The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-02-28


place In the city 50 finely adapted
/ TO our purposes, and so eninently
! fitted 10 accommodate the vast number
OF representatives who will ne present on
. that occasion, we, the ten lodges OF the
aboye-named order in Richmond and yiein-
ity do, through our committee. bumbiy and
urgently pray you 10 grant unto us the use
OF the ball II the House OF Delegates for
five or six consecutive days commencing
on the S'h day OF October next.
Should YOU accord 10 us this privilege,
and we trust you may, you will simply do
by US as Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Arkan-
sas, and Others have done before.
WALTER II. Brooks
r: W. JOHNSON, Committee.
w. f. BgOwN.
AGRICULTURAL IMPORTATION.
Mr.. Strayer's bill requiring county SUPER
inteudens OF schools to report to the Com
missioner OF Agriculture, &c., has been re-
ported from the House Committee on Agri-
culture and Mining, as follows:
/. BE Il enacted by the General Assembly
Of Virginia, That the Commissioner OF Az
rIculture be required 10 receive. in the
name of the State, from the county super
intcndents Of schools, and preserve IN
maps, qeolo0ieal sections, mineral speci-
mems, specimens OF woods, specimens or
the productions Of their respective coun-
ties, and any written descriptions illustra-
ting or pertaining TO the physical structure
and mineral or other resources Of said cOun-
ties. which the above officers may be able
10 furnish; and that he said Commissioner
OF Agriculture shall include in his annual
reports 50 much OF the information thus
furnished HIM as may, in his judgment, be
conducive to the puDic interest.
.. That the county superintendents OF
schools be instructed to combine with their
regular official visits such examinations OF
the mineral deposits and geological struc-
ture OF their respective counties as FAR as
may be practicable. and which, in their
judgment, will not materially interfere with
ihelr Off 3ial duties, and which might in
crease their usefulness by means OF lnfor-
nation thus collected and impaired 10
schoOl-;cacherS, schoOl-OflirerS and the pee
pie generally in regard to :he geology, min
eralogy, and geography OF their respective
counties and Il the state.
g. That at least once Il year the county
superintcndents OF schools shall report to
the Commissioner OF Agriculture. giving
the results Of their observations and cNplO-
ratiOnS OF their respective counties.
4. This act shall be in force from lis pas
sage.
THE wHPPNG-PosT.
Mr.. Paige (colored). OF Norfolk, yester-
dav presented the following "pctilion OF
ladies' OF Richmond" and it was appro-
priately referred:
10 the honorable LfgiSiGture Of Virginia :
Whereas we recognize the brutality CT
the WhIppng-VO.t law, and how a court OF
Justice presided over by an incompetent or
passionate man may become the sanctuary
of cruelty and judicial de>pOtiSm as long ~
the law gives or places III hands the power
OF manolno the limbs OF a human BODY
aud whereas this rclc OF primitive bar5l-
riSm is a blot on the age, Il le ciyillzl-
ton, and the Christianity OF this cOun-
try, as rarely rightly administered as it Is
rarely effective in the reformation on
/ criminals, crushing out the last germ OF
manliness and wOmanliness. driving the
| iron OF disgrace deep in the soul. and eX-
/ ling by the lash all instincts OF repentance
we therefore, your humble petitioners,
acfuated alone Oy sense OF its Justice ana
feeling Of Christian senSiblity. do most
earnestly petition and pray you to repeal
this whipping law.
There are about one hundred names to
the petition-all signed by one person, the
writer Of the petition it seems.
BLACKSBURG.
The House Committee on Schools and
Colleges, after full investigation OF the al
legged abuses and discussions ut BlackSburS
| have resolved to report rcOommo ndine
complete reorganization OF both Board o
Visitors and Faculty. 1t is understood tha
eight members are in favor Of this action
and three against il. The minority vii
submit their views in writing.
The witnesses were paid of yesterday anC
sent home.
CCNVICTS AT GRANITE.
The House Committee on Asylums an
Prisons yesterday reported lir. Frazier'
bill inStructinG the Governor 10 hire out th'
convicts at the Granite CCmplnv'> works Il
Messrs Mason, Shannahan i iIoge for th'
sum Of 3j cents per day in addition to thei
maintenance.
POLICE COURT. At the Police Court yes
terday Justice Crutchted disposed OF tll
following cases:
LIZZIE Kelly (colored), for unlawiull
trespa,sinS upon the premises Of Nike Gil
hgan. Discharged.
William Brown alias Jones (col5redl