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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, April 17, 1862.
OPEN SESSION.
Mr. Davis, from the Committee on Finance, reported
A bill (S. 47) to make provision for coins for the Confederate States;
which was read the first and second times and considered as in Committee of the Whole; and no amendment being made, it 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.
Mr. Barnwell, from the Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the bill (S. 44) in relation to auditing accounts for the War Department, reported it without amendment.
The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the bill (S. 44) last mentioned; and no amendment being made, it 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.
Mr. Clay, from the Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the resolution inquiring whether any persons within the Confederate States claim to exercise jurisdiction, and claim rights and privileges as consuls of foreign countries, reported it back to the Senate.
On motion by Mr. Clay,
Ordered, That said resolution be transferred to the Secret Legislative Calendar.
A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Lamar:
Mr. President: The House of Representatives have passed the following bills and resolution, in which they request the concurrence of the Senate:
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They have also passed the following Senate bills:
They have passed the following bill from the Senate, with an amendment:
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. Hill, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom were referred the following bills:
The Senate proceeded to consider, as in Committee of the Whole, the three bills last mentioned; and no amendment being made, they were reported to the Senate.
Ordered, That they pass to a third reading.
The said bills were severally read the third time.
Resolved, That they pass.
Ordered, That the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof.
Mr. Mitchel, from the committee, reported that they had examined and found truly enrolled the bill (H. R. --) to encourage the manufacture of saltpeter and of small arms.
The President pro tempore having signed the bill (H. R. --) last reported to have been examined, it was delivered to the Secretary of the Senate, and by him forthwith presented to the President of the Confederate States for his approbation.
Mr. Mitchel submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:
Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate be authorized to employ such additional force for the balance of the session as may be necessary to enable him to keep up the business of the Senate.
The resolution (H. R. --) for the preservation of public documents was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Printing.
The bill (H. R. --) to organize battalions of sharpshooters was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
The Senate proceeded to the consideration of the bill (H. R. --) to increase the clerical force of the Quartermaster-General's Bureau; which was read the first and second times and considered 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 the third time.
Resolved, That it pass.
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Ordered, That the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof.
The bill (H. R. --) to provide for the appointment of chaplains at the naval hospitals was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.
The bill (H. R. --) to prohibit the transportation to and sale of certain articles in any port or place within the Confederate States in the possession of the enemy, and to prohibit the sale, barter, or exchange of certain articles therein named, to alien or domestic enemies, was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.
The bill (H. R. --) to limit the act authorizing the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
The Senate proceeded to consider the amendment of the House of Representatives to the bill (S. 25) relative to the pay and allowances of deceased soldiers; and
On motion,
Resolved, That they concur therein.
Ordered, That the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof.
Mr. Haynes (by leave) introduced
A bill (S. 48) to provide for paying the compensation of prisoners to their wives and children;
which was read the first and second times; and
On motion by Mr. Orr,
Ordered, That it lie on the table.
The Senate proceeded to consider, as in Committee of the Whole, the bill (H. R. --) to amend an act for the establishment and organization of a general staff for the Army of the Confederate States of America; and the reported amendments having been agreed to, 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.
A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Lamar:
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.
A message 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 an act (S. 32) to further provide for the public defense.
The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the bill (H. R. --) to enforce prompt returns from disbursing officers and agents; and the reported amendments having been agreed to and the bill further amended, it 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.
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Resolved, That it pass, with amendments.
Ordered, That the Secretary request the concurrence of the House of Representatives in the amendments.
A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Lamar:
Mr. President: The President of the Confederate States, on yesterday, approved and signed the following act and joint resolutions:
The President has to-day approved and signed the following acts:
On motion by Mr. Brown,
The Senate resolved into secret legislative session.
The doors being opened,
On motion by Mr. Johnson,
Ordered, That when the Senate adjourn it be to meet at 11 o'clock to-morrow.
On motion by Mr. Johnson,
The Senate adjourned.
SECRET SESSION.
A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Lamar:
Mr. President: The House of Representatives have passed a joint resolution (H. R. --) for the better security of the archives and Government of the Confederate States, in which I am directed to ask the concurrence of the Senate.
The President pro tempore laid before the Senate a communication from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the Chief of the Ordnance Bureau, in response to a resolution of the Senate, inquiring what number of small arms and of ordnance have been purchased abroad by the Government, what number have been imported, etc.; which was read.
Ordered, That it lie on the table.
On motion by Mr. Brown,
The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the bill (S. 10) to authorize the President to convene Congress at extraordinary times and places.
After debate,
On motion by Wigfall, that the bill lie on the table,
On motion by Mr. Wigfall,
The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present,
Those who voted in the affirmative are,
Messrs. Barnwell, Burnett, Hunter, Johnson, Lewis, Maxwell, Orr, Peyton, Preston, Sparrow, Semmes, Simms, and Wigfall.
Those who voted in the negative are,
Messrs. Baker, Brown, Clay, Clark, Dortch, Haynes, Henry, Hill, Mitchel, Oldham, Phelan, and Yancey.
So it was
Ordered, That the bill lie on the table.
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A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Lamar:
Mr. President: The House of Representatives have passed the following bills:
In which bills I am directed to ask the concurrence of the Senate.
On motion by Mr. Yancey,
Ordered, That the injunction of secrecy be removed from the bill (S. 32) to further provide for the public defense.
Mr. Phelan, from the committee, reported that they had examined and found truly enrolled the bill (S. 38) authorizing the issue of Treasury notes.
The President pro tempore having signed the enrolled bill (S. 38) last mentioned, it was delivered to the Secretary of the Senate, and by him forthwith presented to the President of the Confederate States for his approbation.
A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Lamar:
Mr. President: The House of Representatives have passed a bill (H. R. --) supplementary of an act further to provide for the public defense, in which they request the concurrence of the Senate.
On motion by Mr. Hill,
The Senate proceeded to consider the bill (H. R. --) last mentioned; which was read the first and second times and considered as in Committee of the Whole.
After debate,
Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
Mr. Orr, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, to whom was referred the resolution requesting the President to instruct Mr. John Slidell, commissioner from this Government to His Majesty Louis Napoleon, Emperor of the French, to propose t His Majesty terms for a treaty of amity and commerce between the two Governments, reported it with an amendment.
The following message was received from the President of the Confederate States, by Mr. B. N. Harrison, his Secretary:
Executive Department, April 17, 1862.
To the Senate and House of Representatives:
I herewith transmit, for the information of Congress, a communication from the Secretary of the Navy, covering estimates of the amount required by the Navy Department for specified purposes.
I recommend that an appropriation be made, of the sums, and for the objects mentioned.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
The message was read.
Ordered, That it be referred to, the Committee on Naval Affairs.
On motion by Mr. Clay,
The Senate resolved into executive session.
EXECUTIVE SESSION.
On motion by Mr. Clay,
The Senate proceeded to the consideration of the resolution reported from the Committee on Rules, on the 24th of March, in relation to
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the construction of certain rules of the Senate, and it was agreed to, as follows:
Resolved, That Rule 38 does not require that transcripts of the entire executive records of the Senate shall be furnished the President of the Confederate States, or that the yeas and nays on nominations, or that motions, resolutions, or current proceedings touching nominations should be sent to him.
That the Constitution contemplates unreserved confidence between the President and the Senate respecting all executive matters before the Senate, and that, therefore, a complete record should be furnished him of all motions, resolutions, yeas and nays, or proceedings of record concerning nominations to office by the President as well as as treaties; and that Senators should be at liberty to communicate as freely with the President as with each other about all such nominations, and treaties, and the action of the Senate thereon.
That Rules 34, 35, and 44 forbid a Senator from communicating to anyone how he voted, or how any other Senator voted, on any nomination or treaty, or any motion or resolution relating to a nomination or treaty, considered in executive session, or communicating to anyone his own speech or remarks, or that of any other Senator, on any such nomination or treaty, or any such motion or resolution, excepting only Senators or the President, or Vice-President of the Confederate States, in respect to both nominations and treaties, and excepting further, that information or remarks touching the character or qualifications of one nominated by the President to office may be told him, or, in his absence, may be told his agent, or friend, without disclosing the name of the Senator making the charges or remarks. And this obligation to keep secret the proceedings in executive session remains in full force until the injunction of secrecy has been removed by order of the Senate. But any Senator may disclose the confirmation or rejection of a nomination, after it has been finally acted on by the Senate, telling only the result, but not the number of votes for or against the nominee, or by whom cast.
Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom were referred (on the 12th of April) the nominations of W. N. R. Beall and William Y. Slack, to be brigadier-generals, reported, with the recommendation that 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 W. N. R. Beall and William Y. Slack, to be brigadier-generals in the Provisional Army, agreeably to their respective nominations.
The following message was received from the President of the Confederate States, by Mr. B. N. Harrison, his Secretary:
Executive Department, April 17, 1862.
To the Senate:
I nominate the officers on the accompanying list to the rank affixed to their names, respectively, agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of War.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
Confedarate States of America, War Department,
Richmond, April 9, 1862.
Sir: I have the honor to recommend the following nominations for appointment in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America:
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North Carolina; Francis N. Luckey, North Carolina; Elijah F. Starr, North Carolina; William S. Stradwick, North Carolina; James G. Thomas, North Carolina; Robert Gibbon, North Carolina; Spiers Singleton, North Carolina; William H. Moore, North Carolina; Janes A. Bizzell, North Carolina; Adam E. Wright, North Carolina; Wesley McD. Campbell, North Carolina; Thomas J. Boykin, North Carolina; R. P. Johnson, Maryland; W. S. Grimes, Virginia; Lewis T. Pim, Tennessee; F. J. Robertson, South Carolina; Henry D. Schmidt, Louisiana; J. A. Harrold, Alabama; Frederick P. Leverett, South Carolina; Alva Cormell, South Carolina; Alex. Salley, South Carolina; Francis P. Porcher, South Carolina; Lewis C. Hasell, South Carolina; St. Julien Ravenel, South Carolina; Theodore A. Dargan, South Carolina; S. W. Coombs, Kentucky; B. M. Wible, Kentucky; John A. Leavy, Kentucky; B. W. Avent, Tennessee; A. F. Wright, Kentucky; F. M. McMillan, Kentucky; B. F. Scull, Arkansas; James L. Thomson, Tennessee; William Mills, Mississippi; J. W. Barnett, Mississippi; John E. Pendleton, Kentucky; J. M. Taylor, Mississippi; Goronway Owen, Alabama; Talcott Eliason, Virginia; Charles H. Smith, Arkansas; R. B. Maury, Mississippi; H. D. Baldwin, Louisiana; William A. Carswell, South Carolina; Edward Martin, --; H. D. Taliaferro, Virginia; W. R. Wilson, North Carolina; A. A. Rice, Tennessee; W. H.. Huger, South Carolina; J. Ford Prioleau, South Carolina; M. S. Moore, South Carolina; J. F. M. Geddings, South Carolina; Henry J. Garrett, --; P. Van Patten, Virginia; Henry Joyner, Arkansas; H. A. Mettaner, Georgia; Silas C. White, North Carolina; W. S. Coates, Arkansas; Middleton Michel, South Carolina; Charles G. Postell, South Carolina; Beletha Powell, Louisiana; K. C. Divine, Florida; R. W. Park, Alabama; John S. Coleman, Georgia; Thomas A. Evans, South Carolina; Martin Bellinger, South Carolina; J. W. Hill, South Carolina; Lewis V. Huot, South Carolina; L. C. Kennedy, South Carolina; Alva Connell, Georgia; Joseph A. James, South Carolina; Solomon S. Satchwell, North Carolina; Thomas A. Healey, Maryland; Richard F. Michel, South Carolina: Hore B. Trist, Georgia.
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William S. Connet, South Carolina; Henry G. Lungten, Florida; H. M.Gamble, Virginia; John K. McLean, Virginia; George E. Redwood, Florida; Alex. F. Pharr, Georgia; H. D. Capers, Georgia; J. B. Davis, Louisiana; W. M. Scarborough, South Carolina; Ira E. Smith, Georgia; Frederic Hunter, Maryland; Albert Fairfax, Virginia; Edward E. Jenkins, South Carolina; A. W. Youngblood, South Carolina; Alfred Wallace, South Carolina; Benjamin F. Kilgore, South Carolina; Charles K. Mauzy, Tennessee; William R. Capehart, North Carolina; James Evans, South Carolina; Charles H. Taber, South Carolina; George E. Trescot, South Carolina; George W. Fletcher, North Carolina; Samuel Muller, South Carolina; Iverson L. Harris, Georgia; Clarence A. Tripp, South Carolina; Henry M. Faust, South Carolina; Charles D. Rice, South Carolina; William T. Russel, South Carolina; Nathaniel Hart, South Carolina; William H. Way, Georgia; William H. Harris, Georgia; Julius Haring, Georgia.
I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,
GEO. W. RANDOLPH,
Secretary of War.
To His Excellency Jefferson Davis,
President, etc.
The message was read; and
On motion by Mr. Sparrow,
The Senate proceeded to consider the nominations contained therein; and
Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of the persons named in said message, agreeably to their respective nominations.
Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred (on the 5th instant) the nomination of T. A. Washington as a major in the Quartermaster's Department of the Army of the Confederate States of America, reported, with the recommendation that said nomination be confirmed.
The Senate proceeded to consider the nomination of T. A. Washington; and
Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of T. A. Washington, agreeably to the nomination.
Mr. Sparrow, from the (Committee on Military Affairs, to whom were referred (on the 15th instant) the nominations of J. H. Burnett, M. T. Johnson, W. R. Calhoun, N. H. Darnell, sr., Bradley T. Johnson, Pleasant J. Phillips, John Marshall, and Charles Wickliffe, as colonels; Anderson F. Crawford, S. F. Mains, John T. Coit, Edward R. Dorsey, Dan. P. Hill, and W. D. Lannom, as lieutenant-colonels; C. R. Beaty, Thompson Camp, Alfred Rhett, Charles C. Morgan, Clement A. Evans, Isaac W. Patton, W. J. N. Welborn, John Sereven, and Beverly Randolph, as majors; Cornelius Boyle, James Wood Tucker, James J. Bailey, Norman W. Smith, F. M. Gailor, Jos. M. Adams, Charles A. Harding, as brigade quartermasters, with the rank of major; A. T. Monroe, Alex. McVoy, R. G. Lamar, I. H. Means, James K. P. Record, John T. Herrell, George W. Wang, Dunstan E. Banks, James Maurice, Thomas C. Haskins, A. W. Broaddus, Henry L. Mayson, Eli Harrison, William M. Payne, L. Lake, S. Hillyer, J. P. Horbach, Miles Selden, F. M. Wigginton, James Y. Leigh, Rufus J. Reid, William A. Welch, W. G. Vardell, C. S. Mills, Saunders D. Oliver, Ed. K. Warren, as assistant quartermasters, with the rank of captain; John C. Palmer, Jesse G. W. Leftwich, William A. Walton, James T. Hamilton, as brigade commissaries, with the rank of major; W. E. Haile, W. G. Privett, B. C. Bryan, W. B. Metts, William H. Estill, Fleming Jordan, Richard C. Perkins, John Hale, D. H. Baldwin, T. B. Trout, F. McC. Newton, James H. Eakin, E. B.
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Tuttle, Walter Caruth, Stephen Bonsal, H. C. Cunningham, J. H. Beck, James M. Noble, Thomas J. S. Sandford, John W. Robinson, Lewis F. Marshall, as assistant commissaries, with the rank of captain; John B. Renfroe, James A. Ivy, J. F. Buist, Thomas J. Beck, James B. Taylor, jr., John Landstreet, S. B. Suratt, T. A. Smith Adams, Woodlief Thomas, Alex. M. Thigpen, as chaplains; John M. Hilliard, William H. Parker, R. S. Means, M. L. Lane, Richard H. Parker, Charles M. Wiley, M. H. Royston, James B. Jordan, W. Hays Otey, William A. Ryan, Sumter Lea, Augustus S. Hutchison, Thomas S. Burnett, as adjutants, with the rank of first lieutenant; J. R. Waddy, James D. Porter, E. Griswold, James D. Armstrong, as assistant adjutants-general, with the rank of major; G. W. Latham, W. H. McCardle, John F. O'Brien, A. C. Thom, George F. Harrison, William G. Barth, Charles Rutledge Holmes, Jos. Heyward, as assistant adjutants-general, with the rank of captain; W. N. Gaither, as surgeon; John S. Carrington, Thomas F. Henry, Jos. E. Dwyer, W. R. Mason, jr., Peyton N. Page, A. H. Rogers, Alfred E. Doby, T. B. Lyons, A. H. Lucas, as aids-de-camp, with the rank of first lieutenant; J. W. Gregorie, as engineer, with the rank of captain; R. J. Bruce, E. G. Butler, J. A. Sitgreaves, John C. Mitchel, as captains; W. M. Bridges, B. M. Harrod, C. N. Morse, George P. Crane, S. C. Boylston W. S. Simkins, George E. Haynsworth, T. Davis Waties, as first lieutenants; William H. Johnson, E. S. Fickling, J. B. Hawkins, Iredell Jones, Oscar La Borde, S. G. Haywood, as second lieutenants, 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 their respective nominations.
Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred (on the 15th instant) the nomination of T. M. Wagner as lieutenant-colonel, reported, with the recommendation that said nomination lie on the table.
The Senate proceeded to consider said nomination; and
Resolved, That it lie on the table.
Mr. Hill, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom were referred the following nominations, viz:
Whereupon, it was
Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to their appointment, agreeably to their respective nominations.
Mr. Hill, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the nomination of John C. Nicoll, to be district attorney for the State of Georgia, reported, with the recommendation that said nomination lie on the table.
The Senate proceeded to consider said nomination; and
Resolved, That it lie on the table.
Mr. Brown, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom were
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referred (on the 16th instant) the nominations of William W. Wilkinson, as lieutenant for the war, and William H. Peters, as naval storekeeper at the navy-yard, Norfolk, Va., reported, with the recommendation that said nominations be confirmed.
The Senate proceeded to the consideration of said nominations; and
Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to their appointment, agreeably to their respective nominations.
Mr. Clay submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:
Resolved, That the President be requested to inform the Senate whether Major General George B. Crittenden and Brigadier-General William H. Carroll are, or have been, under arrest for drunkenness; and if so, whether any court-martial or court of inquiry has been ordered on their cases, or what disposition has been made of the same.
On motion by Mr. Hill,
The Senate resolved into open legislative session.
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