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The Daily Dispatch: September 10, 1863., [Electronic resource], The Legislature. (search)
The Legislature. --In the Senate yesterday the rule restricting the legislation of the present session to matters embraced in the message of the Governor, was enforced in the case of Mr. Alderson, of Nicholas, who sought to introduce resolutions pertaining to other subjects. A resolution introduced by Mr. Guy, of Goochland, in relation to the return of deserters; was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. A communication was received from the Governor, enclosing an application from Lieut.-General Ewell, accompanied by a list of persons attached to his corps, sentenced by Court-Martial to confinement in the State Penitentiary. The Governor, after reviewing the law, says: "I am not aware of any law which authorizes such convicts to be received; and if they are received it will be indispensably necessary to discharge those now undergoing confinement." We may reasonably conclude that the number convicted by these military courts will be large. The application, therefore,