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Browsing named entities in The Daily Dispatch: January 8, 1862., [Electronic resource]. You can also browse the collection for James A. Johnson or search for James A. Johnson in all documents.
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Legislature of Virginia.Senate.
Tuesday, Jan. 7, 1862.
The Senate was called to order at 12 o'clock by Mr. Johnson, President pro ten.
Mr. Wm. Frayzern, the newly elected Senator from the Rockbridge district, appeared and took his seat.
Free Negroes.
A preamble and joint ressolutions from the House of Delegates was read, authorizing J. Marshall McCue, or any other citizen of the Commonwealth, engaged in the manufacture of saltpetre, etc., to carry out of the State to any other State of the Confederacy, any number of free negroes, for the purpose of manufacturing saltpetre, etc., who may voluntarily agree to go, and declaring that at the expiration of the term for which said free negroes may agree to hire themselves, liberty is reserved to them to return to the Commonwealth of Virginia.
The Senate concurred in the said preamble and resolutions.
Extortions, &C.
The President laid before the Senate a message from the Executive, transmitting a communicati
Excitement at Monterey — Expected from the Yankees — Promotion of Colonel Johnson, &c.
The Lynchburg Republican, of the 7th contains an interesting letter from its special correspondent at Monterey, dated January 3, from which we extract the following:
Much excitement prevails, owing to a port that the Yankees are encamped, 3,000-8,000 strong, at Camp Bartow, and force on the farm of Uriah Hevenor, and Green Bank.
The people here think they (the Yankees) will pass around our and come to this place, a distance of sixty miles from Camp Alleghany, to take possession of our Commissary Department at our place, where a large amount of previous are stored.
Last night a messenger was dispatched Gen. Edward Johnson to Col. Goode's Regiment, camped near this place; also Col. Wm. C. Scott's regiment, encamped Crab Bottom, to report at Camp Alleghany without delay.
The presumption is, the orders were sent on the and that Gen. Johnson anticipated to attack at Alle