appointment.
The report having been completed, the yeas and nays were called on its adoption, with the following result:
Yeas.--Messrs, Armstrong, Brannon, Bence, Carson, Carraway, Carter, Christian, Claiborne, Coghill, Critcher, Day, John Dickenson, Asa D. Dickinson, Douglas, French, Gatewood, Greever, Hubbard, Isbell, Johnson, Layne, Logan, Lynch, Marshall, McKenney, Nash, Neal, Neeson, Newlon, Newman, Pate, Paxton, Quesenberry, Richmond, Rives, Stuart, Henry W. Thomas, Christopher Y. Thomas, Townes and Wickham--40.
Nays.--Messrs, August, Early, Finney, Pennybacker and Thompson--5.
Mr. August and others, in voting against the resolutions, explained their reasons for so doing.
Bills Reported.--A bill to incorporate the Valley Railroad Company; a bill allowing the Northwestern Bank of Virginia, and any of its branches, to establish an agency in the city of Richmond for the redemption of its circulating notes; a bill to authorize the Norfolk and Petersburg Ra