Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-02-16
nONFEDERArE STATES CONGRESS
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY Y. lool'
SENATE.

Nr CI.v. from the Military Committee. re-
nor,ed q bill for retiring officers OF the army
Nv il tho President is authorized, upon the reS
concentration ct my commanding general Z"
discharge from service uny officer Of the C"ntedI-
rate States army. or Of tho provisional army, VINO
has no assignahla command or duty, or "n" -
incompetent o.: inch; lent. or who may he aoT"it
from his command or Iuty, without leav', LUIS
is no. to apply to officers who have nr:ohis ",sS,
hled hv wnund, or disease contracted ia tile il''e
uf 1ptS. the President. Insy TetirS SUN oilterS
nrnn s,u nsy. during the VIZ. or m&y assign
thhrm ~ s,,h post ~ other duty ~ they may lie
w." :, nny,nrm. Tho bill being under colsi 10
reiion. tn, sane WIS ,tiacuS eel varlously' ana
.mn5rv amendments offered. ~hich were atler-
w,rls withdrawn. The bill being OH its passage,
WIS carried by the following vct';
lEAS.--Mcssrs. Bsker, Burnett, CIEeridn'
| Clay, Dor:ch. Hill, Hunter, Lullnson of Ga >
| Johnson of Ark Maxwell, Orr, Plelan, SrmmeS'
| Sparrow, W;gfsll-l5.
Nays.-Messrs, ClNl;, Haynes, Henry, Johns
son of Mo Mitchell. oldham, R-ndo, Sin;nS,,S.
Mr.. JOHNSON. Of Georgia, wished that Inc
| vote hy which the bill was passed should DC
rrcnnsidcred. as he desired t" move M an'eiia,
,ncnt a1cmptins from the operation OF the pi
| briaalicr generals. and officers above lfM h'""e'
III. inoiiun being put. WAS re-, ctel. ,
The "apir opriation bill haTine s'ea rc'nfiiSn
from the flDuss with amendments 10 the "si'a'ea
| amendments. WAS rci,1red Il" tue
Finance.
Officers O, tho Treasury Department. was re-
t,rp.d from tina House with IFS disagreement 10
Senate amendment, increasing the compensation
Of crr,ai, clerks shove 81 800 The Senate III
sisted upou its amendment. The House had
Desired u Committee Of Conference.
Tie amendments OF the House to the Ssnate
hill 70 provide Il general st&ii Tor armies III 'no
-. .-.-N sAnl and .D ~ N nj
House hill authorizing the purchase AND pup
LEGATION OF a digest OF the laws of the Contcder-
ate States, was considered and passed.
House Joint resolutions OF thanks TO certain
Virginia. artillery companies stationed nj Drew,
rvs BluiI tnr voluntarily re.en!iS;lng. WAS rSao
and acrerl to. 4 simular course WAS Adopted ~
r,r.rJs the ISL, and I:;:h North Carolina State
troops: also the n Georgia regiment; also The
I'D Yirriu:s regiment; also llartsS battery
lismpton's Legion; also iI;th Mississippi r+gi-
Incn:. 18th aud .53th regiments I&nncS'c zee SUE
troops, and Joint resolution to print and circulate
the Presidents address tho soldiers.
Mr.. WIGrAlI. Of Texas, offered the following,
which WIS adopted:
Resolved hS the Senate, That the President be
raspacfully requested to inform this body whetl!-
ar 4. k L.awton has. since the 10Th at May, iHe'.
lcen Receiving the pay ANA allowances ot briEa
.iirr General, and if 50 under what laws, 'sitd
whether Col j. i. Gordon, OF AlhbainH lnthly
confirmed Al Hrisadierttrnera TO command Law
tons brigade. was not on "r h"ipr" SAID loth l"y
-: May. ls'i:;. appointed 10 tic coInnIaiin 81 tha;
brigude RS The successor vi BrigaI!rr General
l.lw,ou. and if not by what authority lie w"'
appointed. ,,
Senate bill to amend the act TO provide Nlilit"
~ Courts 20 attend Tic Mmy in the held, WIS
enken up AMI passed..
On motion Q: Mr.. SEMMES. tie Senate went
into secret session.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The House met at II o'clock, and Was
opencd with prayer by the Rev. DR.. Mlnn"Sc-
rode, vi the Episcopal Church.
APPROPRIATIONS Sill.
Mr.. JONES, Of Tenn called up his motion
pf yesterday, to reconsider the vote by which
Senate.
This motion was agreed TO, ana
Mr.. JONES submitted an additional amend
mont, to lnnct the EXPENSES If increase Of sal
ary in the Executive and Legislative Depart
mcnts Of the Government. The appropriation
amounts to over four millions Of dollars. The
approximate estimate for the expenses Of the
Cunscriptiun Bureau .:cst Of the Mississippi
river, amgunts tu twelve hundred ;houa md
dollars.
The amendment was agreed to.
IlARDzE's.TaCTIcs.
Mr. STABLES, on leave, made q report Non
the Committee on ~latct.ts, recommending that
tho House adhere TO its disagreement 20 Tit:
| amendment of the Senate to the House bill
granting a copyriEhs {" t'9": W. a.. Iafuc'
| and S. Ii. GoetzcI. for "RiHe and Infantry
Tactics"
The motion was agreed to.
RESOLUTIONS or THANKS.
Mr.. GEauAM, Of Texas, introduced the fol.
| lowing Joint resolution of thanks:
The Congress Of the Confederate States Ct
| America do resolve. That tho thanks Of Con-
! gress are eminently due, and. are hereby ten
,iered to the enlisted me:i of Douglas Texas
Battery, for the patriotic resolutions adopted
| Ivy them on the 18th day Of January last, and
by which they lie enlisted in the military SER
vice of the country for The wnr."
Mr.. GRAHAM said that this was the first
news he had received Of ih" rc.en(is:ins OF
the trnnrs from 'irS.'. lie aHkc! thai the
resolutions referred II b" read. They were
read ~ follows:
W. the enlisted mon Of The DouglnH Texas
Battery, ia view OF tho continued jeopardy G.
QUE country rights, the necessity for united
and untiring ~cxcr,'On un The part Of ail
SOUTHERN lltU ll uC.CilCS - b!ICSC ieiiS uii'A
i determination on our part never t. give M
the present struggle short of complete indie
| pence to our country and security in our M
tional rights, do resolve
al. That VIC enlist in the service Of the
Confederate States for the war.
az. That we repel the popular scandal
originating either in a niacDnccptinn or mlSs
representation -four present lcc!ing) in circu-
~lation, that the Army Of Tennessee is demon
allied and tending to Reorganization, and
that We call upon the regiments and compa-
nies Of this State to ~rc-cnlis: at n1cc and join
Us in contradicting .hc imputat!"n.
"3. That although cur BONES and all We
hold dear in lie arc i'll Texas. and our natu-
raj impulses Cause US to desire to be tGere in
defence Of them against the advancing lnVa-
doris, we feel It 10 be our higher duty to re-
main in tho cheerful discharge of our duty
here, s wo regard the destiny Of our sister
| Statcsthe destiny Of Texas, and we call upon
all Western men in the army to adopt u sim'-
lar course.
a.. Resolved, finally, That after nearly
three years Of hard service, wo still are DC.
ternincd to wage this war in some form, until
| the last armed Yankee is driven from the soil
Of the South, though the time intervening bc
one, two or twenty years; and That we ask the
honorable Congress the privilege of elec!iEs
our company officers"
The Joint resolution Of thanks was adopt
cd.
Mr.. SMITH. Of North Carolina, offered u reso.
| luton Of thanks to the 18th and eth North Caro-
lima troops, of Ccoke'e brigade, for their prompt-
ness i'll ro-enlisting for tho WAR. Adopted.
IWrREssXENT ELL.
MIR. HaRrRlpCE, Of Ga, asked that the
! Speaker appoint o Committee of Conference
| On the part Ut the House to c0nter with a sin.-
| liar one on the part Of the Senate, relative to
the lmprcssment Bill.
Tho motion WIS agreed to, and the Speaker
| appointed Messrs. llartriigc, Staples, and
IIinly o. Arkansas, t. constitute said COM
mittce.
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