The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-01-24

message OF Governor Foreman to tho
West Virginia EeHaslasure-Chesa
peakc and Ohio Raflroad- Virginia
Debt-Deaf Ard Dumb and Blind.
The West Virginia Legislature met on
Monday last. From Governor Boreman's
message we make the following extracts
COMMISSIONERS TO SETTLE WITH VIRGINIA.
ACCOMPLISHMENT to treat with Virginia
in regard to the public debt of that State -
have not yetbeen appointed under the re-
solutions on the subject adopted by the
Legislature February %, 1867. The reso-
lutions prescribe that the suit brought by
Virginia In the Supreme Court of the
United States to recover jurisdiction over
the counties Of Berkeley and Jefferson
shall be finally disposed of before such ap.
pointment shall be made, which event has
not yet TRANSFERRED; and, If it had, there
might still be question whether such set
element should take place in the present
condition Of affairs in Virginia.
DEAF AND DUMB AND BLIND.
called the attention Of the last Legisla-
ture to the fact that there were number Of
pupils from this State in the Institution for
the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind, at
Staunton, Virginia and then submitted q
communication from the Principal of the
Institution, setting forth the amount
claimed for the support and education OF
these pupils, and requesting that provision
should be made for its payment. I refer
you for full particulars as to the names,
residences, &c., Of the pupils charged for,
to that communication, which will be found
in the volume of printed documents of the
last session. then recommended an appro-
priation to pay the charges since January /,
1866, and that all charges prior to that
date be left for adjustment in general
settlement, which is expected to take
place between the two States but, through
inadvertence, no doubt, the appropriation
was omitted. The accompanying addi-
tional communication calling my attention
to the same subject has been recently re-
ceived by me from the President of the
Board of Visitors; from which it also ap-
pears that there are still seven pupils in
the Institution from this State whose sup
port is unprovided for. 1t seems to me
that the account since the LIST Of January,
| 1866, should be paid at an early day, and
that provision should be made for the cur
rent expenses of the pupils still remaining
in the Institution.
CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAILROAD.
A majority of the Commissioners Of the
Covington and Ohio railroad, appointed by
an act Of the Legislature passed February
| 25, 1867, in communication addressed to
me on the 4th of June last, and herewith
exhibited, informed me that, acting in con-
junction with the Commissioners Of Vir-
GINA, they had executed contract with
the Virginia Central Railroad Company
for the construction of the road from
Covington to the Ohio river, and that
by this contract the Virginia Central
| railroad and the Covington and Ohio
railroad were to be consolidated and
known thereafter as the Chesapeake and
Ohio railroad. This communication, how
ever, does not contain the terms of con-
solidation, nor have the commissioners re-
ported the same to the Board of Public
Works, as the act contemplates, but I sup
pose they will make full report to the
Legislature. am not aware that any fur
ther legislation in regard to this improve
ment will be asked for at your hands, but
if it shall be, l do not doubt that you will
give the subject that consideration which
its Importance demands, and extend to this
great work such encouragement as may in
your Judgment be just and liberal, and
tend to insure and facilitate its speedy
completion.