Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-04-10
CONFEDERATE CONGRESS.

RICHMOND. April 4-SsEGfs-Mr B4rnwell
IF South Carolina. from the finance committee
asked. on behalf Of the committee, 20 be dis
charged from further consideration Of g memorial
rom citizens Of Texas IN relation 90 the couhs'
cati5n laws, and propoundinE certain questions
therein contained. He said that the subject mat.
ter Of the memgiiai properly belonged 10 tle jUdt
CARY committee. aud he therefore asked this ret
orenc@ 20 be made, and It was accordingly
ordered.
M. Sparrow, from the military committee, re-
ported back the House bill to receive into the
T. utederate service a regiment Of volunteers tOI
the protection of the Texas frontier, ~ with recon-.
menda.iou that it ID not pass. Owing, however,
tD the absence OF bOrh the Senator'S from IrXas
he asked thas The bill and the report lay on the
table for the present. S, ordered.
He also reported back, with an amendment,
he House bill O. encourage the manufacture OF
,alrpeter and small arms. Laid On the table.
Also reported back the House bill regulating
the nay Of chaUiaius ia the army also laid or we
table.
Mr.. Semmes, on behalf of a majority Of the
judiciary committee, reported favOIably upon the
bill to Euuui certain sections of the law Of the
provisional government providing for appeals
from State supreme courts to the supreme courts
Of the Confederate States. Laid on the table
The Senate then went into secret SO slon-
House Of ReD7essntatiCes-Tbe House con
yened at II o'clock, and its session was opened
with prayer by the Rev. DR.. Moore, of the Pres
byterisn church
Journal of yesterday read.
Mr.. GOode. Of Virginia, stated that bis col
league, Mr. H1lcOmbe, had been called home on
urgeut business, and he asked leave of absence
for him, which was granted 10y the House.
Mr.. Baldwin, of Virginia, asked leave to pre-
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appropriately referred.
Mr.. Miles, of South Carolina moved that the
resolution offered by him several days ago, to a.
low the military and naval committees 20 report
at any time during open session, be taken mp
and considered. The motion prevailed, and The
resolution was taken up and agreed to.
The Speaker announced tina. the question be-
fore the House was the unfinished business of
yesterday, viz: The Arkansas contested cleo
ton case.
Nj. smith, Of Virginia, being entitled to the
floor. addressed the House at considerable length.
II. reviewed the whole q. ideuce in the ease, and
ably and deliberately argued in defense of the
claims of the contestant to the seat Of the sitting
member.
Ar. Gardenhire, of Tennessee, replied to M
5 itn, and, with considerable ingenuity, and
som ability, summed up the testimony before
the committee He advocated earnestly the
right Of the sitting member.
M Johnson, the contestant, followed Mr.
Gardenhire. aud asked that the argument of his
counsel might, with the other papers in the case,
ne placed upon TIE calendar He addressed the
House in favor Of his claims, basing them upon
the corrected returns from the county Of Arksn-
sas rather than upon any technicaIity OF the Law.
Mr. Garland replied to the remarks Of Mr..
johnson HIS speech in defense of his claim to
the spRf wss able and inganf1nz
The question was then submitted to the House
for its decision.
Mr. Crockett, 0. Kentucky, from the committee
on elections, and one Of the minority Of that
committee, submitted two resolutions: lst.
That the Hon. A. II. Garland IS not entitled to
the seat on this floor Is the representative of the
third Congressional district of Arkansas and,
ID That the Hon. Jils0n P Johnson is eutitled
to the seat as representative of the third Con
gressioual district of Arkansas.
To these resolutions
MIR keenan,, Of Georgia, offered as a substi-
tuJe, That The Il 4 4 Il. Garland, the sitting
member, Is entitled to the seat upon H. floor
OF this House, now contested by Hon J. P.
johnson.
A motion was made to postpone the further
consideration Of the question until y o'clock
tomorrow, but the mOuon was not agreed to.
Mr. Gsrd-uhTe moved to lay the resgiu ions
Of sir. Crockett aud the subsritU e OF Gr. Ken
nan upon tn table. Upon this motion,
Mr. Crockett, of henlucky, called the ayes
aud noes; aud The call beng sustained, the vote
was taken, and resui-el-ay-s 45, noes ~.
The question then REQUIRED upon the majority
report Of the committee, for which g substitute
was offered by Mr. Lyons, which substitute was
rejected by a vote of 81 against !.
The question again came up on the adoption
Of the committees rpDUrt submitted hv Mr.
Smith, of North Carolina, and it was agreed TO
by 81 aye and no vote, as follows: ayes 40, noes
50. This report provides that the contestant
aud sitting m7mber shall have additional time
% produce further evidence In the ease.
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