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Confederate Congress.first session. Senate. Tuesday, March 11th, 1862.
In the Senate yesterday the open session was principally taken up in discussing a bill introduced by Mr. Johnson of Arkansas, chairman of the committee on Indian affairs, entitled "an act to provide for the organization of the Arkansas and Red River superintendency of Indian affairs.
This bill relates to the relations and general control of the Indian tribes of the West, and provides for the appointment of agents to be stationed at various points on the frontier, and also the appointment of a general superintendent.--The principal discussion of the bill was upon a clause reading "That the following Indian Agents shall be continued or appointed by the President, who shall hold their office during four years good behavior." The objection was, that if the appointments were made for four years it would establish a precedent that would finally become the rule.
If the duration of the term of service is limited
House of Representatives. Tuesday, March 11, 1862.
The House met at 12 o'clock, and its session was opened with prayer by Hon. Mr. Ralls, of Alabama.
Journal of yesterday read and approved.
Mr. Wilcox, of Texas, announced the presence of Mr. McWilley, the delegate elect from the territory of Arizona, who appeared and took the required oath.
The States were called alphabetically for memorials, resolutions, bills, &c.
Mr. Foster, of Alabama, introduced a resolution tendering the thanks of Congress to Captain Buchanan, of the Virginia, and the officers and men under his command, for the signal victory achieved in the recent brilliant naval engagement in Hampton Roads.
The resolution was adopted unanimously.
Mr. Smith introduced a bill to provide for the manufacture of army shoes in camp.--Referred to Committee on Military Affairs.
Mr. Hanley, of Arkansas, submitted a bill with reference to the organization of the army, which was referred to the Committee o
General Assembly of Virginia.Senate. Tuesday, March 11th, 1862
Opened at 11 o'clock. Prayer by Rev. Mr. Banes.
A number of House bills communicated this morning were appropriately referred.
House bill authorizing the use of the jailed and poor houses of the State by the Confederate States for the safe-keeping of free negroes arrested by military authority, was taken up, and, with House amendments, laid on the table.
Sundry House amendments to Senate bill to prevent certain violations of the Sabbath were agreed to and one disagreed to. The Clerk was directed to notify the House.
The Senate was informed that the House had passed a resolution requesting the Governor to commission Captain C. N. Lawson and other officers of his company, and receive the same and turn them over to the Confederate Government as a portion of Virginia's quota and to the credit of Lancaster county The Senate agreed to the resolution.
The President laid before the Senate a communica
House of Delegates. Tuesday, March 11, 1862.
The proceedings in the House of Delegates were of an unimportant character; the publication of which, owing to the crowded condition of our columns, we are compelled to omit.
The Daily Dispatch: March 12, 1862., [Electronic resource], Official report of Brig.-Gen. Floyd battle of Fort Donelson (search)
Official report of Brig.-Gen. Floyd of the battle of Fort Donelson
Yesterday afternoon the President sent in to the two Houses of Congress the official report of Gen. Floyd of the battle of Fort Donelson, accompanied with the following brief message:
Executive Department, March 11, 1862. To the Speaker of the House of Representatives:
I transmit here with copies of such official reports as have been received at the War Department of the defence and fall of Fort Donelson.
They will be found incomplete and unsatisfactory.
Instructions have been given to furnish further information upon the several point not made intelligible by the reports.
It is not stated that reinforcements were at any time asked for; nor is it demonstrated to have been impossible to have saved the army by evacuating the position; nor is it known by what means it was found practicable to withdraw a part of the garrison, leaving the remainder to surrender; nor upon what authority or principle
Latest from the North.the Federal account of thebattle at Hampton Roads.&c., &c., &c. Norfolk, March 11, 1862.
--Information of the great naval battle of the 8th and 9th, and the disasters to the Federal navy, reached the North on Sunday last.
The Herald says it is a slight reverse, combined with reactionary success on the part of the Union navy.
The Herald admits the destruction of two old wooden sailing frigates by the rebel naval monster Merrimac, and two iron clad gunboats.
It says our whole fleet was defeated on Sunday, and the Merrimac disabled by the new Ericson, iron clad gunboat, Monitor.
It admits that the Cumberland, Congress, and other Federal frigates, were completely at the mercy of the Merrimac and two iron-mailed gunboats, and that the Merrimac fairly cut the Cumberland open, and then drawing off, gave her a broadside, and dashed into her again, and the ship immediately went down under the terrific shock.
It admits the surrender and destruction of the Co
The Daily Dispatch: March 12, 1862., [Electronic resource], Martial law. (search)
The Naval battle. Norfolk, Va., March 11, 1862.
--We have further particulars of the recent affair in Hampton Roads.
The Minnesota succeeded in reaching Fortress Monroe on Sunday, in a very crippled condition.
All the guns at the Newport News fortifications were silenced for one hour, except one, by the Virginia and other Confederate vessels.
The garrison evacuated the works.
Lieut. Taylor, wounded by the enemy under the flag of truce, died yesterday.
Capt. Buchanan and Lieut. Minor were also treacherously shot by the enemy while under the white flag.
They are both improving.
The Yankees killed two of their own men while firing on us after they had raised the white signal, and we were lending them aid and succor.
The Ericson battery, after being run into by the Virginia, retreated to Fortress Monroe.
Eight Confederates were killed and ten wounded in the battle of Saturday.
It was supposed that the Cumberland lost in killed and drowned about three hundred.
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