The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-03-28
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
" EDNEsDAY, March y, 1851
The House was called to order by the SPg.

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Ihe House was called to order by the SPEAK
BE n 20 o'clock
communication from the Senate an
nounced the passage of number of bills
Inc Dill imposing taxes for the support of
government, with the amendment proposed
thereto by the Senate, was taken up and on
motion OF Mr.. RAYMOND, referred to the Com
mittee on Finance, and the amendments or
dered to he printed. Senate bill releasing the
title OF the State to 5564 acres of land in the
county OF Hanover, to John II. Taliaferro.
was read first and second time ordered to
Its cngroSsment, and, on motion of Mr. Nav
ToN, was passed.
Mr.. CHAPMAN, from the Committee of Roads
and lhternal Improvement, presented a bill
appointing Superintendents of the Staupton
and ParkersburS Road, which, on his motion
was read the requisite number of times and
passed TO its cngrossment.
MI hAGRUDER. from the Committee of
Propositions and Grievances presented bill
TO provide for special election in the town of
Marion, in the county of Smyth which, on his
motion, was carried to its engrossment and
passed.
The engrossed bill refundng the sum of
money paid by the county of Middlesex for a
set of weights and measures, was ca He'd an on
mOtion OF MT. EVANS, and passed--ayes lUl
MI BAssELL, from special committee re-
ported bill (which was read twice. appro-
priating S25 600 To build the North western VA
Lunat'c Asylum.
Ine following resolu tiOns giving further
Time to the securities OF Z. z. Winston late
Sheriff OF Richmond city, 10 pay certain bonds
executed by them, offered on the END day of
January, by Mr.. Robertson, was taken up on
his motion, ana adopted
heso'ted by the Genelat dssen6Iy That the Auditor
Of Public Accounts be hereby authorized to ar
range the payments of the bonds eXecuied bv The
sureties of L. p Winston, late Sheriff OF the city
Of hlchm0nd, in such manner as to reOuire ON y
one halt Of the insta lment due January lst 1861
20 DO paid, ana the residue of said inst and
the whole OF said lnstament due January lst
lao2 to be paia IN two equal stalments, The first
the lst OF January, l553 ProUided however that
said arrangement shall not be made and the sa me
Is not hereby authorized, until the sureties In the
several bonds, as well as the principal therein
shall by instrument of writing, to be by them
executed, assent TO the terms OF this Joint reso-
luton, and to the arrangement hereby authorlzei
TO be made aforesaid, the authority granted
by this resolution shall not be deemed to be- vested
III the AuditOr, only upon and after the execution
OF the instrument aforesaid
The National Difculties- Mr. MARTIN. of
Henry offered the following resolutions. which
weic read by the Clerk:
l. Resoired, That, in the opinion of this Gene
cause to impel Virginia to dissolve her connec.
uon with the Federal Union but on the CON
trary, she should labor for sush an adjustment OF
and protect the rights and equality of all the
= Resoired, That it shall be the duty Of the
Commissioners, and officers who shall be ap-
pointed according 10 law to superintend and CON
duet elections for the General Assembly at Ihe
next election, in the month of Nav To opep
separate poll, TO take the sense of the quaiined
voters upon the question Of remaining in the
Federal Union Ia order to ascertain the sense of
the said voters thereupon, the said Ulcers shall
cause to be kept a separate poll, with two col
ul,ns, me one - oe headed, :,for remaining in
the Union, with proper constitutions guaiap-
tees, aud the other, For Secession :" and the
names OF those who vote for the former shall pe
written under the former heading, and those who
vote Tor the latter, under the latter headiug-
W hen the said officers meet, provided by law
in the elections for members of the General A.
Assembly. nay hall
certain &nd make return of the number OF per-
sons voting for each proposition; they shall de-
liver the said poll books TO the Clerk Of their Ts
spectlve counties and corporations, to be pre-
served in his Office, and shall forthwith trans,nita
certificate, eontaning the aggregate vote for each
proposition, to the Governor. Upon the receiDt
thereof, the Governor shall ascertain the result
and make prociaInali ion thereof, and shall also
transmit copy Of his proclamation, containing
the said aggregate vote. TO the Convention for
their Information.
Mr.. MARTIN, in offering the resolutions
said | heard with pleasure the remark made
by the gentleman from Madison, on yester-
day, that the fact that this Legisl lature would
adjourn finally on Monday next, was now a
foregone conclusion. And have no doubt
that the intelligence will be gladly received
by our constituents III every part OF this Com
monwealth, whose every interest is borne
down and oppressed by the political and COM
mercial paraly ysis with which the whole coun-
try Is afflicted. was not in my seat on yes
rday, when the gen ntleman from King William
submitted preamble and resolutions touch
ing our Federal relations; had have been.
should have moved their indefinite pos stpone-
ment, as am now, and have been, opposed
To any action upon these subjects by this
body during the session OF the Con yention.
who have recently been elected for the ex-
pressed purpose OF considering and adjusting
all such questions. For which reasons shall
oppose every effort to take up for considera-
ton the resolutions submitted by the gentie-
man from King William; but, should the
House decide otherwise, l wish TO oGer re.