Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1864-02-16
Jstuuary 7, loo7'77f'
CON FEEDER TIE States coNGRE IS

Tn the Senate. on Saturday, the 9th, the bill
to provide for the auditing and payment O
claims for property destroyed, was rejected
The House bill 10 provide for the issue OF certih
Gates of intares7 ON the registered bonds OF tht
fifteen million .oan was passed. me senate
then resolved into secret session.
Ii, the H3us,, the bill to appoint an Agen
of the Treasury Department, fer the Trans III Is
sissipp;. with salary of 81. 900, was passed al
so the bil, to compensate those who have hith
erto perfo uled Staff service By order OF thei
superior off cers. 1ae
The hills I D create General Staff for the ar
my. and the bill to repeal an act to regulate th
destruction OF property under military necessity
and to provide for the indemnity thereof, Wer
postponed nde tnits ~. :.
The bill to re, real the com mutation TO 9th
GERS offuel, fors, ,e. room rent, &c, was takel
up, but subsequoi tly recomnsittsd.
A resolution OF thaHks to fha 10th Mississip
pi Regiment, was unani mously adopted.
The House then resolved itself into eecre
session.
On Monday, the Sch, the proceedings of both
Houses of Congress were devoted exclusively
to the death of Hon. John A.. WILCOX, of Texas
Appropriate and rouc hug eulogies Of the life arc
character of the decs Ased were dlvered by Mes.
srs Sexton. Srtitl, OF n. c., McRae, Atkins
Jones, in the H3use; aud by Messels. WIgfall,
Phelan and ifeD y, in. the Senate.
After the &C aclusion of these proceedings.
both bodies a, ,;c mpanied the remains to Holly
wood Cesnete ry. where they received the last
sad tribute OF respect.
In the Senate. on Tuesday, the 9Th, the open
session was cons meG in the reading of an eiab-
crate argument by Mr.. johnson, of Arkansas
in favor of the proposition to limit the term of
office Of Cabine officers.
In the House, motion was entered to recon-
slider the vote b 7 which the bill to organize
General Staff 70, the army, was laid on the ia
BILE few days ago.
The Committee on Claims report bill to
provide for auditing and paying certain claims
against the Confederate States, which is in the
nature of quasi Court of Claims in each State.
This bill is desi med to supersede the Eecessi-
ty of referring each particular claim to Con-
gress for more speedy settlement.
Tce House then went into secret session.
Ia the Senate, on Wednesday, the 10th, sever
al bills were passed by the Senate, ia open ses-
sion-one, Senate bill designed TO promote the
efficiency of cavalry of the Confederate army.
TIE Senate will hold night sessions for the resi-
due of the session.
The House, Tuesday night, passed the Ap
preparation bill with the amendment of the Sen
ate.
On Morday. bill was Iassed TO provide for
holding elections for Representatives in Congress
frsm Arkansas.
A bill was * ported from the Committee on
Public Printing, with Recommendation of its
passage, to prov ide for the printing of aDgest
of laws of the Confederate States, up to the
close of the present session of Congress. But
after long debate, the House resolved itself in
to secret session before taking action on it.
Aft resolving itself info secret session the
House passed bill increasing the price of com
mutation of rations for sick and wounded sol
ders in hospital, to $3.50.
A Joint resolution W as also passed declarin G
the niesning of the act allowing hospital ac-
com1nodations to officers to be not only medi-
cal attendance bat lodging and subsistence.
A bill was pas SCI to allow officers Of the
Navy on duty, rations, quarters aad fnel, or
as is now extended to off1c, rs
of the army.
The vote BY which the General Staff bill fsr
the army IN the field was rejected few days
ago, was recons Tered.
In the Senate, on Thursday, the 11th, moth
ing of Importance Was done in open session.
The House CO. tinued in open session some time
Resolutions of thanks to various organizations
of troops who have re-enlisted for the war.
we're unanimously adopted.
A bill was pass appropriatipg $4,000 for
the publication and purchase of 1000 copies OF
a Digest of the Laws cf the Confederate st tcs |
An amendment to the Senate bill providing |
General Staff for the armies in the field, so to
piye Surgeoas on the Staff of Generals the as
Simulated rank with the pay and allowances OF |
a Colonel Of cavalry.
The Ii ,use also passed bills to provide for the (
compensation of horses lost, killed, captured CIR
disabled in the service Of the Con
fe6erate States and the bill 10 authorize the
inapressneut of ineat for the use of the army
under certain circumstances.
A man may have thousand acquaintances,
and not friend among them. Ii you have
one true frierd, then you may think yoarself