The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1863-01-29
! CoLuspls. SCI:
|, January 24lli. / aaa. q.

'sst 90 Janpary 24tl,s 1S63.slJ ~
Ny Dear Er--1he House il going
ohSapidJy with the caiendas. and we are
trying toget through with the businsss
by Saturday. xMr. Bowen inlrodncecx \
new BiItto-day from The Committee of
Ways and Means. gnaranteeing thirty
four millions of Confederate Bonds.---
This is the sh2te Of South. Carolina ont
Of FIVE hnndred millions which the
Confederate Congress viii propose for
the States to endorse, leaving on, Ken.
lucky and Missouri. The Confederate
Government has already made arrange.
men,s to'sell these Bonds in Europe for
seventy,seven cents on the dollar, which.
with the exchange, will make them
eqnal to one hundred and tifly per cent.
Yesterday the House wns on the eve
of appropriating two hundred thousand
dollars for thel assistance of soldiers in
returning home from Virginia ] had
the matter, postponed. and to-day sub
Ditted resolutions in lien of the report
Of the Military Commit ee. My reso>
u,ions were adopted hy the House and
sent TO the Senate. They propose that
the Governor shall appoint an agent
who shall reside in the city OF Rich
mond and attend TO the getting Of
soldiers pay, passports, transportation,
railroad tickets, DC. lie shall also
take care that the sick aud, wounded
soldiers are properly attended to in
Petersburg and at other points. In or.
der TO do this, he may employ necessa-
~ assistance. y The Governor is to
furnish him with necessary fm!s. The
great want Of the sick soldier in Rich~
mond returning home, is information
how TO get his paw. his passports, &c.
Yesterday Mr.. Yronan's introduced
string Of resolutions, rcqnesling the
Confederate Government 70 send off all
foreign consuls. in, ,Snnii s..s.'li.s. ue
made a very able speech. l said ]
thought we hsd better let ihe Confade.
rnie Government manage our foreign
relations, as they know mare abou,
them than we did. The resolutions were
opposed hy Trenholm, Dawkins and
i'escot in very admirable speeches aud
defeated. .,
The C"lumhit Canal has been leased
TO lhe Confederate "Goycrnm.n Mt f0r
fifteen wears. They arc erecting q great
powder woI ks here. aud are actually
maki"g powder. The RiclrIand dele
CATION offers the lease. and wished The
State TO give the Canal 10 the. town .oi
Columbia.
MIR. Wallace Thompson introduced a
Bill TO make the owners ef negroes
liable for sheep, hogs. DC, which ihcir
negroes might steal. lie and Dr.
SIfroyls argued sthe question:; and The
Dr.zca,aicd the! House with him.. The
slsAl .Provi.ied that the con, ic,ion. of
the negro should be Conclusive reaius,
the owner, Tiis killed the Bill. il
would be a good law TO make the own,
ers Of hrgfos and dogs Ii,.b'e fos all
'resnasses of this nature, which they
may commit. ~ -, - -,
The extortion Bill camo M 10 .dav
and Mr. feadon made mos, anai,,a,
ed speech in favor Of il. ". insisted,
ihatthe farmers, who were selling. tlveir
provisions at such exhorbi;ant prices.
vere, the worst. and meanest of exlor.
tioners, and wished he had a whip of
SCORPIONS To lash the ra.eals around thc
world. Whilst our popr sol,Iiers were
fighting for slayery. the slave holders
were selling sise praducis of those slaves
ut exhorhilant prices 10 srfses s~ises..5 and
children f tho esoIdiers. -
s." | had the pleasure Of an Introduction
this evening TO the Bishop, Rev. Gen
eral Polk, and was yer, much s,rukc
with his appearance and manners. lie
and Col. DeTreSiIfs were at West Poini
logetler, and hal not seen each other
for forty years, ,iilI they met in The cars
al Grecnviile this morning. The Gen.
era, passed through the town. | Insist
ed on his staying and seeing our Legis.
lature. lie saia he was Fastening back
to his command iirthe West. lie had
been two years without seeing hi> FAM
lily till he met them the other day in
Asheville. B. +. i.
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