Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-03-11

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~nesduy,) at $ p'clo'.k. ,ho
Senate took Il recess until $ o'clock, /. NJ
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
The lluu.c met nt ten O'clock.
The Senate i"int resolution lnstrnctlhG 'Ic
Auditor Il pubiir .\t."nnts to Obtain cer,h'h
~infcrmatiyn in relation TO l0ssea, sustained! ny
citizens from the enemy, from the Commission
crS Of tho lteveGuc. and to communicate tue
same 10 the General Assembly, WAS Reported
amended. on motion Of MIR. RAYMOND. OF Ma
riOn, 81 Us 10 include tie names rG the owners
Of property destroyed; and pending its further
consideration,
The order Of the day. htin. the bill t. pro !
vide shoes. blankets, AZ, 10. the settlers ii
Eircin;a, MS. taken W.
This order'was thea, On motion. postponed
to permit the consideration Of the SUBJECTS
whic. fellow:
Mr.. SrAIL.tS presented IL petition fr'm tw"
hundred ~su'i.ers in Lon gs;ree,'s =. command,
asking ~ IL allnwa,! 10 Vote for officers III the
coming county elections; and, in order u sc.
c~t?crate action, lie moved that u special CONS
mi.cc be Instructed TO hrins III a Lii 7" that
effect, tie Ill -: present hoi0rc tho House
Oh the subject beirG in the bands OF The prln'
ter. Agreed to.
On motion IL MIR. WINSTON, the bill alluded
70 WAS ordered To lie withdrawn FROM HE frln'
ter nrd returned to the Clerk.
The address Of the General Assembly to
the ~snI,l,ers of Eirsinin, with the ariend>
ments Of the Senate. including allnsi"n TO the
recent raid around l;ichm0ad, and the dia-
bolical designs of Dah!yrcu and his NINA
especially, wa' taken up. The amendments
were agreed IT,, and Is Joint resolution Mss
adopted to publish the address.
MIR. MAcRcpER offered Il resolution inviting
General Rruxton Bragg 10 a privileged seat
in the House, which wrs adopted.
Mr.. BAKER offered the following preamble
and resolution:
Whereas, the arrival. within Confederate
lines. Of tie ii>trtssci family Of the deceased.
, establishes beyond question the newspaper
amour remc,it Of the execution. by The Fcde-
raj au.ilJri:irs-in rfr,iie:icr IL tho sentence
Of u military Gmuission-2f DR.. David u.
Wright, in tho city If Norfolk, Oh the 23d
day OF October, l>tn:. And whereas, 1t Is tic
ard proper that Yirgin!a should place upon
permanent record her high appreciation ii a
son, whose couIsge. zeal aid Devotion marxed
with blood The iisSt effort to establish upon
her sol! al equality OF races, AND introduce
INFO eur midst the leycling dcgma5 Of L false
and prctcrL II civilization,
Be il resolved W the General Assembly Of
Virginia.
l.. T::lt in the death Of Dr. Wright, this
! Commonwealth recognizes another addition 10
! tho long and iliustrlcus catalogue Of martyrs,
whose stern, intl.xib!e Devotion tn liberty have
rendered hcr,iu the history Of the people oil
the present struggle.
. JI.I 49,. H.. ,,.j,.t .r,I,r.n ,yii.l IIr.
siaia c,.n offer to his memory, SHE would ear
vcnd tine %c,lennv's ~linc>--to initiate his exam
PIE and emulate hi. high resolve.
.. That the Governor cI the State he re.
qutstei To trausmi. u c"ry Of this preamble
End these Resolutions t" the trniiiy at DR..
Wright, together with ASSURANCES u the sIn-
cera rvmpathy Of tlie General Assembly.
The preamble and RESOLUTIONS were agreed
tc.
Nr. EuwwGLL otTercl Il resolution, which
WAS 70, appointing Il special c"L'mittea
10 confer with tue Secretary Of War upon the
propriety nC granting lurlmIgLs, during the
sessions of the General Assembly, 10 such o.
fcers uaI ~privates in the military service al
the Confederate States Ii may be members Vi
the General Assembly, and that this Commit
tee have right t. ACT during he recess Oi The
General Assembly.
Mr. WALTON submitted JOINT resolutions
rom the Committee Oh Publ; Printing, au-
,horiz:ng the settlement of the accounts OF
WIN. F. Richie, Public Printer, which was
amended, on mutiun If Mir. PENDLEToN. - rs
to require said printer 10 account, III kind,
quality, and quantity, FOR State paper USED BY
him Cor other ~purIrv5ca Than iur the State, anu
passed.
Mr.. STABLES, from the Special Committee
appointed for the purpose, reported Il bill t.
enable soldiers tn vo;c i0r Officers i'll county
elections, IL Il sub+ti:u:c 70 the :icin!IG bill on
the subject, last withdrawn by order Of the
iIyusc from The printer. lt amends the existing
law On the su!iect 80 Gs Ia allow soldiers, who
are u~uajiied voters cl the Commonwealth, TO
vote for their county officers, whether they (die
voters) be within tic limits Of The State or
net.
Ga motion oC Atr. PEaDLLT0N. tho suhFt:.
tute was amended ~ - 10 permit refugees
from counties in possession Of 'lie public enc
nv, to vote for officers for s:!;d c~cnai:ea, III
whatever county nr ~crrE"la;ion they may lie
at the time If election.
Sumo discussion clrsucd on this proposition,
its opponents cpntaniinS that il would only
clrct nominal naicNrs and take men nut OF the
army, ms Justices &c, when there was no
chance Of their getting to their counties at any
definite period, or doirg them any service
Whatever. Ga the other hand it WAS contend
I'D that the Organization Of the civil Offices OF
tho State should hc complete, in order, when
the time dill come tor Virginia to resume her
sovereignty, in whole Or in part, over tho
c~ounties Now in possession of the enemy, that
the officers thus legally elected should dis
place st once The ilicumbents unIer the usur-
ned Government, and restore, without delay
Or difficulty, the original state Of N lirs.
The substitute, ~ an.cndGd, WAS then pitt
10 the vote and !rst-ycas -, nays -.
Tie original bill, which is almost identical with
tho original substitute, WAS tlan considered.
pending which. the i0int order of the day, Dei;g
tLa election y. :. superintendent for the supply Of
salt. WAS taken up.
Nr. RAYMOND, of ~liraSton, nominated John
y. Clarksor. the present Incumbent.
Mr.. MCCuE Eominmicl Claiborne r. Mason,
Of Louisa.
After various speeches on the merits Of the
candidates, AMI general personal cSplautioas. in
vulving 10 considerable extent the questions
c9mprrhcndcl ia The iii cussiun OF the general
sui .ct, the vote WIS taken vii the following
result: J. n. Clarkson, 81; William King (of
Lynclburg) II; G.. X Mason, II; A. X. Hol.i
day, !.
The pint vote WIS duly ANNOUNCED, md j. w.
Clmkson WAS declared superintendent.
The House the, took u recess until : O'Clock
P. ii.
CONGRATULATIONS ORDER.
ilp'Q9s DEPARTMENT OF RlCHNoND,
March $, loGl.
GENERAL Orders,
no. ~.
The Major General commanding congratu-
lates the troops upon their completely Sue
| rn.ufrl .Icccnnn OF thn ..ilu n' Rinhmnrn anl