Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-01-15

| ""N"t ho e'', WHO hll 20 Nc or Ihu gone down.
, however, he considered the demand for compenss.
ION drait on the honor at the House, which no
was "hwihns to pro'es'. bot he wished .fs,o,x -
further OPERATIONS of the Board at once is on
"r hlnney said he wished to make the ry,hc 6r
Test OF the sentiments ofthe House IN r,p,rd m ,hs
CONDENSATION OF the Bmrd of Agriculture -Tb,
.n.u'o nNu "'ueu societies Tor all other pLrposrs
I've nose lo' She 'mpoven'sn, of Agriculture. tho
great interest o the Statethes. Socat;.a an,
''one virginia refused To fJs,or-II, ihou.h, !, 49,
w". '"sln' should open her eyes TO her condi,;on
W "s "'aoe'-caeh census shows her sinking lo,vrr
ana 'owcr-ond what, he asked. was ,h, o,,,ss "
~ why, for want Of an improved svs,.n, NJ 80 VI
ing operations; our young men, our men of ,,n.I,I
anu 'nuuehce' were constantly going OF in ,e,,cL NJ
W.,;n m"Is N inc west lilo wished to restore to
Virginia her former lofty standing anon, he, 60,
Saes: wherever no had known Ayr;cn,n,,i
vIe'' "" improved mode Of cultivation had in.
.".a"ly improved the soil Itself. But tho ecntlc.
w rom opousyi'anio, had said the Socie,v in
a,pehirle had gon~ hown-Ihc .-p,I.r,,n 80. y. ''
nHen'-'n a late visi, TO that county he had c,,na
inc ASfcu',nral Society there in the full lido or ,.
Ms oNPytlmen':.iia then read statistics Gom
W. r"g ana Farmer shcw HOY ,nn.h
many OF the States had done and wcre Jo;n,, y"
'oS'er TINS mighty interest. lilo said as orr cl,,,,o
was US suitable for the purpose ms ,b,, oc F..
"'u n" zee %ny we should not make at home tho
SINS we needed instead Of importing from Fame
anu nc knew, lie soid an individual in Nh, n.;.h
o'urnood ct this CIV making silk tn the omouns Of
some 5000 or $4,000 wear. lie wished to ,rv
ths B"o'd longor-to give il IN onno,,,,n;,,
making itself bcnciicinl-nnd il /, did M GOOD w
then he would repeal the law "''
Mr. Crnchii Id rose he said. to cor,cc, n, o,,o-
neous impression made on the gentleman from An.
gustn. lie had not said the Soci,tv in 49,
was defunc'; but that i; was wnning H. ''"!'
stated however, that the Old hoard of a ,r,c,,,ro
,n'' cNs'ed IN Charlottesville md AIbemnrc some
~ years SINCE, was no more But h. did no, kno,v
| nc said, That another might have since sn,rn ~
| there. '"'e sprung up
Mr. McKoe protested against the ryder ne IN.
,.;S W." ~, ~ "IeI am homogeneous rs compared
WIN 'he o'l IL the Board were really worthless
49, .usht to ne nhrosr'cd, why then nav ,Lsn, 20
aif u, On the contrary, they had done n, -, W.
| s'EVe "or'hy o. compensation then nv cu, sb,,,
her opeintions1 lie inporcd tbe Uoyse rn, ~
destroy the Society. " ~
! MIR Strohrr nc in rose anil sail .o..,,,,
I rroposion, advanced by the gentleman r,on, a.
mac as un onnd llc though, that gentleman i,;cd
TO establish that the ryicr wa, unJ,,nf ,d nr tL,,
us passage would be ridcu'ous-and ren,,kcl ,hn,
ne hnd not considered the remarks of The r,,n,I.r ~
| petsonal-iihc tad, he SAID he cett,n,y ,yo,,,J ,
nave ueoited the proposition contained in ,bcm ~,
thonshi' however, that the course of the gentleman
ifom accomic, IN pressing federal n, ,tcrs unop hc
cons'dernti' ~ Of tho House some days since. had
been undenlhci, md was indce c,lcu,,cJ ,o nl,ce
the House IN ridIcu Gus attitude. lie thought 10
saiu' mat the passage OF the bill would but raise
hoses destined TO he blishtcd. lie remembered
when seo'oc cal survey OF The State was spoken
OIL large cacul' tons were made up M benefits IN he
c"nnried by II, an the great ntercs, Of agriculture
"e,I TIE geological survey had nov been progress
considerable
! pondrurc OF money. md what practical brr,6, 10
| agriculture had resulted from II He had heard of
none. 'Iwastr true, said, tho survey had discover,
Gu some oyster s'ells on the mountain tops-,his
"'s Interesting c'r'ainiv, but where was the ,,oJ
b oiu3 The gentleman from Rockbsiis, mir H.,
hurn) had referred to his former &c nnrk ks ,non br6
bugs, AMI he'd in'ima Ell thar he had becn iri,rcI
oV me iuhnc with The mul'icnulis humbug. He did
NEEDLE 'Yih Il, not he sii h,causc he was s,rs6eJ
the great experiment..
Mr. Taylor OF l-oudoun, SAID his county was on.
o, we most agricultural IN The Snte-,nd from his
Observations, he WAS satisfied 70 book krowlcieo
was necessary ~ make good firmer Pfa.,ic,l
kno"lc'Se he thought the ono thin nee dful
Nr Nlnch"'oc would s'a'c parallel casr 20 tho.
one contemplated 10y the hill before the House
many Ycn'S since the Board Of Pu5.i. woiki was
e''ehshcd cpmn rsed of 10 members selected from,
dhrreni portions Of the Sn'c; these members wcrc
allowed good pay and sufficient m!eaco;-aiter a
TINE tn Arrangement WIS Cirni , L,n ono ,ho
Board WAS nbo shcj, ard the prcs.n, Bn,,h yyac
formed; -bn, 40; until son- 500 600 bad hen
" sed on the old Bo-rd. He was onpcsad 70 ,b.
asnfu'inral Board. If the hill were pissed, il would
| cause sreat waste OF money, and then die n ma,
tural denh VIC q" VA
Mr. Clendrnin hid no doubt tha, Ibis Board
would he found 10 have already cos, some s5OO:
ana moved the indefinite pos'poncmcn,.
NJ R'veS did not think the proposition in the
"" involved boon 10 Toe granted by tho Hons.
but a ri2h; which ough, not 10 lie j,nisJ AZ,
some uscnSSinn Till Md pissed the 'a,t eo.si,.
,ure, esi1hiishinsa Board Of Agriculture. Iin5ar
tha' er', the proper authorities had appointed GER
tam ini'du1s, selected for their Standing and in.
te Ison'e, members of this B)ntd-No com3cns,-
Ton was named IN the nc,, bat it is conceded bv.
gent cmHn on both SIDES, lnlt under ordnnry prin.
c'pleS nj q"an'un nerui2 the Board are en,Ied to
pay tor their services And will the House insul,
'hS honorable Board hy saving To them ",ye ,ro
willing II pay Won FOR your services, though thrv
nave oe'n utterly worthless; bat must stop vo,
US less operations a; once"l lie begged gentlemen
oh
come oi it or no.
MIR Mclihaney said he was unused To pnLIic
snenking. hut he could longer sit md hear zen.
tenen oi the bar professional gentlemen thcorzine
hnou' farming. lie said he had been raised to tho
pou@h handle. and he could assure these gentlemen
that they could not mike farmers of their sons nv
means of any Board of Agriculture They MIGHT
talk ut the excellent farming in Penrs, lvinia- he
nan neen There 10 see H. and found that the best
iirmors there were the Germans who had been
raised to the plough handle. and who he sunposcd
had never seen tho inside If the lid al any book up.
on farming. His constituents, hc sri1. were CRYING
aloud for economy here. Though $500 would pay
the expense of THIS Board al first he knew il wnuld
require thousands hereafter. After some further
rcmn,l,s from Mir Mel,
The question was taken by yenz anil nays. uron
the engrossmcn' Of tn. tydof and was decided
yeas 50, nays 81, as follows,
YEAS-Mcssrs. Harrison Of e, IIaskins, samue',
e.. Cox cf G, Bro'dus. Vaughan, Spencer, Clark.
Watkins, kin"helnc, Bnwdro. DIhncv. Edmcnds,
Cientennin, Taylor Of Loudoun, Ramey, M'Ilha-
ncv, Marshall, Banks. Scot of NJ. Keen. Wilson,
Erawnor, Strothcr Shnmnn. Smith Of Rockingham,
uulen. Cru'chfeld Warren. and Gocdson- 80
NAYS -Messrs. So i,ha (Spenker,) Bnvly, ALL
worth. Rive', Holloway II,rvc, Davis of A. Kin
nev, Baldwin, Mlsc, wirr6cld. Mitchell. Hunter
Ncwkrk, Jones Of Brooke, Rid lick, Jones &c
Buck ING ham, MCo-r, Toler, Nown. Apperson
Chrdwcli. Irving, Brown Of T. & w, Scmnle,
Scott of +, Foster ML1ughln, Payne, Dcskins
Woods, Etrly, Byrd, French, Robins, Guorrant,
Enklnc, Pugh, Mullen, Armqirong Ncl,ae, Grgss.
Nloler, Kennedy, Smith of X, Davis Of x O.,
Wallace OF G., lloudiv. Martin Of NJ, Smith o,
VI J. Boyd. Norg,u, Harrison Of NJ. Capcrron,
Davis Of NJ md Il, lI'rfell, Lyon, Taylor Of n %,
t'theridge, Watts, VERIFY, Smh of Nouhun. ber-
land, Fltzsornld. Hiden. M'Pherson Cheaihnm,
Iiincr, Wallace ofP, Williams, Grimes Hopkins,
Brown Of Preston, Dcy, Heath Eliot, Daniel,
| WChucy, Dormnu, Leyburn, Cownn, Gitewood,
/ Cnwiord, Tate, Urquhari, Ford, Wnlkor, Bowen,
Martin OF Tyler, Buck Jicks'n and Lsitwich-9l.
| MIR Scott OF f. s-d, Notwithstanding the wcighty
reasons and arguments ofgcntlemen against the bill
he was still in favor ofis p 81 -. lie would not in
dulec IN reply 10 tho inSinuaiions thrown out by
members, that the learned professions arc Antagonist
| To the requirement of agricultural knowlsdgo-but
| would vnto for the bill in order To- allow the Bonm
to pursue their operations until their utility or
worthlossnoSs was fully tested. This hns not been
done yet; for while gentlemen on ono side say great
benefits will result from tho Board. those on tho