The Daily Dispatch: February 13, 1861., [Electronic resource]

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The Legislature.

The report of Hon. John Robertson, Commissioner to the seceding States, was read in the Senate yester lay; also, the Louisiana Secession Ordinance and joint resolutions of the Legislature of that State respecting the free navigation of the Mississippi, and certain resolutions adopted by the Indiana and New York Legislatures, in reference to the appointment of Commissioners to Washington, all of which were ordered to be printed. Several local bills were reported and petitions presented. The Senate agreed to meet hereafter at 10 o'clock

M. Among the resolutions of inquiry was one for a bill to incorporate the Baltimore and Fredericksburg Steamboat Company. Bills were passed to legalize the purchase and running of steamboats in connection with the York River Railroad; to protect the interest of the State in railroad and steamboat companies plying between Baltimore and Weldon; also, to authorize Clerks of certain Courts to take orders of publication in vacation.

In the House, a number of Senate bills were received, read by title and referred. Two were passed. Among the House bills passed was one incorporating the Richmond City Insurance Company. The secession ordinance of Louisiana and certain resolves of the General Assemblies of Indiana and New York were read and ordered to be printed. The House meets to-day at 11 o'clock.