Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1865-01-19
confederate states Congress-
sEcoND CoNGEEea-sESoND SESSION.
SLNArE.


MtpNEsDAY, january ~, 1865.
The Senate met at - NJ, the Nick-IEtsipLAi ih
P.ayvr Oy thy Rev. IN. Read, .Oi she Presbyterian
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ON motion OF Mr WALKEB, OF Alabama, the
al,Hy-c yI Tie lvv, OF ia, senate vas cNtcuutd 20
5,,.,. Eui La,i uin;es uarins his stay IL tht
ar. SPARROW, of Louisiana. submitted the fol-
yAlu- iesgiuuou, when Sagfeedto:
i.,....u. Tat Jhu rTesidru Uc requested 10 com
.uuic..c 10 tae eu0,c tue Information asked IOr
q tLy r,syIut;on OF tne Senate adopted III Noyem-
,gr .J, 40 TO EuIuUcr ci persons IN tSch State
.S,u,..yd non. military service by reason Ui being
.l..u.l ~ state CiuccIs ana SisO Tic iurLCr lniUr
.aaJtu ia IcsFOSc TO tLe resolutions OF de senate
i tul STA OF NU'cmuer last, rs 10 the number o.
saiit.Ji. aul desIIls 4UT cApresss Geographic and
ruua conn yule>, 90, which Tx Chci VI tbs bureau
D., Consumption STAGED IA MS letter communicated 10
- >-Lutv ia pJrt response 10 said resolution, vas
inca lVag procured.
slr.uAA Iii, OF Fla, submitted tie following
.esol-uyu, which WAS osrcod 10:
A,sc,C,o That the Coi4Iuittee on tue Judiciary in
,u.re into JDu eSped:euc! Vi authorizing tie pay
.ttu 10 prisoners tie hands Of the enemy 10 be
I..Nu uy parties properly empowered to ORA" the
same
M. BURNETT, OF ny, submitted tie following
.es.uuyU, winch Was agreed to:
E-sy.c.G, That tLc President Of the Confederate
tt,s furnish 10 the Senate tiv amount and Kind o.
ul ..tuuce aud clUtung furnished 10 officers Oh duty
l Tue Gle, Oi Richmond IUT the last twelve months,
,ltu "a taUle showing the names vi tic Offices SUP
died and the duties 10 which they are assigned.
nj. BEENEII stated ti.ot the impression among
lac officers m the held was shat the officers On dutJ Ia
ue city ut Richmond were preferred III the distri-
utiUu oi clothing ami TdtIOus. II was on account o
he dissatisfaction arising from tins impression that
induced HIM to Uier the resolution
MI. JOHNSON, Of Mo, from the Committee Oh
indian Affairs, reported back House bill amcnda-
ry OF the act 10 provide Tor the organization OF the
Arkansas and Red River superintendent ot Indian
Auars, To regulate trade aud Intercourse with the
Indians therein, ana TO preserve peace on the iron
,icr approved April 9Th, le62. The bill was read
the third time and passed.
Mr.. OLDHAM, OF Teas, introduced bill 10
amend an act entitled an act ~ impose regulations
upon the foreign commerce Of the Confederate
states, 70 provide for the public defence, approved
February 9Th, 1854.
TIE bril- Ma referred to the Committee on Con-
merce-
a luessa9e having been received from the House
= Representatives ANNOUNCING the death ct the
don. SNpeJS ii. MORGAN, late areprescutatiye from
,hc state OF Texas,
Nj. WIGFAEL, OF Texas addressed the Senate,
lsylug 81 feeling tribute TO the memory OF The dc
eIed, gnd ia conclusion submitted the following
resolutions:
K.soir.d That the Senate has received with deep
feasibility the message from the House OF Repre-
.cntatiyes, announcing the death ofthe Hon SIMPSON
IL. ,ECAN, late rePresentativeiroln the state oi
Texas.
R,s..-ed, That the Secretary be directed to COM
uuuicate a copy 81 the tOreg Omg resolutions to the
.Jmily the deceased.
Es.gICld, That. ia token of respect for the mem
RS ot the deceased, the Senate do now adjourn.
The resolutions were seconded hy AesSrS. Henry,
81 Tennessee, aud StNMES, OF Louisiana. with ap-
propriate remarks, when the resolutions were
,doptei, aud the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE or REPRESENTATIVES,
Tie House met at the usual hour-the SPEAKER
q tt Chair
Prayer by tue Rev. Nj Patterson, of the Episco-
pal Church.
CONGRESSIONAL pESERTERs.
Mr.. CIT SkEY, ofTcnn., offered a resolution that
the Committee ou4.lccuons inquire into aud report
-pOn the cNpedeucy OF declaring vacant the seats of
tlch OF the members OF the House as have abSented
themselves from the same with the purpose of not
returning TO the discharge Of their public duties
Adopted.
The CHAR announced the special order to be the
oil Co hay an
ADDITIONAL TAX OS TOBACCO AND COTTON
The resolution OF Mr. MARSHALL, Of Kentucky
to rccommit the bill with amendments to the Com.
mittee of Ways aud Means, with instructions to re-
port IN lieu thereof bin authorizing the seizure BY
she government OF all the cotton and tobacco in the
CUniederacy aud to provide for paying at some fu-
ure day, the owner of the same Just compensation
therefor, was taken up.
Mr.. HILTON, of Florida, having the floor, paid a
high compliment 10 the ability, spirit aud hope
which characterized the speech of the gentleman
from Kentucky in advocacy OF his resolution. He
begged leave, however, to differ from hm.as to tile
policy of adopting il. 1t would take according to
his estimate al least two billions OF dollars TO pIIr-
chase all the cotton aud tobacco in the Coniederacy
and Consequently in order TO raise this vast amount
the government would be necessarily compelled to
deluge the country with paper money.
Mr.. BALDWIN, Of Va, earnestly advocated Mr..
MARsHALL's resolution. He said that rumors had
reached Congress that parties in certain States
willing 70 treat for peace independent Of the COM
mon Government and lie therefore desired that il
should 60 forth TO the country and the world-that
the Contederacy now, Us at the beginning of the
struggle Tor independence, is unit. lie could
speak Ter Virginia, and could say that she now
willing 20 give her means freely she had given
her sons. Mr.. b., during his scenarios, alluded to
the fact that member from of the cotton States
had threatened Yesterday to resign if the resou-
ton under consideration prevailed, and that no
gentleman from that section had yet endorsed it.
Mr.. ECHOLS Of Ga, interrupting, said that, be-
ing referred TO BY the gentleman from Virginia, he
would repeat what he said on yesterday, viz that if
tie policy Of the gentleman from Kentucky was
adopted aud every man IN the country YVES 10 lie
taken by the nap oil his neck and summsTily landed
IN the army, and al the property 70 to placed in
the hands OF the government, that lie NcUt1 resign
and return 10 his constituents.
Mr.. ORR, Of Mississippi, said that bot, himself
and Mr. SIMPSON, Of South Carolina, had promptly
euites - the proposition Of Mr.. MARSHALL relative
to the seizure of cotton.
Mr.. LYON, Of Alabama, said that he was willing
to 60 as far even as the gentleman from Virginia
upon the subject.
Mr.. LESTER, Of Georgia, asked IL Mr.. BALDWIN
did net remember that Georgia statesman made