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The Daily Dispatch: December 8, 1863., [Electronic resource], Confederate States Congress. (search)
Confederate States Congress. The Confederate Senate met at 12 o'clock M, yesterday, Mr. Hunter, of Va., in the chair. Prayer by the Rev. Moses D. Hoge, of the Presbyterian Church. The roll being called, Messrs. Barnwell, Brown, Burnett, Clark, Davis, Haynes, Henry, Hill, Hunter, Johnson of Ark., Orr, Semmes, Simms, Sparrow, and Wigfall, were present. The President announced that fifteen members were present, which constituted a quorum. Mr. Sparrow, of La., offered a resolution, which was adopted, that the Clerk of the Senate be instructed to inform the House of Representatives that a quorum of the Senate were present and were ready to proceed to business. A message was received from the House announcing a quorum and the appointment of a committee to wait on the President. Messrs. Brown of Miss., Hill of Ga., and Simms of Ky., were appointed a committee on the part of the Senate to wait upon the President in conjunction with the House committee. On
The Daily Dispatch: December 8, 1863., [Electronic resource], Confederate States Congress. (search)
Receiving stolen cloth. --George, slave to John Clendenin, made his appearance before the Mayor yesterday to answer the charge of receiving four and a half yards of cloth, worth $400, stolen from John C. Shafer, knowing the same to have been stolen.--George is employed at a restaurant kept by Mr. Watkins, under Metropolitan Hall, and is regarded as a very shrewd negro. Officer John W. Davis having reason to suspect that George had received the stolen cloth, searched the premises, and in an old basket in a small room of the building found it stored away. He also discovered two barrels of whiskey and one barrel of brandy, which George claimed as his property. Suspecting that the liquors, too, were stolen, the officer took them along with George, and deposited them in the case. Yesterday the prisoner exhibited a bill signed by H. W. White, for four yards of black cloth, at $50 per yard; but who White is, or whether there is any such man, remains to be seen. The Mayor sent