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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 --TUESDAY, March 18, 1862.
OPEN SESSION.
Mr. Oldham, from the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads, to whom was referred the bill (H. R.--) to establish certain post routes therein named, reported it without amendment.
The Senate proceeded to consider the bill last mentioned (H. R. --) as in Committee of the Whole; and no amendment being made, it was reported to the Senate.
Ordered, That it pass to a third reading.
The said bill was read a third time.
Resolved, That it pass, and that the title thereof be as aforesaid.
Ordered, That the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof.
On motion by Mr. Hill,
Ordered, That the Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from the further consideration of the bill (S. 24) to prevent the cultivation of cotton during the year 1862, and that it lie upon the table.
On motion by Mr. Barnwell,
The Senate resolved into executive session.
The doors being opened,
The following message was received from the President of the Confederate States, by Mr. B. N. Harrison, his Secretary:
Mr. President: The President of the Confederate States, on yesterday, approved and signed the following act:
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A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Lamar:
Mr. President: The House of Representatives have passed the bill from the Senate (S. 11) to regulate the compensation of members of Congress, with amendments; in which amendments I am directed to ask the concurrence of the Senate.
The Senate proceeded to consider the amendments of the House of Representatives to the bill (S. 11) last mentioned; when it was
Resolved, That they disagree to the first, second, and third amendments, and agree to the fourth and fifth amendments.
Ordered, That the Secretary inform the House of Representatives accordingly.
On motion by Mr. Johnson,
The Senate adjourned until to-morrow morning at 12 o'clock.
EXECUTIVE SESSION.
The Senate resumed the consideration of the following nominations:
And on the question,
Will the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of J. P. Benjamin?
It was determined in the affirmative.
On the question,
Will the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of C. G. Memminger?
It was determined in the affirmative.
On the question,
Will the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of G. W. Randolph?
It was determined in the affirmative.
So it was
Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of J. P. Benjamin, C. G. Memminger, and G. W. Randolph, agreeably to the nomination of the President.
On the question,
Will the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of S. R. Mallory?
The yeas and nays being asked by Mr. Haynes,
On motion by Mr. Orr,
Ordered, That the nomination of S. R. Mallory lie upon the table.
On motion by Mr. Orr, that the vote by which the nomination of J. P. Benjamin was confirmed be reconsidered,
On motion by Mr. Orr,
The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present,
Those who voted in the affirmative are,
Messrs. Burnett, Clay, Clark, Dortch, Haynes, Orr, Preston, and Semmes.
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Those who voted in the negative are,
Messrs. Barnwell, Brown, Davis, Henry, Hill, Hunter, Johnson, Mitchel, Oldham, Phelan, Peyton, Sparrow, and Wigfall.
So the Senate refused to reconsider the vote confirming the nomination of J. P. Benjamin.
The Senate resumed the consideration of the nomination of S. R. Mallory; and
After debate,
On the question,
Will the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of S. R. Mallory?
On motion by Mr. Haynes,
The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present,
Those who voted in the affirmative are,
Messrs. Barnwell, Brown, Burnett, Clark, Hill, Hunter, Mitchel, Oldham, Phelan, Peyton, Sparrow, Semmes, and Wigfall.
Those who voted in the negative are,
Messrs. Davis, Dortch, Haynes, Henry, Orr, and Preston.
So it was
Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of S. R. Mallory, agreeably to the nomination of the President.
On the question,
Will the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of Thomas H. Watts?
It was determined in the affirmative.
On the question,
Will the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of John H. Reagan?
It was determined in the affirmative.
So it was
Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of Thomas H. Watts and John H. Reagan, agreeably to the nomination of the President.
On motion by Mr. Hill, to reconsider the vote by which the nominations of C. G. Memminger, G. W. Randolph, S. R. Mallory, Thomas H. Watts, and John H. Reagan were confirmed,
It was decided in the negative.
Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred (on the 14th instant) the nominations of Seth M. Barton, Dabney H. Maury, John B. Villepigue, Henry E. McCulloch, John S. Bowen, and B. H. Helm as brigadier-generals, reported, with the recommendation that all of said nominations be confirmed.
The Senate proceeded to the consideration of said report; and in concurrence therewith, 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 nominations of B. F. Cheatham, Samuel Jones, and John P. McCown, as major-generals; J. M. Hawes G. H. Steuart, W. D. Smith, J. E. Slaughter, C. W Field, John H. Forney, and P. J. Semmes, as brigadier-generals, reported, with the recommendation that all of said nominations be confirmed.
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The Senate proceeded to the consideration of said report; and inconcurrence therewith, 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 10th instant) the nominations of R. G. Higgins, James Grimshaw, and Leonidas W. Smith, as brigade quartermasters, with the rank of major; James L. Powers, Robert Payne, J. W. Sims, William G. Gammon, Henry T. Tucker, George T. Andrews, Henry E. Loebnitz, Alexander Winn, and James Russell, as assistant quartermasters, with the rank of captain; Amzi Babbitt, William P. Duncan, and Thomas J. Higginbotham, as brigade commissaries, with the rank of major; John G. Turpin, J. B. Prewitt, John T. Graves, and R. R. Nash, as assistant commissaries, with the rank of captain; P. H. Thomson, A. G. Dickinson, and A. P. Mason, as assistant adjutants-general, with the rank of captain; Charles Pickett, J. Robert Troup, Norman S. Walker H. M. Mathews, and John A Cobb, as aids-de-camp, with the rank of first lieutenant; C. H. Dimmock and Francis L. J. Thyssens, as engineers, with the rank of captain; H. J. Rogers, as engineer, with the rank of first lieutenant; William H. Gillespie, G. Donnellan, and John W. Green, as engineers, with the rank of second lieutenant; and J. B. Carter, as lieutenant-colonel of artillery, reported, with the recommendation that all of said nominations be confirmed.
The Senate proceeded to t e consideration of said report; and in concurrence therewith, 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 14th instant) the nominations of James H. Clanton, as colonel; M. W. Hannon, as lieutenant-colonel; W. W. Allen, as major; F. K. Beck, as colonel; Joseph B. Bibb, as lieutenant-colonel; Felix Tail, as major; William C. Young, as colonel; James J. Diamond, as lieutenant-colonel; John W. Mayrant, as major; Duncan L. Clinch, as major; Henry Fitzhugh, as major; P H. Nelson, as major; David G. White, as major; Jere H. J. Williams, as major; J. Blair Hoge, C. E. Shodgrass, Madison McAfee, Philip H. Powers, and John S. Green, as brigade quartermasters, with the rank of major; B. F. Reed, John H. Parkhill, James M. Russell, Thomas M. Barker, George E. Taylor, L. B. Norvell, S. S. Stakely, William L. Sharkey, jr., William F. Young, Thomas W. Oliver, Alfred B. Chunn, Thomas W. Randolph, Howard Lindsley, Thomas Henderson, Arthur B. Bullard, Alfred F. Branham, George F. Watson, William H. Gibbons, and Walton Smith, as assistant quartermasters, with the rank of captain; A. Milton Hawken, D. T. Webster, John D. Allen, and R. V. Bonneau, as brigade commissaries, with the rank of major; John A. Walker, William D. Van Dyke, E. A. McWhorter, James C. Duty, D. R. Hawkins, T. C. Brewer, J. W. Stansell, John D. Sprigg, and J. J. Beauchamp, as assistant commissaries, with the rank of captain; Benjamin J. Baldwin, as chaplain; William W. Head, James R. Binford, James H. Judkins, O. M. Messick, H. Goldthwaite, William M. Brewer, Thomas Lewis, and John H. Horne, as adjutants, with the rank of first lieutenant; Osmun Latrobe and Henry Craft, as assistant adjutants-general, with the rank of captain; Francis G. Ravenel and George T. Banks, as aids-de-camp, with the rank of first lieutenant; William McWille, jr., as aid-de-camp,
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with the rank of second lieutenant; and V. Sheliha, as engineer, with the rank of captain, reported, with the recommendation that all of said nominations be confirmed.
The Senate proceeded to the consideration of said report; when, in concurrence therewith, 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 14th instant) the nominations of Benjamin T. Duval, as brigade quartermaster, with the rank of major, and John B. Ogden, as assistant commissary, with the rank of captain, reported, with the recommendation that said nominations be not confirmed.
The Senate proceeded to the consideration of said report; and in concurrence therewith, it was
Resolved, That the Senate do not advise and consent to the appointment of Benjamin T. Duval and John B. Ogden as nominated by the President.
Mr. Brown, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred (on the 15th instant) the nomination of Thomas Emory, of Maryland, as assistant surgeon for the war, reported, with the recommendation that his nomination be confirmed.
Whereupon, it was
Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of Thomas Emory, agreeably to the nomination.
On motion by Mr. Barnwell,
The Senate resolved into open legislative session.
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