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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 --WEDNESDAY, April 2, 1862.
OPEN SESSION.
Mr. Oldham (by leave) introduced
A bill (S. 34) to pay the officers and privates in the companies of Captain De Walt and Captain Black, First Regiment Texas Volunteers; which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
Mr. Barnwell, from the Committee on Finance, reported
A bill (S. 35) to increase the number of depositories of public funds; which was read the first and second times and considered as in Committee of the Whole; and no amendment being made, the bill was reported to the Senate.
Ordered, That it be engrossed and read a third time.
The said bill was read the third time.
Resolved, That it pass, and that the title thereof be as aforesaid.
Ordered, That the Secretary request the concurrence of the House of Representatives therein.
On motion by Mr. Sparrow,
The Committee on Military Affairs was discharged from the consideration of a memorial of citizens of Jackson County, Ala., in relation to a draft of the militia.
Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. --) to provide for keeping all firearms in the armies of the Confederate States in the hands of effective men, reported it without amendment.
The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the bill last mentioned; and no amendment being made, it 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 inform the House of Representatives thereof.
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Mr. Wigfall, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred
A resolution inquiring into the expediency of employing negro teamsters in the Army of the Confederate States,
submitted an adverse report in relation thereto.
The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the bill (S. 25) to repeal act No. -- of the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States, and to enact a substitute therefor, with the amendment reported thereto.
On motion by Mr. Yancey, to amend the reported amendment by striking out the first section thereof and inserting
That all arrearages of pay which may be due to any officer, private, volunteer, or musician who may die in military service of the Confederate States, or which may be due to such officer, private, volunteers, or musicians for such service, shall be paid to the legal representatives of said persons; and all laws conflicting with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed,
On motion by Mr. Clay,
The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present,
Those who voted in the affirmative are,
Messrs. Barnwell, Clay, Clark, Davis, Hunter, Oldham, Peyton, Preston, Wigfall, and Yancey.
Those who voted in the negative are,
Messrs. Brown, Burnett, Haynes, Henry, Hill, Maxwell, Mitchel, Orr, Phelan, Sparrow, Semmes, and Simms.
So the amendment was rejected.
On motion by Mr. Simms, to amend the reported amendment by striking out of section 1, line 6, the words "4. To the father in his own right. 5. To the mother in her own right," and inserting in lieu thereof the words "4. To the mother in her own right. 5. To the father in his own right,"
It was determined in the affirmative.
On motion by Mr. Burnett, to amend the reported amendment by striking out all after the first section and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
It was decided in the affirmative.
No further amendment being made, the bill was reported to the Senate and the amendments were concurred in.
On the question,
Shall this bill be engrossed and read a third time?
On motion by Mr. Yancey, that it lie upon the table,
On motion by Mr. Yancey,
The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present
Those who voted in the affirmative are,
Messrs. Barnwell, Clay, Clark, Davis, Hunter, Oldham, Peyton, Preston, Wigfall, and Yancey.
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Those who voted in the negative are,
Messrs. Baker, Brown, Burnett, Haynes, Henry, Hill, Maxwell, Mitchel, Orr, Phelan, Sparrow, Semmes, and Simms.
So it was
Ordered, That the bill 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 "A bill relative to the pay and allowances of deceased soldiers."
Ordered, That the Secretary request the concurrence of the House of Representatives therein.
On motion by Mr. Barnwell,
The Senate resolved into executive session.
The doors being opened,
The following message was received from the House of Representatives, by Mr. McDonald:
Mr. President: The Speaker of the House of Representatives having signed sundry enrolled bills and an enrolled joint resolution, I am directed to bring them to the Senate for the signature of their President.
The House of Representatives have passed the bill from the Senate (S. 16) relative to the estimates of the several heads of Departments.
Mr. Phelan, from the committee, reported that they had examined and found truly enrolled the following bills and joint resolution:
The President pro tempore having signed the foregoing bills and resolution reported to have been examined, they were delivered to the Secretary, and by him forthwith presented to the President of the Confederate States for his approbation.
On motion by Mr. Barnwell,
The Senate adjourned until to-morrow morning at 12 o'clock.
SECRET SESSION.
A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. McDonald:
Mr. President: The Speaker of the House of Representatives having signed an enrolled bill, I am directed to bring it to the Senate for the signature of their President.
Mr. Phelan, from the committee, reported that they had examined and found truly enrolled the bill (H. R. --) making appropriations for the support of the Government from April 1 to the 30th of November, 1862, and for objects hereinafter expressed.
The President pro tempore having signed the bill last reported to have been examined, it was delivered to the Secretary, and by him presented to the President for his approbation.
Mr. Sparrow submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:
Resolved, That in the opinion of the Senate, it is necessary that the most active and energetic means should be adopted without delay to procure in the shortest time possible from abroad at least four hundred thousand stands of small arms and two thousand tons of gunpowder.
Resolved further, That the Secretary of War be requested to inform the Senate whether in his opinion any further legislation is necessary to enable the Government
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to employ more active and efficient measures for procuring from abroad arms and munitions of war.
The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the bill (S. 27) to prohibit any cotton, tobacco, military and naval stores being furnished to the enemy, and to provide penalties for the violation thereof.
On motion by Mr. Hill, to amend the bill by inserting, section 1, line 2, after the word "lawful," the words "during the existing war,"
It was determined in the affirmative.
On motion by Mr. Barnwell,
The Senate resolved into open legislative session.
EXECUTIVE SESSION.
Mr. Barnwell, from the Committee on Finance, to whom were referred the nominations of 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, 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 the appointment of P. Clayton, Robert Tyler, E. C. Elmore, and Bolling Baker, agreeably to their respective nominations.
Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom were referred the nominations of A. T. Bledsoe, to be Assistant Secretary of War, and R. G. H. Kean, to be Chief of the Bureau of War, reported, with the recommendation that both 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 the appointment of A. T. Bledsoe and R. G. H. Kean, agreeably to their respective nominations.
Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom were referred the nominations of van H. Manning, R. W. Jones, P. B. Starke, R. J. Morgan, Marcellus Douglass, E. A. O'Neal, and I. G. W. Steedman, to be colonels; William H. Tebbs, Z. York, S. W. Ferguson, John N. Dunn, William D. Chadick, James M. Smith, Henry Fitzhugh, and Samuel Ogden, to be lieutenant-colonels; John H. Baker, William Gipson, E. Warfield, Benjamin F. Bradley, J. H. Capers, David Zable, Edward P. Jones, W. A. Camp, R. C. Taylor, and R. L. Walker, to be majors; Thomas P. B. Ryan and Robert Bruce, to be second lieutenants; George W. Grice, J. M. Thomson, Clement Young, Alexander W. Vick, G. V. Young, L. F. Johnston, and Joseph H. Pendleton, to be brigade quartermasters, with the rank of major; J. G. Dent, L. S. McGwier, Robert H. Smith, Henry E. Cate, Belton Mickle, A. Smith Jordan, J. J. Waggoner, H. H. Epping, C. H. Williams, Horace L. Robards, Rufus P. McClain, M. H. Stephens, J. E. Roberts, D. H. Thomas, Henry H. McCune, Charles A. Watkins, Joshua Dear, and J. G. Michaeloffsky, to be assistant quartermasters, with the rank of captain; Clinton McClarty, Robert Tannahill, Ferdinand Molloy, M. M. Copeland William B.
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Stanard, W. W. Guy, and H. H. Chalmers, to be brigade commissaries, with the rank of major; J. D. Witherspoon, William H. Whitehead, R. A. Howard, Isaac N. Barnett, Simon Myers, Edward Miles, John P. Campbell, David Urquhart, T. W. Tansill, Samuel Donald, C. T. Patin, Thomas E. Gregg, F. O. H. White, V. H. Claiborne, William M. Priest, Lynch Turner, Andrew S. Justice, J. Henry Graybill, John W. Fraley, and Henry T. Hall, to be assistant commissaries, with the rank of captain; Archibald Gould, W. E. Cameron, Antoine de Chaignon, William M. Dodson, G. W. Rogers, Julius P. Faison, J. C. Brown, and W. C. Dunlap, to be chaplains; Elias E. Whitner, Thomas W. Cumming, D. C. A. Moses, E. P. Dandridge, John L. Hopkins, C. B. Porter, Grimke Rhett, J. P. Dillingham, John S. Mosby, David Lewis, Charles W. Pullins, John M. Poteat, Miles M. Cowles, John J. Fitzpatrick, and Joseph J. Guyton, to be adjutants, with the rank of first lieutenant; H. W. Walter, Charles E. Marshall, John M. Stansifer, W. H. Sellers, Charles Wood, E. E. Portlock, jr., and William B. Pendleton, to be assistant adjutants-general, with the rank of captain; A. Claxton Sorrel, J. I. Middleton, jr., Louis G. Young, John M. Smith, Charles Marshall, and J. Lyle Clarke, to be aids-de-camp, with the rank of first lieutenant; Walter G. Turpin, to be first lieutenant of engineers, reported, with the recommendation that all of said nominations be confirmed.
The Senate proceeded to the consideration of the said report; and in concurrence therewith, it was
Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to their appointment, agreeably to their respective nominations.
Mr. Haynes, from the Committee on Post-Offices and, Post-Roads, to whom was referred the nomination of Leonce Burthé, to be postmaster at New Orleans, in place of John L. Riddell, reported, with the recommendation that, said nomination be confirmed.
Whereupon, it was
Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of Leonce Burthé, to be postmaster at New Orleans, agreeably to the nomination.
On motion by Mr. Hill,
The Senate resolved into secret legislative session,
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