Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-04-03
NirgIntR LeSiaiRture.

GINA.
The General appropriation bill for the
two years 1859 was taken up and passed
Among the most prominent items are
S163, 694 40 for the two Legislative sessions
of 1913; 1924 600 for salaries to officers Of
the civil government; SIC, 900 to pay for slaves
executed and transported; $4,000 to the
Washington Monument; S4367, lis for the
payment of interest on the public debt and the
gradual redemption thereof, and for invest.
meut; $27l,G47 10 to pay the interest on
the guaranteed bonds Of the James River
and kanawha Canal Company; S60,00O to
pay the interest on the guaranteed bonds
of the Chesapeake and OHIO Canal SIS, 600
to enclose the birthplace of Washington.
Senate bills were passed authorizing the
Colonization Board to compensate its Score
tary; increasing the salary of the adjutant
General of the State to $500 per anuum;
authorizing the Orange and Alexandria
Rail Road Company to convert the capital
stock created for the construction Of the
extension" or so much thereof as the
stockholders may elect, into bonds; increas-
ing the capital stock Of the Manassas Gap
Rail Road Increasing the capital stock of
| izing it to establish a branch at Richmond.
The House amendment to the Senate
bill, requiring merchants to take an oath
not to deal with slaves, came up and was
discussed. The amendment prevents mer-
chants from selling liquor to free negroes
without certificate of their good character
from three magistrates.
| Mr.. Daughtrey opposed the amendment,
on the ground that it would throw an unil-
censed liquor traffic into the hands of worth
less whitemen, who would makea profit by
| buying liquor from merchants and then sell
ling it to tree negroes at heavy advance.
Mr. Catlett opposed the amendment on the
same ground. lie said he regretted having
allowed the bill to pass without Offering OF
position to it at the time, as he was certain it
would not effect the object hoped for by its
| friends.
The amendment was advocated by Messrs.
Talsferro, Thomas and Amber. Several
amendments to the amendment were offered,
but defeated. 1t was then agreed to by the
following vote:
| AYEs-Messrs Amber Brannon. Bruce, Cog
hill, Coleman Deneale. Deskins, Floyd, Funs-
| ten, Hubbard, Huddleson, Layne, Marshall,
| Paxton, Richmond, Rlves, Smith, OF q, Smith,
OF J, Stuart, Talaierro, Thomas, Thompson
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NAYS -Messrs. August Caldwell, Catlett,
Claiborne, Daughtrey, Douglass, Flood, French,
Neale, oil n. Warth, and West-ll.
Mr.. Floyd offered preamble and joint
resolution instructlng our representative, and
requesting our Senators in Congress to ask
for Lieut.. Maury's extraordinary promotion
10 the Navy, on account OF his distinguished
service to commerce.
Pending the motion, the Senate adjourned.
In the House of Delegates, on motion Of
Mr.. Crutchfed, the Senate bill changing
the character Of the appropriation 10 the
fredericksburg and Gordonsvllc Railroad,
was taken up. The bill authorizes the IN
paid portion of the three fiths subscription
(S240, 00O) heretofore appropriated, to be
issued as preferred six per centum stock.
The passage of the bill was advocated by
Messrs Crutchfeld, Segar, McCue, Mckenzie,
Dejarnette and Christian, and opposed by
Mr.. johnson Of Taylor.
| The question on the passage Of the bill was
then put, and determined in the negative by
the following vote:
YEAs-Messrs. Crutchfeld, (Speaker) Ander-
son, Bailey, Ball, Barbour OF Culpeper Bird,
Bowles, Caperton, Carpenter, Chapman, Chris.
tan, Clarke, Cregh, Deane, Dejarnette, Draper,
Gatewood Hancock, Howery, Lee, Mallory,
Martz Massie OF Rockbridge Massie OF Au.
gusta, Mays McCue, Mckinney, Mckenzie,
Morgan, Paxton, Parril, Powell OF Hampshire,
Preston, Prince, Ronald Scott, Segar, Stalnaker,
Sweeny, Thomas, Thompson, Thornburg, Woods,
Yancey-46.
NAYs--Messrs Alexander Arnett Barbour of
Monon gala, Bass, Boyle, Bosseau, Foreman,
Brown Of Bedford, Brown OF Petersburg, Brown
of Upshur, Carter OF Russell, Chase, .Cockerille,
Coltrane Conrad, Cowan, Cox, CTeel, Dabney,
Davidson, Dickinson OF Prince Edward, Dick
nson of Grayson, Edmunds, Fauntleroy, Gil
rer, Grant, Hackley, Hardy, Raymond, lick
am, Hoge, Hunter, Johnson OF Taylor, Johnston
| OF Harrison, Jones OF Appomattox, Jones OF Glou-
| cester. Jones OF Mecklenburg, kaufman, Keen
Kemble Lane, Long, Lundy, Lynn, Mason,
Mckay, Moody, Nelson, Mock, Nottingham,
| Plymale, Porter, Riddick, Rlves, Seaman, Sed-
don, Shepard, Slbert Smith, Splitter, Sturm, Ia
tenn, Tomliu, Wilkinson, VERIFY, Young-67.
Mr.. Paxton moved to pass by the order of
the day for the purpose of taking up the oys-
ter bill, with the view of advancing it to en-
erossment. The motion was briefly discuss
ed by Messrs. Seldom, Paxton, Anderson,
Dickinson of Prince Edward, Hoge and Har-
per.
Mr.. Paxton remarked that be wished a
showing Of hands, and to effect this, he call
ed for the yeas and nays. The motion sub
mitted was then rejected-yeas 40, nays %.
The order of the day was taken up, being q
Senate bill to suppress the circulation OF notes
of a certain denomination.
Mr.. EdrDupds offered the following as an
independent section: After the lst of June,
1858, no bank or branch shall pay out or Is
sue any note for circulation, except of the de-
nomination SIS, $40, or of some multiple of
teu." Agreed to.
Mr.. Edmunds proposed to amend the bill
further by changing the period for commenc-
ing the suppression of the circulation Of for
eign bank notes of less denomination than
$50 from 3lst December, to let June, 1858.
This proposition was discussed at length
by Messrs Edmunds Mckenzie, Carter, of
Russell, and Wade, and then adopted.
Mr.. Anderson moved to amend the bill so
as TO strike out that feature prohibiting the
circulation of notes of less denomination
than $50, after 3lst December, 1859
The discussion on this motion was con-
tinued by Messrs, kemper, Segar, johnson
of T., and Keen.
The previous question was then ordered,
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