The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-12-06

monweaith.
BY Mr.. Misunderstanding the Com
mittce on Finance to inquire into the expe-
dency Of granting to commissioners of the
revenue additional compensation for ser
vices performed during the last year.
BY Mr.. MISUNDERSTANDING the Com
mittee on Rules to inquire into the expcdi-
cncy of changing the rules of the House so
that all resolutions offered shall be read by
tho Clerk before they are referred to
committee.
BY Mr.. keilly.-Instructin the Commit
tee on Courts of Justice to inquire into the
cxpediency of providing by law for the call
of fduciary docket at each term OF court
of record, and the enactment of suitable
regulations for enforcing the discharge OF
fduciaries of their legal duties.
B, Mr.. Ragsdale. -Instructing the Com
mittcc on Courts of Justice to inquire into
the expediency of reporting bill providing
for the more speedy trial ofpcrsons charged
with petit larceny.
BY Mr.. MISUNDERSTANDING the Com
mittec for Courts of Justice toinquire into
the cxpcdicncy of SO amending section four,
chapter l52, of the Code as to extend its
provisions TO cases of attachment.
BILLS INTRODUCED
By Mr.. Whitc.-A bill to amend and re-
enact the fourth section of chapter al
Code of Firginia-edition 1860. Tho bill
provides that six per cent. shall be the legal
rates of interest but that contracts for
higher rate, made in writing, shall be valid.
Referred to the Committee on Finance.
Other bills of an unimportant character
were offered and referred to the proper
committees.
MESSAGE FROM THE GOVERNOR.
Colonel Lewis reported the following
communication from the Governor, which
was laid before the House:
THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
RICHMoSp, December 5, 1866.
To the Senate and House Of Delegates Of
Virginia:
Gcntlemcn,-Last summer received 4
verbal communication from Randolph
Rogers, Esq, the contractor for furnishing
statuary for the Washington monument.
After my annual message was placed in the
hands of the printer, received the fol-
lowing letter:
ROME, November 10, 1866.
To His ErceQency +. II. Piopoint, Go
ranor Of. the State Of Virginia.:
Sir,-Attcr lapse of more than five
years, again take up my pen to write to
the Governor Of Virginia on the subject OF
the Washington monument, the compile
ton of which, after the death of Mr..
Crawford, was entrusted to me, and con-
tract entered into between the State Of
Virginia and myself. | now write for the
purpose of stating the position OF the
case, and the condition of the work. My
last letter to the commissioners before the
war was dated March 1th, 1861. then
stated that / had just received letter
| from Miller, the bronze founder, ut Mu-
Mich, stating that the statue OF Marshall
had been completed in bronze, and would
be forwarded to Rotterdam without delay,
and that the Nelson was nearly finished,
and that the Lewis would be ready for
shipping before the lst of July; also, that
two OF the allcgorical statues, with mill
tary trophies, had been for several months
in the hands of bronze founders, and be-
lieved they were well advanced. / can
now say that the statue OF Marshall was
forwarded to Rotterdam, as above stated,
and upon which ! have all this time been
pay ing heavy storage and insurance.
At the time the statue arrived in Rot
terdam the aspect OF political matters
looked so threatening that | was advised
not to send ii forward, for fear of seizure
and conliscation. The statues Of Nelson
and Lewis have been finished and packed,
ready for shipping, ever since the summer
Of ls6l The balance due upon which,
AID one of the allegorcal figures and tro-
phies finished, and another advanced, |
am expected to pay interest since that
time.
My contract with the State Of Virginia
is, in substance, as follows:
For casting in bronze the statue of
Mason after the plaster model OF
Craw fOrd...... .......... ....... Si,HO w
Marshall. ............. ............. 4,j9o 90
For moulding and casting statue OF
Nelson. ....................... 5000 90
Lewis ......................... 1900 %
For six allegorical figures with mill
tary trophies $4,000 each .......... 10000 90
Boxing, baling, insurance and trans.
noriation To- Richmond. ........... $500 90
Making 500, so 90
Received from State of Virginia
...,................. % 1879 %
SIS, 100 0j
Received from State of Virginia
cash drawn III New York......... 400 90
Cash drawn through l.. Edgerton,
New NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 500 %
Cash drawn through l.. Edgerton,
New York .,................l 4,l23 %
S22,399 90
The above statement shows a balance in
my favor on the completion of the monu-
ment of $50, lOO.05. Works completed,
shipped, and delivered, and works which
would have been delivered in Richmond
according to contract, had | not been pre-
vented from so doing by commencement of
hostilitieS:
Amount. .''''.''9o-,ovp w
Cash received. .,........... --'''3 W
$4,000 %
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On the 18th OF September | was in Mil
ler's debt just about the above amount, IN
Guiding balance due on bronze casting,
storage, insurance, and interest on the