The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-02-27

MospAr, February 90, 1865.
SENATE.


MoxpAY, February 90, 1865.
SENATE.
Lieutenant. Governor CowPER In the chair.
Prayer by DIR. Hoge.
LYYcHBrRa FIRE, LIFE, AND MARINE INSURANCE
coMPANY.
House bill amending the charter OF this COM
pany was taken mp, on motion OF Mr.. HANNAH,
and passed.
NEW RIVER IMPROVEMENT.
House bill authorizing John T. Burks and
others TO improve this river was passed.
CHARTER OF scoTTsvILLE.
House bill amending the charter Of this town,
in Albemarle county was taken up, on motion
Of Mr.. GAIT, and passed.
COLUMBIA MANUFACTURING COMPANY.
House bill incorporating this company, in
the city OF Richmond, was taken up and passed
The company are l.. ID. Crenshaw, w. It.
Crenshaw, r. B. Haxall, B.W Haxall, ]. ID.
Harvey, J. H. Williams, and others. The
business Of the company shall be the manufac-
ture of cotton, woolens, SILK, &c.
CHARTER OF LrScHBURG.
House bill amending this instrument was
taken up, on motion of Mr. Trout, and passed
RICHMOND MEDICAL COLLEGE.
House bill for the relief Of this association
was taken up, on motion of Mr.. GILNER, and
passed
OLD DOMINION TowISG AND TRANSPORTATION
COMPANY.
House bill to incorporate this company was
passed. The business of the company is to
transport freight from the port OF Norfolk
through any of the waters of Virginia.
WINCHESTER.
House bill authorizing the Common Council
of this town to borrow money at rate OF
eight per cent. interest was passed.
CHURCH HILL FEMALE SEMINARY.
House bill incorporating this institution, in
the county of Henrico, was passed
CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION.
House bill to incorporate this company was
taken up, on motion of Mr.. GRAY, and passed.
ST. FRANCIS INFIRHARY.
Senate bill incorporating this institution, in
the city of Richmond, returned from the
House with unimportant amendments, which
were agreed to by the Senate, and the bill
passed.
STATE CONVENTION.
Mr.. KEEN introduced bill to provide for
the call of n convention to assemble in NoVem-
Der next.
Mr.. BoYD moved to lay the bill on the table.
| 1t was accordingly laid on the table by vote
| of twenty siX to four. w
It will be remembered that n similar bill
was introduced a short time ago by Mr.
! MEADE and reported against unanimously by
the Committee on Courts of Justice.
PETERSBURG BONDS.
| Senate bill to authorize the Common Coun-
Gil of Petersburg TO fund the interest due on
its bonds was passed.
SHORT SPEECHES.
BY Mr.. GRAY
" Resolced, That hereafter, to the end of the
session. no Senator shall speak more than ten
minutes upon the same subject" Agreed TO-
EARLY MEETINGS.
By Mr.. COLEMAN:
"ReSolyed, That when the Senate adjourn
to-day, it adjourn to meet hereafter, until the
close of the present session, ut 10 O'CLOCK, a.
M Agreed to.
The passage of these two resolutions shows
that the Senate now means business.
THE FACILITY BILL
came up rs unfinished business.
Mr. LAWSON moved to lay the bill on the
table, which motion was lost by vote OF
twelve to seventeen.
Mr.. KEEN moved to strike out the second
section of the bill. He spoke in favor of the
amendment, and was replied to by Messrs.
Boiling and CROCKETT. The motion was lost
by q vote of ten, TO thirteen.
Mr.. LEE offered an amendment which gives
to all the railroads connecting with the Nlr-
ginia and Tennessee railroad or the South-
side railroad the same privileges enjoyed by
the latter, if desired.
Mr.. BOILING hoped that the bill would not
be embarrassed by this amendment. This prln-
ciple is already in the bill.
Mr. MCRAE held that this bill would be
invading the rights of the railroads. The
railroad companies have, by their charters, the
right to regulate their own rates, and we have
no right 10 interfere with them in their ar
rangements.
Here, on motion of Mr. TROUT, the business
under consideration was laid over in order to
take up the House bill to incorporate the
CONVICTION AND OHIO RAILROAD COMPANY.
An amendment was offered by Mr.. PECK to
require the company to build road connect
ing the Covington and Ohio with the Virginia
and Tennessee railroad, TO be built at the same
time as the main line. The OBJECT OF tnls
amendment is to prevent the freight from
going all in one direction, and 10 oner addl-
tional inducement TO connect Danyllle and the
Central depot, on the Virginia and tennessee
railroad The amendment produced long
and warm debate, in which Messrs. GILhER,
PECK KEEN, GRAY, CROCKETT, and LEE, took
part. The amendment was lost by vote OF
twelve to seventeen.
The question required on the original bill
1t was Fpassed by a vote of tWenty-four TO
two The Covington and Ohio bill being thus
disposed of, the Senate resumed the conside-
ration OF the
FACILITY BILL.
The question being upon the amendment of
Mr.. LEE, the ayes and noes were called, and
the amendment was adopted by vote of six
teen to eleven.
Mr.. BoLLING offered proviso that the inter-
change of cars should not be required. The
gauges Of the roads differ The proyiso was
adopted.
The question required on the original bill,
which was passed by n vote Of twenty to eight
The Senate then adjourned.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
Speaker BALDWIN in the chair.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
The Committee on Claims reported adversely
to so much of the petition Of Mrs. Flournoy,
of Prince Edward county, as claimed COM
pensation for main tanning negro lunatic sub
sequent to May, 1861, and after some discus
sion the report was agreed TO.
VENTILATION.
A communication was read from Mr.. Exall,
in relation to q system of heating the entire
building by hot water at a cost of about six
thousand dollars, which was referred.
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED.
BY Mr.. Misunderstanding the use of the
Hall of the House Of Delegates on Wednesday
evening next to Judge Conway for the pur-
pose of delivering lecture on the Condition
or ,la