The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-02-15
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.

THURSDAY, Feb. IA, 1856. b
Prayerby the Rev. Mr.. PofNDExTER, of the Bap.
tist church. a
Sundry bills from the Senate were appropriately
referred.
Committees were called for reports and a num-
Der of bills were reported which viii come up in
order. itA rF-t
The SPEAKER laid before the House a letter pur
porting to come from committee of citizens of
Cincinnati, inviting the members of the General
Assembly to attend celebration of the approach.
ing anniversary of the birth day of the Father of his
Country in that city. Some of the members sug.
gestiDg that the letter was 'hoax, it was laid on
the table. 1
The SPEAKER laid before the House communi.
cation from the President of the James River and
Kanawha Company, stating that it was impossible
for the Company to carry out the provisions of the
recent act for the improvement Of the Kanawha
River sT
On motion of MIR. SMITH, it was ordered TO be
printed, and the subject referred to a select COM
mittee, which was ordered TO consist of Messrs
SMITH, GARNETT, FLOYD, DOYLE and HoGE
The House proceeded to the consideration of
bills In their early stages under the rule, laying
aside those that were contested -,s'-
On motion of Mr.. STANARD, the Committee for
Courts of Justice was instructed to inquire into
the expediency of providing by law for the trans
fer from the Supreme Court of Appeals of appel
late Jurisdictions in criminal cases. and also of al
lowing appeals as of right to said courts upon such
terms as may seem expedient
On motion OF Mr.. CARPENTER, the Committee of
Propositions was instructed to inquire into the ex-
pediency of protecting railroad companies from
smuggling powder and other combustbles
-,- PETIT oSS.
Petitions were presented and referred--By Mr..
FRENCH: OF citizens of Mercer, for the establish
1nent of a branch bank in said county. By Mr.
DAVIS, of Greenbrier: Of citizens of that county,
for some regulation of the printing by contract for
the Court of Appeals of the Western District
BY Mr. DEANE: Of citizens of Campbell against
the incorporation of the Trustees OF the Spring
Hill Company.
THE GOVERNORS MESSAGE.
Mr. FLOYD offered resolution referring that
portion of the Governors Message of Tuesday re
lating to the subject of loans to a special com
mittee.
Mr. GARRETT took some exceptions to the reso
luton, since the subject one which properly
beio aged to the Committee Of Finance, and would
construe it's adoption into an implied censure OF
that committee.
Mr. FLOYD dsclaimed any design to reflect upon
the committee in any manner. The subject was
one which had been introduced by the message OF
the Governor since the report of the Finance Com
mittee had been introduced He approved of the
plan of advertising for loans proposed by the (to
vernon desired to see It tried and hoped the bene-
fits anticipated by the Executive would How from
it, Mr.. I. went on to state as further reason for
wishing q special committee, that the Finance
Committee had submitted a report-showing, he
confessed great deal of labor and intelligence but
arriving at conclusions from which he wholly dis
sented He declared that he could not concur In
the measures of relief proposed by the committee,
particularly that authorizing the issue OF bills OF
credit which in the teeth OF the United States
Constitution which declared that no State should
.semit bills of credit and that the United States
Court had decided in case that ran on all fours
with this proposition by the committee. He would
not consent to the passage of law which is to
pass through an ordeal by which 1t Is to be pro-
nounced unconstitutional.
Mr. GARNETr did not consider that he had ex
hibited undue sensibiity in regard TO propositions
to interfere with the duties of the Committee OF
Finance But he contended that it was but proper
that if the committee had given satisfaction to the
House in dischargng its duties, matters approprt-
ate to its consideration should be referred to IT.
and he would infer that censure was implied up
on that committee If the House were to raise spe'
cia committees to consider matters belonging Pc
culiarly to it. He went to say that the objee-
tions urged by Mr.. f. to the action of the commit
tee and his resolution offered yesterday, justified
the conclusion that censure was intended--a con
clusion in which he was not singular. Mr. u. init
mated that he would ask early consideration
TO the propositions introduced by the Committee
on Finance, and would then undertake to show
that the treasury notes proposed by the commit
tee, were not bills of credit in the meaning of the
Federal Constitution, and according to the decision
Of the u. s. Court
Some. controversy ensued between Messrs
FLOYD and GARNETT tinged with sarcasm in
which the latter alluded to the propositions sub
mitted to the Committee of Finance by the for.
mern bills which he had sent before IL, 0or its n
Elimination, said Mr.. G,) designed as substitute
for the tax bill Of the committeeman In which
Mr.. f. declared that he did not consider the CON-
miitee infallible, and begged that II might be al
lowed that he, and those who thought with him.
might launch little canoe to follow In the wake
| OF the great steamer, the committee (which he
| compared TO one of the Collins line.
This tort and retort being over, Mr.. STAgARD
moy ed substitute for the resolution VIZ to refer
that part Of the message relating 70 finance to the
| Committee Of Finance and that part relating 70
improvements tc the Committee en-, Internal I'm
provementa. -. ss5..
| Mr.. 6rANARD objected to the raising OF special
committees ON these leading xuhjects ~ ceasure
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