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VIRGINIA LECrsLAruRE.

N ~ House on Tuesday. various bills, petitions
and n.faAorlals were presented.
By mi Scotia bill makingsita felony to carry
aEay u from the person having charge q such
child
A hiN iar the extension Of the Virginia Central
RailrsAr Rgm CoEington, in Allegheny county, @
me uhto River. came up the order o the day.
The hl FnSrcases The capital stock Of the company
% SlagNp0 and authnrises subscription Of three
hflhs ffAts amount by The State, Pari passH with
indirsaeei subscriptions
1 Biis RED 10 the House, and the question being
SHAH he bill pass r. Mr.. Ferguson moved an
amenfmens By way Of a ryder, which was ordered
p bes eassessed- decreases The capital stock to
$3.50 boe il
Mr. Wiicher felt disposed 10 vote for the bif but
couldnpe concur with the ryder, which proposed TO
build read Oh Stale account He did MOI think
whenthfTa were 50 many roads being built on joint
stock pfiaciple that this should be made an excep-
ton. az moved a reconsideration of The vote en-
grossingthe ryder.
Mi ferguson opposed and advocated the ryder
The eqaptry though which the road would pass
was I hsfren one, and the people were not able to
subseribk the amount; nevertheless he regarded
the iarssimeIt as good one BY the State.
l1ts Aflk Sdlu Stnt pdssc0 WIknSul
the rsdsk that ii would be mere dead letter on the
statale ssok This road could not be built except
on Sh.sRecount
Mt ferguson took the floor and spoke al length
in suprgss OF the bill and ryder
BeleFas concluding his remarks he gave way 10 a
molten lsr Adjournment,
Mi. M ueher stated TO the House that the toll
bridge aE Danville had been carried away by a
fresaet. and on his motion The bill allowing the
DahsilifI Toll Bridge to establish ferry and re-
ceive ferfyage for the present. was taken up and
passed.
lathe House, on Wednesday a message was re
ceiyed rn the Senate stating The passage 81 bill
for TIE relief of Hannah d. Taylor and the pre-
amhie and resolutions requesting the Congress II
the United States to make further appropriation
OF scriFfor satisfying land bounty warrants and
for eedi1g to The United States the refused lands in
the military district between the Scioto and Miami
rivers IN the State OF Ohio.
Mr. Eiaig reported Bills Incorporating The Yves
tern PiAak Road Company, and the Alexandria
and fredericksburg Railroad Company.
The Nsl for the extension Of The Virginia Central
Railroot TO the Ohio River, coming up asathe I'M
finished business Of yesterday,
tinued his remarks Mr. f. spoke until near 3
O'Clock, when, on motion OF MIR. Wellnlan, the
House adjourned.
Ii tho House, on Friday, the consideration Of the
bill fos sthe extension Of the Central Railroad was
resumed, and Mr. Imboden spoke at length in lis
support
Mt Railing, of c., made speech and advocated
tAejunction at New River, with the Virginia and
Tennessee Railroad.
= On motion Of Mr.. VERIFY, the bill was laid 90 the
table until to- morrow at II O'clock.
ThelHouse on Saturday continued the discussion
of the bill for the extension 10 the Ohio River from
Coviugton, Of the Virginia Central Railroad
MraDorman obtained the floor, and after express
sing de hope that, whilst the members from Angus
ia and louisa were stoning each other they would
not stone The. bill to death
On ntotion Of Mr.. Strpther, the House adjourned.
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ZION Srtr' FREE Pass, AND sriRIr JEFFERSON
SOUND. REFLECTIONS ON LIFE AS
sURANCE.
Froba in excellent and Interesting story, entitled
The Towards we extract the following admirable
rema Life Assurance. The truth sttii Is thas bg
and inetssEing acertain sum yearly. The main diff
ferencf between assuring and other modes of in
vestink5 ~ that in the former case you merely pay
the. sun into the Assurance Institution and have
no fuTtker care or trouble about it, (provided they
do legitimate business instead Of as in the latter
case, Aeiug obliged every year to hunt up some
mode NJ investment at once profitable and safe-a
thing aaot easy iefind always
Life Assura9ce is not, as somtimes supposed a
maitet pf chance or guess, reckon either but
sctsno6 is truly as geometry or algebra andhe pre-
minnasscharged are determined by strict mathe-
ma.icsE calculation. For instance, al the age Of
80, PRISON is charged about 1910 for a $i5 900
poIicYAand why Because al 80, the probaJiiify Of
lfe's ~ alton Tor life expectation" technically
spcakiagiis 81 years. Now, 1870 being each year
pul agspmpouRd interest will in "a years produce
$l50HM the amount Of the policy, besides paving
the ASSURED part of the company business. What
is thlsEth as said, bun setting aside 1910 per
year, asd merely paying the Assurance Office fair
compebSaNon Tor investing it securely and profita-
big, Instead Of taking the care and trouble ofinves-
Besides, you receive your due share of what pro
fits tasffompany may make, which you may either
take gsarv in cash, or may, have added TO the
anoat Of your policy, else have il applied 10 re-
duceHbe SUN of your annual premiums.
II tfsRy be asked, how do you determine the
probability of persons life continuing thirty
years fyond histheH period oil Thirty yearsl Some
may say an epidemic. or any one Of the million
forms VI accidents may cut short persons life
whiltyn perfect health in few hours or 10 single
moment How then, determine probability con-
cefnIHg what IS proyerbially UNCERTAIN z"
SiiS,ly, by experience Git mag be Eeplis d1-care.
fully Hoted long-continued experience TINS tells
US, ihs shoughsas may be said the life duration Of
an Individual is the most uncertain of things vet
that os4he masses is governed by laws as regular
and as liable 70 exceptions as those presiding over
the RsNlelary revolutions or those TO which We in
trasfa lure happiness and life every hour OF the
twenty four.
TaEe one or Two thousand healthy persons Of 80
yearsspd, from half dozen dozen will die every
yeafsN This has been ascertained from tables OF
mor3ity long and carefully kept in different coun-
tries. and various parts Of the same country Now
take Se number Of years elapsing before the death
OF th&Flast survivor, and divide them among the
one lSltwe rhousand,-or lltle<fnore plainly per-
haps sfqnoIize the entire number of years lived BY
thestferspns among those living then and the ex-
aesiasr will find average Of "a years foreach in
diYias5al. This average affords the Assurance Com
pSny basis wherein 10 rest their calculations for
deteHaining The premiums to- be paid by each
This5is made such, that, supposing the whole two
thou@snd 10 live 81 years each, their annual pre-
mjusIf dra wing compound interest for thai period
would amount 10 sum sufficient to discharge all
theft Foley, anef covering, meanwhile, The Office
e. Pkltbes T.
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