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John S. Williams (search for this): article 1
on the motion of Mr. Marshall, of Kentucky, to recommit the bill, with instructions to report a bill seizing all the cotton and tobacco in the country on Government account. It was adopted. Yeas, 43; nays, 31. Mr. Miles, from the Military Committee, reported back the Senate joint resolutions of thanks to General Stand Watie and Colonel Gano, and their officers and men, for brilliant achievements in the Indian Territory. Also, the Senate joint resolution of thanks to Brigadier General John S. Williams, and the officers and men under his command, for the brilliant victory gained by them at Saltville on the 2d of October, 1864, with an amendment making it more comprehensive. Both of which were unanimously adopted. The House passed a Senate bill to regulate the pay of lieutenants of the navy while commanding on shore, giving them the same pay as when on board ship. The Chair announced the following as the Special Committee on the Exchange of Prisoners: Messrs. Marsha
Perkins (search for this): article 1
d the officers and men under his command, for the brilliant victory gained by them at Saltville on the 2d of October, 1864, with an amendment making it more comprehensive. Both of which were unanimously adopted. The House passed a Senate bill to regulate the pay of lieutenants of the navy while commanding on shore, giving them the same pay as when on board ship. The Chair announced the following as the Special Committee on the Exchange of Prisoners: Messrs. Marshall, of Kentucky; Perkins, of Louisiana; Gilmer, of North Carolina; Clark, of Missouri, and Funsten, of Virginia. Mr. Branch, of Texas, introduced a series of patriotic resolutions, adopted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, concerning peace reconstruction and independence, and endorsed them in a series of eloquent and appropriate remarks; at the close of which he moved to lay the resolutions on the table and have them printed. On motion of Mr. Cluskey, of Tennessee, the resolutions were ordered to
Wickham (search for this): article 1
vors to bring about a peace. He loved the South. It was his home. He did not want to see emancipation. He could not think of reconstruction, and he wanted to see what could be done. He also stated that he had written a letter to the Speaker of the House, resigning his seat. Mr. Snead, of Missouri, offered the following resolution: "Whereas, Henry S. Foote, a member of this House from the State of Tennessee, having absented himself from it without leave, and having, by his own admission, written and forwarded to the Speaker a letter tendering his resignation as a member of the House, and was thereafter arrested whilat unlawfully attempting to pass to the enemy's capital. "Resolved, That said Henry S. Foote is unworthy to occupy a seat upon the floor of the House, and is hereby expelled." On motion of Mr. Gilmer, it was referred to the Committee on Elections by the following vote: Ayes, 44; noes, 36. The House then, on motion of Mr. Wickham, adjourned.
January 19th, 1865 AD (search for this): article 1
Confederate Congress. Senate. Thursday, January 19, 1865. Prayer by the Rev. Dr. Read, of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Sparrow, from the Military Committee, reported a bill to authorize the appointment, in addition to those now appointed by law, seven majors, five captains, five first and five second lieutenants, in the engineer corps. Mr. Sparrow said the bill had been drafted in accordance with recommendations by the Chief of the Engineer Bureau and the Secretary of War, letters from which officials on the subject he caused to be read. The bill was, on motion, informally laid over. House bill to provide more effectually for carrying out certain stipulations in the treaty made with the Cherokee nation of Indians was considered and passed. House resolution for the appointment of a joint committee of five members of the House and — of the Senate, to prepare an address to the people of the Confederate States, assuring them of the unalterable determinat
Miles (search for this): article 1
result of the Senate's deliberations. House of Representatives. The House met at 11 o'clock. Prayer by Rev. Mr. Patterson, of the Episcopal Church. The House took up the bill to provide for laying a specie export duty on cotton and tobacco. The question was, on the motion of Mr. Marshall, of Kentucky, to recommit the bill, with instructions to report a bill seizing all the cotton and tobacco in the country on Government account. It was adopted. Yeas, 43; nays, 31. Mr. Miles, from the Military Committee, reported back the Senate joint resolutions of thanks to General Stand Watie and Colonel Gano, and their officers and men, for brilliant achievements in the Indian Territory. Also, the Senate joint resolution of thanks to Brigadier General John S. Williams, and the officers and men under his command, for the brilliant victory gained by them at Saltville on the 2d of October, 1864, with an amendment making it more comprehensive. Both of which were unanimou
Stand Watie (search for this): article 1
Prayer by Rev. Mr. Patterson, of the Episcopal Church. The House took up the bill to provide for laying a specie export duty on cotton and tobacco. The question was, on the motion of Mr. Marshall, of Kentucky, to recommit the bill, with instructions to report a bill seizing all the cotton and tobacco in the country on Government account. It was adopted. Yeas, 43; nays, 31. Mr. Miles, from the Military Committee, reported back the Senate joint resolutions of thanks to General Stand Watie and Colonel Gano, and their officers and men, for brilliant achievements in the Indian Territory. Also, the Senate joint resolution of thanks to Brigadier General John S. Williams, and the officers and men under his command, for the brilliant victory gained by them at Saltville on the 2d of October, 1864, with an amendment making it more comprehensive. Both of which were unanimously adopted. The House passed a Senate bill to regulate the pay of lieutenants of the navy while
Clark (search for this): article 1
brilliant victory gained by them at Saltville on the 2d of October, 1864, with an amendment making it more comprehensive. Both of which were unanimously adopted. The House passed a Senate bill to regulate the pay of lieutenants of the navy while commanding on shore, giving them the same pay as when on board ship. The Chair announced the following as the Special Committee on the Exchange of Prisoners: Messrs. Marshall, of Kentucky; Perkins, of Louisiana; Gilmer, of North Carolina; Clark, of Missouri, and Funsten, of Virginia. Mr. Branch, of Texas, introduced a series of patriotic resolutions, adopted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, concerning peace reconstruction and independence, and endorsed them in a series of eloquent and appropriate remarks; at the close of which he moved to lay the resolutions on the table and have them printed. On motion of Mr. Cluskey, of Tennessee, the resolutions were ordered to be spread upon the Journal. On motion of Mr.
Snead (search for this): article 1
outer lines was: First. To send his wife to Nashville, to her children and friends. Secondly. To endeavor, if possible, to get near. Washington, to see if he could not be allowed to go there and make endeavors to bring about a peace. He loved the South. It was his home. He did not want to see emancipation. He could not think of reconstruction, and he wanted to see what could be done. He also stated that he had written a letter to the Speaker of the House, resigning his seat. Mr. Snead, of Missouri, offered the following resolution: "Whereas, Henry S. Foote, a member of this House from the State of Tennessee, having absented himself from it without leave, and having, by his own admission, written and forwarded to the Speaker a letter tendering his resignation as a member of the House, and was thereafter arrested whilat unlawfully attempting to pass to the enemy's capital. "Resolved, That said Henry S. Foote is unworthy to occupy a seat upon the floor of the Ho
Henry S. Foote (search for this): article 1
e interference of certain parties. He would have been released but for a telegraphic dispatch from Mr. Seddon, which reads: "captain H. S. Doggett: " H. S. Foote until further orders. "[Signed] James & Seddon, "Secretary of War." Mr. Foote said that his object in going to the outer lines was: First. To sendd that he had written a letter to the Speaker of the House, resigning his seat. Mr. Snead, of Missouri, offered the following resolution: "Whereas, Henry S. Foote, a member of this House from the State of Tennessee, having absented himself from it without leave, and having, by his own admission, written and forwarded tog his resignation as a member of the House, and was thereafter arrested whilat unlawfully attempting to pass to the enemy's capital. "Resolved, That said Henry S. Foote is unworthy to occupy a seat upon the floor of the House, and is hereby expelled." On motion of Mr. Gilmer, it was referred to the Committee on Election
Raphael Semmes (search for this): article 1
inia. Mr. Branch, of Texas, introduced a series of patriotic resolutions, adopted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, concerning peace reconstruction and independence, and endorsed them in a series of eloquent and appropriate remarks; at the close of which he moved to lay the resolutions on the table and have them printed. On motion of Mr. Cluskey, of Tennessee, the resolutions were ordered to be spread upon the Journal. On motion of Mr. Boyce, of South Carolina, Captain Raphael Semmes, of the Confederate States Navy, was invited to occupy a seat upon the floor of the House during his sojourn in the city. The morning hour having expired, Mr. Foote, of Tennessee, arose to a question of privilege. Mr. Foote said that his rights had been assailed as the representative of a sovereign people, and he desired to vindicate himself. He had been forcibly detained from the House by the interference of certain parties. He would have been released but for a telegrap
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