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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 --SATURDAY, March 15, 1862.
OPEN SESSION,
On motion by Mr. Sparrow,
Ordered, That R. O. Davidson have leave to withdraw his memorial.
Mr. Sparrow submitted the following resolution for consideration:
Resolved (the House of Representatives concurring), That Congress will adjourn on Thursday, the twenty-seventh day of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, at twelve o'clock m., to meet again on theday ofnext, in the city of Richmond, unless called together at some other time or place by proclamation of the President.
The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the bill (S. 24) to prevent the cultivation of cotton during the year 1862; and the question being on referring the bill to the Committee on the Judiciary,
After debate,
On motion by Mr. Hill,
The Senate resolved into secret legislative session.
The doors being opened,
On motion by Mr. Burnett,
The vote by which the 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, was rejected, was reconsidered.
On the question,
Shall the resolution pass?
On motion by Mr. Brown,
The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present,
Those who voted in the affirmative are,
Messrs. Brown, Burnett, Clay, Clark, Davis, Henry, Mitchel, Orr, Sparrow, and Semmes.
Those who voted in the negative are,
Messrs. Barnwell, Haynes, Hunter, Oldham, Phelan, Peyton, Preston, and Wigfall.
So it was
Resolved, That this resolution pass, and that the title thereof be as aforesaid.
Ordered, That the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof.
Mr. Haynes submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:
Resolved, That the Committee on Finance be instructed to inquire into the expediency of providing by law for obtaining, by way of loan, for the use of the Confederate Government, on the bonds of said Government, having twenty years to run, at an interest of eight per cent per annum, from the time when the blockade now upon the Southern ports shall have been removed, such quantity of cotton now on hand in the Confederate States as the Secretary of the Treasury may be able to procure, and report by bill or otherwise.
On motion by Mr. Brown,
The Senate adjourned until Monday morning at 12 o'clock.
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SECRET SESSION.
A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Lamar:
Mr. President: I am instructed to inform the Senate that the House of Representatives have passed, in secret session, a bill (H. R. --) to be entitled "An act to provide for the further defense of the bay of Mobile and the Alabama River."
In which they request the concurrence of the Senate.
The Senate proceeded to the consideration of the bill (H. R. --) this day reported from the House of Representatives for concurrence; which was read the first and second times and considered as in Committee of the Whole; and no amendment being made, was reported to the Senate.
Ordered, That it pass to a third reading.
The said bill was read the third time.
Resolved, That it pass, and that the title thereof be as aforesaid.
Ordered, That the Secretary notify the House of Representatives thereof.
The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the bill (S. 22) to provide a staff for the general assigned to the command of the Army.
On the question to agree to the following reported amendment, viz:
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:
That whenever the President shall assign a general to duty at the seat of government, the said general shall be entitled to the following staff, to wit: A military secretary, with the rank of colonel; four aids-de-camp, with the rank of major; and such clerks, not to exceed four in number, as the President shall, from time to time, authorize. The pay and allowances of the military secretary and aids-de-camp shall be the same as those of officers of cavalry of the like grade; and the salaries of the clerks shall not exceed twelve hundred dollars per annum for each. Such officers, office furniture, fuel, and stationery shall be provided for the said general as the duties of his office may render necessary; to be paid for out of the appropriation for the contingent expenses of the War Department,
It was decided in the affirmative.
No further amendment being made, the bill was reported to the Senate and the amendment concurred in.
Ordered, That it be engrossed and read a third time.
The said bill was read the third time, and the title was amended.
Resolved, That it pass, and that the title thereof be "An act to provide a staff and clerical force for any general who may be assigned by the President to duty at the seat of government."
Ordered, That the Secretary request the concurrence of the House of Representatives therein.
On motion by Mr. Mitchel,
The Senate resolved into executive session.
EXECUTIVE SESSION.
The following message was received from the President of the Confederate States, by Mr. Robert Josselyn, his Secretary:
To the President of the Senate of the Confederate States:
I nominate the persons named in the annexed letter of the Secretary of the Navy, agreeably to his recommendation.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
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Navy Department, Confederate States,
March 14, 1862.
The President.
Sir: I have the honor to recommend the following nominations for appointments in the Navy of the Confederate States, under act of Congress (No. 331) approved December 24, 1861:
With much respect, your obedient servant,S.R. MALLORY,
Secretary of the Navy.
The message was read.
On motion by Mr. Henry,
The Senate proceeded to consider the nomination of Thomas Arnold, of Arkansas, as lieutenant for the war; when it was
Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to his appointment, agreeably to the nomination of the President.
On motion,
Ordered, That the nomination of Thomas Emory be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.
Mr. Brown, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred (on the 14th instant) the nominations of William H. Ward, as lieutenant, and Douglas F. Forrest and William H. Odenheimer, as assistant paymasters, 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 their nomination by the President.
Mr. Brown, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred (on the 14th instant) the nominations of Robert J. Bowen, Edwin F. Gray, F. B. Brand, George W. Gift, Thomas W. W. Davies, Patrick McCarrick, and S. Wellford Corbin, as lieutenants for the war; Junius J. Lynch, Samuel W. Hutchinson, and Leslie E. Brooks, as assistant paymasters for the war; and Marcellus Ford, Robert T. Baldwin, and S. L. Bonner, as assistant surgeons for the war, reported, with the recommendation that all of said nominations be confirmed.
Whereupon, in concurrence therewith, it was
Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to their appointment, agreeably to the nomination of the President.
On motion by Mr. Sparrow,
The Senate resolved into secret legislative session.
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