The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-06-11
COHFEDERATE STATES CONGRESS-.
The Senate met at 10 o'clock A. NJ. yester

CONFEDERATE STATES CONGRESS-.
The Senate met at 10 O'Clock A. NJ. yester-
day. Mr.. Hunter, OF Va, in the chair.
The motion Of Mr.. johnson, of Ark, 10
reconsider the vote by which was Passed
senate bill to authOrize the manufacture Oi
alcoholic liquors in certain cases, was taken
up, and after discussion The Senate agreed to
reconsider by vote OF yeas 3, noes 5.
Mir. johnson, oil Ark, then moved to
strike ont the second section OF the hi!l
which authorizes the ColamiSsary and Sur
geon Genera! TO establish distiiicrica and
employ laborerS in the same, instead OF re-
sorting to contracts il they shall deem it
more prudent 10 do so. Tnis amendment
was n lected, yeas Il. naJ' q. aud the bill was
then passed. 1t authorizes the officials nam
cal t. contrac, for supplies of liquors for the
army and hospitals or tc manufacture them
themselves, whichever shall be by them
deemed most eXpedient
On motion OF Mr. Walker, of Ala, the
Senate resolved into secret legislative Sos
sion.
Night Session -7AnrS1ay.--Aftcr the usual
recess the Senate met at 5 O'clock, Thursday
evening.
House bill to amend the first section OF
the act to organize the clerical forces Of the
Treasury Department, was reported back,
Adversely from the Finance Committee
The following bills, reported back from
the Finance Committee, were considered
and passed:
House bill concerning the salary of the
Treasurer.
Senate bill to increase the salary of the
Commissioner OF Indian Affairs
Mr.. Michel introduced a bill to authorize
the appointment Of additional officers oi
artillery tor ordnance purposes. Passed.
House bill TO amend IAN act to organic
forces to serve during the war; was passed
with an amendment
llon5e Joint resolution, to allow sick and
Wonn led officers OF the army Transportation
10 their homea, w.a considered 6nd passed.
The Senate resumed consideration cf
House bill to ra3: money to increase the
pay OF soldiers.
Mr. Johnson, OF ART, moved to rcc0mmit
Me bin to tho finance Committee With in
s.rlicfionB to them to report q bill repcaling
all paris OF every act passed at this session
whereby any increase of salary or compen-
sation shall have been made, with view to
restore our current expenditures 10 the rates
and terms at which they stood at the termi-
crate States OF America. This proposition
bcii 3 deieated-yeas s, nays 1.-the bill was
passed: Yeas II, nays &.
MIR JamiSOn introduced bill in relation
to the issuing by Government OF certificates
OF indebtedness. Passed.
On motion OF Mr. Walker, 1t was ordered
that when the Senate adjourn, it be to ten
o'clock A NJ on the following day.
The Senate then adjourned.
Hoass cT' RepseSentaftres-The House was
called to order at ID O'Clock A. NJ.
Senate amendments to House bills to
amend the act for the relief OF tax payers
.tf in To or,A i,.,o
ganize forces to serve during the war, were
read and concurred in.
Senate bill to provide for the appoint
ment of additional officers OF artillery for
ordnance duty was taken up and passed.
Mr.. Perkins, ct La, from the Committee
on Commerce, reported back Senate bill
to establish a Bureau Of Foreign Supplies,
with recommendation that it pass.
The bin was amended and passed-ayes
81, noes Z.
A bill reported on Thursday night from
the Committee on Ways and Means, to
amend the act to reduce the currency and
to authorize new issue Of Treasury notes
and bonds, was laid upon the table; and
Mr. Conrad, from the same committee, re
ported back Senate bill upon that subject,
without amendment, and 1t Was taken up
and assed-aycs IL, noes q. 1t authorizes
the States to exchange halt Of their 1'reasu-
!
new issue, at par.
Gen. John B. Clark, member elect from
the Sd district Of the State OF Missouri, ap-
peared anil took the oath to support the
Constitution Of the Confederate States.
Mr.. Lyon, OF Ala from the Committee on
Ways and Means, reported q resolution in
creasing the pay Of the DoOTkecper twenty
five per cent and OF his assistants fifty per
cent, the same to be paid out Of the cOntiR-
gent fund Of the House. Passed ayes 80,
noes IL.
Mr. Lyon, from the Committee on Ways
and M,ais reported back the bill to amend
the tax laws. aud recommended that the
House disagree with portion of the Senate
amendments. and concur in Others.
On motion Of Mr.. Chiffon, of Ala it was
ordered that when the House acjournit will
adjourn to meet at half past O'clock On
Saturday morning.
The bill to amend the tax laws occupied
the attention Of the House until the close Of
the mornings session.
Night Session, 1hursday.-The House, on
Thursday night, indefinitely postponed the
bill for the Organization of the Bureau OF
C0nscriptiOn, and the appointment Of Otli-
cers in said Bureau.
The bill to increase the compensation OF
the heads Of the several Executive Depart.
ments aud the Assistant Secretary Of War
and the Treasury, was reported back from
the Committee on Ways and Means, SO
amended as to include the chief officers Of
every bureau in the city of Richmond, in
cluding the Commissioner OF Patents, the
Commissioner OF Indian Affairs, and the
Fiist, Sec3nd, ana TAird Auditors. and to
increase the salaries OF all clerks and en-
ployees in the variou, departments in the
city CT Richmond so per cent, and ht all
osner places in the Conf ,derate States 25
per cent. The amendments wers agreed To.
Senate amendments to q bin to amend the
laws ,elatiug to tax In kind were concnrred
In.
A bill In relation to the pay Of clerl.s in
the office Of the Depository was amended
and passed.
A jsint resolution, explanatory Of the act
to increase tho compensation Of certain
civil otiicerS ani employees In the Presi
dents oiilce and in the Executive and Le