Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-04-02


RICHMOND, March 25
Ss7satc.-Ths following senate bill was pass
ed;
Tie Congress Of the Cenfs,israts States 40 enact
That the ten year bonds and tvso year treasury
notes issued under the provisions Of au aes en-
titled ''An act % authorize a loan and the issGe
of Treasury notes, ETC. approved 10Th Nay
1861, be, and the same are hereby excepted
from the sct entitled An act TO provide for the
issue of Treasury notes aud funding the same,
approved 23d March 1863, and the said ten year
bonds and two year Treasury notes shall con
tinue subject to al the provisions Of the said
act FIRST hereinbsfore mentioned, approved l6-h
May, 1861.
Hguss-The following amsndmaut TO the as
sessnsnt bill was adopted
When the holder CT any credits, whose duty
it shall be to give IN the same for valuation,
shall have refused to accept Confederate treasury
notes in Discharge thereof, then al such credits
shall be valued as payable iu gold, and assessed
St tha market value Of gold in Confederate notes
at the time of ths assessment"
THURSDAY, March 26.-SeEGfs.-Alr Brown
from the naval committee, reported back WITH
an amendment by way Of a substitute, the bill
to authorize the Secretary Of the Navy 10 pay
officers Of the navy their necessary and actual
travelling expenses, in leu Of mileage in certain
cases.
The amendment proposed to increase the
mileage from ten 20 fifteen cents per milo.
On motion Of Mr.. Brown, the BILL as amend
ed, was taken up and passed.
Mr. Brown from the naval cOmmittcs. fs
ported back the bill TO increase the pay Of mas
ters' mates in the COniedsrste States navy from
twenty-nine to forty dollars, with the recon
msndation ihat the sane be passed. The bill
was taken up aud passed
M a. A. r-nn
/ ing bill, which was taken up, read the usual
number Of times. and passed:
I Section 1. TAs Congress Of tic C9Efsdergi
I STATES Of America DO sEGet, That the eubhC
printer shah receive the following eompeasa.
/ ton for all work ordered by either house 0l
| Congress OF any department Of the government
/ from the 26th day Of March, 1868, fo,wit: For
composition. one dollar and twenty-five cents
per thousand ems; for press work folding and
/ stitching, one doIsy and TWENTY-FIVE cents pei
token; for al strictly rule and figure work, two
dollars and fifty cents per tRoussud ems.
/ House Mr.. Herbert, Of Texas, offered the
! following resolutions, which wsTe sgraed 90
| Rssol1ed, That the committee on the medical
department be instructed TO ind Uire into and re
/ port to this house
1st. Whether soldiers confined IN tbs. 1ev
eral public hospitals, who, from wounds received
/ In battle, or from disease and infirmirV of any
/ kind, are now and likely to be hereafter o. fur
/ ther service in the army, within a reasonable
I time be discharged from the army.
I'D. Whether soldiers disabled in the public
service. who are likely 60 continue unfit for ser
vice, are not detained ct unnecessary expense
! in the services and if these grievances shall Be
/ found to exist, that the COMMITTEES report bill
to the house 30 remedy the evil'
The resolution was agreed to.
l Most OF the session wss occupied in the con
/ sidaratien Of the assessment bin.