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Virginia, addressed to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House, enclosing a copy of an act passed by the General Assembly of Virginia repealing the assent heretofore given to the division of the State by the formation of the State of West Virginia. The letter was printed and laid upon the desks of members, and attracted much comment. It seems that the question first came up in the Virginia Legislature on a bill to settle the status of the two counties of Jefferson and Berkeley, in the Shenandoah Valley, which have been in disputed jurisdiction. This act was so amended as to repeal the assent given in 1863 to the formation of West Virginia. In order to be effective, the assent of the latter State must be had, as it has been recognized by all the departments of the Government, legislative, executive and judicial. A Virginia Senator on the floor. Mr. Segar, of Virginia, a Senator elect, has unlimited privilege to a seat on the floor of the Senate, and of