Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1843-01-12

yes " noes 81.
Thursday. Jan. S. '43.
The following bills were read third
time and passed:
l. Incorporating the " Farmers and
Mechanics institution Of the Town Ct
Lynchburg.
2. Prescribing the punishment Of
slaves, free negroes and mulattoes for
poisoning or attempting to poison.
On motion of Mr. Stovall,
Rtsolved, That the Committee OF the
Library. inquire into the expedIencY Of
making some distribution Of The Public
Documents sent to the Executive (toy the
use cftbe Commonwealth by the Secreta-
ry OF State of the United States.
SPECIAL ORDER.
The following resolution came up as
the order OF the day:
| Re&o}0ed, That the Committee on Fin
ance be instructed forthwith 10 consider
of and report to this House. the best
mode OF making speedy provision for the
payment OF the interest on bonds OF the
James River and kanawha Company.
which fell due LIST day Of January with
| the view to preserve inviolate the faith
and credit Of the State
! hlessrs. Parks, Randolph. and Byrd
| supported the resontion-Which Was adj
opted aseas. con.
Mr.. Randolph moved that it be stated
upon the face of the resolution. that It
was adopted unanimously agreed to.
IN IF A,,xi a,,a-flnH
by Mr.. Strother and MIR. Taylor,
ResolUad, That Special Committee Of
five be appointed to investigate the con-
dition and affairs Of the james River and
Kanawha Company, and particularly the
proceedings and conduct Of the present
officers Of said Company. in the manage
ment thereof, and further to inquire whe-
ther any part of the guarantee granted to
said Company by the commonwealth
has net been used by said company
as demanded by its cretiitors, or
whether the said company have enter
ed into any engagements 10 use the
said guarantee; and thai said committee
inquire and report to this House upon
all such other matters and things pertain
ing to the said company and the manage
nent thereof, as they may deem required
by the interests of this Commonwealth.
and that the COMMITTEE report at as ear
ly day as practicable.
The following gentlemen appointed
Select COMMITTEE:
Messrs. Anderson, ToIer. Parks, Ed
munds of H., and CrutchfieId.
a.. e NS,IIu~ IL
use of tie Hall was granted, rext Satur-
day evening, after adjournment, for the
purpose of hoidInga Temperance meet
ing.
The bill to divorce Jacob kearns from
his wife coming up on its passage,
Mr.. Hopkins opposed, and Mr.. Brown
of P, and MIR. Kidwell supported the
bill, which passed.
A petition was presented by Mr.. Byrd
of f., of Levi Crabil. against The prayer
of the petition praying that the old road
may be re-opened through the back street
in Strasbufg and county Of Shenandoah.
Friday, Jan. 6, f643.
Mr.. HUBBARD, from the committee on
agriculture, offered a resolution, that the
usual number ofcopies of the documents
mpanying the report OF the board Of
agriculture be printed for the use Of the
general assembiy-which was carried.
On motion of Mr.. Blue, the resolution
from the committee on banks, against
the eypediency Of repeating part Of the
act authorising the sheriffs Of the state
to receive the notes of the Northwestern
Bank of Virginia and of the Merchants
and Mechanics Bank of Wheeling in
certain+counties.' so as to make it the du
tv Of the ,sheriffs to receive the notes of
all the banks of Virginia, so long as such
banks continue to pay specie-was taken
up.-Mr. B. moved TO reverse the decis-
ion of said committee. The motion to
reverse was sustained by Messrs. Blue.
Leftwich. Gray and Byrd Of F.. on the
ground that the local legislation in favor
of these twenty counties was unjust and
ilnpartial-and that the present system
Of shaving these notes would be put
down by the proposed change in the law:
and opposed by siessrs. Edgington, Ed |
munds of H., VERIFY. Daniel of r., Mar
ttfs ;DIONU III OH 't!lS !
ground that there would be so great an
accumulation of Wheeling money in
Richmond, that great injury must be
done either to the banks of Richmond or
to the banks Of Wheeling, by the diff
Guilty Of redeeming said money-again. |
the sheritfs throughout the state would
buy up this deprecated paper and pay |
it into the treasury. and thus make a |
handsome peculation.-The motion to
reverse the decision of the committee
was lost.
.-SSTg@
II Monster Skeleton.-The Ozark
Standard springfield, Mo- says: 1--WE
have now in our Office jaw tooth If an
animal, dug up near Warsaw. in Benton
county, that weighs fourteen pounds and
half The tusks found at the same
place, and supposed to belong to the same
monster, are about thirteen feet long
According to the best caic,Iatio, +hat