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A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1875
Journal of the Confederate Congress --FIFTH DAY--THURSDAY, July 25, 1861.
OPEN SESSION.
Congress met pursuant to adjournment, and was opened with prayer by the Rev. Mr. Ware.
Mr. Venable of North Carolina announced the presence of Mr. Thomas Ruffin, a Delegate from the State of North Carolina, who appeared, was qualified, and took his seat.
Mr. Garland of Arkansas offered the following resolution; which was unanimously agreed to:
Resolved, That the Secretary be, and he is hereby, directed to have, as soon as possible, the proceedings of Congress on the announcement of the death of the Honorable Francis S. Bartow, together with the several speeches made on the occasion, printed in pamphlet form, and that he cause three thousand five hundred copies of the same to be printed for the use of Congress.
Mr. Smith of Alabama offered a resolution instructing the Judiciary Committee to report a bill amending an act approved May 21, 1861, entitled "An act to authorize certain debtors to pay the amounts due by them into the Treasury of the Confederate States," so as to provide penalties for the violation of the provisions contained in said act; which was agreed to.
Mr. Hill of Georgia offered a series of resolutions from a meeting in Georgia; which were referred to Committee on Finance, without being read.
Mr. Kenner of Louisiana offered resolutions instructing Judiciary Committee to inquire into the expediency of reporting a general confiscation bill; which were agreed to.
Mr. Perkins of Louisiana presented a letter from railroad companies in Virginia, agreeing to transport sick and disabled soldiers; which was referred to Committee on Military Affairs.
Mr. Brooke of Mississippi presented a communication from a citizen of New Orleans on subject of finance; which was referred to Committee on Finance, without reading.
Mr. Miles of South Carolina presented a memorial from Messrs.
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Edgerton & Richards, of South Carolina, praying amendment of the patent law; which was referred to Committee on Patents.
Mr. Scott of Virginia presented a memorial of Henry Clay Pate, of Virginia, praying compensation for services rendered "Wise Legion" as quartermaster and commissary; which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
Mr. Russell of Virginia offered a resolution instructing the Committee on Finance to inquire into the expediency of adjusting the accounts between the several States and the Confederate Government for expenditures made for the war; which was agreed to.
A message was received from the President by the hands of his Private Secretary, Mr. Josselyn, saying that he had on yesterday approved and signed
An act to authorize the appointment of agents to sign Treasury notes.
The Chair presented a communication from the Secretary of the Treasury in reference to donations from certain churches, with the amounts contributed by the several churches, in an accompanying document thereto, and containing an estimate for appropriation of money to be expended in behalf of the wounded at Manassas; which was laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Mr. Memminger of South Carolina offered resolution in relation to certain donations from churches; which was read the first and second times, enrolled and engrossed, read third time, and passed.
Congress then resolved itself into secret session.
SECRET SESSION.
Congress having resolved itself into secret session,
The Chair presented a communication from the Executive Department, transmitting to Congress the report of the Secretary of War and accompanying documents; which were read and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
The Chair presented a communication from the Executive Department, transmitting to Congress the report of the Secretary of the Navy and accompanying documents; which were read and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.
The Chair presented a message from the Executive Department, transmitting to Congress the report of the Secretary of the Treasury and accompanying documents; which were read and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mr. T. R. R. Cobb of Georgia presented a letter from John M. Daniel, declining the office of Public Printer, and moved that Congress proceed on to-morrow at 12:30 o'clock, in secret session, to the election of a printer; which motion was agreed to.
Mr. Shorter of Alabama presented the account of White, Ptister Pfister & Co., of Montgomery, Ala., against Confederate States; which was referred to Committee on Claims.
Mr. T. R. R. Cobb of Georgia offered the following resolution, viz:
Resolved by the Congress of the Confederate States of America, That W. N. Hutchins, Journal Clerk of the Congress, be allowed to substitute A. R. Lamar as Journal Clerk while said Hutchins remains in the Army, and that said Lamar be authorized to draw the pay of said Hutchins and also his allowance for transportation from Montgomery to Richmond;
which was agreed to.
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Mr. Kenner introduced
A bill to authorize the emission as required of Treasury notes to an amount not exceeding in the aggregate one hundred millions of dollars, and to provide a war tax for their redemption of one-half of one per cent on all taxable property in the several States of the Confederate States of America, as described in their last respective assessment rolls, and for other purposes;
which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
Mr. Harris introduced
A bill to extend the provisions of an act entitled "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," approved May 21, 1861;
which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mr. Craige presented a communication from W. F. Strange in relation to the mint in Charlotte, N. C.; which was referred, without being read, to the Committee on Finance.
Mr. Avery presented a communication from William Johnson in reference to the same subject; which was also referred, without being read, to the Committee on Finance.
Mr. Avery introduced
A resolution in relation to the First Regiment of North Carolina Volunteers;
which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
Mr. Avery also presented a memorial from Capts. C. M. Avery and William J. Hoke in reference to the First Regiment of North Carolina Volunteers; which was referred, without being read, to the Committee on Military Affairs.
Mr. Shorter of Alabama moved to reconsider and refer to the special committee the resolution passed on yesterday in relation to the wounded at Manassas; which motion was agreed to.
Mr. Shorter of Alabama moved to reconsider the resolution passed to-day in relation to the wounded at Manassas and to refer the same to the special committee; which motion was agreed to.
On motion of Mr. Rhett of South Carolina,
Congress then adjourned until 12 o'clock to-morrow.
EXECUTIVE SESSION.
Congress having resolved itself in executive session,
The following message from the President was laid before the body by the President of the Congress, viz:
Executive Department,
Richmond, July 24, 1861.
Hon. Howell Cobb,
President of the Congress.
Sir: I hereby transmit, for the advice and consent of the Congress, the nomination of Robert M. T. Hunter, of Virginia, to be Secretary of State, in the place of Robert Toombs, resigned.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
On motion of Mr. Keitt, the Congress unanimously advised and consented to the nomination.
The Chair also laid before the Congress a communication from the
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President, transmitting, for the advice and consent of Congress, a list of appointments for postmasters at the places severally designated, viz:
E. C. Dewey, San Antonio, Tex.; Daniel Dickson, Wilmington, N. C.; C. R. Dickson, Jackson, Miss.; Ludwell H. Estes, Columbia, Tenn.; James B. Glass, Columbia, S. C.; Thomas C. Howard, Atlanta, Ga.; Alfred Huger, Charleston, S. C.; William Rust, Austin, Tex.; Thomas W. Peques, Camden, S. C.,; William Priestly, Canton, Miss.; H. T. Phillips, Chattanooga, Tenn.; Joseph McCormick, Baton Rouge, La.; William P. Mellen, Natchez, Miss.; Thomas B. Bigger, Richmond, Va.; Eugene R. Biossat, Alexandria, La.; Solomon Cohen, Savannah, Ga.; C. W. Charlton, Knoxville, Tenn.; William H. Crittenden, Holly Springs, Miss.; Owen L. Cochran, Houston, Tex.; George T. Cook, Raleigh, N. C.; Samuel Finley, Tuscumbia, Ala.; William H. Eager, Selma, Ala.; Joseph C. Guild, Tuscaloosa, Ala.; Lloyd Bowers, Mobile, Ala.; Thomas E. Jordan, Pensacola, Fla.; J. M. Reid, New 1Orleans, La.; Miles Nash, Tallahassee, Fla.; James T. Porter, Napoleon, Ark.; William H. Pope, Little Rock, Ark.; Henry Hunsieker, Shreveport, La.; William Howell, Marion, Ala.; E. Richardson, Albany, Ga.; William Woods, Madison, Ga.; Thomas Crawford, Athens, Ga.; H. M. Jeter, Columbus, Ga.; M. C. Gallaway, Memphis, Tenn.; Reuben T. Thom, Fredericksburg, Va.; Martin A. Bowdoin, Griffin, Ga.; William E. Bass, Petersburg, Va.; William J. Windham, Huntsville, Ala.; William McNulty, Georgetown, S. C.; William Wertenbaker, University of Virginia, Virginia; G. B. Graves, Winchester, Va.; L. L. Stevenson, Staunton, Va.; John K. Cooke, Portsmouth, Va.; A. M. Vaughan, Norfolk, Va.; George Sandoe, Abingdon. Va.; John A. Smith, Florence, Ala.; Thomas B. Plunkett, Lexington, Va.; William M. Keblinger, Charlottesville, Va.; J. C. Stevenson, Newbern, N. C.; James G. Cook, Fayetteville, N. C.
The message and nominations were referred to the Committee on Postal Affairs.
The Chair also laid before the Congress a communication from the President, transmitting, for the advice and consent of Congress, a list of appointments for judges and marshals and attorneys for the districts severally designated, viz:
Congress resolved itself in secret session.
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