The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-03-06

| per Iomedy. II enabled every officer who con NJ
| uerea nimself aggrieved by the decision of the
Board to come before a Court martial and have hi
case fairfy tried. He repeated his opinion tIa,
WIN Congress rested the remedy and that 1t was
h no. proper for the Legislature to interfere He
members Of the Navy Board aad proposed by
the declaration that he considered the complaints
haoe against their decisions resulted more from
sytnpashy for the retired officers than from de.
sire 10 promote the efficiency of the service
me previous question was demanded and sus-
tained and tue motion TO lay on the table was re-
| Jected-ayes 45, noes A.
Mr. PENDLEroS's motion to amend the Sd reso-
| luton was agreed to- ami then the resolutions
were passed without division
"s ~ NEW COUNTY
Inc rouse took up the bill for formation of
tne new county of Roane out Of parts of the coun
ties sf Kanawha Jackson and C,imer the ouastin,,
being upon its engrussment
Mr. SMITH moved to, amend the part of the bill
relative to the boundaries of the new county and
addressed the House in explanation and defence
FROST. sH eI--~ - - - - - ~
When Mr.. FROST concluded, on motion of Mr.
ELLISON the bill was postponed until tomorrow
nlgnt at O'Clock aud, on melton of Mr.. BYRD
the House determined that when the subject was
again up Mr.. JOHN p. THOMSON, of jackson.
should be admitted to the bar OF the House to dis
cuss it. Ea a.- = z7i.tl -
On motion of Mr.. HOLDEN, the House adjourned.
WEDNESDAY, March 9th
Amcssagc from the Senate announced the pas
sage of the two following bills, which were read
third time and passed, and are therefore laws -
An act providing for the payment of dividends
OF Joint stock companies into the State Treasury.
An act to incorporate the Lynchburg Law Library
BILLS PASSED. .-ss
The House took up the following engrossed bills
and passed them, viz: "a
A bill to provide additional protection for the
slave property of the Commonwealth. ION the
passage of this BILL Mr. TAYLOR of AIexandris
expressed his regret that he could not vote for a
measure the objects of which he heartily approved
because he considered certain provisions of the bill
in conflict with the Constitution of the United
States and moreover tending to injure very ma.
teriay the trade of the city he represented in this
House. . -sl-.
A bill to increase the rewards for the arrest of
runaways slaves with ryder moved by Mr.
HoGE explanatory of one of thesproyisiop of the
bill, aud substantially the saIao that part of Mr.
NEwLoN's ryder, offered to the next bin and re-
jected t
And, bill to prevent more effectualy the es-
cape of slaves. Mr.. NEWTON offered ryder to
this bill prohibiting the infiiction of than 39
ashes on an offender against the provisions of this
bill in any day, and further providing thai the
rewards directed In the bill shall only be paid
of the fines forfeitures and contiscations imposed
on persons convicted of aiding and abetting the
escape of slaves, and from the funds arising from
the sales of free negro convicts A long and ami
mated debate occurred this ryder, in which
Messrs. MALLORY, PENDLEToN of Giles, FLOYD,
DAVIS of ca and EDMUNDS took part Mr.. Pen
DLEToE demanded division of the question, and
it taken the first branch of the ryder rela
tive to the ntction of lashes, which was adopted,
The remainder of the ryder was rejected, and the
bill passed-ayes IS, noes 13 SIS
A bill to amend the law in relation to the free
negroes Of the Commonwealth was taken up, pend
ing the motion of Mr.. FLOYD to strike out the part
of the bill repeating the 18th section of the code
which authorises the county courts to give certit
Gates to persons having less than onefourth negro
blood as white persons. The question upon this
motion was decided in the negative, and the bill
was ordered to be engrossed.
CONVICTION AND OHIO RAILROAD
On motion of Mr.. IMBoDEN, the order of the day
on the COvington and Ohio Railroad bill was post
poned until tomorrow and made the order of that
day, and for each day thereafter until disposed of
NEW COUNTY
On motion of Mr.. BRANNoN, the House took up
the bill forming new county out of part of Ran
dolph county. .--4
Mr.. MARTIN offered amendments to the bill re.
lating to the county seat, which amendments he
supported and Mr.. BRANNoN opposed and were
rejected The bill after some verbal amendments
and the filing of some blanks, was ordered TO be
engrossed and being engrossed was, after a few
remarks by Mr. MARTIN against it, on the score of
the alleged improper location of the county seat,
by suspension of the rules, passed-ayes 90, |
noes ). -..-r4-.
On motion, the new county was named "Tuck- |
er," in honor of the late Judge st. George Tucker
and the county seat was named 'St George"
BILLS OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
The House took up the bills reported by the |
Committee of Finance, which were the order of
the day. ...--..--
The first bin was the bill to relieve the treasury
from the costs of printing records, its second
reading. Mr.. GARNETT moved substitute for the
same, which was adopted, and the bill was ordered
TO its engrossment .se
The House next took up the engrossed bill, I" to |
separate the State from the Banks, by sale of its
stocks therein and the application of the proceeds
to the redemption of the public debt ,-# |
Mr.. GARNETT moved ryder providing that the |
Merchants and Mechanics Bank of Wheeling |
the terms of the bill Mr. G.. stated that the State
only owned $4,000 worth of stock in the Bank, |
and the Bank desired to purchase it at once. Il
MIR. SEDDoN wanted to know whether after |
the sale Of the stock the State was to have no d
rector in the Banks; and being answered IN the at
fruative, he stated his objection to leaving the
entire control of the Banks TO the stockholders
He would not move re consideration Of the Bill |
at its present stage; but had he been in the House
when il was engrossed, he woult have moved to |
amend il i'll this particular.
MIR. FLOYD would have preferred that the State |
should have drawn out its money from the Banks,
rather than that its stock should be sold He |
theught IL would have been best to retire the |
stock of the State But he would offer no opposi- |
ton to the bill now, and leave it to the Senate.
Mr.. POWELL expressed his opposition to the |
proposition to dissolve the connection between |
the State and the Banks He argued that this con |
nection was established under the auspices of the
most distinguished and the purest members of the
Democratic party. He eutterly repudiated the idea
of political abuses from the connection that exisie1
between the Banks and the State Ho defended
the Democratic party from the imputation of intu-
ence from it-derided the idea that this Legisla,
ture could be influenced by it, and contending that
there political necessity for the separation
he asked what argument Vas there for it on the
score OF expediency In six years the State had
received back one-half the investment it had in
the Banks-an interest of st per cent per annum,
and they wero asked to kill the goose which
had laid the golden eggsts cut off this perennial
supply for the Treasury. In what other way
could the State appropriate the money so advanta-
geously.
, Mr. GARSETT said that if we look over the re-
turns from the Banks, would find that for a
number of years they average fraction over s
per cent per annum In dividends For five years
they had been prosperous under period of great
Tho next five years their condition
might be reversed. II was but a few years since
80 per cent of the capital of the State in one of
the Banks was sunk If a man Is involvsd-if he
has TO tax every nerve TO meet his engagements
was not his first impulse OF honor and wisdom 70
sell out his effects and pay bis debtsi That was
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