Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-03-11
WEDNESDAY, MARCu Q, 1861.
SENATE.

The Senate was called 10 order IL u O'CLOCK,
a. NJ, by the President, Lieutenant Governor
PRICE.
The Senate lilI providing for tho purchase
If carton, cotton and WOODEN cards, &c, and
,hcir distribution throughout the State, pass
I'd by tho House with amcndmnht+, and sent
to the Senate for concurrence therein, was
taken up. Some Of the said amendments
we're agreed to md Others disagreed to:
Pending the discussion Of tic bill, MIR.
.~JouSany read the following extract from i
las.tr from: 8. LAZY, addressed 10 - member {!
the House Of Delegates, and urging the pas
sage Of tue bill:
"Fur the sake Of 1crrnry pass the card and
l,alo cotton bill before ynu I'd our;i, 20 that
we can get these needed articles right away,
or We shall soon he in old mother Ewes pre-
dirament when she wu1 turned Ut from the
hands Of the Almighty ,
The bill was then returned to the H3nae Ct
Delegates.
DIR. u. n. WRIGHT.
A preamble ard resolution, passed by the
House of Delegates in relation to the death Of
DIR. D. NJ. Wright, Of No7iulk, Va, was re-
tcivcd from the House.
MILLS rassEp.
House ILL to prevent the destruction Of en-
closures and private property OH pablo high"
WAYS. Passed with amendments.
House Jill to amend ard r~e-enact ;hc u
section If chapter ! of the CJds cf Virginia
in relation to the election Of Judges.
House bill to authorize the payment o! Il
sum Of money to VIM. }. Morgan, for 4 slave
condemned TO be hung, bus who Committed
suicide tho dag before the one fixed for his
execution.
House bill reeundins to Peter Engleman
part of Il ~licrnse tux paid by him.
House Till amcniatory and re-cnacting sec
! ton % Of chapter 10 "f the Code, 80 as to an
;horizs the employment ly the Confederate
Government Of the collectors OF taxes AMI
commissioner Of The revenue. Passed with
amendments.
CATAwBA RAILROAD COMPANY.
Mr.. RANDOLPH, by leave, introduced q bill!
incorporating the Cutawba Railroad Company
in the county Of Botetcurt.
Tue bill vas read twice by its title, CO
planned by Mr.. RAHnoLru, and, the rules
having been suspended, was passed.
LAID UroN THE TABLE.
House bill to authenticate and give author
ity to the Ccde Of Virginia, edition Of lSCo,
was laid upon the table.
House bill to anicni the 2lst section, of
chanter &C, Of the Code, in relation to the apr
p~ointment OF directors of ruilrnnd and other
internal improvement companies, was laid
upon the table.
TIE SALT WORKS.
Tie bill! introduced by MIR. CrsuILL, last
night, amending the act providing for the
production and distribution Of salt, and fixing
the salaries Of the clerks, ,Nc., engaged III the
Salt Works at Saltville, was taken up.
Mr.. GRlCr offered an amendment, which
was agreed to, that the salaries OF faid clerks,
&C., shall be paid in such funds rs may be
receivable in payment Of public dues.
The bill was then amended. the blanks fill
cd, and the bill p~asscd-ayes IS, hoes l-Mr.
DULANEY.
surERINTENDENT or SALT WORKS.
Tho Senate then proceeded to the execution
Of the joint order, having for its object the
election of n superintendent of the Salt Works.
Mr.. FRAZER nominated the present incun-
bent, Col. John N. Clnrkson.
The House of Delegates was informed OF
the readiness Of tho Senate 10 proceed with
ths execution Of the joint order. 4 message
was subsequently received from the House
tba. thew were ready to proceed with the cleo
ton. and that Col. Garrison and Claiborne
L. Mason wero in nomination for the Office Of
superintendent Of Silt Works.
Mr. CHRISTIAN, Of Augusta, supported the
nomination Of hir. g. +. Mason, SIS . man dis
tinguished for efficiency, energy, and honesty
in the discharge of every public duty. Mr..
G. could not support Mr.. Clarkscn, whatever
his merits otherwise. simply because he was
the exponent Of q policy, now ~inaugurated in
Virginia, for the almost unlimited Impress
ment of private property-not for Government
uses alone, but for Government speculation
a policy which he (.Mr. CuRisTGAN,) believed
would entail q heritage of trouble Gil the
State.
The vote was then taken and resulted rs
follows: For JJhn n. Clarkson, 80 for c.
r. Mason, /, viz:-Mcssrs. Christian Of Au-
gusta, Guy, Dulaney, and Johnson.
Joint yute with the u2use Whole humber
Of votes cash, llG necessary to 2 choice, *;
Ginrks0n received l2l, Mason l2-scattcrinS,
l..
So j. n. Clarkson was declared to be duly
elected superintendent of Salt Works for one
year.
CAMP LEE.
Mr.. LEWIS. from the select committee az
pointed to inquire into the alleged abuses
practiccd upon conscripts at Camp Lee, made
Il report that the quarters at Camp Lee are
dry and well cleaned, and remarkably healthy:
The committee had every facility furnished
them by the officers in command, yet they
could not ascertain that any abuses existed, or
had been practiced, and they heard Of no COM
plants on the part Of the soldiers. \ scar
c4tv of good Good existed for a short time in
the early part of the winter, but the lefcicn-
cy had since been supplied.
XEDIcAL COLLEGE 81 VIRGINIA.
The President informed the Senate that he
hsd received 9 communication from the Med
ical Faculty, inviting the members of the