Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1860-02-07

p1 Ta inc"rnornte RayensTood Lodge no. l23, independent
| Order Of ODD Fellows, in the town Of Ravenswood.
To incorporate the town OF Cameron, 10 the county OF
Incorporating the charIes'own and SneIher'ls'oSn Turn
pike Company. 80 -. .., rn-,,,.o
For the relief OF ccr.ain contractors and the late engineer
! on IN. FLOYD Court House and lIlllsrille Turnpike.
To amend the 1st section OF the ruth chapter Of the Coue
Of Virginia, relative 10 the appointment and quaihca'iohs
Of notaries public, &c.
AUTHORIZING, the Midlothian Coal Mining Company 10 con,
struct a railroad 10 james i've '"t'i US ~
Elr.sSA SAvIGArio. COMPANY.
Tho hill authorizing n further subscription OF 100000 by
The sia,r 10 the Eivanna Navigation Company, which was
| defeated Yesterday, AID the vote RECONSTRUCTED. was taken
up and passed, ayes -, nays d.
NASAssA GAP RAIL noAD aitL.
MI. WALKER moved That the Manassa Gap Rail Road
bill with The other rail road bills be made the order OF the
day for tomorrow and each %: 'herea''ef un'' u''Po'eu
o. Tie motion was adopted.
THE uUsLISG LAW.
The Senate hill, granting An amnesty 10 persons engaged
in ,lurIs previous TO january IL, lsGg, and providing, That
hereafter persons who shall engage IN lurls shall not lie ca
! pablo Of election to or hold off e, came rr.
Mr.. 0MilN urged tina; The bill might be taken up anu
ras.ed. A district Ia lie Senate had been for some time UNI
REPRESENTED, and he hoped the action OF this bouy ~oua Dc
speedy In it. character, 80 as 20 do The quickest JUSTICE 10
the constituency OF thai unreprcsenied district.
Here much discussion arose upon points oil oruer ahG
other matters. wheh the previous question was called, and
The main question being put, 1t was decided in the aIlFfna'
live. AMI the bill passed by the following vote:
Yrls-Mrssrs. Anderson, Anderson, Arnold, barbour,
baskerville, Iassell. blue, foreman. 4. Brown, Burwell,
Carreu,sr, Ca.sin, Cbilis, Coleman, Collier, Cowan, Crane,
DAVIS, Dnckwull, Earle, Edwards, Evans, Frost, Garrett,
Garth, J. T. Gibson, J. Gilmcr. Graham, Grattan, nanly,
Harvey. Raymond, Hoffman, lIun',, johnson, Z. II. Jones,
". T Jones, Kaufman, Keen. kemprr, Kincheloe, knoie,
| Knots. Locke, Lundy, 7. Martin. ". Martin, Matthews,
Maupiu, McCatnant, Mcdowell, Mckinney, Medley, y.
Miller. Myers, urgain. kuthsrfoord, Scott. Sel,lon. Thomas
Thompson, Tunlin, Tyler, Wallace, ward, 4. Watson, f.
Watson, We!ch, West, Wilcox, Wingheld. Witten. aud "oel'
Sors.-Mcssr.. Alien. Ball, Ballard, Bass, Ecll. DentIey
| r. nrnvu Chairman. Christian, vs., J. Dickinson, Fergu-
son, FerriIl. Fleming, D.Gibson. c. II. Gilmer, Goodycoontz,
Harrison, ~I!ackl.y, lIoldway, Hopkins; llnn,sr, Kyle; Lett
Ma.sie, McBur, MclieAre. 4. $. McGrudcr, Mckenzie, Miles,
}. Il Mile, Montague. Montgomery. Morris, Newton, pat.
tcrson, Porter, prrtluw. lritchar1, Reid, Richardson, Rid
dick, VI. Robertson. l.. X. Robinson, live4, Saunders. Slbert.
J. X. Smith, |. y Smith, Tutwi!er, Walker, Watts, wilson.
und f~erhy-'s.
Mr. GlLNER offered the following resolution:
Resolved, Tina, on and after Monday, the 9Th OF Peoru,
O'Clock each day, the Speaker shall racEts the Chsir, ana
rr.urlr IL again 1T four in the evening.
The resolution being objected 10, was passed hy.
RESOLUTIONS Of ENQUIRY. &c.
By Mr. wATSuS-Of authorizing The trustees Of the Old
Ncwb-rn Methodist Church To sell the same.
BY Mr.. MYEitS-Of making Onr circui: Of the city OF
liiclEond and county OF llcnricU.
BY Mr.. CARpENTER-Of Incorporating = WOODEN manH-
featuring company IN ~ilkinsvine, Bath county.
RAILROAD AGENTS.
! The hill prohibiting !tailroad Agents from receiving any
pay or fees excrl, the regular transportation charges OF
the road, WAS taken UP.
An amendment offered by Mt. seldom, prohibiting any
Railroad 4 rrnt from demanding. prepayment Oh frrighti
at their regular lcpOis, was adopted.
Mr.. SMITH Of Taylor, moved to fix The fine for 4 viol''
ton Of The law al 4lH, and To delay the hill going into ope.
ration until The Is, U! July GcAt. This motion Tas defeat
ed.
The bill wus then eugrossed, read a third time upl pass.
cI.
On motion, the House adjourned.
SATURDAY, FEygrAnY 4th, lsGu.
SENATE.
Al l2 Il. Lieut.. GOrcrnor MONTAGUE called the senaIe
TO order.
A communication WAS received from the House by their
Clerk that they had passed Senate bills, viz: To incorpo-
rate the T.yrll Coal AIT! Salt Company In the county Of Ma
son and TO amend and re.enact the act OF 18th March,
lsjS, amending an act disabling any person concerned In q
duel from holding office, passed May I'D, laja-also. that
they have passed House bills, viz: TO provide for the COM
pletion Of the l.ivaura improvements Tread ihr first and
second times, AMI oil motion Of Mr. ARMSTRONG, laid on
tile table y Ia authorize an Increase OF the capital stock Of
the Eldorado Turnrikc Company Tread twice. and. on mo.
lion OF Mr.. EARLY, laid on the table y and TO prohibit
railroad agents from charging more than regular transpor-
ta,ion rates Oh railroad frcie!ts; Tread twice and referred
tc committee on roads. subsequently, n message was re.
Of said Hill. The bill was accordingly returned by Mr..
LYNCH,
BY Mr.. COGlilLL, from the committee % Courts. 4 blu to
amend and rr-riIlct The first section OF chapter la OF the
courts I" the circuit courts also u resolution adverse TO
the eSlcd:enry Of Including 10 the bill Of costs in civil cases,
involving jury trial, n reasonable sum TO be applied 10 the
credit Of the county TREASURY.
By Mr.. LOGAS-Irom The Committee Of General Laws,
n bill Incorporating :hc Mount Hope Copper Mining COM
pany II The s9S', &S% q fF9"gui i,r commi,,.. q, vin,uc. 3
bill releasing Jesse Il. Savage and his securities from da.
images obtained against them; also, a bill authorizing a spe-
ciai license ~ for eacl' county, for the sale OF The Life
and Times II Washington :"
Ey Mr.. T~li0MpS0N-Erom the Committee Of Agriculture,
The following bills, viz: Incorporating the Richie Coal Oil
Company, in the county OF Richie: 10 incorporate the Ma.
rion Camel Coal Company; incorporating the Winchester
Hone Manufacturing Company; also, House bill incorpo-
rating the Petersburg Locomotive, Car aud Agricultural I'M
plencnt Manufac,ory.
Mr.. GATEw0oD, from the Joint Committee, made a re-.
port on the condition or the Trca-urer's Office:
THE report, signed by Ncssrs. GATEWU0D and DUCK
WALL, the chairman OF the Senate and House committees
makes a very satisfactory exhibit Of the condition Of things
increased that q moderate increase Of salary 10 the States
employees therein. j. recommended. From the tuemoran-
DUN Of cancelled notes Of the independent banks, returned
and registered in the banking department OF the Treasury
office. from Jan'rr .2d, ISIS, 10 Janr'r 3ist, 1850, We learn
that l3i, so notes Of various denominations, and OF the
value OF II 15i 300 20, have been returned according to law
and have heen destroyed
Mr.. DAY called up Il bill to amend the act OF April 9Th,
1851. 10 nnpnI the 10Th ssc,icn OF CHAPTER 81 Of the Code,
concerning the scale Of voting in chartered companies. The
bill vas amended on motion Of Mr. DAY AMI ordered to be
engrossed.
RESOLUTIONS OF EycrIry isIO EIrgnEScY,
Ey the appropriate committees, were adopted as follows
By MIR. RITES-0r providing by Law for appeals from the
Ey Sir. TEwLoS-o establishing bank at Morran:own,
in Monnngalih county.
by Mr.. NEwLoH-of establishing a bank q, Grafton, in
the county Of Taylor.
D., Mr.. PATE-Of so amending the Code as TO permi. a
deposition OF witnesses Ia be taken where they reside out
Of the ecu 7ty In which the rausc i heing tried.
Iy MIR. THOMAS, Of Fairfax-Of amending chapter 81 Of
he Code, 10 rs to prohibi, the issue Of licenses for the in
,errnarriage o. any other than white persons.
col. :. Lrcirs DAVIS.
4 message wa7 brought from the House by Mr.. JONES, ..
Gloucester, that they had passed Il joint resolution Instruct.
ing the commission on tie charges and expenditures, con.
sequcnt on the late Invasion NJ Harper. Ferry, TO ascertain
AMI report what compensation Should justly lie paid 10 Col.
J. I.ucius Davis, for lis late services at Chasles,own, in the
county Of Jefferson.
was requested to inform IN. Senate the probable condition uf
the treasury on the first Gay NJ October next, taking into
account The appropriations mnte by the General Assembly.
niiLs rIS-rp.
To establish IN Inspection Of Tobacco at Meals Ware.
House in 'h- town Of Danvi!c %jamcndcd on motion Of Mr..
TUWNES, explained By hin and passed, the rules having
been su'rSn'!rd. "ir. TONNES was requested TO Inform
the lIousSD
incorporating the Lynchburg Locomotive and Machine
Company, (explainrd ny Mr.. LYNCH aud passed, II 10 -
Mr. LYNCH was requested to inform the Ilousr.)
CITY OF wnrELt:G ASn BALTIMORE ASD OHIO RAIL ROAD
COMPANY.
The Senate took up the unfinished business. Of yesterday,
viz: an engroS-r! hill "to authorize the Board Of Public
Works to purchase Of the city 81 Wheeling 200 shares Of
the capita, stock Of the baltimore aud Ohio Rail Road:
There WAS 4 long and ahle debate In which Messrs. ARM
STRONG, NkESoH, THOMAS. 3f Z. PAXTON. CARSON
and CARTER sustained. and Mr. CQGHILL opposed the
bill.
Mr. JOHNSON moved to add a ryder, providing ;ha, no.
thing In this act contained shalt he SO construed rs to re-
lease the city NJ Wheeling from the payment VI any Interest
paid by he State or f"r which the State 1, now liable rs the
ruaTan'Or of said bonds. The ryder was read twice and
tHcsV S-tl
The bil, and ryder, was :h"n passed, ayes q, noes 1G, rs
follows:
Arrs-Mr.srs. Armstrong. Caldwell, Carson, Carter. Fin.
ncy, French. Gatewond, johnson, knight, Layne, Marshall.
MaSsie, McKcnnry, Neal. S-rsun, Newton, Newman. Pate.
Paxton. Pennybacker, lives, smith. Stuart, Thomas, Of
Fairfax. 1horaas, ni Henry, Tuwnes, Wickham-2i.
NoEs-Messrs. August, lraic, Bruce, Cughil, Coleman,
Day, Dickinson, Early, fireever, lsbrll, Jones, Logan,
Lynch, richmond, ~Taliaicrro, TlniHpsur-i6.
SOUTHERN CONFERENCE.
Mr.. THOMPSON offered the following joint resolutions,
which, on motion Of Mr.. JONES, were ordered 10 be print
ed:
Whereas. the State Of South Carolina, through her Com
missioner, the lien. G. &. Mrinntngsr, has proposed to the
State Of Virginia, a conference with her sister States OF tn.
South to consider the relations between the slave States and
the free States, anu 10 advise such measures RS will unite
the South IN firm and concerted action against violence and
fannricism. and will restore the Constitution, and thereby
preserve the Union.
And whereas, the State Of Virginia being sincerely dc.
srnts In restore " - more perfect union, establish justice,
Insure domestic Tranquility, rr"vih" for tie common dc-
fence, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings
IL liberty, believes that such a conference would greatly
aid In securing the aforesaid objects therefore, be it
Resolved. by the General Assembly o~fVirginia,
J.. That Virginia, cordially reciprocating the fraternalsen
tim.n's by which The safe 81 South Carolina has been ac-
tGatei in the proposal which she has made, accedes TO the
sane, and invites all the Southern States 20 meet in con-