Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-03-23

MARCH % 1851
TIE House was called to order at 10 o'clock :. H. by
Mr. IEEHY.
A communication was received from the Senate an
uouucing he pass4e. OF certain bills
psSArs BiLL PASSED.
Transferring iae Jscapou and North Branch turnpike
10 tue County Court Of Hampshire.
ADVERSE REPORTS.
To the petition Of Henry C. Perkins Of King George
county to the petition Of Samuel f. Lee, of Luuenburg
coulty 10 the eXpedeucy Of incorporating the AmerI-
| can Agency.
rHg oGANGE sNn ALEXANDRIA RAILROAD.
On motion of Mr. BARBOUR the bill for the relief of
the Orange and Alexandria Railroad was taken IN. t
proposes that the collection Of the interest Si000J6
shall be deferred until s6i) Mr. BARBOUR explained
toe bill annd odyoted lis passage. By the condition OF
pubc affairs the receipts Of the road per month had
been diminished from about S6O,OOD TO SZo,ViJ.
Mr. CRANE said he had no esp cal opposition to this
bill he desired to place himself right before the country
Il was claimed that the political troubles Of tue country
have forced this company to apply for this relief II the
political troubles had forced this company TO this EXTERN
Nv what must be the condition OF the poor aborer =
HIVE not these political troubles produced the dis
astrous coase4 ences upon them and vino was here TO
sneak for them None they mus. pay their proper
~ must be sold down the last bed aud that too
20 keen up these he.ress corporations. For one he eu-
tered hs protest against And he hoped that tue Con-
yen,on now IA session would so change the organic law
of Inc State s 10 prohibit toe iegiS lure from appro
al the same time levy tax upGG the people to meet H.
How mauy members OF this House would nave voted for
The passage OF the Million bill 10 the State if they
had been compelled to vote tax directly upon the peo
pie for thst puGFYs> Tee Legislature Is deeeVing the
people. They were passing Sppron riaon after appro-
prialiou release after release, creating aGs p;blic
debt to be paid by coming generations Whocoud say
that they may not rspudate oar ae and the old State
be dshonored. He called upon members 10 pause ere
| il was loo late.
! Mr. MAGRUDER, of Albemare, said Mr.. Speaker, |
desire 10 add two facts and considerations connected with
this application bv way of strengthening the appeal so
orciby made by the member from Cupeper TO the jas
lice and equity Of this oody. Not only has this road
ceved less in proportion to its cost from the State than
any o.her-and consequence, individuals have CON
rbuted uore-but its present condition arises from the
fact that it is Just completed and in its completion, in
consequence Of the heavy expenditure required in the
construction of their coSty bridge the James
river at LynchbUrg it has exhausted all ts current re-
ceipts-s burden from which it Will be relieyed IN the
future so that grant this relief and the company will
readily afterwards meet promptly ak its liabilities Again,
the relief asked for is nothing novel in our Legislature.
IL is precisely what done by this very body at its last
session in behalf of the SouthSde Railroad-and that
too az time when there extraordinary political
CONFUSION as now 10 derauge its affairs. All we ask,
then is even-handed Justice that you extend to this
Company that kindness under circumstances that call so
loudly for its exercise which you have heretofore afforded
| TO other companies having weaker claims upon your
favor and thus shield the road the Commonwealth and
stockholders from the disastrous fquences so truth
| fully ske,ched by the member from Culpeper.
Mr.. RAYMOND opposed the bill, and gave statistics
from the I'd Auditor showing the relation sustained by
the road to the State.
Mr. SEGAR advocated it. II wiser for the Legis-
ature % afford the relief asked for than that the entire
State interest in the road should be sacrificed under the
auctioneers hsS,uer.
Mr. COLLIER said he only desired to see even handed
Justice If this road really needed the relief asked for
he willing grant it. hoping that reciprocity would
be he sentiment of the Legislature with reference to TIE
roads running to Petersburg.
Messrs. GIBSON, of L., and ANDERSON further ad-
yocated the bill
The question the passage of the bill was decided
In the negative.
On motion of NJ. LoCKBIDGE, the vote was recon-
sidered, and then,
On motion of Mr.. BARBOUR, the bill was laid on the
table,