The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-01-04
yoSpAy MORNING JANUARY :, 1894.


coNpeprRA1 & STATES CONGRESS.
The Senate was called to order by Mr..
Hunter, Ct "a, President pro fem. Prayer
by the Rev. J. L. Burrows, OF the Baptist
Church.
Mr.. johnson, of Ga, submitted the fol-
lowing preamble and resolutions, which
were unanimously adopted:
Whereas. the campaigns Of the brave and gallant
armies covering the capital OF the Conisae.ase sc
States during the two successive years o' ioSx anu
1868, under the Leadership and command Oh Se"'
Robert e. Lee, have been crowned with glorious
results defeating greatly superior ioisss masseu
by The enemy for the conquest o. .'sse .nd
peiIin- the invadars with immense iosscs, auu
twice transferring the battle field from our country
80 tha. Of the cnenay: and aossrcts, the mastery
and glorious ashicvcments .snaetins s ,S,eve, -e,
metnoi able the fields Of the "sevea days OF great
hat,icss which raised the siege OF kichmond. as
well as those of Cedar Run, Seennd Manassas,
HaTper's Ferry, Boonsboro', Sharpsours, Winches
ter, Gettysburg, aud ChanceiiorsviHe, command
lie admiration and gratitude OF oar country: and
sohereas these and other illustriouS services rem
tered by this able comm ander since the commence
f,s;,s-ot our war for independence have especially
enies ed him TO the be,rrs of his countrymen, aud
have imposed on Congress the grateful duty of Civ
lag expression 10 their feelings: Therefore,
aes.isod BY The C.agrcss 9 the Confederate states q
.faerica. That the thanks of Congress are hereby
rendered 10 Gen. Robert + Lee and to the officers
ard soldiers of the Confederate armies under his
command, for the great and signal victories they
have won over the hosts oil the enemy. and FOR
the .neslimabe services the have rendered In de-
fence OF the liberty and independence oil our coun-
try
flesoluof, That the President he requested to
Communicates these resolutions 30 Gen. Robert Z.
Lee aud to the officers aud soldiers herein desis-
mated.
Mr.. Johnson, of Ga, presented @ memo
rial OF the Fire Brigade ofAugusta, Ga, ask
ing 10 b; permitted to organize into corps
for local defence. Referred to the Military
Committee.
Mr. Clay, OF Ala, Offered resolution,
watch was adopted, requesting the President
to inform the Senate whether the taxes have
been assessed In the Confederate States, In
conformity with law; aud if not, in what
States 1T has been assessed, and In what
States and parts of States the taxes has been
collected.
Mr.. Semmes, OF La, from the Finance
Committee, sportt a bill providing tor an
Increase of the compensation of clerks and
employees in the civil departments of the
Government In Richmond
The bill provides to increase from 1st
January, 1864, to the 1st July, 1854, the com
pensation of those employees receiving
81 800 per anndm, one hundred per cent
AID of those receiving $4,000, fifty per cent
Pending the discussion of the bill, On mo-
tion of Mr.. Dortch, Of N. c., the Senate re-
solved itself into secret Executive session,
aud the doors being reopened adjourned.
The Ho,sss met at II o'clock, and was open.
ed with prayer by Rev. DR.. Minnegerode.
Mr.. Perkins, Of La, reported from the
Committee of Ways and Means, Senate bill
10 authorize the appointment of ID Audi
tor Of the Treasury, with the recommenda.
tion that it pass. The bill was considered
and passed.
From the same committee bill was re.
ported to authorize the cancellation of GER
tain Confederate bonds and The substitution
OF Others in their stead; which was laid en-
the table.
The House also passed the bill to author
izc the appointment Of an Assistant Secre-
tary of the Treasury for the west side OF the
Mississippi river.
The hill appropriating 100000 to the
Cherokee Indians was reported back from
the Committee Of Ways and Means, with
the recommendation that Ii be referred to
the Committee on Indian Affairs; an it was
so referred.
MIR. Swami, of Tenn, reported from the
Military Committee bill to provide for
placing persons in the military service o
the Confederacy claiming to be citizens of
the United States. The bill subjects to en-
rollment and conscription all white males
between the ages of Is and IS, claiming to be |
ctizensof the United States, who may be in |
the Confederacy on and after the lst day of
May next.
AS a substitute for the above the House |
adopted bill requiring all foreigners to
leave the Confedcracy before the 1st day of
February, or to become liable to enrolment
and conscripton after that time.
Before the substitute Tas placed upon its
final passage, motion was made to adjourn
and agreed to.