| PREVIOUS | NEXT | NEW SEARCH |
A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1875
Journal of the Confederate Congress --TUESDAY, May 21, 1861.
OPEN SESSION.
Congress met pursuant to adjournment.
Prayer was offered by the Rev. Mr. Mitchell.
There being no business on the Public Calendar, Congress went into secret session; and after remaining some time therein, adjourned until the 20th day of July next.
SECRET SESSION.
Congress having resolved itself in secret session,
Mr. Chilton presented a memorial from Elizabeth Moon; which, without being read, was referred to the Committee on Claims.
Mr. Toombs, from the Committee on Finance, to which was referred the bill relative to the pay of members of Congress for postage, reported adversely to the same and recommended that the bill lie on the table and that the committee be discharged from the further consideration of the same.
Page 258 | Page image
The report was agreed to.
Mr. Toombs, from the same committee, to whom was referred
A bill to authorized certain debtors to pay the amounts due by them into the Treasury of the Confederate States,
reported the same back without amendment and recommended its passage.
The bill was engrossed, read a third time, and passed.
Mr. Toombs, from the same committee, to whom was referred
A bill to prescribed the salary of the Private Secretary of the President of the Confederate States,
reported the same back without amendment and recommended its passage.
Congress considered the same and the said bill was engrossed, read a third time, and passed.
Mr. Toombs, from the same committee, to which was referred certain claims, reported the same back, recommended that they lie on the table, and that the committee be discharged from the further consideration of the same.
The report was agreed to.
Congress then proceeded to the consideration of
A bill making appropriations for the support of the Navy for the year ending 18th February, 1862.
The bill was engrossed, read a third time, and passed.
Mr. Oldham, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to which was referred
A bill to divide the State of Texas into two judicial districts and provide for judges and officers of the same.
The section of the bill being as follows:
The Congress of the Confederate States do enact, That the State of Texas be, and the same is hereby, divided into two judicial districts in the following manner, to wit: All the territory of the State of Texas embraced in the counties of Newton, Jasper, Jefferson, Orange, Tyler, Polk, Liberty, Galveston, Harris, Montgomery, Austin, Fort, Bend, Brazoria, Colorado, Wharton, Matagorda, Lavaca, Jackson, Calhoun, Dewitt, Victoria, Goliad, Refugio, San Patricio, Nueces, Cameron, Starr, Webb, and Hidalgo, as they existed in eighteen hundred and fifty-two, shall compose one district, to be called the eastern district of Texas, and all the remaining part of the territory of said State shall compose another district, to be called the western district of Texas.
The committee reported as a substitute therefor the following:
That the State of Texas be, and the same is hereby, divided into two judicial districts in the following manner, to wit: All the territory of the State of Texas within and west of the following-named counties shall compose one district, to be called the western district, to wit, Matagorda, Wharton, Colorado, Fayette, Washington, Burleson, Milam, Falls, McLellan [McLennan], Hill, Johnson, Tarrant, Wise, Montague, and the territory east of said counties shall constitute the eastern district of Texas.
Mr. Gregg, from the Committee on Claims, made a report relative to the payment of certain claims against the Confederate States; which was referred to the Attorney-General.
Congress proceed to the consideration of
A bill to transfer the testimony taken by commission in certain suits
Page 259 | Page image
therein named brought in the circuit and district courts of the United States of America to the States of the Confederate States, and to authorize the same to be read in said State courts;
which was engrossed, read a third time, and passed.
Mr. Chilton offered the following resolution; which was agreed to, viz:
Resolved, That the amounts of expenses incurred by the committee appointed to digest the laws, as reported by the Committee on Claims this day, be paid out of the contingent funds of Congress.
Mr. Miles offered the following resolution; which was agreed to, viz:
Resolved, That the amount of ninety dollars be paid out of the contingent fund of the House to Alexander B. Clitherall for defraying the cost of the flag ordered by the Flag Committee, together with the cost of the flagstaff, halyards, freight, etc.
Mr. Toombs, from the Committee on Finance, reported
A bill to provide for the pay of additional officers, noncommissioned officers, musicians, and privates of the Marine Corps, to constitute a regiment, and for the additional clothing and subsistence of the non-commissioned officers, musicians, and privates for the year ending February 18, 1862;
which was read the first and second times, engrossed, read a third time, and passed.
Mr. Shorter, from the Committee on Engrossment, reported as correctly engrossed and enrolled
A bill to divide the State of Texas into two judicial districts and provide for the appointment of judges and officers in the same;
A bill for the protection of certain Indian tribes;
A resolution in relation to certain accounts;
A bill to provide for the incidental expenses of the public service within the Indian tribes;
A bill to authorize the President to confer temporary rank and command for service with volunteer troops on officers of the Confederate Army;
A bill to amend an act to raise an additional military force to serve during the war;
A bill concerning the transportation of soldiers and allowance for clothing of volunteers and amendatory of the act for the establishment and organization of the Army of the Confederate States;
A bill to provide for certain deficiencies in the appropriations for the Post-Office Department for the year ending February 18, 1862;
A bill making appropriations for the legislative and executive expenses of Government for the year ending 18th February, 1862;
A bill relative to telegraph lines of the Confederate States, approved May--, 1861.
A bill making appropriations in addition to those already made for the military service of the Confederate States of America for the fiscal year ending the 18th day of February, 1862;
A bill to provide revenue from commodities imported from foreign countries;
An act to define with more certainty the meaning of an act entitled "An act to fix the duties on articles therein named," approved March 15, 1861;
Page 260 | Page image
An act to establish a court of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction in the State of Mississippi for the counties lying on the Mississippi River in said State; and
An act to amend an act relative to telegraph lines of the Confederate States, approved May [11], 1861.
Mr. Rust introduced
A bill to provide for the cession on the part of the State of Arkansas of the arsenal at Little Rock and Fort Smith at the city of Fort Smith, in the State of Arkansas, to the Confederate States of America, and the acceptance of the same by said Confederate States;
which was read the first and second times, engrossed, read a third time, and passed.
Mr. Benjamin delivered a verbal message from the President in reference to prisoners of war; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Mr. Toombs, from the Committee on Finance, reported
A bill to provide for the pay of the officers who have resigned from the United States Navy, and whom it is proposed to add to the Confederate States Navy;
which was read the first and second times.
Mr. Conrad moved to amend the same by adding thereto the following words, viz:
To pay Captains Lawrence Rousseau, Josiah Tattnall, Victor M. Randolph, and Duncan N. Ingraham and Commander Raphael Semmes certain traveling expenses, as per resolution of March fifteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, five hundred and ninety-three dollars.
The motion prevailed.
The bill as amended was engrossed, read a third time, and passed.
A message was received from the President, through his Private Secretary, Mr. Josselyn, that he had approved and signed
An act to amend an act to provide for the organization of the Navy, approved March 16, 1861;
An act to establish a separate port of entry at Sabine Pass, in the county of Jefferson, in the State of Texas, and to provide for the appointment of a collector therein; and
An act to put in operation the Government under the permanent Constitution of the Confederate States of America.
Mr. Hale, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to which was referred the communication made by the President through Mr. Benjamin, reported
A bill relative to prisoners of war;
which was read the first and second times, engrossed, read a third time, and passed.
On motion of Mr. Hale, Congress proceeded to the consideration of
A bill supplemental to an act to establish the judicial courts of the Confederate States of America;
which was engrossed, read a third time, and passed.
Mr. Toombs, from the Committee on Finance, reported
A bill to make temporary disposition of certain railroad iron;
which was read the first and second times, engrossed, read a third time, and passed.
On motion of Mr. Stephens,
Congress took a recess until 4.30 o'clock p. m.
Page 261 | Page image
4.30 O'CLOCK P. M.
On motion of Mr. Ward, the injunction of secrecy was removed from the memorial from the president of the Florida Railroad Company and the report of the Committee on Finance thereon relative to duty on certain iron.
Mr. Hemphill introduced
A bill for the publication of the laws;
which was read a first and second time, engrossed, read a third time, and passed.
Mr. Sparrow offered the following resolution; which was agreed to, viz:
Resolved, That the injunction of secrecy on the proceeding of Congress on the consideration and passage of the bill removing the seat of government from Montgomery, Alabama, to Richmond, Virginia, be so far removed as to authorize each member to make public his own action and vote on said bill.
Mr. Miles offered
A resolution in reference to the printing of the tariff act and other documents connected therewith;
which was read a first and second time, engrossed, read a third time, and agreed to.
Mr. Hale offered
A resolution regulating the payment of unadjusted accounts;
which was read a first and second time, engrossed, read a third time, and agreed to.
The following message was received from the President:
To the Congress.
Gentlemen: I have the honor to return to you, without approval, the act entitled "An act to establish a court of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction in the State of Mississippi for the counties lying on the Mississippi River in said State."
Although I am unable to perceive the advantage of an additional court in Mississippi as provided [by] the bill, this would not constitute a sufficient reason for withholding my approval. But the bill goes further. It creates a jurisdiction for a certain portion of the bank of the Mississippi River entirely different from that which exists above, below, and on the opposite bank of the river. This can not but lead to conflict of jurisdiction, embarrassment, and confusion, and I can not perceive the necessity for so exceptional a measure.
I therefore return it to the Congress with my objections.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
Congress proceeded to reconsider the bill; and on the question,
Shall the bill pass?
The same was decided in the negative and the bill was lost.
Mr. Hemphill introduced
A bill relative to the Library of Congress;
which was read the first and second times, engrossed, read a third time, and passed.
Mr. Hemphill also introduced
A bill for the relief of the district attorneys of the Confederate States in the field;
which was read the first and second times, engrossed, read a third time, and passed.
Mr. Chilton offered
A resolution in reference to a Congressional seal;
which was referred to the Committee on Flag and Seal.
Page 262 | Page image
Mr. Oldham introduced
A bill assigning the judge, district attorney, and marshal of the district of Texas to the eastern district of said State;
which was read a first and second time, engrossed, read a third time, and passed.
Mr. Shorter, from the Committee on Engrossment, reported as correctly engrossed and enrolled
An act to prescribe the mode of publishing the laws and treaties of the Confederate States;
An act to establish the judicial courts of the Confederate States of America in the State of Virginia;
An act to prescribe the salary of the Private Secretary of the President of the Confederate States;
An ordinance of the convention of the Congress of the Confederate States;
An act to amend an act entitled "An act recognizing the existence of war between the United States and the Confederate States, and concerning letters of marque, prizes, and prize goods," approved May [6], 1861;
An act to provide for the pay of additional officers, noncommissioned officers, musicians, and privates of the Marine Corps, to constitute a regiment, and for the additional clothing and subsistence of the non-commissioned officers, musicians, and privates for the year ending February 18, 1861 [1862];
An act to increase the clerical force of the Treasury Department in the Bureau of Second Auditor;
A resolution rescinding the resolution providing for a digest of laws, approved March 12, 1861;
A resolution in relation to the clerical department of Congress;
An act to authorize certain debtors to pay the amounts due by them into the Treasury of the Confederate States;
A resolution to provide for the removal of the seat of government;
An act to transfer the testimony taken by commission in certain suits therein named brought in the circuit and district courts of the United States of America to the State courts of the Confederate States, and to authorize the same to be read in said courts;
An act to prohibit the exportation of cotton from the Confederate States, except through the seaports of said States, and to punish persons offending therein;
An act to provide for the cession on the part of the State of Arkansas of the arsenal at Little Rock and of Fort Smith at the city of Fort Smith, in the State of Arkansas, to the Confederate States of America, and the acceptance of the same by the Confederate States;
An act to make temporary disposition of certain railroad iron;
An act to provide for the pay of the officers who have resigned from the United States Navy, and whom it is proposed to add to the Confederate States Navy;
An act making appropriations for the support of the Navy for the year ending 18th February, 1862;
An act supplemental to an act to establish the judicial courts of the Confederate States;
An act relative to prisoners of war;
An act for the publication of the laws;
Page 263 | Page image
A resolution in reference to the printing of the tariff act and other documents connected therewith;
A resolution regulating the payment of unadjusted accounts;
An act relative to the Library of Congress;
An act for the relief of district attorneys of the Confederate States in the field;
An act to secure copyrights to authors and composers; and
An act assigning the judge, district attorney, and marshal for the district of Texas to the eastern district of said State.
Mr. Memminger, Secretary of the Treasury, submitted estimates of expenses of removing the seat of government to Richmond, Va.; which, on motion of Mr. Stephens, were referred to the Committee on Finance.
The following message was received from the President:
Executive Department, May 21, 1861.
Mr. President: The President has this day approved and signed
An act to amend an act relative to telegraph lines of the Confederate States, approved May 11th, 1861;
An act to provide for certain deficiencies in the appropriations for the Post-Office Department for the year ending February 18, 1862;
An act to amend an act to raise an additional military force to serve during the war;
An act to authorize the President to confer temporary rank and command for service with volunteer troops on officers of the Confederate Army;
An act making appropriations for the legislative and executive expenses of Government for the year ending 18th February, 1862;
An act for the protection of certain Indian tribes;
An act making appropriations in addition to those already made for the military service of the Confederate States of America for the fiscal year ending the 18th day of February, 1862;
An act to provide revenue from commodities imported from foreign countries;
An act to define with more certainty the meaning of an act entitled "An act to fix the duties on articles therein named," approved March 15, 1861;
An act to provide for the incidental expenses of the public service within the Indian tribes;
An act to divide the State of Texas into two judicial districts and provide for the appointment of judges and officers in the same; and
A resolution in relation to certain accounts.
ROBERT JOSSELYN,
Private Secretary.
Also the following:
Executive Department, May 21, 1861.
Mr. President: The President has this day approved and signed
An act to authorize certain debtors to pay the amounts due by them into the Treasury of the Confederate States;
A resolution in regard to the clerical department of Congress;
An act to provide for the pay of additional officers, noncommissioned officers, musicians, and privates of the Marine Corps, to constitute a regiment, and for the additional clothing and subsistence of the noncommissioned officers, musicians, and privates for the year ending February the 18th, 1862;
A resolution rescinding the resolution providing for a digest of laws, approved March 12, 1861;
An act to prescribe the mode of publishing the laws and treaties of the Confederate States;
An act to prescribe the salary of the Private Secretary of the President of the Confederate States;
An act to increase the clerical force of the Treasury Department in the Bureau of Second Auditor;
An act supplemental to an act to establish the judicial courts of the Confederate States of America;
An act to establish a patent office, and to provide for the granting and issue of patents for new and useful discoveries, inventions, improvements, and designs;
Page 264 | Page image
An act to provide for the pay of the officers who have resigned from the United States Navy, and whom it is proposed to add to the Confederate States Navy;
An act to make temporary disposition of certain railroad iron;
An act to establish the judicial courts of the Confederate States of America in the State of Virginia;
An ordinance of the convention of the Congress of the Confederate States;
An act to amend an act entitled "An act recognizing the existence of war between the United States and the Confederate States, and concerning letters of marque, prizes, and prize goods," approved May [6], 1861;
An act to provide for the cession on the part of the State of Arkansas of the arsenal at Little Rock and of Fort Smith at the city of Fort Smith, in the State of Arkansas, to the Confederate States of America, and the acceptance of the same by the said Confederate States;
An act to prohibit the exportation of cotton from the Confederate States, except through the seaports of said States, and to punish persons offending therein;
A resolution to provide for the removal of the seat of government;
An act making appropriations for the support of the Navy for the year ending 18th February, 1862;
A resolution in reference to printing the tariff act and other documents connected therewith;
An act to transfer the testimony taken by commission in certain suits therein named brought in the circuit and district courts of the United States of America to the State courts of the Confederate States, and to authorize the same to be read in said State courts;
An act concerning the transportation of soldiers and allowance for clothing of volunteers and amendatory of the act for the establishment and organization of the Army of the Confederate States;
An act for the publication of the laws;
An act relative to prisoners of war;
An act relative to the Library of Congress;
An act for the relief of district attorneys of the Confederate States in the field;
A resolution regulating the payment of unadjusted accounts;
An act assigning the judge, district attorney, and marshal for the district of Texas to the eastern district of said State; and
An act to secure copyrights to authors and composers.
ROBERT JOSSELYN,
Private Secretary.
Mr. Toombs, from the Committee on Finance, to which were referred the estimates of the Secretary of the Treasury relative to the removal of the seat of government, reported
A bill making appropriation to defray the expenses of removing the seat of government to Richmond, Va.;
which was read the first and second times, engrossed, read a third time, and passed.
Mr. Memminger offered the following resolution, viz:
That the Secretary of the Treasury take measures for selling the unexpired lease of the President's house and of the buildings used for the Departments or for being relieved from any portion of the rent as soon as the seat of government shall have been removed; and that he cause all furniture no longer wanted to be sold.
The resolution was read the first and second times, engrossed, read a third time, and passed.
Mr. Shorter, from the Committee on Engrossment, reported as correctly engrossed and enrolled
A bill making appropriation to defray the expenses of removing the seat of government to Richmond, Va.; and
A resolution conferring certain powers on the Secretary of Treasury in reference to selling unexpired lease of the President's house, etc.
A message was also received from the President, through Mr. Josselyn, his Private Secretary, that he had approved and signed
An act making appropriation to defray the expenses of removing the seat of government to Richmond, Va.; and
Page 265 | Page image
A resolution conferring certain powers on the Secretary of the Treasury in reference to selling the unexpired lease of the President's house, etc.
Mr. Wigfall offered the following resolution, to wit:
Resolved, That the thanks of this Congress are due, and are hereby tendered, to the Honorable Howell Cobb, President of the body, for the ability, courtesy, and impartiality with which he has presided over our deliberations.
The resolution was unanimously agreed to.
Mr. Waul offered a resolution, viz:
That the President of the Congress be directed to tender to the authorities of the State of Alabama the thanks of this body for the use of the Capitol building in which its deliberations have been held, and also to the people of Montgomery for the uniform kindness and hospitality which they have extended to the members of the Congress.
The resolution was agreed to.
Mr. Shorter moved that a committee of three be appointed to wait on the President and inform him that Congress, having finished the business before it, was ready to adjourn unless he had some further communication to make to the body.
The motion prevailed,
And the Chair appointed Messrs. Shorter, Conrad, and Ochiltree as said committee.
The committee retired and again appeared and reported, through Mr. Shorter, that the committee had discharged the duty assigned it and that the President had authorized them to say that he had no further communication to make.
Mr. Waul moved that the Congress do now adjourn; which motion prevailed;
When,
Mr. Cobb rose and expressed his gratification and pleasure at the renewal of the kindness of the body expressed in the resolution just adopted, and, returning his thanks, declared that Congress was adjourned until the 20th day of July next.
EXECUTIVE SESSION.
The Congress having gone into executive session, the following communications were received from the President:
To the President of the Congress of the Confederate States:
I nominate John W. Nixon, of Louisiana, late a paymaster in the Navy of the United States, to be a paymaster in the Navy of the Confederate States.
George W. Clarke, of Arkansas, late a paymaster in the Navy of the United States, to be a paymaster in the Navy of the Confederate States.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
The following communication was also received from the President:
To the President of the Congress of the Confederate States:
I nominate George T. Sinclair, of Virginia, late a lieutenant in the Navy of the United States, to be a lieutenant in the Navy of [the] Confederate States.
James D. Johnston, of Kentucky, late a lieutenant in the Navy of the United States, to be a lieutenant in the Navy of the Confederate States.
John N. Maffitt, of North Carolina, late a lieutenant in the Navy of the United States, to be a lieutenant in the Navy of the Confederate States.
Washington Gwathmey, of Virginia, late a lieutenant in the Navy of the United States, to be a lieutenant in the Navy of the Confederate States.
Page 266 | Page image
Joel S. Kennard, of Alabama, late a lieutenant in the Navy of the United States, to be a lieutenant in the Navy of the Confederate States.
Charles W. Hays, of Alabama, late a lieutenant in the Navy of the United States, to be a lieutenant in the Navy of the Confederate States.
Julian Myers, of Georgia, late a lieutenant in the Navy of the United States, to be a lieutenant in the Navy of the Confederate States.
Jonathan H. Carter, of North Carolina, late a lieutenant in the Navy of the United States, to be a lieutenant in the Navy of the Confederate States.
J. Pembroke Jones, of Virginia, late a lieutenant in the Navy of the United States, to be a lieutenant in the Navy of the Confederate States.
John M. Brooke, of Virginia, late a lieutenant in the Navy of the United States, to be a lieutenant in the Navy of the Confederate States.
William T. Glassell, of Alabama, late a lieutenant in the Navy of the United States, to be a lieutenant in the Navy of the Confederate States.
John W. Dunnington, of Kentucky, late a lieutenant in the Navy of the United States, to be a lieutenant in the Navy of the Confederate States.
William L. Bradford, of Alabama, late a lieutenant in the Navy of the United States, to be a lieutenant in the Navy of the Confederate States.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
The following communication was also received from the President:
To the President of the Congress of the Confederate States:
I nominate Richard T. Allison, of Maryland, late a paymaster in the Navy of the United States, to be a paymaster in the Navy of the Confederate States.
Samuel Z. Gonzales, of Florida, to be a quartermaster of the Marine Corps of the Confederate States.
Jacob Read, of Georgia, late a first lieutenant in the Marine Corps of the United States, to be a captain in the Marine Corps of the Confederate States.
John R. F. Tattnall, of Georgia, late a first lieutenant in the Marine Corps of the United States, to be a captain in the Marine Corps of the Confederate States.
Andrew J. Hays, of Alabama, late a first lieutenant in the Marine Corps of the United States, to be a captain in the Marine Corps of the Confederate States.
Reuben T. Thom, of Alabama, to be a captain in the Marine Corps of the Confederate States.
Alfred C. Van Benthuysen, of Louisiana, to be a captain in the Marine Corps of the Confederate States.
Julius Ernest Meiere, of the District of Columbia, late a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps of the United States, to be first lieutenant in the Marine Corps of the Confederate States.
Calvin L. Sayre, of Alabama, late a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps of the United States, to be a first lieutenant in the Marine Corps of the Confederate States.
H. Laurens Ingraham, of South Carolina, late a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps of the United States, to be first lieutenant in the Marine Corps of the Confederate States.
Lucien Le Compte Dawson, of Texas, late a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps of the United States, to be first lieutenant in the Marine Corps of the Confederate States.
Becket K. Howell, of Louisiana, late a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps of the United States, to be first lieutenant in the Marine Corps of the Confederate States.
Richard H. Henderson, of the District of Columbia, to be a first lieutenant in the Marine Corps of the Confederate States.
David G. Raney, of Florida, to be a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps of the Confederate States.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
The following communication was also received from the President:
To the President of the Congress of the Confederate States:
I nominate John Ward, of Virginia, late a passed assistant surgeon in the Navy of the United States, to be a surgeon in the Navy of the Confederate States.
Francis L. Galt, of Georgia, late a passed assistant surgeon in the Navy of the United States, to be a surgeon in the Navy of the Confederate States.
Thomas J. Charlton, of Georgia, late an assistant surgeon in the Navy of the United States, to be an assistant surgeon in the Navy of the Confederate States.
Theodosius Bartow Ford, of Georgia, to be an assistant surgeon in the Navy of the Confederate States.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
Page 267 | Page image
On motion, the above communications were referred [to] the Committee on Naval Affairs, who reported them back to the Congress.
And the question being,
Will the Congress advise and consent to the nominations?
It was unanimously decided in the affirmative.
The following communication was also received from the President:
Montgomery, May 21, 1861.
Hon. Howell Cobb,
President of the Congress.
Sir: I have the honor to submit for the consideration of Congress the nomination contained in the recommendation of the Secretary of the Treasury transmitted herewith.
Very respectfully,JEFFERSON DAVIS.
Montgomery, May 21, 1861.
His excellency Jeff. Davis,
President of the Confederate States.
Sir: I respectfully recommend Benjamin F. McDonough, of Texas, for appointment as collector for the port of Sabine Pass.
Very respectfully,C. G. MEMMINGER,
Secretary of the Treasury.
The question being,
Will the Congress advise and consent to the above nomination?
On motion of Mr. Ochiltree,
It was unanimously decided in the affirmative.
The following communication was also received from the President:
Montgomery, May 21, 1861.
To Hon. Howell Cobb,
President of the Congress.
Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith for the consideration of Congress a list of nominations for the Department of Justice.
Very respectfully,JEFF'N DAVIS.
Montgomery, May 21, 1861.
To the President.
Sir: I have the honor to submit the following nominations to office in the Department of Justice:
Respectfully, your obedient servant,
J. P. BENJAMIN.
The question being,
Will the Congress advise and consent to the nominations above communicated?
It was unanimously decided in the affirmative.
The following communication was also received from the President:
Montgomery, May 21, 1861.
Hon. Howell Cobb,
President of the Congress.
Sir: I have the honor to submit herewith for the consideration of the Congress a list of nominations in the Department of Justice.
Very respectfully,
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
Page 268 | Page image
Montgomery, May 21, 1861.
To the President.
Sir: I have the honor to submit the following names for nomination to offices in the Department of Justice:
Respectfully, your obedient servant,
J. P. BENJAMIN.]
The question being,
Will the Congress advise and consent to the nominations above communicated?
It was unanimously decided in the affirmative.
The following communication was also received from the President:
Executive Department, May 21, 1861.
Hon. Howell Cobb,
President of the Congress:
I herewith transmit, for the advice and consent of the Congress, the nomination of Robert H. M. Davidson, to be district attorney for the district of Florida, in the place of D. P. Holland, who has not qualified nor entered upon the duties of his office.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
Montgomery, May 20, 1861.
To the President.
Sir: I have the honor to submit for nomination in this Department Robert H. M. Davidson, to be district attorney for the district of Florida, in the place of D. P. Holland, who has not qualified nor entered upon the duties of his office.
Your obedient servant,
J. P. BENJAMIN.
On motion, the above communication was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, who reported it back to Congress.
And the question being,
Will the Congress advise and consent to the nomination above communicated?
It was unanimously decided in the affirmative.
The following communication was also received from the President:
Executive Department, May 20, 1861.
Hon. Howell Cobb,
President of the Congress:
I herewith transmit, for the advice and consent of the Congress, the nomination of William T. Austin to be marshal of the district of Texas, in the place of H. E. McCulloch, who declines the appointment.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
Page 269 | Page image
Montgomery, May 20, 1861.
To the President.
Sir: I have the honor to submit the following nomination as proper to be made in this Department:
William T. Austin to be marshal of the district of Texas, in the place of H. E. McCulloch, who declines the appointment.
Your obedient servant,J. P. BENJAMIN.
On motion, the above communication was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, who reported it back to the Congress.
And the question being,
Will the Congress advise and consent to the nomination above communicated?
It was unanimously decided in the affirmative.
There being no further executive business, the Congress resumed the consideration of the business on the Calendar.
PREVIOUS SECTION .. NEXT SECTION .. NAVIGATOR
| PREVIOUS | NEXT | NEW SEARCH |