcs and Elections the subject of tie absence
OF The member elect from Lewis County together
with resolution offered by Mr. Gregory as an a. |
mchdmeni thereto-bolh of which had been lal on
lhc table, were called up.
I'm the course of n discussion upon this subinc,
on FRIDAY last IT was stated that since the election
oil The member elect from Lewis, (Jamcs NJ Ben
he'D great number OF pesentments had been
'ouhu, some against him alone, and others against
hh" W conjunction with another individual for for.
gerry ana subornaiion OF perjury, committed in get
wing UP i0lsc documents with the lntcn ion of OBJ
tanning money from the u s. Pension fund for the
oencht o, surviving revolutio nary soldiers md
that subsequently 10 The finding of such present,
merits, nc hal left the STATE with the intention
was oe'ieVcd, o'nevcr returning To II sgain II an
penfcd however, that no official ccrfca.e ,hat,b,s
'"d'''hual was delegate from Lewis, had been re-