Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1859-12-16
LEGISLATURE OF VIRGINIA.

LEGISLATURE OF VIRGINIA.
MONDAY, Dec. 5th, 1859. Senate. A
II o'clock, Lieut. GOV. jackson called tb
Senate to order.
After the usual preliminaries, humble
Of internal improvement resolutions wer
introduced, among them the following:
/ BY MIR. Wickham, that the committee
charged with the subject of internal i'm
proyement. when appointed, be instructed
to consider the expediency Of providing 70
the completion of the unfinished portion
Of tie Virginia Central Railroad, and repor
by bill or otherwise. Adopted after som
debate
BY Mr. Smith, providing for the prose
cution of the work on the Covington AM
Ohio Railroad
By Mr.. Paxton, of providing for th
construction Of a Railroad from Harrison
burg to point On the Virginia and Ten
nessee Railroad in the county of Roanok,
or Botetourt.
On motion Of Mr.. Layne, resolution
were adopted directing an inquiry into th'
expediency Of Increasing the capital stool
Of the James River and Kanawha Company
fifteen millions Of dollars, &C., &c.
House. Mr.. Raymond, Of Marion
called the House to order.
| After electing officers, Oh motion IF Mr.
Massic. Of Augusta, committee was ap
pointed to wait on the Governor, and inform
him Of tie organization The Message was
| then received.
The following resolutions Of inquiry were
adopted, among others
BY Mr.. A. A. Chapman, for making an
appropriation towards the further prosecu-
ton and completion of the Covit.gfon and
Ohio Railroad
BY Mr.. Carpenter, On >xovidi6g for the
fcompletion of the unfirshed POI tlons Of the
Virginia Central Palroad, and report by
bill or otherwisas. !,
Tuesday Senate. The President pre-
sented Communication from the Execu-
tive. enclosing the following letter from THE
Csv. Of Ohio:
STATE OF ONO, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT !
Columbus, Dec /, 1859.
Sir: Your letter Of the 23d ultimo-post-
marked 26th-together With a copy Of one
Of the same date, addressed BY you to the
President, were received yesterday. No
intelligence other than that contained in
these letters, has reached me of any such
preparations as are described IN them, and
the letters themselves convey no such in
formation in respect to place or persons as
is necessary to enable the authorities Of the
State, in the absence Of other Intelligence,
to interpose with any certainty Or effect
Whenever it shall BE- made to appear, either
by evidence transmitted BY you Or ether
wise, that unlawful combinations are being
formed BY any persons, Or at any place in
Ohio, for the INVASION Of Virginia, Or for
the commission Of crimes against her peo-
pie, it will undoubtedly become the duty
Of the Executive to use whatever power be
possess to break up such combinations and
defeat their unlawful purposes, and that
duty, it need net he doubted, will be prompt
ly performed.
observe with deep regret, al intiniation
in your letter that necessity may compel
the authorities Of Virginia to pursue inya-
ders Of her jurisdiction into adjoining States.
II is 10 he hOped that no circumstances Viii
arise creating, in their opinion, such q ne;
cessity. Laws Of the United States, as vel
as the laws Of Ohio, indicate the mode in
which persons, charged with crime in an
other State and escaping into Ohio, may be
demanded and must be surrendered and
the people Of this State will require from
her authorities the punctual fulilment Of
every obligation to the other members Of
the Union. They cannot consent, Lowov-
CT, to the invasion Of her territory BY armed
bodies from other States, even for the pur-
pose of pursuing and arresting fugitives
from justice.
I have the honor to b
Very respectfully yours,
g p Cu.or