Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1852-04-29

here. in the hope of inducing Congress 10
take steps Cor the relief Of their suffering
interests. Some of these gentlemen are
members Of the Democratic
partv. and i'll claim at The hands OF their
friends the fnlElment Of the pledge which
was made 10 them. depending upon the trl-
umph of Col. Bigier.'
The State stock aud she Board Of
Public Works.
The reader will find on the FIRST pag'' Of
this paper. speech by Mr. Conway Rob
inson. Of Richmond city, upon the remark
able iiuancirring feat of CIV. Floyd. il
Jisposing of four millions Of the co.pun
bonds Of the State Some further pariicu
ars of the transaction are Sc, iorihn the an
nexed article from the Richmond Wing /:
The Board of Put lie Works have re
-pon.lrd To the various resolutions adopted
Nv the House The inform ilon they sup
pl, is, however, quite measrr. We gean
all Of an, consequence.
In September last, Messrs. Sclden &
Co. wrote 10 The Board. that they would
,icirav the expenses of transferring the
funds from Richmond To the point al " hich
The bonds were 10 he paid. This inpor
tam letter. by some unexplained accident.
was mislaid, and could moi he fonrd AT
ter the Finance Committee got hold OF tn,
contract and the sui jecI began to be dis
cu..ed in public, the place Of This nissin.
letter Was supplied hv ano'hrr of similar
import. dated April II, 1852, Messrs. Sci
den l. Co. after stating thai they will pa.
the Exchange. are graer"isly pleased t.
add that, III tn, Legi stature should think
proper TO ask oar assent to any reasonable
modification of that cnntratt. 1t " i'll afford
us p!.asnre Ia respect their wishes. w.
wish to serve the State in any way wecan.
This is exceedingly condc-cending!-
But is this coatrarR Is it not nccessar,
10 make IA contract binding in law. thai
there slrould lie cons Iteration! Wha
consideration do these gentlemen give tn,
STATED And must not the contract. 10 he
binding. he mutually binding! The cor
tract exrres~l, snpnlaie-. that if Srldet
4 Co. Cannot get 100 and l02 for III,
bonds, they are mt TO lie bound 10y til,
contract That is, if they cannot make
money hy the operation, they viii have
n thing ia do with il. They rur no rsl
of ioss-that's the States bu~ine>>:--ant
lak,. all the chances "fpr"h'. l. Is clear,
hat the Izw,rrs call nudum partum =
and the Legislature Can set !, aside at plea
sure. without the assent of the Washing
ton millionaries.
Asto the Photographic Di patch sen, tt
Governor Foyd-n was found at tn,
Telegraph Office in this city, on The l9il
Inst! Tie wires We're not at work at til,
lime, and though paid t,l. ii Was net sent
Th. Office refunded ,he 20 cents 10 ih'
Comnonwca th--ihe only clear money III,
State has mad-lo the negotiation!
The resolutions Of the OH of April W er,
adopted l'v ii unanimous v"t,'-hr Gorer
NOR, Treasurer and Register only b,in.
present. These we've Tn. resolutions en,
powrting Governor Floyd 10 act. an,
which had been maturing 10. six months
The resolutions of the llh. which ne
pea ell after two days. the six mnnlii> res
olurinns, were ad opted by the 1adtfor, ..
Aud;tor and Rrgisfer-the TREASURER dis
81 ming.
The Board strangely omit 10 give tn,
reasons of tn, sudden chang in their de
Iilerarions Not one word on that curl
Gus and mys'c ions point
AT the time the cout'act was laid before
the Board. 30th nf April, all the member,
were present, The Auditor objected Il
il (ihr cen'racr) The Cd Auditor, hciev.
lns IA majority Of the Board 10 be in favor
OF its approval. declined stating his ohjec
tions. and, therefore. without taking any
formal vote, The other members la, ing TX
pressed themselves as favorable TO the con
tract. il vas entered as approved"
From all this. it appears thai The origin
al power Was given by Boa,d Of only !;
tho Governor. Treasurer. AMI Register
and that the contract was finally adopted
by the same thrre-the Governor having
The decisive votenn both occasions.
The Board wind up their tale by gloo
my ,iicrnrr o. rhs condition of the finance,
of the Board last YEAR. md confess, tina
hotw outstanding III objections of som,
members n, the Board 10 portions of ia,
contract. lis efr;.rr, in part. AZ hat. hasten
drd To the prosperity Of he financial con
J;,;,p If H.. R,,,r,I anal y, .,.r.,I;, ,,r,l.
State.
Tb,, bowrv.r !. M, tb. ,ucs,i,r
Mi h, no, an arrHn,em,n, have been made
- Lirb " o,,l.i hive ,c II more pr,6,at,l. IA
the S,a,r-v hcb wound HAY. saved il
som, S,Oo ooO-,,d ,tat I'm, ,i,b,.,, ;,,.-
"e o"I' 10 as''ns'o" ,. banners ''' o.
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the discp..iur or the sub;crt L,s hccp re.