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ppointed Messrs. Nash and Greever, on Saturday, as Senate Committee, to act with a committee on the part of the House of Delegates, to accompany the remains of Judge Hopkins, a distinguished member of the other House. The President directed that the names of the above members be recorded upon the Journal. Bills Passed.--House Oil Company, in the county of Taylor. A communication was received from the House of Delegates, with accompanying resolutions of respect to the memory of Judge Hopkins. On motion of Mr. Dickinson, of Prince Edward, they were read. Mr. Johnson then offered the following: Resolved, That the Senate have heard with deep regret of the death of the Hon. Geo. W. Hopkins. a member of the House of Delegates from the county of Washington, just communicated from that body. Resolved, As a mark of respect for his memory, the members and officers of the Senate will wear the usual badge of mourning for thirty days. Resolved, That as a further
ssion of this and other amendments, the bill was made the order of the day for to-morrow at 12 o'clock. Death of Judge Hopkins.--Mr. Crump said: Mr. Speaker, it is my painful duty to announce to this House the death of Judge Hopkins, of tJudge Hopkins, of the county of Washington. I will not attempt a eulogy upon the character of the deceased, but merely to give a slight rehearsal of his historical record. Judge Hopkins was born in Goochland county, on the 22d day of February, 1805, and was, in consJudge Hopkins was born in Goochland county, on the 22d day of February, 1805, and was, in consequence of his birth-day, named George Washington. At the early age of sixteen he was deprived of his parents, and cast upon the world to shape his own fortune. He removed to the far West, as Washington county was then considered, in 1820. He remutions be read. The Clerk then read the following resolutions: The painful intelligence of the death of George W. Hopkins, one of the Delegates from the county of Washington, having been just announced, it becomes the mournful duty of th
anchises of the James River and Kanawha Company thereto. A bill was passed incorporating the Southern Institution for the amelioration of the deaf, dumb and blind negroes of the Commonwealth. Resolutions of respect to the memory of the late Judge Hopkins were adopted. In the House, a bill was reported amending the law concerning the militia of the Commonwealth. The House refused to call up a motion to adjourn sine die, which had been previously laid on the table. The bill imposing taxct to the memory of the late Judge Hopkins were adopted. In the House, a bill was reported amending the law concerning the militia of the Commonwealth. The House refused to call up a motion to adjourn sine die, which had been previously laid on the table. The bill imposing taxes for the support of government was made the order of the day for today at twelve o'clock. Resolutions of an appropriate character were adopted in respect to the memory of Judge Hopkins, and the House rdjourned.