Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1851-03-05
GENERAL ASSEMBLY or VIRGINIA.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.


Church.
A message received from the Senate by their
Clerk informing the House that they had rejected the
Dill entitled an act to increase the capital stock of the
Junction Valley Turnpike Company, and to authorize
the construction OF branch road and they have pas
sed bills entitled an act increasing The capital stock of
the Z uayndotte Navigation Company, and an act to
amend an act entitled providing for constructing
road from the Giles Favette, and Kanawha Turnpike
in Raleigh to the North Carolina line in Grayson coun-
V-wh amendments, in which they asked the
renee OF the House. The amendments were concurred
III.
REPORTS FROM COMMITTEES.
BY Mr. BoLLING from the committee of Courts-A
bill authorizing Richard Banger, OF the county OF
Floyd, to marry.
BY Mr.. CRAIG from the committee OF Roads-A bill
to incorporate the Hardysyille aud Howels Gap Turn
pike Company and bill 10 incorporate the Butords
Depot and Buchanan Turnpike Company
:, BY Mr. PrrrMAN, from the committee OF Claims
Reports rejecting the petitions Of ]. Hudson, OF DIM
wldde county, and OF Henry l. Butler, and asking to
be discharged from The further consideration Of the
claims of VIM. Layne, of Mathews county, and from
resolution Tor the relief OF Junus F. Archer
BY Mr. CARTER, from select Committee--A bill
amending and charging the corporate authorities of
the town OF Charlottesville, in the county of Abe
marie.
PETITIONS, ETC.
The following petit ions were presented and appro.
priately referred, viz:
By Mr.. Hall. OF w. M. McGruder and others.
praying for change OF the upper precinct in Henrco
by Mr. WRIGHT, of citizens Of Loudoun asking an an
preparation otwo tha ofthe money necessary to con.
rtruct railroad from Waterford to the Point Of Rocks;
Also OF citizens OF the same county asking for an act Of
Incorporation Of a company to make railroad from
Waterford In said county to the Point of Rocks
wELLsBURG AND BETHANY RAILROAD COMPANY.
An engrossed bill to incorporat. the Bethany and
Wellsburg Railroad Company, taken up as the or
der OF the day. This bill provides for the ncorpora-
lon OF company to construct railroad from the
town OF Wellsburg in the county of Brooke, by the
way OF the town OF Bethany in the said county to such
point the Pennsy lvapa State line as the President and
Directors of the Company may select but ask no mo-
ney from the treasury in aid OF the construction of said
road 'N
The question being "shall the bill pass ~
Mr. FERGUSON offered ryder to the bill providing
That nasmc as the rights and privileges conferred on
the city OF Wheeling and the Hempfeld Railroad Com
pany, by this act, involved the State of Virginia in
breach OF good faith towards the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company: "Be it further enacted that the
city OF Wheeling, within 60 days alter the passage of
this act shall make her election, and notify the Bal-
more and Ohio Railroad Company thereof whether she
will connect hereby with the city of Philadenhia hv
means the said Hempield Railroad, or any other
ROAD row or hereafter to be projected within the limits
Of PENNSYLVANIA, or with the city OF Baltimore by the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, now in progress of con-
sruction to that city, and in the Of decision by
tn city OF Wheeling in favor of the connection with
| Philadelphia then the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
| Company shall be, and they hereby released
rom all obligations to prosecute farther, or to
complete their said road to the city of Wheeling
as PROVIDED w lnef Charter from the General
Assembly OF Virginia, passed March g. lS47, and that
| they may prosecute and complete their said road to
wheeling or not in their discretion they NAV deter
mne and in case the said company shall determine not
to complete the same, the city OF Wheeling is hereby
released from its subscription to the stock of the said
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company; and further
that 10 such event as Aforesaid adj the restrictions and
disabilities imposed the North Western VIRGINIA
Railroad Company, touching the construction and COM
pleton OF the said Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to
Wheeling as engraed on and contained IN the act to
| incorporate the North Western Virginia Railroad Com
pany passed Feb H. 1851 be and The same are hereby
repealed And 10 prepent the escape of slaues from
pTgnad Be it farther enacted that for each and eve
fy slave that may escape from Virginia into Pennsyva-
mia by means OF said Hempfeld Railroad besides be.
ing liable to the provisions OF the fifth section of Chaper
148, and the 24h section of Chapter 1872 OF the Code
OF Virginia. penalty of S. 900 shall be incurred by and
imposed upon any company incorporated by this act
Mr. WELLS entered into minute explanation of the
ends and objects sought to be accomplished for the
construction OF the Welis5urg and Bethany railroad
lie stated that the charter asked for would if
granted, confer incaculable advantages upon section
OF the State usually denominaed the "Panhandle'-.
section which ENJOYED few natural and no conferred
advantages The ryder proposed by the gentleman
| from Logan and Boon would materially affect the
prospects OF the company, and he trusted it would be
the pleasure OF the House to vote it down. Mr. w
SAID he could not believe that the House was prepared
to deny the people Of his section of the State the poor
privilege OF making road their own SOIL with
Their own money.
Mr.; FERGUsoN addressed the House in opposition to
The Dill though he expressed his Willingness to vote for
IT, provided the ryder he had offered should be adopt
ed lie took the broad ground that the State would be
guilty OF breach OF good faith towards the Baltimore
and ONO Railroad Company in granting this charter
untra!nmeed, because it would confer advantages on
the Hempfed railroad, with which this WeIlsburo
and Bethany road would connect the Pennsylvania
ne winch the Legislature had implicitly ifnot directly
guaranteed to the Baltimore ard Ohio Railroad Com
pany True the distance between Philadelphia and
Wheeling over the Hempfeld railroad, Mir F. inciden-
aliy remarked was greater by Is miles than over the
RailrOad IN etul
the advantages which might be held out by the veal.
my and powerful city OF Phlade phia to attract trade
ana travel oyer mat road might operate seriously the
delrment OF the interests Of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad Company well of the State OF Maryland
PERSONAL EXPLANATION
Mr. HOPKINS Or. VERIFY in the chair said he had
not arisen Tor the purpose OF participating in the debate
upon the bill now before the House He TO per-
ion the grateful duty OF announcing the House that
the unfortunate difficulty which arose here on Yesterday
evening between the gentleman from Pitisylvania INF
Wncherl and the gentleman from Bedford (Mr Bur
welD, has been through the voluntary Intervention of
mutual friends, honoraby and satisfactorily adjusted
These friends, upon most careful consideration of
al ne circumstances were sa he'd that the difficulty
arose from misrepresentation othe motives and nten- |
tlons OF each other and advised adjustment upon the
basis OF mutual withdrawal of the offensive language
used by each; and the parties have acquesced in that
advice. ~
Mr.. HoRNER replied TO the remarks of Mr. Ferpuson
Expressed his opposition 10 the ryder offered by that
gentleman, and his determination to vote for the bill
mr.. RUSSELL SAID he desired 20 reply TO the remarks
OF the gentleman from Logan, and thought he could
show that the ryder proposed by that gentleman ought
not TO pass but the House seemed ndisposed to lis
ten TO an argument now, me would move to lay the bill
on the table and make the order of the day for o-mor-
row at o'clock; and the House agreed to this dspo-
slion of the subject.
ORANGE AND ALEXANDRIA RAILROAD COMPANY
On motion OF Mr.. ScoTT of F. an engrossed bin TO
authorize an increase of the capital stock OF the Orange
and Alexandria Railroad Company. was taken up and
the question being on It's passage, Mr.. s. briefly ex-
planned It's objects to be increase the capital stock of
the company 100000, for the purpose of construcng
branch oil their road from some convenient point on the
main stem IN the county of Fauquier to the town of
Warenton State to subscribe $50 900 of said in
creased capital.
The question, "shaA the bill pass9" being put, was
determined in the affirmative
So the bill passed