The Daily Dispatch: February 27, 1862., [Electronic resource]

House of Representatives.

The States were called in alphabetical order for resolutions.

A message was received from the Senate announcing the concurrence of that body in the resolution of the House appointing joint committees on Printing, on the Public Buildings, and on the Flag and Seal of the Confederacy.

Mr. Garnett, of Va., offered a resolution for the printing of 500 copies of the proceedings of the last session of the Provisional Congress. Resolution adopted.

Mr. Miles. of S. C., from the Committee on Military Affairs, asked that the committee be empowered to employ a competent clerk.--Agreed to.

Mr. Foster, of Alabama, offered a resolution instructing inquiry to be made into the circumstances of the construction and equipment of Fort Henry. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

Mr. Chilton, of Alabama, offered a bill to amend the act entitled as act on Public Printing. Referred to the Committee on Printing.

Mr. Holy, of Ga., offered the following resolution, which, on his motion, was referred to the Committee of Ways and Means:

Resolved, That the Committee of Ways and Means be instructed to inquire into the expediency of restricting and limiting by law the production of cotton in the Confederate States during the continuance of the war and blockade. And also into the expediency of the Confederate Government taking into its own control, by purchase, advances there on, or otherwise, of all the cotton new on hand, or which may be grown in said Confederate States during the existence of the present war and blockade, and that said committee report by bill or otherwise.

Mr. Perkins, of Louisiana, introduced a bill to prohibit the importation of productions and manufactures of the United States into the Confederate States. Referred.

Mr. McDowell, of N. C., offered a resolution for supplying the House with stationery. Adopted.

Also, presented resolutions passed by the Legislature of North Carolina.

Mr. Pryor, of Virginia, reported a bill to amend an act for organizing the general staff of the army. Referred to Committee on Military Affairs.

Also, a bill to repeal an act authorizing the Secretary of State to appoint an assistant.

Mr. Jenkins, of Virginia, presented a resolution requesting the President to furnish the House with the report of Col. Walter H. Janifer of the battle of Leesburg, if not incompatible with the public interests.--Adopted.

Mr. Lyons, of Va., offered a resolution instructing the Committee on Military Affairs to report a bill declaring who were entitled to exemption from military duty. Explained the resolution, and thought it a matter of immediate and pressing necessity.

Mr. Miles moved to amend the resolution so as to read that, ‘ "the Military Committee be instructed to inquire into the expediency of reporting, &c.;"’ which was accepted by Mr. Lyons, and the resolution adopted.

Mr. Pryor, of Virginia, from the Committee on Military Affairs, asked leave to report back the bill for continuing in office the Major Generals and Brigadier Generals of the Provisional Army, and providing that there shall not be more than one Major General for every three brigades, and not more than one Brigadier General for every four regiments.

Mr. Wright, of Geo., offered a provise to the effect that said Major and Brigadier Generals be subject to the regulations of the War Department for removal.

After some discussion, participated in by Messrs. Pryor, Bosman, Wright, Foete, Heiskell, and Lyons, the bill was laid upon the table, to be printed and made the order of the day for 1 o'clock to-morrow.

Mr. Miles, from the Committee on Military Affairs, offered a resolution to authorise the committee to procure for their use maps of the several States of the Confederacy.

Mr. Swann, of Tenn., moved to amend by adding, ‘ "and such other maps as may be necessary to assist them in the discharge of their duties. "’ Amendment accepted, and the resolution passed.

Mr. Gartrell, from the Judiciary Committee, was instructed to report back House bill No. 10, with reference to allowing the members of the Cabinet seats upon the floor of Congress, in accordance with the provisions of Article VI., sec. 6, of the Constitution, with the amendment that "each House reserve to itself the privilege of prescribing

the rules under which this right shall be exercised"

Mr. Wright, of Ga., moved that the report of the committee be placed upon the calendar and printed, and made the order of the day for Saturday.

Mr. Conrad, of La., rose to a question of privilege. He desired to refer to a clause in the communication of the President to Congress, which, if not erroneous, was certainly calculated to produce erroneous impressions. The clause to which he alluded road as follows: ‘"The people of the Confederate States being principally engaged in agricultural pursuits, were unprovided at the commencement of hostilities with ships, ship-yards, materials for ship-building, or skilled mechanics and seamen in sufficient numbers, to make the prompt creation of a navy a practical task, even if the required appropriations had been made for the purpose."’ This certainly conveyed the idea that appropriations had not been made by the Provisional Congress for the Navy Department. He had no knowledge of a single instance in which an estimate from that Department did not receive the prompt attention of Congress, and the appropriation required.

Mr. Wright, of Ga., rose to a question of order, and the Speaker decided that the gentleman from Louisiana, having risen to a question of privilege, was not strictly in order in speaking upon the question.

Mr. Miles, of S. C., asked the same indulgence accorded the gentleman from Louisiana. In the message of the President, the following extract occurred:

‘ "The people, incredulous of a long war, were naturally averse to long enlistments, and the early legislation of Congress rendered it impracticable to obtain volunteers for a greater period than twelve months."

’ This language implied that the Provisional Congress had not co-operated with the Executive in measures for the prosecution of the war. He knew that it was the earnest desire of that body to afford every possible assistance to the other branches of the Government.

Mr. Kenner moved to postpone the further call of the committees, with a view to take up the President's Message. The motion being sustained, ne moved that the message be referred to the several committees in the order in which it referred to the different departments.

A bill from the Senate, allowing an officer of the army to hold the position of Secretary of War, without losing his rank, was read and passed.

Mr. Moore, of Ky., submitted a resolution calling upon the President to furnish the House with information as to the number and capacity of establishments engaged in the manufacture of small arms, powder, and percussion caps, for the use of the Southern Confederacy.

Mr. Duper, of La., moved that hereafter the House meet at 11 o'clock instead of 12, and that no motion for adjournment will be in order till 4 o'clock in the afternoon; pending which.

Mr. Miles moved that the House do now adjourn, and the motion was adopted.