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The Daily Dispatch: March 8, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
ce. The bill was so amended and passed. The Chair laid before the House a communication from Hon. R. H. Whitfield, stating that he would not be able to reach Richmond before the close of the present session. He therefore resigned his seat as a member of the present Congress. Mr. Clark, of Missouri, from the Committee of Conference on the General Staff Bill, made a report, which was concurred in. Mr. Miles, from the Committee of Conference on the Exemption Bill, made a report, which was concurred in. [He stated that the bill was substantially the same as the bill passed by the House.] Mr. Chambers, from the Special Committee on Impressments, reported a bill to provide for taking testimony on claims for the value or the use and services of slaves, in certain cases. After some discussion, on motion of Mr. Marshall, of Kentucky, the bill was postponed indefinitely by a vote of years, 31; nays, 30. On motion of Mr. Rogers, of Florida, the House adjourned.
The Daily Dispatch: March 10, 1865., [Electronic resource], The Dispatch. (search)
erkins, Read, Simpson, Snead, Staples, Triplett, Villere. Nays--Messrs. Atkins, Baldwin, Branch, Chambers, Colyar, Cruikshank, Fuller, Gholson, Gilmer, Hartridge, Hatcher, Herbert, Holliday, J. M. Leach, J. T. Leach, Logan, McCallum, Ramsay, Rogers, Sexton, J. M. Smith, Smith of North Carolina, Turner, Wickham, Wilkes, Witherspoon, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Lyon, from the Committee on Ways and Means, reported a bill for the relief of the Exchange Bank at Norfolk, which was considered and passedhat one hundred dollar notes in the hands of prisoners of war on the 1st day of July, 1864, may be funded within ninety days after exchange in four per cent. bonds.] Mr. Marshall reported from the Committee on Military Affairs a bill "to prevent the improper communication of intelligence to the enemy" in lieu of the bill referred to that committee. The bill was considered and passed. On motion of Mr. Rogers, of Florida, the House took a recess till half-past 7 o'clock this evening.
The Daily Dispatch: March 16, 1865., [Electronic resource], Confederate Congress. (search)
, Christian, Clark, Cluskey, Conrad, Conrow, De Jarnette, Dupre, Elliott, Ewing, Funsten, Gholson, Goode, Gray Hartridge, Hatcher, Heiskell, Holliday, Johnston, Keeble, Lyon, Machen, Miller, Moore, Perkins, Read, Russell, Sexton, Swan, Triplett, Villere, Wilks, Mr. Speaker. --Yeas, 36. Nays.--Anderson, Baldwin, Barksdale, Baylor, Blandford, Branch, Burnett, Clopton, Colyar, Darden, Farrow, Fuller Gaither, Gilmer, Hanley, Herbert, J. M. Leach, Marshall, McCallum, McMullen, Miles, Ramsay, Rogers, Simpson, J. M. Smith, Smith of N. C., Snead, Staples, Turner, Welsh, Wickham, Witherspoon.--Nays, 32. The following is a copy of the bill as passed: Whereas, The Confederate States are invaded, and the public safety requires the suspension of the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus, the Congress of Confederate States do enact, That the privilege of habeas corpus is hereby suspended until otherwise provided by law, in all cases of arrest or detention by order of the President, t
The Daily Dispatch: March 18, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
bill to provide for the payment of arrears now due to the army and navy, and stating his objections thereto. The question being shall the bill pass notwithstanding the objections of the President, it was decided in the affirmative by the following vote: Those who voted in the affirmative were-- Messrs. Anderson, Baldwin, Baylor, Blandford, Branch, H. W: Bruce, Christian, Clark, Clopton, Cluskey, Darden, Dupre, Elliott, Farrow, Gaither, Gholson, Goode, Gray, Hanly, Hartridge, Herbert, Johnson, Keeble, Machen, Marshall, McCallum, McMullin, Perkins, Pugh, Read, Rogers, Russell, Simpson, J. M. Smith, Triplett, Turner, Villere, Wickham and Witherspoon--39. Those who voted in the negative were-- Messrs. Barksdale, Batson, Bradley, E. M. Bruce, Carroll, Colyar, Conrad, Conrow, De Jarnette, Dickinson, Ewing, Hatcher, Holliday, Lyon, Menees, Mills, Sexton and Wilkes--18. On motion of Mr. Machen, of Kentucky, the House took a recess until 8 o'clock this evening.
The Daily Dispatch: December 12, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
palding, of Ohio; Higsby, Wright, of New Jersey. On Banking and Currency.--Messrs of New York, chairman; Har; Culver, of Pennsylvania, land, of Ohio; Harding, of Kentucky; Lynch, of Maine; Devrees, of Indiana; Randall, of Pennsylvania; Hubbard, of West Virginia. District of Columbia.--Ingersoll, of Illinois; Dumont, of Indiana; Davis, of New York; Baldwin, of Massachusetts; McCullough, of Maryland; Colt, of Missouri; Walker O. Mercer, of Pennsylvania; Sharkland, of Kentucky. On the Judiciary.--Messrs. Wilson, of Iowa, chairman; Boutrell, of Massachusetts; Francis Thomas, of Maryland; Williams, of Pennsylvania; Woodbridge, of Vermont; Morris, of New York; Rogers, of New Jersey; Lawrence, of Ohio, and Cook, of Illinois. The House refused to suspend the rules for the admission of a resolution giving Southern members the privilege of the floor pending the consideration of their claims to seats. After the transaction of much other business, the House adjourned.
The Daily Dispatch: December 19, 1865., [Electronic resource], General Assembly of Virginia. (search)
him. Mr. Washburne is openly for the admission of the Tennessee members, and he, as the head of a Northwestern party that dislikes the New England ascendancy in committees and in policy, and also as the close friend of General Grant, who is humane and liberal in his views, will, probably, go to a considerable extent for the Southern representatives. It will be remembered that his brother, General Washburne, is generous and liberal in his views. Mr. Blow is said to be conservative, and Messrs. Rogers and Grider certainly are. This view is rather couleur de rose, but let us hope for the best. To-morrow we will probably hear the announcement of the Senate committee, and then we can the better see how things are drifting. Speaker Colfax has made an utterance on the subject which we can commend as being as susceptible of two interpretations as the responses of any oracle of ancient Greece. In a speech made in Baltimore last Friday night he said: In the minds of all the f
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