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The Daily Dispatch: September 22, 1862., [Electronic resource], Affairs in the West--fight at Munfordsville, Ky.--blockade of the Ohio at Hamilton. (search)
to resolutions, which were appropriately referred. Mr. Chambliss, of Virginia, obtained leave to introduce the following resolution, which was agreed to Resolved, That the Committee of Ways and Means consider the justice, propriety, and expediency of levying a tax on slaves for the purpose of making a fair and equitable compensation for slaves lost to their owners by reason of the public enemy and the present war; and report the result of their deliberations to this House. Mr. Hilton, of Florida, by consent, presented a communication from the Governor of that State in relation to the exportation of cotton and the operations of speculators, and embodying certain recommendations concerning the prohibition of this trade. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Mr. Gartrell, of Ga, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported back a Senate bill changing the time of meeting of the next regular session of Congress from the first Monday in December to the second