Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-01-13

Pendlelon, fer the Incorporation ola Companyto
consiruc;a ilruad from The Western terminus
OF lie Louisa Railroad 10 The Ohio River
Bv Mr.. EDG.NGTON, Of citizens Of the
couny ol Ohio and The City of Wheeling, re.
mon,lfa;ng against The grant Of the right Of way
10 The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company.
The report Of the Committee of Privileges
and Elections, upon the memorial Of Lemue J.
Bowdcn complaining Of the undue election OF
William Howard, The delegate returned 10 repre-
sent The dslic, composed OF The counties cf York
and James City and the City OF Williamsburg,
in the present House OF Delegates, was taken up
Tie seventeenth, eighteenth, nineteenth, TWEEN.
lieih, twentyfrs, twenty second, twenty third
twcny-fourih and lwcniy-iiih resolutions, .eclat-
ing the votes of Richard N. Hicks, Nathaniel
Hicks, William c. Tyree, Samuel c. Right, Ra-
leigh p. Moore, William Nj. Taylor, George W.
Malone, James Piggoll, Franklin Chandler and
Samuel G.. Ware hgai, were sevcrally agreed 10
by lie House.
The tweniy.sixlh resolution, declaring The
vote OF John B. Banks a legal vote, was also
agreed 10, an unsuccessful motion having been
made by Mr. TAYLOR TO amendh he same SO as
to reverse The decision Of The Committee.
"ln relation 10 the vote Of said Ichn r. Banks,
j, appears By his own deposition, that he was
resident of The City of Williamsburg for more
than Twelve months next preceding The election,
and had been housekeeper in the City of Will
liamsburs from The Cd day Of January 1915, 10
The time OF giving his deposition. lie was also
wcllh, and possessed on The day Of election, and
al the time OF voting, OF visible es!ale OF The va
lue Of SlG6 &c al least:
"Prs0irsd, Hertfaye, az he op,nion nj tiis Com-
miuer, That The vote of said John 3. Banks is
legal"
The report was advocated by Messrs. STOW
ALL, EDMUNDS, BROWN and LEAKE;
and opposed by Messrs. TAYLOR and SOUTH
ALL.
The tweniy-seven'h resolution, declaring lhe
vote of James Wilson 10 be illegal, was also
agreed toby the House
The twenty-eishlh resolution, declaring the
vote Of Charles Waller an Mce0l vote, was
amended, on motion CT Mr.. JONES, b. stirling
out The word ''iHreai," aud inserting in lieu
thereof the worl illegal" reversing The decision
OF the committee, and: as Amended, was agreed 10
BY the House.
"ln relation 10 the vole of said Charles Wal
Ter, il appears BY his own deposition, tia, he
voted on freehold in the City Of Williamsburg,
Of The value Of five hundred collars conveyed 10
him by deed f:om his father, Benjamin Wal
Ter, on The Ist of January, 1911, which decd il
not OF record, bot which he produced 1T The IA
king OF his deposition, and which is witnessed By
three witne>scs-all three 81 them are now alive.
The dePonenl further deposes, that he is in pos
session, as his own property, Of five Slaves in
addition 10 The above freehold; which five slaves,
he values al more than one thousand dollars, for
which slaves, he has no Geel Of gift or bill OF
sale, nor are they charged 10 him on the Com
m;ssioneIs books, being charged 20 his father, and
in the possession ol his father, with whom the
depunenl resides, and his father he supposcs pass
The taxes on them, except when they are hired
ont al which time his father receives the hires
in articles furnished from the store Of The person
hiring ihem--the dcponent being boarded b. his
father without charse-his Claim 10 said negroes
rests parol evidence, being known 10 the ia
mily and The inmates o! the family. AT the time
the negroes were hired out, deponent was under
age, and he never had guardian al any time
The slaves consist O! a negro woman and chill
dren-depcnent was born in Williamsburg, and
always resided there. On the land book of the
city Of Williamsburg Benjamin Waller is
charged with lax on one town lot assessed with
The buildings and Improvements thereon, al
81 300, and there is no land on aid books charged
TO said Charles Waller
"Rcsoircd, therefore, as he npinjon Of his cOm
,aiHce, That the vote Of the said Charles Waller
is illegal"
The motion 10 amend IVES sustained ~ Messrs.
JONES, STOVALl, LEAKE, EDMUNDS,
and TURNBULL, and opposed by Messrs, YER
4, o1o1 Il NINA II anu
The 29ih resolution, declaring The vote OF Jonn
Fletcher 10 be icgal was agreed tc; an unsuc-
cesstul motion having been made By Mr. BALD
WIN 10 reverse the decision Of the Committee.
"in relation to The vote of the SAID John I'le,-
cher, il appears, BY his own deposition tina, ne
voted on n tract OF land In York county contain
ing II 10 acres, charged on The commissioners
book, Of which his father John Fletcher, die!
seized and possessed inteslale and said land de-
dad, + nd lie hr.t nj
tanning also 81, acres, The maiden land OF his
mother Ann Fletcher which number OF acres is
contained in one undivided tract, and was held
and possessed together b. his father in his life
time, he holding said pit acres BY virtue of his
marriage with deponent'> mothe', and said II l-9
acres by purchase from her sister Deponenls
mother and sister inherited said land from their
father, and no division OF said land has ever la
ken place 10 ascertain The rarl thereof that be-
longs 10 deponenls mother, and the Part that be.
longs TO his fathers estate, but said IL l-9 and
81; acres are held together and N common. De
ronent further states, that il was generally con-
.i,lered that his father purchased as much land
from his mothers sister, as his mother held in
her own right, and he thinks there is an error in
the charge on the commissioners hooks or the
deed rs 10 the number of acres, anil thinks thai
his fathers interest not less than 81 acres,
The same number charged TO his mother. Depo-
nent further states, that Tor many years next pre-
ceding the time of giving his deposition, he had
been housckeeper and The head oil family in
York county, and was assessed WIN pars oi The
revenue Of the Commonwealth for The year pre-
reding the last election, but did not pay The same.
The land spoken of above is charged as follows
on the commissioners books: II 9 acres charged
to John Flecher's estate assessed al ;s3 per acic,
bounded by The lands OF Cox Others; and 2ii
acres TO Ann Fletcher, al SO per acre, with The
same boundaries. Deponenls mother Ann tlet-
cher, and his brother, James Fletcher, reside on
said land.
"fssolred, therefore, as he opinion n this Com
miHec, That the vote ofihc said John Fletcher Is
legal
The report was sustained By Messrs. STOW
ALL and BOCOCK; and opposed b. Mcssrs.
BALDWIN and SCOTT.
The lhirtelh and ihiriy-frst resolutions, de-
clarinr The votes Of James Fletcher and Horace
Mnore lobe bsal, were agreed TO By The House.
The thirty .scconi resolution was read az fol-
lows:
Rcsolvc9, Mc-efore, q; hc opinion Of his commit
Ire. That the votes Of lid W.. Wright, Edward
Wright and Benjamin Wrish, arc legal-and
there not being sufficient quantity OF land Ia
enie all four TO vote, that The vote OF The said
James Wright is illegal
On motion oil Mr.. STOVALI., the same was
amended, Nv StTlklus Uut VIC "o.'''i "''1 t''' go
L,iup a srGc,ent QUANTITY Of land 10 entite al
four l., roic, mat he rate Of he said Jumes Hrich
is Illegal" and inserting in lieu thereof the lords
"aadMere icing sufficient quantity Of land I" en-
fitlc alt G1,r 10 rite, Mai Inc roc NJ nc said James
Virgil is legal" and the said resolution as
amended was agreed 10 BY the House.
The amendment was advocated By Messrs
STOVALL and EDMUNDS, and opposed BY
MIR. STROTHER.
The lhiny-lhird resolution being under con-
sideration Oh motion Of MIR. HARVlE the
House adjourned.
Thus far the House has reversed The decision
of The Committee in three instances, giving Le-
muel J. Bowden majority OF three votes.
APPOINTMENTS BY THE PRESIDENT,
Bv and arith tic adriec and consent Of TIC Senate.
Charles A. Bradford, of mississippi, 10 be sur
yeyor general OF The public lands for the district
S6uh Of Tennessee, in The place OF Alexander
Downing, removed.