Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-12-18
THURSDAY, DECEMBER II, 1857.
SENATE.
Prayer by Rev. George w 90 ~dbridge, of the Epis
copal Church.

SENATE.
Prayer by Rev. George w 90 ~dbridge, Of the Epis
copal Church.
BILLS REPORTED.
House bill amending all act incorporating the Or
phsn Asylum of Alexandria, with an amendment
Read a third time and passed. Senate bill Of last
session providing for drawing the boundary line be-
tween Virginia and Maryland. A bill to establish
the county seat of Calhoun, by a vote OF the citizens
of said county. A bill making an appropriation to
the Deaf, Dumb and Blind Asylum at Stanton. A
bill amending sec. S, chap. Isl, go as TO extend the
provisions of said section relative 10 attachments
against vessels on the Ohio river TO the waters OF
Pagan Creek, in the county OF lsle OF Wight.
BILLS PAssEp.
A bill amending the charter of the town of Man.
chester, Ohio county. A bill Incorporating a compa.
nv for the Improvement of Tug Fork, of Sandy Ri.
YER, Amending the charter OF the Wheeling Savings
Institution. Extending and amending The charter OF
the Virginia Fire and Marine Insurance Company
Refundipg Peter Hunton, OF Hardy county, S5S Cd,
taxes enormously paid
Mr., DAu6HrREY offered a resolution, which was
adopted, requesting the Governor to communicate to
the Senate the reasons that induced him to loan, and
send beyond the limits of the State, the arms Of the
Commonwealth, and requesting him to furnish the
Senate with the correspondence between Gov. Lyon
and himself in relation to said arms.
Mr.. CATLErT offered q resolution, which was adopt.
ed, fixing the 2lst inst with the concurrence of the
House, for the election Of Major General Of the 4h
DlvletOn OIL flTElDIh WITHIN. U supply III NduChICJ
caused by the death of Major General Harvey.
The bill for paying the interest on the guaranteed
bonds of the James River and Kanawha Canal Com
pany being up on its second reading, a motion was
made by Mr.. THOMAS to lay on the table and print, in
order to give Senators time 10 examine. In opposion
to this motion, It was urged by the friends Of the bill,
that the July interest is yet unpaid, and that 1t is i'm
possible for the company to meet thu payments due in
1858 and January ], 1859, which are those provided
for in the bill, al we'll as that of July last. The mo.
ton to lay on the table was rejected.
RESOLUTIONS OF INQUIRY.
BY Mr.. CAMPBELL, Of increasing the salary of the
Clerk of the County Court, in Nottoway. BY Mr..
CAMPBELL, of making the Meherrin River and Ger.
tain roads in N%ottoway, lawful fences. BY MIR. JOHN.
son, of relinquishing the right Of the State to that por.
lion Of the Lynchburg and Salem turnpike in Bedford
and Roanoke, to the authorities Of these Counties
BY Mr.. COBB, lin the absence of M. CLAIBoRNE) OF
increasing the salary OF the Commemorative Attor
ney, of the Circuit Court of Petersburg. BY Mr..
CoBB, of amending the charter of the Petersburg
Mechanics' Association. BY Mr.. HUBBARD, to refer
Lunatic Asylums, to the appropriate COMMITTEES with
instructions to inquire into the expedieucy Of report
ing a bill sppropriating $40, QUO TO each OF the Asy.
lums. BY Mr.. DEsKISs, of appropriating sufficient
cum Of money to pay q claim Of the SaleL' and Pep
pers Ferry Turnpike Company against the Board of
Public Works. BY Mr.. BEALE, of amending resolu.
tions in relation to the sale OF Works Of Internal
Improvement, adopted Feb. 26th, 1856, in which the
State 10 interested, as 10 PROVIDE 10 every 6uCn pur-
chase by the Board of Public Works, shall be cub.
ject to the confirmation of the General Assembly.
BY Mr.. DEsEALE, of converting the debts due from
the James River and Kanawha Canal Company TO
the State into Stock of the Company. BY Mr.
BRUCE, Of authorizing the Boydton and Petersburg
Plank Road Company to dispense with PLANK on GER
tain sections Of the road. BY Mr.. CoGHILL, of amend.
ing sec. I, chap. l2l, 80 that a Justice Of the Peace
TO take the privy examination, acknowledgment, and
declaration Of a married woman who has executed a
writing purporting to convey any estate, real Or per.
sonal. By Mr.. PAXTON, Of Incorporating q company
TO construct a railroad 10 a point on the CoviDgton
and Ohio Railroad, or Virginia Central Railroad, In
the counties Of Allegheny or Rockbridge.
Petitions were presented from A. NJ. Sterrett, edi-
TOR OF the Petersburg Gazette, asking the passage
Of an act relative to publications 10 newspapers and
printers fees. A petition asking an amendment OF
the law in regard to the tar on hotel keepers.
The SPEAKER appointed the following special com.
mit;ee on the resolution offered by Mr.. AUGUST, rela-
tive to the Washington Monument: Messrs. August,
Floyd, Claiborne, Rives and Douglass.
The election of Second Auditor of Public Accounts
was then gone into, and Jonathan N. Bennett of
Lewis county-nominated by Mr.. BRAysoE- being
the only person in nomination, was unanimously
elected. A message WA also received from the
House stating that Mr.. Bennett had also received
The unanimous vote of that body, whereupon the
President OF the Senate declared him duly chosen to
the office.
The election Of Penitsntisry Store Keeper was
then proceeded with, the following nominations being
made BY Mr.. AUGUST, Robt. N. Nimmo, Of Rioh-
mond. By Mr.. FLOYD, Mitchell b. Tate, of Wythe.
Mr., LAYEE, John w, Jones, of Bedford, The