Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-01-25
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

THURSDAY, Jan. "a, 1861.
The deliberations of the House were opened
by prayer by the Rev. John Rains.
Mr.. Bledsoe submitted resolution charac-
| terizing the firing of cannon on Capitol Hill
| yesterday, during the session as an insult to
| the Legislature, aud cannot be submitted to
| in future.
A motion to suspend the rules failed.
A communication from the Capitol Com
missioners in response to resolution, sta
ting that Sic SIS has been expended of the
100000 appropriation for the completion OF
| the Capitol and grounds made at the last
| session of the Legislature.
The bill to defray the expenses of the pres
ent session of the Legislature, was considered
and passed on third reading.
Mr.. Havron, a resolution directory the to
keeper of public arms for certain Information,
Rule suspended and resolution adopted.
The House then resumed the unfinished
business of yesterday, being the bill to reor-
ganize the militia of the State.
Mr.. johnson moved TO strike out all after
the 4th section of the bill, which relates to
the arming and equipping 10, 900 volunteers.
The bill and amendments were discussed
by Messrs. Jones. Havron and WhitmOre,
and without coming to a vote, the House
Adjourned till 2:10 p. m.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
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the bill to re-organize the militia and pend
ing amendments.
TIE ARMS OF THE STATE.
Mr.. Brazelton then presented the following
| communication from the Keeper of Public
| Arms:
STATE Arsenal,
Nashville. Jan. "a. 1861.
To the General Assembly Of Tennessee:
obedience to your resolution of this date,
have the honor to report that, since my re-
| port to the Governor of the 4th inst. there
| has been received at the Arsenal 700 rifle
| muskets, new pattern; and there has been
issued as per order of Capt. Turney, to the
| Mountain Boys" 90 percussion rifles and
| accoutrements.
have on file in my Office communica-
ton from the Ordnance Department at
Washington, addressed to his Excellency. the
| Governor of Tennessee, dated Jan. 10th,
1861, which states that the whole amount
| due the State for this year, and the balance
| from last year is 667 5-13 muskets. There is
| a memorandum on the back, written by the
Governor, dated Jan. IA, 1861, stating that
| the whole amount due was ordered to be sent
| Immediately in new pattern Rife muskets.
1t is impossible for me at present to state
accurately, what number and description OF
| the Public Arms have been distributed previ-
| Gus to my having charge of them. l have
received from the Secretary of State all of the
bonds for Public Arms on file in my office,
but have not had time to give them tho
rough examination. / find that many of
them do not state the number and character
of arms for which they were given; and /
have not been able to find any receipts spe-
cifying the same.
have a statement from the Ordnance De-
partment, from which il appears that from
the passage of the Act Of 23d April, 1908, mp
to the 30th June, 1859, there has been is
sued to the State of Tennessee
20.593 Muskets;
$500 Rifles;
$50 Halls Rifles;
1883 Pistols,
l.624 Sabres;
1925 Infantry Announcements;
9Sl Cavalry 80
6 Pound Iron Guns:
IL Bronze "
sc
There have been received at the Arsenal
1905 hammers and 1,0o0 cones, and an in
complete set of tools for altering fint-lock
muskets into percussion. Arrangements are
being made to complete the set, and fit up
such tools as are required in making neces-
sary repairs on arms. There have been some
800 muskets altered at the Arsenal.
would suggest that the arsenal requires
completing in its arrangements, the president
of the Commissioners having refused to have
it done at the time it was ordered by the
Legislature.
Very respectfully.
JOHN HERIGES.
Keeper of Public Arms.
THE following is the report of the 4tb in
slant, referred to in the above:
His Enceliency. IsHAM G. HARRIS,
Governor Of Tennessee:
SIR In obedience to your order have the
honor of submitting the following report of
the number, character and condition of the
public arms of the State.
There are now on hand in the Arsenal
4l52 Flint-lock muskets in good order.
| 2l0o "a .s partially damaged.
222S "a badly damaged.
ls5 Percussion in good order.
SO Iifes in good ORDER
"a pistols in good order.
| $50 Hall's carbines- aint-lock, badly dam.
| aged.
20 Cavalry sabres, with damaged tcab.
132 old patterns badly
1 damaged.
so Horse artillery sabres, in good order
] Twelye-pound bronze gun, partially
damaged.
2 Six-pound bronze guns, in good order
l Six-pound iron gun, uuserviceable.
And large lot of old sccoutrements mostl,
in bad order.
Since having charge Of the arms I bav'
issued to volunteer companies, as per orders
so flint lock muskets-
Il 664 percussioned musketa
$50 rife muskets, Cadet.
/ 84l percussion rifles.
226 pistols.
10 cavalry sabres.
SO horse artillery sabres
The above arms were issued with the ne
cessary accoutFements. with but small excef
lions, and Of them the eighty fintiock mal
kets, any horse artillery sabres, and fourtee
cavalry sabres, hare becn returned 70 ID
arssnal. BespectfullZ: