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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, April 1, 1862.
OPEN SESSION.
The President of the Senate being absent,
Mr. Hunter, by unanimous consent, took the chair.
Mr. Hill submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:
Resolved, That the Committee on Military Affairs consider and report, by bill or otherwise, what legislation is required to develop the mineral resources of the Confederate States so as to make them efficient in the prosecution of the war, especially in the production and manufacture of iron, and in the erection of furnaces, rolling mills, and other appliances required for such production and manufacture; and that said committee inquire into the proper localities for the erection of such furnaces, rolling mills, and other machinery.
Mr. Haynes submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:
Resolved, That the Committee on Military Affairs be requested to inquire into the expediency of establishing a foundry for cannon and a manufactory of small arms for the Army of the Confederate States at the city of Knoxville, Tennessee, and of appropriating the sum of five hundred thousand dollars to each of said purposes, and report by bill or otherwise.
Agreeably to notice, Mr. Clay, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following as additional standing rules of the Senate; which were considered and agreed to:
A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Lamar:
Mr. President: The Speaker of the House of Representatives having signed sundry enrolled bills, I am directed to bring them to the Senate for the signature of their President.
Mr. Phelan submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:
Resolved, That the Committee on Military Affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of employing negroes as teamsters in the Army of the Confederate States.
On motion by Mr. Barnwell,
The Senate resolved into secret legislative session.
The doors being opened,
The following message was received from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Lamar:
Mr. President: The House of Representatives have agreed to the report of the committee of conference on a joint resolution relating to the manner of paying the members of the Provisional Congress the arrearages of their pay and mileage.
The President pro tempore laid before the Senate a communication from the Secretary of the Treasury in relation to certain depositories of funds.
Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mr. Brown submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:
Resolved, That the Secretary be requested, if in his judgment it be not inconsistent with the public interest, to lay before the Senate copies of the official reports of
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Colonel Featherston, commanding the Seventeenth; Colonel Barksdale, commanding the Thirteenth; Colonel Griffin, commanding the Eighteenth Mississippi Regiments; and those of Colonel Hunton, commanding the Eighth Virginia; and Colonel Jenifer, commanding cavalry in the battle of Leesburg, Virginia, October twenty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-one.
On motion by Mr. Wigfall,
Ordered, That the Hon. George Davis have leave of absence from the sessions of the Senate.
Mr. Phelan, from the committee, reported that they had examined and found truly enrolled the following bills:
The President pro tempore having signed the enrolled bills last reported to have been examined, they were delivered to the Secretary, and by him forthwith presented to the President for his approbation.
On motion by Mr. Davis,
The Senate adjourned until to-morrow morning at 12 o'clock.
SECRET SESSION.
Mr. Wigfall, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported
A bill (S. 32) to raise an army for the Confederate States of America, and to make rules for the government and regulation thereof;
which was read the first and second times.
Ordered, That it be placed upon the Calendar and printed.
The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the bill (H. R. --) to provide further means for the support of the Government.
On the question to agree to the following reported amendment, viz:
In the ninth line of section one, after the word "dollars," strike out the words "to be apportioned in their respective amounts as the Secretary of the Treasury may deem most advantageous to the public interest" and insert in lieu thereof the words "of which fifty millions shall be in Treasury notes to be issued without reserve; ten millions in Treasury notes to be used as a reserve fund, and to be issued to pay any sudden or unexpected call for deposits; and one hundred and fifty-five millions certificates of stock or bonds,"
On motion by Mr. Johnson,
The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present,
Those who voted in the affirmative are,
Messrs. Barnwell, Baker, Brown, Burnett, Clay, Davis, Hunter, Maxwell, Orr, Oldham, Peyton, Preston, Semmes, and Yancey.
Those who voted in the negative are,
Messrs, Clark, Haynes, Henry, Johnson, Mitchel, Phelan, Sparrow, and Simms.
On the question to agree to the following reported amendment:
In the sixteenth line of the first section, after the word "exchange," insert the words "or Treasury notes,"
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On motion by Mr. Johnson, to amend the amendment by adding thereto:
Provided also, That the bonds used in the purchase of Treasury notes shall not be sold at a less rate than five per cent,
On motion by Mr. Johnson,
The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present,
Mr. Johnson voted in the affirmative.
Those who voted in the negative are,
Messrs. Barnwell, Baker, Brown, Burnett, Clay, Clark, Davis, Haynes, Henry, Hunter, Maxwell, Mitchel, Oldham, Phelan, Peyton, Preston, Sparrow, Semmes, and Yancey.
The question recurring on agreeing to the amendment proposed by Mr. Barnwell, on behalf of the Committee on Finance,
It was determined in the affirmative.
On the question to agree to the following reported amendment, viz:
It was determined in the affirmative.
No further amendment being made, the bill was reported to the Senate and the amendments were concurred in.
Ordered, That the amendments be engrossed and the bill read a third time.
The said bill as amended was read the third time.
Resolved, That it pass, with amendments.
Ordered, That the Secretary request the concurrence of the House of Representatives in the amendments.
Mr. Barnwell, from the Committee on Finance, reported
A bill (S. 33) to authorize the exchange of bonds for articles in kind, and the shipment, sale, or hypothecation of such articles;
which was read the first and second times; and
Ordered, That it be placed upon the Calendar and printed.
On motion by Mr. Sparrow,
Ordered, That the Committee on Military Affairs be discharged from the further consideration of the report of the battle of Roanoke Island.
On motion by Mr. Davis,
The vote by which the committee were discharged from the consideration of the report of the battle of Roanoke island was reconsidered.
On motion by Mr. Wigfall,
Ordered, That said report be recommitted to the Committee on Military Affairs.
On motion by Mr. Barnwell,
The Senate resolved into executive session.
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EXECUTIVE SESSION.
The following messages were received from the President of the Confederate States, by Mr. B. N. Harrison, his Secretary:
Executive Department, April 1, 1862.
To the Senate:
I nominate, for the advice and consent of the Senate, Leonce Burthé, to be postmaster at New Orleans, in place of John L. Riddell, agreeably to the recommendation of the Postmaster-General.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
The message was read.
Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads.
Executive Department, April 1, 1862.
To the Senate:
I nominate, for the advice and consent of the Senate, R. H. Lorton, to be collector of the port of Richmond, Va., agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of the Treasury, in place of William H. Harrison, resigned.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
The message was read.
Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee on Commerce.
Executive Department, April 1, 1862.
To the Senate:
I nominate, for the advice and consent of the Senate:
P. Clayton, to be Assistant Secretary of the Treasury;
Robert Tyler, to be Register of the Treasury;
E. C. Elmore, to be Treasurer; and
Bolling Baker, to be First Auditor,
agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of the Treasury.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
The message was read.
Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Executive Department,
Richmond, March 31, 1862.
To the Senate:
I nominate James C. Dobbin, of North Carolina, as a second lieutenant in the Corps of Infantry in the Army of the Confederate States, agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of War.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
The message was read.
On motion by Mr. Davis,
The Senate proceeded to the consideration of the nomination of James C. Dobbin; and it was
Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of James C. Dobbin, to be a second lieutenant in the Corps of Infantry in the Army of the Confederate States, agreeably to the nomination.
Executive Department,
Richmond, April 1, 1862.
To the Senate:
I nominate R. A. Pryor, of Virginia, as a brigadier-general in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States, agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of War.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
The message was read.
Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
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Executive Department, April 1, 1862.
To the Senate:
I nominate A. T. Bledsoe, to be Assistant Secretary of War, and R. G. H. Kean, to be Chief of the Bureau of War, agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of War.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
The message was read.
Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred (on the 29th of March) the nomination of L. A. Armistead, reported, with the recommendation that said nomination 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 the appointment of L. A. Armistead as brigadier-general in the Army of the Confederate States of America, agreeably to the nomination.
On motion,
The Senate resolved into open legislative session.
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