The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-03-16

ted report and a minority report. $500.
The report, alter setting forth the seye..
! raj charges, &c., closes as foilows:l Il
"In the opinion OF the committee ali the
| charges are sustained by the testimony
taken by them, and they herewith submit
l the following for the action of the House
! Whereas. 1t appearing that the Hon.
! Alexander Mahood, Judge ofthe fourteenth
judicial circuit, has been repeatedly guilty
| discharge Of his official duties Therefore.
| be it - - :
Resotued by The House Of Delegates, (the
| Senate concurring,) That the said Judge
! Alexander Manhood be and is hereby re-
/ moved from office, in pursuance Of the 23d
section, article 6, Of the Constitution of
! Virginia"
The minority report. signed by Mr. Geo.
| II. Southall, endorses the report Of the
! committee, sustaining the charges men-
| toned in the specifications, but in view Of
the facts that Judge Mahood's official con-
| duct since tho terms mentioned had been
| satisfactory 70 the bar and the public, and
that no considerable number of the lawyers
practicinc in the court ask his removal. Mr..
| SourHAlL dissents from the action Of the
committee as embodied in their resolution.
| The reports We're ordered to be printed.
THE NIGHT SESSIONS.
Mir. STEVENS moved that the resolution
:! heretofore adopted, providing for night
sessions of the House, be reSclnded.
The yeas and navs being ordered, the
House refused to rcScind by vote OF ~
nays to 43 yeas.
I mir. McCAULL offered resolution de-
voting the night session to the consldera-
ton OF. private bills; which was agreed to.
THE TREASURER OF RICHMOND.
The committee Of conference to consider
the disagreement of the two Houses in re.
lation to an amendment to Senate bill
amending the act concerning the duties
and compensation Of officers Of cities and
towns of over 5000 inhabitants. recommend
that the House recede from its amendment,
and that the bill be amended so as to require
the Treasurer Of the city of Richmond tc
give bond in the sum Of 100000, lnsteaC
of double the amount of State taxes col
lected by him, as the House amendment
required. Agreed to.
Mir. LoyENsTEIN was ordered to inform
the Senate Of the action of the House.
PRESENTED AND REFERRED.
BY. Mr.. HupG1N: Memorial of the citi
zens Of Caroline county asking an amend
ment to the Constitution in regard to usury
I By MIR. PooRE Bill for the relief Of th'
securities of w. T. johnson, late sheriff o
Appomattox county.
| THE UNITED STATES SENATOR.
At y NJ. the two Houses united in tn
hall of the House in joint Session-Lt. Gov
MARyE, President of the Senate, presid
ing-and the Journals Of both Houses O
yesterday, so far as relating to the election
of United States Senator, read. The Presi
dent then declared that, upon joint ballot
Hon. j. w. Johnston had been elected
United States Senator for the term of si1
wears, commencing on the 4th Of March
1871. The joint session then adjourned
Immediately thereafter certificate of cleo
ton was made out and signed by 1t. Gov
MARYE and J. BELL BIGGER (president an(
clerk of the joint body, and sent to the
Governor.
/ THE RAILROAD WAR.
Senate bill disposing of the States in
terest in the Orange, Alexandria and Ma
nassas Railroad Company came up, the
question being on agreeing to the minority
report of the Committee on Roads (pub
lished in full on yesterday.
A full report Of the debate and action Of
the House on this question will be found
elSewhere].
| At 3 O'Clock the chair was vacated until
S o'clock p. NJ.
Night Session.
Speaker TURNER resumed the chair at
Jpn
The following members did not respond
to roll-call MeSsrs. Andrews, Arnett, Bag.
well, Bristow, Buchanan, Campbell, Coles,
|Daniel, Davis, Edmundson, Frayser, Hay.
ME, McCaull, Patton, G. Perkins, +. NJ
Perkins, Poore, Popham, Strother, Toy,
S. S. Turner, VIM, and G. Young.
| THE RAILROAD WAR.
On motion of Mr.. BUDD, the rule was
| suspended excluding all business but House
bills from consideration in night sessions,
and the bill disposing of the States interest
in railroads was resumed.
The debate on the conflicting PROPOSE.
lions for the State stock in the Richmond
and Petersburg Railroad Company was
long and warm, Messrs. Hill Of Albemarle,
| ing the sale to the Atlantic, Mississippi and
Ohio Railroad Company, and Messrs. Fray.
/ ser and Daniel urging the sale to Messrs
| EllySon, Anderson, and others.
at 10 2. NJ. the pending question was or.
| dered on the adoption Of the minority sub
stitute Ito sell TO Messrs. Ellyson and
others) and it was adopted by 90 ayes to 81
noes.
Mr.. PoPHAM moved a reconsideration OF
| the vote.
| MIR. MCCAULL got the floor and complain.
ed that the majority wished to unfairly
press their advantage by moving and then
voting down reconsideration, and thus Sc
curing the fruits of their victory. He was
| proceeding, when he give way to a motion
TO adjourn. Lost-yeas, 80; nays, 6S.
| The motion to reconsider was rejected
yeas, 90; nays, &C.
The adoption OF the majority report, as
amended by the minority report, Yves then
put and carried.
| Mr.. WooD said that the House should
consider il Messrs. Ellyson and others were
bound in any degree to accept the sale with
the conditions now nut in the bill. He had
grave doubts.
The pending question was put, and the
bill was passed by II yeas to As nays.
A motion to reconsider was voted down.
Adjourned, at 1850 2. NJ.
|
Miss NETTIE CHASE, soon to be married
to William Sprague Hoyt, is not only one
of the most talented, but one Of the best
loved young ladies of Washington. She