Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1839-12-09

inon~saitl, render II mro,tsat thai !, shall be 80
constituted thai every part olihe state may have
representative upon it, The second. by Judge May,
was that "Commilco on Banks" be added to the |
standing committee Of the House. instead Of AS
heretofore, desoIsns irs important duties upon a
select committee. appointed upon special motion,
whereby the Speaker may be restricted IN the selcc
ton Of suitable chairman.
Mr.. Nay asked leave 10 b,eg in bill FOR the |
temporary relei OF the Banks 81 this Common
wealth. aud accompanied the motion with few
pertinent remarks, III WHICH he described their pre-
sent PROSTATE condition. aud the praeneal operation
OF the existing state Of thiugs.--fhe community.
generally, he said, made no d,ai,s upon the banks
for specie, while brokers wege dgiiy draSing the
precious metal from their vaults, and selling il Al
premim OF 10 per cent The moaau was agreed
To, and a eommiiiec consisting of Mess,s. May,
Robertson, Watts, Crutchfcld, Smith or l. OF
Wight, Allyn of Norfolk borough, Baker, Worth
ne,on, Reynolds aud Toler, was appointed, TO bring
in a bill. There were noes to tho proposition,
which, hope is the full number OF real destyuepes
in the House.
The Governor's Message, with tho accompanying
documents, and Reports from several departments,
were then presented, ordered to be printed &c. The
Governors Message, like all the communicable
which have proceeded from the source is unam-
bIlions IN style, and marked by that strong practical
sense characteristic of its author. You will receive
II by the same mail which conveys you this letter,
and even II you had room ior them IN your next pa.
per, therefore, any farther alluson Ia il, AZ present,
would be snpelhuous.
! Lawrence Roane fWhiul 10 ,t.,,,J TO-. ~.
county, opace Of George +. II. Lofmer, ,Whirl
deceased.
Very little has been said about the Senatorial cleo
ton, aud, thus lar the waters are calm as SUN.
mer sea, II will uoi be long, however, before they
vi" be eifopbed" by the conflicts Of conlondinc
parties. It's difficult 10 conjecture the result of the
cones, for Senator and equally SO to guess at the
policy which will DO pursued in relation to the
Ranks
RICHMOND, Dec. ), 1889.
Passengers in the cars from Washington this
morning state that the House adjourned yesterday,
WITHOUT having advanced an inch towards its extrioa.
ton from the difficulties Of its poson--d culties
grow ing out OF the first false step. involving gross
departure from all precedent, aud II violation Of all
principle, in the refusal to acknowledge the va.
dly of certificate of election having all the forms
the sanctions which the law and the constitution re-
quire, The Administration orators and presses, !, is
true, cunningy endeavor to change tina issue by de-
clarlne that is contest between the Gopyrnor and
the People Of New Je,sey--maintaining that al
though the five Wings from thu, State have the GER
ufcate Of the Governor. the five Van Buren, men
have a majority of the votes of the People. But
this is completed, begging the question. 1t is assn
ming to be true the very fact IN dispute. The Wing
members deny that their opponents rec eyed n ma
joriy OF legal votes and affirm thu, they are prepar-
ed to prove that they did not Yet this mooted
point, which only be decided by the House it.
SELL after il shall have been organized, the Van Bu-
renies cnnlcnd shall DO conceded without inyest-
CATION be SO decided by their Clerk, in advance of
the constitutional action OF the House. Was ever
sopfcpesterous clam before set up by sane men
There is said TO be some trouble in tue camp" as
TO the selection Of the Administration candidate for
Speaker. Mr.. plcLens was first nominated in eau
Gus aud supported by the Northern loco focos. But
he was violently opposed by Benton and his friends,
as Mr.. Lewis Of Alabama likewise, on the ground
thar they are Calhoun men aud nulliypu. Finally
John Winston Jones. of this State. was selected by
majority of over Lewis ami is to be the candi
date. You will perceive that the struggle has com
mcnced already between Calhoun and Benton, aud
that the latter is thus Ear triumphant. The Msdi-
sonan, indeed declares that the Y, u. party . s al
ready in state Of virtual dissolution nj soon III be il
! il is not now. Aud yet you perceive, by the En-
quircr of this morning, that tho "cunning Isaac" OF
that paper is endeavonpg to wbeede and the
Estate Rights Wings" as he calls them, into the
tanks oiihs reigning dynasty-wih what success we
shall soon IL they have any leaning that way.
| am pretty certain that the Wings will have no OBJ
/ lection to part with them. They do lees mis-
chief as open enemies, than as Improbable friends.
leticr from ,i,c member OF Congress which re-
reiycd to day, says, MANY uclega'es have passed
through to the Harrisburg Convent,o'' ana 1t
will not greatIy surprise me If General Sco;.
receives the nomination. Mr. Clay is hare, in ex
ceIlcnt health, and apparently in fine spirits"-If
Gen. Scott should receive The nomination, what viii
certain cunning Isaac" do for bug bear, to terri
fy his Democracy "Clay and the so million bank
is such fine stock in trade for small capital lists
that il will be sad day for them when it is taken
away. He 10 fruitful in humbugs, however, and
suppose ii will not be long before he will give birth
to another.
Samuel Shepherd, Esq. was t9-day reelected
Public Printer-unanImously with the exception of
a single vote, given by Mr.. BouIdin Of the Senate
to Thomas Richie, Esq.-The Senate has not acisd
on the Bank Relief law.