The
Senate yesterday was opened with prayer by
the Rev. Mr. Langhorne, of the Methodist Church.
Mr. Johnson, of
Ga., introduced a bill for the relief of
Capt. Wm. W. Payne, of the 1st Georgia regulars.
Referred to the
Committee on Claims.
Mr. Hill, of
Ga., introduced a bill to regulate the salaries of Confederate District Judges.
Referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary.
Mr. Sparrow, from the Military Committee, reported back adversely the petition of dental surgeons of ten years practice to be exempted from military service.
Mr. Sparrow, from the same committee, ported back the resolutions of the
State of Alabama relative to the execution of the conscript laws and the extension of the limits of the conscript district of
Gen. Pillow, and asked to be discharged from the further consideration of the subject.
Mr. Sparrow, from the same committee, reported adversely upon the bill to establish and regulate territorial commands in the army.
Mr. Phelan, from the Judiciary Committee, reported back, with an amendment, the bill to grant to
W. J. Hardee and
S. H. Gelzel, a special copyright for "
Hardee's Rifle and Infantry Tactics;" which, on motion of
Mr. Sparrow, was laid over till the following day.
Mr. Semmes, from the Judiciary Committee, reported back, with amendments, the bill to limit and define the term of office of Secretaries or principal officers of the
Executive Departments of the
Government.
Mr. Hill submitted a minority report in opposition to the bill.
On motion of
Mr. Semmes the bill, and the majority and minority reports thereon, were ordered to be printed.
Mr. Hill, from the
Committee on the Judiciary, reported, with the recommendation that it be passed, the bill to provide for the investigation and settlement of the accounts and transactions of quartermasters, commissaries, contractors, and other financial and disbursing agents of the
Confederate States.
Ordered to be the printed.
The
House joint "resolution on the war" was referred to the special Committee on the Address to the Country.
On motion of
Mr. Clay, of
Ala., the Senate resolved itself into secret session.
In the
House the
Speaker announced the following committee, under the resolution of
Mr. Goode, of
Va., to inquire into the propriety of impressing for the use of the army a portion of the bacon put up by parties for their own use, viz:
Messrs. Goode, of
Va.,
Hilton, of Fla,
McLean, of
N. C.,
Wright, of
Tenn., and
Trippe, of Ga.
The
House then, on motion of
Mr. Jones, of
Tenn., took up the bill to make additional appropriations for the support of the
Government of the
Confederate States for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1864, a synopsis of which we published on Wednesday.
The bill was acted upon and passed, with a few immaterial amendments.
From the
Committee on Military Affairs a bill was reported to repeal the act authorizing the raising of bands of partisan rangers.
The
House then went into secret session for the consideration of the bills reported from the
Committee on Currency.
