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The Daily Dispatch: January 21, 1865., [Electronic resource], To the people of the Second Congressional District of the State of Alabama. (search)
rawal to be considered as at all contemptuous, but dictated solely by that self- respect-which I feel, and by which I have, through life, endeavored to be governed. I accordingly withdrew from the House, and have not since attended its meetings. I appreciate the delicacy of my position; and, holding myself as responsible to you alone for my course on the occasion, I expect to return home as soon as I can close up my business here, and will hold myself ready to act in accordance to your wishes. The article in the Sentinel did not refer to me in person, or to any individual member of the House, but was a sweeping charge against those members of Congress who favored the proposed peace measure. What that measure is, I am not at liberty to say; but, as your representative, I am under the deepest conviction that there are not one hundred men in the district who would object to it. I have the honor to be Your obedient servant, W. R. Smith. Richmond, January 20, 1865.
The Daily Dispatch: January 21, 1865., [Electronic resource], Statistics of slavery. (search)
Confederate Congress. Senate. Friday, January 20, 1865. Prayer by the Rev. Dr. Read, of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Semmes, from the Finance Committee, reported a bill extending the jurisdiction of the Tax Collector of the State of Mississippi to Eastern Louisiana. Passed. Mr. Semmes, from the same, reported back, with amendments, House bill to establish an office of deposit in connexion with the Treasury Department. The amendments provide that there shall be only one pay depository in each State, and strike out the section exempting deposits from taxation. The amendments were agreed to and the bill passed. Mr. Sparrow, from the Military Committee, reported a bill, which was passed, suspending until the second Monday after the meeting of the next session of Congress that clause of the conscript law which declares that the reserve forces shall not perform military service out of the State in which they reside. Mr. Sparrow, from the same, reported adver
The Daily Dispatch: January 21, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 2 (search)
Virginia Legislature. [Extra session.] Senate. Friday, January 20, 1865. Lieutenant-Governor Price called the Senate to order at 12 o'clock M. Prayer by Rev. Dr. McCabe, of the Episcopal Church. A communication from the President of the Board of Public Works, enclosing a response of the Board of Supervisors of Salt to a resolution of the Senate, was laid on the table. A bill was presented by the Chairman of the Committee on Finance, authorizing the Auditor of Public Accounts to settle and pay the accounts of William F. Ritchie, Public Printer. A resolution, offered by Mr. Collier, of Petersburg, against secret sessions, was voted down by a vote of yeas, 4; nays, 36. A bill to protect the currency of the Confederacy against improper depreciation was, on motion of Mr. Coghill, taken from the calendar, when several amendments were made to it, and it was ordered to be engrossed. The hour of half-past 1 o'clock having arrived, the Senate resolved itself