The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-05-16
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.

AACAepA1s may ~ ASVAs
Vas House met ct 10 a, NJ. and was called
t. Grdsr hJ The Speaker.
sscREr SESSION.
Na motion the House resolved itself In to
secl ct session.
Tas House, In a,crst session. took into COZ.
ali. ration the subject Of adjournment. The
IL IL notion OF gecrecy was rem owed, and II was
sta ed that :ha HoGss refused TO adjourn.
IMPRKssAEsr LAWS.
a.. MALLORY (the House having re.opened)
otEe red y resolution ihat committee ba ap
poil ted to take into Consideration a Oh ange
In 4 ne imprtssment laws OF the Common
wet ith
mmlttea-Massrs. mallory. Hunter. RIA
sru,ier, Green, and newton.
Mr hIvgs 6e.irsd 10 lake up a bill concern.
ing certain appropriations for the city OF Pc.
teracurg. II AavIpg ceel considered In secret
session the iOots Were closed.
ISJuNcFIov or sxoRRoY.
The louise adopted a resolution removing
the H. anction If secrecy from the following
resOiuuo Gad report:
DRYEsoRs or lIoHMoED.
The following resolution was passed ON yes.
terday and refsrred to il he report OF Sester-
days p-ocsetsnss
"Resolued. by the General Asssss1iy. That the
fyeueral Assembly hereOy express its dss re
that the q pi:al Of the State b. defended TO the
lat OK .remiIy, # such defence Is IN accord.
ance with tbs views OF the President Of the
Confederate States and that the President
ne assured IN 1t whatever destruction or loss
of property uf the State or individuals shal
thereby result will be chserfully submitted 10.
"Resoloed, That a committee of two on the
part CT the Senate acd three on The par. of
the House he sppsin ted 10 communicate the
adoption Of tho IersgoinE resolution 10 the
President"
Isr8RvIrw WITH TIE PRisIDIsr.
In relation TO the above, MIR. WoopsoA Of
F~IIn mir
1.-THE Joint committee appointed by the two
Houses to communicate to the President Of
the Confederate States the joint resolutions
of the General Assembly in relation to The
dsfences Of the cisy OF Richmond have dis
charged the duty conddsd 10 them, and re-
specially repors--
That thsir interview with the President
was In tho highest degres saisfsctory, and
frankuess to the committee, were well calcu.
lated TO inepire them with confidence and TO
reass1re the public mind
"Af or reading tbs resolution he desired n
to say to tbs Gene al Assem- bly, that he had
received the communication Of these rssolu-
lions with feelings Of lively eradication, and
instructed VI 70 assure the Houses that II
would DO the EFFORT Of his life 70 defend the
:A"Hs further stated that he had never enter.
tainsd a thought Of Withdrawing the army
from Virginia and abandoning the Stats;
that II, Ia the courss Of svsne the Capital
oRoulo AlIs k0e noCessaV y. Wuso0 No WV 1Os
So or an stcipate. that would be NO reason Tor
Wtthdrawing the army from Virginia. The
~ could stlli be successfully maintained on
Virg MIA soil for twenty ysars.
ssxu Of which II respectfully suomitted.
"WOop BovlDsH,
"OhatrmAn House UOmmittes.''
RE PaHyTu1IAxy.
MT. DAss introduced the following jolnt
rssol1ton, which was adopted
"H1vsas. the Psnitsnuary Of Virginia Aas
Tor na1y pears Uoen charge upon the 1yUoa.
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