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THURSDAY m oANIN q,
january rs, - ..6.
! I'irginia Legislaf,.re.
corrs.pondsaes q sAs r.. Press.


Il RIcHnoNp, Jan. 5.
iaihe House, nothing cfimponaaee vas trans
acted. Eleven petitions were pfesea,ed-among
them, one BY Mr.. Wall. from the Winchester and
Potomac Railroad Company. for legislative re.
ltsf-one BY Mr.. Gather. from citizens Of Frede-
rick, 10 behalf of a general system Of Education
and one by Mr. Tosner, from Charity Lodge
tof MasOns) 10 be allowed to hold q oerlain a.
mount Of real and personal estates. !.
Memorials, for and against the afight Of way''
to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company,
were presented.
Anongthe resolutions Of inquiry, was one by
Mr.. Denison, into the expediency Of defining by
Law the dnties, liabilities, and compensalioo, Of
receivers appointed by the various courts.
Several bills we're reported.
Mr. Goodson gave notice lha. q reconsidera.
ton would be moved tomorrow, Of fhe vote re-
jsctins The South Western Road bill
RicHaosD, Jan. 10, 1876.
ThSbusiness Of the week would furnish long
details, but very little matter Of general inter-
est.
The Senate rs.sssem5lsd 10 MoBoay, nd has
before ita fair supply OF business, principally
Of local character Among the bills passed,
is one to incorporate the Clarke Female Semi
nary.
Five oslsix divorce cases are now on the table
On be House reelected JoHS F..
WHEY, ~ u Amelia, as Councillor Of State,
for three years.
The bilLforming the new County of WnET.
Sci, out of Par,of Tyler County, was passed,
after an earnest debate in reference 10 comnis-
siOning new justices Of The peace. y
On Thursday, the Senate spended to the reso.
luton Of the House for the appointment Of =
joint committee 10 investigate The condition OF
The University Of Virginia, and The folio wing
members were appointed on the par. Of that bo-
dy :-Messrs. Wallace, Gallaher, Wilcher, Pr
per- and Taylor.
The House Committee consists of Messrs. AL.
exander, Broadus, Tate, Neal, Pendleton, Bur-
well, and Patrick.
The joint Committee have appointed Thursday
as the day for setting out on their journey.
/ The House is daily crowded with petitions,
and from present appearances The session canrot
end at the usua, time.
The Committee on the subject Of Conven.
ton made Report on Friday, presenting ! bill
to take the sense Of he people, and for organic
ing Convention ON the basis Of the House Of
Delegates, l34 members.
The minority Of the Committee have reported
in favor Of the white basis as The only true re-
piesenlative principle, and when the bill comes
up in the House, substitute will be proposed,
providing that the question shall also be taken
as to The basis-whelher rhiie or nlirea. The
Eastern men will vote against this, almos,
unanimously, and ii is Aherefore probable that
no bill will be passed a,the present session.
The Committee on, Roads haysrsporied a bill
10 incorporate the Potomac and OHIO Rail Road
Company. This bill met with strong opposi-
lion in committee from Mr.. Edgington, and was
sustained BY Mr. Lee Of Hardy. The contest
10 the House, on this subject. will be ysry
sent what will be its fate.
The time Of the House has been princlpaiiy
occupied ddrng the week with the contests e
lection between Lsnusl J. Bowden aud William
Howard, the latter (whe1 the sitting nem per
from The district Of JANIS City, York, and VIII
li.m.burs. From presat appearances, the Lo-
60 viii be voted into thsseai. Some o. 'ns az
cisions are to my mind INDUSTRIOUS, and agalns'
all precedent. -, II,
The frederick case i,s.ill before The Comml'-
lee and Judging from the volume Of testimony
IA ,hs character # some Of the VOTE mere
ma, be decision bythe House about Inc 2sa
r. February, il all dhef business should De as
pensed with. E Y,
we have vet had 40 report on the suoleet Of
Eanca,iop. and | rgir 70 feat there = ou' Iluie
oh.nce for The ,ew scheme al Inc ptesen' ses
, s;on II has "a been made, as the people De
.i1ss !, 10 ). he shi,f alt prominent bushes
! tn. co.u,i,tes Of the House, on The suolee
:. - ;rIuty Into the existence Of Small f0'
!. ~. sily, about which there bad been some
! ,a..a have reported that there are but = -
: .ss Of sarioloid, and therefore no cause q a
lpreheusiOn.