The Legislature — election of Senators.
Yesterday was the time appointed for the election of Senators from Virginia to the Confederate Congress. It will be seen from our report of Legislative procesdings, that the election was not made. The two houses progressed no further than the nomination of candidates for one of the appointments. A joint rule of the General Assembly requires that one election only to a vacancy in any office, shall be filled at a time. The rule, therefore, requires that the voting shall be for one of the Senatorships at a time. The nominations made yesterday for one of the appointments were as follows: Messrs. James Barbour of Culpeper, R. M. T. Hunter of Essex, Wm. C. Rives of Albemarle, and Wm. Ballard Preston of Montgomery. The greater portion of the time of the House of Delegates during the day, was consumed in speeches upon these nominations. The debate in the Senate turned on a proposition to postpone the election; first, until the 15th of February next; and that being non-concurred in by the House, then to postpone until to-day at half-past 12.The House also non-concurred in this resolution of the Senate, whereupon a committee of conference was appointed. This committee reported late in the evening in favor of postponing the election until the hour named to-day, and asked leave to sit again and report further upon the matters of disagreement between the two bodies. Both Houses concurred in this report of the committee and adjourned. To-day the committee of conference will doubtless make a further report as to the manner of proceeding with the election. The two houses will doubtless be occupied some time with its recommendations; but the probability is that the election of the two Senators will be made to-day.
