Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-01-06
GENERAL ASSEMBLY, OF VIRGINIA.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.

ny, Seot O., r., nno ticpkins, between Blue
N'dee md Tide wster) Bayly, Holleo,nn and
Cruichheld, (bcow Tide Wu,erl "''N
on motion oi Mr. Smith Of Northumberland.
"tsoped ihat the committee FOR Courts inouire
INTO 'ne xpedtncy OF so amending the law concern.
ing breaking warehouses and store houses A, 10
substitute some other punishment, MS TO slaves conn
mWtng tue offences named in the 7th section of the
act passed 9Th February, 1919 " '"'
On motion Of MIR Samuel,
Rtsoiped, That committee of Schools inourc ;n,o
mo expectancy OF increasing tho number of tho
ltus:ees OF the Roppahannock Academy and chang
ing the mode OF appointment.
- . S'u'enhcid moved u reconsideration Of tho
,esoson offered yesterday by MIR D,ncI di,sc,;ns
w" SUPERINTENDENT Of Puslic Edi6ers n nrow;Ss
Cadet, rro"f IN tho Government House for tho
, "ue.s i'om Lexington. He wished ,ui,nLl, CO.
ers provided-but he wns opposod ~ ; ao,o quar-
Ic house for that purpose. " using inc puo-
Mr Dinie' acquicscing in Mr. Ceutcb6eId,. ma
mo re consideration was granted, and Tho su.
tcrs elsewhere p'''ue suitable quar-
IN motion OF MIR Smith of Northumberland
.Sso'ofd, That the committee of Court, inon;,o
INTO the expectancy of AMENDING IN, ais, f ,:
OF the act, entitled can Act TO reduce n,, see.ioh
INC several acts concerning the county md OH.
courts ana OF the jurisdiction OF Justice, or The
.o, ~nnn mus Common wealth." rs to vest in IN.
county courts the jurisdiction 10 h,,r and 5s,:
all motions agar INST constitutes far f,;ln, q, '''e
wise. s' e@ecuuon or oihor-
If nc OH to incorporate the Society for the r,,or
49, .anuS s and disabled Ministers of The Viz,
s'n,e annual Conference of the Nie,hodi,, P,o,o.,
uo. "rsh their widows -~I --rL-r. w.. ..Ss-
Nlr Hidden and Mr. Morgan spnovod H..
sage OF tho bill--Mr. Mayo Supported II w.,n,
az .ne request OF Mr. Byrd, the bill was laid on m.
S s 70 prepare rydee to obviate all objections to
Clay County,
hn engrosscd bill TO form County out of parts of
WOOD, Harrison and Lewis, TO bo chilled Gu Ia.
ing read. W "eu N'uy' oe-
lr. pv.l
ensross,rs the bill, that tho name might h, s,rcknn
oul' ne was opposed to introduci anv thine nm
pfoseh'ng party character in bills of This so,,
VT Suo,her thought this name was the one of all
o'hets on which gentlemen could compromise Th.ra
was ulstinsushed gentleman Of tho Wbis n,,,v
named Clay, another OF the opposite r.-y mauea
olayIS and %o%eer of the British Parliament
"""iyu Clay. Both parties then, and both countries
could have no objection to the name.
MIR Holiday WIS opposed to giving the names of
hv,ng men either to counties or children
Mr. inskins supported the reconsideration. Ho
Tyler ton" N
MIR Armstrong moved the indefinite pos,p,ne-
nent OF the bill, and supported his motion at s,mo
MIR jackson was surprised at the opposition which
a' s'n''ed at this late day to the bill He stem
uously urged the passage of the hill no dcm,,J.d
Nv inc people. Flo was Indifferent to the nam
have u called Van Buren, ''"' y"
W.T. h'nchelos opposed the bill. because il did no,
he,.uc enough OF the county of Hirrison.
me smith, oi Kann~ho, regretted that She couls
not support the bull. He nd not consen, 10 rev
county the people Of which must vote'in Wood !,
Harrison and Lewis u the county was So Ccrmer
as To take one Of the Delegates of Ha-rso, bs
snou'i oc IN favor Of it. and whenever such coun.
" was pronostd il should be the good for,u,e of
ms constituents To send him here he would or for
it, N s' 'oE
Some farther discussion took place betw,.n Ai,s,,s
'iehS.n' -.'"si'U"g, hlncheloc, and Brown OF p.
all l,r tl,,
on inc motion TO postpone ndcfni ely, with were
ordered and were ayes Al, noes %, rs follows;
:, aIEs-Messrs. HOrvie. Mayse. Cox ofBSL,
Ridd,ck Harrison of b. Jones Of b U,sk;ns IT,
Ter, Ncwlin. Samuel. Cox of Chesterfield. Sco,,sE
Huerrant, ErSkinc, Snenccr, Watkins Kincb. o..
A,,irms'ron,, Bowden, Smith ok. Davis of X so
w woodward, Holiday. Banks, Mar,n OF NJ, Diees'
Boyd Scott of NJ, Lyon, Etheridcc, Yerbv F,,Ses.
raid, Dey. Heath. McCauley, Leyburn. Sbipmsn-
Smith orr CULLEN. Crawford, Urquhart, Walker
Bowen, Buck-44.
:, NAIs-Msssts souhnn, Speaker, Boyly, Rives,
Holloway, DAVIS OLA. Baldwin, wnsfed. Mitchell
iinn'cr Newkirk, Jones of 3. Moore Apperson.
Caldwell. Broadus, Vaughan. Semple, Thomas
tos E M'L,ushn, Payne, De'kins, W Gods, Ear.
", French, Robins, Carroll. Vance. Pugh, Mullen.
M'kac. Grgss, Moer, Kennedy. Edmonds, Glen,
DENIM Taylor of L. Ramey, MIhaney, Smith of M
x }, Morgan, Harrison of Monongaa, Caperton.
Davis of K p, Orrick. Watts. Smith of Northum.
liiner. Wallace Of Petersburg, Keen. Grimes. Hon
k'ns, Brown Of Preston, Brawner, Elliott Stro,her
Daniel, Dormnn. Cowan, Gatewood, Tate, Warren,
Martin OF Tyler, Goodson, Mayo, jr, jackson, Lett
The question then REQUIRED on the motion to re-
MIR Jackson expressed his Indifference
about the motion. He cared nothing about the
nnme-hc wanted the substance.
MIR Tolcr asked for the ayes and noes as tho
question was one OF Importance; which were ORDER
Cd, ana were ayes 20, noes 81, as follows:
>, ArEs-Messrs. Southall, (Spcnker,) T Fl Bayly,
BALDWIN, Cox Of l., Jones cf Brooke, RidJick,
' lar Of D...l.
Samuel, Cox ofC Buck, Vaughan, Deskns Wood
Robins, Gucrrani, Spencer, Kincheloe, Bowden,
Davis of q, woodward. HollNday, Banks,
Martin of NJ, Dsss Boyd, Morgan, Harrison Of
Pherson, Hincr, Wallace of p, Grimes, Hopkins,
Brown ofP, Heath, Brnwncr, Shipmnn, Smith Of
X; Cownn. CULLEN, Gatewood, Crawford, Tate,
Warren Walker, Martin Of +, Goodson-52.
NoEs-Messrs- Itives. Hnryic Kinney, Mayse,
Mitchell, Winsheld, Hunter, Newkirk, Moore,
Iloler, N3wn, ARPerson, Cardwcll, Brondus,
Brown Of L & w, ScmpIe, Thomas. Scott OF
+, Foster, M'Lnushlin, Payne. Woods Early,
French, Carroll, Erskine. Watkins, Vance, Pugh,
Mullen, Armstrong, M'Rne, Griggs, Molcr, Ken.
needy, Smith of X, Wallace Of X G, .Edmonds,
Clendenin; Taylor Of l., RNmey, M'llhaney sm h
Of NJ & J, Scott OF M, Caperton, Davis Of NJ & p,
Orfick. Etherdge, Watts. VERIFY, Edgingtop,
Chatham, Keen, Dey, Elliott, Stroiher, Daniel,
M'Cau'ey, Dormnn, Leyburn, UrquhOrt, Bowen,
Mayo, Jr. and Leiiwch-6i.
So the motion to reconsider lost, and then tho
Oil was passed-nyes 60, noes not counted.
CARROLL COUNTY.
The Bill establishing the County of -. out
of the county Of Grtyson being read
Mr. Carroll moved To fill the blank with Carroll
in honour Of Charles Carroll Of Cauolton.
Mr. Smith Of Kuhnwhn, moved, Barbour The
Democrats would consider it n compliment 10 Judge
Barbour and the Wings to Gov Birtour.
MIR Wingheld moved Hancock in honour OF John
Hancock, tho President Of the Congress, which
adopted the Declaration Of Independence.
MIR Hopkins and MIR Biyly urged the name OF
Carroll.
MIR Smith asked who represented Gtnyson coun-
tyi lie merely asked for iniUrn,allon The
Speaker roplied-Mr Carroll.
Mr. Hopkins protested that il was not designed,
as might be inferred, to compliment; any other than
Charles Carroll of Carrolton.
Mr. Leftwich hoped tho people of Gfnyson would
be allowed to have the name Of their n W choice
Mr. Smith withdrew the name Of Barbour Ho
was not aware that the people Of Grnyson had ex-
pressed any preference for a name
The blank was then filled with CirroH, and tho
bill passed.
The following bills were read third time and
passed:
bill amending the nct entitled "An Act TO re-
ducc into one the severn acts concerning executions
and Tor relief Of insovont debtors"
hill authorizing the sale md conveyance ola
tract OF nd therein mentioned;
bill concerning the jurisdiction Of tho Cir,uit
superior Courts OF Law and Chancery;
bill 10 establish an Inspection of Tobnceo AZ
Parkersburg in tho county Of Wood.
Numerous bills were read first and second tiue,
fuo tbc