Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-10-16

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\ communication WAS received from tie
House Of Delegates, ininrming the Senate that
they lad passed Senate bills entitled, An
Act 10 repeal 50 Hluci! Of the &C: passed Feb
ruary l5tn, lSU3, IL cXemp;S the white male
citizens Of the county of King Gror.e. Of flrty.
five years and upwards. from woriiuc on pub
Ii: road in that county" Also, in act 10 in
corporate ;hc Virginia Volunteer Navy ON
pal.y.
PERSONAL EXPLANATION.
Mr.. CHRISTIAN, of. MiddlcSax, said that Il
very worthy and respectable gentleman, Il
member rf tie Beard OF Directors Of he PEN
itentiary. had called Lis attention to certain
rcu;ArkS reported in the Enquirer" y: this
mornirc, in which he thought there wcTc UNI
jus, reflections upon tie conduct of thai board.
Dir. G.. tryk pleasure now in stating that IN
III" remarks he made on yesterday. Ee had no
Intention g! rejecting III the slightest degree
upon the private or official character Of these
gentlemen. The playful remark which he
made a. 10 the Board dining with the Super
intendcnt w:i, afterwards corrected at:d OK
riaiUci ~ the Request q; the Superintendent,
who happened IA &c present. lie only in
tended IA NraIc iha;. in his opinion, the Board
Of Director, were moi 81 efficient IL, Il c0:ulniS-
sion t. 30 created BY i:i@ General Assembly,
and whose duties are 20 he specifically pre-
st:ibGl by l&w.
TOBACCO DESTROYED ~ RICHMOND.
Mr.. QursExnERRY offered IL resolution en-
G]air,n. INFO the cxprdicI!cv Of making an
appropriation - pay Tor trbaccn burnt last
spring NJ he Public Warehouse. i'll tie city Of
Richmond
BILL PASSED.
=. bill 70 repeal tic act Of Marc!:'j. lsG2, to
autuoyi&, tnr issue Of registered certificates Ct
STATE ,t,'k To DR.. Pete: F. Browa. ia lieu Of
So lost bonds, was passed.
LAID o. THE TABLE.
Tho Till !Ir the relief Of ". \. B:ax'on, OF
Ming William, WAS laid upon the table.
RAILROAD RATES.
The bill regulating races Of toll for trans
u. la:!nn un railroad, was taken up.
Mr.. NELSON, Of ~.lariDn. SAID some rosJr!2-
>toAs shouit bc made upon railroads. tndcr
,ae operations Of TIE present law, I'll" railroads
have almost ceased 10 transport produce OF any
kind. They seem IL have given up the business
Il the express companies. who are trans
porting flour. 2rovj.iDus, &c, in their cars
~ glrntiy enhanced prices. ,rEclr above TIE
prices allowed TO the railroad companies. This
mode of proceeding is especially detrimental Ia
The interests of trade, aud OF The people of tie
cities and towns i the Commonwealth. ion can
scarcely ggt anything transported over the rail-
roaGs at regular freight prices. But the express
colnnlrirS are allowed 10 charge much higher
Rates, and hey are doing ncariy Iii tic transport
laiiuu over the railroads. This was an cvi! which
s.Iouil he suppressed. de moved that The bill be
recOmmiitc,l Ia the committee, with instructions
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my law. THE transportation OF soldiers was done:
1t half raics-;lat is, haii the rates charged to
!nuiviIua.s. Ii We pass the bill! before III. Tie
Confederate Government can be charged double
these rates. and the ra;!rpIi companies cIi thus
i.pGsa UPON The Confederate Government IN a!.
di.ional charge of millions. He desired Ia re~
strict the railroad companies in their charges, 10
bring them down 10 n certain pr cent. II fifty per
c.l!t. he Sufficient, let that sun bc adopted ii too
lDw. T.: it hc increased. Tn yfcG; evil Of
express charges should be uhviA;cI. ims:au!
al being conveyed 6Tcr tie railroads at fixed
LEGAL rates. IL barrel uf -four IS now charged Il
fuuvfo!d p!icc Ly the cypress comranic..-
They charge enormous rateS-tEiS VAS & fla
grant outrage; and 80 TAR ~ done with the
knowledge au! consent .! tic railroads, waS
i deliberate fraud. an OUTRAGE upon the coHl-
munity. lie houc., therefore, the bill would
be rcccmmitted to the committee, with III
strrctions, which lie proposed.
Mr.. CnRIsTIA., of augusta. a member Of
the committee lha; r~cr1-;c1 Tie bill, said that
Il rCrommitmcn. oG the bill would ouly serve
to delay and dcfcas lis passage at the rre-cnt
session. Al tie Information asked FOR hy Inc
instructions WAS nov in possession Of tic
Senate, in the rep,r:s Which have been
sen: in by the several railroad compn-
mics Of the State. He did not believe such
-rca. Injustice had been done hy these conIpa-
nicS IL t. call fJr Inc Tc.tric ions Unan their
oncrations proposed By TIE gentleman from
Marion (.,Ir. NEr-oS The State owned
three fifth, Of the sock Of the ~ra;lrOhS. aid
individuals cwnc! the balance: and Il sense
Of luty TO tie public ani to Ike Stockholders
would restrain The railroad companies from
making oncrons CHARGES EuE. transportation
over t:cir roa,is. II any gentleman can pro
pose any better hi! or mode 10 arrest existing
evils. he would h" glad 10 -cr it, for it w"nid
relieve the committee: but hc saw no rcl"pn
for rccommitting tIc bin 10 the committee.
Mr.. NELSON WAS opppsci Ia leaving cofpn-
tons unrestricted. Aud. besides, TIE Senate
had M infygnla'ion such as asked in~ hy lis
proposition. lie wanted to know the gross
Iac'u,c Of the roads, distinguishing bctwacn
military service and civil service. lie did not
lhirk ttc.e WAS any Law requiring the railroad
r~"uInanics tIrcpurE their income derived from
m~iiitar; service, and il is important for Us to
Sauw this amount. lie wanted also t. know
the actual incomc and The actual expenditure.
lie believed that.thcsc railroads were making
enormous sums. Railroads which have here
ty!nre been unable 20 pay the interest on their
debt, are HOW coming forward with PROPOSE
,i,n> To- pay MILLIONS Of dollars ten and fifteen
years in "iyarcc Of the period agreed upon.
There wcrc evils in railroad transportation.
AMI he desired to suppress them.
.Mr. Armstrong; corcurrcl IN the motion Ia
roc,mmir the bill. he hoped the Senate world
not pass :his bill until the whole subject had
been fully investigated. He was in favor "t
giving railroads every encnura cement: but, az
the same taRc, he desired to make these CO..
rorations instrumental IN serving The Interests
Of the rublic and of the government.
Mr. CHRISTIAN, of Augusta, said he hoped
the suggestions Of the Senator from Marion
i.iIr. Mason and the Senator from hampshire
(Mr. ARHSTRoNG) might be found useful. Bat
I've did not think the restrictions proposed 10
be ?nt upon these railroads would materially
serve the public interests: these railroads
were already under the direction and manage
mcnt Of ;he State, in the proportion of three
to enc.
Mr.. Jcnys9s said, i! t." bill now before
the Senate were rec0mmittcd with the in
s:rrctions proposed by The gentleman from
Merton. there would be no legislation on this
suLicc; during the present session. It would
tax" ut least -ix weeks 20 procure the infDr-
nation desired. He believed that much CT
the in(rma.iru called for was already in pos
session Of the Senate and therefore he hoped
til" bill would not he rccommit;ct.
TIE lii and the instructions were Their
laid anon the table.
ELI. 70 REDUCE PRICES.
The bill To reduce prices was then taken
up. the question being on the motion to strike
ou- the first section.
Mr.. ALpERsoS opposed the motion to strike
cut. lie was iii Glvcr e The hill; il was