Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-07-26


have suffered more than any other Of the com.
mand. A report will be made by those who
shared tho tolls Of the march and the hazards
Of their battles.
In the foregoing have endcavored to be
fair, not wishing 10 do injustice to any-the
most humble or the highest-and | ask its
publication to show that the fight at Rich
Mountain was fought against unparalleled
odds, and yet to almost point Of annlhl4,ion
to our small band who sustained the burden
Of the day. G. Y. R.
FIRST NGRESS
OF TIE
CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA.
(ADJ0CREED SESSION.
RICHMOND, Tuesday, July %, 1861.
Congress met pursuant to adjournment at l2
N.
Hon. Howell Cobb in the Chair.
Prayer by Rev. Moses D. Hose, Of the Pres.
byterian church.
The Journal Of the preceding day was read
and approved
On motion of Mr.. Brockenbrough, Messrs.
Thomas S. Bocock, Of Virginia, and Burton
Craige Of North Carolina, newly elected mem.
bers from their respective States, came forward
aUC look the 0atn Of ONCE.
Mr. Perkins presented memorial in relation
10 the financial resources Of the South. which
was referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mr.. Perkins also presented the following
resolution Of Inquiry Which was adopted.
Whereas, The Government Of the United
States is ezertng all its energies and employ
ing its army and navy ard every agency with.
in its power to prevent the expectation Of our
great staples, cotton, tobacco, &:.-to any
other country, except through its own ports
or by its permission, thereby securing the
complete commercial sutjrga,ion Of the Con.
fererate States, and causing the indust'ia! and
manufacturing interests Of all other counties,
sustained by these products, to Le dependau:
upon them for their supply, therefore be- 1t
Resolved That the Committee on Finance
be instructed 10 inquire into the eXpediency Of
At once comforting upon the Government of tho
Confederate States the power TO control the
cotton and tobacco crops Of the country, by
receiving whatever supplies in kind or By pur.
chase from individuals, ut price fixed or by
such an advance upon their value in treasury
notes or Confederate bonds as may enable the
government to make their possession the basis
OF credit and negotiation abroad
Mr.. Harris, Of Mississippi, presented 6 com.
lnupcaton, in relation to the disposition I
the cotton already subscribed to the C0nttGs-
rate lpun. Referred to the Committee on f.
nance.
Mr.. Ochtreo, of Texas, offered the follow
ing resolution, which was adopted.
Resolved That the Committee on Finance
be instructed to inquire into the expediency Of
the collection Of all duties imposed by the la%s
now in force on goods, ware, and nerchan.
disc, and commodities Of every DESCRIPTION,
whatever imported into these Crntc,i,ratc
States, during the existence Of The present
~ar, aad that they report o. an carly Gay by
bill or otherwise
Mr. Rivss, Of Virginia, presented n petition
Of Lieut. Col Jones, late Of tho U. S. Army
but now in the Confederate service, akirg
that the amount due him by the United Suites
government, be paid ou, Of the funds now in
possession Of the Confederate government,
lately belonging to the United States. Referred
to tho Committee on Military Affairs.
Congress then went into secret session.
"one Rcnegade is Worse than ten Turks"
Daniel S. Dickinson is lccturing before the
Literary Societies Of Massachusetts, Colleges,
"On War and lis Causes" His lecture com.
mences with the nativity Of the Saviour, and
ends with description Of the awful effects Of
Civil War and justification Of the North in
prosecuting it to the bitter end. So we learn
from the Baltimore Exchange, which thus dis.
poses OF the sophisms, calumnies and false
hoods Of the Binghamptou apostate:
Mr.. Dickinson, like Mr. Everett and many
other lesser lights in the political armament,
enters upon his task with all the zeal Of g
convertite, and with easy cffrontery turns his
back upon the truth Of history and upon his
own teachings, and clasps hands with the very
party whose doctrines he had 80 often before
and 50 vehemently denounced We shall not
quarrel with him for it. We may, and do,
nevertheless, object to his attempting ''to
make the worse appear the better cause" By
publicly stating as truths what be knows to be
exactly the reverse. For instance, he alIege.
that at the time the Gulf States seeded from
the Union, '.sectonal feeling had, after many
wise and Unon.loving were engaged in re-
storing friendly relations under circumstance
more favorable to success, than thirty years Of
struggles had tmnishtd."
What are the real facts Of the cases Every
proposition looking to an amicable settlement
nad been rejected. The Adams proposition
the Cor~i in resolutons-the Critienden comp!o.
mise-,he measures Of conciiatinn suggested
by the Peace Congress-elI these mad been
sneored at and promptly voted down by the
Republicans. The Border slave States earn.
estly oesought peace on any terms compati.
BILE with honor and dignity. They a, least
were still in the Union, yet the dominant fac
ton met their approaches with scorn and con.
tuluely The Republicans would not yi.ld an
inch, although they we'll knew that the n.
tegrity Of the Union depended upon their
showing some practical evidence Of dspos.
toa TO redress, in spirit of fairness, the
grievances of which the South conplaineG.-
II there had been any intention to aba.e ,hosc
grievances, and to abandon the menacing att;
tude which the North occupied towards The
South, then was the time to have said so, ard %
have at once adopted such measures as would
have tended to reassure the minds Of the South
crn people. The Republicans did nothing OF The
kind. They had determined not TO sacrifice a
single plank in the Chicago platform. Having
thus broken up the Union, they have since
arrosated to themselves the title Of defenders
of the Union, and no~ seek to sutjngate by
| the sscrd. the States to which they hnd Pre-
vicusly refused to tender the olive branch.
Gen. ". ". Loring, (erroneously printed
Locing 10 our yesterdays ssue,) has
been assigned to the command Of the forces 10
and near Randolph county, recently arrived
frnu New Mexico, in which department. he
commanded as Colonel in the Federal army.
lie was from Florida, ard vas appointed 10 lie
army during the war with Mexico. He serve
through that war and lest an arm OF Chor VI.
tepec. We have the best military author ty
for the statement that he is an excellent mao
for the place 10 which he has been assigned.