Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-01-15
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF vlnoIN1,
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
THURSDAY. January IT 1910

".-' l. al ASSEMBLY OF VIRGINIA.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
: TnuRsDAr, January -, 1912
: "A communication was received f.on the Senate
stating that they had passed the bills. entitled,
e -" "e' 'or preserving the testimony OF wiinesse:
, "An act amending the net cp,i,lcJ O.,
duc4 into oAe the several concerning executions
and for The relief Of ln,o'ven, debtors"
REVOLUTIONS.
, Inc following resolutions were offered, and creed
BY MIR Te'b2-Th,, the Committee for Courts
inqii into the oxpcdI,ncy Of AUTHORS nr the Co
vernon oi IN Cpmmonwe ilth t. &c e To the United
" va Inr''uc'nn over ain lo' OF land,
'l's Island, ~ tn county OF North ,mp,on Tor the
p1rp'se 1T bulldog sht.hopsc, unI dwelling
house, &c. thereon
BY MIR FilzserAli-Thlt Committee Of Schools
inquire INTO thu expectancy of incorporating, the
Trustees ui the Nluoway Academy.
by MIR To!cs-Thlt the Comm ,,ee oC Can't.
t'lu"e mo 'nc eSpiiicncy ri providing more If
o'ul'y TOR the securing Of II fees chirsc1 bic n,
account oi the imprisonment of insoven, deb,cr..
~ nhi .,i'' nj non resicn'S 0' this Com nHnwcauh
by MIR Martin ct T.-Tn.t ;his Hpn,. vii, viii
we consent OF the Senate, proceed on Stririnv IN.
ga 'ns,in, 10 the election OF Il Brisader Gene,,i
ut the 2Si Brigade
The preamble and resolution in rel,ii,, IN Tho
public dcb heretofore lail m tho Table une o,,i,,
taken up, and IN nntion Of Nj Docman, the pre nm .
bic was s'rIcken out. and The resolution amend,d
"Rsso'rcd, unaair,,uSly Tin, the Conn;,,o. 90
FINANCE he instructed 10 bring IN bill sct,ny nn,-t
anu solemny nppropFlh'ius, I'd, qrire and c-rtain
p'lons OF the pubic revenue arising from ttxation
% sns u'schafse OF the Interest on the public debt
ana the surplus to be applied to SINKING Fund for
the mai redemption Of the principal"
| On motion of Mr. Kennedy
Il "a oil conc. rnins the Board of Agriculture" was
taken M, on ITS third read ~, when
Mr. rother offered the following RYDER.
AND he " further enacted. tint the sill mr., &c
n9lshnsa Board Of Agriculture, bc, and tho same
+ IS hereby rcpcaci"-
Which was read, and the question put uron is
ensrOsSmenr. -
Mr. Hopkins called for the ye,s and NAYS
"lf Strojher SAID he had understood when the bill
was passed establishing this Bl,rd or Agriculture
,ha' II was one OF those blessings which we were To
nave grG'ts, involving m manner of cXpcn ,iure
lie was willing to pay the expenses incurred bv
lllS board up TO the present time, bat he did not
wish 10 incur an expense IN the way of cOnpensl .
uon TO them Tor an indefinite time. lie thought n n
he Inflammation they could collect was already n.
RI lore the county in another and better form-nnd no
proceeded a; some length, urging the ensrossmen OF
the ryder.
Mf Kennedy regretted tho decided opposition Of
inc gentleman from Il lnplhlnnock TO tho nossngc
Of this bill. lie honcd 10 have had his nid in sci
Ting u through the House. II the Bllrd of Ayri.
culture were allowed 20 prosecute their hhours he
Ihnnght Sre1, good would result 10 the State The
, gentleman had minated that the Dress was tho
proper channel through which Information on ngri.
cultural matters Should noR TO the ncopic; bu, til
Board might and would become source + ON which
ms channel (the press) could be fed The Iegis
laturc Ind, only last session p1sscl m ,r, ,s,,b
fishing this Board Of Agriculture Since Then ,bcr.
hn1 been but ono meeting of th,t Board mcrclv
lor the purpose OF gaming. lie then stated To
the Rouse thelr plan of operations from which he
thought II evident that gfcU benefit must result
and begged the opponents of this bi ro ool, nj tho
agricultural condition of New York PcnnsvIv,ni,
> ana Marylind-to compare our own State with
0 men, ana mark he lncsliity IN tins piriiculnr-to
note the vast difference between the value of our
lands and the lnnds Of Miry,nd tGourh lv,nr So
, near togoiher:-and he argued th,t the OPERA
! TONS o' TINS Board would improve tho culture ard
SO Incrc1se the vnuc OF our lands. lie appealed to
the Farmers IN tho House to siy whether they yerc
willing 10 lose these grcn, btnef.s by ytbhoidinr
The three or four hundred dollars per annum, asked
= for in the bill.
Mr. Biyly could not Profess any p'r,icnnr favour
Tor tic bill but felt It his duty ~ oppo,e the rvdr
tic thought the incongruty Of the ryder would
make the pns5oec Of thu till ridiculous lie pro
tested against this mole ofopposing bill. eKeept
W ch'cs o. ore extremity md thought the proper
course would have ocen 70 have voted ncoinsf IN e.
! hill on its passage but to endcavnr to smother j,
7 with ryder. he thought oircuoIs and unJipni.
he'd mode Of ati0ck.
MIR Stroller snld the ryder was intended merely
To stop the operations Of the Board though he was
willing 10 pay them fD- what thy md done lie
could see no mode moro pro mt and spccdy by
which to effect these ohecs-nnr could he s q nny
lhog ~ THIS mode either ridiculous undignifcd.
Mr. Bayly did not;meun to impugn the gentle.
mans personal dig'ry. lie siid, n could not ven
r ture 10 make dat question before the House in,
merely, that hn thought this particular motion of the
gentleman undgnihsd. lie then spoke for some
lew minutes IN further opposition {, ihs ryder.
III MIR beyburn said he ngrced with tho gcnlemnn
q from hcc1mic IN the views h. had express, ID. lie
. had expected the genilcm,n from Rlppihlnnock
TO mike opposition T. the bill When that gentle -
- man, on former occasion, denounced MI manner
Ipl f,tIu
he himself had been afrongly marked by it pnd
he suspected that If tho gent omnn'5 premises cuulI
bn lookel over, an interesting patch of Mutcoulis
might even now be found there. II, then suggest
Ell nodes by which the fics collected by the Board
o. Agriculture ciuld 10 scattered ali over tho
=, State.
c Mr. IIollodny snij he though, II tho bill cs,ah.
fishing this Board, ought to have been pngsed at
FIRST, II ought not to 10 repealed now before time
,f has hcen allowed them TO show what good they
r. are dong. Tic challenged pfoofthat an Ayrcultn
10 raj Board he'd ever existed IN any State wi bout
doing good. But gentlemen spoke of economy
he too was for economy; but he denounced the MIG
! 0rdY sri'ii which would refuse four or five hundred
:, doilnfs, even Or the impulse which might have nl
y ready hccn given Ivy this Board to the grcn, opri-
cultural interest of tho State. III, SAIL ngricufuro
and those engaged IN that pursuit owaing slave,
, nnhhor'eE, paid largo mlority of tho nYos for
~ tho support of Government lie hoped Virginia
~ would not fold her arms and siy she would d'
nothing to promote this, her main interest.
Itl Mr. Cru chhold snid he too thought tho Agucul-
= rural interest in Virginia the most important inter
NJ es, and he would support tho hill II ho believed
n any good would bo No by the Board Of hgrcul
nj ,ure. The Legislature he said, had always hereto
NJ foro refused 10 compensate BoHJ, because they
,e could not he induced to believe that the general i'm
. progement they would produce in Agriculture
H. would 10 sufficient 10 compensate for the expense
- NJ the Bonrd. The bill was passed last session
", because nothing was sad about compensation. ~,
If thought 70 Board oil Agriculture was nocded-fif
-, mefs could experiment for themselves, and whsr
~ hey made d'scnvfres they were not IN tho habit .
%, running to Washington for patents no, each eav
y his neighbours tho free benefits Of his experience
cd Ito feieffen 70 inc hs''u"u" 9oceues when h''