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The Daily Dispatch: December 17, 1861., [Electronic resource], Legislature of Virginia. (search)
Legislature of Virginia. Senate. Monday, Dec. 16, 1861. The Senate was called to order at 12 o'clock. Prayer by the Rev. Dr. Read of the Presbyterian Church. The Salt Supple. A communication was received from the House of Delegates, announcing the adoption of a joint resolution for the appointment of a committee to visit the Salt Works in Smyth and Washington counties, and asking the concurrence of the Senate therein. The resolution was laid on the table, with a view to awaiting a report from the committee already appointed to open a correspondence with the proprietors of the Salt Works. Railway Connections. The President laid before the Senate a communication from the Executive, calling the attention of the General Assembly to the importance of extending the Covington and Ohio Railroad, and of forming a connection between the Orange and Alexandria, Manassas Gap, and Richmond and Fredericksburg Railroads. Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
The Daily Dispatch: December 17, 1861., [Electronic resource], House of Delegates. (search)
House of Delegates. The House met at 12 M., and was opened with prayer by Rev. Mr. Peterkin, of the Protestant Episcopal Church. Message from the Governor. The Speaker laid before the House the following message from his Excellency the Governor of Virginia: Executive Department, December 16, 1861. Gentlemen of the Senate and House of Delegates: I have received from his Excellency Isham G. Harris, Governor of the State of Tennessee, a communication enclosing a joint resolution adopted by the Legislature of that State, declaratory of the policy necessary to be adopted "to open the ports of the South to the commerce of the world." It affords me pleasure to comply with the request contained in the 6th resolution, and I accordingly transmit them for your consideration. John Letcher. Respectfully, Joint resolutions to take Steps to open the ports of the South to the commerce of the world. Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee
The Daily Dispatch: December 17, 1861., [Electronic resource], Sections. (search)
The Confederate Army in and around Norfolk and Portsmouth. Norfolk, Va., Dec. 16, 1861. I have to day arranged with Mr. E. Cutherell, of this city, for him to act as Depository Agent and Colporteur among the soldiers. A large and excellent assortment of Bibles, Testaments, and Religious Tracts. will constantly be kept on hand, and those who wish to aid us in supplying the thousands in this division of the army will be supplied with our publications through Mr. Cutherell. A. E. Dickinson, Gen'l Sup't Army Colportage. The papers of Richmond and Petersburg will greatly oblige us by publishing the above.