Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-02-24
UOEFeDaa4Tg STATES CONGRSi
MnanAy, February %, 1868.
SENATE.

SENATE.
The Senate met at l2 o'clock NJ. lion. Il.
NJ. r. Hunter in the Chair. Prayer by Rev.
DR.. Moore, of the Presby terian Church..
rRlNTlNG THE LAWS.
Mr.. BURNETT introduced a resolution 10
s!ructing be Committee on Public Printing
TO inquire into the propriety of printing ten
thousand extra copies of the laws Of the Pro-
visionsl Congress. Adopted.
7ELEGKLPH COMPANY
Mr.. Oan introduced hill to yest in the
Government, ~ part of iLs postal system, all
the right If tho A erican Telegraph Com
psny in the telegraph limos within the Con-
federal States, and provide for the workiDg
Of the came Referrod To the Committee on
Post Office.
COMMISSION CT MIHORR.
Mr.. SPARROW, FROM the Military Committee,
to which was referred tho House bill to allow
minors to 10 cLm:nissi oned in the army, re-
ported tho same lack and recommended
il ought not 10 ra,s, II tho ground that no
SUCH legislation Was nccesssry, the authority
already existing to commission miuOTs:
ENDORSEMENT OF rGrrsSrY.
AlT, 1iIt., lcOiN Viz CuiHhltltto Ol llIc Uu-
dietary, reported q bill 10 authorize the i'm
presinrnt Of propsr:y, g.. Placed on the
calendar.
MILITARY COURTS.
Mr.. HILL, from the snme COMMITTEES, to
which was referred bill authorizing an in
crease of tho military courts Of the army,
reported bill providing thnf, in addition to
the military courts now authorized by law,
the President lie authorized to establish such
new courts rs III his opinion the exigeucies OF
the case msy require Placed on the calen-
dar.
Nc. SpAuRow, from the Committee on Mill
ts,y Affairs, asked that tho committee be
discharged from the further consideration Of
the bill in regard 10 Tho issue Of clothing to
officers. Granted.
Mr.. DAVIS, of N. O., offered resolution
requiring the Committee on Military Afrrs
tc inquire into the oxpsdisncy OF so amend
ing the existing laws, that privat=s from any
States ealiatcd in regiments from other
States, may be transferred to regiments OF
their own Statea without thu consent OF their
company or regiD entail commanders.
Mr. DAVIS said the orders ISSUED by the S.
creisry of War, requiring the consent OF Off
GERS io transfaIs, virtually nulhfiod the law
Tho regimental and company commanders
would not grant transfers, because they de
sired to keep their commands AZ full So poa
sib!c and thus it was almost impossible to
carry out the design Of the law.
The resolution was adopted.
THE EXEMPTION BILL
The con si,lurrtion Of TIM bill defining who
ohon la fran, tnitttur1 p.ng
resumed
A variety Of nmendmensH weto inside, ard
tina bill perfected and put on i.a passage -
Before it was red third time, On motion,
the blu was ordered 20 be printed.
The Senate thnr wen, into executive ses-
aiop.
[Whln si:e clause IN rcfrfnncn t. the exeup-
ton uf edit0rs was under considerations, n lne,n
| Der. W hose chief husnesG on the door is, appa-
rcntiy, to collect material for his next political
campaign, t0lk OCCASION TO expr.s IS his views
concerning the value of the Press and its re-
| lation TO- the public welfare and advance
mept He did not consider it had any more
claims lor consideration than grocery. 1t
| is true the gentleman paid it q high compll-
inent from his stand point OF appreciation,
| aud it would have been still moro laudatory
| had ! c specified particular hind OF grocery;
hut tbs rDpArier fol- little hurt nt tho Al
tack on tho Crest Engine with which he Las
the honor 10 no connected in IN humble CO.
| pAcisy--ai'd particularly 60 when tho gentle
msu attacked the reporters in the Srnnte,
and charged them with ircoInpctency. The
writer only Processes 20 DO kind of DRIFT
wood esther n tho shores OF Time, aud
1 ~, al ,,i,nrSlf fnrfnnafn ir from tho
boiling a,:l ioanipg stream, he can "ccs-
sioEaiiy extract even piece Of lightwnod to
| ilnme tho cabin OF :hs poorest in the land
and if tho gentleman has not been made par
| ticuIarly pTmn:nun: in tlioas labors, ne must
remember that il IS no part Of our duty to
| bring to shore tie swollen animals and OBJ
bling chunks "A they DRIFT toward the open
sea Of oblivion.
"Whals the uso Of the Press!' be asked with troHn
That he tried to make dark but failed, &c snppase,
R-csusa Of bis face being bright Hll around,
by tie hrsIns of that brilliant Bardophian nIse.
Whs,s the lac, said oil squinss, he witnessed ire
At the Giant Of Thought by this pigmy 10 iustiau
WHIP. OCCASION inry call out this great CULVER
To prevent you some day from sponta Eecus corn.
bu8on.
btD lOhot ID
that certain dignotaries ara like packages
dropped in tie streets on the lst Of April,
who arc found to he nothing but trash when
thu newspaper envelop is taken from them.
But, alas! how unsra tefll is man:
Like the hog as he ,.rs5s naath the monarch nj
To psrtske of the treasures 30 beautifully shed,
Ike ps his noes to the ground, and never once sees
I'll, gannr3ns hand shake the bOughs Ger his
head.
REpoRTEa.l
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The House met ct l2 o'cl cts. There was
no clergyman preaont
ARREST or SOLDIERS WITHOUT LEAVE.
Tho Chair announced the first business in
order to be "an &C: to provide for the arrest
Of soldiers absent from treir commands
without leave, and providing compensation
fIr their captors," which bill had been re-
rorte from the Committee on Military At
fairs by Mr. M,Lts, aud Mr.. PERKINS, Of Ln.,
had moved the indefinite postponement of
the bill, and the yeas and nays had been or
dered on tho motion.
The bill was lost-yeas Is, nsys 10.
Iha oitl WIGS moi poalponeo-yFas %, nays
10.
Nv MlLrs moved tn strike out, in the 18th
ino of the Sd section, the word "ffteen" and
insert "thirty," az tho reward for the appre-
hension of those ahscpt without leave. Lost.
Mr.. ORocEeTT, Of Ky. moved to strike out
the whole of the third section.
He was oppoaed to the whole Dill. Sd ca =
culalirg to heap Disgrace upon the officers
and soldiers of the army, who generally had
a contempt for civilians; and if an attempt
WAS made 10 arrest them, they W ould resist
and bioodshcd wo&ld be the conss quence-
Destroy tho esprit du corps Of the army,
and you destroy tho army itself. An officer
would feel cverlsstiugly disgraced 10 be
dragged back 70 tho army bys man who had
never been in The eervice.
The motion Of ar. CsocEETT was not agreed
to.