Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-03-13

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The SPEAKER resumed the Chair at o'clock z VI
aTious bills Oh their second reading we're advanced to
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EVAPORATION OF FLors
bill, on its second reading TO authorize the exnor
tanon OF flour and corn meal in sacks and bags coming up
ia order, ~
Mr.. DABNEY, in behalf of an absent member (Arr.
hoBBSl who desired TO offer amendments TO the bill mo.
v,d that the bill be laid upon the table
Nests. DEANE and TOMLIN opposed the motion
and 1t was negaved The bill then ordered TO be en-
crossed.
CHARTER OF FsEDERICEsEuRG
Nj. SEDDEN offered the following Joint resolution
which alter objection the score of constitu.
uonAy Was adopted aud committed forthwith the Sen.
Resolred, by the General Assembly that the commits.
sonefs provided Tor by the passed at the present
son To amend the charter of the town of Frederick.
burg be and they hereby authorized open poll oil
Saturday, 10th day Of March 1856 in the said town OF
Fredericksburg Tor the purpose OF taking the sense of the
votes OF said iow the question OF accepting or reject.
S said amended charter the said election to he conduct.
ed agreeaby TO the provisions 2st section of said
THE ARMoRY MILLS
On motion Of Mr.. FLOYD, Joint resolution from the
Senate authorizing the Governor lease out the west wing
OF the AFmony for milling purposes, taken up And
concurred in.
THE FINANCE BILLS.
On motion of Mr. GARRETT, the resolution prescrib-
ing the order OF business, suspended for the pur
pose of taking the bills reported from The Finance com
mlttee, not heretofore acted upon.
The bill authorizing the issue of Treasury notes wa
amended in various ways and amended ordered to b,
reprinted.
An engrossed bin concerning commissioners of the reye
nue. their duties aud compensation, passedyeas Z,
noes IL Ut graduates the and tees of those of
hcer and requires them to qualify hereafter LIST Janu
ary.)
An cngrossed bill to regulate the application of the sink
ing fund TO the redemption OF the public debt was also IA
ken up aud passed--yeas So noes none.
The blanks in the bill appropriatng the public rev.
nue. were filed, and the bill then passed by
BILLS
Mr. BAKER, by leave, reported bill to amend the ac
recently passed authorizing the Of Winchester to IA
Mr. CARROLL by leave reported bill 70 remove TN
records which relate to the county OF Carroll the count
Of Grayson.
These bills were ordered 70 be engrossed
RAILROAD IHE PACIFIC
The resolutions relative To a railroad To the Pacific i'm
troduced by Mr. BURWELL, Of Bedford eay in the SEES
sion, having been made the special order this evening
Mr. BURWELL briefly addressed the House in review
the advantages which the South would derive from con-
sucton OF the said road, the indicated in th
resolutions. He desired action upon the subject Al i
late period Of the session.
Mr. DAVIS, Of Greenbrier. arose aud sad-Ths sub
cc suppose, zir, has been Introduced here 70 assist
forming public sentiment this subject by informing
the public mind. The object is Ludabc, aud will al,
my mite 20 IT. advancement In the winter Of 1882 th
Legislature OF Texas Incorporated company to bufd roa
from the Eastern boundary ofTeXas to III Paso the RI
Grndr aud afterwards granted 1920 acres Of land 10
every mile the company completed ready for us2. TIN
was 10y ~ act Of 1854, rescrying also 40 miles wide ao
the entire line, exempt from eny aud reserved 10 enabi
the company ~ they advance With their road to mak
choice selections
This has been surveyed oy Col Gray. from, Te.a
TO the Pacihc The whole route Is practicable with Gvo
rablt grades aud curves free from inclined planes an
tunnels aud presenting the gaze Of man the most beau
tiu uudullons in the land rich a. the valley Of the Nb
and charged With the odUD OF flowers nine months in th
year, that would have withercd IN the garden Of Nabu
for the want O that purity aud alubrty IN the air hc
j. unequaled believe where on earth for the same
.e 81 country I"is road passes nearly the line Of TN
32d deg ct North Latitude II you start at Wick burg
Mississippi or AZ the Texas line You have almost strni
line ~ san Diego the Pacific AL the way through t,
territory oi the United States But suppose you seek
tap the Pacific az Los Angeles or San Francisco Won bv
only 10 turn little 20 the right after you cross the con
bined waters Of the Colorado aud the CHA az point tha
gives you 20 the whole Of the feghts Of the Gu
OF California aud you may point 70 either place IN
opinion there no road the continent Of the sam
length that could be made cheap. Major Blanch est
mates the cost nc $4,000 per mile This route will b
free from SNOW aud several hundred miles nearer ta
any other route % the Pacific
But SIR the survey of the route, will show the pract
cabity aud the With which this road can be bull
and the report Of Col Gray tells you II the richnei
Of the land, In wood In herbs aud Covers Of oil
abundance Of its water and minerals. Elsewhere va
can learn Of atmosphere 70 pure that fresh me-
robbed Of the bone, elevated thirty feet from the eart
will not purify, indeed that " IL pure that when e-
meat j. cut into slices thicker than the hand and hun
up anywhere, that instead Of decayug becomes like III
kcd meat NJ DRY bono in about forty eight hour
these things learn by consulting the records
dc-irr ~ review u IN another aspect What r the chaa
Ter Of onr civilization? II IT, ill., cultivated TeutOric
snrt--'fernrn customs applied 10 social and tradiu
Intercourse through che Of perfected forms The
W-uncts ana ne customs they have prompted,
TALLY unitarian directing thought o. some prtctc
"pPiaal"' ard every excrfiOn 20 the qualification
physical "ants, the advancement of material wcltl,
ing sprung from Who acknowledges 10 vi
no superior, but the chief II his own election and
peace no guide but woman our civilization deInan,
Hct,on toi " development and improvement Il isimpr
'eu ny the moral aims Oi ambition, by the moral asp
fe act OH 90 sfh 4
70 o. developed by necessities by the pressure o OF
material wants The American mind il surely ptactica
a' "hen " f"l7Hes 90 TIE speculative mood IL lo,s
p'FOnd IL spundng Do Won Know, -ir. that IL j. n
ho" a'e,tr .upsrur r-ce that It'll governs ~ CLAN
do you remember, 81, that it wa the best blood