Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-02-10
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The House met at the usual hour, Mr.. WATKINS
of Prince Edward, in the Chair. Prayer by the Rev,
DIR. Hopson, of the Disciples Church.
The following reports were made from Commit
tees:
FROM THE COMMITTEE on SCHOOLS, &C.
A bill to provide for the establishment of a Board
of Medical Examiners.
FROM THE COMMITTEE ON PROPOsITIONs, &C.
The above committee reported back the following
bills.
A bill declaring HycO river to be a lawful fence
in the county of Halifax.
A bill to incorporate the Friendship Fire Com
pany, of Alexandria.
Abill to amend the third section of an act en-.
titled an act to incorporate the Chesterfield Gas
Coal Mining Company" passed December 2lst
1865.
A bill to incorporate the Insurance Savings Com
pany Of Virginia.
bill to incorporate the Southern Dislilling Com
pany.
THE JAMES RIVER AND KANAwHA CANAL.
Under a suspension of the rules, on motion of Mr..
GRAHAM, the following resolutions, introduced 10y
him, were adopted and sent to the Senate
WHEREAS, The General Assembly, at its present
session, hath passed an act to amend and re'enact
the act entitled ian act to incorporate the Virginia
Canal Company, and to transfer the rights and fran
chiSeS of the James River aud hanawha Company
thereto" passed March -, 1861, whereby it IL pro-
vided that certain amounts shall be paid into the
treasury of Virginia in consideration of the transfer
of the States interest i'll the James River and kama
wha Company, and rs 4 security for the faithful per,
fOrmance OF the provisions oil the said act: Therefore
be it
l.. ResOlsed, by the General assembly Of Vr.
giaia, That the amounts required by the said act ia
be paid TO the State of Virginia shall he held by the
State in trust, subject to an adjustment of the debt
of the State and n division of the public property
h vase tie ts" t S11? States e. s AhiaTIi'T not ft@ be- re init d'a as one
State, provided West Virginia shall by law ratify
the said act. .
.. Resolved, That the General Assembly of West
Virginia is hereby respectfully invited to pass II con-
curing statute ut its present session, giving its as
sent to the above mentioned act.
THE VIRGINIA sENATORS-JUDGE UNDERWOOD RE-
QUEsIED 30 RESIGN.
ON motion of Mr.. STRAUGHAN the following pre-
amble and resolution, offered by him, were referred
to the mmitt on Courts Of Justice.
WHEREAS, The General Assembly of Virginia,
which convened in Alexandria on the - day Of De
cember, 1864, proceeded, ON the - day of the same
month, To elect two United States Senators TO repre-
sent the State Of Virginia in the Senate of the United
States, at which time and place the Hon. j. &. I'M
derwOod was chosen as one of the Senators, to serve
for six years from and after the third day of March,
1865; and whereas, it does not appear to this Legis-
lature that the said J. c. Underwood is disposed to
make any effort to occupy his sea. in the Senate ofthe
United States in pursuance of said election, but, on
the contrary, seems to prefer the Office which he now
holds as Judge of the Federal Court of Virginia, TO
Wnlcn lie has DetH dppOlnlcui anu MHcltdSi tllS
Legislature has satisfactory evidence that the said
j. c. Underwood lately participated in and approved
the proceedings of IA meeting, III the town oil
Alexandria, the object of which was to memorabilia
Congress to convert the State of Virginia into a ter
ritory-a thing unheard of in the history of legisla-
tiOn-thereby showing that he has no regard for the
best interests of the State, anu no sympathy with
the truly loyal people Of the Commonwealth, but, on
the contrary, is using his influence to the manifest
wrong and injury of the State by advocating Opin-
lone nnl 1ontrinal lislnval i'm thair character rpVn-
lutiOnary In their tendency, and which are calcula-
ted to produce mischief and discOrd therefore, be it
ReS0iced By the General assembly If Virginia,
That the said j. C.. Underwood be, and is hereby ill.,
structed IL resign all right and claims which he may
have to a seat in the Senate Gf the United States AZ
a Senator from the State of Virginia.
BE- 1t further reSOired, That the Governor of the
Commonwealth he directed to have a copy of the
foregoing preamble and resolutions delivered to tue
said j. {. Underwood.
THE STAY LAW
was taken up, and, after being amended, was or
dered tn its engrOssment and third reading.
During its consideration q lengthy debate Oc-
CURED. in which several members urged its passage
without further amendment, because the Senate, in
whatever form it was presented, would materially
modify it.
The bill to encourage and promote
IMMIGRATION INTO THE STATE OF VIRGINIA.,
already published by us, was next taken up,
when
MI. OWEN advocated the Dill IN q calm ana very
pointed speech of some length.
Mr.. BOOKER opposed the bill, because his constit-
uents did not want foreigners To compete with the
poor white men OF his county.
Mr.. EVANS was glad that the constituents Of the
gentleman from Henry did not need additional
labor. His own constituents and those Of most
other gentlemen in the House wanted the intelligent
and industrious Scotch, English, and Others from
Europe, to come into our midst, and wished the
State to guarantee them protection. lie did not
favor so-called immigration companies, intended for
insurance and discount. The immigrants wanted not
the guarantee of such societies, but wanted the pro-
lection of the State. For this the State must have
an agent, and, of course, he must be paid a moderate
salary for his services. Only the white man is ac-
custOmed to keep contracts, and hence we must in
vite white labor, and pay for obtaining it.
Mr.. ELLIS thought it strange that the gentleman
now, for the first time, denOunces the companies
already chartered. He ought to have opposed them
when they were before the House. hut perhaps,
this is a pet scheme of the gentleman, adding that
he had alluded in his speech to Mr.. Black, a canny
Scotchman, as the patron and endOrscr Of the bill.
Mr.. EvANs-If the gentleman had the pleasure of
knowing Mr.. Black, a Scotch farmer OF intelligence
and enterprise, he would, no doubt, be impressed by
his manner, as had been every Virginia farmer with
whom he had come in contact, and from whom he
has already rented two hundred thousand acres of
land.
Mr.. ELLIs-I know Mr.. Black; but ] have nothing
to say about the pleasure. He is il the immigration
business, and. no doubt, wants the State of Virginia
to back him in competing with private companies,
or why is he here during the session OF the Legisla-
ture, button hOling members and acting as the pa
tron of the bill now before the House. Candidates
for the agency and clerkships, under the provisions
OF the bill, are already seeming these places from
the North, the South, the East, the West, and, as
the children say, from over the crows nest. Thank
1od the Governor, il the bill passes, is given these APP
Pointments; and the State is thereby saved one
thousand dollars a day for their election, which,
az I'm La .ne number of applicants, promises to occupy
Z" Ie"st zen days Of the time of the Legislature.
j. IN MOTION the bill was, owing to the thinness of
s u mGuse, passed by (at hall. past two o'clock by the
following vote-ayes 81, noes 80.
III Jill" ~ REPAIR THE CAPITOL, GOVERNORS
HOUSE, &C.,
was taken up and passed by the following vote
ayes o. noes9. The bill appropriates $4,000 for
said purposes.
OTHER BILLS PASSED.
Bills incorporating the Cumberland Can Railroad
Company the kesarch Coal Company the Indus
trial Mining and Manufacturing Company.
On motion of Mr.. HANsBROUGH the House adj.