Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1860-02-24

eeof 10 her Executive 4 copy oi Inest
nI nh That the Governor Of this State he requested 10 trans,
the ,hs . i States OF the Union, to be laid before their
Legislatures, aud Invite their co-oPeratl0h' ,,ppr,,
Speaker OF the House OF Representatives.
JAMES DRANE,
President OF the sente.
Appfo'e JOHN J. PETTUs Governor.
Ador'c"" W F. i. COOPER, Secretary.
cor.rrr-L in by the House OF Representatives, February
ID, lstg. a.
r. p;lwor,l, Secretary OF State Of the State OF Nils,
sissippi. do hereby certify that the foregoing Is true ahu
,orrrr: ROW Of the original now On file In this office.
Given under my hand and the Grea: Seal OF the state
- lertuHio affixed, at the CITY Of Jackson; On ~
.xu- Lii,h day "f February, 4. D: lsG0, anu the SOW
- e~reisn:y Of the S;uts OF MissiTsipIMl d ,Rg I0'S
'"""' Secretary OF State.
~, motion Of SIR. LYNCH, The above documents were
laid on tn. table aud ordered to be printed.
Mr.. C0LEhA; was excused from serving on ,h 10 S ,o,a
Committee to receive Gen. starke AZ the guest o. ms stare
4, he vas compelled TO BE- absent. Mr. AlGEsL was hp.
| pointed in his place, and was requested to no''ly lie HOUSE
Of the appniaiHrnt Of the Senate CothiLiuee'
GuE OYSTER FrSprH.
ur ur;ErAED mov-dlo pass by the unfinished business,
80 4, TO take up the riIO. law; bn; the Senate reIuseu-'i"
..-Nr. PAXTON havirs called the ayes hnd noes.
TN. unfinished business then came up, VIZ The ohl 10 {
gula;c the taking Of oysters in the waters o! thi' ConuaHu-
| wealth, 50 -. to raise Il revenue tacrelron, ann preFen' te
destruction of oysters. The proposition pending was A!.
SRI AHT'S motion % postpone the bill iH"iehiitely: .ro
Til. motion wlS opposed NJ lcnstn bs M h-SHf,
who was replied to ny Mr. BEALE, Mr. PAXTON followed
In Suupurt Of the Till.
Mr. THOMAS If Fairfax expressed the opinion that me
lii ri.l, be 80 modified rs 10 meet the views OF q majority,
he couinin: lis operation 10 levylns 4 tax on non-rGslnehts:
NJ. .h"u.hi that valuable information might be collected
iw oTr,-r. Of government, which would aid the Legislature
NV. winter in CrafYir: an efficient bill-and he took ocra'
Sim T., ,yos lis confident belle: that there would every
YEAR .c 4 se>S!o!i o. ths Legislature 90 ~ "-
Tr PAXTON said thSt lie was wiling 10 hive n recon
si,Icrar;no Of the bill, 20 a, aiicr consultation; &c Mense r
LNl that would carry Out his great Object iAe 'A's'"s u
Mr. HUBBARD moved Al adjournment, but the motion
Mr. PAXTON asked ,h= ayes and rnes on the indefinite
Mr.. FiSXEY argued against the prOpiie,y Of the pro-
VI PiVES, and subsequently Mr.. FlNNEY made motions
for Nh aijonrum,eat, H.; they fAiied. The latter notion
ayes IL. Noes i.
Of The bin, and 1t was r.jrctsd, II to 81, by ihe following
vote: n., r;,,or
Hubbard, Johnson, Mcksnn"y, Pate, kivr', |rHu'a'''
Wic.hanL. Ayrs l.. $780,
~Yor4.-Me,Ir:. August. Carson, Claiborne. Coleman
Dickinson. EarlT, French, fiatewood, GreeveF, Jones
K,i.h, Logan. Srrsnu, Newton, Newman, Paxton, fehnE'
hacker, TaIlar+rro, Thomas, OF Henry; Thompson, Io""eS'
I'm ibe aboy. vote Mr.. BEANNoN paired oil with Mr;
CIiKISTIAN, MIR. THOMAS of F., with Mr. STUART, and
Mr. NEAL with Mr.. BRUCE. ,n,,
that while they were opposed 10 the orisinalbil they voted
against rhr indefinite po=tpnnemen,, with the hope thar an
oIiIer bill, In 4 more acCeptablr loriI-suCh q . UNA H'"'N-
led hv Sir. THOMAS OF f.-misht be reported.
Mr.. TlIOMAS Of f., moved = decentralization q ! ~ 'o'e
expressing the bill.
Mr. NELSON moved an adjournment, and Il was carried,
ayes II. noes ); Er MCKINNEY haying called the ayrianH
nots.
k;6ssE DF n~S.i7:GATEIS.
The I!ouse me; at II O'clock. Speaker C;CTcll:iELp IN
In. chair.
Prayer b. the Kew. Dir. Ielu, q al "h''9" ''"'
Church.
Ellis REPORTED.
Against the petition Of Paul \. Farley;
Ac:ic.; :hr petition or l;obrr; Payne OF Giles county
THE TOWN uf cCKEp".
4 hill 10 Incorporate the town D! CcrcIo, Wayne county
being before the lI"use,
Sir HOPKINS Of Washington, said he did not desire to
participate in this debate. but now to state u iae', "hich nc
believed would not and could not he coh,r"Se''S".-
From the foundation OF the establishment ~ IsFe,
10, In tie COUNT Ct Wayne; hn i amiy fnum nIp
of IL. Mr.. II. said il was unnecessary Tor HIN to tell this
House who Iii T;al.r was: AL know That n: WIS an uara
aboluionisl ~ the Massachusetts stamp. his settlement
had l., ori.in In aud formed Il part NJ tha scheme and poll
cy OF the New England Aid Societies, AMI II soueEtn footing
within cur own beloved Commonwealth II, rs nnS been
stated they lnI a native born virgin:an an! 4 stakeholder
e. SIR. Jvr'ian) IN ;:r!r association, ne -i!""'" o"'s say "e
wa, in had company. Mr. IL. said that Mr.. Tl'aycr took
rrru, interest m hi, settlement. lie had established 4 news
Imprr. purpor,ing TO he published at Cere'lo, an" freely CIR.
cula,ed Il during The last Congress. Mr. IL. a icihLea ina
Will; In. would wrlcoIuc citizens from t!r Tree stEtes rs
freely rs any man, il ticy he loyal TO the constitutional
rights Of Virginia, lie would never, by bis vote, accord TO
any assYcia;i":. under the auspices Of Ell TiIay-r, cosp"'
rate uri .iicgr. ~i.hin the Commonwealth d; virginia
On motion of MIR. r0Ml.1N, the q1e,uoA was indefinitely
postponed.
MISSISSIPPI coMhissI"SEE,
q Communication was received from W.. hNreut'r, GU
closing the credentials OF the lion. T.. L. StnrIc, terntni>'
s!onrr from Mississippi, with an address 10 TIE Ie'eFho'
from the Mississippi Comrliss Toner, WHICH u icao. -,
Nj. RAYMOND moved that the COMMUNICATIONS be- laid
on the table aud printed.
sir. KEMPE understood that the commissioner OF ,lis
si..ippi did rot propose 10 address the Assembly OF 'irSi'
mia, IT,. therefore iuoyed tia: 1000, copies OF the address
be printed. The motion Of Ar. KEEPER was carried uilahi-
nCusIy..
The following gentlemen were named n: the committee
(oa the part Of the House, to Receive TIE Mississippi Ion,
missioner M-ssrs: BAsEEh'iiLE, ioNL'H' =, ".."n
OF APPROXIMATION GiE>''H Of Jefferson, \ = !.
DELEGATION OF lHs h1tEs'"'HS - H. ES..r,,r.
i communication was tcr''scu 49, u" 49,.
from The JONI committee on VII t'a. nun ~
sen,a;ives "f The Ln!r,' states, ihfitIhg me no'eINoI anu
slaif, and through lin Inc i''e'''a'ureo al 10 t'spu
the dedication .: the clne:trian STATUE 81 N"shInE'pn, on
thu I'D Of February, i'll the city oi hasifAhIto1i WHICH was