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her clothing to meet the immediate wants of Virginia soldiers." A bill to increase the compensation of clerks and sheriffs for services rendered was taken up, read the third time and passed. A bill to amend the fifteenth section of chapter forty five of the Code of Virginia, so as to limit the time for the payment of certain claims against the Commonwealth, was ordered to its engrossment. Mr. Coghill presented the petition and accompanying documents of John Thompson, Jr., of Amherst. On motion of Mr. Christian, of Augusta, at one o'clock the Senate resolved into secret session. House of Delegates. Mr. McCue, of Augusta, introduced a preamble and resolution, inviting Messrs. Stephens, Hunter and Campbell, the returned commissioners, to address the House of Delegates, in their representative capacity, on the result of their mission to Fortress Monroe, and their interview with Lincoln and Seward, and inviting the members of the State Senate, House and Senate