Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-03-08
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF y,po,x
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.

HOUSE OF DELEGATES
TN, SATURDAY, March 6, ISL
ne Senate announced that th.y LaI 80, =,
~. entitled an act changing the existing I,,vs -
i've 10 Lunatic Asyiums," with amepdmsn,s 'e'''
upon the table. ~ 'N'u o'iI was laid
mond, Lancaster & Rich
htsopt0, That the Committee on Public R,;td.
Ess oo instructed TO report a bill autbor;,;ns ,ts
such ar,;c,a " 1Penu sum not exceeding 5000 for
house. !" the Governor's
Nir WILLIAMS, from the Committee on Finance
presented bill amending the act conrern; nc,
80 u" licenses ana certain other subjects which
was taken up on his motion, read the e., - "
oond time, and motion of Mr. Srrrs anu Sc
Ay.e'i ordered TO be laid upon the table
ne resolution for the election of n Con,.;i,. r.
So, WIN me amendment thereto proposed bv the
uo''s' Inien was under consideration when The
'c T ADJOURNED on yesterday, was takenun
Inc resolution fixed the day of election on ,,..
uayi 'he amendment of the Senate pronos.3 -
ehanse the day until the 9Th inst rFsN "
oh motion OF Mr. ToLER, the same was amended
out Tue words "the 9th Instant" and in
se'uhg IN lieu thereof the words "the 10Th ins,sn,
aho as amended, was agreed To-
nate. 1'''e"' up 10 the Sc
Inc oilI entitled "an act changing the exi,,ioo
Jaws relative TO Lunalie Asyums y with ,ho e
Mates amendments, was taken mn and nv ne sc
""e iumehts being read, were severaIy agreed 70
Il an n engroSsed bill changing the time of hoId;ns
~. SucuIt 81 Peror Court of Augusta was read
-. N'''e 'ne'euPon, clause, by way of a RYDER
hereto, was submitted by MIR HIpEs' which Sss
twice read, and forthwith engrossed and read ,hi'
t',le, and the bill and ryder were passed.
ne iohow'ng engrossed bills were also read n
thiTd time and passed, VIZ: N
81 ~ oli authorizing the payment ola certain sum
money out OF the income of the fund for InreTnni
improvement; 'e'"''
A bull concerning fesries: and
o'., 10 amend the act entitled "an act incorno-
'"u's ue western Insurance Company~
On motion OF Mr TAYLoE Of King Geo,se l..,,.
oil absence from the service of this Hon,e 'ea,e
aihuer OF the session, was granted 10 Mr. Sn,tb nj
NoI'humoerIand, from and after Tuesday next
motion was made by Mr. SMITH of G;iouc.s,.,
10 adopt the following resolution:
Rssolptd, That the Committee for Can't. or To-.
ice inquire into the expediency of amend;ng ,hs ~.
~ rSlatIon 10 the pay OF members of the Gens,,i
assembly, SO ss to provide that thew shall mo, 70.
ceWe oaiy pay when at any time they shall ebsent
themselves iiom the seat of Government our;,, IL.
sessions OF their respective Houses WIG
On motion of MIR TAILoE of Kino G,ora. a.
same was amended by adding thereto "and also N
inquire INTO the expectancy Of providing by law Ihat
ue pay OF the members OF the General Assembly
shall be reduced one half after the sixtIeth day c ~
session." '"J VI u'e
motion was then made by MIR GREooRY to
amend the same by adding at The end of the l.s,
amendment, the following: '"''
AND every member who shall fail to answer 70
MS name upon the call Of the ayes and noes. shall
be considered absent, and shall receive No -, -.
tnaI DAY, unless such member was detained from
his seat 10y Sickness "o""
motion was then made by Mr. McPHERsoS
t'Iat !Ie sa'd resolution and proposed amendment
be laid upon the table; and the question bsi, 49,,
thoreupon was determined in the negative A.
50, noes ~. ayes
Mr. GREGoRT's amendment was negatived. and
noes 5. J'' W.
On motion Of Mr. WILEY, leave wa, e,,r,,d ..
WIN. Wood TO withdraw the orIgin,I dceJs 6IsJ
raj Assembly. '"s N'"e-
On motion of Mr.. sAsosrER, leave of 0b.eo,.
In '"e service OF tho House, for the remainder of
Tue session, was granted TO Mr. Dcskins from and
ai'er Tuesday next. ""'
-, ViTginia and .Nie,o York.
ne ueoate upon the bill to prevent the abduction
OF saves from Virginia, in New York vessels was.
on motion OF MIR. BAYLI taken IN. NV. sboTt !,
possible. give, hereafter synopsis Of tbs snnooI'.
ana arguments IN reply TO Mr.. ScorT. oI,hopsb ,bs |
rouse meeting ut 10 and sitting until g. We ennnn,
pledge ourselfto do so N'''''''
Mr.. BArLI commended tina, the bill was, in overv
PeIucuiar' constitutional, necessary and husband
alter rdeullng the idea of sending MAJ 20 NJ.
ofk 10 beg for that justice which was their ricb,
SAY down. by hoping that the House would pass The
Il. a.
General Bayly-contendng, that If their prone,,v
skTlng tue navlgabo rivers and on the ca -,
ho' protected 10y this some other like biIl ,hs
people would rise and protect Themselves Aleu-. |
ons' hot nVoiyns dollars and cents, were abstrac.
IONS with the New York people and If ,bsv ,y,n,.
ed TO find their principles, they must ioucb H..
pockets where, alone, they could be found This
Dlll'would touch their pockets and WAS the onI, /
thlng calculated to bring them back TO a sense NJ
the bill. '''u pass
Mr. GREGoaT defended the constitutionnli,v 9th.
DIN lie thought the South had done more IN ne.
ss the Northern fanatics, by prohibiting discns.on
on the slavery question, than they had ever been
able 70 do Tor themselves.
Mr. ScoTT, after a few remarks. moved 10 -..a..
MT the blIl TO the Committee which btoupbt !, io
lh oruor That the measure might be perfected Inv in
cooperating IN II the various amendments aoSting
about the House. "'''"H
mes'rs. BAILT, CHsrAAH, CRoPrER. Yrsu, ard
GREGORY commended, that TO rscomrni, ,be L;ri ~,
THIS ate period Of the session would defeat the men.
sure. '"' ''o"-
Messrs. CoLEs, Scorr and McR.g advocated il,
recommitment-the latter gentleman eontendine.
thnt instead OF fetardi0g the bill Il would hasten
forward, and might enable them to present il TO Nc
House m such shape, that would comm, nd an al
most unanimous vote
The vote upon tho question to reeommi,. wa,
'hen decided IN the negative. Ayes 30, noes 70.
ATEs-Messrs. Southall, (Spsaketl C,oles r..
bell, mcCue, Stuart, Vandortn, Frysu. J,fkson
Kyle, Cardwell, Irving, Scott, Marshall Of r Ne,
Laughln, Payne, Woods, Gather, wilkinson Frs
klne, Vance, Odel, MeRio, Hamlet, Stephenson
OF Jefferson Worlhington, Tayloe Of X. g., Tsy.
loo Of l.. r., Beard, Ramey, Harrison, HsrreIl
Brown Of NJ, Cheetham, Tuns,all, Keen, Burke
Elliott, Suolhsr, Leybum, Stephenson Of Wood
40.
NoEs-Messrs. Chopper, Bayly, Carpsntor. Wi
ley, Byrd, Burwell Of g., Mitchell, Hannah Has.
kins, Meredith, Burlington, Toler, Corbin. Cole.
man, Cox, ButWoll Of c.. W., Vaughan, Roane.
sangs,er, De'knS, Johnston, Smith Of c., Guer.
rant, Taylor Of III Clarke, Armstrong. Gregory.
DAVIS, Hsben, Ballard, Holiday, Marshall Of 1.
Banks, Caldwell, Dogs, Bryan, Boyd, Clayton,
Tanzey, Chapman, Wade, Taylor Of N q Long
horne, Etnenoge, VERIFY, smith Of N, FHzgerold,
ttiden, McPhetson, Hioer, Porter, Brown of p.
Dey, Heath, RSte'ife, Robertson, Snider, Ship.
man; Cowsn, Beyins, Conn. Williams, Tat, Rid.
icy, Cru'ehheld, Fnzhugh, Warren, Prince, spous.
STEPHENSON Of r., Goodson, Walker, Fulion-7s
% mo ion Of Me- YERBT, the bill was laid upon
the table, and made the order Of the day Tor Mon