The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-02-07
GENERAL ASSEMBLY or VIRGINIA.
SENATE.

MONDAY, Feb. 6, 1854
communication from the House of Delegates
The House amendments TO the bill -coucerninv
the lands on which the Naval Hospital budinps az
Norfolk, are erected, were concurred in
raj bills
The Committee on Roads presented bill tn in
corporate the Appomattox and staunton River Rail.
road Company.
(It incorporates Company. with canitaI ot
S5OO,00O. to construct Railroad from Clover Hill
in appemattsx county, on the souihside Railroad.
to Staunton river, at the most eligible point fer an
preaching that river, at or near the head OF Long
Island, in Campbell county. 1t provides for no sub.
scription on the part OF the State.
Mr. JOHNSON proposed resolution, that the Se-
nate should hereafter meet at IL O'clock Lost
Ayes 13, noes 15
Mr. PARKER offered the following resolution.
which, after remarks by Messrs. AMBLER, PAnxxa,
DESEALE and WITcHER, was laid on the table:
Resotced, That the Board of Public Works be re-
quested to inform the Senate whether any portion of
the Blue Ridge Railroad is used by the Central Rail-
road Company without compensation to the State
for such use and ifso by What authority the Board
OF Public Works allows the Central Railroad Com
pany to use the same without compensation.
1t was stated that the arrangements were perfect
ed by the act of 1881
covINGToN AND OHIO RAILROAD.
Mr.. DENEALE movad to take up the Senate bill
making further appropriations for the construction
of the Covington and Ohio Railroad.
The question was on a substitute proposed bv Mr.
DoUGLAs, authorizing the Board of Public Works
to borrow in the mode prescribed by existing laws
the money necessary to build and equip said road /.
provided, that not more than one million and half
of dollars shall be expended thereon in any one
year, commencing on the LIST of October and ending
on the Both of September following. And the sum
Of three millions of dollars is hereby appropriated
for the purposes OF this act
Mr.. DENEALE believed it was the duty of the Sem
ate to take up this bill and act promptly, without
regarding the action of what had been done or is
doing elsewhere" (in the House of Delegates.)-
He contended it was great State work, and deser-
we'd the favorable consideration by the Legisla-
ture.
Mr.. AMBLER said that the great measure of
Virginia connection with the waters of the Ohio
river had been the dream of his life He was as
ardent friend of this improvement as it had here
or elsewhere, and his advice was to "hasten slow.
ly" He thought if the Senate took up this bill and
acted on it now, it would create discord between
the two Houses, and he therefore desired it should
lie on the table.
Mr. DENEALE thought there could be no discour.
tesy in the Senates acting on the subject now The
Senate was coordinate branch of the General As
senbly, and had equal powers with the other
House. He recommended the throwing off ii.
midity, and bold, decisive action. Delay could
only produce difficulty. No Senator can ex-
pect the defeat of this scheme here AS he said be-
fore it is great State work. and had been endorsed
by predecessors. If its peculiar friends, those
nected with this bill, were disposed to delay action
he would not press his view.
At this point, Mr.. STUART called for the order of
the daythe bill in relation to free schools in the
county OF Henry. On his motion. the amendments
ordered to be printed the bill laid on the ta
BILE and made the order of the day for Monday
next.
The consideration of the Covington and Ohio
Railroad bill was resumed
Messrs. WARD, AMBLER and DENEALK continued
the discussion, after which the bill was laid on the
table.
NAVAL HOSPITAL AT NORFOLK.
0nmotion of Mr. SMITH, the votes on the amend
ments to the bill ceding the United States gov
ernment jurisdiction over the lands connected with
the Naval Hospital at Norfolk, were reconsdered,
constitutional votenot having previously been taken.
The roll was called, and the vote recorded-ayes,
81, noes none
After the transaction of some other unimportant
business, the calendar was taken up and large
number OF bills read the first and second times
The Senate then adjourned