The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-03-28
GENERAL ASS SEMBLY OF VIRGINIA.
tEXTRA SESSION.
SENATE.


WEDNESDAY, March q, 1851.
The Senate was called to order at the usual
hour-Mr. JOHNSON in the chair.
A number of bills, reported from the House
sLnis morning, were read third time and
passed, as follows incorporating the Patrick
Springs Female College, TO repeal an act
passed April I'd, 1855, entitled ian act reouir-
Ing the Banks of the Commonwealth 10 re-
sumo specie payments; incorporating the
PIEDMONT Land and improvement COMPANY;
constituting part of the Ohio river lawful
fence; to amend the 14th section of an act pro-
yiding additional protection for the slave pro-
perfy OF citizens of this Commonwealth; in
cooperating the Staunton Savings Bank; to in
corporate the Monongahela Savings Bank in
the county of Monongalia: to amend and re-
enact an act passed March 22d, 1850, entitled
IAN act to incorporate the Knob Turnpike
Company in the county of Washington and
Incorporating the Abingdon and Tennessee
Turnpike Comp pany; Incorporating the Staun-
ton Savings Bank.
The Senate bill Incorporating the Southern
Agency, repor rted from the House with an
amendment, was referred to u special com
mittee-Messrs PAXTON. THOMPSON and Arm
STRONG.
The Code.-The bill appropriatng n sum
necessary TO pay for the prepa RI ton and pub
Iication of the second edition of the Code of
Virginia, reported from the House with an
amendment allowing ~, instead of $3.50, per
copy for the Code, was taken up, the amend
ment agreed to, and the bill passed.
The joint resolution from the House rela-
tive to the sale Of old mus kets by the Execu-
tive to Joseph II. Anderson & Co., gave rise
10 discussion, in which Messrs. BRASSos,
STUART, ArGUsT, CARTER, and Others, partic-
pc ted
Mr. BsAsNoS proposed e substitute.
The whole subject was afterwards referred
to the Committee Oh Military Affairs.
On account of the absence of mem bers the
Covington and Ohio Railroad bill, which had
been made the order of the day, was laid on
the table, and made the order Of the day for
TO- morrow.
The resoiuti authorizing the Governor to
contract Tor the manufacture of arms, was
called mp by Mr.. BKASxoN and adopted
Mr.. JOHNSON called up the resolution offer
ed by himself a few days since giving the ey-
elusive right TO Col. a. w Mcdonald to ma ke
publication of certain manuscripts obtained
by him i'll his late mission TO England
Adopted
Fotuifary EnStnr enent Of Free Negroes-
The unfinished business of yesterday the bill
authorizing the voluntary eusla vemeut of free
negroes, without compensation to the Com
monwealth, coming up,
Messrs. PAXTON and ARMSTRONG offered
amendments, which the President Mr.. CLAI-
BORNE IN the chair pronounced out OF order,
because involving the same principle as voted
on and rejected yesterday.
Mr.: NELSON appealed from the decision: on
which the yeas and nays We're called, and re-
sui Uited-ye;ts 49, nays l8.
The Senate refusing to sus tain the Chair
the amendment of Mr.. ARMSTRONG was con-
sidered and rejected-yeas Il, nays Is
The vote on the passage of the bill was re-
corded as follows:
lEts hessrs. Brannon, Bruce, Carson, Car
f5aWay' Claiborne, c9shilI, Day, Dickinson Of
bard, Johnson lynch Marshall, Mckenney,
Nash, Newman. Pate, Pennybacker, Quesenb ber-
ry, Smith, and Thompsen-2S
NAfs.-Messrs. Armstrong, August, Dickenson
Of GraysOn, Gatewood, Greever Layne Logan
Nseson, Newton, Paxton, Stuart, Townes, aid
Wickham-lS.
Belmont Bridge Company.-The bill sus-
pending the levying of taxes by the State on
the Wheeling and Belmont Bridge Company
for six years, was next called up and passed
FtrGtntn Cdnct Billion motion of Mr.
NEEsox, the House bill to incorporate the Vir-
ginia Canal Company and to transfer the
rights and franchises of the James River and
Kanawha Company thereto was taken up
ana the amendments proposed by the Senate s
Special Committee considered. All The amend
ments recommended which were OF an un i'm
portant nature, supplying omissions, were
concurred in.
Pending the consideration of the bill, on
motion OF Mr.. NREsoN the Senate adiourned
at quarter to 5 O'Clock