Wednesday, May 26, 2010

XXXVIIth Congress -- First Session

WASHINGTON, February 10.

SENATE. – The Vice President presented a communication from a meeting of citizens of North Carolina, held at Hatteras, Jan. 10th, in regard to the rejection of Mr. Foster, their representative, and still insisting on his right to be a representative of the loyal citizens of North Carolina.

Mr. Davis presented a petition from the citizens of Maine, asking Congress to drop the negro question and attend to the business of the country, to sustain the President and Gen. McClellan, and to support the Constitution of the U. S.

Mr. Rice, of Minnesota, offered a resolution that the committee on military affairs be requested in inquire into the expediency of recommending and appropriation to complete the military road from Point Douglas, Minn., to Superior City, Wis.


WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.

HOUSE. – The House unanimously passed the Senate bill authorizing the issuing of $100,000,000 of Treasury notes.

– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Tuesday Morning, February 11, 1862, p. 1

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