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the subject was one of importance. Mr.Semmes, of La., replied that the committee would hold a meeting during the ensuing week. Mr. Clay, of Ala., presented a remonstrance against carrying the mail on Sunday, which was appropriately referred. He also introduced table to discourage drunkenness in the army, whish he moved to refer to the Committee on military Affairs Mr. C. said he had submitted the bill to several army officers, and they cordially approved of his provisions. Mr. Henry, of Tenn., said that he had received a letter from a prominent gentleman in his State, in which he said that he felt more apprehension from the magnitude of this evil in the army than from any other cause. Mr.Sparrow, of La., said the Committee on Military Affairs have been engaged in devising same plan for ridding the army of incapable officers, whether so from drunkenness or otherwise. The motion to refer was than agreed to, and then the Senate went into secret legislative sess