The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1865-01-23
CONFEDERATE CONGRESS.
SENATE.
SATURDAY, January 81, 1865.

luton that the Doorkeeper be author.
izcd 70 pay out of the Senate contingent
fund postage on letters and papers ad-
dressed, unpaid, to members Of the Sc
nate. Agreed to.
Ir. Graham offered resolution, which
was agreed to, that the Postal Commit
tee inquire whether any law or regula-
ton beyond those now established is.
necessary to insure the prompt transmits
sion to the vested authorities of the
United States of letters and other mail
matter addressed to prisoners Of war in
the hands Of the enemy.
Mr.. Graham presented resolutions OF
the North Carolin. Legislature urging
tho passage of law to allow pay to SOL
diers discharged from the army on &C
count of being disabled, such as is given
to those who are placed on the retired
list but not actually discharged; also,
resolution Of the same, urging the bri-
Rading in brigsdes from their State Of all
North Carolina troops. These rcsolu-
TONS were referred to the Military Com
mittse and ordered to be printed.
Also, . RESOLUTION Of the same relative
to the expenses Of executing the con-
script law in North Carolina.
Mr.. Sparrow, Of Louisiana, reported a
bill to amend the act entitled an act to
provide aad organize general staff for
armies in the field, to serve during the
war" approved January IA, 1864. Laid
over till Monday.
On motion, by Mr.. Burnett. the Sc
~n>k~ .Ann1~oA into coorok cocc;ou
The doors being opened, it was an
nounced that the Injunction Of secrecy
had been removed from the following Sc
nate bill and Senate resolution, which
had been passed by both Houses of Con-
gress:
ga BILL TO PROVIDE FOB THE APPOINTMENT OF A
8RNEhAL-IN-CHIEP THE ARMIES THE con-
FEDERATK STATES.
"I1s Congress. Of the Confederate States Of Ame-
rico do enact That there shall be appointed BY the
President, by and with the advice and consent of
the Senate, an officer who shall be known and de-
siguated General-in-Chief, and who shall be the
ranking officer Of the army, and who, as such, shall
hGve command of the military forces Of the COME
deFate States. :.
"sxcr1ox 2. That tho act providing staff for
the general Who may be assigned to duty at the seat
Of Government ia hereby repealed, and that the
0eneral-in.Chie who may be appointed under the
provisions Of this act shall have staff not less than
that now allowed general in the field, to be assigned
BY the President, or to be appointed by him, by and
with the advice and consent Of the Senate"
Res0lred, (tke House Of Representatives concur
rimgJ That il the President will assign General Jo-
seph Z. Johnston to the command Of the Army Of
Tennessee it will, in the opinion of the Congress of
the Confederate States, be hailed with joy by the
army and receive the approval of the country"
Mr.. Maxwell, of Florida, desired to
say that he had voted against this reso-
luton for reasons which were understood
by Senator'S, and which had no reference
to its merits. These reasons having been
removed in the course of the proceed
ings, he would now vote for the resolu-
ton did the opportunity offer.
On motion, the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
The House met at II o'clock. Prayer
by Rev. Mr.. Patterson, of the Episcopal
Church.
The Chair laid before the House a
Senate bill extending the jurisdiction Of
the tax collector of the Mississippi or
Eastern District of Louisiana. The
House passed the bill.
Mr.. J. N. Smith, of North Carolina,
reported from the Military Committee
the following bill:
{" Tho Congress ertAe Confederate States 40 enact,
That the nOn.commissoned officer, musician or
private who has lost. or may hereafter lose in the
line Of his duty In the military service, arm, leg,
hand or foot, shau be discharged fom said service
upen his application therefor, and. after such dis
charge. shall be exempt from military service Of any
kind whateyer.,'
The bill Was passed.
Mr.. Miles, of South Carolina, from the
Military Committee, reported q Senate
bill to provide more effectually for the
distribution and preservation Of the eff
i. fects of deceased soldiers. Passed.
Ar. Gholson, of Virginia, from the
Judiciary Committee, reported q bill to
increase the pay of al marshals, criers,
jurors Of Confederate District Courts, and
witnesses testifying therein in behalf of
the Confederate States, one hundred per
cent, and providing that, under no cir
cumstances, shall. the compensation of
the marshals Of the District Of Eastern
Virginia exceed or fall below $1,S75 per
quarter, Or 81, 500 per annum. The bill
was passed.
The morning hour having expired, the
House resumed the consideration of the
exemption bill.
The amendment Of Mr.. Anderson, Of
Georgia, WAS, on motion Of Mr.. Garland,
O Arkansas, laid on the table-yeas,
81 nays, IS.
.r. AcAnllin, Of Virginia, offered the
following . m independent section, to
czle ID between sections q and s.:
- soe0 , s1snpted "a each county. or d;s.
~ sxsang e county, acocrdins - a. - csa,-
s = - iAe eecving sssisans. ~hs sha,i t. ner-
- y s1sM - sxpes3cnce h hsir several esii-