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The Daily Dispatch: January 11, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
Confederate Congress. Senate. Tuesday, January 10, 1865. The Senate met at 12 o'clock M. Mr. Walker, of Alabama, introduced a bill to secure more effectually the preservation and distribution of the effects of deceased officers and soldiers, which was referred to the Judiciary Committee. Mr. Caperton introduced a resolution exempting maple sugar from the tithe imposed by the act levying taxes for the support of the Government, approved February 17, 1864. Referred to the Committee on Finance. House bill to amend the acts to provide for local defence, reported favorably from the Military Committee, was passed. Joint resolution of thanks to General Stand Watie and Colonel Gano, and the officers and men under their command, for gallant and valuable services in the Indian Territory, was passed unanimously. House bill relative to increasing the efficiency of the cavalry was laid on the table and ordered to be printed. The Military Committee were dis
The Daily Dispatch: January 13, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
gress. Senate. Thursday, January 12, 1865. Prayer by the Rev. Dr. Norwood, of the Episcopal Church. Mr. Hill, of Georgia, offered a resolution, which was agreed to, that the Finance Committee be instructed to inquire what legislation is necessary for the relief of tax-payers residing in districts occupied or overrun by the enemy; and what legislation may be expedient for the relief of agriculturists who have been unable to comply with their bonds, required by the act of February 17, 1864, by reason of the depredations of the enemy, or by reason of the subsequent exaction of military service by the State or Confederate authorities since the execution of their bonds. Mr. Sparrow, from the Military Committee, reported a bill to authorize missionaries sent by religious denominations to the army to draw rations, and to give to each chaplain forage for one horse; which was considered and passed. House bill to provide clothing for commissioned officers of the army, n
The Daily Dispatch: January 16, 1865., [Electronic resource], Confederate Congress. (search)
and the officers and men under their commands, for gallant military service. The House also passed a bill to provide for the payment of provost marshals and military clerks. Also, a bill to increase the compensation of the Surgeon-General, so as to give him the pay and allowances of a colonel of cavalry. The House then took up for consideration the exemption bill. Several attempts were made to table the bill and recommit it to the Military Committee, but they failed. A clause was adopted exempting all ministers of religion engaged in the discharge of their duties on the 17th of February, 1864. Also, an amendment to exempt all mechanics and agriculturists over forty-five years of age, habitually engaged in the prosecution of their calling, who have eight white persons in their families dependent on them, and all such persons now in the army who would have been so exempted had they been at home. Pending the consideration of the bill the House adjourned.
The Daily Dispatch: January 18, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
b and blind, and of the insane, "teachers" and officers of the asylums. Adopted. Mr. Miles, of South Carolina, moved to insert, instead of the clause in the committee bill in relation to the exemption of the press, the law of last session: one editor for each newspaper now being published, and such employees as said editor may certify on oath to be necessary to the conducting of his newspaper. Mr. Miles was in favor of leaving the press upon the footing upon which the act of February 17th, 1864, put them.--There were but one hundred and thirty editors in the Confederacy, and seven hundred and fifty-six employees of all sorts. We would not, therefore, get many recruits for our army from this class; and the proposed change would only irritate and exasperate the press without being productive of any beneficial results. The present law was sufficient, if properly enforced. At this crisis we must, as matter of judicious policy, even do all that we can to conciliate public opini
The Daily Dispatch: January 24, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
The question then recurring on the substitute of Mr. Sexton, of Texas, for the section relative to mail contractors, which leaves the law on that subject pretty much as it now stands, it was rejected. Ayes, 31; noes, 41. The bill was then engrossed, read a third time, and passed. Ayes, 47; noes, 26. The bill reads as follows: "The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That so much of the act ' to organize forces to serve during the war,' approved February 17, 1864, as exempts one person as overseen or agriculturist on such farm or plantation upon which there were, at specified times, fifteen able-bodied field hands, between the ages of sixteen and fifty, upon certain conditions, is hereby repealed. "2. No exemption or detail shall be granted by the President or by the Secretary of War, by virtue of said act, except to persons lawfully reported by a board of surgeons as unable to perform active service in the field; to persons over the age o
The Daily Dispatch: February 11, 1865., [Electronic resource], The sword of justice. (search)
eneral-in-chief may direct. The second section provides that, the President be authorized to organize the said slaves into companies, battalions, regiments and brigades, under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of War may prescribe, and to be commanded by such officers as the President may appoint. The third section provides that while employed in the service, the said slaves shall receive the same rations, clothing and compensation as are allowed in the act approved February 17, 1864, and the acts amendatory thereto "to increase the efficiency of the army by the employment of free negroes and slaves in certain capacities"; and the compensation so allowed shall be made to the owner or to the slave, as the owner thereof may elect. The fourth section of the bill provides that nothing in this act shall be construed to authorize a change in the relation which the said slaves shall bear towards their owners as property, except by consent of the States in which they m
The Daily Dispatch: February 15, 1865., [Electronic resource], Call of the Governor of South Carolina. (search)
Richmond Circuit Court, yesterday--Judge Meredith presiding. --In the matter of petitions of writs of habeas corpus of George Lintz and Adolph Bentel, adjourned from last Friday, the Court heard additional evidence, and, being satisfied that they were above the prescribed age, ordered their discharge. Edward M. Sandy, of Essex county, petitioned for a writ as being over forty-five years of age at the passage of the conscript act of the 17th of February, 1864, and therefore liable to duty with the reserves instead of the active forces (where he has been assigned), and the Court granted him until the 28th instant to collect testimony. Solomon Lillionfeld, proving himself, as he claimed to be, an undomiciled foreigner, and never having joined any company of the "Foreign Legion," was discharged from the custody of Lieutenant william H. Blackford, enrolling officer for this city. William J. Burnford, who, it will be recollected, was accused of the murder of Dr. Carrie,
The Daily Dispatch: February 20, 1865., [Electronic resource], Five hundred dollars reward. (search)
nday. House bill to diminish the number of exemptions and details was then taken up, the question being on agreeing to certain amendments proposed by the Senate Military Committee. The amendments were agreed to without discussion, and the bill passed in the following form: "a bill to diminish the Number of exemptions and details. "The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That so much of the 'act to organize forces to serve during the war,' approved February 17, 1864, as exempt one person as overseer or agriculturist on each farm or plantation upon which there were, at specified times, fifteen able-bodied field hands, between the ages or sixteen and fifty, upon certain conditions, is hereby repealed: Provided, That exemptions of persons over forty-five years of age may be granted under the provisions of the act aforesaid, and said persons shall be liable to military service upon the expiration of the time for which they received exemption by reason
The Daily Dispatch: February 24, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
per centum upon the present tax on the same subjects of and for the year 1865, including the specific taxes and all taxes on sales during the year 1865, whether made before or after the passage of this act, and not expressly excepted or otherwise provided by this act; which tax shall be payable in Confederate treasury notes of the new issue at par, or in the certificates of indebtedness authorized by "an act to reduce the currency and authorize a new issue of notes and bonds," approved February 17, 1864, at the rate of one hundred and five dollars for every one hundred dollars of said certificates; but without any allowance for interest; and the same shall be collected at the same times with the other taxes on the same subjects under existing laws. And where any tax for 1865 has been collected prior to the passage of this act, the one hundred per cent. additional tax thereon shall be collected as soon as practicable after its passage. "Section 2. In the year 1865, and in each suc
The Daily Dispatch: February 25, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
for the time, informally passed over, and, On motion, by Mr. Hunter, the Senate resolved into secret legislative session, and soon after adjourned. House of Representatives. The House met at the usual hour, and was opened with prayer by the Rev. Dr. Peterkin. Senate amendments to House bill to establish a foundry and arsenal in the valley of Deep river, North Carolina, and to House bill to amend the thirteenth section of the act to reduce the currency, &c., approved February 17, 1864, were concurred in. Mr. Lyon, of Alabama, from the Committee on Ways and Means, reported the following bills: A bill further to provide for the regulation of taxation on banks and bank notes, and for the confiscation of such notes in the hands of alien enemies.--Ordered to be printed. A bill to authorize the First Auditor to record and keep all accounts of the Navy Department. Passed. A bill to amend the act authorizing the appointment of assistants to the register
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