The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-02-21
% er,nt licen,ea. authorize toll,gates, and

to grant licenses, authorize toll-gates, and
resolution Ia regard TO driving stock
across land. without the consent OF the
owner, In certain counties OF southwestern
Virginia. 60, 10.
sheriff Of Montgomery county.
A resolution amending the law so Us ~
secure sheriff. fees In certain cases:
The same committee were dischasu
frpm the further consideration OF Icsoiu-
tion authorizing the county courts " coh
tract for the erection OF toli-pr'aeos, anu
the resolution was referred 70 the Com-
mittee on Roads, &C.
nor, % on q resolution modifying the vagrant
act which was referred to the Committee
on Labor, &c.
The committee thought It unnecessary
to legislate on resolution changing the
time Of holding the County Court Of
Buchanan county, tho law providing for
such changes.
The same committee deemed It inexpe-
dient to legislate on the petition Of citi-
zens Of Monroe county, West Virginia,
praying TO be Included in the proceedings
now pending for the recovery Of Jefferson
and Berkeley counties, as the status OF
Monroe county will be decided by the
court which will decide the suit now pend
ing in reference to the counties OF Jener-
son and Berkeley.
The Conference Committee reported
substitute for House bill 16S, for the con-
struction of railroad or the improvement
of the navigation Of New river from point
near Central Depot to the mouth Of Green
brier river; which was adopted.
APPEALS, ETC.
WHIre moved to reconsider the vote
by which the House on Tuesday rejected
Senate bill 40, to repeal the act of March
3, 1866, in relation to appeals and writs Oh
error and S,sperSedeGS, and to revive, re-
enact. aps amend tho sections Of chapter
1872 of the Code amended and repealed by
said act.
Mr.. u. TURNER moved to table the mo-
ton. Lost.
The House agreed to the reconsideration
by vote of ayes, 46; noes, 80; and the
House bill was again rejected by vote OF
ayes, Al noes, As.
CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS.
The substitute for House bill No. 204, to
amend title 55 Of the Code, in relation to
proceedings in criminal cases, coming up
as unfinished business,
Mr.. STRAUGHAN addressed the House in
favor of his pending amendment to the
substitute.
Mr.. BALDWIN opposed the amendment.
Mr.. DICKINSON followed also in opposi-
ton to the amendment.
Mr.. WILSON could see no benefits re-
sulting from the proposed amendment, and
pending his remarks, the hour of O'Clock
arrived.
CUMBERLAND GAP RAILROAD.
House bill 1856, to provide for the COM
pletion of line Of railway from the Vir-
ginia seaboard to the Mississippi and Ohio
rivers by facilitating the construction OF
the Cumberland Gap railroad, coming up,
the question being upon the pending
amendment of Mr.. A. ]. CLARK,
Mr., PENDLEToN concluded the remarks
begun on Tuesday in opposition to the bill
and the Injustice Of it's forced consolida-
ton principles on the Virginia and Ten
nessee railroad. He read from the charter
of the road to prove that it was especially
prohibited from any combination with or
discrimination in favor Of any particular
line. of internal Improvements. He de-
Tended the management Of the road, al
luded to it's prosperity and the immense
amount of labor bestowed upon it since
the close Of the war, which found it torn
up, without bridges, and in a seemingly
hopeless condition. New engines which
should have been upon the track weeks
ago, and which would have been sufficient
to transport the freight accumulated at
Bristol, had been delayed at Washington
by the washing away of the Long Bridge.
Mr.. CLARK briefly defended his amend
ment, and alluded to the superior value OF
the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad stock
to that of the Southside roads.
Mr.. LEONARD said he was prepared to
| maintain that the stock Of the Norfolk and
Petersburg road was as valuable as that OF
the Virginia and Tennessee road.
| MI. CLARK wished to understand the
discrepancy between the statements of the
Norfolk delegates, one ofwhom quoted that
stock at ten cents, while the other main
tanned that it was worth as much as that
of the Virginia and Tennessee railroad.
Mr.. LEONARD said his colleagues quota.
ton was only suggestions one. There
was no Norfolk and Petersburg stock in
market. He owned some, which he would
not exchange for Virginia and Tennessee
| stock.
Mr.. CLARK congratulated the gentle
man on his fluctuations over his stock,
and If none Of it was in the market it was
simply because it could not be sold on any
terms, one Of the leading Richmond bro.
kers having on Tuesday endeavored to dis
pose of some Of the stock, but was unable
to find purchaser at any price.
Mr.. ScoTT said the question was one OF
the most important brought before the As
sembly, and of deep interest to. the people
of the whole State. He alluded to the
benefits of connection with the great
West, and thought that connection could
be effected only by consolidation.
Pending his remarks, the hour Of half
past 2 arriving, the House took recess
until half-past T. NJ.
NIGHT SESSION.
The substitute TO House bill amending
title IS, Code Of 1860, in relation to pro.
ceedings in criminal cases, was again
taken up, and after much discussion upon
the various amendments, agreed to, and
the bill, as amended, was ordered to be
engrossed for third reading by vote Of
Al to Is. f.@#
After which the House adjourned.
Words OF Wisdom.