Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-02-01

VIRGINIA iEGISLATURE.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
IT
ELECTION OF SENATOR.

The House took up the Joint order of the day, and
MIR. CRrTCHFiELD requested to communicate TO
the Senate that they ready to proceed in It's exc
cution
message was soon returned from the Senate that
that body ready to proceed To the execution of the
joint order The roll was called and the result was a.
follows
Far HIUiam e. Rires.-NIessrs. Gmcr, (Spcakcr,(
Chopper, Southall Wood, Cabe NJ Cue, Stuart, Lock.
ridge, Burwe of Bedford, Mitchell, Myers of Berkc-
ley, Hunter Kyle, Flood, Toler Fox, Corhn, Cole
man, Cardwell, Broadus Wilson, Whitworth, Roane,
Marshall, Scott Anderson, Payne, Hale, Wade of F.,
Ersknc, Gibson, Seymour, VI Rae, Hamlet, Gregory,
Worthington, Kennedy, Reynolds, Tayloc Of King
George Tayloe of l.. x r., Lawson, Beard, Ramcy,
Harrison, Caldwell, Smith of NJ. 4 j. Evans, Hodges,
Massie ALLYN of Norfolk Borough, Watts, Etheridge,
Yerby NJ Cornell, Staples, May, Tuns,all, Tallman,
Keen, Roberts, Walden, Robertson, Lcyburn, Dorman,
Smith Of Russell, Cru,ch:cld, Stephenson, Walker,
and Jackson of Wood-6S.
For John Y. .nasoa-MessrS Carpenter, Hannah,
Jackson of B. & l. MMillan, Meredith, Haskins,
Thornburg, Cox, Burwe of c. Il w, Powell, How
ell, Baker, Byrd, King, Guerrant, Carroll Butts, Tay
Tor of Halifax Clarke of Halifax, Allen of Hampshire,
White, Lee, Armstrong, Smith Of J. Of W., Wright,
Fontainc, Ewing, Lipscomb, Orgain Banks Taylor OF
NJ & NJ, Baskerville Goode, Clayton, Chapman,
Wade of NJ & P, Myers of Morgan, Iudnall, Fi,z-
gerald iiiden Alcshrc liner, Mchaux, Carroll, Ne
nable, Heath, Radcliffe, Sturm Snyder, Smith of Rock
inghan Shipman, CULLEN, Conn, Bare, Grcever, Rid
ley, Fzhugh, Clarke of Surry, Prince, Spots, Good
and Stanger,-62
For .amcs {. Brucc.-AIr. Smith of CT.
Far Iohn Robertson. Bayly--l.
For \. ". S0uth0H-Ar Crattord-l.
Mr. Grrcvrr voted Yesterday for Mr. Rivchis vote the
and Mason
Joint vote with the Scnatc-Rivcs So Mason 81
scattering 3-Whoc number of votes l66; necessary
to a choice "a
The Clerk proceeded to call the roll second time;
and the result the the frst-nut a vote be-
ing changed, except that Of Mr. Smith of g., who voted
for VIM II. Macfarland.
JOINT vote with the Senate, same as on the first bal
lot
Mr. MAY did not think it proper for the Legislature
Of Virginia to consume time in manner which was
obviously useless He represented it waste of
time to continue the ballots for Senator. He thought
portion of the day at least ought to be devoted TO the
public business He moved that the joint order be post
poncd till Tomorrow, . clock
Mr. GREGORY did not Iisc for the purpose Of discus
sion 10 appeal to amy party for his experience in e
gsatiom satisfied him that il worse than useless 10
appeal to parties He did not rise TO with the
gentleman from Petersburg in the motion to postpone
the election. He thought that further efforts should be
made He did not however conceive that The destiny OF
Virginia hung upon the election of one OF the other
the two candidates before The House If he thought
he would be willing to postpone this election for
Ii there other person in Virginia fitted to I'LL
the station of l.. S. Senator then she fallen in
deed. He would suggest to the House whether IT be
not proper TO withdraw the gentlemen III nomination
-
tween others He had discharged his duty to his con-
stitGcnts, and he willing TO take any not
positively obnoxious to him from previous acts or
political He alluded TO the contest the Le
gsaturc last winter to the discussions Throughout the
State and the contests at the polls with reference TO the
present nominees Was it proper to waste the time of
the House i'll frutcss attempts 10 elect the other
Of them. When the European looks mt the attempts
here elect Senator he would regard Virginia as IN
state of anarchy incapable to elect her representa-
tves c declared his conviction that his constituents
desired the election Of Senator and referred to their
wishes that he should vote for Mr.. Rives an evil
dencc of their desire that election should be made
He suggested to the parties in the House to withdraw
their respective nominees-tey could not elect either
of them their general il was mere child s-pay to
continue the ballotng for them, and he mpiored them
to give the House some other gentlemen to vote for.
Mr. MAY prcfcrring rather to ballot than to hear de-
bate and it likely that his motion would occa-
sion discussion, withdrew il.
The roll was called third tn,e and the result was
not changed Mr.. Ravly voted for l.. w. Tazewell-
Mr. Smith of G. for T. w. Gmer, and MIR. Crafford
for Abel p. Upshur
fourth ballot was hadthe result still the same
The only variation was, that Mr.. Bayly voted for Fran
els Mallory-Mr Smith of G. for Henry A. Wise.
Mr.. CRUrcHFIELD remarked in substance that IT wa:
useless to continue the ballos-that six had been al
| ready had and there no chance of making an cleo
riog to-day. He not for POSTPONE It till to-mor