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The Daily Dispatch: December 14, 1864., [Electronic resource], Confederate Congress. (search)
Mr. Watson, of Mississippi, providing for the exemption of slaves in localities to be indicated by the Governors of States, the bill was passed. Mr. Henry's joint resolutions defining the position of the Confederate States, and declaring the determination of the Congress and the people thereof to-prosecute the war till their independence is acknowledged, with a verbal amendment by the Committee on Foreign Relations, was considered and passed unanimously. The Senate resolved into secret session and soon after adjourned. House of Representatives. Prayer by the Rev. Dr. Jeter. The morning hour was consumed in the discussion of the bill confiscating the property of those who have left the Confederacy to avoid military service. A bill, reported by Mr. Burnett, of the Committee on Pay and Mileage, increasing the pay of members of Congress fifty per cent, was passed. Ayes, 45; nays, 41. [The present salary of Congressmen is $3,000 per annum.] Adjourned.
The Daily Dispatch: December 14, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 3 (search)
Two thousand Dollars reward. --Ran away from the subscriber a bright Mulatto, named Burnett or Bernard, aged twenty- one years. His complexion is very light, but his hair is rather wooly. His front teeth are bad. He is good-looking and well-spoken; is rather above middle height and is slender. Had on blue- grey pantaloons, tons. Wore a felt hat. He left my house at 11 o'clock on Wednesday, the 7th of December, and went with a mulatto servant, named John, two or three years older than Burnett. They were seen in a wagon bound for Richmond county. The above reward will be paid on the delivery of Burnett to me in Richmond. John M. Daniel. de 8--6t tons. Wore a felt hat. He left my house at 11 o'clock on Wednesday, the 7th of December, and went with a mulatto servant, named John, two or three years older than Burnett. They were seen in a wagon bound for Richmond county. The above reward will be paid on the delivery of Burnett to me in Richmond. John M. Daniel. de 8--6t