Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-01-18
Suburban. .I0nnnrH ID.

The Senate announced that they had passed bill
entitled san act concerning lost records. The bill
establishing the county Of "Wayne out OF part Of the
county Of Cabc was read a third time and passed
On motion Of Mr.. HrsrrR, the Committee on the
Public Armory enlarged by The addition Of three
members. The Chair appointed Messrs. kncheloe,
Watts and Thomas.
RESOLUTIONS
Resolutions were offered by the following gentlemen,
and adopted BY the House By Mr.. TAYLOR of n.
b., that the Committee on Courts of Justice be in
struced to bring in bill 10 cede to the United States
the land on which Fort Nelson stood by Mr.. aIrL-
LEN, that the Committee Agriculture and Manu-
nctures inquire into the cxpedency OF authorizing g.
Lee and others 10 form a company for the iDanufac-
turing of iron in Hardy and Shcnandoah.--By Mr.
MAYO, that the Committee Courts Of Justice in
qulre into the cxpediency Of law TO provide for the
more efecual prevention Of the ASCENDING Of slaves
By steamboats, and railroadS-By Mr. ioPEi>s that the
Committee Courts Of Justice inquire into the e%pe-
diency Of allowing sheriiis proper compensation in
cases in which they have levied executions and parties
themselves settle the Judgment automatically Mr..
TAYLOR Of ~ B., That the Committee on Courts OF
Justice inquire into the expediency Of SO amending the
net authGrising the Confessions of Judgments in the
Clerks Office, passed Sd of March, lei0, to give
more explicit construction Of the first section thereof
BY Mr. HorKIxS, That the Committee on Courts OF
Justice inquire INTO the cxpedcncy of requiring She
riffs to make upon delivery bonds Of notice Tor
Judgment thereon in leu Of aiidavits in open court.
Petitions were presented by the following gentle
men, and appropriately referred-By Mr. RyEs, Of CT
items Of Abemarle, Fluvanna and Buckingham for 4
Bank at Scottsville-By Mr. MaysE, Of citizens Of
Bath, against the creation OF toll-gae on the "Free
Road'-By Mr.. WaRRES, of citizens OF Surry, for Sc
paraie electon-By Mr.. DASIEL, Of the Mechanics
Association Of Richmond for charter ofincorporaon;
also, OF the Richmond Fire Association for permission
to erect Engine house upon the Southeastern
of The Capitol Square-By Mr.. SHFMAs, Of Sally Alof.
felt, for divorce from her husband John.
number of reports were made from Committees
REPEAL or TIE BANKRUPT LAW.
Mr. BAYLY called up his resolution on the subject.
The question pending, was the call for the Previous
Question.
A debate then arose, in which Messrs CApgRTcx,
BAyLY, IIolLApAY, KEEN, McRtE and FOSTER, part-
cipaed; after which the House refused 10 sustain the
Previous Question, by the following vote:
.3ys-Messrs Bayly, Ailworlh, Holloway, Cox Of
B. and L., Jones Of Brooke, Rddick, Harrison Of B.,
Jones of Buckingham iasSins, Samuel, Cox Of g,
Vaughan, Deskins, Wood. Byrd, Guerfant, Carroll
Spencer, Clark, Watkins, Kincheloc, Armstrong, Da-
Wis of X & @, WoodarI, Centenin, Holiday, Mar
shall, Banks Martin Of NJ, Diggs Boyd, Scott Of
W., Morgan, Lyon, Watts, Smith of n, Fitzgerald,
tliden NJ Pherson, lIlner, Wallace of r., Grimes,
Brown of F., Wilson, Heath, Brawner, McCauley,
Shpmnn, Smith Of H., Cowan, Qnillen, Gatewood,
Crawford, Tate, Warren, Walker, Bowen, Martin Of
T., Buck Goodson and Leflwich-Gl
locs-Mcssrs Southall, (Speaker,) Rives, Davis Of
A., Kinney, Baldwin, Mayse, Wlngield, Mitchell
Hunter, Newkrk, Moore, Nowlin, Apperson, Card
WELL Broadus, Irving, Brown of Elizabeth City and
Warwick, Semplr Thomas, Scott Of Fauquer, Foster,
Mclaughlin, Payne, Woods, Early, French, Robins,
Erskine, Vance, Pugh, Thompson, Mullen, Nj Rae,
Grggs Bowden, Nloer, Kennedy, Smith of kanawhn,
Edmonds, Bamey Mc!haney, Smith Of Mason and
Jackson, Harrison of Monongaa, Cuperton, Davis Of
Montgomery and Pulaski, HarrelI, Taylor Of Norfolk
Borough, Ethcridge, VERIFY, Lexington, Cheatha'n
Keen, Williams, Hopkins, Dey, Elliott, Stroiher, Dan
iel, Dorman, Leyburn, Urquhart Cru;chfeld, Ford,
Mayo and Jackson-65
Mr.. DoRMsS then offered the following an addi
ton the resolution; it had been prepared by his friend
from Campbell, (Mr. Toler) who was sick
Resolred, That should Congress fail TO repeal the
Bankrupt Law passed at the Extra Session, and any
attempt shall be made to amend modify its PROVISIONS
il will be, in the opinion Of this General Assembly,
alike vioative of the Constitution, and subversive OF
the rights Of the States 10 embrace the State Banks or
other corporations within its provisions.
A long debate then arose, in which Messrs DoRmAS,
BAYLY, Scorr, lRyISG, BRowS OF p, VERIFY and DA-
SIEL took part.
MIR. DASlEL moved the indefinite postponement, in
the course of his remarks, Of the whole subject.
After he had concluded, MIR. BRows Of 7. obtained
the floor and moved adjournment, which was car
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