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tee, and Mr. Foote, of Tenn., providing for the destruction of cotton and tobacco, and other property useful to the enemy, by our military commanders, and compensation to those whose property was thus destroyed. Messrs. Miles, Conrad, Foots, Curry, Baldvin, Smith of Va., Boyes, Pryor, Dargan, Beiakall, Davis, Russell, and Wright of Ga., participated in the debate. Mr. Curry said, if there be a man, or a woman, in Alabama, who is not willing himself to put the torch to every lock of coMr. Curry said, if there be a man, or a woman, in Alabama, who is not willing himself to put the torch to every lock of cotton, rather than it should fall into the hands of the enemy, he hoped the Yankees might burn him. He did not approve of destroying property unnecessarily, and moved to amend the bill by substituting for the words "about to fail into the hands," &c., "when it may be necessary to prevent the same from falling into the hands of the enemy." Mr. Conrad was satisfied with neither bill, one offering to do too much and the other too little. He thought that to indemnify for all property destroyed