The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-02-08
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.

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ber of bills were reported, which will come up in
| order
| TAN on RAILROAD IRON.
Mr.. LEE, of Orange, offered the following reso-
| luton:
Be it Resolved by the General Assembly of yir.
ginia, That our Senators be instructed, and our
Representatives in Congress be requested, to vote
| tor the repeal of all duties railroad iron.
| The following statement accompanied the reso-
ution:
| 1t requires hundred tons of iron, weighing
| sixty pounds to the yard, to lay one mile OF rail
| way. The duty, at present foreign cost, is $1,000
| per mile upon every mile of road hereafter to be
made in Virginia At tpresen we have in the pro-
gross of construction over 300 miles, and about $50
| miles nearly ready for the rails. Upon this $50
miles, which will in all probability, be completed
within tue next few years, Virginia will pay $685.
0UO into the Treasury of the United States if the
duty remains as at present; indeed it may be more;
because by the provision of the present tariff laws
| the greater as the price OF iron advances
! This resolution was briefly sustained by Messrs
| BuEWElL, DEANE and LEE. Mr.. NEWTON re-
marked that it involved serious questions relative
to the taritf, and as he apprehended, confcted to
| some degree with the opinions entertained by
| majority of tho House, therefore he did not sup
| pose members were ready to vote upon it without
further consideration, and he moved that it be laid
ON the table.
| Air BURWEIL, though acquecing in the motion.
desired to modify the resolution so as to instruct
| our senators and request our representatives in
Congress to vote fur such chanfe in the tariff
railroad iron as they might deem e1pedient and
constitutional; but Air. NEWTON declining to with
draw his motion to make the modification the resC.
| luton was laid on the table.
Mr. BURWELL's remarks upon the resolution
were very sensible. He alluded to the sacrifices
Virginia had made for the CniOn-her gift of the
Northwestern Territory, out Of which many
States had been formed; and having had nothing
in return he argued that it nothing more than
| reasonable, now that she was struggling to make
her railroads. that she should be benefited to the
extent of releasing the duties on railroad iron,
| pecially as there was plethora in the Treasury
| and it became necessary to reduce the revenue
The Federal Government had donated ont of the
very territory given away by Virginia enough land
| not only to make the Illinois Central Railroad but
| to make every stockhoder in that road independ-
ent 1t did seem that the concession of taking off
the duty railroad iron might be granted to Vil-
| ginia. He argued that the Improvement system
involved the question of the power and the liberty
of the Southern States that upon it, and it alone,
we could rely for the increase of our population
| and our power in the National representation
The question OF the maintenance of the system
was one of vital character, and every means in
our reach should be employed with this view. The
abolition of the duty on railroad iron would be
material aid in the prosecution of this vital policy;
and he contended that there would be no sacrifice
| of principle or independence in endeavoring to
| procure its abolition by Congress.
RESOLUTIONS.
Resolutions were offered, adopted and appropri.
| ately referred:
Spilman & James, of Fauquier, SOB. 20, due them
by free negro, sold under the law forbiddng the
return of free negroes into the State. BY Mr..
HoGE: Into the expediency of authorizing some
one of the banks in the Commonw ealth to estab-
lish branch at the town of Martinsburg. BY Mr..
DICKINSON of Richmond OF amending the 10Th
and 5Sth section of chapter q of the Code OF Eir
| sinia concerning Inspections of Tobacco. BY Mr..
MAYS: OF amending the act Incorporating the town
of Fincastle in the county of Botet0urt. BY Mr..
| THOMAS, of NJ: Of Incorporating the Mason city
Manufacturing Company. by Mr.. PITMAN: Of so
amending the Code, 6lst chapter. more effectu-
ally to protect the rights of land owners. By Mr..
PITMAN: OF establishing Flour Inspection in the
town of Woodstock, in the county of Shenandoah.
BY Mr.. BONDURANT: OF amending the 9Th section
of the act incorporate the Slate River Company,
| in the county of Buckingham. BY Mr. TAYLOR,
| of Alexandria: Of incorporating the Alexandria
| Steam-Fery Company. By MIR. CHRISTIAN: Of
providing that Judgment on delivery bonds may be
| given on rule days in the Clerks Office on the
charter of the Charlottesville Savings Bank SO
| to change the time OF the annual meetings
| PETITIONS
| Petitions were presented and referred to apprO.
| pirate committees
| BY Mr. HOLDEN, of citizens of Harrison for the
| reduction OF the per diem allowances of jutces of
| the peace. By Mr. NEWTON: OF citizens of Bar
| bour and Taylor for turnpike. BY Mr.. IMBODEE:
| OF merchants of Staunton, for modification OF
| the revenue laws ON the ad vslorem principLe e
| By Mr.. DOYLE: OF citizens of Rockbridge for
modification OF the revenue law. BY Mr. HOGE:
| Of Joseph Branson for increasing the stock of
| the Marlnsburg and Winchester Turnpike Compa.
NY By Mr.. NEWTON: OF citizens of Taylor for
| the removal of restrictions ON the North West
Railroad By Mr. LEE: Ofmerchants of Gordons-
| Vile on the subject of taxation. BY Mr.. HOGE:
| OF citizens OF Morgan for a Turnpike also Pc
tition of A. j. CrOne and Others of the same coun-
| ty, for change in the license laws. BY Mr.. IMBo
| DEN: OF citizens of Ohio for Turnpike. BY Mr..
ASHBY: OF merchants of Clarke for reduction of
| the tax merchants licences
NOTICES OF PROTEST.
On motion of Mr.. IMBODEN the Committee of
Courts, &c, instructed to inquire into the ex.
pediency of providing that IL shall i'll all cases
be sufficient service of notice of the protest and
dishonorof Negotiable instrument for the notary
to deposite the same in the post office, addressed
to the party for whom it is intended, at his usual
post Office.
NoRTHwEsTERN VIRGINIA RAILROAD.
The House took up the unfinished business of
Yesterday, being the bill proposing to release the
Northwestern Virginia railroad from certain re-
strictions-pending the motion of Mr.. PAUL., to
amendsthe bill az to release the city of Wheel.
ing from the subscription of SU0000 to the Balti
more and Ohio RAILROAD.
Mr. JoHssToN concluding his argument in be-
half of the bill and against the amendment, Mr..
PAUL. briefly replied Mr.. BURWELL addressed
the House in concise speech, respecting the con-
| test between the two Northwestern interests ar
| rayed in opposition in the House and he. argued
to show that the demands of both were more than
| justice required He proposed what he considered
compromise but at the..request of Mr.. PAUL. he
| withdrew it to bring the vote directly npon Mr..
P.'s amendment
Mr.. BHASNoH addressed the House in reply TO
| Mr. BURwELI. aud the vote being taken ON the
amendment of Mr.. PAUL., it was rejected-53 TO
| 67.
| Mr.. BuRwELL then move his amendment as fol.
| lows:
Provided that the Northwestern Virginia Rail.
| road Company shall guarantee by assurances sat.
| isfsetory to the Board Of Public Works, that the
| city OF Wheeling shall receive dividends at the rate
| of not less than six per cent per annum upon we
Thousand shares of stock standing upon the books
| of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, in
| the name of the city of Wheeling. The frst dvi
dend thereof shall be due and payable upon the
LIST of July 1853 and semi-annuaily thereafter nn,
tl the conditions of construction imposed upon the
| baltimore aud Ohio Railroad Company by her act
aud sections OF an act referred TO In the nrst see
| ton OF this set, shall have been complied WITH