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hat by voting against the proposition to lay upon the table they by no means endorsed the sentiment of the resolutions, but thought it due to the dignity of the State which the mover represented that they should be referred to a committee. Mr. Hilton, of Florida, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported a bill to increase the compensation of non commissioned officers and privates in the army of the Confederate States. It proposes to permanently increase the pay of all non-commissio. Mr. Marshall, of Kentucky, moved a reconsideration, with a view to amending the bill, so as to provide for the payment of the bounty to soldiers in Treasury notes instead of hundred dollar bonds. The motion was laid upon the table. Mr. Hilton offered a resolution instructing the Committee on Ways and Means to report a bill to provide by taxation for the increased pay of soldiers. Agreed to. Mr. Lyon, of Alabama, from the Committee on Ways and Means, reported bills to amend the