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The Daily Dispatch: March 18, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
then moved that the resolution alluded to be taken up, which was carried in the affirmative. A motion to amend by substituting the hour of 10 o'clock was voted down by a large majority. Mr. Hall, of Marion, moved to amend by substituting half-past 10 for 11 o'clock, and on this motion Mr. Armstrong demanded the yeas and nays. The roll was thereupon called, and the vote resulted — yeas 70, nays 46. So the question on the amendment was carried in the affirmative. Messrs. Johnson, Macfarland and Randolph, of Richmond city, voted for the amendment. The resolution, as amended, was then adopted. So the Convention will meet at half-past 10 A. M., until further ordered. Mr. Armstrong moved that the hour for going into Committee of the Whole be changed to 11 o'clock. After some debate, the motion was withdrawn. Order of the day. The Convention then resolved itself into Committee of the Whole, (Mr. Southall, of Albemarle, in the Chair,) and pro
The Daily Dispatch: March 18, 1861., [Electronic resource], General Assembly of Virginia. [extra session.] Senate. (search)
General Assembly of Virginia. [extra session.] Senate. Saturday, March 16, 1861. The Senate was called to order at 10 o'clock. Mr. Johnson in the chair, and opened with prayer. The bill incorporating the Virginia Canal Company, and to transfer the rights and franchises of the James River and Kanawha Company thereto, which passed the House on Friday, was laid on the table on motion of Mr. Paxton. Resolutions of Inquiry.--The following resolutions of inquiry were adopted: By Mr. Carson, of refunding to James A. Russell an amount of taxes unjustly paid by him, in consequence of an erroneous assessment upon certain lands in Frederick county; by Mr. Pate, of refunding to the security of the late Sheriff of Logan county, certain damages paid by them for said Sheriff. Tax Bill.--On motion of Mr. Brannon, the bill imposing taxes for the support of Government, was made the order of the day for Monday at 11 o'clock. Charter of Richmond Amended.--On motion of Mr. A
The Daily Dispatch: March 18, 1861., [Electronic resource], House of Delegates. (search)
ecame her pet and plaything, he was sadly disgusted with the animalculæ creeping out and in from her cheeks, and no more visible to those of her own class than worms are upon the cheek of beauty. If we were a great man-- a poet, or a historian, or any of the things that are wont to run men and women mad — we should prefer to live as secluded a life as possible. Certainly we think Shakespeare loses nothing by the twilight, in which his personal entity is enveloped, and we are not sure that Johnson gains much by the full glare of noonday in which his huge figure stands. Byron is the great pet of all young ladies and young gentlemen. The time has gone by, to be sure, when the latter were in the habit of shaving their foreheads and limping in their gait, to be as much like him as possible. His personality now makes much less impression than his genius, which certainly was very great, since Milton, we think, unrivalled among the poets. Still, it is customary with the class to whi
The Daily Dispatch: March 18, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
Committed to jail as a Runaway. --Was committed to the jail of the corporation of the city of Norfolk, on the 2d day of January, 1861, Negro Man Wm. Johnson. The said negro man is five feet three inches high, and weighs about 135 pounds; has one scar on right arm above his elbow; light complexion; about thirty years old. Had on when committed to jail, black cloth coat, black pants, glazed cap, and says he was born free, in Baltimore, Maryland. Thos. J. Corprew. Sergeant City Norfolk. mh 16--6w