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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 --TWELFTH DAY--FRIDAY, August 2, 1861.
OPEN SESSION.
Congress met pursuant to adjournment, and was opened with prayer by the Rev. Mr. Henderson.
Congress then resolved itself in secret session.
SECRET SESSION.
Congress being in secret session, the special order was taken up; which was the consideration of
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A bill to be entitled "An act to extend the provisions of 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.
The bill was engrossed, read third time, and passed.
Mr. Sparrow, at the instance of the State of Louisiana, moved to reconsider the vote upon the passage of the bill; and the vote thereon having been taken by States, is as follows, to wit:
Yea: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Texas, and Virginia, 9.
Nay: South Carolina, 1.
So the motion to reconsider prevailed.
Mr. Sparrow, at the instance of the State of Louisiana, then moved to reconsider the vote upon ordering the bill to be engrossed.
The motion prevailed.
Mr. Perkins of Louisiana moved to amend by inserting after the word "tobacco," in the first section of the bill, the words "sugar, rice, molasses, and syrup."
Mr. Kenner moved to recommit the bill to the Committee on Finance, with instructions to report a general embargo bill.
Mr. T. R. R. Cobb moved to lay the amendment on the table.
Mr. Sparrow demanded the question, which was on agreeing to the motion of Mr. Cobb to lay the amendment on the table.
The demand for the question being sustained.
Mr. Kenner, at the instance of the State of Louisiana, called for the vote by States, and demanded that the yeas and nays of the whole body be recorded; which resulted as follows, to wit:
Yea: South Carolina and Texas, 2.
Nay: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, and Virginia, 8.
So the motion was lost.
Mr. Kenner called for the question, which was upon agreeing to his motion to recommit the bill.
The question being sustained, the motion was lost.
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Mr. Campbell demanded the question, which was upon agreeing to the amendment to the bill; and the demand being sustained, the amendment was agreed to, and the bill as amended was engrossed, read a third time, and passed.
Mr. Shorter, from the Committee on Engrossment, reported as correctly engrossed and enrolled
An act to make provision for the care of supplies for the sick and wounded;
An act to amend an act to make further provision for the public defense, approved 11th May, 1861, and to amend an act entitled "An act to increase the military establishment of the Confederate States, and to amend the act for the establishment and organization of the Army of the Confederate States of America;" and
An act to provide for an additional field officer to volunteer battalions, and for the appointment of assistant adjutants-general for the provisional forces.
A message was received from the President, through his Private Secretary, Mr. Josselyn, that on yesterday he had approved and signed
An act to authorize the distribution of the proceeds of the sale of the A. B. Thompson, condemned as a prize; also
An act to amend an act to establish the judicial courts of the Confederate States of America.
Also that he had on this day approved and signed
An act to make provision for the care of supplies for the sick and wounded; also
An act to provide for an additional field officer to volunteer battalions, and for the appointment of assistant adjutants-general for the provisional forces.
The Chair presented a communication from the President; which was read as follows, to wit:
Richmond, August 1, 1861.
Hon. Howell Cobb,
President Congress of Confederate States.
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the resolution of inquiry of this date in relation to the commissariat of the Confederate States, and to reply that its condition is in my judgment quite as good as was reasonable to expect.
The occupation of the railroads in the transportation of troops and munitions of war has interfered with the collection of the desired supply of bacon, but no complaint of a sufficiency of rations has reached me until within a few days past. I have been informed of a failure of issues to troops at Manassas. The chief commissary there has communicated to me that the failure was restricted to the articles of hard bread and bacon. As this, however, was not consistent with the compliant made, inquiries have been instituted as well to remedy any existing irregularities as to prevent such occurrence in future.
JEFF'N DAVIS.
Mr. Orr of Mississippi presented a claim of W. N. Pass & Co.; which was referred to the Committee on Claims, without being read.
Mr. Conrad presented the claim of Messrs. R. C. Cummings & Co.; which was referred to the Committee on Claims, without being read.
Mr. Russell offered the following resolution; which was read and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, to wit:
Resolved, That the Secretary of War be requested to inform this House whether the officers commissioned in the provisional army of Virginia have been received into the service and pay of the Confederate States, and whether all the officers who resigned their offices in the Army of the United States upon the invitation of the convention of Virginia and been commissioned by Virginia, have been received into the service
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and pay of the Confederate States, and if any of them have not been so received, to inform this House why they have not been received.
Mr. Rhett, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, to whom was referred a series of resolutions touching points of maritime law decided by the Congress of Paris of 1856, reported the same back, with the recommendation that they pass.
On motion of Mr. Keitt, the resolutions were ordered to be laid on the table and printed.
Mr. Barnwell, from the Committee on Finance, reported
A bill to amend an act to provide revenue from commodities imported from foreign countries, approved May 21, 1861;
which was read first and second times, engrossed, read third time, and passed.
Mr. Barnwell, from the Committee on Finance, reported
A bill to amend an act in relation to the issue of Treasury notes; which was read first and second times, engrossed, read third time, and passed.
Mr. Shorter, from the Committee on Engrossment, reported as correctly engrossed and enrolled
An act 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.
Mr. Barnwell of South Carolina, from the Committee on Finance, reported
A bill relative to entry and discharge of vessels;
which was read the first and second times and, on motion, placed on the Calendar and ordered to be printed.
Mr. Perkins introduced
A resolution instructing the Committee on Printing to inquire and report why all the laws passed by Congress have not been published, and to designate those which are omitted;
which was read and agreed to.
On motion of Mr. Ochiltree,
Congress then adjourned until 12 o'clock to-morrow.
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