Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1862-10-07
CoNFEDERArE CONGRESS.
SENATE.

SENATE &
MONDAY, octobsr 6, 1852
The Senate met at II O'Clock A. n. Prayer By R,v.
Mr.. RYLAxD, Of the Baptist Church.
WAR TAX IL NORTH CAROLINA.
Mr. DAVIS, ofN. O., from the Committee Of Finance,
reported q bill providing for the repayment 10 North
Carolina of the eIcssof her quota Of the war tax GILL;
III paid into the Treasury. The bill was passed
TIE APPROPRIATION BILL.
Mr.. HUNTER, of Va, from the same, reported back,
with amendments the House Appropriation Bill for Dc
cember. The amendments were agreed TO- and the bill
was passed.
The amendments Of the House to the Senate Bill, au
thoIng the suromsnt of persons subject 10 co1fcrp
ton wherever ouad within the limits Of the Confsderacy
were ooncurred In.
ARMY INTELLIGENCE orncL
Mr. SPARROW, of Ls., from the Committee Of Mill
tary Affairs reported back House Bli 70 grant com
mutation tor quarters to the Superintendent Of the Army
Intelligence Onoe and to Increase the compensation OF
| the clerks, with an amendment. The amendment VA
| agreed to, and the bill passed.
LOCAL DIYEScl.
House bill authorizing the formation Of volunteer
companies for local defer passed, with an amend
ment requiring prsons inning said companies to take
the oath of allegiance to the Government of the Coned
| crate States.
Ca motion Of Mr.. PHELAN, the vote by which the
bill was passed recousdered and the bill laid upon
| the table,
soLDIERs' PAT
The House bill to increase the pay Of pvates and
commissioned officers Of the army four dollars per month
was taken up, with the substitute proposed by the Com
mittee Military Affairs, appropiating IS 900 900 for
| the relief Of the families Of soldiers.
Er. ORR, Of 8. O., moved 10 recommit the BIZ, with
instructions inquire into snd report the increased
amount OF expenditure provided for 10 the bill.
| Mr. WIGFALL, of TeIcs, said that the increase Of
soldiers pay contemplated by the bill would increase
the disbursements from the Treasury to the extent Of
twenty or twenty Eve millions, while the substitute pro
posed by the Committee would limit tia amount TO FIVE
millions.
Mr. CLAY, of Ala, said there was no constitutional
authority vested in Congress to convert this Governnen
iato vast eeemcsyuary establishment that contem.
plated by the ConIaittee's substitute.
After lengthy debate Of the constitutional question,
rhe motion to recomuit was negatved-ysas ., nays
| 10.
The substitute wa. then rejected, and the Hou,O bill
| passed BY the folio wing vote:
| Yxls-Nosrs 3 k-r Davis, Haynes, Henry, Hunter,
J ,hnsou, Lows, Michel, Peyton, PLalan, Ples.on,
Ssmmes Sparrow, ard Yancey--H
NAYS -HeIss. Clark, Clay, Hill, Oldham, Orr, and
Wigtal-6
IRooPs IN MISSOURI AND KENTUCKY.
The House bi 70 provide FOR Fa;ens aud organizing
In the ,es OF Missouri and Kentucky additional forces
fr the Provisional Army WAS taken up discussed Tor Al
| aOus and halt, amended and passed.
VITO MESSAGE YRoy THE President.
The fcicg!Dg massage from the President of the Con
fsdsra;e States, vas .Ad bC,ote the SIe.e:
/ 10 the S.rot, Of hs O.nf.asron Ss.tj II Amarisa;
return, wt6ous my prora!, tie Dill Whish orisin,
ted in your body entitled an &C. to amend al act for the
establishment and soIgauzion OF General Ssf for
the army o. too Confederate States OF America, ap
prove February &c h, 1861.
By his ac II u proEiaej thst hereafter the larter