The New York herald., 1865-06-22
IR q I n ! A.
Jews FROM RICHMOND AND NORFOLK
Organization OF the Virginia
Legislature.
sulcids Of Edmund Ruffin, tho Traitor VINO
Fired the First Gun at Sumter.
Removal Of General Gordon, at
Norfolk.
CuE CITY UNDER CIVIL RULE,
Co., &C.. 60.


RICHMOND, Va, juno 10, 1905
YAs nrst General Assembly OF the State of Virginia
under loyal auspices 1851 convened by prociama
sagu Of Governor Peirpont met IN part ~ The State
Nsuse IN this city II one O'Clock to-day. by tho A.
pembling of the House Of Delegates, Hon James H.
Oowney Speaker the chair The organization d she
House was proceeded WITH and al this point
anspired thst usual constitutional notice Of design
70 convene the Assembly which requires period Of ton
Says 70 intervene between the Governors proclamation
and the assembling of the representative bodies had not
Been given aud consequently temporary organization
Of ne House was necessitated Thss concluded by
Che nomination and choice Of p H Gibson, ESQ, Of the
Richmond Rep.bic temporary clerk, and 8. 7. Ken
ssAi az sergeant Those gentlemen took mp the
autics Of their respective oces by taking the customary
saihs, as follows
do soemnly Tor .fnrm) that WIN support the
Sonstuon Of the United States and the laws made IL pnr
De constitution laws of the State Of Virginia in the
mt ,ss,
ASs
have the Of January
6Ssd States % FOR the purpose of promoting the
Hsreupon followed The anti -dueng OATH and the oath
% discharge faithfully the duties Of the respective oces
ne House agreed 70 refer the Clerk Of the House.
question OF providing any printing necessary be
Done until permanent arrangement could be made
which would be upon the due organization Of both bodies
4 committee of three, consisting Of Messre. Harmon
Mash HILL appointed to inform the Senate that
Tho House had duly organized but being ascertaned
shal the Senate had not met that duty dispensed
with and the House adjourned until ten O'Clock TO NOR
row The Senate, being without quorum, immediately
adjourned
SUICIDE OF xsnuxp Rvrrn
Edmund Ruin the father Of secessonism In Virginia,
Axafs Harho he NJ ne
orst rebel gun on Fort Sumter, committed suicide on
Saturday evening last, near Mnttoax Station, In Amelia
county, where he was temporarily sojourning The act
was deliberate one, tho deluded man taking musket
loaded tn buckshot and placing the muzzie in bis
mouth with the aid OF stick touching the trigger The
Ant cap failed 10 explode when he replaced II with
better one fred the piece and instantly killed The
nppor portion Of his head was entirely blown on In
diary Of his was found memorandum stating that he
could never live under the United States government
and took death IN preference In the same memorandum
be said that lac would have committed the deed on the
Oh Of April he day General Lee surrenderedl but was
prevented by the presence of visitors in his house
II Is said that Mr. Rnfin's mind had been very
Dercepubly affected the evacuation Of Richmond
and the surrender OF the rebel armies For . week
previous 70 terminating his life Mr. Runnn kept his
chamber, busy employed writing what subsequently
taTned out W be history OF his political lie He also
wrote leers and IN OF them he left directions as TO
Mr. Rutnn though politician of the old school, never
held any once o. distinction. He agr,eahurst,
sources He was at one time years AGO. Prcsden, Of the
Agricultural Society OF Virginia, and published the Far
ssrs Re0asr, at Petersburg paper devoted 70 farming
interests
KEvKw OF posrER's DIVISION nv MAJOR GENERAL TERRY
This even ing the First division OF ths Twenty fourth
army corps was reviewed by MAJOR General Alfred II.
Terry the new commandant OF the Department cf VIZ
afna This division is that OF Major General Robert =
toetrr now Temporarily commanded by Braadier Gene
tsl Thos O Osborne, General Foster beinr absent ~
member Of the Iu nj Washington. The troops are
those reviewed last fail respectively by Secretary stan
Ton Lieutenant General Grant and the late atnented
Pr siden Lincoln his compliments 10 them on the held
h ront OF Richmond being hs last Of similar character
kn AL ai.t 4 IN lrayQ d0lp IiersO
The troops reviewed 10 day the soldiers who, IN
Sor Major General X = Foster, commanding division
sndor MAJOR General " u C. Ord did tho work on tho
le Of tho lines thai resulted IN the surrender OF Lee
army Appomaiiox Court House. and 40 ended the re-
bebon II was indeed nitnR that such soloers should
k reviewed by tie well known hero o Fort Fisher, wLo
had been their commander anterior 10 Foster.