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General Assembly of Virginia.[Extra session.]Senate. Friday, March 22, 1861. The Senate was called to order at the usual hour, Mr.Claiborne, of Petersburg, in the Chair. Joint Resolution.--Mr.Johnson offered the following joint resolution, which was laid over under the rules: Resolved, by the General Assembly of Virginia, That Colonel Angus W. McDonald shall have the exclusive right and privilege of printing and publishing such portion of the manuscripts obtained by him from England, and mentioned in his report to the Governor of this Commonwealth, of date the 3d day of February, 1861, and communicated by the Governor to the General Assembly, as he may deem proper; but this resolution may be rescinded, and the authority hereby given revoked, at the pleasure of the General Assembly. Harper's Ferry Raid.--Mr.August proposed the following: Resolved, by the General Assembly, That the Commissioners appointed at the last session to audit and pay the expense
City Point,March 21. Arrived, Schr. Bergen, Cole, New York. Schr. Mary L., Johnson, Norfolk. Steamship Jamestown, Skinner, New York. Sailed, Steamship Jamestown, Skinner, Richmond. Schr. Jamestown, Ladourette, New York. Charleston, S. C., March 20, --Arr'd, schrs. E. W. Perry, Richmond; Alfred Chase, Norfolk; H. S. Boynton, do.; R. W. Brown, do.
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