The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-02-15

eENEnAL AssEMsLY Or VIRGINIA.
SENATE.
TUESDAY,. Feb. II, lsso.
AtI O'Clock A. n, Lice. Gov. MoaTAous
called ths senate 70 order Prayer b. Rev.
r. Y. MOoRK, Of the Presbytertah Church.
A Messace was received from the House,
througb its Clerk, to the effect that 1t had
passed Senate bills increasing the capital stock
II the Aiexandria, Mount Vernon and Acco.
tink Turnpike Company; Incorporating the
Rivanua Manufacturing Company, At Pal.
myrs In the county Of Fluvanna; paying J.
r. rad r. E. Ballard certain sum Of money;
p.o.idiue for the enslavement Of Martis
asrown by the County Court Of Giles cvunty;
also. thai It had agreed to certain Senate
amendments to House bill for the voluntary
enslavement OF Mary ana nsr children, per-
Eiu, Rspmitd-The following bills were re-
ported from committees viz: For the relief of
LANES J, Spauldine, and amend .ng The lst
section Of the act enu,led On act 10 increase
vile Railroad and for other purposes; incor-
porat,ng the town Of Ceredo, In Wayne coun.
~: incorporating the Mason City Minin:
and Manufacturing company, IN tns county
andotte Navigation Company to complete
.ne,r works: defining who are vagrants, and
the mode OF proceeding against them; incor-
uorating the Southern Institution tor the
snelioratjon Of the condition Of the deaf
dumb and blind negroes of the Commonwealth.
P,titiom. - The following document was
preseuted and referred, viz: BY MIR. john
son. the petition Of Abner Anthony, ST., OF the
county OF Bedford, praying to have certain
taxes reiu nded To him and to have part OF
his lands re.assessed
Ovsf.y Fxndum-On motion of Mr.. PAXTON,
the bill laying D tax on oysters was made the
order Of the day at i2h o'clock, wednesday.
ora, Of Rxsirtss.-The following resolu-
,isn. offered by Mr.. JOHNSON. passed the Sem
ate:
sideration ont If place on the calendar, unless
two thirds Of those voting shall concur In such pio
'o Eiits passed.-The following bills passed the
Senate viz: Incorporating the Central Saw
ings Bank of the city OF Richmond; amend
ing the ac passed April lst, 1858, entitled "An
act to amend the charter OF the Wyheviiie
savings Bank" establishing Branch Bank
in the town Of Piedmont, IN the county Of
hampshire: authorizing the County Court Of
Fairfax 70 direct one-haif OF the amount of Il
TO BIZ paid to Joseph 4. Munroe and James w.
Jackson, when the same is collected incor-
porating the Petersburg Locomotive, Car and
Agricultural Implement Company; for the
relief Of Joseph h. Aivis, la'e Clerk Of the
Circuit Court Of Mercer county; incorporat-
ing the Huntersville and Warm Springs Turn
pike Company authorizing All increase Of the
capital stock Of the Sweet aud Salt Sulphur
Springs Turnpike Company; granting the
Common Wealth's right to the real estate OF
John Kelly. deceased, to Owen Shee; amend
ing the charter of the Cen ntral Bauk of Virgi-
MIA; Incorporating the Eureka insurance. M
pany, OF Wheeling; relieving +. Henry Oaks
from u capiaS pro fine; compensatiag Reed
Duncan for constructing the Floyd Court.
House and Hillsyiiie Turnpike Road incor-
porating the Bank Of Ciarksvilie; Incorporat.
ing the Bank of Mecklenbnrg, At Boydton !;
amending and re. .enacting the I'd section Of the
lr OIL not ~
amend the charter OF the city of Alexandria: !:
Incorporating the VIM. Tell encampment, No.
81, Of the Independent Order OF Odd Fellows,
il. the City of Wheeling; repeating the act en-
titled an act Incorporating the trustees Of the
Hebrew and English Institute in the city OF
Norfolk, passed 23d March, 1853, and incopor-
ating tue same under the name and style Of
the Norfolk Hebrew and English Literary In
stitute; releasing the estate OF Eben LipscOmb b
from the payment Of costs to the Common
wealth in apr0secution against him; au thoriZ-
ing the city OF Portsmouth to issue coupon
bonds; amending the 4th section of Eli .sot
amending the charter of the Va. Fire and Ma
riue Insurance Com pany, passed January 4th,
1855; amending and re-enac ting the act entitl ID
an act to incorporate the Jackson Orphan Asy =
lum Of Norfolk, passed February 9th, 1856; for
the relief OF Youel Brannan, of Caroline CO.
BiH Rejecsed-Mr. PATE called up the bill
for the relief Of Robert Chambers Sheriff of
Boone county, and explained its merits, but
on its passage it was lost-ayes Is, noes IL
no quorum voting.
Adrsrse Rsports.-The following adverse re-
ports were returned from the Committee on
General Laws, viz: Against incorporating
Ripley l. EDGE, No. 1s2, l. .. o. f., in the town
Of Ripley. i'll Jackson county; against incOr-
porating Washington Lodge, No. l3, l. o. S. NJ.
Of the city Of RichmO.. ID and against exempt
ing from execution mechanics tools and a
larger amount of property than is now ex-
empted.
senate Busimess-The bill authorizing the
Winchester and Potomac Railroad Company
to extend their road from the town OF VIM
chester, to connect with the Manassa Gap
Railroad at or near the town Of Strasburg,
was made the order of the day for Monday
next, at II O'Clock.
The bill au uthorizing a subscription on the
part of the Board of Public Works to the
Lower AppOmattox Company. was rejected
The vote being recOnsidered, 1t was lnen laid
on the table.
The bill authorizing and requiring Commits
sioners Of the Revenue 10 apportion the as.
sessment OF land between the owners Of the
surface and of mineral wealth under the
surface where held in fee by different persons
was inended and ordered to be engrossed
The bill increasing the salary OF the Audit
or of Public Accounts was made the ordel
Of the day for Thursday next.
Resolution Of Inquiry iatO Expedieney.-Tht
following resolution was offered and adopt
ed OF reporting bill authorizing the Ex
change Bank of Virginia TO establish branch
of SAID Bank in the town Of Lewisburg
Hiring Cut Con oicts.-The Senate proceeded
to consider the order of the day. which was q
bill to provide for the sale into slavery of ne
gro convicts employed on public works, under
certain circumstances, and also to authorize
the Governor to employ on public works GER.
tain white convicts. Mr.. FRENCH favored its
passage; Mr.. WIcKHAM offered sundry amend.
ments, and Mr.. CoGHILL addressed the Senate
IN advocacy. Mr.. NKEsoN opposed it. Tht
bill was finally ordered TO be engrossed, aftel
that portion concerning white persons ha6
been stricken out, on motion OF Mi. WICKHAM
On motion Of Mr.. CoGHILL, that portion Vi
tho bill which authorized q pirate sale of ne.
gro convicts was likewise stricken out
On motion of Mr.. DOEGLAss, the Senate ad.
journed. Asa-