The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1865-02-02

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WspRsspx1, February /, 1895.
Al II o'clock tho Seuate was callsllo
order. Prayer By Rev. d.. Read.
House bill amendfpg tho fence laws Of
the Commonwsalth uas taken up. read
tvice md referred TO the Committee On
Gsusrai LAWS
o. motion Of Mr.. JOHNSON, the fol
iowine resolution, submitted by 1Ir.
JOHNSON, Was laid on tho table.
q Re,e,rel. That ths Comnittes on Confederate
r., .tios b Instructed 70 report whsthn they hare
ro.6e thr inquiry. end IL n0e,3 why not, IN Tho re-
eolion dissctsg IN inquiry Why H. solAisrs IN the
army have not been paid on more promptly, and
wSssher any further sction can b taken By the
0enssal Assembiyto ensure. "a future, psonpter
psynsent q this debt 10 tho soldiers
Nc: Cogb;ll offered the following, which
vas agTecd TO-:
:. R,se,sci. That the comn,ittee for Courts Of
Iusticg inquire into the expcdianey Of Amending the
eighth sectioa Of chsrser ons hundred and nine Of
vors y courts Of counties In which the plaintiff
sieA the defendant be NONRESIDENT Of the State
q residcnt Within the lines Of the enemy"
On motion Of Mr.. johnson, it was
Resoioed, That the superintendent ef the Salt
WORKS report, in detail, TO the Senate, early
practicable the extent Of the damages done by the
enemy 70 the salt works and the property q the
State under his control in their recent raid; and
that r. state the number Of negroes who went away
Or we're taken with the enemy, together with the
names Of the owners and theprobable loss to the
State in consequence Of the destruction and loss OF
property aforesaid.
On motion Of Mr.. johnson, the hour
OF meeting of the Senate, hereafter, was
changed to 10 o'clock, instead Of II.
On motion Of Mr. Taylor, tho vote or
dering to its engrossmcnt the bill in re-
lation to duelling Was rec0nsidcred, and
q substitute offered for the same, reliev-
ing Colonel William S. Peters from the
liabilities incurred for having fought q
duel.
On motion of Mr.. Dickinson, the bill
was amended so as to include the names
Of John Is. Harvie and William Old, Jr.
On motion Of Mr.. Hart, the bill was
further amended so as to include all who
may hereafter be engaged in fighting a
duel.
Mr.. Dickinson moved that tho bill and
substitute be Indefinitely postponed.
Z Law vOtC W DO e1nVAA VA HuoSPOt1uiS3
definitely, and decided in the affirmative
ayes, %; noes, Is.
The President presented q communi-
cation from the Auditor, in answer to a
resolution adopted by the Senate, asking
for the number of slaves that have es
capped to, or been abducted from the State
by, tho enemy, as lar as said information
can be obtained from the returns of the
Commissioners of the Revenue.
Tae Auditor reports the whole num-
Der of slaves who have escaped as
follows: Males, between eighteen and
forty-fve years Of age, 2.475; slaves Of
al other ages, 5,063. Total number,
1888.
The communication was laid upon the
table and ordered to be printed.
On Mr.. Hunters motion, the chair was
vacated for q short time in order that
Colonel Mosby, who was then in the
capitol, might be introduced to the mem
bers Of the Senate.
The bill to amend and re enact an act
entitled an act to empower the Governor
to have made out, and filed in the State
Department, complete lists of the State
forces, was taken up and discussed.
On motion of Mr.. Marshall, the bill
was laid on the table, and the Senate
went into secret session.