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The Daily Dispatch: March 9, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
ill to regulate the pay of the clerks in the post-office in Richmond was considered and passed. The Senate resumed consideration of the House bill to increase the military force of the Confederate States by the employment of negroes. Mr. Caperton, of Virginia, offered the following amendment, which was agreed to: "Insert at the end of the fourth section of the bill: 'Provided, that not more than twenty-five per cent. of the male slaves between the ages of eighteen and forty-five, in any State, shall be called for under the provisions of this act. '" The bill, as amended, was then passed by the following vote: Yeas.--Messrs. Brown, Burnett, Caperton, Henry, Hunter, Oldham, Semmes, Simms and Watson--9. Nays.--Messrs. Barnwell, Graham, Johnson of Georgia, Johnson of Missouri, Maxwell, Orr, Vest, Wigfall--7. The Senate then resolved into secret session. House of Representatives. The House met at 11 o'clock. The Chair laid before the House a