The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-05-31
THE DAILY DISPATCH
Virginia I Legislature.
SATURDAY, May %

SATURDAY, May %.
Senate.
The proceedings of the Senate were devoid Of
general interest to day. The bills passed were
either OF local OF unimportant character.
House Of Delegates.
The House having reconsidered the vote
agreeing to the resolution from the Senate post
poning the election of officers by the joint vote
OF the two Houses, the question of agreeing to
the Senate's resolution was again submitted 10
the House, and the House again concurred M
the resolution for postponng said elections UNI
I'll the extra session in November next-Ayes
sc, noes IS.
Mr.. Taliaferro, from the majority OF the Com
mittee of Courts Of Justice, made report on
the case of Jordan Hatcher and the communi-
cations of the Executive in relation to the COM
mutation of the punishment OF said Hatcher.
The Committee recommend that the House
adopt the following resolution:
Resolred, That while this House respectful
w. but distinctly dissents from the doctrines ex.
pressed BY the Executive in the message of
the llth of May, as generally understood and
interpreted previous to the message of the 18th
May, it expresses its satisfaction at the SENT.
ments proclaimed in the latter message, and
its concurrence in its legal views of the Exc.
cutive contained therein, except so far as not
to express an opinion of the correctness of the
OF the communication of the punishment of the
slave.
Mr.. Wallace presented TO the House the fol-
lowing preamble and resolutions, for adoption {:
Whereas, it is represented to the General
Assembly that petition is about being pre-
sented 10 the Congress of the United States by
John II. Saunders, Reuben Clements and Tho
mas b. Bigger, for themselves and their COM
rades, who served in the company command
ed by Capt. Richard McRae, as the Petersburg
Volunteers, in the war of 1912, asking that the
services of that gallant band, and the heirs of
those deceased, may receive the pay and emo.
luments to which they were by law entitled;
and whereas the people Of the Commonwealth
of Virginia remember with just pride the SER
vices and conduct of the Petersburg Volunteers,
whose merit was nobly attested. by the fol-
lowing General Order, dschargng them from
service:
GENERAL ORDERS.
Head Quarters, Detroit,
18th October, 1913.
The term of service for which the Peters
burg Volunteers were engaged having ex-
pired, they are permitted to commence their
march to Virginia as soon as they can be
transported TO the south side Of The Lake.
In granting discharge TO this patriotic and
gallant corps, the General feels ct loss for
words adequate to convey his sense of their
exalted merits. Almost exclusively composed
of individuals who had been nursed in the la p
of ease, they have for twelve months, borne
the hardshlps and privations of military life
in the midst of an inhospitable wilderness. with
cheerfulness and alacrity which has never
been surprised. Their conduct in the field has
been excelled by no other corps; and whilst
in camp, they have set an example OF subor-
dinatiOn and respect for military authority, to
the whole army. The General requests Capt.
McRea, his subaterns, non-commsslOneG Off
GERS and privates, to accept his warmest thanks
and bids them an affectionate farewell.
By command
ROBERT BUTLER.
Act. Asst Adj't General.
Resolved, That the Senators of Virg mia be
instructed and her Representatives in Con.
gress be requested to present said Petition TO
their respective Houses, and to use their best
exertions to secure for the officers and men of
the Petersburg Volunteers, such pay and
emolument as they were by law entitled to-,
and which have not heretofore been received
by them.
The preamble and resolution were unani.
mously adopted.
On motion of Mr.. Anderson, the speaker
was authorized to appoint a special Commit.
tee on the Armory.
Mr.. Goode, of NJ, presented bill authori-
zipg loan TO the James River and Kanawha
Company, so as to prevent any failure to
meet the interest for which the State is bound
A bill increasing the capital stock of the
Alexandra and Manassas Gap railroad was re.
jected for want of a constitutional majority III
in its favor.
After q n'c1ock the Eouca aJ,onrpoJ