Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-01-27

Ohio RAILROAD IN Inc county VI
near the house of Isaac Baker.
DIVISION OF FArQuiER. 10
The hill establishing new county oul u -
county Of FauQuier was taken up. ,L;,, t,de-
MIR. SCOTT moved TO postpone INC Dii' ''1e'
fnilely. Saturday
Mr.SCOTT said he had proposed on na.aaun 1
last that this bill should be laid uEon Tue '"9'e
On casual observation, the bill had aPi.a.er ca,
him 10 be defective He had since more cd.e.ui-
" examined il. and was confirmed 10 ms opi,''un
Ii Ibis bill was 10 become law ol tne idnu, ne
wished to incorporate in il variety o. dinena
menls prepared with great care II the amcnuia".a
should be adopted, lie would be sun oPPoo,u :,
the passage Of The bill. lie did no. dpP ,;,e II
the division OF The county. 10 save ~; ~
the House he wonld move lie in9eiin''s ma,
ponemen OF the bill He regretted lne a.. t,,,,
in which he appeared, being consllan."r MR.
TO trouble the House with discussion OF d Pule-
ly local matter in which they coula MOI ieei
interes BY statement from the Auditor IL appear
ed lhatrhis county contained the average hulhOei
Of acres in lie several counties OF inc Con'iiu
wealth. The subject had agaed Inc Puo'i ).
mind.in the county Tor several years past ana =
was vel! known, that if the question was suo.
mi,ed 10 The voters, il would be coEdenileu uy d
large majority. BY general law on ms sup,
iect The decision is confined 10 the nnapt"n,' -
that section out of which The new county . ~ W
formed. Upon this question the vote was ieesn',
" taken, and majority OF 69 Vo.es was Ia.
in favor of the scheme. This statement alone
should satisfy The House of the Improperly OF
making the division. His colleague would con-
lend that The majority was greater man W.
There were Two propositions before Inc people
of The county: one for the formation OF a
county out of paris Of Loudoun and Fanquier
and he other. the plan now before the House.
These schemes were antaSonislical a large
nronorion of these who were in favor oil The Tor
mer we've opposed 10 the latter scheme. one ran
OF division makes Upperville and The other makes
Salem the county seat. Those in favor OF eacn
voted Tor it, II we count The votes given against
the change and those against The selection 81 Up.
nervile there would be left only majority OF
60 in favor OF this bill. The House should moi
make The division, unless il appeared that there
was an approach TO unanilnity among the voters
Of The county There was no evidence ol ms,
nor any good reason for either scheme. Neither
The area OF The county nor lis population was
greater than the average proportion. IheIe
were equally gocd reasons for The division Of all
The counties throughout the Piedmont region OF
county. The county of Fauquer was ci an
obons shape, its mean length being 80 and It's
mean breadth Is miles The county seat was
accessible, being in central position and suff-
cenlly near 10 enable those living al the most re-
mote points 10 reach il between the hours l0 and
~ o'clock. The dividing line proposed would
run between Salem and Warenion, at distance
of about six miles from each. The county scat
of the new county was 10 be Salem. Warren
ion would become border town of The old conn-
", and be subjected 10 great Inconvenience from
this position. Instead OF having county seat in
The centre there would be two al the erremities OF
- r;oht rfai in a mr. n
silion resulting in such consequences? It's STA
ted that a grievance exists in The accumulation Of
business upon The docket ollhe courts ofFauquier
He would present 10 The House statement from
the Clerk OF the Court showing, that in 1911 there
were 342 suits upon the dockel-lll office Jude-
ments confirmed, and Al new issues Al'he No
vember term for 1915 there were only $50 suits,
Is Office judgments confirmed, and 30new issues.
A Though in Isl there was an accumulation oil
suits upon the docket, they had since been great
IL reduced, and should an equal number OF cases
he disposed of attic March term, there would BIZ
less Than 200 suits The objection on this score
was uniounded in fact. The reasons for The d.
vision are 10 be sought elsewhere He would not
at present discuss The general principles appiica-
BILE to The division OF counties His motion was
made for The purpose Of saving time. The full
merits Of The question could b presented upon
MS mutlOn LOT iHCeHUlc puSlpOuelItut diiu uo uH-
due advantage was designed.
MIR. HALL regretted The discussion Of this
merely local matter. Duly, however, iinpelled
him to present tie reasons for an application
which had been before the Legislature Tor The
last len wears He would stale these reasons as
briefly as possible. Was it not strange that The
inhabitants Of this section OF the country, who
were remarkable for their Intelligence, should be
annually Of grievances which were
rureIy masinaryq His colleague had said that
there was only majority of SO in favor OF The
division. There were votes given for and
against the selection of Salem and Uppervile as
county seats. II any inference was 10 DC
drawn from these votes, il was that those
who voted for either proposition were IN favor
Of some division Of The county There has been
no memorial against this measure; but memo.
rial was before the committee with numerous and
signatures IN favor OF Inc uisis'on'r
He believed that there were within the proper IL
mis- of The new county not less than TWO TO one
in favor of The division. His colleague had stated
Thai The Grievances complained of were magma
70 and unrounded. The memorial had been
Drawn by the former repi esentative, Mr. John
Marshall which was n sufficient guaranty oil us
correctness. There were persons within the coun-
~ residing 25 or 30 miles from The court
bnuse who, from the character Of The coun-
iry and the condition OF the roads, found
il extremely inconvenient 10 attend the courts.
The delay Of justice was proyerbial. The
clerk should have stalled how large por-
lion OF the suits on the docket were from The
upper portion OF the county, and how long they
had been pending The memorial came from
those who were familiar with The grievances
complained Of; from men Of liberal and enlarged
views. who would NOT be Influenced by mere To-
cal considerations They only desired separa-
non Of the county, and would leave 10 The people
of the old county ;heir county seat and all The
public buildings. II the vote cou'i be taken
throughout the county, large majority would DC
in favor of the line OF division now proposed
He was glad the motion had been made, and only
desired The vote should indicate that the House
was disposed 10 extend even handed justice TO the
people whose claims he advocated. This deci-
sion could not injure any one, while il would
confer the greatest benefit upon a large majority
OF The people Of the county.
MIR. HIETT said he had no interest, either
public or private, in The division of the county CT
Fauquier Having had occasion. however,
10 visi, this county during the past Summer, he
had been appealed to by almost every man he
met, who knew he was representative on this
floor. and requested 10 assis, them in obtaining
the massage of this bill. II he could do nothing
more. al leas, 10 favor them with his vote.
The ayes and noes having been called for by
Mr. HALL of F., the motion was decided in The
negative as follows
Ans-Messrs Goode, (speaker, Souhall Pow
ell, Brown OF A., Massie, Bnrweli, Mitchell, Fox,
Thompson OF Bot, Adkins. Toler, Flood, Dick
iuson Of Caroline, Lac. Darlington, Winfree
Broadus, Hobson, Scot, Wall, Gather, Edmunds,
Lee, McRae, Woollon, Wallace, Robinson,
Gresham, Gordon, Baaley, Banks, Shepard,
Alexander, Michael, KilbY, Cabell. Wats,
VERIFY, Oliver Syme, Tunsall, Lanier, Dey,
Stroller, Lyons, Harper, Sebrel, Holiday,
and Chinn-50.
Noes-Messrs. William n. P. Gusts, John Fl.
Gusts, Layne, Dickinson Of B., Boak, Campbell,
Camden, Miller, Macin, Thompson of Din
widdie Chisman, Moss Hall Of Fanquier, Dcs-
kins, Sliilman, Street, Leake, Parks, Calison,
Walker, Hieit, Thompson Of Hampshire, Brown
of Hanover Flowers, Goodwin, Bowden, Turner,
Towncr, Patrick, Gaines, Duff, Goare, Mcintyre,
Taylor Ellzey, Clayton. Adams, Wade, Jr.,
Hamilton, Edmondson, Happier, Middleton, Da-
Wis, Mcpherson Talum, Hiner, Arbosas,, Cooke,
Fairfax, McDearmon, Daniel, Brawner, Long,
Pr,chard, Gold, Marlz, KirIley, Cowan, Fusate,
Sickey, Freeman, Hall ofTaylor, Laird, West,
Funslen, and Rice-66.
The hill was ,hen ordered To he enorosspd and