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Confederate Congress. Senate. Wednesday, February 8, 1865. Prayer by the Rev. Mr. Duncan, of the Methodist Church. Mr. Johnson, of Missouri, introduced a bill to grant to the principal officer in each of the Executive Departments of the Government a seat upon the floor of the Senate, with the privilege of discussing any measures appertaining to his Department. Referred to the Judiciary Committee. House bill to provide for the re-issue of bonds and certificates of indebtedness of the Confederate States, in certain cases, was considered and passed. The resolution relative to transferring the marine corps to the army was reported adversely upon by the Naval Committee. Mr. Sparrow, from the Military Committee, reported a bill to regulate the business of conscription. It provides that the whole business of conscription shall be turned over to the general officers commanding the reserves in each State, who shall make their returns to the Secretary of War t
Virginia Legislature. [Extra session.] Senate. Wednesday, February 8, 1865. At 12 o'clock the Senate was called to order. Prayer by Rev. James B. Taylor, Jr. On motion of Mr. Collier, the following joint resolution, introduced by him yesterday, was taken up and read by the Clerk: "Resolved, by the General Assembly, That, as the Federal Executive Chief has recently rejected authorized, respectable and informally invited overtures from the Confederate Executive for initiating negotiations designed to result in a treaty of peace on fair and honorable terms, and as Virginia renounced the forms of the Federal Constitution to obtain substantial justice for the Southern States and the people thereof, she will, in view of that recent transaction, and under the belief that the Federal authorities have sought to convert the holy offices of peace into a harsh engine of fraud, now and henceforth buckle on the whole armor of war, and with renewed and firmer resolve than ev