The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-02-10

at large and whereas the work OF comple-
tion is now languishing for want OF meanS
to carry on this work therefore De IL
"Resolued, That a committee OF nVe oe
Amounted by the CHAIR to propose a way
and means of securing the consummatloh
If this desirable end, and to present uch
nronosition or propositions to this ConVen-
ton for its approval"
Laid over under the rules. "a
prrrp ZONES offered q resolution ao-
;o,,rninr the Convention from ii O'CLOCK
r. dav until Monday at half-past 5 O'CLOCK.
An amendment to adjourn when tne at
ticIa of the Constitution under consloera-
tion should have been adopted was &c
cepted and adopted.
DISCHARGE OF CLERKS.
Mr.. HAwyHURsT, from the committee OF
oboirmen appointed under a resolution TO
see what clerks could be discharged, made
the following report !
"That the clerks of the Committee on
Printing. the Committee on the Basis of
REPRESENTATION and Apportionment, the
Committee on the Elective Franchise, the
| Committee on Education, and the Com
mittee on Elections, be retained, and that
the others be paid up and discharged on
next Monday.
"The clerks retained to give such as
~sistance as may be necessary to the COM
mittees whose clerks are discharged"
Discussion ensued.
Mr.. PARR made a speech. He said he
didn't think the clerks ought to be dis
| charged. If they ought, then ought
the man whar writes the proceedings OF
the Convention. He wanted to do every
man equal justice.
/ Mr.. MAss1E moved here that the Conven-
ton adjourn sine die.
Mr.. PARR: The gentleman is no friend
O. mine, sir, when he makes such a motion
as that, sir. l diSdain it, sir. I'm a man
of low calibre, sir, but I shoots upward,
sir. Ny calibre 8 small, my powder s
weak, and my shot IS light, and if they
don't create a sensation, sir, when they
fall, I can't help it, sir. IF in thar descen-
sion they create sensation, no man can't
saw I shot at him because I shot upwards,
sir. You know, Mr.. Presidant, they say if
YOU shoot up, sir, when the shot come down,
sir, they fall down as hard on your head,
sir, as they started up from the muzzle OF
the gun, sir. And, sir, I'd like to have a
half hour, sir, to speak on this subject, sir ;
and I have some notes, sir, I'd hk to
read, sir" =,
Mr.. CLEMENTS elf the gentleman will
allow me, rll inform him that the question
upon which he desires to speak is not up
yet. w
Mr.. PARR: "Yes, sir and I'd have the
gentleman to understand, sir, that I'm not
going to speak on the oyster, sir. l have
not yet spent three hours, as some mem
bers has, on this floor, sir and I want you
to let me read the notes l has,"
Mr.. THAYER rose to a point Of order.
" The gentleman was not speaking to the
subject under consideration"
Voice: "He's speaking directly to the
point"
Mr.. PARR: eyes, sir; that's it. Di.
rectly, sir"
Mr.. PARR continued for some moments,
and was interrupted by the arrival Of the
hour for the order of the day.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
: The report on the Executive Department
was then taken up and the thirteenth,
fourteenth, and fifteenth sections were
adopted, as follows:
"l3. The Secretary shall keep a record
Z of the official acts of the Governor, which
shall be signed by the Governor and at
tested by the Secretary; and when re-
quiEed, he shall lay the same, and any pa
: pers, minutes, and vouchers pertaining to
his Office, before either House of the &c.
: neral Assembly, and shall perform such
other duties as may be prescribed by law
All fees received by the Secretary she'll
= he maid into the Treasury.
GA. The powers and duties of the Trea.
surer and Auditor shall be such as o
are, or may be hereafter, prescribed by
law.
| "l5. There shall be established in the
!, office of the Secretary Of State a bureau
| of statistics and a bureau of agricultural
. chemistry and geology, under such regu,
lations as may be prescribed by law"
The sixteenth section, as follows, wa!
next called up:
GIG. The General Assembly shall have
power to establish a bureau of agriculture,
a bureau of manufactures and arts, a bu-
reau of trade and commerce, and a bureau
of and trade, and a bureau o.
!, civil engineering and surveys, under such
, regulations as may be prescribed by law
Mr.. SCOTT moved to strike the article
out. Carried-ayes, IS; noes, II.
Mr.. CURTIss offered the following in
. stead of the article stricken out:
"The General Assembly shall have
D power to establish a bureau of agriculture
; and immigration under such regulations o.
:. may be prescribed by law"
' Considerable discussion ensued.
, Brother HODGES was, Of course, bound
to speak on de pint. He had friends il
f Libery and Cannidy who he wanted tc
:. dimmigrate here, but he wouldn't vite en-
here untell the men who was here had ap
? pintments to work.
T BAYNE opposed immigration. He sale
that before de war he had hearn tell of de
, talk of ~invitin' all de people of de yarth tt
, immigrate here, excep'n those from Afri
; ky, and in dis regard de people was wors
, than de devil, because he never refuse tt
take anybody.
After much discussion the previous
question was called, and sustained. The
vote r~asultad-ayes. 81. noes. S6, Tht