The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-01-22

~ 4 p ntirnber 81 House bstis, sci, were read
' House soint resoiufio FOL: . committee 81
fl,tea 81, the part Oh The House and Two on
ss,a ,,art 81. che Senate TO revise the iaHs
surrYiatinp The fees OF county Officers &C.,
iacsiIait clerks of both courts so erifis,
i1,sHees Of the peace, and ineorpofate Ine
same IN one act for conyenienee OF refer
nrice. &c, was agreed 10: :, = !.
- M Finn Of, Halifax moved TO RECONSIDER
E4be ynfs nv Witch the resolution was agreed
To- INIT subsequently asked leave 70 With
draw bis resolution. 4 ST.
6liNar. MASSEY biected. ti..
goverei senators suid that the SAME fesQtQl--
linn had already been defeated IN the sen.
are. and that the same subject vas now ul-
der consideration before the Committee ON
Comfy, City, and Town Organ1zat lon. .a...,
Mr. GxYLE. Chairman OF the ComT lf i
on County, City, and Town Orsan;lZ
to which committee this subject nao airea y,
been referred. hope that the Yote On ,s sae
resolution would be reconslder eu' ln9 tpa 1
tine Senate would amend 1t SO az 20 rsler az
matters on this subj ect now peiore us c 93ii
mittee to this new special commune. tne
Isenate agreed to- recon d asi.- III
n Ar. 1e GAYLE moved to amend the resolu-
tsnn by adding, the following words, 10
en,re IN after the words "iustice OF the
.neaee,, Is ascertain what Off cers-coun
~ eity.. or district be dispensed VIII /;
and a, said committee shall be referred all
hills and resolutions looking to the manage
mentad counties, cities, aud towns, hereto.
lore referred tosthe standing committees OF
either house on County, City, and Town
Organization" ..,z.,..1 .,t,iiot
I,ost-ayes, IA; noes, II. -!ty
= III. Smith n,oyedto indefinitely postpone
the resolution. . tt,Si%5 70:
Mr.. SMITH withdrew his motion TO index
nitety postpone! ~ = ~ - d. -! !
Mr.. GAYLE's amendment was lost-aFess,
ii Tbe resolution as it came from the House
| was defeated-ayes, '18 noes, l77.-t...< ,na
PRESENTED AND EEsE = m9t:
,By Mr. GAYLE :; AsbilI to incorporate the
Portsmouth Water Company .I.s.T ~ -
BY MIR. aWooDr A5biA to amend the 6etn
section Of on act for the assessmencol IaXes,
&C., approved March All 1S16ea2 a2h. 81, !,
| By Mr. CHILEs "A, bill for the felie OF
| Edward A. Saeling, efrtne city 'olfman i
chester. 1pfrf!0 5!o!l = !. IN, ~, ~"
s.C H'als' ','''
Mr.. HURT of Halifax moved to take up
the. resolution he introduced yester-
day. declaring it to be foreign TO tue, pur-
nose of the General Assembly to forcloly re-
adjust the public debt, or to repudIate the
same. ig1H@TIlE ~ ,. ~"
: Mr.. Ko1NER opposed the motion be-
cause the resolution was '1n1lammatory IN
ira character. and would tend to create dis
I,t q ot 1ot 4 hn. rpsnlI1fI0n life
and sleep quietly until after the meeting OF
the creditors. sci .y.rrsr3'i 80 =. NV, q t!1
Mr.. SMITH OF Nelson urged the IMPORT
ance of not tabing the resolution.' but DIS
posing Of it now, 1t ought to be 1ndeh'
nitely postponed. ~ ~. 80 .a' ~ az
Mr.. HURT OF Halifax spoke OF the cost
that the agitation Of the, subject entallea
upon the Commonw ealth, and said that bis
resolution would only"Iequire senators to
saw whether they intended to forcibly re-
adjust or .repudiate 1.-The debit lie only
wanted fair, honest vote. g...aG3.. -. ..'nt
/ Mr.. BROOKE thought Mr.. HURTS policy
an entire mistake; that the resolution ought
10 lie on the table for the remainder OF The
session., thought not to be taken up, con-
sidered, or voted upon now. Il 81 r. ~
Mr.. MASSEY said that to- make, declara-
ton OF this kind would be. to throw an OBJ
stacle in the way OF an; agreement with the
creditors. { iii .ra.,.nZ .:l,if@aa.1 =.
Mr.. JOHNSON advocated the proposed re-
! solution. .r.;laH njmt.nlul ~: -
MI, TYLER was. OF, opinion that there is
not q Man in, the General Assembly VINO
| had any, idea. Of repudiatlng the public
debt He thought the resolution unneces-
sary, and opposed it: 2uc Il ,,n., :2.'fa. i
| Mr., QUEsENBERRY thought 1t was very
L I. fl,o Init haI hoan
introduced. It had the efectf placing the
General Assembly in a. false position. II
this state Of things is to go on he was sorry
| that the creditors had been invited here to
see the disjointed condition OF Affairs to see
how we disagree among ourselves ia' -
Mr.. JOHNSON asked whether Mr. QUEsEN-
BERRY eY pected the Senator from Washing
ton and the Senator from Richmond to go
before the creditors and agree upon pro-
position. .,,a ,, .a.f .s5tg. -: =
Mr. OUEsENBERRY said the Senator from
Washington and the Senator from Rich
mond would 20 before that conference and
agree upon points, because many OF them
were stubborn facts, to which they would
be compelled to agree. Mr.. QUEsENBERRY
spoke next of the harm that the resolutions
would do and of the importance OF crystall-
zng the opinions Of the'General Assembly,
SO as to make fair proposition to the credl-
tors. n...:g. ..s aye,:.r-'. 3!&
On the question Of taking up the resolu-
ton Mr.. SMITH demanded the ayes and noes,
and, being taken, the. Senate refused to Ia ke
up the resolution by the following vote; -
/ AYEs,-Nessrs. Belts. Daniel. Gayle, Hurt Of
Halifax. Johuson. Marshall Sinclair, Smith, Wal
ston, Ward. and Wortflarn-11. - L,..a. No. -
NOEs-Messrs. Bland. Bliss Brooke Chilee. Dick
enson. Elliott, FulkersoD Goode, Grimsley, Koiner
Qaesenberry. Sherrard, siemp, Splitter, and Tyler
81. .tTaa tt3.Hua;n u!
i,.,u,, DEPARTMENT, oF. AGRICULTURE,r
The resolution from the Committee on
Agriculture, Mining, &c. declaring It mex.
pedient to abolish the Department Of AgTi-
culture; was taken up being Tie unfinished
business OF yesterday fnFq;1 itGo1
me. iPMEGAR presented a bill tas' n SUBJ
stit,1,e fo,. the resol,Itioul fepeafpen the act