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The Daily Dispatch: February 13, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 13 (search)
General Assembly of Virginia.[Extra session.]Senate. Tuesday, Feb. 12, 1861. Called to order at 12 o'clock. Prayer by the Rev. Mr. Saul. A communication from the House of Delegates announcing the passage of sundry bills, was read. A communication from Gov. Letcher was laid before the Senate, in regard to the mission of Hon. John Robertson, Commissioner from Virginia to the seceding States. Ordered to be printed. Also, a message, transmitting a communication from Gov. Moore, of Louisiana, enclosing a copy of the Ordinance of Secession, passed by that State on the 26th January, accompanied by a copy of a joint resolution relative to the free navigation of the Mississippi river. Gov. Letcher also announced that he had received communications from the Executives of the States of Indiana and New York, enclosing resolutions adopted by you on the 19th day of January last. Ordered to be printed. Bills Reported.--The following bills were reported: A bill
The Daily Dispatch: February 13, 1861., [Electronic resource], Severe Winter in Europe. (search)
The Legislature. The report of Hon. John Robertson, Commissioner to the seceding States, was read in the Senate yester lay; also, the Louisiana Secession Ordinance and joint resolutions of the Legislature of that State respecting the free navigation of the Mississippi, and certain resolutions adopted by the Indiana and New York Legislatures, in reference to the appointment of Commissioners to Washington, all of which were ordered to be printed. Several local bills were reported and petitions presented. The Senate agreed to meet hereafter at 10 o'clock M. Among the resolutions of inquiry was one for a bill to incorporate the Baltimore and Fredericksburg Steamboat Company. Bills were passed to legalize the purchase and running of steamboats in connection with the York River Railroad; to protect the interest of the State in railroad and steamboat companies plying between Baltimore and Weldon; also, to authorize Clerks of certain Courts to take orders of publication in vacat