Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1864-03-15

OF Richmond. "a t 81
A bill to amend and re-enact sect:e rs I'd an
7th of an act for improving the navigation {
Willis river, passed January 28.h, 1917.
| A bill to amend and re -eEact an act authoriz
ing the Court of Appeals to hold its sessions q
18th, 1868.
And bill to authorize an appropriation t
pay for tobacco injured or destroyed by fire a
| TIC Public Warehouse. s
The consideration of the subject of salt wa
then resumed and continued till the hour Of ad
journment
House.-The following bills were passed il
the House of Delegates to day:
| A House bill appropriating the public reven.
ues for public purposes for the fiscal years of IS
SO a and 1864 a. M
And Senate bill to increase the salaries of ihe
Professors of the University Of Virginia, and
providing for the education of soldiers disabled
in the service.
The subject Of salt occupied the balance of the
session.
! In the Senate, on Saturday, the 5th, tie joint
! committee appointed for the purpose, reported
an address to the Virginia soldiers in the Con-
| fedeSate service.
A joint resolution was adopted by both hous
es, extending the session of the General Assem-
| bly, until Thursday next.
| A bill amending the sct authorizing the Com
struction of the Wytheville and Grayson turn>
pike, and to make branches thereof to the lead
mines Of Wythe county and Hillsboro', in Gray
son county. a
The consideration of the salt question was re-
sumed and the discussion continued The res.
olutions report ted were adopted with slight a.
/ mendment.
Adjourned
In the House, there was bat little done be-
sides considering the Salt question.
A Senate bill authorizing the Court of Ar-
peals to hold its sessions at places OF er than
| Lewisburg, was passed.
| Also, a bill providing for county levies.
The order of the day-The consideration OF
tie report of the joint committee on salt-was
resumed and contained until the recess hour.
| In the Senate, on Monday, the 7th, resolu-
| tion was also adopted nqniring what legislation
| is necessary to do justice between the banks OF
| this Commonwealth and their depostors, under
the operation and requirements of the act lately
passed by the Confederate Congress, common
! ly called the currency act.
A joint resolution was passed requiring the
Auditor of Pnblic Accounts to instruct the Com
missioners of the Revenue in the several coun-
ties to make out and return to his Office detail
ed statements of the losses of slaves and other
property, personal. and real; also, churches,
court-houses, records, and other public property
sustained by the citizens thereof from the com
Inencement of the war to tie 1st July, 1864
&c.
A bill appropriating $500, 900 to provide for
| the purchase and distribution among the people
of the State of cotton, cotton yarns cotton cloths
and hand cards, was passed.
The bill authorizing the impressment of GER
| tain salt wells, furnaces, and other property,
| was taken up, discussed, amended, and ordered
to be engrossed. Adjourned.
The House adopted joint resolution recon.
mitting the report of the joint committee to pre-
pare an address to Virginia soldiers to said COM
mittee, with instructions TO embody therein
proper reference to the recent raid upon this
city, and to have the address printed for the use
of members.
A bill was passed authorizing the sheriffs of
counties to summon posse c01aatGtus to aid in
the enforcement ofthe impressment law in cer>
tain cases.
The bill appropriating the public revenue for
the ensuing fiscal year was passed.
A joint resolution was introduced directing
the collection aud certifying of all the facts in
connection with the recent attempt of Kilpat--
trick and Dahlgren to enter and ravage Rich,
mond, and proyiCing for their Ireser vation up
on record in the Office of Commonwealth. The
resolution lies over under the rules.
| The joint resolution on the salt question was
considered until the hour of recess.
In the Senate on the 9th, the House bill to
authorize the Governor to lease q portion of
land adjoining the armory, was passed by the
| Senate to-day.
Also, House bill to authorize sheriffs to sum-
mon the posse comitatus to aid in enforcing im>
pressments in certain cases.
The Senate bill to authorize the Impress
ment of certain salt wells, furnaces and other
property at saltville was passed by vote of
ayes 27, noes 13.
Mr.. Grice offered preamble and resolution
in regard to the arrest and sentence to hard La
Dor by Beast Butler, of the Rev. Geo. NJ. Balm,
| VIM. Ii. FL. Hodges, and Rev. John H. Wing
| field, of Portsmouth, and requesting the Cow
ernor to invite the attention of the Confederate
Government to the fact, and respectfully ask
that the facts may be investigated, and if found
as stated and believed, that three citizens OF the
Federal States, if there be such In the hands of
the Confederate authorities, be held at hard la
bor as hostages for these thtee citizens OF Vir-
ginia; and if none, that three Federal officers be
placed at hard labor, and with tall and chain,
on the public streets, and held as hostages for
Messrs. Balm, Hodges and Wingfeld,
Fhe preamble aud resolution were unanimous
! ly agreed to.
rhiie report of the joint committee relative to
the exemption of State officers, was considered
until the hour for recess.
Houss-The House passed Senate bill prov>
ding for tie distribution of cotton, cotton yarns,
DC, among tbs counties of the State.
i Inc bill authorizing the impressment of cers
tain salt wells, furnaces acd other gropssty, was
also passed,
| Also, All act to prevent the destruction of en-
closures on public highways in the State.
AId an act to sanction and give authority to
the Code of 1860. Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 9th, large number Of
bills were passed, among them the following
To prevent the destruction of enclosures and
private property On public highways.
10 amend and enact the I'd section Of chap