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e. The hour of half-past 12 having arrived, the Convention resolved itself into Committee of the Whole, (Mr. Southall, of Albemarle, in the Chair,) and proceeded to consider the various reports from the Committee on Federal Relations. Mr. Randolph, of Richmond city, being entitled to the floor, proceeded to re-state a portion of his argument or yesterday, upon the subject of protection, having been requested to do so. He read statistics of the trade of Richmond in the articles of clothif view, and the union would be mutually beneficial. He repudiated entirely the idea of a Border State Confederacy. There were no commercial advantages to be obtained, and he could see no reason for such a combination. After the close of Mr. Randolph's speech, the Chairman said if there were no amendments to be offered to the first section of the report, the Committee would proceed to vote upon that section. Mr. Fisher, of Northampton, said that the gentleman from Ohio, who had indica
questing the Committee on Federal Relations to report the Constitution of the Confederate States of the South as Virginia's ultimatum, was laid upon the table.--A supplemental report from the Committee on Federal Relations was submitted by Mr. Conrad, the Chairman. It embodies proposed amendments to the Federal Constitution, in some respects similar to the propositions emanating from the Peace Conference, but changed in essential particulars. The report, which was referred to the Committee of the Whole, will be found in the regular proceedings. A resolution to hold night sessions was voted down by a large majority.-- Mr. Branch presented the Petersburg secession resolutions, and expressed his readiness to "bow to the will of his constituents." The subject of taxation was considered, and Messrs. Woods and Haymond made speeches in favor of equality. Mr. Randolph finished his able argument on the Committee's reports, and Mr. Holcombe has the floor, in Committee of the Whole, to-day.