Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-03-07

De Self tO Lie House LOT concurrence.
:ai. uAKSwELL also reported s bill from tho
Committee on Finance, to regulate the pay
ard compensation OF officers Of the Senate.
The blanks in tho bill were hlled up, SO as
to allow tho offc0,s of tho S,nate yearly sal
aries. IS follows:
Secretsry Of The Sodaio. ......... 81. 500
Assistant Secretary 1000
Two cle5Ea, osch 1900
S.rg.Int-at uVins 2,pN
Door.S.cp"r l,5GO
Assistant Der keeper. 1900
Psge g per day daring session Of Senate.
The bill was then passed anG ssnt 10 the
House, sad tre Senate ven; intc secret ses
sion.
House OF Il Representatives.
The Hauss mot at II o'clock. Prayer by
Rev. Mr.. Ec.d.
4 10 solution, introduced by one os the Ar.
kaa&sS delegation. to adjourn the sessions OF
Congress on the Slst of March, Was laid OF the
table.
Mr.. GAsrssLL, {; Georgia, offered the fol,
loving:
Resolved. That this hc4se meet hereafter at
- NJ each day.
Mr. GAsyRELL advocated the adoption of the
resolution, on the ground that it would give
moro t!ne ios the sittings of the over burdened
committees AS u Uiamber of the Judiciary
Comui.te~, he asked its adoption Oh hnhalt OF
that ]cuniiG..taa
Mr.. MILES sso a90ke in favor OF the resolu.
ton, urging TIN: ta6 labor Gnl tax on the
the phS steal endurance Of members, who, at
ter sitting III lotami.tes from eight or nine in
the Enrning. aud then in the House during
| the sessions ni thst body from eleven till past
three or four i0 the afternoon, was beyond the
powers o! continued endurance.
L member, whose name the reporter did
nut learn, argued by analogy that If our rev.
olusionary iore!atiers we're able to meet in
Congress st eight A. H., and attend 10 all the
business OF legislation demanded BY the times,
va should certainly do SO, if i. were required
Of us.
Mr.. MiLFs suggested that these rnen were
| tcrors, which this generation of statesmen
certainty @ere not. Mr.. A.. then declared that
il rss inpossible fo1 msn to stand continued fi-
tigueG, sucr ss the present hours of labor de-.
msndei. That our iorefathers we're able to do it
nat:e.cd Little IL us, since they were possessed
ol robust tsaith and hearty exercise.
Tia I.salatioG was finally adopted after a
little bsn!fring oI tie part Of ono gentleman
who suggested tEat O preamble should pre-
cedc Il, setting forth that whereas, this is a
| degenerate and ener7ated race-therefore, &c.
No no:ice was taken OF the suggestion how.
sYer.
Mr.. PAroR, OF Virginia, introduced q bill
fixing tho rank and pay of adj utants and first
sergeants-~bich was referred to the Commit
tie "a Military Affairs.
Mr.. SMITH, vi Virginia, offered & resolution
eu!horiz!ng the committee on postofices aud
| pos. roads t. take such action as to modify
the laH and exclude from the number Of mill
tary exempts all clerks in the post offices as
vel! az certein rostmssteTs, il charge OF miner
post or csS-
Mr.. SYIra expiaur-A that his object was 70
cut dow IL 10 the very root Of the practice OF
able bodied n<n, ae-kiny al the little ten dol
lar ,uices in the Confs deracy in order to es.
|, cape military duty. It was an evil that de.
maudud attention. Strong e6le bodied men
SEEK these places, when they should be in the
isid. He wished to see all the men able to bear
arms 20 and do tho work OF men, and, if neces'
sars, employ women in the postotncas.
The resolution was referred.
hfr. PgroR introduced o bill 10 continue in
| Office Msjors and Brigsdier Generals of the
| Provisional Army. Ordered to be printed sno
| placed On the calendar, and made the specia
Q dsr for Monday next
He also offered o bill for the suppression o.
irankeaness, which WAS ordered to be printed
The House resumed the consideration Of the
| bill rrnviding for ths destruction Of cotton,
tobacco g., under certain circumstances the
previous question having been ordered, arc
Tho pending question being upon the adoption
| O. tie amendment ohersd By Mr.. BAaXsDALE
which, Cd modified By :ha! gentleman, read as
follows.
THAT tie owners oi such cotton, tobacco,
or otter property destroyed by order o.
| military col.msuderS OR such owners as saal
| destroy ,ho Same 10 the absence OF such ordel
ghen sbou,to fail into the hands OF the enemy,
| shall receive Just compensation therefor, IL
sch marnoT az shalt be hereinafter provided
Ths vote being taken, the amendment was
lost.
The ,ote was then taken s7 yeas and nays,
on the substitute of ths Military Committee,
and resulted IS follows: Yeas 81, nays ID
| So The substitute was agreed to; and was theu
ordered to be engrossed for u third reading.
Mc. -, of Tennessee, moved to recon
cider. He called for the yeas and nays, whlcn
| were not ordered.
Ths motion 70 reconsider was lost-yeas 20,
n5es not counted.
Tno question VAS then taken by yeas ano
naye, on the passage OF the bill, ahd resulted
IS to!lows-yeas II, nays II. -,
So lle bill WIRE passed, snd 7esd' as iol
lows:
A BILL to proviLe -fo7 tie destruction or Cotton,
To6qcco, and other property, whsn the same
skaN 5e about to Jal into the n Of ne
-aemy.
Tie Copgre ss Of tee Confederate States Oh
| America do enact, That it shall he tho duty o.
| Ell Military commanders, in the service OF the
| Confederate States, to destroy all Cotton. 10
| baccc or other property that may be useful 70
tho enemy, ii the same cannot be saiely re-
! .aoTed, whenever, in their Judgment, tie saio
| Cotton. Tobacco and other property ID about
| TO fail into the uands Of toe enemy.
Mr. MILEs, frou, the Committee Oh Military
! Affairs. offered u resolution instructlng the
Committee on the Judiciary to enquire into the
expedieacy of reporting a bill for the conpen-
! Fa,ion of all loyal cilizens whose cotton, to.
baceo and othsI property may be destroyed
b; the military or by themselves, to prevent
is falling into the bands Of the enemy.
Mr.. GRAY. of Texas, moved to amend, By
striking ont the words enquire into the expo
diercy," so IS make the Instruction posltive;
The yeas and nays were taken and resulted
yeas SO. nays45. So the amendment wss iost
Mr. KENsEa, Of Louisians, moved 70 amend
BY referring to the Committss OF ways ano
Assns- ~,
Mr.. CosaAp opposed the amendment The