Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1865-01-20
cayFhieEgATE STATES EeEaR&ss
Re-, coNaREss.--2p SEssioNl
TUESDAY, JAN. II, ls6s.
SENATE.

TUESDAY, JAN. -, is"f'
SENATE.
Tho Sspste was called 10 ordeT 1T :"aiSo
O'Clock H., .Vice prssidsns STkrHta5 Ia 'n'
Chair. ;..z -. .s;l;-
..ru A ff.irs. reported back Senats bill, Wish
smsndmsnts to House amendmonsn, snlhc-
linz the President u appoint CON- a'ishi onsSa
for tbs exchange of rriHonors. TIA Various
smendmsnts we're aErsaa %, assd .ll'a i',!!, hs
| amended, passed. -,
Mc. SrARRow also 1ep5y!tI Lack, ~ish
| amendments, House bill Tor tho rsofi::eis2a'
ton CT companies, regiments aud cats'i'i;r'
and asked that the bill and gnoadiheh'b os
/ printed.
:la, ,an,rt.d back Sonata bill, wi'h &!u27 o.
| ,sn,ti 10 House .smepdments. sctb"t2'nf
n.r,,6anjers Ct reserves in zach STATIC 10 O. d:I
u.nsrcl courts martial, AND 20 rtTi:o tl,s pro
ce.djnss Of courts martial sad ,"':4l"s.!
courts.
Tho bill, as ameod,d, VIA ras'rl-
Seusts bill entitled On act - lhoTa@an ;!'1
maximum rates Of ocmVaosa:icn allowed 70
railroad companies f., transportation oI
tue mails O! tie Confederate Stateg, VIA tlsr
taken up, read third time and passed. Its
bill IS nassed reads An follows:
tfhe Congress of lie OnnfcdbrH!a Ssa:c" 81
Amsriaa do enact, That 90 tGua;, o ter 81
section o., an act, approved Msy 9.h. lh"l 81
fixes The maximum ratsa Of cuinPaNsA,%U
that may be allowed 70 rRilraad com Ean':H
fer tho REORGANIZATION Of the Ccnist'fTasa 3ta.sf
ma;ls, he. and tka Gaiuo IL hereby smti''co,
80 that FROM end lftsr tho i!st Gsr ui January,
1865, tho following rates ,nay La a:'nweh::
viz Or first Glass r3a,is. stos exceeding go
per mile per Emrur; On aeGoEa t!:tr" i|l:is.
lnnot exessdinsasl5Q PEE milo Per annur,; aud
Ton third Ulasa foA,is.s rot exc7ctIng W gel
milo per ann a!a---the amount Ct Compensation
to DO dotevminst. by Ga in,nrsthi.en ac:: .e'&r
! Of the. ssTVcesStoz DO .ps.'Sarsasd; lrnsi4sI'
f'rhat if 0ne.ha!T OF The services On aHy r"ii
read IL required to DO pe.fosmsd in IL, ';'l,'i'
!;ln., it saall b. lawful fos to POSTMASTER
General 10 rny 25 per cent. in s!*i5Ian 10 ia'
above ua,rei lna1innn ratcc 1t ,'ay.
Scnao bill ep!;tlcd 80 hill - 5:2"sA!s t.:
PAY and Ai!o3anass Ct certain FeEia:e Es::'
r!oysar Of tho Goferamcat" ri h rer:A!1
a:uerd,asn:a proposed by TIE JadicIGty Gem
ui.tec, Ess then tuScn up, eHgl9.stt. ra.t
third time aud vaiad. The DILL &c ila:ac4
resdB az follows:
Tie Congress Of The Confsd rate S!at1s o!
America do enact, That tl:- =siaTy, pay :rt
allowances Of persons lcTeinaEtc' ran,ai s!a
be us follows:
l,s. Females .mployod az ulerED i! :ha
el1.!iax branch of tie Qua; torma=tsr'e ''s
rar:meIt, OF il, any hospital es::Llias;atl IL
the hcne6t Of The sick aud wounded Of !hE
lrnlY. shnll hereafter ks allowed ard r7;.! Ia;
zano anpuns Of cslary allowed ant pad e
clerks IL. oskey Departments Of ths govern
mat: Provided, Thas such p@!acnS, "aCr
en,ployed IS clerks in hospitals, may nccHF5
in liiu ef tie sboyo oom iprsstiun, she E%y a:'
sloSGIinas aoreinsis=r Irari:G to 6!iiai nisiFtn:
vi hespitaia.
Il. All rslus)ss employed "a chief niaslose
or assistant Inatrans, CT ward &'a!:c:s, 81
nurses n hcsYisals, shall heresI:sT he allowed
and paid enc hundred per CENT. III ad.iiiian II
| tbs comprehension now allowed ~ law 10.
their ser7co,; nnG in oil o1arE wh:re s,:it:bit
| auarsorB ard fuel arc not furnished by the sur
Esen in Charge Of the hosp;ial, !iey s;Ia,l Ut
allowed end paid Communication Ter .:nc, nj
| sha rsto of ore T5aT |o- zach ms:,an Of r'?ss:
snd urs and oao-hslf ciEds OF wo2i PSF raoc.h
du-i:s Ein,eT, and three f:utths OF :. co.i Pc!
month during SUMMER
"a. All f.mslre e7gssei' CT s,aTlaP:i Il &:
aioshiDS hrLa5ii of ths Qasrssrmasie:; = rs
| psrtmsns, in cutting OF making al:sking CT
othyr articles forth use Of tho aTIEY. stHn
DO SLOWED and paid one hunIlrad ar1 n'0H:y-
| tigs Per o,nt. in addition To iis fcr,ranEa''9n
now allowed for suoh laSar Or services. And
oil israales permanently enGaged Or-cm7'ry.d
IN said clothing t'fauG!l Of The Qa8zsHrm.,l2 :,
department shall, in the aeahF the gam! aaa
10 lurIuehed, lie allavsilto p1r1LsGo ca aayd
Of u;60i per month .!t,7;.a ~iHlrc, arJ on:
half crs: ,-zr -an0Ith dCs:!'Y Ff:r------------
.ih. Al! !eh'siea tnSagc,i CT rmrIofed y.
making or prepafiaG 0eTtrIdgca ~ otaer MA
nitinns CT war in tho Ordnance Department,
shall hereafter 10 allowed snd pad hSSsnty-
| tiss ptr amt. in s1diti0n to the compensation
now. allowed fox sllah labor osGerfica, Gsl's
shaIi lIs entitled, In Tho event tbs isa.. can
be furnished from the ConintssaFy .DlFa,I~
m5nf, to -purahaas from such CoMmisas.Sj' Dc
paetu,snt, at eest psice to tho Rovcsncens,
enc ration each and shali 10 tho evan! !in
sen, con be furnithed, hsva the further priv
ilsee of purchasing, at COST rTins 20 !ho gov
! ernment, ono cord of wood per Eaansh daring
winter, 8nd cn1 half cord per 1;,CAti; aa,irR
GUNNER.
;'b. The Secretary If War ia hereby author
rissd and required, under such Tcsule.iors cs
he Easy prescribe, IN thu svsnt the sa7oa can
he Furnished wi.hca! prejudice 10 the pubj;e
service, to allow tina peTanno embraced in thn
second, third aud fonitl paIaafsrha 81 thiH
Act, 81 pufohaao, at .ooss prias 20 the G"S1Ti-
mei,t. ruoh domaAie elcth or cotton s':c.s e5
may bs uaossoarY for clothIug for themselves.
Senate bill 70 securs moro elt:c;nal!y the
preservation and distribution OF The effects Of
deceased officers ind soldiers, Has lhon tik1n
Iup.
Mr.. WALEfE spake at Some 'ensth III SAP
port of Tho biz.
On motion, the bill was smsnded in BcTera'
PARTICULARS, resd third time Gnd lhon l'ss%ti'.
II resds az follows:
Tho Coner.as ct Tho Confederate :5istaa
Ct America do enact, That TI,sno7sr any per
son claiming to To an ageot e any 0Ee 81 tbn
ats to attend to tho collection, preservation
and proper distribution Of tho tfjsntG Of officers
or soldiers fran euoh State, Nhu have died or
p1sy hereafter die, while in the pe1virs of the
Confederate States, shnil show, TO tbs sails
faction of the Secretary OF War, TIA: h. 10
the legally appointed agent Of such State,
having tbs powers and subject to tho Guties
atoyo mentioned, it shall be tbs duty CT the
Secretary of War to isaus an crdor zsqniring
all ouartermsstors, surgeons OK other officers,
civil or military, OF the Confeie; he Ssasoe. o.
any psreon, other tbsn ;he legal representa-
tiyss Of tho deotsHed Ofssr or ncldier, lla!;nl
charge OF poesss-iau. CT vEotc dr!y it shall
Is to TAXA charge or rosscssicn oi tho ofec!h
or any part thereof, cs enoh deosssod tili,;E CT
soldier, Or ID cass snot eEtc!s hapo been
eold, of tho proceeds Of the sale CT such ELECTS.
to deliver or; satisfactorily soctuns for sncb
effects or proceeds to auoh agent; to the end
that such sf.ots or proceeds may bs promptly
delivered by sloh agent Ia the passona legally
entitled thereto; provided however, tLst this