South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1836-02-13
Virginia Legislature.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
Tuesday, Feb. 2.

and Berkeley, for the Incorporation Of
a Company TO construct a railway
from Smitbfield, in Jefferson county,
to intersect the Winchester and Poto.
mac r all road.
/ BOUNDARY QUESTION.
Mr.. Parker made an enquiry on the
subject OF the correspondence between
the Governor of Maryland and the
Governor of Virginia, referred to Sc
lect committee.
Mr.. Hopkins, chairman of that
committee, replied that the members
| of that committee had not been called
together, in consequence Of the interest
felt in the engrossing subject now un-
der debate, the expunging resolu,ions.)
Mr.. Hunter Of B., member of the
committee, thought no action was ne
cessary on the part Of Virginia, and
therefore moved that the committee be
discharged from the consideration of
the subject.
After some further remarks by
Messrs. Parker and Hopkins, the mo-
ton of Mr.. Hunter prevailed, and the
documents were ordered to lie on the
table.
The bills, Incorporating the Rich.
mond Medical School, and providing
for Geological Survey of the State,
were read the first and second times,
and re.committed.
Judge Duncan ofthe General Court.
Mr.. DoRMAN said he rose to per-
form a public duty, as well as an act Of
justice to one of the Judges Of the Cen
eral Court of Virginia. He had ia his
possession and should offer at proper
time, memorial from Judge Edwin
S. Duncan, asking for an enquiry into
his official conduct. He said il was
necessary that he should state a few
facts, as Introductory to his object.
An article signed ga LOCKER On"
appeared during the month OF Noven-
Der, in a newspaper called sThe Coun
tryman," published in Clarksburg,
Harrison County, and soon after the
meeting of the Legislature, was repub-
lished in newspaper in this city. In
this article, the public conduct of a
Member Of this House was arraigned.
On the 18th OF January, that article
was answered in the "Whig" of this
City, by the member from Harrison
and on the 28Ih of January, a reply
from Judge d. was published in the
same paper. On the last mentioned
day, the Member from Harrison stated |
his intention of hereafter moving for
an inquiry into the official conduct OF
Judge DIN what manner he did not
state. The gentleman gave as his
reason for giving that notice, that from
the article OF Judge Duncan, he UNDER
stood that it was not bis intention to
apply to the Legislature for an inquiry
into the charges made by him (.he
member from H. in his reply to
Looker-on. Now, said Mr.. D., the
article Of the member from Harrison
was published on the 18th, and as soon
as it reached Judge Duncan, he wrote
the article published in the Wing on
the. 2Sth, and at the same time me-
mortal to the Legislature, which he
despatched by relative, who being
delayed on the road, did not reach this
City until Saturday last. Mr.. d. said
it was not his in.ention 10 offer the
memorial at this time,a as the gentsm man
from Harrison had declared his inten-
ton to bring the subject before the
House. He should wait until tina.
gentleman made his motion, or at least
a reasonable time, when, if the motion
was not made, he should ask leave to
present the memorial.
Mr.. HARRISON said he had several
duties to perform here for his constit-
uents, .mong which he did not consid-
er the least to move an inquiry into
the conduct Of the Judge in question.
Hew ould not indulge in elimination
or recriminalion but he referred the
House TO what he said the other day.
When he published his reply to a
"Looker- On," ne had supposed the
charges made against Judge Duncan
would make il his duty to call for an
enquiry. Such were the opinions OF
others in this City-and Mr.. Harrison
waited to observe the course Judge
Daacan would take. He perceived,
by card Of the Judge in the Clarks-
burg paper, dated the 2Ist January,
that he had sent his memorial to Rich
mond by relative. But not content
with this, Judge d. publishes con-
municalion in the Wing on the 2Sih,
from which Mr.. IL. had drawn his
conclusions when he before addressed