The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-11-23
VIRGINIA LEGISLATURES.
MONDAY, Nov. %, 1852.
SemntA.

Senate.
In the Senate twenty. one members appear
ed. Lieutenant Governor Leake, at few mi
nutes after 12 o'clock, took the chair, and call
ed the senate to order.
Mr.. o. p. Baldwin, elected from Richmond,
appeared and took his seat.
A message from the Governor was read, and,
wth accompanying documents, isid on the ia
Bile and ordered to be printed.
No new business was introduced, nor was
any of the unfinished business in June taken
up. Soon after assembling, the Senate ad
iourned TO meet at IL o'clock Tuesday.
House OF Delegates.
This body re-assembled, after their lengthy
recess, at their Hall in the Capitol, yesterday
morning.
The Speaker, Mr.. Crutch6eld. called the
Housa TO order at II M and made the follow
| ing brief address:
GENTLEMEN-On resumDg the situation,
| and the discharge of those duties which you
| had the honor to confer upon me at the com
mencement of our session, it is most gratifying
| to me to perceive, after an absence and sepa-
| ration of five months or more, that we are like
| ly, with a few voluntary exceptions, all TO meet
again. Through the mercy of an Astounding
! Providence there is not seat in our hall made
vacant by DEATH Our meeting now, under very
peculiar circumstances, is the result of the
conviction of your judgment that the interests
| OF the Commonwealth require 1t. Permit me
| to admonish you that it is our duty TO prose-
cute the business which has brought us togeth-
er again, with all becoming dispatch. Weow
| it to ourselyes-it is due to our confding con-
| situency-and nothing can contribute more to
harmony and reciprocity of good feeling
amongst ourselves. Moreover, good order is
essential to the dispatch of business, and l
| trust you will pardon me Tor reminding you OF
the fact. Aided by you, | promise my best
exertions to secure that object; and of the
| officers ofthe House, shall require strict COM
pliance with their duties. trust that the re-
| mander of our session may prove an harmoni-
Gus and grateful one to us all.
| The Rev. Peter Deforest then opened the
proceedings with prayer.
| The following communicate from the Go
| vernon was then read:
| EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, Nov. %, 1852.
To the General Assembly of Virginia:
| Gentlemen Il congratulate you upon your
| return to this city and the suspicious circum-
| stances under which you resume your high and
| responsible duties. You return to your labors
| refreshed by few months recre alton, and after
a free and full interchange of opinion with your
| constituents, are better acquainted with their
| wants and wishes, as you doubtless are the
| more deeply impressed with the Importance
| and sacredness of the trusts reposed in your
hands.
assure you it will be my pleasure, as it is
my duty, to cordially unite with you in doing
every thing that will tend to elevate the charac-
ter of our beloved commonwealth, develop her
resources and promote the wealth and happi.
ness of her citizens, ind with the increased ia
| elllties for Information now at your command,
ii is hoped that you may find little or no diff
Guilty in speedily pertecting and putting into
practical operation the many Important meas
ures commenced, but not completed, previous
| TO your recess.
| As it is neither contemplated by the consti-
| tuition nor necessary that should do so, | shall
not trouble you with formal communication
ofmy views upon the various subjects that may
| claim your consideration, further than to re-
| specially invite your attention (which do with
increased confdence) to all that l said in my
late message upon the sui isct of speedy com-
| pletion of the great leading lines of internal
| Improvements, which is impenously demanded
| by the interests OF the State, and rendered the
more necessary by the large sums of money
already expended upon each of these lines
| and which must remain unproductive capital
| until they shall have been severaly completed.
| In accordance with the provisions of ere
solution" adopted by your body upon the 81
day of June last, copies of such of the annual
| reports as have been received from the several
| ofhcers OF government ore herewith submitted,
to which beg leave 10 invite your special at
| tention and feel that cannot too highly recon-
| mend them to your notice.
| 1t will be seen that from one or two of these
officers no report for the past year has been re-
| ceived. Should such come TO hand they will
| be communicated.
| | am gratifed to be able to say that the re.
ports herewith, generally represent the interests
| TO which they relate as in a healthy if not
prosperous condition. The Adjutant Generals
| report furnishes an exception to this remark,
and that, like many of the others, contains
some important suggestions, all of which will
| doubtless attract your attention.
Knowing the deep interest that all feel in ev
cry thing that affects the honor of the State or
the interests of her people, have not faied to
take particular notice of the reported outrage
| recently committed by the civil authorities ia
the city of New York under the color of lac
| upon one of our citizens when tn transitu with
| his property from this State to that of Texas.
If the facts warrant this report (which have
| no reason to doubt) it is case without its pa.
ralel in point Of spirit, and the consequences
| to flow from The establishment of such prin-
ciple cannot be foreseen.
| Not willing, however. to base an action OF
| SO important a character upon mere newspa-
per reports, have caused application to be
made to the proper authorizes there for GER
tilted copy of the record of the judicial pro.
| ceedings in this case. When the same shall
have been received, will make il the subject
| Of a communication TO you, and submit ii for
| such action az your wisdom may dictate.
| Very respectfully, &C..
JOSEPH JOHNSON.
Vacancies in committees were filled, and the
following resolutions were severally offered:
| SMALL NOTES.
BY Mr.. Segar,
Resolced That the Committee on BANKS be
authorized to enquire into the expediency of
authorizing the banks of this Commonwealth
to issue notes below the denomination Of FIVE
| dollars.
VOTING BOOKS.
| BY Mr.. Stephens,
Resolved That the Committee Of Courts of
Justice be instructed to enquire into the expe-
diency of providing for the distribution of the
Code of Virginia, mayo's Guide, and the Acts
| of last session, TO the Justices ofthe Peace Of
the Commonwealth.
COUNTY ROADS.
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