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Journal of the Confederate Congress --SIXTY-NINTH DAY--THURSDAY, February 13, 1862.

Journal of the Congress of the Confederate States of America, 1861-1865 [Volume I]
SIXTY-NINTH DAY--THURSDAY, February 13, 1862.

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OPEN SESSION.

Congress met pursuant to adjournment, and was opened with prayer by the Rev. Dr. Burrows.

Congress then resolved itself into secret session.

SECRET SESSION.

Congress being in secret session,

Mr. Venable, on his own motion, was allowed to withdraw the resolutions introduced by him relative to amendments to the Provisional Constitution.

The Chair presented a communication from the Secretary of the Treasury in response to a resolution of inquiry of the Congress relative to the purchase of cotton; which was read and laid on the table.

Mr. Harris of Mississippi moved to postpone the regular order of business, for the purpose of taking up for consideration his motion to reconsider the vote on the passage of

A bill to provide for an increase in the Quartermaster and Commissary Departments.

The motion to postpone was agreed to.

And the question being upon the motion to reconsider, the vote was taken and the motion prevailed.

Mr. Harris then moved to reconsider the vote on the engrossment of the bill.

The motion prevailed.

Mr. Harris then moved to reconsider the vote by which the amendment by way of substitute to the bill was adopted.

And the question being on agreeing to the substitute, the vote was taken and the amendment was lost.

The bill was then engrossed and read a third time;

When,

Mr. Toombs moved to lay the bill on the table.

The motion was lost.

And the question being on the passage of the same,

Mr. Toombs, at the instance of the State of Georgia, demanded that the yeas and nays of the whole body be recorded thereon; which are as follows, to wit:

• Alabama--Yea: Messrs. Hale and McRae. Nay: Messrs. Smith and Curry.
• Arkansas--Yea: Mr. Watkins.
• Florida--Yea: Messrs. Morton and Sanderson. Nay: Mr. Owens.
• Georgia--Yea: Messrs. Wright and Kenan. Nay: Messrs. Toombs, Foreman, Crawford, Bass, Hill, and Stephens.
• Kentucky--Yea: Messrs. Monroe, Johnson, and Ford.
• Louisiana--Yea: Messrs. Perkins and Kenner.
• Mississippi--Yea: Messrs. Harris, Brooke, Bradford, and Harrison.
• Missouri--Yea: Messrs. Cooke, Harris, Conrow, Vest, and Freeman.
• North Carolina--Yea: Messrs. Davis, Avery, Venable, and Davidson.
• South Carolina--Yea: Mr. Boyce. Nay: Messrs. Rhett and Barnwell.
• Tennessee--Yea: Messrs. House, Jones, Thomas, and Currin.
• Texas--Yea: Messrs. Waul, Oldham, and Ochiltree.

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• Virginia--Yea: Messrs. Seddon, Pryor, Scott, Brockenbrough, and Johnston. Nay: Mr. Macfarland.

Yea: Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia, 10.

Nay: Georgia and South Carolina, 2.

Divided: Alabama, 1.

So the bill was passed.

Mr. Oldham, from the Committee on Engrossment, reported as correctly engrossed and enrolled

An act to organize the clerical force of the Treasury Department;

An act to transfer the county of Attala, in the State of Mississippi, from the northern to the southern judicial district of the State of Mississippi; and

An act to pay interest due the Choctaw Nation upon stocks of the State of Virginia.

Mr. Waul introduced

A bill to organize transport trains for the Army of the Confederate States;
which was read first and second times and placed on the Calendar.

Mr. Avery, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported adversely to a bill to call forth the militia to repel invasion, asked to be discharged from its further consideration, and that the bill lie on the table.

A message was received from the President, by the hands of his Private Secretary, Mr. Josselyn, informing Congress that the President on Tuesday, the 11th instant, approved and signed

An act to provide for the compensation of G. H. Oury, Delegate from Arizona, for his attendance at this session of Congress.

The morning hour having expired,

Mr. Kenan moved to suspend the consideration of the special order of the day, for the purpose of considering the report of the Military Committee.

The motion to postpone was agreed to.

And the question being upon agreeing to the report of the Military Committee,

Mr. Toombs, at the instance of the State of Georgia, demanded that the yeas and nays of the whole body be recorded thereon; which are as follows, to wit:

• Alabama--Yea: Messrs. Chilton and Hale. Nay: Mr. Curry.
• Arkansas--Yea: Messrs. Thomason and Garland. Nay: Messrs. Johnson and Watkins.
• Florida--Yea: Mr. Sanderson. Nay: Mr. Owens.
• Georgia--Yea: Mr. Kenan. Nay: Messrs. Toombs, Foreman, Crawford, Bass, Hill, Wright, and Stephens.
• Kentucky--Yea: Messrs. Monroe, Johnson, Ford, Thomas, and White. Nay: Mr. Elliott.
• Louisiana--Yea: Messrs. De Clouet and Contain. Nay: Mr. Marshall.
• Mississippi--Yea: Messrs. Harris, Brooke, and Harrison. Nay: Mr. Bradford.
• Missouri--Yea: Mr. Conrow. Nay: Messrs. Peyton, Cooke, Harris, Vest, and Bell.
• North Carolina--Yea: Messrs. Avery and Ruffin. Nay: Messrs. Davis and Davidson.

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• South Carolina--Yea: Messrs. Barnwell and Memminger. Nay: Messrs. Rhett and Boyce.
• Tennessee--Yea: Messrs. House, Jones, and Thomas.
• Texas--Yea: Messrs. Wigfall, Reagan, Waul, and Ochiltree. Nay: Mr. Oldham.
• Virginia--Yea: Messrs. Scott and Brockenbrough. Nay: Messrs. Macfarland, Rives, and Russell.

Yea: Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Texas, 5.

Nay: Georgia, Missouri, and Virginia, 3.

Divided: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, North Carolina, and South Carolina, 5.

So the Congress refused to agree to the report.

Congress then resolved itself into executive session; and having spent some time therein, again resolved itself into legislative session.

Mr. Oldham, from the Committee on Engrossment, reported as correctly engrossed and enrolled

An act to alter and amend an act entitled "An act for the sequestration of the estates, property, and effects of alien enemies, and for indemnity of citizens of the Confederate States and persons aiding the same in the existing war with the United States," approved August 30, 1861.

Mr. Memminger offered

A resolution in relation to payment to disbursing clerk of appropriation for removal of the seat of government;
which was read first and second times, engrossed, read a third time, and passed.

Mr. Kenan moved that Congress proceed to the consideration of the remaining bills vetoed by the President.

Mr. Crawford moved to further postpone the consideration of the same.

The motion to postpone prevailed.

And, on motion of Mr. Kenan,

Congress adjourned until 11 o'clock a. m. to-morrow.

EXECUTIVE SESSION.

Congress being in executive session,

The following message was received from the President, making the following nominations in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States:

Richmond, February 12, 1862.

To the Congress of the Confederate States:

I nominate the officers on the accompanying list to the rank affixed to their names, respectively, agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of War.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

Brigadier-general.
• J. L. Hogg, of Texas, to rank from date of confirmation.

• TWENTY-FIRST MISSISSIPPI REGIMENT, PROVISIONAL ARMY.
  • Colonel.
    • Benjamin G. Humphreys, of Mississippi, to take rank September 11, 1861.
  • Lieutenant-colonel.
    • W. L. Brandon, of Mississippi, to take rank July 17, 1861.
  • Major.
    • D. N. Moody, of Mississippi, to take rank November 2, 1861.

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• FIRST TEXAS REGIMENT, PROVISIONAL ARMY
  • Colonel.
    • A. T. Rainey, of Texas, to take rank January 2, 1862.
  • Lieutenant-colonel.
    • H. H. Black, of Texas, to take rank January 2, 1862
  • Major.
    • A. G. Clopton, of Texas, to take rank January 2, 1862.
• FIRST ARKANSAS CAVALRY REGIMENT, PROVISIONAL ARMY.
  • Colonel
    • Thomas J. Churchill, of Arkansas. to take rank June 9, 1861.
  • Lieutenant-colonel.
    • Charles H. Matlock, of Arkansas, to take rank June 9, 1861.
  • Major.
    • Robert W. Harper, of Arkansas, to take rank June 9, 1861.
• FIRST ALABAMA ARTILLERY BATTALION, PROVISIONAL ARMY.
  • Lieutenant-colonel.
    • Robert C. Forsyth, of Alabama, to rank from date of confirmation.
• EIGHTH TEXAS CAVALRY REGIMENT, PROVISIONAL ARMY.
  • Colonel.
    • John A. Wharton, of Texas, to take rank January 13, 1862.
  • Lieutenant-colonel.
    • J. G. Walker, of Texas, to take rank January 8, 1862.
  • Major.
    • Thomas Harrison, of Texas, to take rank September 7, 1861.
• TWENTY-FIRST LOUISIANA REGIMENT, PROVISIONAL ARMY.
  • Colonel.
    • M. L. Smith, of --, to take rank January 30, 1862.
  • Lieutenant-colonel.
    • Edward Higgins, of Louisiana, to take rank January 30, 1862.
  • Major.
    • Edward Ivy, of Louisiana, to take rank January 30, 1862.
• JEFF. DAVIS LEGION, PROVISIONAL ARMY.
  • Lieutenant-colonel.
    • William T. Martin, of Mississippi, to rank from confirmation.
  • Major.
    • William M. Stone, of --, to rank from confirmation.

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• TWENTY-SEVENTH MISSISSIPPI REGIMENT, PROVISIONAL ARMY.
  • Lieutenant-colonel.
    • James L. Autry, of Mississippi, to take rank from confirmation.
  • Major.
    • George H. Lipscomb, of Mississippi, to take rank from confirmation.
• FIFTH ARKANSAS BATTALION, PROVISIONAL ARMY.
  • Lieutenant-colonel.
    • Francis A. Terry, of Arkansas, to rank from November 30, 1861.
• SEVENTH ARKANSAS BATTALION, PROVISIONAL ARMY.
  • Major.
    • F. W. Desha, of Arkansas, to take rank October 25, 1861.
• EIGHTH GEORGIA BATTALION, PROVISIONAL ARMY.
  • Lieutenant-colonel.
    • C. A. L. Lamar, of Georgia, to take rank November 2, 1861.
  • Major.
    • John H. Lamar, of Georgia, to take rank January 30, 1862.
• FIFTH KENTUCKY REGIMENT, PROVISIONAL ARMY.
  • Major.
    • John W. Caldwell, of Kentucky, to take rank January 29, 1862.
• EIGHTH VIRGINIA BATTALION, PROVISIONAL ARMY.
  • Major.
    • C. B. Duffield, of Virginia, to take rank August 13, 1861.
  • Brigade commissaries, with the rank of major.
    • Philip M. Slaughter, of Louisiana; James W. Lyon, of Maryland; W. N. R. Beall, of Arkansas; H. C. Guerin, of South Carolina.
  • Assistant commissaries, with the rank of captain.
    • Spencer B. Scott, of Texas; John A. Gibson, of North Carolina; Eli H. Miller, of North Carolina; J. E. Green, of Tennessee; W. J. Bryant, of Mississippi; Ewing Litteral, of Virginia; Paul Pritchard, of South Carolina; John A. Stanly, of North Carolina; J. M. Pettigrew, of Arkansas; G. W. Alderson, of Virginia; James L. Eames, of Virginia; Thomas Beggs, of South Carolina; R. H. Williamson, of --; D. R. Hawkins, of Tennessee; Alexander H. Mason, of Virginia.
  • Brigade quartermasters, with the rank of major.
    • John Claiborne, of Louisiana; Alphonse Cazabat, of Louisiana; Thomas L. Brown, of Virginia; J. G. Finnie, of Tennessee; John B. Burton, of --.
  • Assistant quartermasters, with the rank of captain.
    • John A. Winbry, of Texas; William Hendrix, of Alabama; A. S. Garnett, of Virginia; Ransom B. Moon, of Virginia; C. L. Goodwin, of South Carolina; R. W. Sanders, of Louisiana; James L. Cole, of Virginia; George Taylor, of Arkansas; J. D. Cameron, of Georgia; W. W. Paine, of Georgia; J. C. Brannon, of Tennessee; A. Bobet, of Louisiana; W. J. Everett, of North Carolina; E. Pinkney Hill, of Texas; R. Steagall, of North Carolina.

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  • Chaplains.
    • R. J. Walker, of Tennessee; George E. Eagleton, of Tennessee; J. H. Jordan, of Louisiana; F. M. Latta, of Arkansas; James S. Ervin, of North Carolina; R. B. Alston, South Carolina; J. W. P. McKenzie, of Texas; W. G. L. Quaite, of Arkansas.
• ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT.
  • Major.
    • Alexander M. Haskell, of South Carolina, to take rank January 28, 1862.
  • Captains.
    • James G. Martin, of Tennessee, to take rank January 28, 1862; Thomas W. Preston, of Tennessee, to take rank January 31, 1862: W A Harris of Virginia, to take rank January 31, 1862; F. A. Reynolds, of Virginia, to take rank November 9, 1861; Edward W. Hull, of Georgia, to take rank February 3, 1862.
  • Lieutenant-colonel.
    • Samuel A. Roberts, of Texas, to take rank February 3, 1862.
  • Aids-de-camp, with the rank of first lieutenant.
    • Samuel Donelson, of Tennessee, to take rank January 10, 1862; C. T. Quintard, of Tennessee, to take rank January 10, 1862: Stockton Heth, of Virginia, to take rank January 23, 1862; William E. Cannady, of North Carolina, to take rank January 30, 1862; John G. Meem, of --, to take rank February 3, 1862.
  • Adjutants, with the rank of first lieutenant.
    • James W. Batter, of Arkansas, to take rank June 9, 1861; A. McGoodwin, of Kentucky, to take rank January 28, 1862; J. H. Ware, of Georgia, to take rank January 28, 1862; Edward C. Hill, of Virginia, to take rank January 22, 1862; Edward Warburg, of Louisiana, to take rank January 31, 1862; Alfred T. Pettit, of Virginia, to take rank January 31, 1862; E. A. Miller, of Mississippi, to take rank January 31, 1862; Joseph W. Holden, of North Carolina, to take rank January 14, 1862.

Congress advised and consented to the confirmation of said nominations.

The Chair laid before Congress the following communication from the President:

Richmond, February 1, 1862.

To the Congress of the Confederate States:

I nominate J. B. Kershaw, of South Carolina, to be a brigadier-general, agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of War.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

On motion of Mr. Rhett of South Carolina,

Congress advised and consented to the said nomination.

Mr. Conrad, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to which had been referred the nominations of the President of January 25, reported the same back and recommended their confirmation; which was agreed to, Congress advising and consenting to the same.

Mr. Conrad, from the same committee, to which was referred the nomination of James K. Harwood, of Maryland, to be a paymaster in the Navy, reported the same back and recommended his confirmation; which was agreed to.

The Chair laid before Congress the following communication from the President:

Richmond, February 13, 1862.

To the President of the Congress of the Confederate States of America:

I nominate the officers named in the annexed letter of the Secretary of the Navy for promotion, agreeably to his recommendation.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

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Confederate States of America, Navy Department,
Richmond, February 13, 1862.

The President.

Sir: I have the honor to recommend the following nominations for promotion in the Marine Corps of the Confederate States:

First lieutenants.
• Second Lieut. David G. Raney, of Florida, vice First Lieut. Henry L. Ingraham, resigned, to rank as such from the 22d day of November, 1861.
• Second Lieut. James R. Y. Fendall, of the District of Columbia, vice First Lieut. Henry B. Tyler, jr., dismissed, to rank as such from the 10th day of December, 1861.

I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

S. R. MALLORY,
Secretary of Navy.

The Chair also laid before Congress the following communication from the President:

Richmond, February 13, 1862.

To the Congress of the Confederate States:

I nominate the officers on the accompanying list to the rank affixed to their names, respectively, agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of War.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

CORPS OF ENGINEERS.
• Captains.
  • I. M. St. John, of Georgia; Edmund H. Cummins, of Maryland; J. T. Champneys, of Mississippi; W. B. Thompson, of North Carolina; A. L. Rives, of Virginia; John J. Clarke, of Virginia; W. L. Pickett, of Virginia; S. W. Presstman, of Virginia: Leon J. Frémaux, of Louisiana; J. M. Wampler, of Maryland; Powhatan Robinson, of Mississippi; Thomas J. Mackey, of South Carolina; E. T. D. Myers, of Virginia; D, B. Harris, of Virginia; R. H. Fitzhugh, of Virginia; James Nocquet, of France.

Congress then resumed legislative session.

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