The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-02-21

FRIDAY, Feb. 90.
Hauae af Delegates.


A communication was received from the
Senate announcing the passage by that body,
Of various biils-among them, an act concern
ing the Blue Ridge Railroad Company, with
an amendment repeating 80 much OF the act az
restricts said company from borrowing and
contracting to pay in any one year more than
one hundred thousand dollars.
The Speaker announced the following spe-
ciai committees: On the Washington Monu-
ment, on the Public Square, Messrs. Segar.
Barbour, Russell, Martz and Dunn. On the
Monument proposed to be erected to Thomas
Jefferson, at the University Of Virginia /:
Messrs. Rives of Albemarle, Goode of Bed
ford, Price Of GIeenbrier, and Craig.
Amongst the bills reported to-day were the
following:
bill authorizing the Governor to issue
arms to the Richmond Light Dragons.
Authorizing Thomas Ash, of the county Of
Gloucester, to search for and recover the guns
and any property which may have been sunk
with an English vessel in York river, and re-
linquishing the commonweath's right thereto.
Authorizing an exchange of arms for the
Virginia German Rifles.
Elk Run Copper Mining Company. 1.-THE
latter company in the county of Fauquier.]
Authorizing the establishment of bank at
Weston, in the county of Lewis.
Mr.. Robinson, of Richmond City, offered the
following resolutions:
ResolUed, 1st. That the provisions of the
10th clause OF the 4th article of the Constitu-
ton OF Virginia, that "no law should embrace
more than one object" should not be violated
directly or indirectly, and the members of this
House should not be required to vote for or
against any resolution embracing many objects
OF internal improvement and appropriatng mo-
ney for each; since this would be but means
oil eVading the Constitution, and would be al
war with the spirit of the object of the provi-
sion just referred to.
I'd. That the provision in the 29th section
OF the 4th article fthe Constitution that "there
shall be set apart annually from the accruing
revenues, a sum equal to seven per cent. OF
the State debt existing On The first day OF
January in the year 1882" and that "the fund
thus set apart shall be called the sinking fund,
and shall be applied to the payment of the in
terest of the State debt, and the principal OF
such part as may be redeemable," should be
faithfully observed; ard the House should, as
soon as may be, pass bills to raise revenue
sufhcient to pay the annual expenses of the
government and set apart this sinking fund.
81. That after the House shall have passed
these revenue bills, and such other bills as the
constitution requires to put in operation the
new torn of Government, it should then take
TURNER
DEBTS to be contracted for works of Internal
Improvement, and should pass upon each of
saii bills separately, on its own merits.
On motion OF the mover, the resolutions were
LAID on the table and ordered to be printed.
MIR. Wallace, of Petersburg, offered the fol-
lowing resolutions:
Whereas, the circulation of small notes and
paper tokens issued by banks md individuals,
beyond the limits of the commonwealth has
increased, in violation Of law, to an alarming
extent, rapidly displacing our silver coin and
inAicting serious loss and injury upon the
community; and whereas no separate State
action can remedy the evil-Therefore,
LIST: BE 1t resofoed by the General Assem-
0fy, lhat our Senators in Congress be in
structed, and our representatives requested, to
take prompt and efficient measures to procure
the passage of a law, so regulating the coin
ogd OF silver as to guard il from expectation
and the crucible, and not injuriousIy affecting
contracts and the monetary system of the
country.
I'd. That our said Senators be instructed,
and our representatives requested, to advocate
the passage OF law prohibiting the issue or
circulation OF bank notes or paper tokens of q
less denomination than five dollars, by corpo-
rations or individuals within the limits of the
District of Columbia.
And whereas, to restore and maintain q
healtny currency, the concurrent action OF our
neighborIng sister States is eminently necessa-
ny therefore,
BE at further Resoloed by the General As
sembfy, That the Governor of this Common
wealth be requested to open correspondence
with the Governor of the States of MARYLAND,
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky. Tennessee,
and North Carolina, and urge them to CO.
operate with this State in the passage of laws
restricting the circulation of bank notes in
such manner as to prevent the issue of notes
OF less denomination than FIVE dollars.
Upon motion the resolutions were laid on
the table and ordered to be printed.
The House took up, in Committee of the
Whole, the bill specifying the articles which
shall be subjects for taxation, and consumed
the remainder of the day in its consideration
long and animated debate having occurred
on the section which proposes to tax, cattle,
sheep, and hogs.