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of the bill shall preserve the arms received, and return them when applied for by the proper authority. Personal explanations were made by Messrs. Taliaferro and Christian, who were confined by indisposition at the time of the passage of the Convention bill, but who would have given it their cordial support had they been present. The following is the report made by the Joint Committee on Federal Relations on Wednesday, and the substitutes proposed therefore by Messrs. Paxton, of Rockbridge, and August, of Richmond city: [resolutions of Joint Committee on State and Federal Relations,] Resolved, That in the opinion of the General Assembly, it would be inexpedient for the Federal Government, under existing circumstances, to make any addition to the military forces in any of the forts, arsenals or naval stations in Virginia, in as much as any such increase of force would be liable to misconstruction, and tend to create uneasiness in the public mind. Resolved, That t