The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-02-04
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF VIRGINIA.
IEXTRA SESSION.
SENATE.


SATURDAY, Feb. O. 1854.
Called to order a the usual hour.
Prayer by the Rev. Mr.. Saul, of the Epis-
copal Church
A communication from the House was read,
announcing the passage OF sundry bills.
The President laid before the Senate a COM
muncation from J. NJ. Bennett, Auditor of
Public Accounts in response to the resolution
nassed by the Senate on the 2Sth ult. commu-
nicating financial estimate and his views as
to the best measures to be adopted to supply
any deficiency which may exist in the Treas
ury on the 30th September, 1851 The Clerk
proceeded to read, but owing to the length of
the document the call was Withdrawn, the
communication laid on the table, and LOCO
copies ordered to be printed.
Several communications from Gov. Letcher
Were received.
The first transmitted a communication from
the Governor of Maine concerning the adOp-
ton of 4 decimal system OF weights and meas
ures. Laid on the table and ordered to be
printed.
The second contained preamble and resolu-
tions concerning the present crisis, adopted by
the Legislature of New Jersey
Mr.. DOUGLASS moved to lay on the table.
Mr. WICKHAM moved to amend by adding
''and be printed
The propositions led to a discussion, in which
Messrs. DOUGLAS, TALIAFERRo, WIcKHAA, Is
BELL, and THOMAS of Fairfax, participated.
The ayes and noes were then demanded on
the motion to print-ayes 10, noes ii. The
amendment was then adopted.
BiiLs Repoeked.--A bill to compensate te
Ephraim Is Hale. for services rendered in the
Circuit Court of Marion county for the Com
mon wealth; a bill for the relief of Samuel q.
Lybrock Sheriff of Giles county: bill for the
relief of NJ. G. Hale, late Sheriff of Lewis; a
bill for the relief of Webb and Adams; House
bill to re-enact the act passed 9th February,
1874, authorizing a loan from the Literary
Fund to the trus tees of West Liberty Acade-
my; H.. r,n,nos c,n,n;tte. ,voro rs,,svsa from
the further considera ton of the following sub
jects For paying the officers and soldiers OF
the seth brigade for services rendered during
the John Brown raid; to compensate the
Hallsboro' Guard for services rendered on the
same occasion; to pay the North Fork Rifle
Company for like services and the petition
of J. O. Cox, to be refunded a certain amount
of fees paid to the Register of the Land Office.
Resolutions Of fIquiry-The following reso-
lutions We're adopted and referred BY Mr.
Neeson, for furnishing a copy of Mayo's Guide
to each Coroner of the State; by Mr.. Penny
hacker of amending the 4th section OF chapter
Ia of the Code, so as to allow the first clerk in
the Treasurer's office 81 800; by II. w Thomas,
for allowing the Banks of the Commonwealth
to issue, to q limited amount, notes OF less de-
nomination than five dollars during the period
of suspension of specie payments by the
Banks.
The unfinished business of Friday, the bill
to amend the charter of the Winchester and
Potomac Railroad Company, was next called
up when, on motion of Mr.. CARSON, il was
its considera tion should be resumed at some
day when the attendance of Senators was
greater than at present
Mr.. IsBELL called up the resolution offered
some time since by the Senator from Augusta,
(Mr. STUART relative to the ontempIated at
tack upon the forts in Virginia and the Fed
eral capital.
On motion of Mr.. IsBELL, the resolution was
subseq laid on the table.
Mr.. PESSYBACKER offered 4 resolution for an
adjournment of the Senate until next Wednes-
day, TO which various amendments were pro-
posed.
Mr.. TALIAFERRo moved that the resolution
and amendments be indefinitely ostponed,
and the ayes and noes were demanded-aycs
IL, noes l5 Refused to postpone.
Mr.. DOUGLAS moved TO lay on the table, and
again called the ayes and noes-ayes IL,
noes IA.
Mr. PAXTON moved to amend by making it
a joint resolution, and providing that when
the Senate adjourn to-day, it adjourn to meet
again on the Sth of February. Ayes and noes
demanded-ayes u, noes 11-no quorum vot-
ing.
After several Intellectual efforts to obtain a
vote on the propositions before the Senate, on
motion, the Senate adjourned.