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ct to incorporate the American Agency. Communication from the Executive. The President laid before the Senate a communication from the Executive, endorsed "to be read in secret session;" which on motion, was laid on the table for the present. [The Senate subsequently went into secret session for the purpose of considering the communication, and sat for a short time with closed doors] After the doors were re-opened, a message was received from the House of Delegates, by Mr. Robertson, announcing the adoption by that body of a resolution for the appointment of a joint committee to take under consideration the subjects embraced in the Governor's communication. The resolution was concurred in, and the President appointed the following committee on the part of the Senate: Messrs. Johnson, Douglas, Brannon, Dickinson of Grayson, and Frazier. The Code. On motion of Mr. Thomas, of Fairfax, the Committee for Courts or Justice was instructed to inquire into the
Court of Appeals. --Present — John J. Allen, Wm. J. Robertson, Richard C. L. Moncure, and Wm. Daniel, Judges. The following decisions were announced on Tuesday. Marshall vs Poindexter's adm'r and others Argued by Gregory & Carey for the appellant, and John Robertson and John O. Steger for the appellee. Appeal from decree of Circuit Court New Kent county affirmed. Monroe's adm'r vs. Commonwealth. Argued by James Lyons for the plaintiff and John Randolph Tucker, Attorney General for the Commonwealth, upon a writ of supersedeas to a judgment of the Circuit Court of the city of Richmond. Affirmed. Morse vs. Hammett. Argued by Wood Bouldin and Peachy R Grattan for the appellate and James Alfred Jones for the appellee. Appeal from decree of Circuit Court of Mecklenburg affirmed. Majors' ex'or vs. alcock and others. Argued by Wm. Green for appellant and Arthur A. Morson for the appellee. Appeal from decree of the Circuit Court of Culpeper. Decree affirmed.
repose from the labors of a long life, than to desire their continuance. But who among us can enjoy or find repose, while the country of his birth and of his affections is struggling for the liberties purchased by the blood of our fathers? I feel that so long as this struggle and my own life endure there can be no such repose for me. While I am prepared to acquiesce cheerfully in the preference you may give (should that be your decision) to either of the worthy and talented gentlemen who have offered you their services, I will not affect a cold indifference to the result. Far from it. I frankly acknowledge that there is no honor I would prise more than that of representing you in the first regular Congress of our Confederacy, and that I should regard it as adding to the many obligations under which I am placed for the uniform patronage and confidence bestowed on me by my State, and by the city and district in which I reside. John Robertson. Richmond, 5th Feb, 1862. ja 6--5t