The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-02-04
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.

FRIDAY, Feb g. 1854.
communication was received from the Senate
announcing the passage OF sundry bills which were
properly referred
Petitions presented and referred and resolu.
tions offered and adopted. Among the latter:
BY MIR. MCCLURE Into the expedency of pro-
hibng the Banks OF this State from issuing other
notes than ves, tens, twenties, ftes hundreds five
hundred and thousand dollar notes.
By Mr.. BUFoRD Into the expedency of incorpo-
rating the Galveston Manufacturing Company OF
Pittsylvania.
By Mr.. MCKENZIE Into the expedieney of in.
cooperating Bank at Alexandria entitled the "Banls
OF the Commonwealth of Virginia" with capt. al
of not less than $500 900 nor more than So 600 OOO
with liberty to locate branches at Charleston in
nawha, and at Phillippi, in Barbour county
The bill to incorporate the Medical College of
Virginia" being the special order of the day. was
taken up, and thereupon Mr. ToMLIN proposed a
substitute therefor, which his motion was ordered
to be printed and the bill and substitute was made
the order of the day for Monday next at II o'clock
An engrossed bill to provide for the completion OF
the Covngton and Ohio Railroad, being the unfn.
lshed business OF yesterday, was taken up and
thereupon Mr. TAYLOR, of Loudoun, moved sus.
pension OF the rules in order to reconsider the vote
ordering the bill to its engrossment.
Inc object OF moving the reconsideration was 70
give MIR. BUFoRD an opportunity to offer substi
tute for the bill which proposed to appropriate at
this time 81 100000 to the road and such further
sum hereafter as may be necessary to complete it
provided that not more than 81, 500 900 should be
expended upon the work in any one wear after 1856
ana provided that after the present contracts are
completed, there shall be no work done at the west
ern end OF the line; but that the line shall be con-
struefed exclusively from the east towards the
ern terminus. The proposed substitute further pro.
Vided that Clifton Forge should be the eastern tern
nus OF the road and that at that place should
meet with the CANAL and that freight should be trans
shipped to and from the canal by the road free ol
charge.
Mr.. BuFoRD briefly urged the expediency and
policy OF the amendments he desired to make TO the
bill as areason for the Reconsideration: and his
views were seconded by Mr. EPPEs of Nottoway
The House refused to re-consider-Ayes 40 Noes "a
Nh. DEAN opposed the bill with great earnestness
and incidentally made an attack upon Richmond
to which Mr. ANDERSON replied. The bill was thesas
rejected by the following vote:
AYEs.-Messrs. Anderson, Barrett, Bass, Beirne
Browne OF Cumberland and Powhatan, Buford
Button. Byrd Carter of Fauquier Christian, Couch
Cewardn, Crockett, Crump, Dejarnett, Dorsey FL.
Tyson, Fowler, Given Harvey, Kee. Kemper, Kirk
%ecaie hMaGgy Ma5n M MMyO
Meadors, Morgan, Morrison, Nottingham. Parsons
Patrick, Payne, Price, Prince, Renick, rutherford
Sprinkle, Staples of r., Staples of M Stevens Tay.
ior OF L, Thomas, Vinson, Wallace, Whaley, White.
NoEs-Messrs Barnes of NJ, Barnes Oft. Bekem.
Blake, Boyle, Burks Carter of L. and S. Cheatham
Cherry, Choice, Clark, Clopton, Collier Coltrane
Downing of Lancaster and Northumberland, Dun.
can, Dunn, Dyche, Edmunds, Ely, Epes, Fin
ney, Gallahue, Garnett. Gatewood, Gibson Gravely
Of Chesterfield, Hardy, Raymond, Holden, Howell,
kello, Knox: Laugh, Lupton, Malone, Martin, Mil.
sri sans Miner, Meeedy Moore Perkins, pewes Rau.
Shumate,, Sinclair, Southall, Splitter. Summers
Tabb. TaiiaferIo, Tolnlin, Weaver, White. Wood.
| house, Yerby-69.
| message was received from the Senate tha,
that body had passed bill entitled an act to in
crease the capital stock ofthe Norfolk and Peters
burg Railroad Company, and to authorize the
Board OF Public Works TO subscribe in behalf o
the State for three-ffth of such increase2
| On motion the House adjourned.
| The Farmville Journal has an account of the &C
cident on High Bridge, fully sustaining the fact
given yesterday in the Dispatch. The train wa
some so or IS yards distant from the embankment
when the Engineer ielt an unusual jar, which caus
ed hun to reverse the engine and stop the train.
was found that all the wheels Of the engine, excep
one, had gotten off the rails The accdent was owini
to the carelessness of some worAmen, who had ia
ken up the rails the day before, for the purpose o
strengthening the track and in relayng ii had uadt
II too narrow. Had It not been for fhc promptnesl
Of the Enginear IN stopping the trsin horrible ca
tastrophe would doubtless have ensued.
| Steamboat communication between Wilmington
and Charleston, has been discontinued Hereafter
ell intercourse between the two places must be car
ried on BY way Of The Wilmington snd Manchester
and the South Carolina Railroads
We learn from The Williamsburs Gazette, tiia
Peytnn 4. southsll has xeeenfly sold part IL hi
estste 1ess thanhsf. ii Warwick county. III o00o
nore than hp esvelor ~ whale. I'he part dlspos
- g y covered II WOOD tnhm. ~ wk16k il