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The Daily Dispatch: January 16, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
ted a report, (printed in the Dispatch yesterday,) which was ordered to be printed. In the House, resolutions were introduced for establishing the Richmond and Liverpool Packet Company, and for establishing a school of military science in connection with the University of Virginia. A petition was presented from Appomattox County Court, for authority to borrow money to purchase arms; also, the resolves of a meeting in Wythe county, in which they say that they regard the occupancy of Harper's Ferry by the Federal Government as an act of aggression upon Southern rights and a standing menace to the people of Virginia. A resolution was likewise offered for the appointment of R. M. T. Hunter, Wm. C. Rives, J. J. Allen and G. W. Summers as Commissioners on the part of Virginia to open a correspondence with the Governors of the several States, to ascertain upon what terms the Union can be preserved; and if it cannot be, with what States a new Confederacy can be formed that will secure
The Daily Dispatch: January 16, 1861., [Electronic resource], House of Delegates. (search)
for permitting unlawful gaming at his ordinary, in Marshall county; by Mr. Lucas, the petition of citizens of Giles and Monroe counties for a turnpike road; by Mr. Friend, the petition of Jas. Wallace, a free negro, to remain in the Commonwealth; by Mr. Graham, the resolves of a meeting of Wythe co., held January 11th, in which they say "that it is the duty of the Governor of Virginia to protect the soil of Virginia from the tread of a foreign enemy, and that they regard the occupancy of Harper's Ferry by the Federal Government as an act of aggression upon Southern rights and a standing menace to the people of Virginia." Appointment of Commissioners for Consultation.--Mr. Patterson offered the following resolutions, which, after being read, were, on motion, referred to the Committee on Federal Relations: Resolved, by the Senate and House of Delegates. That Ro. M. T. Hunter, Wm. C. Rives, John J. Alien, and Geo. W. Summers, be and are hereby appointed Commissioners to open a