Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-02-13
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.

On Mr.. MIcmIuA 5 notion leave was granted 10 the
Committee of Agriculture, &c. TO Introduce 4 bill 10
incorporate Company in the county of Powhatan, Tor
mining purposes, the name ofthc Dupuy and Bryant
Bryant Coal Mining Company.
On Mr.. BRAEp'> motion, the House came TO 4 res"-
luton to proceed Saturday the 18th instant 10 the
election of the First and Second Auditors, the Urea
surcr Register of the Land Office and Secretary OF the
Commonwealth and Librarian.
On Mr. IIipESs motion, the Committee on AgrI-
culture instructed to enquire into the cxPcdIency
of incorporating the Montpelier Marble Company IN
the county Of Orange for the purpose OF quarrying,
saving and polishing marolc and also tor quarryins
porphyry, agate, fag stone and slate.
On Mr. WApEs motion, the Committee Of Schools,
c. instructed TO inquire into The cSpcdiency OF
incorporating female Academy IN the town OF Blacks
burg, Montgomery county.
On Mr. ARMsrnoSG's motion, the Committee for
Courts of Justice were instructed to inquire into the
expectancy q" amending the laws in relation 10 the dn-
ties Of clerks OF the county courts, TO make 1t I'M
perativc upon them TO forward TO the Clerk oil Inc
House Of Delegates copy OF the pobooks Tor the lor-
nation of new countless before the meeting OF the Ge-
neral Assembly.
Petitions were prescn,cd-By Mr. BEARD, for the
establishment of Ferry from the lands Of Alexander
H. Crccl at the mouth Of Green Run, in Wood coun-
~ across the Ohio rivcr-By Mr.. CLARKE, from Boil
ing jones' praying the passage oil law Tor The sale Of
certain piece of Meadow land in the county OF Sur
ry-By MIR RoEERTsoS, the memorials of sundry ct!-
zens of Richmond against the passage OF the law ask
cd for by !. B. Harvc-By Mr.. GnsGoRr, the petition
and deposition of John Capron of Norfolk Borough,
skiing that VIM Nelson Of York county may be paid
the value of horse lost in the Yorktown Fcte in 1894
By Mr.. CARROLL Of Grayson, n petition from the Of
ccrs and privucs Of the 18th Regiment for an act 20
dispense with reg mental mustcrs and substituting IN
lieu thereof the battalion muster in said regiment.
ESGRoSSED BILLS.
The following enrroSscd bills read third time
and passed, viz:
A bill to incorporate the Western Virginia Silk and
Agricultural Company-['Thc Company is TO be esia-
blishcd in Ohio county, by Lewis Lunsinrd, W Iam
d. Wilson and Others for the culture OF silk and other
Agricultural products with capital OF not less than
So 600, nor more than S50O00-A bill incorporating
the Carnatcx Ferry Bridge Conpany-A bill authorIz
ing an increase Of the capital stock Of the Rappahan-
mock Company-A bill TO amend an act, entitled ian
act Incorporating the Trustees Of the Union Academy
Of Cabell'-A bill TO amend the act entitled an act
incorporate the Trustees of the Halifax Academy
A bin incorporating the Trustees of the Concord
Female Seminary.
The cngrosscd bill "amcnding the charter of the
town of Winchester, came up when Mr. NGRTniNG-
roy moved to reconsider the cngr0ssmcnt OF the Dill
with view TO reconmit it for the purposes of amend
IDent
Mr.. BYRD said, that desire to the time of the
House, which would otherwise be consumed, by read
ing in the House the various documents referred to-
would induce him, even at the present advanced stage
of the session. 10 assent 10 the indicated by The
gentleman from Jefferson; bnt he did so, with the ex
press Understandings that when the bill should AGAIN
be reported in such form as the Committee might de-
eide OH, the opponents of the measure would mol cal
for the reading of those documents; otherwise Mr. b.
said il was obvious, that the only motive for concur
rin- in The motion of the gentleman from Jefferson
would be defeated.
Mr. BYRD then suggested certain amendmrnts-and
the Till, with the amendments, was recomlnittco
ELECTION OF GOVERNOR.
The order of the day, which had Tor It's opect me
election Of Governor Of the Commonwealth, 10 sue
coed David Campbell, ESQ., whose term OF service OK
pres on the 4th March next. came up at Inc hout Oh
twelve ,
Mr. CmArM,x put in nomination James McDoweh OF
Rockbridgc. He paid high compliment 10 nus talents.
He considered Mr.. Med. too well known 10 inc coun-
try to require regular nomination speech. IL was
enough to say he belonged To The Democratic party-he
was AntiBank, Anti.Tariff, Anti-Internal Improve
mcnt bv the Federal Government, and Ant-ADoiton.
Mr. GREGORY stated that he could not vote lor VT.
Mcdowell, If no other person were IN nomhaloh' ne
reviewed Mr. McD's political course while member
ofthe Legislature He referred 10 his votes as recorded
in the ournal-to his vote in favor OF the constitution
aty ola National Bank--in favor of protective a
rf-s speech in which he asserted that Inc estaosh,
meut of toll rates on the Cumberland Road, involved
no principle He also referred to his opposition to the
rnht Of secession in 1888 when he claimed that sove-
rern State had no remedy redress Federal oppression
short of the buyonet. He alluded to Mr. Mcdowell
course on the Abolition queston-to ms speech on
that subject in 1892 wherein he denied the rght OF
propcrty in slaves and asserted that the Legislature
could cmancipate slaves without compensation
He maintained that individual holding snch OPT
Mons peculiarly exceptionahle at thus lnfctuIe
when we have n controversy with New lork. MT
Mcdowell would be estopped by his speech ON that
occasion from making any demand upon New YORK