Confederate Congress.
Senate.
Tuesday, February 7, 1865.
The Senate met at 12 o'clock M.
Mr. Hunter, of
Virginia, in the chair.
Mr. Brown, of
Mississippi, offered the following:
‘
"
Resolved. That the
Committee on Military Affairs be instructed to report a bill, with the least practical delay, to take into the military service of the
Confederate States a number of negro soldiers, not to exceed two hundred thousand, by voluntary enlistment, with the consent of their owners, or by conscription, as may be found necessary; and that the committee provide in said bill for the emancipation of said negroes in all cases where they prove loyal and true to the end of the war, and for the immediate payment, under proper restrictions, of their full present value to their owners."
’
On motion, by
Mr. Maxwell, the Senate resolved into secret session.
House of Representatives.
The
House met at the usual hour.
Senate bill to establish the flag of the
Confederate States was referred to the
Committee on Flag and Seal.
The joint resolution for the relief of
Nathaniel Moore was engrossed, and the question recurring on the passage, it was rejected — years, 25; nays, 29.
Mr. Montague, of
Virginia, who is detained from his seat by severe indisposition, was excused from attendance on the sessions of the
House.
The Committee on Claims reported the following bills and joint resolution, which were passed:
A joint resolution authorizing the
Secretary of War to increase the rent of the building adjoining the War Department, owned by
Mr. J. D. Browne.
A bill for the relief of
Major D. W. Hinkle.
A bill appropriating ten thousand dollars to pay claims of the recruiting service of the
Confederate States.
The claims of
Weatherford &
Thomas,
J. Gardiner,
Captain Ralph Huretson,
John Hughes, Mary,
Weaver,
Lieutenant D. E. Henderson and
G. A. Mitchell, being unfavorably reported upon, were laid on the table.
The
House then went into secret session, and when the doors were re-opened the
House adjourned.
