Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-03-13
Ihursdnn. .ifurch IL lS4l

Thursday, .narch II, 1S4l.
The Senate announced that they had passed the bills
entitled
An acl 10 amend the several acts approrrintng the
surplus revenue Of the Literary Fund;
An act incorporating the Peters Mountain Turnpike
Company; and
An act authorizing the payment Of certain sum o
money ont Of the income OF the fund Tor Internal I'm
provement:
And that they had passed, with amendments
An act to amend the act reducing into the scve
raj acts concerning slaves, free negroes and muattoes
and
An act to amend the entitled act incorporating
! the Giles Fayctte, and kanawha Turnpike Company
Tie said amendments being read, the SAID bills and
amendments were ordered to be laid upon the table.
/ Mr. ROBERTSON, according 10 order, presented bIl
10 revive the act entitled act to incorporate tht
Spring Hill Manufacturing Company-passed alarci
1 18th, -39; and
!, bin relative 10 the States guarantee certain
| bonds Of the James River IL kanawha Company
Mr. RoBYRTsoS presented 4 letter from Anthony
Robinson, ESD late Cashier ot The Bank Of Virginia
relative 10 the examination made By the Committee on
Banks into the causes Of the late deiacaon BY the
Teller said Bank; which was, on ms motion, ordered
| 20 b. printed.
Mr. CaorrrR from the Committee appointed TO ex-
anime the Public Armory, presented report upon the
condition of said institution, which, on his motion, was
ordered 20 be laid upon the table, and De- printed.
On motion Of Mr.. TnLEG,
RcsoIred, That thus House will to-day, and on each
day hereafter during the remainder Of the present SEES
SION take recess from hafpas until o'clock.
| On motion of Mr.. CKuTcurIELD, the Committee OF
Roads nd Internal Navigation disc harged from the
of the petition Of Preston NJ Adams and
others and of the resolution relative TO the directors OF
the {. mberland Gap Road
Mr. CRrTcmrIELp, from the same committee, pre-
scented repnrs upon the resolutions relative to the prin-
sipal Engineer, and for incorporating company '"
construct road from the railroad depot to Gordons-
yc in the county Of Orange-and a bill concerning
the road from Ice Ferry, Cheat River to the Penn
sylvanra line.
An euqrossed bill concerning John A. lunncntt, was
taken up, on motion Of Mr. WAERfS, and read third
lime and passed.
Mr. WorruIscToy from the Committee for Courts ot
Justice, presented n bill concerning the pay OF mem
bcrs of the General Assembly
| On motion Of Mr.. WoKTurscToS, leave Of absence
from The service Of this House granted Tor The re-
maiu,rr Of the session Mr.. Orrica from Saturday
next. .
on mo,ion Of Mr. Sui1H Of Isle Of Wight, was laid
upon the table:
ln The further time of year from The l9 Of March
IS ,bs Clerks Shcrls and Srrgeants Of tins State
/ for The recollection Of ires III certain cases
On motion If Mr.. SMITH of J. OF W.,
| EesoLred That the Committee OF Propositions ana
Grievances be discharged from the further cnnsidrT n-
ton nf all matters ard things to them reierred ahu
upon which they have not finally acted
a hill creating Circuit Superior Court o. Ihancery
in Tho twent; first Judicial Circuit and i"r other puf,
poses was under discussion, when Ar. HABEkS noVeo
10 pos,uone the bill and amendment rs amended lnde-
| 6nilrIy: hut before the question could be put Inc
hour arrived for taking mp The order OF The day
| VIRGINIA AND NEW YORK
| This bill being cailrd mP, many verbal and import
AMI amendments were MADE
| Mr. YrRBy, in very able speech, lr"fnsed ,hat me
bi should mol ~ into operation until May lSl2, m
stead Of july in the present year. The adoption Of TINS
amendment would rob the bill OF its retaatory feature
and above all would give Congress an opportunity a.
rcmedynr the evil Of which they complan-as ais" OF
avrdinc 10 New York The opportunity of retracns her
steps. a.,
Air. InyiSG of Cumberland, moved TO recomm't the
NIL with Instructions To the Committee TO report inc
resolutions offered BY him the other day. lie advo'
Gated the propriety Of calling upon Congress 10 nave
the Constitution maintained, ana 10 Pfoecl he p'P
! 10 nf the citizens ofevrry State.
| hessrs. COLES and STROLLER supported Tue ainenu.
mrrt hessrs. BaYlY aud CEorrEE opposed II; ana Oh
division the motion was rejccled-For recomnis'he"s'
ayes 81, noes - ,.u . 10
cngrossn,cnt; thcrcuron Mr.. Chapman demandeu the
nrcvious question: which sustained and Inc cues
i;on nm the enrrnssmcnt was decided in the Affirmative
ayes go: noes ~, as follows: w
yens-Messrs Chopper, Bayly, Carpenter. Wiley
Cabell, Bird, Hannah, Jackson, HasA'ns' Mered'tm'
Syle. Burlington, Tnc., Corbin, Coleman, Cardweil,
Cox. Burwcll Of &. & W. Vaughan, Roane, Sangster'
Pa Pawn Woods, Wood, Johnston, Smith of G., Gaer-
rant Taylor of H., Clark, Thompson Armstrong, ham
lett Gregory Davis, Tayloe of X Ct. Daonsy, tay,
Of H. BANKS, Digs, Bryan, Goode. Boyd, Clayton
Tanzey, Chapman, larrrll, Brown Of y, Taylor Of y
l" Eiheridgr, Yerby, Fitzgerald H'den, MPherson,
ner, May, Porter, Brown of p, Burke, DFy. Heath,
Radcliffe, snder, Leyburn, Smith OF Rockingham
Sbpman, Cowan, Bevins, Conn, Williams, Tate, Rid
lev Cruichied, Warren, Prince, SPOTS, Goodson,
Walker, Fuon-S2 ,,c.
.yaps-Messrs sou!hall, (speakerD Cuhs, NJ Cue
Stuart. Burwell of B. Mitchell, Fryat Broadus, IT.
wing Scott, Marshall Of F., Gather Miishson n;
Erskine, Vance, Odcll, Mullen Rae, SMITH oil l. oil
". Stephenson of Jefferson, Worthlngton, Ramey'