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lace Of the memorial. had reporsei in fair Of
impeachment. and when he subject came ulpn
.asnday. the motion Of Mr.. Taliaferro Of FraA
lin, % seeOmmis he report. with insllreiio6A
vas The order Of the day. The instructions vers
% inquire into he frth OF 50 much Of the me-
noFial As charges mailsr Of an impesehabls
character against Judge Scoli. sish power q
send for persons and papers.
Mr. Leitwich wilhdrew his amendment ID
reference 10 joint action Of The Two Houses On
the other portions or the memorial.
The debate was conducted BY Messrs Ander.
son. Taliaferro. Carer Of Loudouns and Daniel
Of Richmond, on one side, and BY Messrs. Leit.
uich and Hopkins on The other.
Mr.. Byrd Of Frederick proposed 10 relieve
the special committee, and assign The suhieel 70
the committee o. courts Of ihstice-bui this mo-
lion was lost.
Mr. Powell Of Fairfax then offered, as sub
sliIule, proposition to take evidence 10 support
Of the charges; bot before question was taken,
tbe Horse adjourned
On Tuesday. The subject was resumed, and Mr.
Byrd defended The action OF the special commit
lee al some length
Mr.. sirother followed in reply, concluding by
adding an amendment 10 Mr. PoweIl's substitute,
that sin the liking or .es,iApny, the Committee
shall permit said John Scott 10 appear before
them, and examine or rebuff any evidence that
may be rfered
Mr.. Brooke of Augusta (not kinsman Of he
meHorialisl supported MIR. Powel's amend
ment, on The ground that twas the duty Of the
House cnly'Io ascertain The credibilily Of Martin
P. Brooke. and place The iudgeupon his trial be.
fore the Senate. NJ
Mr.. Hopkins read substilue which lie Ede.
sired TO OFFER transferring ID. preliminary-exam
nation Of testimony in favor Of the charges.
f.am the committee 10 the House, as a commit
zee o. N. .shoIe, on the 23d Of the present month
~. A"1erson AsSiring TO reply, DE House ad-
! On, Wednesday, the subject was noss
the two Houses proceeding TO efecl BfsssI 80
General, 10 place Of Gen. Philip Ayle,t, resES'
ed. Col. Robert W. Carter and Col. Corbin
Brax,On, who had been formerly sighted, and
resigned, were put in nomination, and handsome
ly suslainedSby heir respective friends-as also
were Col. Philip Brsnham and Two other gentle
men, The contest seemed 10 be between the
three first named-Col Carter receiving AZ
votesslCol Branham 40, Col. Braxlon 80, and
"a scattering.
There being no choice, Col Carter authorized
his friend, Mr.. Lewis, to withdraw his name, as
he had no desire 10 come in competition with
Col. Braxton--and The second vote resulted as
follows: For Brax.On IS, Branham 57-scatler-
ing T.. So Col. Braxton was elected.
This occupied nearly the whole day, with the
exception Of the presentation Of some petitions
and The adoption ofsundry resolutions ofinquify.
On Thursday, ihe case .of Judge Scott was re-
sumed--and afiera speech from Mr. Anderson
and reply byMf, Hopkins, an amendment OF
the first named gentleman was adopted, the sub
stance Of which was thai he committee examine
evidence on lhsiees in reference to The i'm
peachable charges only, and report the same 10
49, 1al,sa- Leaving for future action all other
A Rsli9 Bill was reported BY Mr.. RusF on
Wednesday. II Is entitled "a bill to prevent 81.
critics. Of properly under forced sales.n Itpro.
vides for appraisers in each county, and If bids
for properly offered for sale by the sherifs &c
shall not amount TO two.thirds Of the value. then
no sale to take place, bu. the debtor to give
bond, staying the execution for twelve months.
II no bond be given, the property 10 be sold on
a credit Of twelve months, and the bonds taker
therefor 10 have the force Of an execution, with
out any suit thereon, or allowance of Offsets.
The act 10 be In force until the LIST Of March,
ls45. FL
MIR. Miller Of Loudoun, from Especial COM
mitee on the subject, reported a bill on Tuesday.
extending the jurisdiction Of justices peace
70 sums not exceeding fifty dollafs--providne
thatall appeals on sums over $40 shall he placed
on the trial docket Of The County Courts as Of
flee Judgments, 10 be set aside for cause, aud tried
BY jury. II also provides for stay Of execu.
ton, six months on sumSnoi exceeding $50, and
nine months on sums moi exceeding $50. Also,
tha. forthcoming bonds taken by constables,
shall have four months 10 run.
4 Is dltticult 10 form an opinion as to the fate
Of either Of these bills. They both have jealous
advocates, ard equally strong opponents.
Gov. Mcdowell, on Tuesday, transmitted a
message, IenclOsing the proceedings Of the Lewis.
burg Convention, praying the passage ola law
70 take the sense ef The people the propriety Of
cailing Convention 70 amend the State Consti-
tulioh. The message and memorable on IL 49,
jsct, were, on motion Of Mr.. Smith OF Harrison.
referred 70 select committee.
Every day. it will be seen, caryes ont new
work, and fear the session will be extended u
The usual length d.
Richmond, Jan. IL, Isl3.
The House voted down on Friday, Mr.. Me-
Rae's proposition TO consider he Iran 10 he
STATE BY the Banks iS5Ol0oO) as Yscis, and au.
ihOrize those institutions 10 bank upon il As il it
were specie in lthe vaults, .hereby extending
their loans and discounts about one million Or
dollars. The proposition was indefinitely POSITION.
ed, principally on Inc ground that merely eaIlnp
pepper specie would not make it such, and because
ne Banks could not even nosc avail Them
selves Of the privilege already extended 10 HEM
The bulk Of lhe day, however, was spent il !
detaie on The proPasiiisn 10 make the wheeling |
Bank notes Ieesivahlsin public dues in all The /
counties Westoflhs Blue Ridge instead or twen-
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