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The Daily Dispatch: November 18, 1864., [Electronic resource], Confederate Congress. (search)
Confederate Congress. Senate. Thursday, November 17, 1864. The Senate met at 12 o'clock M., and the proceedings were opened with prayer by the Rev. Dr. Burrows, of the Baptist church. Mr. Walker, of Alabama, introduced a bill to extend to postmasters the provisions of the law in relation to the receipt by Government officers of counterfeit treasury notes. Referred to the Committee on Finance. Mr. Maxwell, of Florida, offered the following, which was agreed to: "Resolved, That the President be requested to inform the Senate, in open or secret session, as he may deem advisable whether he has information that any State of the United States has, through any of her recognized authorities, directly or indirectly, expressed a willingness to go into convention with the States of this Confederacy for the purpose of negotiating a peace or consulting on the best method of effecting a cessation of hostilities; and to communicate such information to the Senate, if not