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li,srv sna GA Fellon,in font and he mem-
hers q bd<b Houses. the ofieersof g0remmcnt
nnd cirizrhs following The seyne vas deeply l.
impre-s,fs. and he ma1ifssiationlof respect &C.
neral Il hsssSdaened ne feeling, ofall. \
Thefc seems now 70 te deierEinalion % ad-
iourn On he 25th. This may Be arcompiishcd.
bat many Of M bills Cd he table mus get he
go-by. There + disposition 70 resist he pass
age q any mors'acIs d incorporation Cor Tenn
perance and Odd feli6Ns Societies. The last i
bin consideresed m Tie senate (the Shepherds
town Teinperanee DivisionJ vasonly passed By |
tro votes, and sune friends are now absent
The bin f5f d Neilson Divisien Or he sons
Eof Temperancs la NesiCvpl has MOI ye. reach |
ed The Senate.
There are seyerzlloeal bilIs in which you're
gion i Interested. which have MOI yei come 10
their third reading IN he House. II visilanee
can save th~m, they Sillye, go thr0ush.
RrcHsoxp, March IS, Isss.
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the committee on Internal Improvement, reported
the bill concerning d smiih6eld. Chsfiesiown
ana Harpers-Ferry Turnpike Company, sid
recommendation ih6. Il be rejecieds Tie bin was
laid on the table.
i Mr. Gailaher reported, from a select commit
tee, the bllio authorize separate election At the
house OF Levi Hier, in the county Of Clarke
Laid on The table, 10 ascertain ifthe notice had
been given for two months, as the Law requires
A bill was received from the House, BY special
message through Mi. Dorman, 70 pay he funeral
expenses of The late John D. Hamilton
In the HousE, Mr.. Symc, from the committee
on Banks, reported bin to authorize the Ex-
change Bank to establish branch Of said Bank
at Abingdon.
On motion OF Mr.. Wsll--
II Resolred, That the cognmiitee on Propositions,
&C., be instructed 10 enqhire into the expediency
OF reporting bill TO incorporate madison Lodge
OF |. o. O. F.. in the town Of Winchester.
| A bill making an ANNUAL APPROPRIATION from
the Treasury OF $50 900: to the Primary Schools,
was read a second time i ON motion Of Mr. Oar
facoti, the bill was amended as follows: BE Il
further enacted, that The sum Of $4,000 70 be aP-
propriated to establish Primary Schools be dis
iribu,ed in proportion 10 The amount paid into the
Treasury by each county in the Commonwealth
--ayes SO, noes S.
] On motion Of Mr.. Halvie, the bin was inde6
i nitely postponed.
II An engrossed bill extending the jurisdiction o
justice ofthe peace, waSanpd athird time. Or
J. motion Of Mr.. Watson. jhe bill was amended b.
way Of ryder, and the bill and ryder were passes
n BY the following vote Ayes g. Noes 49,
J. A bill regulating the weight of certain grail
b and seeds, after debate between Messrs. Darra
coli, VERIFY, Harvie, Dorman and Mayo, was in
b. definitely postponed, onSnotion Of Mr., Syme.
h A billregulating the visiting Of the interior
$, the Penigentiary was on motion Of Mr.. Wall, in
n definitely postponed
A bill concerning thu allowances TO certai
e. jailors for the support Of prisoners was, on me
ton Of Mr.. Mayo laid upon the table.
of About twenty bills were ordered tobc engrosse
~ for third reading. There is nov hope I
n reaching. BY the end nl next ~SNih rshflUt.- -
q The Wing Delegates iron the several Pr
. cincts of Jefferson county convened Al the Conr
e house, in Charlestown, on Saturday the nth inst
= to nominate candidates to represent this count
in the next House Of Delegates.
The Convention was Organized By the appoin
a ment Of Capt GEORGE W. sAPPINGTol
y as President, and J. HARRasos Kelly and Jon
II M. JEwErr rs Secretaries.
The names Of the Delegates ffom;the sever;
N Precinctsin the county were called, when the 70
Y lowing appeared:
" From Smitlfeid-Th orhas Lock, John W
Grahtham, Walter Shirley, Frederick Shaul
and George w. Shirley.
y FFom SispAcrdsorn- jacob w. Reynold,
"a John NJ. Jewett, A. Snyder. John Marshall, G.
Chapline, and John H. McEndree.
n From Haypers- FsyTy--Juseph Britain. Isaa
Busey, John II Briscoe, Dt. John d. Starry, il
!, seph +. Abel, and Francis c. Melhorn.
FSom Caavieaoca-Ge George Eichelberger ].
, Abel, n w. Manning. N. s. Whine, DR.. WIN
!, J. Harrison Kelly.
On motion Of Mr. N. s. WHfrE, IL was
!. Resolved, That the DELEGATES from each Pre-
J. cinct have power 10 fill any vacancies that ma,
}. Iexist in their representation.
Mr.. J. NJ JEwErr read a letter from JosepI
/ McMuRRAN, Esq, who declined serving again
as candidate, il Incompatible with the views o
the Wing Party.
A letter was alsoread from JoHx A. THonsox
Esq. who sisni6ed his willingness 10 serve as
Delegate, II desirable
On motion Of Mr. J. E. AsELI Il was
: Ieesoired, That the mode ofselection be bv hal
iot--and majority ofthe whole number OF vote.
I cast required % make nomination.
The President announced thar nomination,
i would now be received
/ And the names Of a number Of the most re
spectacle citizens Of our County were presented
BY the delegates from the several precincts.
!, On motion Of J. H. Kelly, Il was
: Rssaired Thatthe Delegates pledge themselye,
% use all fair, upright and honorable means 4
promote and secure the election q such candi-
! dates as may be selected
!, Pending the adoption Of tbs resolution ne.
marks were made BY Messrs Briscoe. Kelly,
Jevett, sappinsion, and snyderf
On balloting, il appeared that WILLIAM c.
IW0RTHINGTON and JOHN A. THOM-
SON had received majority Of The votes cast
. and mere announced As The Whig nominees q
repseseni this county In The. next House of Dele
gates
4 On motion OF Mr. n s. wHTfE. twas
Rssolrsd. That COMMITTEES, consisting Of one
ffom each Precinct be appointed 70 inform ne
gentlemen nominated Of their selection
The Chair appointed Messrs n. & Wk;te