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R,car.rp. March il. lsi7

The teo Houles have despatched iarge i
mount o. bushes, tkis week. Amo1g he In
portanf bills, nag name he eel for The exiea'
sion of Inc Ls1iss nsil Read 10 The mounlai1s-
The set 10 suarsstes 800. ooe worth o. ,Ae bod,
Of The Chesapeake and ohio Camel Comrsng~-
he sei % iocsfporaie ~ nichuoad and Dan'
vile Rail Road conpa1y--snd The act ineofps
rating The Msnonsshsla Navigation Cotnp,nJ.
The billtoincorPoratst The Liltlss Falls Nssi
satien Company vas passed b the Senate rish'
out oppsilioa--ths money clause having bser
stricken out " The House.
! The Senate has also passed The bih 70 1u,hor'
i.s 4 lease q ihs Dashboard and Roanoke Raj
Road 10 the Tru,tees Of Portsmouth end tht
City Council q Norfolk Jointly and 10 aalhcr-
Ire the sale Of The same.
On Thursday, the Senate passed The bill t.
empower The Town Of Petersburg 10 construct Z
ship Canal; and the bill to hives, y, 600 Of ,hs
Literary Fund 10 buildings. sc. for the Medical
College Of the VALLEY Of Virginia At winches.
Ter.
An effort vas made By NJ. McMullea 70 de-
lay The hal With view q stsch clause for
the relief Of Enory sad Henry Colleges bu,
this being resis,ed By Nessrs 'Sakaher, Rogers,
s,snard, and Garrett, vas withdravp, and the
bill was passed By the decisive vote Of % 10 I,
after opposiiioa ffon Messfs. Scott aud Woods
ThePassage of,his aei, 81 sofIauerinsIa sots,
evinees muck good feeling towards The Valley
and in the snecsas Of The Canal Guaranty bill
the Beuyville Road appropriation, snd o,he.
bills already noticed, We have slroag ressonste
rsnsnbsr The preseO, Legislature with srs,t
tude.
The House has passed . bill 10 increase the
annuity In the Firgiai4 Institution for The Edu,
cation Of the Deaf and Danb. and The 3lind,
| adding f5,0oo,) By The large vote Of II 10 &c.
!, will pass The Senate.
| A bill ha. also been passed. providing Z aeE
PrOfessorship IN the Virginia Military Institute
| (at $1,000 per annam.)
The bill 10 facilitate the construction of ~
Electric Telegraph Line, on The great Ner,herr
and Southern Route, has been passed by tn,
House, with clause deserving iha right 10 4
mend or repeal the act.
The bill extending the Jurisdiction Of virsipi,
over Alexandra is still rending. a sscon,
committee OF Conferences is sitting, upon ID,
disagreement Of The two Houses on The seetiol
allowing the new County q separate delegate.
An important bill was passed By the Ilous'
i yesterday, after jealous supper. by Mr.. Yerby
4 apprcPiating an additional sum Of $50 600 pc
snnum to the Primary School Fand n thi
should become law, il will lessen very mater
ally, the TAX unser The Di.,rie. Free School sys
ten.
A bill amending The School System FOR JeGsI
son and Frederick-so as to limit ne amount 1
| taxaiion, and submit the question again TO III
people in Juner next, Is on the table, and will b
acted upon 10 a few days, unless The absence {
numerous msmbersshould destroy quorum b,
fore i.is reached. There are ,psn, bills yet b.
fore il. Tbe delay 10 reference to u, vas occs
stoned by the failure Of the Comm illee q
Schools and Colleges to act upon the subject
and il was found necessary to sppoin, a selec
committee, on leave obtained BY Mr.. Hueter.-
II the bill should fail, The Old system can b
continued another year, and in the mean shIl
the suh;>cscan bethoroughly discussed.
The business On hand willrequire al least tw
weeksmore. il properly attended to. F..t
~ RlcHMoND, March Is, le47.
On Thursday, the senat a.rassed bill ncor
porating lhe MouRt Vernon Co,t MaDufactur
ing Company, and bill establishing The count
Of Boone, 3ou, Of parts Of Kananhs, CabslI an
Logan.
Il Thssssafo concurred 10 the resolution iron
the House, extending the time OF oreseniiu
Revolutionary Claims, until 1850.
4 Also, the bill authorizing jailoIs 10 rsceis
slaves taken under atiaebmeui; and bin add
ing new Professorship to the Virginia Militia
y,Ins,i,ple.
The bill aulhorizing The construction Of sey
sral bridges on the Stanton - Psrkersbur
Road was passed BY the House 90 Thursday
ayva As, noes 40. 10 The Senate, ths Oil v,
discussed. and passed.
Several bills Of . local character we're passs
BY both Houses, on Friday.
The Senate concurIed 10 resolution from II
House, 10 pay the amount Of excess in the co
i Of thsir clothing over and above the amount
{ the So months Communication aloued them
4 huC bSuOidt kOkCiuuSb&s
/ An aes wis passed BY the Senate. ircorpor,
tinglhe wheeling Cotton Mills Company.
% Saturday. the Seaa,e. reesded from its
msndment 10 the Alexandra Jurisdiclicn bill
giving Alexandria separate delegate The q
fec; CT this vOte is &c give Fs:rfax and Aiexsl
dria together but one delegate.
The bill 10. iscfesse the annuity 10 The virgini
i FSafsfna. II. 4fka .Aa ~.
Dumb, and The Blind, (addine 81. 900 annually,
was supported by Messrsl Moore, Gsllsher, an,
PaHio,i, and oppossdtby Messrs. McMullen,
1 Voolfolk, and Woods and passed.
The biilffom the House, 10 add $50 900 an
snusIly TO the Primary School Fund, came Up i
the Senate On Saturday, but sss laid o. HE Ia
BILE. Amendments will Be attempted. 10 appol
ton ii according 70 The amount " isxaiior PAL
blythe several eoaoges.
On Saturday, each House despatched NOR
| bills in enehour than for weeks previous, ba
Ihe style ef leg;slaiion Is 100 hurried 10 do an
i thirg in an sccuraie manner.
Il The bill 70 incorporate ihe charIes,own ~,
lsBerryEilIe Road Company, and ihs bill 10 "a
ihoijze 40 extension of The Shepherdsiov q = o,
4 smithGsld Turnpike 10 Winchester, are ysi r.
t-bekind. We. can scarcely hope to gel then
i through, with appropriations o. money, bu
whssevsr zeal and vigilance can accomplish
shall be done. Ii will Be exceedingly dltlieal
20 keep a.auoram Of, both Houses. ihtougheu
the easoing week.
! Think ve s6all adjourn On Saturday the 2o.t
II go