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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 --FRIDAY, August 22, 1862.
OPEN SESSION.
Mr. Semmes submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:
Resolved, That the Committee on Military Affairs be directed to inquire into the expediency of separating the pay departments of the Army from the Quartermaster's Department, and of creating a separate bureau for the payment of the troops; and to report by bill or otherwise.
Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:
Resolved, That the President be requested to communicate to the Senate, at the earliest practicable period, all official reports of engagements with the enemy not heretofore communicated.
Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported
A bill (S. 56) providing for substitutes in certain cases, and detailing privates for police duty;
which was read the first and second times and ordered to be placed upon the Calendar and printed.
Mr. Henry, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:
Resolved, That the Secretary of War be requested to communicate to the Senate whether any regiments in the service have been disbanded and consolidated with others, and if so, what regiments, and by whose authority it has been done.
On motion by Mr. Barnwell,
The Senate resolved into executive session.
The doors having been opened,
The following message was received from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Dixon, their Clerk:
Mr. President: The House of Representatives have passed joint resolutions of the following titles, in which they request the concurrence of the Senate:
The Senate proceeded to consider the joint resolutions (H. R. 2, 3, 4) communicated this day from the House of Representatives for concurrence; which were severally read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
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Mr. Barnwell presented a memorial of the clerks in the Treasury Department, asking an increase of their salaries; which was referred to the Committee on Finance.
On motion by Mr. Clay,
Ordered, That when the Senate adjourn it be to Monday next.
Mr. Mitchel stated to the Senate that his colleague, the Hon. Robert W. Johnson, was detained from his seat in the Senate by sickness in his family.
On motion by Mr. Yancey, agreeably to previous notice, to amend the rules of the Senate by striking out the forty-third rule,
On motion by Mr. Phelan, to amend the said rule by inserting after the word "closed" the words "and, upon the doors being closed, a vote shall be taken as to whether the matter in hand shall be debated and determined in secret session or not, and a majority shall decide the question," and after the word "question," in the sixth line, inserting the words "in secret session,"
It was determined in the affirmative.
The question recurring on the motion to strike out the forty-third rule,
The motion was withdrawn.
On motion by Mr. Yancey, to amend the rule last mentioned by striking out all after the words "the President shall direct" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "the vote to be taken in open session, by yeas and nays, and a majority shall determine the question,"
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. Clark, Oldham, Preston, and Yancey.
Those who voted in the negative are,
Messrs. Baker, Barnwell, Brown, Clay, Davis, Dortch, Haynes, Henry, Hill, Hunter, Lewis, Maxwell? Mitchel, Peyton, Phelan, Semmes, and Sparrow.
So the amendment was rejected.
On motion by Mr. Henry, that the vote on agreeing to the amendment proposed by Mr. Phelan to the forty-third rule be reconsidered,
It was determined in the negative.
On motion by Mr. Semmes,
The Senate adjourned until Monday morning at 12 o'clock.
SECRET SESSION.
Mr. Barnwell, from the Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the report of the Secretary of the Treasury, reported it, with the recommendation that the report, together with the accompanying estimates, be printed in confidence for the use of the Senate.
The Senate proceeded to consider the said report; and in concurrence therewith, it was
Ordered, That the said report, together with the accompanying estimates, be printed in confidence for the use of the Senate.
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The following message was received from the President of the Confederate States, by Mr. B. N. Harrison, his Secretary:
Richmond, Va., August 22, 1862.
To the Senate and House of Representatives of the Confederate States:
I herewith transmit, for your information, a communication from the Secretary of the Navy, supplementary to his report appended to my message to Congress of the 18th instant, and covering the report of Lieut. John W. Dunnington, Confederate States Navy, of the engagement at St. Charles, on the White River, in the State of Arkansas.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
The message was read.
Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.
The following message was received from the President of the Confederate States, by Mr. B. N. Harrison, his Secretary:
Richmond, Va., August 22, 1862.
To the Senate and House of Representatives of the Confederate States:
I herewith transmit a communication from the Secretary of the Navy, covering estimates of the amount required to meet a certain contract, to which I invite your careful consideration.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
The message was read.
Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.
The President laid before the Senate a communication from the Secretary of the Treasury in relation to an estimate of the Secretary of the Navy of the amount necessary to meet a contract for six ironclad vessels, steam engines, boilers, etc., to be constructed abroad.
Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee on Finance.
On motion by Mr. Barnwell,
The Senate resolved into open legislative session.
EXECUTIVE SESSION.
On motion by Mr. Barnwell,
The Senate resolved into secret legislative session.
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