The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-03-06
GENERAL ASSEMBLY Of yIRErNIA
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.

pended la experimenting prisoner Iueressing
ths number OF the directors of the Bank Of SOUTH
western virginia. Amending the act authorizing
state subscription to ths Mountain Lake and saIt
sulphur Springs turnpike company INCORPORATING
.ne valley Female Institute at Winchester. For
no ieaei 9, Henry dordon. late sheriff Of Powba-
.au' .s 40 allow the writ Of f. ia, Issued by ius-
,'ce. 70 be directed and executed by a copstsbIs- -
"A OIL TO regulate fisheries in the Potomac. and "a
protect the breed of hsh $50 ~
Bills Reported d-Tncorporatin fha u,;or x.
Iacturing Company; House bill for The raIiss ~
". II. Harris; House bill to pay certain rnousv -
Ed Parrish; TO amend the charter of the city ~
n'eAandria; of incorporating the Orkney springs
hotei company; For the rs.assessment ar a.
lands OF Din widdie " 'As
Adrsrse Repat--Ths COMMITTEES of co,r,, :.
justice reported adversely to authorizing canntr
tss W M 20 sssrIns the lists ofdenquent
YAK payers, ior collection, on the ground thai IN.
case Is AIR eady provided for in tbs Code. ~
bln DVeatso a bill, in accordance with traa
y OF 'he United states with France, allowing ei
state of Virginia, was discussed and laid on az
table. iA'H u" 'he
Militia Bal.-hr FLooD offered an amendment, -
his BILL supplementary TO the militia bill sutbor
izing the county and corporation courts to appoint
three competent persons for each regiment ta CO.
duct the election of officers in mode AZ near a,
may be to the usual mode of election. The per.
sons to be appointed at the April or May term
Tirginia 4kiiIary LnstitHis-The bill appronri.
atipg $4,000 to the Military Institute, came up.-
MIR. PAXTON explained that portion Of the appro-
pration WAS to be devoted to finishing buildings.
in the erection of which the Board of Visitors
had transcended their power by exceeding the
amount appropriated.
bir. CATLETT opposed to the system of ma.
king appropriations upon all occasions for exces-
ses committed by the agents Of the State In ex.
pending its money.
Mr STUART advocated the appropriation as ne
cesSsry, in view of the unfinished condition of the
mess hall aud other new buildings. lie also
showed that 1t was necessary for supply OF water
and the enclosure of the grounds. Hereafter he
thought the Board of Visitors should be made re-
spousibie for over-expenditures
Mr.. AUGUST seconded the views of Messrs. Pax
TON and STUART, and made statement regarding
the bad state of this camping. parade ground, &c.
Mr.. DouGLAss alluded to the small beginning,
from which the Institute has grown to its present
size, and wished TO know when this horse leech
cry Of "giye, give" would cease. He was anxious
to knewn when the state would be allowed to dis
continue her payments to this pile of battlements
sndeturrets. Ho did not intended to decry the
| educational recommendations of the Institute
| but he was opposed to continuing appropriations
without seeing some estimate, showing at least
| probability that they would be sufficient. What
assurance could the friends of the bill give that
| the appropriation asked for would suffice
lie did not by his remarks to reflect on the
Institute or its officers, but he did say that the
acts of the Board Of Visitors were merely the s,n.
| bodiment OF the views of the superintendent,
| whose ideas of the magnifceace and extent of the
institution were far larger than those entertained
by the legislature in founding it. lie denied that
| economy had been practised in the expenditure of
| the appropriations, and contended that they had
| been disbursed with extravaganza. lie was will
ing to vote for finishing the building, but was not
| willing to vote more without first seeing esti
mates.
Mr.. STUART gave description of the unfinished
condition of the new buildings, the want of water,
the state of the grounds &C. and stated his will
lingress that provision should he inserted in the
hill making the Board of Visitors personally re-
sponsbe for exceeding the appropriation.
| Mr.. DOUGLASS offered ryder 10 the bill. providing
that before any part of the appropriation shall
be applied TO procuring water or enclosing the
grounds, plans and estimates for it shall be OBJ.
tained from an engineer and workman-not an Of
ficer of the institution, aud the Superintendent oi
the Iustituts shall be individually responsible for
| an excess OF the appropriation
| MIR. WEIGH, of Madison. opposed the ryder, on
the ground that il was sHrrendering the principle
| for which the opponents OF the bill contended II
was folly to talk of holding Col. Smith, the Super
| intendcnt, individually responsible. He showed
that magnificent and spacious house, TO accom-
| mediate from 800 to 400 persons, eating and sleep
ing, could be erected for $4,000, ami asked &c
know why the buildings at the Institute were tt
cost so much more than ordinary buildings. lie
thought the appropriation asked for was exces
sive.
Mr. FLOYD WAS opposed to the ryder on th,
gronnd that it was an imputation on the oficer
of tbs institution.
Mr.. TiLIAFERRo WAS unwilling to cast any i'm
uutation on the officers of the Institute or tn,
Board Of Visitors lie called for the reading of th
bill. The bill read
The ryder was ordered to its engrossment.
The bill, with the ryder attached, was then pu
on its passage and defeated, for want Of consti
tutional majority, by the following vote:
AYES Messrs August, Braden. Campbell, Cole
man. pau2 htrev, Denralo, Deskins Floyd, Funsten
| Hairston, Johnson, Layue Logan. Mchenney, Mar
shall, Neal Of W, Nesie of N, Paxton, hives. Stu
NAYs-Messrs Amber, Bruce, Catlett, Cobb, Day
| Douglas, Hubbard, Huddeeon, Old. TaliaierrO, Tho
mas, Thompson. Wech, WeEt and Wooding-l3 Is.
sdered, aud Oh motion Of Mr. PAXTON, the bill wa
laid on the table.
On motion the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
EVENING SEssIoN-TaURsDAY, March 1 1858
S,nate Bills Rtssed.--To authorize the Circui
Court of Orange to decree tho sale Of tn
, | lands of the Connerly's, free people of colol
Nicholson and VIM n. liolstead to apply to til
County Court Of Norfolk county for the correc,io
, of the assessment Of their lands under the act
, | 1856, for the reassessment of the lands of tn
Commonwealth. To extend the Roanoke Vale
railroad from Clarksville, in the county of Neck
ienburg, to some point near keysvlle, on the Dar
vile railroad, or to Blacks and Whites, on tn
South Side railroad, or the junction OF the
} To incorporate the Kanawha Salt and Coal Con
pany. Authorizing the sale Of certain schoC
house and lot in the town OF Buffalo, in Putnam
county, by the trustees thereof. To amend tn
first section OF an act passed March 3D. 1854
. amending act for the construction OF cans
from North Landing to Elizabeth river. TO incol
porate the Coal River Railroad Company. TO II
corporate the Guyandotte River Railroad Con
pany.
A. G. Layne, coming up, was explained and adv
| Gated by Messrs ANDERSON, DUcKW ALL and HEATf
and opposed by Mr.. SIBERT. The question on th
passage Of the BILL was determined in the negatv
81 Af arzn1.
! nays 4S.
South Sals ErieRsi0n.-The House bill to inco
, | porate the South Side extension company was Il
ken up for consideration, whereupon Mr.. PAxTo
| offered ryder providing that in the event of I'd
| union of the extension railroad company with -
! South Side railroad company, the profits, liabil
ties &C., of each shall be independent of the otl
er.
Mr.. MAYS moved that the further considerable
: of the bill and ryder be indefinitely postpone,
He then proceeded to advocate the adoption
this motion, but before concluding his remark
yielded the floor for motion to adjourn.
r FRIDAY, March s..
Reports from Committees were presented III
MALLORY from special committee, reported q hi
to incorporate the Norfolk and st. Nazaire Steam
{ ship Navigation Company.
Bridging The Ohto.-The House proceeded to tn
consideration of the order Of the day, being "bi
to prevent the unawfui bridging of the Ohio rive
near Steubensyille, and for that purpose TO defu
and punish such offences"
9 Mr.. SWEENEY, who addressed the House {
length in advocacy of the passage OF the bill, W.
interrupted by the SPEAKER. who informed MI
I that the hour had arrived for the consideratio
of the Coyington and Ohio Railroad bill-the 0
der OF the day having priority.
Mr. FOREMAN moved that this order OF the da
be passed by indefinitely. with the view Of III
i ther considering the 'bridge bill.
. Mr. MARTIN proposed to amend this motion,
Z as to pass by for the purpose of considering Il
d resolution from the Senate for the extension
the session.
Mr. CHRISTIAN demanded the previous qusstio
= and
Mr. FOREMAN called for the yeas and nays.
The amendment proposed by Mr.. MARTIN wi
| agreed to--yeas SO, nays As.
The motion, as thus amended, was then agres
10.
The resolution from the Senate was read as 4
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