The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-02-10
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.


The SPEAKER in the chair. No prayer,
BILLS REPORTED AND PLACED ON THE CALEN-
OAR.
Senate bills to declare the clerk of the
county court in counties Of less than fifteen
thousand inha bitants er 0ttcio clerk OF the
circuit court, and determine the manner OF
qualification authorizing the trustees OF
the town of Manchester to renew and ex-
tend the period of payment of certain out
standing bonds, and renew the existing
mortgages to secure the same !; authorizing
the qualified voters of the county of Shenan-
doah to vote on the question OF removing
the COUNTY courthouse to the town OF
Edinblrg to amend and reenact section
u of chapter 81 Of the Code of 1860, in re-
lation to CERTAIN debts due the Virginia
Military Institute.
House bills to provide system of public
free schools in cities of the Commonwealth,
and to repeal section &C Of the public school
act approved July 18th, 1870: to au-
thorize the trustees of Strasburg Academy,
in Shenandoah county, to sell certain lot
of land for the protection of fish in the
Roanoke river west of the Blue Ridge; au-
thorizing the issue of registered stock to
Young & Dickinson on certain conditions.
LEAVE OF ABSENCE
was granted Mr.. NOBLE for one day, and
Mr.. LINDSEY for an indefinite time.
ALEXANDRIA AND FREDERICKSBURG RAIL
ROAD.
House bill 4G, TO amend the charter and
change the name Of the Alexandria and
Fredericksburg Railway Company, being
unfinished business, came up.
Mr.. THURMAN moved to postpone the
consideration of the bill until the eXpira-
ton Of the morning hour on Wednesday
next.
Mr.. THURMAN urged that these railroad
matters should be subordinated to matters
Of more public Importance.
Mr.. COCHRAN said that the oyster tax bill
would probably be taken up on the day
named by Mr.. THURMAN, on the recon-
mendation of the Finance Committee.
Mr.. GUY was not ready to arraign HIM
self among either the friends or the oppo-
nents of the bill, for, while lavoring an all
rail line from Washington to Richmond, he
was not prepared to say that he would sup
port either of the propositions now before
the House. He urged that members were
now too excited to discuss these questions
diSpassionately, and said that they ought to
be allowed to cool of.
Mr.. BAGwELL called the pending cues.
ton, but gave way to
Mr.. WooD, who replied to Mr.. GUY, con.
tending that this bill was now regularly
before the House, and to dispose of it at
once would be really Il saving of time and
money to the State.
Mr.. LovENsTEIN opposed the motion to
postpone, and declared himself in favor OF
MIR. HUDGINs's substitute for the pending
bill.
Mr.. PANN1LL called the pending question,
| and the call being sustained, the vote was
taken, and the motion to postpone Was de-
teated-ayes, So; noes, G3.
The reading Of the bill was. then CON-
menced, when
Mr.. WooDsoN moved to pass it by, which
motion was rejected-ayeS, AZ; noes, GS.
| MIR. KELLY offered a substitute in the
nature Of All amendment to Mr.. HUDGINs's
substitute; after which the latter was per-
| fectcd by its friends.
Mr.. GRAHAM, of Rockbridge, then offered
an amendment providing that there shall
| be no discrimination in the rates of charges
| for way and through toll and fare.
Mr.. KELLY favored this amendment. He
said the patrons of this road in Virginia
should not be required to pay more than
the consignee in Philadelphia or the con-
| signor in South Carolina. For his part, he
was not only willing to adopt this amend
ment to this law, but to engraft it upon the
general railroad law of the State.
Mr.. GRAHAM, of Rockbridge, (Soto roce);
So am i.
MIR. KELLY, continuing, expressed the
| hope that the members of this Legislature
would have the pluck to face these mon
strous hydra-hcaded corporations that
threaten to sap the very lite-blood of the
Commonwealth, and he rejoiced that en-
lighted constituencies would hold them to
account for the manner in which they meet
| these railroad questions.
Mr.. PoPHAM said the only constituency
| that he knew of that had expressed itself
on the question under consideration was
that of the gentleman from Spotsylvania,
which had spoken in favor Of policy the
opposite Of that advocated by their delegate
on this floor.
MIR. KELLY corrected Mr.. Popham. His
constituents had given him no instructions
as to how to act on this bill.
Mir. PoPHAa rejoined that part of the
press OF Fredericksburg had declared
against him, Returning to the discussion
of the amendmeJs of Mr.. PoPHAM, he eX-
pressed himself as willing to unite with its
friends in the passage of 4 general law with
the same end.
Mr.. CRENsHAw offered as substitute for
the pending amendment the following:
"Provided that said company may charge
on local passengers and freights twenty per
centum in excess of what they charge on
through freight"
On motion Of Mr.. MAHooD, the House
adjourned.
AN ELOQUENT DIVINE Welded TO A FE-
nj th., ~ ri, ok,,, .