Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1851-03-24


day. VIZ: Meaap. Flournoy Crutchiied Jones. Jack
son, Craig, Tahiero, Witoher, Kilby, Pit.man, Rus
sell, Campbell pf NJ, Segar and Edwalds
On MIR. Crstt1felds motion, the House adopted the
following resolution
ReSOtUed, bg he General AssemJlg That if upon
due experiment md inquiry it shall be determined by
the Board Of Pubic Works advantageous to the Com
monwealth they snail be and hereby authorized 10
instruct the proxy of tile State to vote for the consuc-
ton and working OF section of Railroad upon the
principle Of the inv,non of J. S. French not exceeding
five miles in length,
The House, during the morning and evening ses-
sions, took up and PISSED the following bills:
Forming a county out of parts of Lewis, Ran
doph and Barbour, and naming said new county
"Upshur;"
Establishing FIRE. Bank at Farmount;
Concerning the Mi'itia-texempts volunteers from
Jury duty, and authorizes the formation of volunteer
companies into regiments whenever the volunteer force
shall number $50 rank and file; provided the militia
Rlments oil the lneae not thereby reduced below that
number.);
Changing the tine OF holding the Circuit Courts for
the counties of Marion, Lewis and Harrison;
incorporating the Wellsbure Glass Company;
For the relief ofJef1eison Sinclair;
Incorporating the Coal River and Ohio Mining and
Manufacturing Company;
Incorporating the Coal Field Mining Company in
Fauquier County;
Incorporating, the Coal River and Kanawha Mining
and Manufacturing Company;
incorporating the Trenton Savings Bank 10 Mercer
County,
Incorporating the Fredericksburg Insurance Compa-
ny; and
Amending theact Incorporating the Berkeley County
Mutual Insurance Company.
The House likewise took up and rejected bill au-
thorizng the Clerk of the county Court OF Richmond
county to grant licenses to vessels to transport oysters
from the waters of said county beyond the limits OF the
State, and indefinitely postponed the bill to prevent the
planting oil oysters within the limits of the State by
non residents.
"GREAT WORKSHOP OF THE World The exports
OF the produce and manufactures OF England and Ire
land in the year lS49 amounted in the aggregate to
f635 96 025-sy $300,00o,00o. These exports were
taken by forty-eght different countries and, reader
what country Go you suppose proved to be the largest
customer to the great workshop? Would you sup
pose was country having thirty States, single
ones OF which are larger than England, and many Of
them Astounding in all the elements for producing these
very manufactures and produce except her cheap,
down trodden abor? Yes to our shame he it said il is
but too true-we are her largest customer for such
things.
To France she exported. FL ,95l 269
Russia ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ,572 5.U
British possessions in N. America. $3.50 1854
British West Indies. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. J82l ,l46
Foreign West India Islands, Cuba, &C.. AL 2l2
Clima OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. .537 jog
Total. LILO COB COZ
To the United States ......... ll,s7I OPS
Thus it is seen that we, with all our boundless eapa-
btes for producing all she sends u.s. take from her six
million eight hundred and thrty-six thousand six hun
dred and eighty dollars OF her produce and man.
uactues than all France, Russia her own possessions
in North America, her and all other West India
Islands, including Cuba and China, all united! Is it
any wonder that the Ednburg Review should call us
colony OF Great Britain in ma,ured state p Truly,
let say again, wonderfully wise and provi-
dent, people! But, reader, why is it that are such
good customers to herr Because partial enjoyment
OF protection has given capacity consume H ad
continued to enjoy the sort Of unlimited erade with
her that her Canada does, exchanging our hand made
products against her products made by machinery like
Canada, should have been enervated and impever-
shed. Let us!a then join the freetrade eague--that
is, all who would put US on a level with Canada
Plough, LOOM and Anpil.