Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1852-03-24
LEGISLATURE OF VIRGINIA.

LEGISLATURE OF VIRGINIA.
MONDAY, March l5th.-Senate. bill pro
yiding for the election of county officers, excep
Justices and COnsiables, was passed.
Home.-A report from the Committee, declar
ing it inexpedient to give the Governor the powe
Of appointing majority Of Bank Directors, wa
concurred in by the House.
The bill providing for districtng the counties
Sc, was passed.
TUEsDAY.-Senatc.-- bill in reference TO lht
Virginia Regiment Of volunteers was passed. II
allows pay To privates from the time Ut enstmen
10 The date of election as officers &c.
The bill from The House "cuncerpng Commits
soners of the Revenue" &c., was taken up.
On motion of Mr.. Martin the second section wal
amended SO as to subject to taxation the water
works and other property held by cities and towns
from which an income is derived-ayes l9, noes
IL.
Houe-A number of resolutions and petitions
were presented, and several bills were passed.
nothing, however, of much interest.
! WEDHEsDAY-Senate.- Senate was again
engaged to-day upon the bill from the House pre-
scrbing the property 10 be assessed for taxaton.-
The bill was laid on the table for action.
IIUUSc.-1 uo opcdhOi dIItIOuHCCu VIC iVlioN
as the Joint Committee under The resolution from
the Senate for establishing free system of bank.
ing in this Commonwealth, viz Messrs. Mellon
aid, Wallace, Preston, Davis, Barbour and
Townes.
A bill was reported from the Committee Of
Courts Of Justice, concerning the qualification and
compensation of Jurors. The Bill provides that
jurors shall receive 81 25 per day for every day Of
actual attendance and that all jurors to serve on
jures for the trial OF cases in any Circuit, County,
or Hastings Court, Except cases of felony,) shall
be selected by the drawing Of ballots and repeats
the first eight sections of chap 1872 of the Code of
Virginia, etc.
A bill was reported from the Committee on Mi,
litia Laws, providing for the enrolment of the MI
liia by the Commissioners of the Revenue, the a.
botian of musiers, and reorganization Of the
Volunteer Corps. g.:
On motion Of Mr. Ialiaferro, il was resolved,
That committee Of five be appointed TO enquire
into the expediency of erecting reproof huuse for
the protection and preservation Of Houdon's statue
of Washington.
The report of The Committee Of Courts of JUS
lice declaring it inexpedient to esslaie the sub
ject ofextendng the jurisdiction VI single Justice
of the Peace, was taken up; and, on motion Of
Mr. Crow, the House, by vote Of 66 TO 80 de-
cared it erpedient to legislate the subject.
-Senae.-'rhe TAX bill was again
under consideration. A proposition to strike from
the list Of exempts the property Of fire companies
other than the fire apparatus, was, after long de-
bate rejected. The bill was laid on the table for
further consideration.
House.-The Committee of Propositions and
Grievances, to whom had been referred two petit
tons from Ohio county, praying the passage ola
law prohibiting the sale Of spirituous liquors. re-
ported that irwas ihexpedieit " egislaie on the
subject.
The bill providing for the election Of county Of
fcers was made the order OF the day for Friday.
FRIDAY.-iSenate.- the entire session of
the day was occupied with discussion, in Commit
lee of the Whole, upon the second section of the
bill from the House defining what property shall
and shall not be assessed fur taxation by The Com
mssOners of The Revenue. Before any definite
action was obtained, the Committee rose, and the
Senate adjourned.
Housc.-1he following were among the bills re-
ported to-day: 4
A bill to put in operation Branch Of the Far.
mers' Bank ofVirgin;a, at Lewisburg;
A bill districting the State for Commissioners
and Oh the Board Of Public Works, providing for
their election, and the time and place oftheir first
meeting. ''
At half past O'Clock The bill providing for the
election of Justices of the Peace, Sheriffs, Atior
neys. Clerks, Commissioners of The Revenue, Con-
stables, &c., &C., was taken up.
After the adoption Of various amendments, a
discussion arose on the proposition of the commit
tee, fixing the lst February, 1853, for the period
at which the Sherffs to be elected shall 90 into o.
flee. MIR. Price of Greenbrier, suggested the Isl
of July mex! in the place Of the period named
in the bill.
Messrs. Rives, of Alb, Leake and Jackson, of
Wood, opposed the proposition Of MIR Price, and
Messrs. Rives, of 2 G and S.,Barbour and Pinuel
supported it. A vote was taken on leaving blank
The time at which the Sheriffs should go into office
ayes 20, noes So. The blank was then, on mo-
ton Of Mr. Price of g., filled with the lst Of July
next
A clause Of the bill required all the Justices in
county to be summoned, and at least one from
each district to be present when the county levy
should he fixed.
On motion of Mr.. Price, of g., the clause was
so amended as to dispense with the provisions re-
quring Zone from each election district to be pres.
en."
SArURDAY.-No report.
o. Late news from Eur ope, by the Pacific,
which arrived at n. York, on Saturday represents
that everything was quiet in England, and but lit.
tie Of interest had transpired. The elect ions to
Parliament 10 fill vacancies occasioned by the APP
pontment of The new Ministry were progressing.
In Ireland DIR Nlitse has raised the standard a
gain,t the established Church. Alarming accounts
of the spread and organization Of Ribbon parties
have been received from the Northern districts.
France continues quiet. The fusion Of the two
branches Of the Bourbon family is again agiialed
with the certainty of its satisfactory termination
The Swiss staff officers at Paris have been ordered
to return 10 Switzerland forthwith. The Difficult
lies between France and Switzerland have, how
ever, ii is said, been arranged for the present.
Accounts from the Cape Of Good Hope are much
more satisfactory as TO an early close of the troub-
les in that quarter.
From Austria, the report is that serious con
spracy to overthrow The Government mas been de-
tecIed. Troops were on the move at the latest
dates, and every pass between Austria and Turkey
strongly guarded.
The Washington .Monument.-NIr Mills, the
architect, and the Enquirer, are at points about the
Monument. MIR Mills entirely disapproves of the
original design, and proposes material alteration
oft He objects first, that the original plan is too
low; and 2dly, that it is Objectionable in moral
point Of view, to wit: The serrk character present
ed by the one group to the other. Gen. Washing
ton on horseback, and elevated above the other
statues on foot. "The master above; serpility be-
low-can such thought be tolerated in an Amer
lean bosom?" Mr.. Mills proposes to substitute
column, rs feet high, for the massive pedestal, on
tho present foundations.
The Enquirer dissenis from all this. and contends
strongly, for the original design. We never fan.