Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-02-06
VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.

4 communication received from the Senate, stat
ing that they have passed the Acts:
Changing the time Of meeting oil the next General
Assembly -Incorporatin the Elizabeth and Parkers-
burg Turnpike Compa'iy-Changng the time Of hold
ing the Circuit Superior Court of Amcrst-io incor-
poratc the Bradford Coal Mining Company in the coun.
ty of Goochland--To change the place Of holding u
separate election in the county Of Franklin-To esta-
bllsh Company Of Cavalry in the county of Halifax
And an act concerning the erection Of wharvcs with
amendments, which were concurred in.
Petitions were presented-By MIR. CarrEsrlg, of
Mary Jones, for divorce from her husband Israel
JoncS-Iy Mr.. ARMSTRONG, of citizens Of Harrison,
Lewis and Randolph, for the formation Of new coun-
ty-By Mr.. LocKKnGE, Of citizrns Of Bath COUNT,
asking the repeal Of the law in relation 10 licc,res for
the sale of sprituous lquors-By MIR. Mct-uE, of
citizens OF Augusta county, for n regiment 10 be
formed out of the Odd and 93d Regiments
On Mr.. CSrrcHrIELns motion, the Committee of
Roads discharged from the further consideration
Of the petition Of citizens of Scott for road through
said county.
On Mr. vryAsrr's motion, the House resolved to
meet tomorrow ct III clock
On Mr.. BYRD's motion, the bill to convert the loan
Of $4,000 to the Winchester and Potomac Rail Road
Company into stock, taken up on lis second read
ing.
Mr.. STEPHENSON moved to amend the I'd section, so
to forbid the subscription authorized, unless upon
condition that the tolls be increased within 80 days
from the passage OF the bill, 33l per cent above the
rates charged-and the Company to be authorized
sucn 10 reduce the
tolls except by the consent of the Legislature
Mr.. SEYMOUR and Mr. BYRD opposed the amend.
mcnt.
Mr.. VESABLr supported .hc amendment, but would
not pledge himself TO support the bill. if amended
MIR MAY offered an anne niment to the amendment
which accepted by MIR. Stcphensonto the effect
that The tolls shall be increased to extent TO divide
six per cent upon the capital stock, condition Of
the desired subscription
Mr.. Coss offered the following substitute for the
| amendment:
Belt further enacted That the Legislature reserve to
itself the power 10 authorize and direct increase Of
the charges Of transportation upon the said road,
that the do not exceed :3l per cent the pre-
| sent rate Of tolls
Much discussion upon the amendments occurred, in
which Messrs Stephenson, Seymour, Vena5e, Byrd
Gibson and Robertson, participated
| Mr. CoSNs substitute adopted and then the bill
recommttcd.
NEW JERSEY.
! The following message received from the Go
vernon:
! To the House Of Delegates:
| | lay before the General Assembly a communication
from the Governor of New Jersey, enclosing pream
bic and resolutions passed by the Legislature of thai
State on the subject of the exclusion from their seats
in the House of Representatives of the United State
of five of the persons duly commissioned the Repre-
sentatves of the People of New Jersey in the 26,l
Congress.
These resolutions relate to subject involving ont
/
and will iouhts receive from the General Assembly
the consideration which their Importance demands.
1 Should the practice obtain in the Congress of thu
United States, Of which this believed to be the
first example, Of portion of the members returned
according u the aws of their States, undertaking t
exclude other portions of members having similar ant
legal authorizations of their membership, from par
tcipaton the organization of the House and the cleo
ton OF its officers, and from holding their yeats, unit
an adversary claim to them shall have been regutar
Tod that mob
has no limit principle but force, and must utnate
result in revolutionary violence.
/ also transmit resolution Of the Legislature Of fer
mont, on the subject Of the Public Lands.
/ DAVID CAMPBELL.
The following the resolutions accompanies ing IN
communication Of the Governor:
i HatrcaS, 1T appears from report made 5y j. b. Ay
crgg. ]. 7. 3. Maxwell, VIM. llalsted, Charles Stra
ton and Thomas j. Yorkc, five of the persons dnly con
mssioncd Representatives of the people Of New Je
sey III the 26th Congress of the United States to I'll
Governor Of this State, and by him communicated
the Legislature that at the time and place prescribe
by law for the meeting oftha Congress, they appeare
and produced their commissions such Represent
tives, and claimed the right 10 unite With tho Repre-
scn;aves from the other States Of the Union, form
ing and organizing House of Representatives, but
the of portion of those Representatives,, were pre-
vented from exercising that right, and still exclude
from any participation in their proceedings and delbt
rations by which acts the people of New Jersey are de
prved Of their just voice in the councils fthe nation
at time when measures of great public Importance
and deeply affecting their feelings and interests are
be acted upon their State authorities, and tler sea
are treated with indgnity; and precetentis sought
be established, which if not promptly and successful
resisted, may hereafter be used to Justify the rejecto
f of electoral votes, the exclusion ofany number
duly commissioned Representatives, that designin
and unprnciped faction may deem necessary to secu'
to itself the control ofthe national Legislature;
lind Whereas, in this unprecedented emergency,
becomes the solemn duty of New Jersey, firmly to o
Fl pose this attempt to subrert the fundamental prncip
Of free Representative Government, and to call upc
her sister States TO dsaYow and redress the wnor
which has been perpetrated By portion of their r
prcsentativcs:
Reso,red, That the State of New Jersey became
party to the Union upon the express condition, ene