The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-02-21
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF VIRGINIA.
iEX1RA SESSION.
SENATE.
WEDNESDAY,, Feb. 20.


The Senate was called to order al the usual
hour Mr. IsBELL in the Chair
Bills Rtported.--Mr. PAXTON, by leave. in
troduced n bill to incorporat te the Rockbridge
White Sulphur Springs Company to emf Jrce
balances due from Commissioners Of forfeited
and delinquent lands; 10 prevent abuses of
the telegraph for the relief of The secur; ties
of Eugenius Tebbs, late Sheriff of Rit.he
county directing the payment of certain in
terest to f. J. O'Brien; amending an act
passed March 20, 1860, authorizing the Coun-
Gil of Richmond TO constructs a Railroad in its
streets.
remons trance of sundry citizens of Randolph
county, against changing the Eastern ter
minus of the Sclavin's Cabin and Summersville
M.morta,.-Mr. H. W. THOMAS presented
memorial of the pilots upon the Potomac
river, asking an increase in the rates of pilot
age.
On motion of Mr.. McKENNEy, it was
Resolred, That a special committee be appointed
to inquire into the expediency Of reporting bill
pa Oh last session.
Committee-Messrs. McKenny, Carraway
and Urquhart.
On motion of Mr.. HuBBARD: it was
Eesoired To inquire into the exPediency OF re-
pea ling so much OF section 43 OF chapter 2o OF tho
| CODE Of Virginia as eNempts ofhcero ana priVsteo
| Of volunteer companies from services on luries.
Bill Pejected.-Th bill for the relief of
| Philip ID. Lipscomb, Clerk Of Prince William
| county, WAS rejected.
| Resolutions from MichtJaR "A communi-
| cation was received from the Executive, trans
| mitting n copy of Joint resolutions from the
| State of Michigan in favor OF coercion, ana
| proffcring men for that purpose.
| The message of Gov. Letcher, accompany
| lug the resOlu tionS, was lald on the tapIe ana
| ordered to be printed.
| On motion of Mr.. ArdUsT, the resolutions
were returned to the Governor, with 1nstruc,
| tions that they be sent back to the state OF
Michigan without comment.
| a N n N
also read transmitting joint resolution
adopted by the State OF Texas against coer
| cion.
| Ordered to be laid on the table and printed.
| Also a communication from Gov. LRTCHER,
| transmitting communication received on the
| evening of the 18th, from Hon. Ohm ROBERT
| SON, Commissioner to visit the seeding States,
| accompanied by sundry documents, numbered
| from one nine, inclusive. These documents Is
embrace the correspondence between the
Commissioner and the Governors of South
Carolina, Georgia and Alabama. Ordered 10
be prin ted.
MIR. DOUGLASS then proposed the following
| Joint resolutions, (Which, under the rules, lay
| over one day as a response 10 ali the resolu-
| tions which have been sent to Virginia IN IA
| vor of coercion and piedging men anu money
for that purpose
| Heso'red That the General Assembly Of Virgin
Ia does not look upon their fellow citizens of III,
seeding States, whilst engaged in defending thel
constitutional rights against the threatened inya-
sion of domi nant political party in the free
States traitors or ftDelo, 10 b6 slaughtered aaC
RSso'i-d That Virginia, having heretofore de
clared her purpose TO resist the forclble conques
the seeding States. hereby reiterates that dec
Iaration, and will, II the course Sf Michigan aut
other mons saveho olding States as indicated in va
rious resolutions heretofore sent TO this body, u
adhered to and carried into effect, render her
tire military strength to resist all such attempts
coercion; and hereby pledges herself TO meet fore
by force in the effort maintain the true princ
| pies Of the Constitution, and uphold the common
| rights of the sla yeholdlng States.
Grr, ,-ef h4f
tions be sent by the Governor Of this State to tn
| Legislature OF Michigan
Ordered to be printed.
Resolutions Of Ln4uiry.-The following re
| solutions of inquiry We're adopted and re
ferred BY Mr.. Wickham, of limiting the pc
| riod of applying for appeals to the Courts o
| Appeals; by Mr.. Coghill, of repeating SO n.uCl
of the la w regulating examining Courts as re
| QRirps the reduction TO writing the teStlInonI
| OF the witnesses adduced at the trials in sal,
Courts.
Petition Mr.. Chris tian presented the pc ii
ton of J Ohm Is. Donovan, and other citizen
of Matthews county praying the passage o
a law for relief of Commissioners OF the Reve
nue. in said county.
r The order of the day being called for, III
bill for the relief of the Banks of the Com
; , monwealth was taken up.
Mr.. CoGHILL moved to reconsider the yot
r by which the 9TH section of the bill had bee
, adopted, in order to offer substitute.
The proposition gave rise to debate of som
length, in which MpsSrs CoGHILL, ACGUST
2 BRAsSos, and THOMAS of Fairfax, participa
r ted.
The motion to reconsider was carried an
Mr.. CoGHILL moved TO strike out all after III
word land, in the fifth line of the fitth sec
l | ton, which was carried.
t Mr. CoGHILL thea proposed 10 amend by in
r sertinS after the word ''and,'' the following
According to an uniform per centage upo
a the aggregate amount OF capital, circulatlo
A | and deposits of all the Banks of the Common
r wealth The 1st day OF October next, pre-
9 ceding the requisition."
Mr.. THOMAS, of Henry, moved to strike on
e the 4th section of the bill, which repeals th
LIST ed. Sd, and 4th sections of the act of 1s5I
a Pending the olsen ssion OF this prOpositiO
I communication was received from the Cover
n nor, urging immediate action on the Armor
= bill.
e The communication was read, laid on I'll
e table, and ordered TO be prn ted.
= The bill referred to i'll the Governors con
munication made the order of the day fC
= to morrow at Il O'Clock.
d On motion Of Mr. PAXTON, the Senate &C