Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-10-30

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PRODUCTION y IlsTRIcGTlaT Oh SALT
The rules were suspended, and tie joint
resolution ratifying the contract entered int
between the chairman Of the joint committsc
Oh salt ard Smart Buchanan & Co., and
Charles Set * Co.. vas taken up and agreed
to.
Tiic ILL making an appropriation for til.
purchase Of salt, received irc!n the House 81
Delegates, was taken up, and also agreed to.
Tho bill 70 amend and ra-cnast tie ~. jtt
| and IN saolion+of an act PASSED March 80
1863. entitled "..tn ~: to provide Gr the pro
duction and distribution OF salt" Vas tiker
up.
Mr.. CoCuiLL said: When the oct Of 30tl
Marc, lStG, providing for the prediction ana
di>'rialtinn q salt, wns enacted it was con
t"nplatcd tia. the len furnaces leased Uf Sta
n-t, BtShanan " Co, would yield L gross pro,
ddGt ii 100000 bushels, which, di tributcc
amongst the people Of TIE State, within usi
lines or F'l0sc outside, to whom such distribu
ton could oe '.;ic, wcnll give 10 each per- OF
about thirty five pounds of salt. if that basi!
were adopted. The act, however, adopted n mix
Ell basis, and By lis provisions The same
amount would be d!stributed-twenty pound,
ID each Northumberland the remainder on n;
basis of Just and fair distribution to each per,
son in proanrtiOn to the cattle and other stock
owned by him. 1t was supposed thar nosses
sion Of those furnaces would have been obtain
~ by the 18Th Of april. Possession. howcv.
IT, was not 80 delivered or obtained till tn;
Sih of June: 50 that two months, and those tht
bas. for manufacturing salr, were LOST. i i:
estimated that by this delay there was a fail
urc 60 produce as least 1900 "a bushels of salt
Without undertaking 70 say by whose fault
shat delay occurred, it is sufficient thu, tn,
tact exists. Had that amount been IN ~.n,G.c.
tured an ample supply would have been pro
| cured for the distribution Gf tIentr pounds /,
.ach iniabi;ant by the first Of next Jannary
The ;c5nal result attained has bean this: IT,
State will manufacture and distribut. By thai
time 31I,000sbusicls. The contract with Sru
art, Dn"i:anan 4 CO., Hn,i Charles Scott g Co.
| COW unHicr consideration, will cire ua 1900
more, and the bliauce u 5000 hlsheIa, due
from Stuart, Buchanan i ca. to the STAT" III,
Ter cnrtractS with ,hG Governor. and Il 00l
.ita to the c~oun,!eS undac similar %cuntrac,,
Kill give H. 1900 bushels to Is
aided 10 the quantity to 10 supplied by
the State. The aggregate u~rantitY for de,
tribution being thu, ahnus loo, GEO bushels
Only about Ia, 900 Lu@lcis Of sal. are 70,
qriy"t TO make thu hi:trih aion Of 90 rounis
| - Tic hal. III! that j. the actual d]uuu.i;v
FL which reyl:si!io", have been made ~
]mGnt'"s, 81 th,; tie deficit would univ ir
| Ana,it 1850 bushels: ind s,mc Counties har
in: mad" rcqiiisifioT to which ealt ccrnct !r
transported hcc.:ise Of the presence cf tse en-.
eiG.T, Ibis ic.icit * more anEaTcSt ,han real.
lad viii no: aa,a@ti9 "Iis': md thus a supply
will br obtained which will amply meet nj
the :cas0na5!" economical wan.sof the p.cDl-,
and cradle ;!'oin % pack their pork. 1t !.
believed thar the capacity Ct tie Virginia AM!
TemncSsea railroad company will hc sufficient
20 transports t''ia quantity, or the greater nor
;i1n oft, within the per;el de.i.natet. ana
l.. tue reasonable expectations % tho rconie
in this re"trt iuli:7 met. Some alarm 4 ID
apprehension exists IN the public mind as 20
th9 supply q -a!t which can lie fnrai<hed BY
TIC State Ill tIja f"r nc packing Of pork.-
SncH arnrchen>ioa'. he believed, v"ra W.
~I.tun,i"i and uaNcc..sl-v. lie believed iiai
~ deficiency yr0u!l oc:ur: aui he migii--.b
permitted Ia say. in this connection, tfatit wa-
we'll known that 4 larger quantity Of ysi, l.
now III the hands Of private holders, rart:cu
IsTly in Richmond and L~vnchburg, than has
c"er, at any preceding peTind, even in peace
ill times, been, q! the san,o tiac accimuia.
tad in these cities.
Tie bill was then rasscd-nvca o2. mona 2
The bill {" amend the act passed Marcel. 30
1852, authorizing the appointment Of ~insrcc.
CO.'S .; salt, Was taken IN read the third time,
ard being explained ny Mr.. CoGnILL, was
ilaSs"i--"rcS -. noes none.
The i'll. 20 :i:h0r ze the sale and trarspcr.
,,F.,,n nj colt l.tnY, r:pfr p, Vnl,- ~ rt....
was taken M, read tie third time, and cx>
planned by Mr.. C"GnrhL.
NJ. ARMsTgo:G tEoughtfnrthrr time shnuld
nc G'Tcn 20 cS,m'ac this hill. lie therefore
MAYED 70 lay it on the table.
Mr.. C0GHILL onpo,cd tie ma;;on to Law on
the table. Tho Senate were in pns.nssirs OF
all the facts of the case, ana ali the infnrma.
ton, and acre as we'll prepared to decide rhe
question: to-day as they could be - months
hence.
sir. ANDERSEN hoped TIA; rhe bill would
n1S lie laid upon the table. No charge crllt
he brought against Col. CIark.on: he had
'lnrc nothiD.Ah violate the contract he enter
ii intn iha Committee Of Salt e1a.nr! :. HIN
from I'LL blame nr cnr.ur" ha hnd DISCHARGED
his duty faithfully. fairly 1ni cncrgc:iaal!v rs
rho H::crt ii the State; and he SAW no reaanr
WAY he should net he allowed TO sall his salt
in this State. aud re- Niaccd on & footing viii,
other individuals OF the S;a's.
Mr. ARMSTRONG said rho law had made the
distinction bct~een Col. CIarkson and other
individuals. The committee say he ha= dis
a'iargcd his duty faithfully, but hn thought
there Was some evidence taken nv the salt
committee which he desired TO lnnk into. For
that purpose he desired the bill should b.
laid upon The table until to-morrnw.
MI. COLLIER said the Senator frem Amherst
Mr.. CoGHILt.) had already stated more thar
onca hcfnrc this body that there was no othcr
evidence on this 'uhicct in pnssozsion Of the
committee.
Mr.. Te.HIER stated that in more than 700
pages OF evidences taken b7 the Committee on
salt. there was not a scin,tlla Of evidence TO chow
thR. Col Clarlvson had heen guilty of nnv mis-.
conduct The Committee had reported that h-
had discharged hi, duty to the State with fdeli
~, energy and capacity, AMI possessed n prcn-
liar ftuess Cor The Office which he filled Col
Clarks"n only asks TO be allowed 70 dIspcSe.c
some ii. 000 bushels Of snlt. which he had nh.
tanned under q contract with S'nart, Buchanan
& Co, entered into prior to the State taki"c pos.
session Of The SnIt Works. and prior to his be.
! coming the agent of the State. This wac
nothing more than right and Justice. IF he Is
| not allowed to dispose Of his salt nav, ne may
! probably loSe The hire Of SONS fifty negroes
whose hire was contracted to be paid for in salt
The bill was then passed.
The bill to amend ard re-enact the 11tr
section Of the oct for the production and di..
tributinn of salt. passed March 80. l$G2. a
amended by the ACT passed September 18th.
lSG3. was taacn III. The blank requiring the
| agents having charge Of the sale Of the satin
the counties 10 give bond WAS filed 80 sc .
read nnt lass than $4,000 nor mere than
$4,000. The III was then passed.
Nr. PETERS. by leave, introduced . hi
amending the fence Law of Virginia, 20 far a.
relates to tho cnuntv Of Washington. which
was read & first and second times, and referred
IN a s~roo:al committee, can.ist:r. Of Mes.rs