Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1851-05-29
THE CONVENTION.

The committee of the whole during its deliberations
OF Tuesday agreed 10 provision prohibiting the Le-
gisature from passing any law for the emancipation
OF slaves.
Yesterday Wednesday, the report ofthe committee
on gu aranes was taken up. and on nation Of Mr..
Hunter referred to the committee OF the whole.
Mr.. Sunni ers presented ct mmuncaon signed by
committees OF the Medical Society OF the State and
Of the Medical College, upon the SUBJECT OF the regis
traion OF Births deaths, and marriages. TWAS order
ed 10 be printed
Mr.. M. Garneu moved TO take up a resolution he
had previously offered in relation 10 disseminating the
Supplement" The motion prevailed, ayes 49, noes 20
"a the noes were Western members, except Messrs.
Rives and Strother) The resolution was finally mod
fled and agreed to in the following shape:
Resolved, That committee Olive he appointed to
inquire what, it any obligation ,hee is upon The Con-
vention 10 continue the publication OF the supplement,
and IT there be any such obligation, then to ascertain
from the publlshr The best term upon which the fu'-
Their publication thereof may be disposed with.
The Convention then resolved itself into committee
| the Legislative Department
The following provision moved by Mr.. Smith OF
Ka., on the subject OF forming new counties, was
agreed to
mo new county shall be formed with an area OF
less than 600 square miles, shall the county
ties from which is formed be reduced below that
ton less than 5000, be deprived OF than onctth
OF its population shall a county having a larger
white population be reduced below 40O0.'
On motion OF Mr.. Caperton, it was determined that
| IN the formation any new county, or in adding por
ton OF one county TO another, the legislature shall
provide that the voters within the limits Of the county
to be iomed or changed SHALL in all general elections
| vote in the same election district"
| On motion OF Mr. Ferguson, it was determined that
mo law shall be revised amended by reference TO
its title, but in such Gaze the act revised section
amended, shall be reenacled and published at
length"
The prov isons oil the present constitution authorizing
the Legislature to impose disabilities whom all the parties
concerned in duel or challenge adhered to, but
so modified as grant amnesty to all offenders who
under the ban when the new constitution goes into eff
feet.
The sections OF the legislative committees repor.
touching The question OF prohibiting slaves hereafter
emancipated from remaining in the Commonwealth
came up Mr.. Whitlle offered amendment, in order
act understand ngly upon which the committee oi
the whole rose, the amendment was ordered to be
printed, and the Convention adjourned.
SLAVERY IN THE PRESBYTERIAN CAURcH-We have
already informed our readers ofthe conclusion to which
the Presbyterian General Assembly, New SCHOOL, held
"That the Assembly have reason TO be thankful to
Divine Providence, tor the wisdom and prudence vouch-
sailed to the last Assembly, in coming TO conc usIons
on this vexed question, which have SO generally met
with the acquesence OF the church at This crisis and
that it seems obviously privilege and duty at the
present session. TO leave the whole subject as it was
placed by that action without further agitation, ard 10
devote our time TO other subjects which demand aen-
ton ALWAYS PRAYING that God woud hasten on the
day OF universal freedom throughout the land and
world"
THE last sentence from "and TO devoted is The only
addition or amendment TO heorsina report OF the COM
miitee. 1t accepted by the Committee al the sug
gestion of Rev. Ii. S. Hitchcock OF Ohio.]
A resolution for the appointment Of committee to
collect statistics the subject OF slavey in the churches
at the South connected with this ecclesiastical body
and the intellectual and moral condition of the slaves
held by church members, was moved by Rev Mr..
ed considerable discussion certain clergyman
moved to amend by instruct ing the committee
tain and report the number OF hired servants en-
poyed by members OF the Northern churches con-
nected with the Assembly, how many OF them can
read how often and to what extent they receive cate
chetcal instruction, whether or not they required
to attend family worship. and whether they attend
church regularly. This induced the original in
quisi,or to ask leave to Withdraw his resolution, Ito
prevent il being voted DOWN. aud leave was granted
accordingly. A resolution pronounclng the require
ments and provisions OF said law "enurey opposed to
the impulses Of humanity, to the principles oil justice,
and'to the pecepts OF the Bible was adopted with only
three dissenting voices
The General Assembly of the Presbyterian
Church, Old School, has resolved TO meet next
year in Charleston. Mr., Wilson, of South Caro-
lima, spoke warmly in favor of such a choice;
said that the late Southern Rights Convention
was an irresponsible and chimerical body, and
that there was no danger of Charleston being out
of the Union next year.
In the year 1881, there was but one newspaper pub
lshed in Texas In 1911, there were eleven. and al
his lime there are thirty three Without including
many that had au almost ephemeral existence, at dit
TRENT periods, between these dates there has been an
increase of thirty two in the last twenty years or OF
ten in the fist ten years. and twenty-five in the last
Mr. Websters speech al Dunkrk, is one OF his char
acierislic efforts but is excluded from columns