v TUESDAY, Novem-ber 17t, 18-3.I TUESDAYI November-~ -1t~ 1863.~ .to take a-bond with good and sufficient security for their appear-

C ihe Scnate met pursuant to adjournment. - ance at court -The President in the chair. Whiceh were received and read. -

;*The roll being called, the following members answered to their Mr. Norwood gave notice that on some future day he ould in-names: - - troduce the following bills:

Mr. President, Messrs. Abererombie, Arnow, Carter, Cater, Clarl, A bill to be entitled an actto amend the election laws of thisCooper, Hogue, Hopkins, Jones, Norwood, Roper, Russell of Jeffer- .' State relative to soldiers voting;lson, 1ussell of 17th District, Smith and Taylo.-17.'' ' A bill to be entitled an act for the relief of Peter Parker, of Wash-

A quorum present. iugton county, Florida; also,The' lie journal of yesterday was read, corrected and approved. - ' A bill to be entitled an act to allow the Judges of the CircuitThe President declared moationsin order.y Courts of this State to appint Sheriffs pro tem., in certain eases.Mr. Russell of the 17th Distriet, moved that a committee of three -'Whih ere receiv d an read.

be appointed to act with a similar committee on the art of the Mr. Abercrombie gave notice that on some future day he wouldact with a similar committee on the part of the41Ho0,e, to wait upon his Excellency, the Governor, ahd informimbi introducethe followng bill:.that the General Assembly is now organized and ieady to receive A bill to be entitled an act to incorporate the Southern Express

I ~~Company. any communication he may be pleased to make; Company. lI <-Which mnotion was adopted. :'Which was received and read.

'The President appointed Messrs. Russell of .17th District, Hogue A committee from the House appeared at the bar of the Senatel* l and Cooper as said committee. - and stated that they were appointed a joint; committee to, act with a

The committee retired and after a short time returned and re- similar committee on the part of the Senate, to adopt joint rules forl:,! - ~ ported that they had performed their duty and were discharged. the government o the General Assembly.

[I -' 1~Mi. Abererombie moved that a eommittee of three be appointedResolutions were declared in order.lI.,to make arrangements for the printing of the Senate; apone Mr. Holland mnoved that the resolution presented by him on yes-

I - ~ Which was adopted. . . terday, and which was informally passed yer, be taken upand readThe President appointed Messrs. Abererombie, Norwrood and Tay- 1 The following' sthe res a tie - X

her, as said committee. - . - ~~~~~~~~~~~The' following is the resolution.lor, as said committee.A committee from the House appeared and informed the Senate Resolved, That a committee of three be appointed by the Senate,

that the I-eIouse was organized and prepared for business. *and that the House of riepresentatives be requested to appoint a likeMr. Arnow gaW-'notice that on some future day, he would intro committee to act as a joint and-select Committee, to-reporta bill

duee the following bill: providing for the ample support and maintenance of families of sol-duce the following bill: - -~~dir woreuieasisace adths wo ledii atle r hA bill to be entitled an act for the support of indigent widowss diers who require assistance, and those who died in battle, orwho

and orphans of soldiers, who have died or have been killed in. the have died from disease, or who, by wounds or disease, are incapableI' - - -service of the State or Confederate States; for the support of indi of rendering military service, and that said bill provide for the sup-

Igent familes of soldiers who may be in the public service;, and tor - port of all indigent persons in this State.the support of indigent soldiers who may be disabled by wounds or - The President appointed as said committee Messrs. Holland, Pus-disease in the service of the State or Confederate States; and for sell, of th District and now.

taiai a support, ., I I I . d move a coin itt~e be appointed to inform the! Sen''~I '~'indigent persons who have 'no means or power to obtain a Mr. Holland moved a comitte be appointed to inform the Sen-f nd during the year A. D. 1864; to ]provide for raising funds to ate of the adoption of the aboveresohution; - -for and duingteyaro t dpiSto

- - - 'into ug the year funds to ~~~~~~Which w~as adopted'..1 -. carryinto effect such appropriation; and to provide for the proper Whe Pesas a popte aper t~~~~~~he' Pies'id6,6iapjoiuted as said committee Messmis' olland Tay-~

- application of the samne to the purposes aforesaid; also, --ebr andSmIit. a J. jl - A bill to be entitled an act to amend the seventh section of an or and'Smit]e.

act entitled an act to Change the mode of selecting Grand and Petit The cmmittee rtured and reported tt t h performed_their dty and asked to be discharged.Jurors in this State; also, ntheir dutd

The fullowing message was received from his. Escellency, the Gov-(i ~ A bill to be entitled an act relating to evidence; also, e A bill to be entitled an act allowing officers arresting criru :nlsnor.

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for peace withi the Tnitced States 3 xcept, itndti' a separate' GOVEIRNOR's Mal~ESSAGE., govenillielnt, recognized by the tin ited states as the governt-

mMS A Eent of the tree, sovereign, indepedlent and Conjibderate__ States of America.

It isi possible, and even probahle, that when the SouthernI Exncu'rrvn i~R'IENaNT, States seceded, if the United States Ihlad recognized theirNov. 16th 18 B

1 olitieal right to do so as free, sovereign and independento TALLAAsSEE, Nov. 16th, 1863. S t ates- character which 'each of the Unitd. States hadFello~ titiqns SenatetU itd Sttg a

-'e~'~llo` t and Rouf of RSe evate uiifornmly and prouidly claimted-and had manifested a will-an4 -Hou" Oof R&Prreseneat~ive8 Imgness to adjust the terms of separatiou equitably ; or with,rom LflO ~ ~ ~ ar - ~~ustwe and dignity had~~~~proposed to remiove the causes whichirom the commencement of the -,zr on the part of the ustice aid thdeaaig yon, liathe ae nreunitedUnited States, w. u-r~edsoi ~rg farah4 ld1C~ ieaylation t- Ktat- -vc hu b een re~united.Lincoln to Subjugate the Con -aliah B~~~~1ut, Undcer tile conltror of the abolition pelrty, PresidentLin-

Stts aged. under the despotic sway of Abraa A i- atPeiettnLincoln to subjugate the Confederate States of America, its coi lebolved ijo war for the emancipation of the slavesprogress has enriched the annals of nations with an additional I6ut desothed jo o & oillustrationII that a brave people, wh4 kno~w their righs and and the suhju gatiqn of the Souith ; the result of which hasillu~trtresolve~ nt a brave people, wh6 a-now under niguts ~uld been mihitauy @epotism in the United States, and will beresolve to maintain them under the government of their tchoice, are inivncible. The hpast and solemn. assurance teis fte tpei s-init inderncaence and pr.sperity of the given by Fresidpnt 1CO'li~~~~~~~~~13ofedoelrate 19tates~of America.goven uby s Prwsidant Lincoln toForeignNations and0 tohis fo aehjiere the recognitiofi of the Confederate States ofown su~bects was, thqt in ninety days he would conquer .AmericabSthe South. To aceciuplish it, he ordered sevent-ive thou- mea L)t the United States vely other foreigo mustv renisand of his victims to arms. This mighty army at olanassas. r eyxsm ely proved cothir9\sively touat our pe atife must~was'disfinlpnished by the wild confilsion ill vvjic rl po tei On xeton, ofig ad ori

the battle"' h it Red from~rlg~lllyl u~ ~i wne~riosc~~f~ge ad orithe battle-field. Singe then~larg~ armies, compo~ecj of citi * tude ndr tM gl idane afid protection of Almiighity God,was disfingished. byng th~e wild~ consion oin~which it fled from; ul~oaeix i wdom nanercy they shoeld seek to insure by theZens of the United "States and of the deluded hirelinga of i-T of ristian virtues. Wehavemoreto dreadfromforeign nations, have been brought into military service, and the vcledpt~tttees and thoughtlessness of some of our own

a debt of upwards of two thousand millions of dollars has the.arin- eroelty and chicanery of thebeen incurred by the Uqited States. Unable to win 6onpquests upon field' of1battle,1notwithstanding , enemy the l~e of MOdney has been said to be the root ofpersta uon ~elasof battle notmithtt~nding their vast num- ,aall evil and thi; vile affection has induced many, capable of-er, and warlikie preparations, they have resorted to rapinQ, b g od tizens and valuable soldiers, torobbery and ipurder, and thus excited the unrelenting hate bmago iiesadvlal odes ose elhb9± ther ofd ,.lurder,

and t~ms excited the nnrelenting h~te speculation and extortion, and to avoid honorable service as9f the people Of the. Confederat9 States of America-and the soldieys in the war for the aciieveineut of our independence,disgust of. hluman, affd intelligent citizens* of other ciyilized and with it the enjoyment of all political and civil rights.nations. Well assurod of their inability to triumph by anus, - To your wisd6m and patriotisi is entrusted the right andand aided by their vile fegts of rapile, robbery and m rdez ,

they have soight by emissaries, jiinder {&6 gpower to remedy evils which threaten injury to the State,+,heyhave oughtby eissares, pder te'Ilse of loyaltyt'o. the ConederateStates of AMerj',t raeisrs;dsel to devise easure% to prte t te iight of". he citiens an§)Of and partizan strife among the people of the Sonth bt Cdthe peaceand dignity of the States~s~~rmngthe weakminded, gnorant nd timidvh 14 'The Constitution Mak-es it the ditty of the Governor ofseP8~1~~!? 9 their for a "a~m ess, Inofat wntithd, thewoul the Statb to rdcommend to the. consideration of. the General~ r birth.~ight fapottage," lAssembly such measures as hei may deem expedient. If the9 f recoistructiokof again liGng in harmony as one people General Assembly shall not concur in opinion with the Gov-under the samlne government. The intelligent, brave and ernor upon uch measures as he may recommend, it is theirloyal citizens of-the Copfederate States of Alimerica will er 2xegarq with contenipt any proposiAon whih may be m4e

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:not 1 ) in mdp+ tieni; but it iniiy lie (111 to the il ht lli s0,jo_.(,,L to bo fi- i-assed (llt: of ttne po orctenaitrce totysautl sdccts to lieae haraed hiWt1iC001th PThI' hii he' ereen t mkeI o a te1ni ncl tade State generally is 111d(cci a constant thr-eat ot1tll it reasons of diiwi 6incc ii ioii iiripoitair t iiieasurcspnasniciI 1ivasiQ; therefhre 1 respectfudlly recoiniiepd to your 'linno-i)kstlio! peoplu, I'- tile Constitutioil, have macd it tue boleiilfl table body to enact pi-OWTitly suitable 1Iiaw to uid in thiciwo-dluty of thle ( oxcvetinor to recommiinenid' to the coisideri uion of .'ection of the lives, liberty and inopciti of y our fellow-citi-fihe tGcicual _A seiiublY such ileasurles as lie mayj'.cdeelnA etpe- zeus and the political estenc and honoi of the State.lient, and inasniiuch as the Govenior represents a d4ti ct tThe Congress of the Conteder'ate States of America, hIy andepimimentof 6oseri-nme ut'of equaldignity.)r Inperforinance .&ct ,apprbvel M, ay 1st, 1863, repealed cu on-ta clauses of .au

of tile duty thin, enjoined by the Constitution of the Stat 6, ;act entitled " an act to excnipt cCirtai i pcirsoiiss honi militaryI: haid the h101onoit thfe last, session of the General'Asseinbljr sarvice m"-c, app2oved-October 11, 1862. So mnluch of fluetoj rccoininenid to Your honorable body the absolute uilcessitya tter act was repealed "as cxcmlpts heinr nhilitamj sui icfor a chunge'te militia laws ofo ge State; and I again - one persopl, either as aagent, Owitr o01 o01ersee'r on ci 'It1nost respectfully uivite your atte ition t6 thlis' subject, and l plahtation on which one white perion is requ-ied to be kcptand reconiniend -to your hionorable body "to repeal tle 'ex- · 'the laws or ordinances of any State and oilI!tiiig miii as -%v ii, ae in 66mprchensible ' ~and, for by n Thie lw rodnne of laby Sto1 lteado hc irmI: i~ti~g .ilitia la n~i which are tovacbm~ru~ateai~,rs~ana, the $; is no wh2rite male adult not lrMbe to iti serivie, ald in1) nieticaRl purposes, ineffici nt; few militia offi- States having po such law, one person as agent, ownler, or-,Cos whichlihave not been vacated; and to'efihacftkwskstiltable -overseer, on eahl plantation of twenty negroes,ty the,cundition of the State, adapted to its def ene, and' there is no white male adult not liable to militarya serlice; ?i~hichl. can ~be enforced. Every moan and ho! capa'bld'of 41ud alho the following clause in said act, to-wilt ' and, fute~~Arlllich, ~~~"can be enforced. Every nian dnd bo y ( erer t,,,, ple e of;"bearing armns not already in the mnilitay serv-ceof fleCo ore,.fr additiona police fien· fodeRate. Staltes; or' liable tooniscriptioi thereianihrdinjcr . or mo~re pltations, within five miles of each oter, ang each.oa hh sbit itCnd tei"those having less than twepny negroes, and on lvhich- there is no'nkhdl; ha~vd residec~iiu the St'te fiveo dl~~ays, ,those -%,#ho are or 4 lhe adult nt liable' to nilitary~djvty, one person, being them-,Ay' be' m'ltioine Ilhou for the pimrposedof spedllt anoldest of the' weersOn such plantations." Bynot excludingp' thos mai claipi to be aiensL-; '~hltild he 'the 2d section of the act approved Ma 1st, 1863, it i enneL-om~~~amzcd~~~~~as~~~ate ~~occ'Asiondlly drilled, ofth ~ i0is o i-med ·aild od~ ls y .e ed, the "for 'the police and Dihanagement o slave therbat not snbject- to eie omdered. into, Confbedrate; service nor, ' shall'e exempted one person on each farm or plantation, tlmetonthei ordiwuy pumnits ;except' to repel iiya ions and t& 'sole property of a minor, a persbn of n nsonudmind, a/e

iitainsuithle olie'regulationsfor the prdtectioma of the , 0oe,'or a person absent from home in the military or navallixost and'pu, pxrtyr ofl thie' cituzin' ;'genrally, anjid especially /service of the Confederacy, li which there are twenty orof' the liveb anid puroperty of'the families of those who are more, slaves: Provided, theexempte wem-aboent'hlilte mibit ry service fl the Confederate Stt6s Al d ad acting as anivrsce rvs, tote sixee

klyd - cta asa overseer previous.,to the. sixteenth pergonis %xho lure mntefided tb beliable'to militiaA dty, under April, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, and therethe exfstna la$n-vs i e sabject to be conscripted inth the Ch- . is no white male adlnt on said faim or plantation who is nutfcdetatee ceecept such a havle substitutes in the setvicN liabe to military duty, which fact shall be verified by ther omsareap~ieetally exemnvl3~ted-r'by~. law. The'r~e*'ar· but, few '~er-.I eff~idavit of said person, and two respectable citizens, andsons holding coininissins under the existingimilitia lvws, and .le fed with theoenrolling offcer:de the.AF~f them'. none beteen the aes of 1 8 and- 45 Years have been~ 'rhbesuedwih' teerligofie:Ad'df ,em?`aorie b~et~een; the mils of 18 anhe b f f~s have beenOwN er Df such farm or plantation his -agent or legal. epren.dxempted' from` Confederate service by1 me; not is there any 'A sentative, shall mak e Qmtidaviti and deljver the same to thereason why they should be, there being no orgalization. of enrolling offcer, that, after diligent effort, LpoQverecr canllilitia and no organization being' practi&ahle id t be procure fr aluch farmer plantationot lableto militar· istiuig laws of the State and of thle Confederate States. hI- ' i dut; P'rovided,furtk'e2s , That thia clause shall not extendUportant parts of the State arc now in possessiod of the ene-. . to any farm or slanthto ontation ch'the Degroes have. been

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1)1ed hIS~~l by dliv ision, trol1 :V anrinn or pulatation since' tihe maintenance orf our armies in the field, of the Fainii

tile eleventh day of October, one thousaicl eifih t. hundred lies of those in' military service, of the civil aovernilienits ofandsisxt- two;: 1 rovdlrd't frthlte'i', That foip eveity persont OX- the Confederate Stgtes and the States separatily-iin a word;

etupte(Ias afbriesaid, and during the period of such xenip- ' not oi'dy the libety, but the lives of the people of thetion, the!e sdall he paid. annualy ilito the' public treStaes---depeid upon agricultural labor. The agriculturalby the owner of oiif 4a es, the sum of five hundred (lolo the Southern States is mainly slave labor.-

hUts.' I the ii d section of the same act it is enacted, that The advocates of slavery in our natioal' councils, andsnch other persons sl ill be exempted as the President throughout the various forms of argument tb justify and

shll' 11 be s&Ltibived olight to lie exempted in districts of cofntty ' sustain the institution, have contended forcibly and truth-deprived of whbite oi sl'voe labor indispensable' to the prodiuc" ' fully that negro's had not the inclination or ability totion of gramk or Provisions necessary for the support of the - labor succesafully without the superior skill and intelligencepopnlation reumaining at home, and. 'also on account of jus' of the-;white man to -enforce and direct their labor. Thetie, equpiy~aldrecessity.' . ' 1en ce of mankind is, that Afriuanls when free, will not

And by· tile 4th section it is enacted that " in addition to Gi engage in agriculture for 'their. owu support It is not rea-the State! offieurs exempted bv the act of Oetdber eleVenth, sonable to suppose that, as slaves, they will voluntarilyone thousand eight'hundre- anid six'ty-two, there' shall also laborin a manpe? to seqnre subsistence for',the armies, in-be exempted all State 'officers whoh' the Gdverndr of any ste the 6upport of thmiies at home and raise the revenuesStatecm'av clubaii to have ekempted for the due administra- ' necessary to* sustain the nfederate and State Govern-tion' of tle' governient "and laws thereof; but this exemp" ments. . Tbe mest i~easonable presumption is,'that if left'tion shall Hot continue in any State after the adjorpnieit 'v ' ithout, the control qf overseers, to whom they have beenof the nab t I~e~elar· session' of its~ Legislature, unless audi accustomed to yiels obedience, the result will be insubordi-

Legislature sha&,,·by law, exempt them from 'military' duty natlow an& insurrection.in the Provisional Army of thie Confederate State' ' '' In myphpble.judgment, therefore, a more effectual aux-'

The Cdn.gress of the Conifederate States also" passed" ai1 l1 iliary coulld not be devised to ensure success to the ecuancis

act to authorize the discharge of- certain civil officers front 'ption scheme 'of e President of the United States, tothe military service of the Confederate States," approved destroy the, svereignty of the States and to subjugate theApril 2, 1863. The act declares ' that any officer;'llon- people of the several States to a military despotism than an'eommksioned officer or private now in the miita'ry service act of Congress which (if it were respected by the States)of the Gonfederiato States, who has been elected or ap" ' would .entrnt the. agriculture of the country and the livespointed since entering sajd stVice, or who may hereafter of families to the slayes unrestrained by the presence, aul

be elected 'or. appointed a Senator or Reptesentatiye in Con- ' thorty and skill of overseers, I say overssurs-and notaress, or in' any St~ate Legislature, 'a Judge of th'o Circuit,, owners of slatves-lbecause, as, a-geheral rule, slaves havej,5istrict' or Superior Courts of law or equity' in any'State 'of beep. managed 'by overseers, anflbut few owners have niani-the Confederacj, District Attorney, Clerk of-'any Court of fested the inClistry, 41illand ene1y necessar1y to success11lRecord, Sherin, Ordinary, Judge of'any Court of arobnd' e g csyo esProbate, agri~~~~~~~~~~~~14t~iyre . '

Collector of State taxes, not to exceed one for each county, Jh a' time of ,profouhd peace; when not the slightest ari

'Par'isr 'Recorder, upon furnishing the Secretary of ' 'tcipation'df war could have reasonably existed,'the Generalwith evidence of such election or appointment, if an officer, &ssegihly 4f thi& State enacted a law reqtAring a white per-

his iesignation shall be promptly abcepted, and if amnon- son, either'the owner or overseer, to reside o' the planta-commiilssioned officer of private, lie shall b6' honorably 4i§4 tion where datMes lived, for their proper' 'eontrol -nd govern-(charged by th6 Secr~etar · of Wa~·."ment; for. tlp protectici of the property of others as well 'as

0 these acts ofCongress 1 invite yout atfention and d'o- jthat 'Of 'their owners, anil to avoid the dangerous conse4liberate consideration. queu(es resulting from idleness and iheubordination. Eheh

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of tile otli' States ]zd passed a similar law. Judging tlie'neee-sarics of life, and if the agriculture of the countryfrom tie debates which occurred iii Congress upon the sau- t: silall 10 cntrusted to those incomnpetent to direct it, a generalject, thb belief was entertainecl that a sufcicklt number of t fainiu thoiongoont the Confederacy inay lie the reault-a

-1? men over forty-five years old could be obtained who were reoujt winc M onid produce the ihost fearful and fatal con- -taqualified to perform the necessary duties of overseers. But sequtnces.Bach was not and is not the fact. Per-sons over that age, When 9~ tko Conscsipt At"was passed byife Congresswho, perhaps, might have been. competent and have been and (I.Tppfved -by the President of the Confederate States--hired as overpebrs, had been generally employed and received and' witile It operated Alone-' upon eftizens not, necessary. to-

into the Codffederate military service as substituteA for those th- dii& ' aamniiistiation of th e State Goveimment and notndteer that r-ff who were lidble to coiscriptiqn or had vol- . raqnire'd b the'lawvs 'of the State to maintain police regala-.ooverseers rane goerll s necessary epoein ~ prlitere. heprces paid t ange~d generally ti fok the proteetibn of thb~property ad1

from. two to' six 1?ndred dollars per annum. The prices of"tlie itipns of the tate: ISta garded the quetion of itsoffered and paid to snbstitntes have alinged' from five hun- cohtsitititiotaalit3 as a Judicial question, and to the best of'dred. to five thousand dollars. You" may- readily-believe, iny iabilitfr ·as the Executive of -the State, was jeady 'and-

0 enerally ateve Il~vi~-n~l~iiti~ilzblaeurdksor i~ e ndeuontherefore, that tlie- class of men 'who have been genewally / tviiingret sustain, whateri diecision might be made uponeuiployed' as ovcrseers-a class whose Mbits of industryl the;'eb btthe'proper department of eskill and integrity qualified them to direct the agricult'ual But''lhn'its duloreein thieateli64to spbject to 4s opealabor of the couintry-would-enter into the military-service tibhtfrctr rcmcd bJ thea of thl -State toinamtai -

for an amount sufficient ill itaelf to secure a perman.ent sup- suithble sjflterealto I did, ndLt6 ,t tlen ionsiderK it exerln-Port to their familiesi and-especially withibthe arguments shiVjiy'- aJkdiid dhestidu nid for Mso'bries assigned, respect-used to induce the belief that the war would be of short du- - Iailf'r &oteh pffic'iidly. to thc Presi~d!t of tihq!,Cifedpltration, that it' would terfinate gloriously and'. that they . Stt'4ai`it its caforceannt-contrary to sl# la~½ of thewould have the honor of having their names identified with $tt&.'ih dd t insure p'opei oli E regulafiiohs ' Lot theit, rathet than to. oversee for 'an amount which, at the pres-. govol nm~i t of $l4veb anti necessary to the iuolt sacred idgiht

ent high prices of the flecessaries of life, would be scarcelymore than: sufficient to'pay current expenses. - All betwedl the ag "of 18 and 45, nbt absoluftdjf11eces-'

liii The: number. of persons engaged in overseeing was small- af- '--

I in prop~iortion to the population genernlly,'and their services . i mlent an ysjl i ~~~~,ne~~t! an I~~~~hvsioall!· ~~~~~ni~~litied, slnj7 illd p~erhapls have!26n-lliin the managefiment of agricultural interestk will contribute stituted thiariniCs m Cionederiat servide for 'the defence of3ruch - 'ore !o t the co efrmneoI much n~e 1 the general welfare -in the performance of the country. Those over the "ge of 45 should have been,their duties on plantations than in military service. -- '~ antcil should btJJ ( oted 'to 'agriculture and' other neces-

The' exemption of overseers was not for the benefit of kthe s. ehipuplovnt-ents, bultf orgauized as State troops, to maintainrich, as was alleged. Those who were engaged -as overseers lsuitabk itolkgl reguatio ns, and to co-operate -whein necessaryIii were them~saes'generally poor men,'distinguished'fok their w C1nt~brate frceds in the defence' f their -rspectv-e.industry and integrity; and their occupation was necessar' Sttes. Thllese v'iews were submitted respictfully by me toto secure subsistence to our armies and support to thefanmi:- ' idtE olcelky, "the Presidentc of the Confetlel-ate States, andI' . - ~~~lies ofi oPr'oteot te0-t1& e`h~%nG&ble- eali of boldiefs absent in military service; to the - toSputors and Pepreseiltatives of this Stateproperty of the poor, as· well as the rich finom the'effects, of. ii. iCOn.i'6n 'If yduthouorable body shall concunrwith. meinsubordination and violence on the part of 'the slaves,.nd, in-th6 ~ iijioa just er~s'ced, I respectfully ask the adoptioll

"' - by the skillftul management of the agricultural labor of the { of such inea iur&s by legrislation a;I the safetvy of th6 State de-country, to ensure the ineans of support to the" government mantisis,' If Lyoki shall not conc1ur in this opinion, then'I re-4of the Confederate States and of each tf Stat cbmend to your, honorable body to repeal the Act whichcomplaint is now made of the high pr-ices and scarcity of tuakesit unlawful "for the owner or proprietor of any farm.

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Gr planatio -Lpon which slaves atrc. or shall Tie' cnployed,.toAi'P LIil'riiLisleave the same without any -white peirsdii residing thereon,

7 ~~~~and thus relieve the citizens o~tthc State frponr their liability UJ ha~d til-libonibr to recominmend to tile General Assembly.to indictnct an munishmient, and avoidla cofict ofato-nt its l'i, 1, esioil " to make a picr)ovLIOn -Co eleilP tMUcity upon the subect bbtween the State and.Confederate Gov- iiec'.'sarq Itod and clotlnnwi for the nitu vet faiis of tlli~h

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the'State, governmient to. exemnpt any' State officers Hot ex- lionl thle aunount thus aiad~t dteos~tctl in thle St-ite treasmiaerri]ted by the 4th section of thle ac~t of Congress, prvdi andpii.eit-dsrbit.c. To plyt fldgipsdMa.~It,16.T ato Covgress aprvd-April .2 2 dr to be su fricient, Your hiniicb ventd a istatut' i186P3, does not entitle any. lerson who since -its enactment thbrizng an athlitional is'sne ot treasury notes. Under themay have, been el t Justices of !be Pecae, Comuiy Coin- poisions of thle act, inuch difficul~ty Ii s been experieneemissione~rs, Coroners and dthcr minfor offices not specifledin, net'hateiqi dasitnet l~mfmle nthe act, to be diseharged t-pin the" military service of'the Con- * oin-lfai uts ave, been in-ide hforn severnl counties Sgainilt"

goderae ason nor,' in my humible judgmneut, is there any~ -euty .ofhiers. whose d-Lty it wag, \lvitl tile morney, in thenrgod trmasosnoud bd discharg~ed, as their military ~fSCo,0 tto 'mlal y- oniic i h

sea vices ilnecessdGrv to thetedu ir n t~ea naWstatulte"o supply the wS nts of the. faimhes The co-opelra-'cAtitzen's not in milit'uy service; or liable even to consciiption, lion of -so man-y officers was Made nece_~ary by the statute,walling, anld'qaAhteid-to discharge the duties of thesejminor vohaid"s ibl diantoijiiloeblis.eepra

'I ~~~~offices' The eports geniurally haying- been made agireeably J. u navialdltoyto the act enititled. "'an act to aid the fklmihies Qf soldaies that I.No duity can be nio'te 's'aeed tle' perfornmmee of none

1.11 ~~~~requine assistance "there, will 9ot peYn eay eest oje hon~orablc 'than that uwhichi dc obsupnte auitholri-

101 5 uunv Justices of the Peace as Li-e nwahize 'tsadcities oteSttcto pi ovide mfte ies n

-Since the adjoikninment o thce' last Gxeneral'A~ssemtaly, com- 9. men who 'tie in militaiy svceexposcd to the danacus and

* ~~~plainits ha~vo been miiad e to inc of' ieal-practi ce or inaetconcy 1, lardbhips of the Wax ar. I~~~ H ~~~of somne of th -o~yohcs to, remedy the evlscyTe uber of fnarnlie reported as ~needing assistance, is'~~~ 'I 110lan~ o iil~a -u 1k eited. The BdofCon-three thousand three hlundred anid nin1etT-eugt oinjpsiis v plumed o leo'al aut oai~yexise. Oau f on

U m~~~~jissioineis lin one county held a publi'c mieetinlg at the Conrt elevener thion~ald six hundred and seventy-tbreorso ns5.1House and plassed the iblowingr reiout~os:. Whether the. assi~stanee heretofore rJadered Shall be :ex-

"Reao-red, That tbeJndge of Prbt6esi i shr- edd by a uther appropriatin(tioh floney, tobe raiedbyiby redjue~td to infor te Go've ur'fteSaeo Foia.-taxation, and in what mnanner, or by the issue of ain add!i-

of the umegleqct of Sheriff in the performance' of' ids dii- tion1al. amounlt of treasury notes, or. by a t x in kini*ties as asbessor of the taxes of this counlty, caused by. con- wotyte~roscnieain fyouirlhonorable body. It

tinned intemperance. ' - ' 4 - - ~~~~~~~~~~is better, in my udgmnent, to resort to taxationthnoi-Resolve, TAthe authorities be and they are hereby creuse the amuto rauyntsiicirclation. To a

i~equested to take immnediate steps for his rernovalfrpmn office." considerable extent, it wo-uld reduLce'the amount inl circula-'31 ~~~Those resolutions were' certified unuder the sealofte" u- timoi, enhance the- value, of the ouir'rency and cheek tlhe spirit

mebut n lealremeddy -had, been. provided by statutefPrbae fori't CmmssonrsShulcounty an PrtcinoIh pbyie int-terss for' bathriz~edltfq inerease thle taxation inl the several comn-

;erue, l o tegal t adpo~eino tol 'bi 'tret, e4t daftoenhhmirL sul

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inl provl.;lonn- or molney. There are several connties which evale thereof, so tniterld (vWr as afoxc'stiid -Wtl1have, s iluin-ed fi lai inva;:~iiols Of tho'.cue-my-, wbchic] should b~e thftie view ofadiingtinlg thle sauiC withl tile G:uvernllllentt f tho1relieved from this ta_;aatooii an s ecru appropriations n1:ade Confederate Siate L

for their beuecit. is no provision in the act requiring informiiation to be gi\ivemTl i-epoirts how [lie several counties beiniv. cdmiplete, to to any of the Executive Departmients ot the State, and eon-

flisi ire jttcc to' thoe who maly need assistance I .Aoukldre- secuently no information haps been received.spetfullx suigest the appointment of ai intellioent and re- T lhe report of the Q. M.. Gelne'ral will maike known to yourspon~Ilble· vgrct in oaclbjudic'al district to ascertain and sup- honorable body the amount of clothino' and other suppliespi'y their wvan ts,- tit the agents should ba recquired to giv@ turished to. soldiers in ser-vice fr-ont UCri0 , " ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~lrda by the pr-aisegood tad suthiciwnt securities, to be apptoved by the Judlge -worthy exertions of the Q. M, . General, aided by the Self-of the Cimnt hifore entering up'on their duties, for their sacrificing patriotism and indomitable energy of tie ladiesthmthfnll perfo6rmance; to report their actings and doings t of the -State. Yor the supp1 U maerals, at.reasoi able

*tlie Executive Departm-ent every- ninetydays, and on their prices, td supply the;Nxants of the soldiers and their famuilies,failure or neglect of duty, to be dcism-~issed from office, a judg- the State is much indeted to the patriotism and generositynent suimmarily entered ut against then and their~ s~curi- Uof our worthy fellowclitizen, General WilliamBailey. With

ties by the Judge of the, Cirhuit at term tiu{i or at Chain- lte thread and osmaburga made t the factory owned by huh,hers, and other appointments made. the? soldiers' families 1av bensple .a 10a $4xi0i; thesoldies' f~mlie 8 ave been supplied at $3.50 and 4JTo ascertain criors, if any existed, in the reports made pei btnch of five pounds for the formner, and at 25 to 7i5

froin'the seveMl counties, I have caused the names ofathose i cents per yadafor the latter. If I am correctly informed,-%vlio. froavthe beei usterer intoConfederate service; as ap- these pi-ices are much lower than has'been paid in our sister

1hhee nselioere States for these articles. fortthe same purposes. Time State ispears fronm th ,e muster rolls filed in the Warat 'Richm1 ond, to be arraiied alphabetically, and alsp the also under obligations of kindness to the.Agnstn aManufac-

names of thosewbose'famnilies arc re 'as as- i i L ' i tcningCot~paoa of' Gorgia, 5tnd to Mr. II. 3acon of that* . names of those 'whose rejorted requiringturing a .Cosepanstaof G copihdPeieto sistai'ce. ' Since the muster rolls vere filed, there have beda ni Stae,. at whose istance the accomplished President of the

many otheisa mustered whose nadsun ·have not ehn made. . Company, William E. Jaakson,Elsq., supplied sheeting, shir-t-known to Me. . .u ., at resonable prices f6'r the benefit of needy fah-

'cLoT11Mir FOR TROOrS. Mlies of soldiers and tefngces. Mr. Biconj with the home-spun ht obtained, hasaided, as I am credibly informed, el evei

am npt informed of any proceedings on the part of the . nrefamilies in Coluibia, N ssau DuvalBy .

Commissiners of tile several codnties, trader the provisions A ford, Bakper, lamilton. Suwannee, Putnam and St. -Johnsof the fict entitledL a"n act to authorize the Board of County conwties, by distributing amongst them twenty-sevedm thon-Conirnissiners oftlhe several conntics in this Stite to levy a s nd cn9 hundred and twenty yards of homespun, at an av-specific t x for fle relief of the soidierb in the service of the sixty cents per yard; While goods of like characterM e od a p e er -Nvas generally selling from one dollar and seventy-five6 centsStaeor f heConfederate Sae, . .p.oe dollars anddo'yardtu'aigt h

12th, 1862. .The sixth section of said act, mequirecd~the se' to-tvo dollars and fifty-cents per'.yard, thus Saving to theera1 Bioatdsla of County: Col~mmissioners to, keep a just and farilie',ih the State whllo have received it over thirt tl on-

Saddollars in the aggregate. -. Aniong those assistdb rcorrect account of all monies exponded by them uftder the Ban sted by aauthority of the act; "Land, upon turning oycr 'any clothing Bacon 1vas one hundred and forty-seven widows, whose bus-or other s.plies pecessary for the comfort of their respee bands have been killed in battles died from wounds received,supplies neessary ofo the cofreetiv Bofathei rspelofO icns Cltitive companies, the President of time respective Bpards shall or from sickness contrcted while in service. Mr. Bacon isor . b ma Georgia, and I have deemed i~~~~~~arefut an act of sntake, or catuse to he taken, the receipt of the Quarter mas- a refuogee from Georgia, and I have deeDed i n-

;i ~ple justice to his benevolence to pr~esent tl~e for~egoing state-ter of. the regimient, to which said company may, belong, liet f fct to treti no yoi hore hdSpeifyngthe number and niature' of thepieesandtfItecif3'illg i-he: nunlbcr anc\ ntltnre of tite piece; and tl!- facts to the consideratiqu of yunr honorable body.

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/ or even to nso then' own industry in the Cereise and enjoy-V I moent of &9r. p'ivil2'W cxtcpxeded alike to the poor and the rich.

'mp~cyiopic 1 rg dod the CGclneral To check' in e t iiw'mllse this growing evil; the lands in such.Asscibl 3 tol 1 ao " 'ati4 'tc[ nia arrvn,,,remIllet hor tile im-- localities wrey 0 witilerawn from market.

rtatien-o" pnrelase ota tuimi--ent niumliber of enrds, or even A.reasonable tax in kind upon all salt, manufactured in

kyploxhiniatilin to a Sliticrif-t 1101db 1 noeded for indigent , the Statefvoold, i n my opinion, ySid a sufficient supply forhmnilies, I made a cent aot -%ith- He srs. liaile3 YTilliani4 the purposes which I have slfggested , and is preferable to13arni nd and Caid1, to fawins]i tbree thousand panrs, at sirt et of. the othei methods, and possibly mio'ht chec. h

* 'I j~i/ udoli, per pmir and to o ma inufacniotured in tho State. A 'exhdftitant pne dnemanded for4t.0ooii of tnv contiaci is 11eren ithi snonitted. The ieport of '-

I thbe Q M General will e-xhibit the number *so far distribW- FInESiES.'ted and to -what co ntinue, The balance will be distributedits fast a's nianufactur-ed. - 1pdn lequnitable and reciprocal terms, Florida shdIlcl spare

no exertion to furnish the meanls of sabsistnce to our armiesBALTr and to the pe'ople of thle Confederate St atit, generally. Al-

mighty Godin iihis infinite wisdom has bleesed the patriotismI hdid ie o tl tt htsm ar' andT inclustryrif ·our people withl ab~undant crops of cern, p9-It is important to tile welfhre~ of the State thiat so an idie nl II cr7

rasn"'meitn shkild- be inade by leg'al authority to provide , tatoes, and suga eanef and with an ampe supply of bacon,saltz not only3 for soldiers' famil'es, fot fr all indigeijt citi- pork 'nd beef. (Our coast has been visited by_ vast numberszens who have not the physioal ability to make it, or the of flsh, -unpecedented ii the history of the State; and uponmeans otherwise to procure it. , This~ arrangIement should the waters adlj cent thereto, a vast aimount of salt has 'been

be'either by an appropriation of money to purchase, by manufactured, while froi other pnrt& of the Confederacy,authority on the part, of tile State to have it made, or by a i fron our armies,, and fromn IBllow-citizens in peaceful pur-revenne derived from the labor of those eng:'ed in muking c suits, ive hear of a seaeitr of food. Why should not suita-1 ' it. ' ble biforts be made to prpvide fisky to renledy any want of

A' larcge qantity 6f salt is mnade within t6 limits of the supplies of meat?1 Prompt efforts on the part of the StatesState by, and by the citiens of other States, mnany 4band of 'the Confederate G6vernment would secure a largeof whom httie andtyare now realism"' larae profts in ks man- I of fith to. aid in tire support of citizens ant soldiers,

' factutre. ' and w-ould-prepare thewazy fo~r fu~ture suwlsisttnce shlould aWhile Florida has extended the privilege to citizens of future scarcity of prQvisions prevail. To attain so desirable

other Stdtes to malike salt wvitbin her jurisdiction alnd, upon an object, companies now scattered throughout the State' her lands, and has iuv-ited them to avail themselves of a 1 might be so disposed as effectually to guard and defend theprivilege which has been largely aceepted, and has proved fisheries that may be establislied. I recommend this subjectof inestimable benefit, I regret to say that the vile' spirit of to your serious consideration, thie. you may adoptsuitblespeculation and extortion hasc gone liad in hand ad troes reltive toit.obstacles in the way of the cheap, nauufactnre of this article,so indispensable to the citizens gelierally. In no way has ' nosrrSIALs.

this vile spirit been 'exhibited in a more oppressive and con- The amount appropriated for the establishmeht and sap-Jteinptible light thap in the purchase 'of large tracts of land '

by our own and by citizens of other States, and tile letting POrt of hospitab, wa's thirty-five thousand dollars. Of this.i- out or sale of mere fractionls of it at exhlorbitanlt rates, thus '~t o lamount it has not been nebessary to use noi e than fiveiiving 'tno u uathousand four hundred and twenty dollars and thirty-three

de~llivino r citizens-of our· own and other States, of limited Ai eto hci tle huadoc4nde ul. isbeH1 uieans, o the right o opportunit to manufhctre cheaplyconts, of~ which threce thousand' one' hundred dollars has beenlinjaus, of the 'annullt or oppo0'.tnity' to nianuf.-cture cheal-Ay

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used in support of the hospitals at Liehinusdd, an d two thou- ethousd six nd fivedollaisand three hundred and twenty-two dollars and thirty-three six hn] red andiverdoll ut to aid the ftmiliescentsin aid of the sick, and wpnnded. soldiers of the army of -of. soldiers that inquire assistance.the West in the various hospitals. The aggregate amount, therefore, of var tax and treasury

The expenditure of>L a larger sun by the State upon the not6 blanks signed and paid over to the Treasurer is eighthospital at Richlmond wa's rendered unnecessary by tle large hundred awl two thousand five hundred and fifty dollar§ andand liberal subscriptions 'of patriotic citizens for its support. twe'ilty tents.,

-II The amonnt derived from this source was four thousai'd Thur The'samount'aauthorized to be isseed by the Legislature forhuuclrel 'and thirty-eight dollars. How it was expended is thoe pulrposes of the govrnumeu t" fhr exceeded the necessi-

J1 explained in the report of Messrs. Fapy.and Baker, whs pliis ties p_1 the State.* herewith submitted~-. - UZtrl· the act toe authorize an additional issue of treasury

Under the superintendence and direction of Dr. 'Thomas notes, the sum of one hundred and thirty-fivO thousand threet. Palmer andMr-s.. M. M. Reid, the hospital at Richmond 4 hundred ~nd sixty-four dollars and eighty cents is still en-

't.1. Ihas been ably and efficiently maniaged. fitibdtobe issued. No blanks have been prepared fot theIt has' not been deemed necessary or practical to establish twenty, fifty snd one hundred dollar bills authorized by that

a hospital fr 'the use of soldiers fromn Florida in the Western 'act, and.aiuounting in all-to one hundred thousand dollars.army, as will appear by the accompanying report of Dr. T. It was early disdovered that there were too many large hillsX. fien~ry, who, with f'ull authority upon the subject, visited iin ciulation, and that there was a great demand for notesand c·on1sulted with the offiers in' command of'$hai militaryr - ottaalj denomintion i~articularbr for fractional parts ofdlprue nt ~ ''aoh. diu, therefko, of~h Mta~jinks for $,50,000.00 in'Hlepal~. Th T~e facts 'stated' and opinions expressed by Dr. Henr 'billsiof the denomination of one huudrikdfdblts', I had -thitThe facts stated' and o sed by Di.~r I ~~z $e~eo~e, o ~~e~nls or$8,00.0 n

have been fblly snstai'ieCl by information receiyed from amount of blanks in fractional parts of a dollar engraved, butother reliable sources: as the amouft was not needed in the treasury, they were not

In connection with'Dr. Henry's report, I am prevented I 'ie}ared and issued. Itis for your honorable bbdy to deter-foma submitting to your consideration aireport of the lion. ' mine %whether thley shall he, used or not. I 'would sugaet

J. Wayles Baker and other gentlemen, in consequence of however1, that they be prep.red and placed in the treasury,the indbility of Judge taker, fromi sickness, to prepgre the afid piidd out only in exehanqe for State treasubry notes of tile9 eport; but hope that the cause will soon cease to exist, and r denofflination of tiventy dollars and upwards.that I shall be able to do so in a few days.

DISTILLE P.ES.

1 I ISSUE OF TREASuRY NOTES. :¶Agreeably to the act approved Dec. 15tli, 1862, regulatingUnder authority of the act entitled "5 an act to aid the faumn d istijieries, only three licenses 'have been issued to parties

ilies of soldiers that require assistance," approved Dec, 6th, %'ho hstdn made contracts with the proper officers of the Con-1862, I have caused to be signed t she'una of four hundred p fccltte .Gove nment to distil pirituous' liquors. I aid notand seveuty~eight thousand three hipndred and ten dollars; iufornmd that the Coiifedermite Government' has'derived anyoand, under the act of D~ec.' 3th, 1362, entitled "an act to ' benefit from these contracts; but am informed that i4 noprovide for an additional issue, of Tyeasury Notes," I have instance has a contract been complied with.eausdd to be prepared and signed the sum of one hundred ' I ivrould therefore respectfully again recommen d to yourand sixty-four thotsaund six hundred, and thirty-five' dollara i' honorable body the enactment of a law which will forbid al-anid t!went nts, all of which has been paid over to. the. together, under severe penalties, the distlling of whiskey orTreasurer, IS required by law. The Comptroller has also ' other' spiituous liquors. Togrant the opportunity qf distil-signed and delivered to the Treasurer one hundr~dd and -.fifty- ii ' hag to supply the Confedejate Goverument does not insureAi u, Ir

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a compliance with eoCitractA, bnt afi'onls theilities to individ-- A T 'i

nals to lOlloDolizO the rioht of distillimw and to demand ex-horbitaut prices from indivieiuals for the liquor -which they- - Fdr, reasons assign.cd iii nit last e-mnial Thessage to theidistill. It is believed that the aniQunt of cereals prochicei j d\ scinbl?, and which ma ho found upon your johr-this, is not as great as was nmlaedlast year iiher pricca i,_-, atit for the reasons assiiitne inl correspondence be-are beino' aske~d for corn, sug'ar, syruip potatoes, &c., and the -trD d in a cdrrcspondcnce e-t011the Goveinorsof (icoig :a anLfiiAlabamna and myself,meaiis of subsistence should not be clreased by converting .- \ lliuicl is ,hereto 'attached, and to which youtr attention is re-.any of them ipto spirituous liquors. Much complaint is - scctifully intvited, I recommend to yodr hon'orable body- toinadc of the hi'gh pi-ces, ofiproviblons,· but little of 1hc pri)c imake' a statute which by tile severe pen alties it shall impose,of spirituous hiquors. Some individuals, wilho yreluctantly -.

pay twr~o doll'nb per bpshel for· corii or potatoes~, chnlp mnay'evntthe citizens of this State frominuahstero ntoo sefo roerflly- frla-rrlen speculations and dclmoializing inifluences incideiitpay~fifteen olr, tleu- dollazrs jaer quart for wl 1--) -orrn~bonllpayfifteen qr twen~y dlasprqdfII Mliskey or runm. to " running 1;he blockade.'2

Mean munii and wnsiey, mannifactud cin the.Stte Or bropght It may 'be a question for-your consideration whether tileinto it by evading the bloykade, ¾-s fsold for iore per quartz S~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~tat Legislktta. i ·hagtliea atlioi-ity toeenactaiqyylaw concerll-than the amont allowed to each inmei of asoldier!s fan- - ng the mmne1ng of 'he blockade. before examining whliether,

ily fr a ;ear''s snlsr· The coannion use~ of spir~ituous : actedily for a yea, s support; TheIconmeon use of spirituous under the Coustitution, any law can be enated do1cemningliquors is an evil of the nPost degi auing character, which - thiesubject of running the blockacde itself, I will make knownshould, if possible be renmedied iy, cuilb-htencd pablic senti- to ~6-u tho bpmnion I entertain as-to lthe rghtful power of thenent and stnnoent, legslantion.. - rI State to control the action of its citizens and the exportatioi

4, i ;,; of any of the products of its soil. ` -I o not believe that acROPS. lacw to control the- citizons of the State in reference to any

R~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ aciPwhich-isi ihjriois t~o thlepublic or detrimi-ental to thiNo doubt is entertained that abundant crops of cereals *fre ca ith tuhb ssid to cime biconflict th their'kdfiiecau ithl truth be s,,,id to c Ile in conflict witli the

]live beep inade ill tlic State, excelit ill localities wFhere, ill i,,Lght'orliower to regulalte c~ommelrce, which bj· tile colsin'Iiiite of public senitimeont, cotton- was planted.des e~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~~ ~~~~~~to has been eoat~-ed to! the roaless of' the Conl~· orarte.A-.i th rcrnrcl to time constitultionrl right of the General . Song,Assembly- to inipose a: tax upon cotton, your attention is me- fates -E achi State must-be thle juidge for, itself'a to 'What acts of

sT'ctal~y iviti! totie ccoi~pnglg pinion of the Alt- ar its ,dtizens operate injuriouslyv on tllpbi inteet t, > dimrsliii - ~~speetfally invited to the accoul-panyingopii o of -thehighAbtth la toli -uh essator~ney Geneelal of tile State.. the tniget by the law to restrain them. - To hold otherwiseTo eunure ample supplies of sullbsistene for the support of wonldc.e tq~snrrenider oneof the most imprtant rio-hts 6fthe citizens and the arlmies in-tIme field, no doubt, it seemns to sovei~eignty, and tb deprive a State of omicof thetoe, can be longer reasonlalbly enteOrtiained that the induice- tial powers for the regulatio' of its internal motirs. ThisIII I tnutoogulationo an to ao airse.ccuuThis owenet to mnuake cottonacnd tobacco for the cuntilation of right, and power has been decided to exist. Ini the case ofI - -wealth~ must, be ov~ercome biT suitablel he?;sl hon - Cmwib V the State, in th6 9th volumae of Florida Reports

To %clothe the people of tie Confederate States, it is necoss- jfl I -p i, the -npte Court declares,- "there cani be no.-sary some oto shul be mde, hut excassve. cr ops, which qnestion that-each.. State, being soeeinand independent,,endanger thIe armies and people to thQ want of subsistence, possesses and must ipossess the inhemegt ig'ht and -power

should be pievented. In my humble judgoment, the mbst over her citizens and of controlling her inhabitants or resi-effective mneans will be to prevent any cotton being exporfed de-lts twhile they remain resideutsZ This is'a matter of P1 7-fronm tile State emcept on account of the Confedcrate or State a lice and internel aranoenlent for the common welfre of'Government, and by an act of the Legislature to impose a j te pope -en theev idg f tem wa shall be all,the eope beng~hejogcs for th Ivelr 3 what shlall be aeavy ;tax oiln all cottoin mnade over a given amount per hand ofuengag~ddin its cultivation. 4

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o ce ler thlis power, thle State has a right to bults, from t(le provision of the Cowstitntioln dedArU i i I I I t

dueclare what i's a paid c grievalnle," &e-.. the alawihade in pursuance there-of shall be thesa prenie law

(Jan the State, also,. by legislatinD, prohibit. the expbrota- of the land. Now, am tie grant. of coinincicial power did

tion of, 111 of, tile produets of its soil? The principle which otper se eclude tile State- from exerui;~ihp autimi it), oversustalls its iight to control its inihabitants applies, 1I think, k the subject matter, and a -in order to preventwith equal force to itp productions. Indeed, it would> be I / from legislatiug, al1 aw of C6nigressi must IAave been epa -il -

difrealt to conceive how tIle latter could be excluded when fo jrb without such law there w"ould ibe nothing incilgi it

thied forner is Within the operation ot' the rule. .T . aoird action to be supreie-it follows that the Statelmayprleie Court of the Uiiited States, in tile case of Gibbon -vs. lep-islate-in the absence of congressjonal regulations.Urdleni (3 Whe~at., 1, alrined that, in the mhss of power hot ai am not- ahdvised of any special legislation by Congress

,llendpred ~to the Gelnel.,_Ll verilmlent, inspection laws,snlrenderecl to the .General Government, inspection laws, upon the subject, except an act entitled " an act to encour-

qularanltine laws, health laws, as-wvell as laws fot- regulating uge the manuifatcture of clothing atud shoes fori tie 6riny,"

the. internal conunerce of a State,, are included, and they ire- . oeOctober 8th, 1862. that act tle.Prcsidun' IS

afirm this deelaration in. the ease of the eitiy of New Y ork authorized to import, duty free, cards orcard cloth, or anyvs. Milne, 11 Peters, 102, subsequenitly decicidd. The Court mnachinery or materials necessary 'for increasing tise in'Inu-

aimrin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~atupprove Bltia tr h r ~yin the ease last cited also held, "that a State has the same factur, of lothing for the army, or atly arlticles nece,ssay forundeniable and unlimited jurisdictioni over all persons and .supplying the deficiency of clothing or shoes, or- materials

thmings within its territorial limitsd ais any foreign nation, for shoes, for the. army;" also, "that any miachincry, or

where that jurisdiction is not surrendered or restrained by parts of machinery or materials imported as aforesail, may

the Constitution of ,the,United Statbs. That by virtue of . je Worked oin government account, oi leased or sold, at thethis it is net only die right, bat the bounkden and solemt. discretion of thePresideut." It is fturther provided, "that4" a State., to advance the safety, happiness -and pros- the President ynayLextend the privileags of this act to coin-

peuty of its '- anie poovide r its ieneral welfare -vaiiiegoindividuals, subject to sugh regulations as Le may

peitany ofit peol act of itpvidatue for its general welfareby any'and eivery atof its' Legilalietue srwhic over t'e Do the hws- regulatilig legitimate trade -and commerneto be 'conducive to thee ends,'where. the pw~ tPte. 'pecie"

particular subject -or time manner of its exercise is not sur- copttol `tie snbject? are the recirements' of theke laws illrendered or restricted ·inl the manner jist stated; that all * referemie to -earauces, entrances, &e., compiled with? and,

these powers, which relate to mlerely snunicipal legislation, if not; are the consequences which attach to such non-ob-what mm' perhaps, more tronerlv be called internal no- servauce simply overlooked? I understand that the mnost of

or U t * 117 .1 the vessel arriving from foreign ports ate' not cleared forlice, ire not thus surrendered or restrained, and tlat, c6nse-qluently, id relatioft to these, the aut .1<ty-ofa State is comn- any port in the Confederacy, but hre cleared for some other

pi'ete, unqualified and cdclusive.".- aOrt, foreign and not within the limits of the ConfederateI come now to tme 'lquestion, can tIme State legislate direct- 9 tates. If the laws of Congress do not warrant the manner

l~y on tlhe Btlb~jct-of block.,dle runnino within its IfinitO' in which vessels enter our waters, 'an4such entries are sim2,

This is a nore delicate questiosm and more difficult to be I ply permissive, then, in 'the absence of legislation by Con-soyed. *It is an established priniplei as well by the decis- . - gress didectly on the subject, theAState may and should

5 . ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~~4.adopt sluch s'Aeasures 6 ma~y be deem'ed best to subserve the

ions of the Supreme. Court of the United States as of this intretsnd weare of be pee.

state, that in the -rant of'. poffer I a-grss t egul ate interests and welfalre of bet- people. " Wol··-hen a law of tile State connes in co8i wt

comlmerce, the States did not entirely divest themselves 'ofall right over the subject.. In the absence, of the exercise a law of Congress on the subject matter, where Congress has

rh `~gight to legislate, tha~t it must yieldl to, the latter, under theby.Congress of the power thus granted, the States have a "t-ti concurrent poI'eri to legislate, and it is only when Congress I -onlstitptional provision -Mready referred to. The General

has exerted the poUe- that the States cannot act. Ti rsscmlbly of Georgia passed 'resolutionis on the subject, whichHill!! htasc thattin the gowr-ant ofpoer Stoa Cngesscno ato reguae- ny-hnalwo h tt oe ncnlc ih

) g, ~~~of this andl otlher I, e x Le ~stohorbitant;plcc, H 4~ :~Afl~okcd and to whi~h '-ur attoiitioil is' i'cspectfiilly-enofti 4ohrSaesttemstxobtttpiei n7ited. payable in Confbderate treasury notes or cotton. T or in-

Be ieving tlhat yonr honllorablt bodlyhas thle Igglt to elot ds-ance, Cmes, which cost per yard froin ten to, thirty cA.DW leino'at yur lonorbl.6boda ihao the right tof eact -st1ancpe caiesCrec,

a statute prohibitinc the introduction into the htate of all aIi a specie currency, have been sold at fronsfo'ur to eightt.artic(les except smc h as 'ne providedl for in the act of Con- dollws ,,tbr yard; -rum, that cost from fifteen- to twenty centstlnss`" to enconrage the manafadituie of clothing aid shoes per gallon in a specie currency, has been sold-at frorn fortyfOr the!riny," I iCOMiinund most respectfully the exercise to eigh$y dollars per gallon, payable in Confederate treasury4of that right, piohibitnig, under the severest penalties, the motes.. The examples given might be multiplied to embrace

ii ~~~:all artiqe fret~laie tiu motd The Coi~f~derateintroduction into the State of any other- articles by evasiobs a is of merchandize thus imported.T fof' the bloclkade, andl onl~ adinitting those prdtiid'i~r b t~eefty notes receivediii lpayment hlave been ao-in investedthe act of Conaressb aud in strict compliance with the pro- ol; in ccttton, the cotton shipped to foreign ports and sold asvisions of the act. was the first, t1e proceeds invested in merchlidize, brought

CURRENCY. into the country aud disposed of as above deribed; and bythesainM-, routine the traffic is carried on adiitftnitwnt.

Much anxiety prevails telativd to the deprecated eurren- Previous-to thhwar, the proceeds of a bushel of corn, soldcy of the Confederate States, and it is hnportant to the gen- -t at ftW cents, would hayc purchased froib t~bo to fi yardsoral welfkre that the causes which have reduced it should of calico, or one gallon of rum. Now, if sold at ffty cents,be conlide'ieid and suitable constitutional measures adopted the proceeds of eight or sixteen bushels of, corn would behre-by the Confederate Governmient the State Gdvermments quired to purchase One yard of calico, and the proceeds ofaid the people of the respective States to remedy an evil of. -CI!,Abythor o e h ndred and ste phrchase odeby the - , - b ~~~~~~~~~~~~·e~ty or one hundred and six~ty bushels to purchase odie

g~ ~$loii 4 rura. occasionally, a man esteemed as a good citi-such fearful teudeqciei and, if possible1 prevent the' most galln ot rum. Ocasnal a n e asu a ged citi-I ~~~disastrous results. .. zen will censure .the planter for asking o two 'dollars per bush-

In my humble j udgmnent, the nost prominent cause is the% , ci for his corn and, without complaint, will pay four ornefarious traffic carried on by runninS the blockade. Many eight Qpliarsfor a yard of calico and twenty dollars forof the irdivirlal enk yad in this lawless trade are-persons bottle: of run-i: But it- is said, planters should not pay slch

tho Claim1fte ngatedti n thisolal governadents arersnst priices for calico, that their wives and daughters should wearmilitary service in the army of the Confederate St~kes, d hm uand that planters should not bay or drin rum oirhave never, perhaps, been hoinorablyI identified with the le- whiskey. That is true. Men 'should tot bet at faro-yet,gal coimmerce of the States. Others have been favorably to restrain thjeni, it is necessary to prevent the dealing of

v~nown as int~elii~fent ·~cl loyal citizens, bnt the general cfaro by atringent enactments. The only, certain way of

knoxvnf t as inhehigenot-d lroyalcitizens, but the geheralt cavon- avoiding vice is to be freed from its temptation. The eva-ii' ~~~duct of the traffic has not produced distinctive i-esults favor- sin of the blockade -should be prevented b y legal provis-able to their character for disinterested patriotisrn or true ions ifltin the m suma an severe punishments,loyalty to the South. i(11R, ilificting wthe most summarv and severe punishments,loyatto thaseeSont the treasury and the currency would to a certain extent be promptly *im-

-Cotton has been purchlased anld 1nid for -with .l~ provecy l.uotes of the Coilfederazte Stcztespse l-ni le ola' proved. ;

. I Another cause of a depreciated currency has been the is-to foreign ports and soljat muc higher prices in golds orits equivalent, than it cost in Confederate treasury noes.- es to meet exenses unnecessariThe aroceeds thus optainedo have been invested in arlereshanu wisely inecured. The expenses of the ConfederateGoverpAdize at current price s ine fore ben ports. The articles thns ient should be retrenched by reducing the number of civil,hased have beert bronight into the Confederate States and milmtamy offi es, and by all other practical means eon-

on_1 r~~~~~ ~ ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~iisti~~? 61y l t~ oh the blockade and, under "a hue and cry" against twi the dune administration of the gov'enmeut.-th r C _ tfle 5~~~~~~~~~11'm Ysystems Z1~i_1 '*(Lt a--t in tithes; or adthe Confed rate. currency, made chiefly by those engaged in 'oalIre The d sthvalorm-b. The (I valoron system'' existpel· iff t thes .i .5 running the blockade, the article' have been sold to the citi-

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vious to it6 adoption 'by Congress. Why, by the concurrelnt - thesb trig-es -.,liand Regiments, wise in the conduct ofrtheLegislation of Conigress and the State Legislat u. s, could war, or cnsistent with-' th e intent of the "Conscript Aotj"not the revenues of the Coifederate Government be issessed or thLe sreiwcral legislation of Congress upon military b-*-- and collecte4 by the State- officers, and thus save a large -hejects. ue effect of new orgainiiations has been to increaseamount oI thea expenditures of the Confederate Government the expenses of the Government and to deprive the veteranand increase thearmy by a-large number of able-bodied BŽ-igades of their just and leaal claims to the recruits tol young men, whose -uniforms in military service in 4he pres- -which they were e ititjed in orger to maintai-n thejr oi'p niza-ence of the enemy would be more appropriately displayed -tion, and, where -the recruits under the command of ex-than in assessinig and collecting taxes or measuring corn and pericuced ofiders, and associate with veterans in arms,potatoes? Un~iform has ceased to be the honorable badge-of - -ould have been sooner disciplined in military service, andposition in military service,-because its admirers cannot dis- - have become more efiient. -Why should not a large portiontinguish the gallant officer, who has. fought braveli in many - of, the cavalry,pow amaintained at an enormoufs expense andbattles, from Whe peaceful citizen who as-measured thou- consurmni an immnense amount of subsistence, be at oncesands of bushels of corn axndpotatoes, or conducted a thou- -rendered mote servikeable and efficient bv beina dismountedsand cars upon a railroad.- To lessen the number of. offi- Ind. tured into infantry-a more fficiet and less ex-cers, or prevedit the increase of their~nuuiber, would it not -: pensive arm of' service-the horses, together with the nm-mlesbe wiser and inore j ust to fill up the Yranks of brigades, -Which used- in transporting provender -for them, returned to theby the casualties of wvar have been r~educecl and, as was the l. pough' -wheiee theyr would be of greater ser-vice and fromtrue intention of the Conscript law, rather than to form new hhic% peirhaps it would have been better if they had-nqv-

- brigades out of recruits, with untried officers appointed to .. er been taken?command them' and thus forcing upon the veterans of the ieonfess I had not the ability to appreciate the necessitywar the -necessity of being rellued from brigades to regi- 6c tlb6 assessmentsmade by the Confederate Government tonmeats, from regiments to battalions and from battalions to . ascertain and collect the amount of the late war tax. As-i~ companies, and -then consolidating them under a new organii- senssments having already been made in the several States,zatidn, and thus compelling tried officers to retire from posi-- te desired information could have heed obtained at the offi-

-1 tious in the service which they have nobly occupied and ces of the respective Comptrollers of the seyeral States with-whose courage and fortitvde. should entitle thdni to more 6x- in a few days and at au expense of a few hundred dollars;

-ositolis.Shd.1the. wordsso ofen crssed n dealy Ito obtain whlich information montlls of time wer~e consurnedconifict with the enemy in defehee of our politim[ and civil at a cost to the- Confederate Government of hundreds ofrigts of our lives and liberties, of the honor of oth~usothers,, thousandsof dollars.wives anid daughters; be taken from the hands of our brave The principal measnre~ wThich suggest themselves to myahd noble defenders to gratify the ambition of gentlemen -migd, to relieve from embarrassmienot the currency of thewho (however "honorable) have not yet faced- the enemy?- - Confederate States; arc, first, to prohibit the evasions of theShall the brave defenders of our most sacred riglhts be hurl- 'blockade, except on Rovcrnni-ent account and by its aPthority.ed from positions of honor and trust, most nobly maintain- Second, to reduce t -e expenditures of the-government byed, and be subjected-to conscription lopping off al(l nnilnecestary· offices, civil and militarly. Third,

The Floiida Brig'ade in Virgiiiia, as well as the Brigades - for the several-States to issue no more treasury-notes, exceptin the army of tLhe West (from the casualties of war, in chan~ge bills below the -denomination of one dollar; and;which they- became honorably distinguished,) have become where the have the means, to retire all al.ove that denom-

- reduced,to a small number, while :the recruits with which ination which they may have in circulatipn, and thus createtlieir.ranlks should ~have been filled have been f9xmied.O nto the neeessty for making Confederae tr'easury notes the cur-new regiments unorer ttt ommsana npeucy. Fourtl`direct taxation for all amount %ufficient toof newlySappoiPted officers. Has this course been just to ,-

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eall in a large portion of the Confederate notes now in eir' be niadp seful toihe State noi fon r 'Vl liibjla conhideratiol,culazt~ion. should be t~ransfci'~m~fer-qd to the Coieder ate States, y iorv condi-

tion" that a ifilitary Institute shall Jbe establiibhod thexe"," 4PUEL±C LANDS. 2 that it shall beimade use ot tb tn Aisonl of Construction

r F - Citizens of this and other States ar n REPORTS FROM HEADS, OF DEPA'rTMENWTS.tities of laud in this State, not so meun, perhaps, with the *The:pprts of threr Comptpl ilxeabr Landir'_egTm

view of 'cultivation as of holding them on speculation. "I te'Attosnay Genevrad and of the Trustees o Ah9l ntern alwvould respectfuzlly repeat the recommendation' made in a Xmpxrovenxent Fund are hereritdi submnitted to your a-refpet previous annual message: -. onp cnsidtion

"The resources, of the State to rpdeem its' treasury notes 'cPmit mie, laeonclusiqn, tocongratfulate. ybur 'hpnoratleand sustain ifs government, are the lands owned by the Stte body upon e distinguished -chara li has acquiredand taxation.gasb

~' T6 lndsare mpl fo th prpose,- if wisely disposed of:.yteglatyo ersn nam yter chlpsivai~'WlryiO~~he lands are article fertile p b.,~~~~~btttl:e-ai byb tbeirl-ionor~ble :dbpoitmeittmofttpl r'B iil

I would respectflfly recominend that the sale of lands be its bylthe a end bsity the n on paorab li d otnien tin mpsda elI 'I]postponed until the termination of the existing *ar., That the 'a eebi i cositandw, 'Peoit e of'-her CitizOns atu

Ij ~ 'elnsa~ mie frtepnps, fnieydsoe f b9the abiding eofi en 'o thes peole of11~ their Cof Irtthn ,n,those who have rendered military service shonud each. ' Sttos, in the wisdom, inegrity and 'patriotism-i which h1 veI have secured to him or his heirs an exemption right pf at, dstin dis he 'toje btatesinan and gallat solder,

least one hundred and sixty acres of lanFd; thOat having been 'FcJlene JErshsor T DAVIS, in thd adn'iniktration of theV ~~~~~done, the remaining lands should be disposed of' from time ~ . ~ ~ yrietof t~he Conifederate, States of. Americ&i in theto time, at public outcry, after reasonable notice of the time estinijtion of foreign niations .as'v ell aS of bour ow4 peopleof sale has been published inC this State and the adjaet hristian frtitude and invincible coliage 6t ourStates. The competition thus'exbited would securO6 reason- daruies and-th.e etermined' and herbie purpose-of 'soldiersable prices, andinvite.einigratiof to the, State,' and in pro ' 44 citels-y-enl women and cildren-rao.purn with boldportion to the j5roperty introduiced by e-migorants, and thq im- defianWce unto death all ovAtures ic~ieh _our Onemjes may

i~'I ' . roveinents which wouldbejuade on the lancs-if the pro- xinie for ·peace, except upon--4he lunconditional recognitionceeds of the sales should' be- insuflicienti to relieve the State of the independence f thie.Confederate '8tates of Amerca.from debt-the weivv lht of taxatiom wouiibvld be lightened, and I have the' honor tobe; respectfiully,'

'4 III~ ~~~adiia gov'rn'Your fello _!-citizeiiV i ~addcitiotaal facilities secured for the 'sup port of the govern- 'on '3011K MILTON,ment and the prospdrity of the State." .. '' ' 'MILTON

'dii' (2--ove-rn7rdoWf Florida..j TH~~~~~~~~~~'iE AR5EN.AL.

The coniversion of the Arsenai into a Military Academy On totion of Mr.'Norwood,.th e further readinghas been, tim'aancl again, recon-imnended. Its non-use epo-was dispdnsed with ses it to dilapidation and creates the necessity of expense for . Mr.' Nbrwood'rnoved that 200 copies of the. ~essage beprinted;its protection and repair, while it is no' servieb to thie State. Which was adoptd. This property is too valuable not to be used for some inipor- Mr. Norwood 'preskentdthe~flawing resoijtion : ,

tant or useful purpose: ' Be it- 'resolved by the .Senate and Houise of Representatives of- tei

i I yUpon'the application of the oficer, who at the time was i. State of Florida in :6'elieral Assembly colvef'd, Tha& this 'Gen-in command of this military 4istrict, the privikge of its temr eral As-cmblv witladjourn sine di'e on Alouday, the 30th day ofporary ocampation by Confederate 'troops was gr-anted uponNsuitable conditions. TThe Arsenal and the appendo-es ehoulc P ' 5

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The ye'" and-nays being called for o-t the adoption of the above r ' easlIMr. rreahdent. Messrs. Clapy.; :Coopcr, IIognp -ilopktins,resolution; 4y Mit-A'nssell, of Jeffierson, the vote -was': - Yoneqp Norwood and Roper-s.

Yeas-SMr. Prcsidept,_ M\lessrs. Abercrombie, A-rnow, Carter, Cater, Nys-NMessrs;. Abercrombie, Arnow, Carter, Cater, ftussell ofOur"Y, Norwood, Russo'll, of' 17th bislict , d Smit-I lelercson, Russellpff17th District, $m.1th anod Taylor 8.l

Nays Meessrs. Cooper, Hogue, Hopkins, Jones, Roper, Russell of Sn the rotn was Io t.?Jefferson and The rule was waived to alloiMr. Taylor to introduce thefollow'

So the resolition was adopted ing resolution without previous noticeeOrderqdthat the same b6 e8rtiFied £6 th~ House of. Rupreaeri tatives. Be it,reaolhed by, the -Seiate-and JJouspoof Repreaentatives of theAlsot'he' Ifollowing pt~e'amblei anclresolltifi , State of Florida. id, General Assembly conziened,, That the offlers of

Rak~i;.Iis oow't~ths Gn~rl A~e ~that thete is to be k t Gthe State of Florida, other thaii ·those tipressly-and speciEallv de-II 1. es aiWHatdEnshoIt isfthnooyntod this- aeesbral -As~epitnbl y'-dcted by joijit vote. of the Senate and House of Repi'esoe'tati'es, sigpate4 i'the ac ,of the Confederate States Cneap e titled an

at' its 7present session, doe $enatortd'rpresent- the Stae of Florida nact to &meod, an piet to provide fuerther for th6 -cgmmqn defnce,in the Senate of th6 Confdeiate States, also . Sedretary of State shall Dot-conittut an -amptio~ in the armies of h 9onfeleratefor the, State. ' - I v States,;B'itztl~erefor -resolvkd by jthe enate and iHouse vfRepreeenta- Which wa read gnd-placed arpoi~ the orders of the day to-

tives of the State of.Florida, in Genera? Asaemibly convened, That morrow.theywill eotei into said election in th& house of Representatives on On motion of Mr..Hogue, the Senate. adjouuied:- unitil to-morrowto-tiorrow at 12 'cle, M., and that th rules of them last General F orning, -9 o'clock. - -

Assemmbl· gpveriii g the Joip ksseeni of_ .'this State are hereby ~adopted for tlle goyernitie-fit pfe Joint ·Assembly let its preseSion.: -·· ·~I, yUpo which the eas and nays were called for by ess Riissel of Jefferson and.. whic the Joor irodo o 'ti tt r hrb 4i -

Yeas-Mr; Piesident, 'Messrs. Abereronibie, Arnoit Carter Cater,Wlary, ~eog~ie,.Hbp~rins, ·Jones, -drwo; Roper, Rlussell;' of 1-7th '' ·- The Senate met prsuant to- Adjournnment.

Pistrictand Smith-1 ·8 T6b Presideuti in Ibio cb '; '~'NCyoopees of Jqfferronte folaowiung members auswere4-etootheir names: lj- Which wr apted - and Taylor-p3 tq Mr.; President;-Mesasr. Abererombie, ArnoW, Cater, Clary; Hogue,

Ar. Norwood moved- that a -committe5 be appointed to convey the on r Roper, Russell- of Jefferson, -Russell ofabcv2 resolutions to the House of RepresentatiD ,T

Which motion ivas adopted. . A qu'Dist presmnt ayl@-.4. The PresAnNoo qurum ent. rom the '2th, opened with prayer.said committe pr The Journal of yesterday was read: corected and approved.

]Mr. Risiell, of Jefferson, moved that a committee be appointed The Prnsident: declared motions in order. -' -- - -i

to procure the Services of a Chaplain for the Senate; Mr. Arodw i:gqve notice that,'qn somae: future day, he would in-Whigh was opposed by Mr. Smith of the -12thkistriet. . traduce the following bills . - -Mr. Rnssell, of the 17th District nIoved that the Hon., J. B. -'A bill to.be entitled an act for the organization of thd militia; also,~1II -Smith of the 12th District, be solicited to opan theSenate by prayer; A bill tobe entitld'anrctm relation ntfoffeite bpnds ofcrimin4Which was adopted!. Which Were teeeived and readMr. Smith accepted'the honor confertcd upon him. Mr. Abererombie gave ntuCe that he woul~, n'some future dby,Mr Hoguc moved that the Senate adjourn until 10 o'clock to- introduie t fld l ,ing'bill'

morrow; A bill to'be entitled an act authorizing publication to be madeUpon whichrthe yeas aud nay.s were called for by Mr. Hogue and o out ofthe State-of sales -by administrators and executors in certain

'ussell of Jefferson ' cases wdThe vote was: Which was received'and read.

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