Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-01-05

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from Elowardsyille in the county oil Albemarie
10 liz bridge across Rockfsh rycr in the count,
0! NeIsun;" and
a bill 10 amend The act passed Ii March, ls46
incorporating the Handy and Winchester Turn
pike Company.
Mr.. FLOYD, from The same committee made
report adverse 10 The petition Of jacob Price, 10
the extension oil his charter Tor turnpike road
&c which was read AMI agreed 10.
BILLS PASSED.
The following en.russed bills were read hir,
time and passed:
\ Till releasing 10 Elizabeth Ericsson he Com
monweali- Iishl Ia tract Of land formerly
owned by Mathew Elcson oil the county OF Mer
Ger.
Il bill aulhorisins q separate election al The
store-house Of Elkanah +. Turner, in The county
Of Henry.
A bill changing The d'"iding lres between he
comics Of Lewis and Glliner.
A bin 10 amend llr llih section Of The acl
passed 23i March 1913, providing lor the open
ing and repairing OF loads, ant: Ior building and
| repairing bridges III Brooke county.
The engrossed BID emitted "a bill providing
icr The construction Of Turnpike road ircm The
Northwestern Toad 10 New nlariinsvilIe. in lie
county II We're" was read aihird time On mo.
ton 81 Mr.. DANIEL, Ike friends Of The bill as.
senling il WAS laid on lie table, 10 await more
| full House.
Bills were read second time and several or
| dcied 10 be en2Iusscd.
| On motion OF Mr. RAYMOND, the re.olu.
| lion Of The Committee IN Claims against the PC
tiliun II William 5. Giiith, for The remission OF
fire, was inken W. When last up Mir. Ii. had
moved 10 reverse the decision 81 The committee,
so as To declare The petition reasonable. This
motion pending now, was sirennuusy sustained
by Mr. HAIMGND, seconded by Me>srs
HORNER and SHEFFEY, and opposed bv
Messrs. HOLLADAY DUNCAN, DORMAN
and BOcOCk. l'IE, Gaze as sci frrih in ;he
petition was, that The petitioner when 10y fifteen
OF sixteen years Of age, was employed hy man
IN hi store, grocery ~ whatever il WAS, and that
BY order OF his employer he carried 10 The road a
tin cup nf liquor TO some persons on horseback,
which they paic for. He was tried, and found
guilty under the law against ielalng ardsr,
spirs without = license The judsmsn. was
MT executed Until lie last year, luur years after
il was rendered. II was commended for he pci-
'iuner, That lie was ot tender years, unable 10
read, a:id isnofan: CT the laws aad Tia. he sold
The liquor by order al his mpi"re.; l. vas iGr-
liief stated that tic Judgment hat been Withheld
until lie had mar led 4 woman WuIth some funr
hundred doas, and il was Row brought forward,
when interest AID cost Woa;dtake neaIi a fourth II
What he had, On ,he othersi!e il was urged that
The Legislature ought not 10 allow Itself 10 become
4 court Of appeals ioT the adjudication Of such
cases-lhal il, on he grounds alleged, man
must be rxuneraled nom fine, all ihat was neces-
sally 10 avoid line was iDr man 10 employ IN
ignorant yonh 10 sell liquor for him. The law
ought III be enforced in these cases; and il The Lee
eislaluie sat The example Of repeating The de-
cision OF The courts in them, there would be no
end 10 The petitions Of this character. The mo-
ton 10 amend was agreed o-ayes Is, noes 10.
The resolution as amended was agreed ;o-4i -
Sand bill was ordered 10 be brought in r.
hitting the fine.
The bill entitled "a bill authorizing certain
books 10 be furnished 10 The several colleges in
the Slate" on il second reading, was. on motion
OF Mr. RAYMOND, laid Oh the iablc-Mr.
MOSBY asserting 10 that course with The view
OF making enquiry touching suggestion ol Mr..
STOVALL, as To whether The law reports icther
States, alluded 10 il. The till, were 10 be purchased
Tor The colleges. Mr.. NJ Josh y though; there were
enough Virginia reports 10 make all The *
changes necessary. but vas willing 10 defer The
action Oh the bill 10 MAKE Tie enquiry.
The bill providing IL, IN" c"".'-"''''n 81 N"
second tune. .,
Mr.. STOVALL moved 10 strike ont The 81
section. which appfop!iales 5000 dollars out ~
The Treasury TO the read lie argued aSa'hs,
this appropriation, "a violating III" Two h'ns aHa
lhree-tiihs principle, which reqoHca 'ia' inal'i-
dual, should pay lheir proportion IS nc Com,
monweah did, and con!ented 'hai loo i'le" nv
been. in This improper way, appropriated 10 roa">
in The West. He thought that The people There
m.qh, make their roads with their own IN lney
MIR. aORNER replied with much "a inestness
10 MIR. Sloyall-areuing that the bill would ce Of
no value 10 them without the Sd seclion-lhat
the people of Tyler County had raised and eS-
pended s. ,0G0 on Ibis road, beside supscIiplio
in The shape ol woia 10 the amount ol several
hundred DAYS work They had made an excel.
lent road for nine miles OF Inc distance, anu nau
been enabled 10 clear The way through The whole
length. He said that this road, only so miles
long. would bring The people and Trade II was IN
tended 10 accommodate 10 point lhey could mol
now reach except BY ira. Cling distance OF
ab,n, 100 miles. Those, he said, who enjoyed
every facility Of communication, were APP 10 In
apine lha, others were not in want Of hem, ana
he could attribute the opposition 10 mas OIL 10 NJ
other cause. lie hoped The Legislature had met
This wear 10 improve The STATE, without tesPec' ~
sectional considerations, and hoped The splrii OF
It's action might be shown in Inc passage oi the
bill
any Attack upon The bill al this time when Inc
House wa, hin and a. the bill could he opposed
on il massage. The amentinen proposed was
an arlcmnt 10 defeat the bill, and that attempt
mieh as well be made upon lie qhc iion ol ''s
MI STOvALL in,i,na,e'' fis willingness thai
Inc bin .hunld be laid ua he'ahIe, ahi, Nilld'aW
inc hi motion 10 amcrd, moved - lay !! "'i 'Ee
table.
Mr.. aORNER demonstrated aaainsi laying on
The table; Int Mr.. STEP liENsON, upon 'te
promise Il Mr.. S'rOvAI.L. that he wonid cal y
M advised TAT The Tie o 81 me h'ii Yieu y NJ
a. t.ht
On motion Of Mr. HORNhR, Resolved, ina
rho committee on Tie Library enquire into The
expediency oi passing law fe'.ncnS NE piice
Of all az The Virginia reports 10 four dollars pr
volume. ~.
On motion II Mir. WHITE Resolved, That
the committee on Propositions and d'icvancr>
enquire into The proptisiy oi p1"vlias ~ Ia"
for establishing and running lint between
The counties If Mercer and Giles omitted IN M
act esla hishins lhe county ot Mercer
Lea;e was srantet 10 Mr.. RICHMOND y
Withdraw the petition Of David :. Jones P'e seh'-
ed To ,h. last Legislature
On mction Of Mr.. VILLA Ms-hesorr' :
| Tina, he Committee for Courts Of Justice inanie
| INFO The expedercy OF changing he name 81
James Albert Burnley Il The county oil Charlotte
10 that Of Charles Fox Burnley.
PETITIONS.
PETITIONS were piesri-ea "Hi ~
/ PIRATE committees:
By Mr.. OLDHAM: OF the Board of Trade
of The civ Of Wheeling, demonstrating against
the massage If any law anIhorizns'ihe consrnc-
lion OF railroad from Tue Potomac TO any pom
an m, Ohm River Sou;h OF Wheeling, either ny
an extension Of he Baltimore and oaio Railroad
or Otherwise. [Odcrci 70 re printed ~ Nj.
HOLLADAY or Samuel Phillips, loT COM
pensalion Tor money advanced and service Ter'
dered under an order OF The Governor directing an
examination OF vessrlsIo prevent lhe introduction
II smallpox into The town oi tieae 'chs'"i =
4 ~ Nr nJTNCAN: on citizens vi Lewis, far-
rson. Barbour and Randolph, Tor the formation
4 ola new county out OF paris Of said counties
By MIR. BROWN oil NJ: Of citizens OF Monon,
co,nn.nv f,r The imorovement OF the navigation
OF The Monopgala river above The pennsyiva,
MIA line. Also, OF citizens OF same counties agains
any change Of the law authorizing Tue Bam MOI;
D,, u Il