The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-04-09
Geseral Assembly of virginia.
"WEDNESDAY, April 8, 1874.
SENATE.

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The Lieutenant Governor tn the chair.
PRAYER by Rev. John LandstTeet., j,
A large number Of House resolutions ano
bills were referred to committees
House bill for the appointment OF trustees
for the town of Columbia was passed. uhoer
a suspension of the rules. r
-, .-- .~FnoM COMMITTEES. ~~~~c =.
Mr.. CR,rcHER, from the Committee on
Roads and Internal Navigation, reported,
without amendment, Senate bill to lncorpo-
rate The Virginia Turnpike Company.
Mr. CossALLy, from the Committee on
County, City and Town Organization, re-
n,rted. without amendment, House oil 70
amend the charter Of the city OF Kichmona'
STATE GIFT ENTERPRISE.
Mr.. OURsESBERRY offered the following
resolution:
Resolced, That the Committee on FL
nance inquire into the eXpediency Of paying
off the debt of the State by means of a.gltt
ENTERPRISE under State control. -.
The resolution elected considerable discus
sion. participated in By Messrs. PRIDEAoRE,
BLAND. PATTERSON, and TAYLOR.
MIR. EVANS moved that the resolution be
hid upon the table. Not agreed to.
Mr.. PRIDEMoRE moved that the FeSoiu'ion
be indefinitely postponed.
The ayes and noes were called, and result
ed-ayes, II; noes, II. :, ,.:,o, tho
The Senate being equally divided, the
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR voted mo. 60 ''o
motion to indefinitely postpone was ios..
THE question recurring on the Adoption u
the resolution, the pending queSl'oh was VI
dprcd. the ayes and noes were also ordefeu'
ard resulted as follows:
Ayrs-,iessrs Allan Clark, Cochran Eonnaa,y'
Dnteid. Finney, Grecver, Hersd9n' n9iaaay
Lacklard, Lawson, Meen, MoIeYt' i"''e'''n'
Penn fne saa teher pay
con eastman. evans, Hundley. hirApatrneh,, DC
don C %ais,. Smith of Russell, and Wynne-
Co the resolution failed for want of ma
jority. .~,-,ov
AR CoSSALLY offered the following reso-
luton: r,;ooo
Resolred, That the Committee on finance
be and il is hereby, instructed TO report Dill
fixing the rate of taxation ut Sixty -hfe Genus
nnon the one hundred dollars value OF The
real and personal property. :.
AR. ALLAN demanded the pending ques-
tion upon the adoption Of the resolution 1t
was ordered, and with it the ayes and noes.
The resolution was rejected by the follow
ing vote: on,. n,mo,d x,rsn,tr,c,
'ero,rrs'"sicssrs. Allan, Bcazley. Bland. Clark,
Cochran. Irltclcr, Dawson, Eastman, Evans. Fin
new G recver. Grimsley, IIerndon, Holiday, Huud-
S3wiin Patterson Penn. Prldemore, QueSenberry,
Easland, Rue Smith oil Nelson, Smith Of RUSSELL
aud Tayor-3O.
RICHMOND HOTEL AND DRAMATIC COMPANY.
Mr.. PRIuEMoRE, from tie Committee on
General Laws, reported without amen dment
Scsa,c bill to incorporate the Richmond
Hotel and Dramatic Company. 1t went on
The calendar.
SURETIES OF S. B. JOHNSON.
Mr.. EASTMAN presented ga bill for the
relief Of the sureties Of Silas B. johnson,
late sheriff of Rappahannock county" Re-
fcrred to Committee on Finance.
RICHMOND AND NEWPORT NEWS RAILROAD.
Senate bill 10 incorporate the Richmond
and Newport News Railroad Company was
rccommitted to the Committee on Roads and
Internal Navigation.
SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION.
Senate bill TO repeal an act passed January
80, 1867, entitled Gan act to incorporate the
southern Association for the Benefit Of the
Widows and Orphans Of the Southern
States" was taken up, on motion of Mr..
PRIDEMoRE.
The question being on agreeing to the
motion heretofore made by tlr. ALLAN to
Mir. ALLAN demanded the pending ques-
ton. Not sustained.
Mr.. PRIpEMoRE denounced the association
us Que of the most perncious and immoral
establishments in the country. lie claimed
that it was daily robbiug negroes and igno-
rant persons Of their hard earnings and
while it undoubtedly gave portion Of what
it made to the support of the orphan asylumS,
that WAS 10 compensation for those whose
lives were ruined by the practice OF gam
bling learned at this association.
Dir. Penn opposed the bill. He maintained
that the principles Of lottery were sustained
by churches in their fairs and feaSlS, and re-
c0gniZad even by the words Of Holy writ.
Christ said they shall part my garments and
cast lots for my vestments. And when q
new apostle was to be cho>en a lottery was
had between Matthias aud Joseph. He did
not mean TO say that lotteries were not often
abused he, however, believed that this AS
ISOLATION was we'll and honestly conducted,
and read list of donations to charities
amounting to S3l, 900 made by it in the past
four years and three months. So furaS he
could ascertain, the Association had not yio-
lated its charter in any respect, and he was
certain it had done much good by its contri-
buttons.
MIR. PATTERSON was not in favor of the
bill. and believed there was much unneces-
sary cutlery against the practice Of lottery.
Referring to the "lotS of biblical history.
he mentioned the case of Jonah, who, flee
ing from the commands Of the Lord, took
sup at Joppa, and when the storm at sea
came was chosen by lot to be thrown over
board. There was great fish there to re.
ccive him. The fish carried Jonah 4 little
for his passage landed him. The speaker
expressed The hope that the bill would be in
definitely post poned.
following vote:
AYEs,-Messrs. Allan, Beazley. Cochran, Con-
don, Holiday, Lakeland, Lawson. Maddox
Mcem, Patterson, Penn, Quesenberry, Stevens Tay-
~" SoEs-Messrs Bland. Dawson, Finney. Gree
yer, nundley Kirk ntrlck Motfett, Sswberry New
lin, Pridem9re kagland, Rue, Smith Of RUSSELL
Terry, and Wynne-16.
RoGERs's GEOLOGICAL REPORT.
Dir. SMITH, of Nelson, offered the follow
ing preamble and joint resolutions:
Whereas the General Assembly learns
with much qualification that Professor Will
liam &. Rogers has completed and intends
to publish report on the geology Of Vir-
ginia, based on the surveys of the State made
under his direction in 49,, when serving as
State geologist, and which will prove of in.
valuable importance to the Common wealth: