Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-11-08

1, heSOIFe0, mat tHh heFtTa! CouFtS Gl tliS
Commonwealth be, and are hereby authorized
to suspend the sessions thereof, and hilrro.
1 cecdings therein, insofar as 10 them may Seem
proper, in view Of the condition Of public af.
ialrs, until otherwise ordered hy !hIs Conycn.
ton OF by the General Assembly: Provided
however, that the county and corporation courts
shall continue to exercise their ordinary luria-
dictlon in cases Of probate and administration,
ard for like purposes-a1d their proper pDlire
authority for tho maintenance Of the peace
and for arming and equipping troops r. may
be authorized by law OF by this u"n7antion.
And provided further, that iii line courts stall
be open for the trial Of criminal causes, in.
rolying the life or liberty - -; ACCUSE, i,r
| applications for bail, and for writa o: Eat,is
corpus; and for all proceedings liz heh:li D;
the Commonwealth for the co!lect.oa ~ lE,n
publ: revenue"
| ask that this resolution u.ay be siopte1
end rslerred to the appropriate Committee.
don't know the style Of the c2lnmittee, buL
tHre is committee in existence having kin
oret subjects In charge. ilcpe it will he re.
lsrroo' with instlnctions TO report forthwith.
Ice f!.aIpRST. ST.-1iicrn j: committee ap.
PniniPa III ,cgsrd 20 the suSpe5s!an II debts,
Which vas ra.2d undrr rejalutiJn ojia:od bg
Mr. Hull, bel.rc,
Mr. MoAT.6cc.- G..! !. e. to....., -,i;.:
: .smmitIsc,
now move that IL iaiunai9a @: secsa:,5
be removed, 50 far sa r..Iea ia ;;,. srh,.iuia
just adopted.
Mr.. KnBY.-T will sugge. ,ha, ins o,y;;.
nance of secession be publ:sheL r;,h i
Mr.. MoSTAouE-I will so ainet. III. ~.
o. to embrace the ordinance.
The question was then pH. en- NJ, ,(oy-,.
err's motion, as amended ani il IA ,-rnna
70.
Tho PaEslDENr.-l o7s i:aVc to submit t.,
following communication from tce Governor ol
the Commonwealth
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
April 24,h, 1861.
G5hiisG.en 81 ths CongGnti"";
Troops are arriving in large MURDERS .:curiy
from our oHn Stale, aI,d from the Confederate
States, and it noT becomes indispensable, ;hal
you sbsll declare the policy Ehicii is 10 te
adopted. II we are tc act or ta> Offensive,
we have much larger nuuocT a troops in
the field than is necessary for .ha. purpoSc--
if an aggressive movement is determined upon,
! il IL Of the utmost importance that it shall DO
! announced at the earliest moment practicable.
| it is due to thu Executive, and also 10 the Cen
ersl IN car.manl If Oar State forces, that we
| should he ltf; in lp tnub: US 10 your purposes
and ohj.cu9. al @,dcr "a secure harmonious
action
Respectfully.
! I.,HS f.EfCHx6
Mr.. JoaS N. Sized, Of fCampba!i.-l "ar,sI
| to Offer the following resolution
deem it due to myself, 20 the Convention an"
10 the subjects embraced by it, to state :hat !
do So st tho instance CT 4 distinguished 'ue:!i-
| Der of the Convention. do ROT aeI: that tho
usual courtesy extended 10 the morcE o a res.
oution, bc extended to me bv placing N: ii!st
upon the committee. prefer tina, The hrnor
should be conferred upon scne other.
The resolution has reference 70 tho SUBJECT
embraced by the communication just received
from The Executive.
! The following Is the resolution
"Resoved, That committee o! seven De
appointed by The President 10 cansidor and
report upon the general Objects anu policy most
proper to be followed in cur present crcui'.
stances, with reference to the hoatlltIcs IL
which the ponple Of this Commonwealth are
likely to be engaged"
! Mr. EARLY.-l want to State pa" thing. ~
have ccInlaander.in. chic! nov "hu. :l.llS; Plan
our operations, and before We c&n deteIInlae
| what course Of poi::y we snnI.t adopt y"
ouph. TO ha7e the advice lnG COUNSEL ot that
oil .a:. Il comlGi:tec might be- raised u 2oE'.
slider this subject; but grsn: ioa 0G iu:svl'ei
may result from the Development oi a''y gGi!9y
at this time.
On last Saturday night there Vas e company
organized here for the purpose 9! SoInS
to the banks Of the Potomac and putting up II
battery there. That fnct was published in the
newspapers on tho following .iGriey. saa
on Yesterday a gentleuqn T:ho wen; on that
expedition, and be sg:2 -: lie: &c! taera,
they found the steamship Anacosta with
troops, ready to prevent any undertaking ipr
the defence Of that section. All our military
operations ought to be secret.
Sir, we arc now in very dcplorablc condi'
ton in many particulars. We ought to ascer
tain what are our military resources. The
commanderin.c ough! TO have an ogpor-
tunity to ascertain that means Ye have Before
we develop any policy. | ascertainea from Lie
gentleman having charge Of the ordinance de-
partment that there are about 1000 percus'
sion caps in that department. He hus ielt.
graphed North and South and has a1ccrtained
that none can he found anywhere. 10000
hour; and after that supply is gone we would
be left without any means OF usinG The sT'n>
that have percussion locks. ! understood from
the same gentleman that our flint u;rsaetS ar,
in very bad condition. MOST IF tlcra i.:'rG
manufactured thirty or forty ycars ego.
throw out these considerations for TIC ben
eft of the gentlemen who may beapp9l.;2d OF
that committee. am myself opposed to an!
committee; but it seems TO me, that the brs
thing we can do is to provide for the 2Tsaaizs
tion Of an effective military force.
Mr.. GoGGES, Of Bedford do not intend :;
throw any obstacle in the way Of tie purpose
OF the gentleman Tho offered thc reao!n'idrr
bu. il seems to zoe tia: before VIC adept J. TG
solution embracing SO many important Sub
iects as this does--a resolution which it Sceni:
to me is directly connected with all tfr Ia:
ests of the State at large, and the relations o
the State not only with the Intel Ste'as. bu
the Confederate States a!ao, So ought 10 :wa
tic report Of the committees appointed tc con
fer with tho Vice President, of which th'
gentleman from Charles City, fMr. TrLEA} j:
the chairman. That CONN.,: 9 viii, in al
probability, he prepared to lake rcpoT
during the day, and when tbs = done, "c car
Judge better Of the propriety g. The course &c
commended by that rcsolutic;:. The ailcct o
the adoption Of the resolution OF, If 1ldcF
stand the purport Of it, wcu't be tho sppont-
men: Of another committee, which would haE'
before it for consideration ST srhstan.la'!J "ha
has already been committed ~ the com:n!i;c'
appointed in connection with the Misa."n 9
the Commissioner from he Confederate :'tstei
The duties Of that comai;t' :: should it be ap
pointed, cannot be perfoTlH,.'. at LEAST TO MS
satisfaction, uhtil ain ri: in possession ol Tho
report of tbs committee. 10 wait on tho Fci
President
make this suggestion ~ mT friend fTo;i
Lynchburg, (Mr SPEED without in !imating
purpose to throw any obstacle n the way %
the accomplishment q :i:is object, worlf
much prefer that this subject would rvt d
presented for tie present:
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