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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 --THURSDAY, March 13, 1862.
OPEN SESSION.
Mr. Orr submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:
Resolved, That a joint committee of three be appointed on the part of the Senate and three on the part of the House of Representatives on enrollment and engrossment.
Mr. Oldham presented the petition of members of the First Regiment of Texas Volunteers, praying a repeal of the act of Congress depriving companies in the service of the privilege of electing their own officers in case of vacancies occurring therein; which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
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On motion by Mr. Hill,
Ordered, That all further action on the bill (S. 15) to pay for horses lost in the military service of the Confederate States, be had in secret legislative session.
Mr. Johnson submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:
Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury be directed to inform the Senate whether any, and what, depositories of funds he has established at Memphis, New Orleans, and other cities or posts of the Confederate States; and if none have been established, to report to the Senate whether any, and what, regulation may be necessary to enable him to establish such depositories, so as to secure a prompt supply of funds for the public service at distant points.
On motion by Mr. Sparrow,
The Senate resolved into executive session.
The doors being opened,
On motion by Mr. Oldham,
Ordered, That the bill (H. R. --) to establish certain post routes therein named, be referred to the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads.
A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. McDonald, Assistant Clerk:
Mr. President: The House of Representatives have passed the bill from the Senate (S. 12) to regulate the compensation of the officers of the Senate, with amendments, in which they request the concurrence of the Senate.
The Senate proceeded to consider the amendments of the House of Representatives to the bill (S. 12) last mentioned; and having been amended on the motion of Mr. Barnwell, as amended on the motion of Mr. Clay,
Resolved, That they concur therein, with an amendment.
Ordered, That the Secretary notify the House of Representatives thereof.
On motion by Mr. Clay,
The Senate adjourned until to-morrow at 12 o'clock.
SECRET SESSION.
A message from the President, by Mr. Robert Josselyn, his Secretary:
Executive Department, March 13, 1862.
To the Senate and House of Representatives:
I herewith transmit to the Congress the report of the Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
The message was read.
Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. McDonald, Assistant Clerk:
Mr. President: The Speaker of the House of Representatives having signed an enrolled bill (H. R. --) to increase the clerical force of the War Department, I am directed to bring it to the Senate for the signature of their President.
Mr. Barnwell, from the Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the bill (S. 9) to make Treasury notes a legal tender, reported it, with the recommendation that it do not pass, and that the bill lie upon the table.
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The motion to lie upon the table having been rejected,
On motion by Mr. Semmes,
Ordered, That it be made the order of the day for Tuesday next.
Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported
A bill (S. 22) to provide a staff for the general assigned to the command of the Army;
which was read the first and second times and considered as in Committee of the Whole.
On motion by Mr. Semmes,
Ordered, That the bill be committed to the Committee on Military Affairs.
On motion by Mr. Burnett,
Resolved, That the House of Representatives be requested to return to the Senate the House resolution (H. R. --) recommending the planters of the Confederate States to refrain from the cultivation of cotton and tobacco, and devote their energies to raising provisions.
On motion by Mr. Haynes,
The Senate proceeded to the consideration of the bill (S. 15) to pay for horses lost in the military service of the Confederate States.
On the question,
Shall this bill lye engrossed and read a third time?
It was decided in the negative.
So the bill was rejected.
On motion by Mr. Barnwell,
The Senate resolved into open legislative session.
EXECUTIVE SESSION.
A message from the President of the Confederate States, by Mr. Robert Josselyn, his Secretary:
Executive Department, March 13, 1862.
To the Senate of the Confederate States:
I herewith transmit the following nominations as recommended by the Attorney-General, viz:
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
Confederate States of America, Department of Justices,
Richmond, March 12, 1862.
Sir: I have the honor to recommend the following appointments for the Territory of Arizona:
I have not been able to find out the present residence of Mr. Howard.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
THS. BRAGG.
To the President.
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On motion by Mr. Clay,
Ordered, That the foregoing nominations be referred to the Committee on Territories.
Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred (on the 10th instant) the nomination of R. H. Dawson, as lieutenant-colonel; of William H. Betts, as major; W. H. Kilpatrick, as major; Goode Bryan, as colonel; T. J. Randolph, jr., L. T. Woodruff, E. H. Harris, William Barnewall, jr., B. S. Bryan, and Robert Thomas, as brigade quartermasters, with the rank of major; H. H. Strawbridge, J. T. Peyton, R. Maynard Marshall, D. S. Farrar, Charles H. Thomas, J. J. Young, J. S. K. Bennett, Richard S. Cox, Wilson M. Cary, John W. Woodson, S. Woodson Venable, Harrison Robertson, James C. Haskins, Samuel Frank, R. M. Oates, J. B. Godwin, and H. McCoy, as assistant quartermasters, with the rank of captain; N. H. Brown, James Pagan, A. A. Canova, Thomas C. Peek, and John C. Whitner, as brigade commissaries, with the rank of major; Benjamin H. Sumner, Robert E. Wood, and H. D. Stowe, as assistant commissaries, with the rank of captain; Foster Ely, Joseph L. Gregory, George W. Griffin, Maurice H. Vaughan, and A. L. Stough, as chaplains; J. M. Cooper, John L. Cowardin, Robert T. Coles, Samuel T. Nicholson, D. W. Jones, Joel A. Battle, jr., G. F. Simonton, jr., H. C. Winger, Henry B. Ransom, W. T. Nicholson, and James E. Marshall, as adjutants, with the rank of first lieutenants; W. D. Pickett, as assistant adjutant-general, with the rank of major; R. G. H. Kean and James Barrow, as assistant adjutants-general, with the rank of captain; F. D. Lee and John McCrady, as engineers, with the rank of captain; John B. Tapscott and W. D. Storke, as engineers, with the rank of first lieutenant; and John J. Hedrick, as major, reported, with the recommendation that all of said nominations be confirmed.
Whereupon, it was
Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to their appointment, agreeably to the nomination of the President.
Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred (on the 11th instant) the nomination of B. F. Cheatham, Samuel Jones, and John P. McCown, as major-generals; of J. M. Hawes, W. D. Smith, C. W. Field, and John H. Forney, as brigadier-generals, reported, with the recommendation that all of said nominations be confirmed.
Whereupon, it was
Resolved, That the Senate do advise and consent to their appointment, agreeably to the nomination of the President.
On motion by Mr. Barnwell,
The Senate resolved into secret legislative session.
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