Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-01-05
CONFEDERATE STATES CONGRESS
FRIDAY, JASuAaY |, i>Ii.
SENATE,
The Senate was NOT in session to-day.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

HOUSE Ot hEfhA nm - ~ "H'
The House met At l. o'elcck.
NJ. CLArr. of Miss. offered resolution
Which YES adopted. that on and sitter Mon
de-. January i,h, the House meet al
u',:joc:. \. vi :, until the bills reported by AZ
Committee on Currency are disposed Of anl
rhu, the morning hour. setwc-n l ! and -
be decctei 20 me ordinary business OF inc
II uac.
The Senate bill 70 repeal tie "c' 70 reSn
i:,s tie destruction pr0rerty lor ml'i'af.F
NECESSITY end provide Indemnity Cor tic same
was taken w and referred.
The Senate bill to provide for the compen-
sa.ion Of certain persons therein named lcS,
tending the compensation of certain detailed
men 70 the 1t Of January, 1861 was taken
ND, and on motion Of Mr.. MILEs. OF South
Carolina it was advanced 10 third readily
and passed.
The SPEAKER laii before the House COM
ncnoation from the Secretary OF the Navy
IN relation TO the Disbursements ~ snndry
. aprr ,priations which was referred I" lie
Committee on Naval Affairs.
Mr.. SWAN, of Teun.. moved that the House
do nov al journ.
Mr. TsGrE called for the ayes and noes
and. the call being sustained, the roll was
called. -.
=, The motion was adopted ly ayes II, noes
The House then adjourned.
SATURDAY, JANUARY ., 1864.
SENATE.
The Senate met at II o'clock, was cell
Ell to order hy Mr.. HcSTEa. Of Va, and open
cd with PRAYER by Rev. d.. Burrows, OF the
Baptist Church.
The following resolutions relative to Gen
Lee and the Army of Northern sirsini. were
submitted by Mr.. JOHNSON, OF Arkansas
Whereas, the campaigns vi the nraVe az
uoltant armies covering the cGptai "' .'''
Couce !cra5e Safes during the two suv,'csSi:'
years Of 1852 and lSG3, under the lead"rShif
and command o! Gen. Robt. f. Lee, have been
crowned with glorious victories oeiea''f,
greatly superior forces masset BY the eheh'
f,r ,hc conoucat OF these States; repelling til
invaders with immense l1.ses, ana twice trans
f,rr;ns the battle field from our oSn country
t. that Of the enemy;
And, whereas, the mastery an; g!orioni
achievements, rendering forever !nemorablE
,hs fields of the Seven DUss OF Great Dat
Ties" which raised the siege vi Rici,slond, a:
we'll "A those Of Cedar Run, Second Manassas
il,rpar's Ferry. Boonsboro, oherps5urg
Shspherdstawn, Fredericksburg, Winchester
Ge,tvsiurg and Charlottesville command ths
admiration and gratitude Of oar country;
And. whereas, these, and other illustriou'
serr;css rendered by this able commando,
since the commencement of our war OF lnIe
rendence. have especially crdaaCed him to th
hearts Of his ccuntrymen. and have impose'
~, Conuresa the grateful duty OF giving ex
,,rca,:nu to their fceliuSs: Therefore,
Resolved, tg tho Congress of the Con o!e
,.,ia States Of America, That the thanks o
Congress ere due, and are hereby rendered +
General Robert F.. Lee, and to the ofi!cera an|
soldiers of the Confederate armies under b.
command for the great AID signal yictore
,l-ev have won over the vast hosts Of the enc
nv. and for the ines.imable services they hav
rendered in defence of the liberty and irde
pendence Of our country.
Resolved, That the President bc requested
to c,mmun;oa.e these resolutions to Genera
Robert +. Lee, and TO tue officers and Sol her
herein designated
The resolutions were unanimously a'!"ptoo
remark. in their favor being first submttct
ty Me-srs. JOHNSON. Of Arkansas. au'i SPAR
ROW. OF L,ui 4iana.
sir JoHssox. Of Ga. prescnted the memo
rial from the Fra Brigade Of Augusta, Ga
:.skiny tint it tc converted int" It i";ttaIi"i
for local ief.ocr. Referred.
4 bill was presented by Mr.. SEuAEs, o
L., for establishing and regulating terrific
nal commands in the Coufederacy. Referred
On motion cf .ir. !CI,ay, Of Alabama, it wa;
resolved;
Resolved, That the President he requested
- inform tho Senate whether the taxes have
been assessed in the Confederate States, ir
conformity with tue requirements of an ac
entitled "An not for the assessment end cole"
ton Of taxes" approved May lst. lsi,', and
II MT, ia &hich Of the States OF the C"nledt
ra:y have thsy not been assessed. have beer
assessed, when were they assessed, and wher
sill the assessment be completed in those sec
sion: % the Cunfcderacv no. occ,tpief 10y the
aims OF the enemy. And that iic further IN
;prn the Senate whether the taxes have bee-
collected in any, and which States Of the Con-
;ederacy; and, if not in whole what portion
of the taxes in any State, and in which State
have been collected in accordance with said
act: and when the collections of the same will
he completed in the sections Of the Confedera-
CIV. not occupied by the enemy.
Mr. SEsxEs, of Louisiana, from the Com
mittee on Finance, reported bill increasing
the compensation Of certain officers and en-
ployees in the civil departments OF the Gov
eminent in Richmond, for limited period
'rhe bill proposes to increase from lst Of Jan
nary "a to lst Of July. ga. the compensa-
Iion of the parties to be effected by 1t, when
receiving 81 500 per annum an increase ut
100 per ceit.. snd when receiving s. 900, 50
var zen ,