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The Daily Dispatch: April 19, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 16 (search)
Confederate Congress.First session.Senate. Friday, April 18, 1862. Mr. Clay, of Alabama, from the Committee of Commerce, reported back a House bill prohibiting all persons from selling cotton, syrup, &c., and its transportation to or from any port or place in possession of the enemy, Concurred in. Mr. Brown, of Mississippi, reported back from the Naval Committee a bill providing for the appointment of Chaplains in the naval hospital. Mr. Semmes reported that the Committee on Flags had again been disappointed by the person entrusted with making the design, and, further, that certain modifications had been suggested to the Committee, which were now under consideration. The Senate bill increasing the price of postage to ten cents on a letter was taken up. Mr. Semmes, of La., said the bill did not propose to change the present law regulating drop letters. He was opposed to charging as much for drop letters, or letters to be carried a few miles, as for others