Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-09-24
M. LUNDY vas in favor Of passing by the antsee-

nv. buNDf rasin favor OF passing " INC UNIV wv
ton. u TEsEs ~
M.BoULDIN was Opposed to pa sing BY Il
Mr. ANDERSON thought there vas no such Inability
noon oops 70 be raissd Oy this bill as suggested
by Mr.. Jones'
T House Refused to pass by the IL, sec ion. The
QUESTION cane up on Mr. R0BERTS0NS morton 10
Btrit e out 60 years aud insert 55 - ~
Mr.. HENDRICK opposed Mr. RoBIRf,ess amend
ment Men a: sixty were equal 20 The duties colt D,
plated by the BIZ. Such as were rot able NcIs be,x
emped by the Heical board.
Mr. WINSTON favored the amendment X hkfd
By the Governor elect The other day, the \ II unity
"a divided into two classes the fighting class and be
dlcing class and the latter was essential he
formsr So.
Mr., MORGAN also advocated tie amendmtnt /.
NO It'd be cruel unnecessary, aud Tor want OF 10
eqrip g en-, idle. 10 call OFT the men above %. His
eXpeence in the foot cavalry virced him d at
tho men were not equ'l 10 military duty.
Mr.. JAMES thought the age specified unimportant,
rs the boards would exempt sll unf Ter serpce But
f you want alhup 10 So put the age up to 60.
-tr. RICHARDSON said ZONE obi sctrd TO the bill be-
cause it trusted too mnch to the zone man power" Th,
ri would he ereeIed for months b. Gov Leteber
ia who,e pstfio i'm aud practical ssga,isy every orc
had fall confidence. IL would tie be axe:ut by
Gov Smith, who had robly illus Faed lis patriotism ia
the field aud bad fully justified the confidence rsps,d
VA him in the mary or iOi to W. ct h. had been cali
ed lie not AFRAID to give his full trust to both of
then.
NJ GUSTS spoke of The broken doNn condition of
the Richmond nd class militia after only three ia 5
rtice T e Governor. Aid had to gather up all the
aplbnaaces 10 e. Guy 70 them the breast
rOrss On fresh alarm.
Mr.. ANDERSON Wss not the weather very hot?
Mr GUSTS asted If they were oily 10 serve ia col
weather. A laugh Mr. C. turt err srgped HAT M
above IS we're not he for service
NJ. BROOKE fsfi, from his own excavations Will.
ia tue srr'ice and ais inquiries, men above hry
not worth more than Children for soldier Tiry,e.
olIg in the way. Thee I'D men, d wever were very
useful at home efp eily in eoultes &C .pied by &
ep'my, in taxing Gaze Of tn women and ctildrrr, Ard
pTo.ectDg TIE families CT III sol Tiers nos in the h.ld
4 Mr.. McCUE conc RED in the view o NJ. Bro,k lie.
Mr.. DEYEREE (of he armv) WAS in aver.o putir
every in the service of the State aud no eue ruan
Of aay age would Officer. The YOU'D be such a.
even old men could well render The resistance # raid
which was the main thing contemp plated r. ired oil
short terms OF service, usually ony few days at
time.
Mr.. ANDERSON Wss in Mississippi when that Sta'e
was overrun by raidrg party entirely want OF OF
gAuza ion among Lhe people lie never wanted Ia gre
sqcb Il IN Virginia. We should organize Tor tn,
ppr o-e o. Resisting ftese sxpedous OF the enemy ,r
which The people fre fully capable il ogduz,d and
armed Do h aud the RAIDS will STOP Tiiswas tie
way 10 pro Get agriculture aud production Rlidiuy
was now tie policy OF the enemy, ard is purpose VAS
70 deyisAe AMI destroy the tools Of agriculture
Mr. BROOKE was in favor of orgaDz ng aud arning
all citizens uader Giy-fye. He obi cted 10 q eater
age, as inf ctng personal hard.hps, and 20 ing stc.
benefit without any military advantage. -
Without coming TO vote, the House adjourned.