Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-02-03
IrGis,ATURE OF VIRGINIA.
E,,n.X Ian 20 1916.

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!, A commonwealth was received from the Se.
L rate. informing The House that The Senate ndo
e passed The bill entitled "An act incotPola'l.s
Z he trnslecs of Halls free school in The county
!; of Hanover" with an amendment. ~ .;.L
On motion Of MIR. STOVALL, me Dill win
Tie amendment was LAID upon me ,.De.
The SPEAKER laid before The House a com
mun,calivn .rom The Lieut.. Governor, transmit
c ting comics OF resolutions passed by HE CoHihion
g Council Of Alexandria, in relation 10 The fe.o-
cession Of The town and county oi Alexahuiia ~
il the State OF Virginia; which, on motion OF MI
EDMUNDS. was urGcIed 10 be referred 10 tie
r Select Committee on The same subject created on
0 yesterday. o~r ~ori "a
r me rules Of The House, which was under consi-
| Iteration when the House adjourned on yes.ef-
: day, was taken up and rejected.
The following petitions, &c, were presented
E Bv Mr.. EDMUNDS, of citizens Of the town
!. and county oil Alexandria in relation 10 Inc re-,
procession 10 The State Of Virginia Of me sara
: town and county. r,.. a.
The removal of the election precinct rom Eis'
uii in said county 10 Overby's Cross ROADS.
Also of other citizens OF said county, renion-
s;ra,ino against The removal Of said election.
Ry Ar FUNSTEN, 0! citizens OF the She
nandoab Valley, for a charter 10 make a railroad
lrcm Lille Falls on The Shenandoah River, IN
the county ofJefferson, 10 inlersect The Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad al or near the Old Furnace
in said county, with condition 10 stop al or inter-
sect The Winchester and Polomac l'ailiodu d VI
near Keye's Switch.
By Mir. TURNER, of G.. w. Sappinston,
la,e sheriff OF The county OF Jefferson, asking 10
he refunded certain sums Of money Improperly
Maid by him into The Treasury VI The Common
wealth.
BILLS PRESENTED.
Incorporating The Richmond Sailing and rack
ing Company.
Concerning taking ana planning oysters HUN
The county OF Lancaster.
Establishing separate election at Locust Le-
vel, in Halifax county.
Allowing premiums for certain agricultural
products.
per Mining Company and the Warren Copper
Mining Company, in the county oil warren.
Authorizing the establishment OF a branch
hank AT Marlinsburg, in The county of Berkeley.
Snnple,nentary To an act entitled IAN act in
corpora,iDg The President and Directors OF the
Southwestern Turnpike road, and Tor Other pur'
poses.'
The House agreed 10 the report Of The Com
milee for Courts Of Justice, adverse TO The petit
lion of William p. and Ebenezer Eliason, pray
ing that a law may be passed permitting Martha,
an emancipa.ed slave, 10 remain IN The Common
wealth.
The following resolutions we're presented and
adopted:
on Finance enquire into The expediency OF in
creasing The compensation 10 the Clerks OF The
several County Courts for examining The books
OF the Commissioner Of the Revenue.
By Mr.. ADAMS. That the Committee on
Propositions and Grievances enquire into the
expediency Of so amending the law requiring the
sale OF deiinouen, lands as 10 have the same sold
in lois OF not more than five hundred acres; and
also 10 limi, the enlrv OF vacant or waste lands
bv any one individual 10 five hundred acres.
BIZ Mr.. TOLER. That the Committee on
Roads and Internal Navigation enquire into The
expediency OF passing a law authorizing The
Lynchburg and Salem Turnpike COMPANY 10
relocate certain parts OF their road, 80 that they
de"late from no poin, named in The original act
Of incorporation; and, also, authorizing SAID
company 10 appropriate their dividends and other
means 10 The Improvement OF SAID road 10y Hlc-
Adamizing The same.
A bill Tor taking the sense Of The people for the
call Of Convention for amending the Conslilu-
ten oil the Stale, and for other purposes, being The
order of The day, a motion was made by Mr..
PENDLETON 10 postpone The further ccns,de-
ration Of the subject until Tuesday next. The
gentleman entitled 10 The floor (Mr. LEFT
WiCH) and several other gentlemen from The
| Wes,, who were ihe friends OF Il Convention, were
indi>posed. or otherwise prevented from part!cI-
pating in The debate al this time.
Mr.. EDMUNDS preferred The continuance oil
TIC discussion At present.
MIR. LYONS was opposed 10 The postpone
menl. Since there was a probability oil an cX-
tended discussion, lie would suggest that the gen
lleman from Wylhe yield the floor 10 some other
gentleman. There was no time TO lose, and II
was important that the questions oil The greatest
interes, 10 the Stale should be acted on with
promp,ness. The ohjec, was 10 pass by The or
der OF The DAY for The purposeol taking up an
| cher subject which could not be otherwise reach
ed.
Mir. LEE desired the posiponement in order
that himself and others, who had been Tor some
time ra,t engaged with a different. %sublcc!, might
haze time 10 prepare Tor the discussion OF Inc Con-
ven,;on question. :,
Nh. KiRTLEY hoped that The House would
proceed to day with the discussion. lie ieit a
decp interest in the Convention question, and was
DESTROYS of being present when il was decided.
He wished 10 discharge The duly he owed 10 his
people, but circumstances beyond his control
would prevent him from being presen should The
question be postponed. !.
: The House decided upon the poslponementof
the subject until Tuesday next at II o'clock.
The bill 10 provide for The revision OF the
Criminal Code was taken up.
Mi. BOCOCK said that The who
reported this bill had authorized him 10 propose 10
fiji the several blanks in the bill as follows The
amount 10 be paid 10 Chapman Johnson, Esq
was 81. 800; to his successor 81 COO; and 10 an
assistant Clerk $500. The Committee had
examined the amount OF work accomplished by
Mr.. Johnson, and estimated it as three. fourths Of
the:entire amount assigned 10 him. The sum orr
sinally appropriated for this purpose WAS $1,000.
While they would assign $1,000 10 MIR. John
son. they considered that the labor dcvolved upon
his successor, was greater than would be re-
onired in its completion by Mr.. Johnson himself.
ana, therefore, they proposed $1,000 as a fair
compensation for his successor.
MIR. JOHN III. GUSTS moved to substitute
81, 600, instead Of 81 1900, as The compensation
Of MIR. Johnson.
Pending this motion, the order of The day was
called for.
A bill to incorporate The Potomac and Ohio
Railroad Company was then taken up and read
a second time.
The question being on lis cncrossmcnt,
Mr.. LEE said that the question presented in
this bill mad occupied much OF the public alien
lion, and he regretted that erroneous impressions
had been made upon the minds OF many with re-
gard 10 this subject. The consideration Of this
bill would involve the question whether a new
principle OF legislation was 10 be applied 10 the
people ofthe Northwest; whether the Legislature
would reject the petition Of twelve counties in
solemn convention, asking for permission to cor
strucl Railroad on their own soil, and with their
own resources. Was there any Thing unrcason-
able or unfair in this application 1t has been
said that these petitioners are but the counter
felt presen,ment Of The Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company. The Wheeling memoir
alisls have ascribcd improper motives 10 the
people of these counties. The Clark>burg Con-
vention was not composed otihosc who were viii
ling 10 practise any deception upon the State
They were not disposed 10 "crook The pregnant
hinges OF The kuee, that thrift NAV follow ia~r-
irs.n Their request was not made in The Ian
guasc of supplian,, bur in the spirit of freemen
asking for their rights. In the Wheeling memo
lial, the Clarksburg Convention is characterized
as The substitute for the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
Road Company. Was it wrong tha, This Con-
5 vention should ask for the construction ola Rail