The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1865-12-22

rRIDAY................D DECEMBER a. 1865.
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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF VIRGINIA.
SENATE.
THURSDAY December q. 1868
The Senate met at the usual hour: Lien.
tenant-G Governor CowPER in the chair. Prayer
nv Dr. Duncan.
o,dA,otion Of Mr.. GRAY, House bill entitled
arF-h to incorporate the st. James Improve
scr Company was taken up, read second
II SeSnd referred to Committee on General
.fgsni,.v COTTON Of Mr.. GkAr. House bill entitled
r !. Act to incorporate the Chesterfield Gas
Coal Mining Company was read q third time
and passed.
BY Mr. COLEMAN:
"Resolred, That the Committee of Courts of Jus.
,ee be instructed to report bill for the purpose of
legisiatins and enforcing all contracts with the
the year or for less period and providing for the
enforcement Of such contracts, as may be deemed
necessary and proper Agreed to.
On motion Of Mr. LHxosEY, the Senate took
mp ~ bill TO amend the fourth section of chap
ter one hundred and forty one Of the Code and
10 repeal the fifth. sixth, seventh, eighth.
ninth, tenth and eleventh sections of said
chapter
IL. Be It enacted by the General assembly. That
the ath section of chapter lal Of the Code Of Vr-
% einia be amended and enacted so as to read as
''sEcrIoSA 4. Legal interest shall continue to be
f< year, and proportionably for greater or less
sum. or for longer or shorter time, and no per-
for the loan or forbearance OF money or other
thing above the value af such rate" =
- BE Il (nrther enacted, That the sth, eth, 7th,
s:h, sh 10th and llth sections of said chapter i4i
be, and the same are hereby, repealed, except as
TO all debts and obligations for the loan Of money
contracted previous TO the passage of this act
-. This act shall be in force from its pas
sage"
Altar a rr;af d;scuss;or - xvos ,o:, 49, A..
table for future action.
Senate bill amending the stay law was re-
turned from the House with an amendment
On motion to lay it on the table, the bill was
discussed 1T some length.
Mr.. KEEN, of Pittsylvania, urged the passage
of the bill. and thought that if the stay law
into the question of reputation. He thought
that he could 60 before his county and carry it
upon that issue, and that there was a strong
feeling throughout the State
Mr.. McRaE, of Chesterfield, denied iudig.
nantly that the people of Virginia would ever
consent to repudf9tion The bill was referred
10 the COMMITTEE on Courts of Justice.
On motion Of Mr. RORrSsoS, the Senate then
adjourned until January Sd, 1866 y
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
The House met at the usual hour. Prayer
by the Rev. DIR. Burrows.
MANCHESTER COTTON COMPANY.
House bill extending Manchester Cotton and
Wool Manufacturing Company s charter, with
Z,
CURED in, and the bill passed.
FINANCE.
Mr. GRATrAN, from the Committee on Fl
nance, reported the following bills, which
were read the first and second times and
ordered to be printed:
Bill to authorize the conversion of registered
bonds into coupon bonds.
Bill to amend fourth section one hundred
and forty-first chapter Code 1850, regulating
rates Of interest.
Bill to amend certain sections of Code of
1900 regulating the payment OF salaries and
mileage of members.
STAY LAW.
bill amending the stay law, passed Decem-
Der 10th, reported by Mr.. JoYSEs, was read the
third time and passed.
[Ths amendment is substantially the same
as the Senate bill passed yesterday
FREDERICKSBURG AND GoRDoNsvILLE RAIL.
ROAD.
House bill releasing State interest in the
Fredericksburg and GOrdOnsville railroad in
certain instances was brought up. After
some discussion, under suspension of the
rules, the bill was recOnsidered and recon-
mitted.
STATE DBBTs.
Mr.. ROBERTSON offered the following resolu.
ton
"Resolred. That the Committee on Finance in
9uire into the expediency of funding the interest
debt Of the State
On motion Of Mr.. ELLIS, a resolution was
adopted inquiring into the expediency of pro-
riding that until the question of the re- union
OF the States shall have been decided by a vote
or some other legal method, it is not advisable
for the Legislature to make any provision for
the payment OF public debts, or any portion
thereof, or for the funding of the interest
thereon. Referred to the Committee on FL
nance.
INCORPORATED COMPANIES.
On motion of Mr.. ROBERTSON, the Commit
tee on Finance was directed toinquire into the
expediency of requiring Incorporated COM
panies of the State to pay into the Treasury a
deposit OF security, and to pay bonus for in
corporation.
Az AFFECTIOHArE APPEAL TO OUR WESTERN
BRETHREN.
On motion of Mr.. HANsBORorGH, it was
-" Resolved, That the Committee on the Union Of
Eastern and Western Virginia be respectfully re-
quested to examine into the propriety of adopting
the following appeal
Sometimes, in the course of human events,
TRY trivial circumstances separate good friends.
goes to the right hand and the other departs TO
the left. But when passion subsidies and rea-
sou is enthroned, the remembrance Of ancient
friendship prompts kindly feelings OF our ma
lure to reconciliation and mutual esteem
II 50. ,es US that there has been separation
berHe,yl3i us and our western brethren. Bound
together by common blood, a common language,
and the iron hooks of interest, what shall sepa-
rateus! And bound together by natural limits,
who shall separate what God has joined to.
gether? Shall poverty, shall tribulatiOn, shall
the sword, tear us asllnder from our brethren?
And how shall we divide the glory Of the Old
Dominions You are too brave and generous
TO require US, in bondsman' s key, to say, Pray
master, forgive u.s. And we ask no submission,
no humiliation from you, but with outstretched
arms we invite you to our affectionate and
tender embrace. And behold how good and
pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in
unity! 1t is like the precious ointment upon
the head that ran down to the beard, even
Aaron's beard /; as the dew of Heaven, as the
dew that descendeth upon the mountain of
ZiOn for the Lord commanded the blessing,
even life forevermore.
On motion Of Mr.. JoYNEs, the House ad.
journed until Wednesday, January 3, 1866.
THE LAST CoxFEDEKArE PRisoxER.-The last
Confederate prisoner Of war has been released,