The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-02-03
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.


The House met at IL o'clock PRAYER by
Rev. Mr.. MiNAgGsROpE, Of the Episcopal
Church.
A communication was received from tie
Senate amending the House resolution for the
election of the ba asemen; officers until Monday,
the 18th OF February. The amendment was
concurreG in.
Bus Rsportsd.-Incorporati the Parkers-
burg Boot and Shoe Manufacturing Company;
authorizing the Board of Public Works to as
certain aud report the losses sus tained by VIM.
w. King in the cons truct ton offs section OF The
Ohio River and Maryland Turnpike; incor-
pora,ing the Mannlngsville Company.
A!eynndrio, Lowdoun aud Hampshire Railroad.
The bill au, ,horizng subscription OF SG1uVU0
10 the stock of the A., L. d Il. r. Z. by the
State. when 100 shall have been subscrib.
ed by others, was taken up.
Mr.. BALL, of Loudoun, said the object of
this company is to extend the road from Al.
exandria SO as TO extend it to connect with the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad ut Pi-dmont-
the heart of The great coal section OF Virginia
As evidence Of the deep feeling prevailing
in his county on this subject, he cised the in
stance OF q gentleman recently deceased, who
wiled his executors to sell his farm and IL
tire property, and invest the proceeds in the
stock Of this road. The road is important in
a higher sense Than the fact that it penetrates a
number of counties; for Oneof the results oflts
construc ion will be the reclamation OF large
portion Of Virginia now tributary to Balti-
more As military road it is also important l.
iuasmuch as it penetrates large number OF
frontier counties. Alexandria would be built
up by it IN securing To herself the trade of that
portion of Virginia, which has almost built
up Baltimore.
Mr. SEGAR did not wish to make speech He
thought the fact that it was TO tapa great coal
region and build u p Alexandria, would OF fuseit
convince the House that it ought to pass. This
morning he had received instructions from a
portion of his constituents not to vote for an V
iaternal improvement bill until the oyster
fund um bill had been defeated, and laid here
they thought it ought to be-ia 'the tomb Of
the Capuletsr He did not intend to obey
these Instructions In the canvass which re-
suited i'll his election, he had avowed on the
hustings that ne would not stand on The floor
of the House as an instructed delegate. lie
though the eoppCsitionOfhis constituents righ t.,
for the massage of the oyster fundum bill wOu i'd
take from those engaged in the trade the only
means of earning a livelihood within their
reach Many OF these instructors were en-.
gagged in the oys ERR Trade, and while he should
not obey their ins truction he would resist to
the last a bill which would do tnein such irre-
parable Injustice.
Mr.. WILSON, Of Isle of Wight, opposed the
bill. He proposed TO shew at another time
that the road would cost &3,WD,WW before il
was finished.
Mr.. GIBSON of Hampshire, advocated the
bill RS one that would in iercept the travel on
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad 10 the seat OF
government, and carry IT by way of Alexan-
dria. As n military road, he also thought It
most important.
AIr COwAN, of Preston, would vote against
the bill-nOt because he was an anti-in ternal
Improvement man, but because he was op.
posed to the present internal policy OF the
State. The section to be penetrated by this
road already has facilities for transportation
to market. 1t already has roads TO carry off
it's coal and iron. What the Northwest had
received from the public treasury she cOnid
pay back in two years with her taxes, IL they
were given to her; but there were some pOr-
tons Of the Commonwealth that could not pay
back in an hundred ys4vs what they had re-
ceived.
Mr.. DuoKwALL advocated the passage of the
bill
The previous question was then called, and
the vote on the bill resulted in its passage as
follows ayes 93, nays "a.
RESOLUTIONS Of IHqniyy.-By Mr.. Voolfolk. OF
relieving from jury service such Justices Of
the Pesce rs served five years under the old
Constitution without compensation; by Mr..
Myers, of providing for q change In the or.
eanizatiOn Of the Hustings Court Of the city
OF Richmond; by Mr.. Mallory, Of requiring
the master Of slaves to give them written
order each time they purchase ardent spirits,
aud prov idtnG penalty for the general orders
now often given by them.
RiHs Psssed-Relaastng the securities Of
GeO. HaYwood, sheriff Of Wood county, from
damages incurred by his default; appropriat-
ing sljhOlU TO the Rivanna Navigation Com
pany cpding the C0mm0nWealth's title 70
certain land In Elizabeth City To James 8.
French and his heirs.
MIR. MCK.NNEY moved . Toc0nsidern tton of
the vote on the Rivanna Navigation bill, In
conaeu ueuee Of an fnaccurncy Of the vote, and
pending this motion the House adjourned.