The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-02-07
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.

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A message from the Senate announced the pas
sage of sundry bills which were read and apprO
priately referred.
The Senate bill TO incorporate the Raecoon Ford
Turnpike Company, aud the Senate bill to author
ze the county court OF Albemare to purchase the
roadway, rights and franchises of the Rivanna and
Rockfsh Gap Turnpike Company, were taken up
and passed, and are therefore laws of the land.
NEW COUNTY.
The Senate bill to form a new county of parts of
Lee Scott and Russell, was taken up, and on mo-
ton of Nr PRESTON, the name of Roane was
stricken out and that of Wise inserted. The vote
on this motion was, ayes "a, noes 81. The bill was
then referred to the appropriate committee.
Committees were called for reports, and num-
ber of bills were reported, which will come up in
order Among those reported was one exempting
the Fire Department of Richmond from service on
juries.l
ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
The House proceeded to the execution of the
joint order, for the election OF sundry officers of
government.
Mr.. DEJARNETTE nominated w. L. MoNCURE of
Caroline for I'd Auditor, for the unexpired term of
w. J.. JACKSON from the lst OF March. 1856, to lst
March, 1857 The roll being called, after inter
changing messages with the Senate, all the mem.
bers present Ql0) voted for Mr.. Moncure, except
Messrs. IMBoDEN and CABELL, who voted for JAS.
BROWN, Jr.
The following nominations were then made for
the remaining elections to be made-all the terms
for two years from the 1st of January next
For Secretary of the GORGE
WYTHE MuNFoRD, nominated by Mr.. EDMUNDS.
For Treasurer-JoHN S. CALVERT, nominated
by Mr. PITTMAN.
For lst Auditor-G. w. CLUTTER, nominated by
Mr. GARNETT.
For I'd Auditor-W. L. MoNCURE, nominated by
Mr DEJARNETTE.
For Register of the Land Office-STAFFoRD H.
PARKER, nominated by Mr.. DEJARNETrE.
For Public Printer-WM. +. RITCHIE, nominated
by Mr.. BRANNoN.
For General Agent of the Penitentiary-C. 8.
MORGAN nominated by Mr.. SPTTLER.
For Agent and Storekeeper of the Penitentiary-
JAMES {. SPOTS, nominated by Mr.. ANDERSON.
The gentlemen nominated are the present in
cumbents except Mr. CALVERT who succeeds Mr..
STovALL, and Dir. MoNCURE who succeeds Mr..
JACKSON.
Gu motion of Mr.. EDMUNDs, the House deter
mined to take the vote on all the nominees at
once; and afler interchangng Messages with the
Senate the roll was called and resulted that all the
members Q0D voting voted for the nominees, ex-
eept that Mr.. DOYLE voted only for Messrs. Nun.
ford, Calvert Moncure, and Parker.
Joint vote with the Senate:-for Munford 146-
CalveI: l43-Clutter l44-Moneure 145-Parker
l45-Ritche l44-Morgan l44-and SPOTS l42-
and they were all declared to be duly elected
NORTHWEsTERS RAILROAD.
The House resumed the consideration of the bill
releasing the Northwestern Railroad from certain
restrictions. Mr.. JOHNSTON proceeded with hisar-
gument i'll favor of the bill and against the amend
ment proposed by Mr.. PAUL.. Before he eonciu-
ded, at half past 3 o'clock, he gave way to Mr.
PAuLL, on whose motion the House adjourned.
lin our statement yesterday of the controversy
involved in this bill, we were in error in saving
that the chief restriction which it is sought by the
bill to remove, was the requirement that the Bal
tiinore aud Ohio Railroad should construct double
track before the Northwestern Railroad should be
put III operation. The requirement was that the
Baltimore and Ohio Road should have widened its
tunnels suitably for double track This restric-
tion Mr.. JOHNSTON argued could not from the ma.
ture OF the work, be complied with for some years
yet but he asserted that the company was going
ON with the work of accommodating it's line to
Wheeling for a double track which it designed to
construct. He asserted in the most positive man
ner that the Northwestern Railroad was wholly
independent Of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad