Clarke and John J. Wick, composing the delegation sent by Governor Stuart to West Virginia to papers on the members of the Legislature and the officials of the government of West Virginia concerning the Virginia West Virginia debt case, returned to Richmond yesterday morning.
Sheriff Mercer, who was the delegate, not in his official capacity, but as a representative of the governor, stated that the debt question was settled, and there was no effort to evade the passage of the petition for a new trial in the case. The petition for a new trial in the case was returned to the Supreme Court on March 28, and the Supreme Court of the United States and members of both houses of the Legislature.
The bill for the repeal of the Volstead act was also passed.  The privilege of the House was extended to Sheriff Mercer, and he made a statement explaining the cause of its visit, and informed the members that he appeared before them as a representative of the Governor of Virginia. Copies of the papers were served on every member of the House and on every member of the Senate, except two, these two being absent because of illness. 