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Journal of the Confederate Congress --TUESDAY, September 30, 1862.

Journal of the Congress of the Confederate States of America, 1861-1865 [Volume 2]
TUESDAY, September 30, 1862.

OPEN SESSION.

Mr. Clay presented the petition of Capt. Thomas H. Gilbert, praying indenmity, for $1,980 seized and taken from a private and unarmed citizen, with whom it was deposited, by troops, of Brigadier-General Turchin, United States Army; which was referred to the Committee on Claims.

Mr. Hunter (by leave) introduced

A bill (S. 11) to authorize the Vice-President of the Confederate States to employ a secretary;
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.

On motion by Mr. Sparrow,

Ordered, That the Committee on Military Affairs be discharged from the further consideration of the following subjects:

• S. 18. Joint resolution authorizing the President to receive into the service certain regiments, battalions, and companies;
• S. 109. A bill to provide for the defense of the Cumberland, Tennessee, and other western rivers; and
• S. 111. A bill to amend an act entitled "An act for the organization of the staff departments of the Army of the Confederate States of America;" approved March 14, 1861.

Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (S. 110) to amend the several acts for the establishment and organization of the general staff of the Army of the Confederate States of America, reported it with an amendment.

Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 24) to repeal the law authorizing commutation

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for soldiers' clothing, and to require clothing to be furnished by the Secretary of War in kind, reported it without amendment.

The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the bill (H. R. 24) last mentioned; and no amendment being proposed, 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.

Ordered, That the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof.

Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 22) to establish places of rendezvous for the examination of persons enrolled for military duty, reported it with amendments.

On motion by Mr. Brown,

Ordered, That the bill and amendments be printed.

Mr. Henry, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 23) to amend an act for the establishment and organization of the Army of the Confederate States of America, approved March 6, 1861, reported it without amendment.

Mr. Brown, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the joint resolution (H. R. 20) of thanks to Lieut. I. N. Brown, and all under his command, reported it without amendment.

The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the joint resolution (H. R. 20) last mentioned; and no amendment being proposed, it was reported to the Senate.

Ordered, That it pass to a third reading.

The said resolution was read the third time.

Resolved, That it pass.

Ordered, That the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof.

Mr. Hill, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 26) to authorize the judges of district courts to change the place of holding court in certain cases, reported it without amendment.

The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the bill (H. R. 26) 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 a third time.

Resolved, That it pass.

Ordered, That the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof.

Mr. Semmes, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted the following resolution for consideration:

Resolved, That the military law of the Confederate States is by the Constitution and the enactments of Congress limited to the land and naval forces, and the militia when in actual service, and that martial law is unknown to the Constitution; and no officer of the Government of the Confederate States has constitutional or other legal authority to declare, or recognize, or enforce martial law over any portion of the territory or citizens of the Confederate States.

On motion by Mr. Phelan,

The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the bill (S. 106) to organize military courts to attend the

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Army of the Confederate States in the field, and to define the powers of said courts.

On motion by Mr. Orr, to amend the bill by striking out, in section 1, line 7, the words "the rank and pay of a colonel of cavalry" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "an annual compensation of twenty-five hundred dollars,"

It was determined in the negative.

On motion by Mr. Hill, to amend the bill by inserting, in section 2, line 15, after the word "court," the words "the judge-advocate,"

It was determined in the affirmative.

On motion by Mr. Yancey, to amend the bill by inserting, in section 4, line 3, after the word "and," where it last occurs in said line, the word "also,"

It was determined in the affirmative.

On motion by Mr. Yancey, to amend the fourth section of the bill by adding thereto the following words:

That when an officer under the grade of brigadier-general shall be put under arrest for any offense cognizable by the court herein provided for, notice of his arrest, and of the offense with which he shall be charged, shall be given to the court by the officer ordering said arrest, and he shall be entitled to as speedy a trial as the business before said court will allow,

It was determined in the affirmative.

On motion by Mr. Phelan, the vote on agreeing to said amendment was reconsidered.

The amendment being again under consideration,

On motion by Mr. Yancey, to amend the proposed amendment by inserting after "brigadier-general," in the second line, the words "or privates,"

It was determined in the affirmative.

On motion by Mr. Semmes, to amend the proposed amendment by striking out the word "court," in the ninth line, and inserting in lieu thereof the words "judge-advocate,"

It was determined in the affirmative.

On the question to agree to the amendment proposed by Mr. Yancey, as amended,

It was determined in the affirmative.

So the amendment as amended was agreed to.

On motion by Mr. Semmes, to amend the bill by inserting the following independent section:

• Sec. 6. That during the recess of the Senate the President may appoint the members of the court and the judges-advocate provided for in the previous sections, subject to the confirmation of the Senate at its session next ensuing said appointment,

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 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. Johnson, to reconsider the vote on the passing of the bill (S. 107) to authorize the President to accept and place in the service certain regiments and battalions heretofore raised,

It was determined in the affirmative.

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On motion by Mr. Johnson, the vote on ordering said bill to its engrossment and third reading was also reconsidered.

On motion by Mr. Johnson, to amend the bill by adding thereto the following independent section:

• Sec. 2. That the President be, and he is hereby, authorized and empowered, whenever in his opinion it would promote the public good, to receive into service regiments or battalions which have been heretofore organized of conscripts by a general officer, in any of the States lying west of the Mississippi River,

On motion by Mr. Wigfall, to amend the amendment proposed by Mr. Johnson, by adding thereto "except the State of Texas,"

It was determined in the negative.

On the question to agree to the amendment proposed by Mr. Johnson,

It was determined in the affirmative.

No further amendment being made, the bill was reported to the Senate and the amendment was concurred in.

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.

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.

On motion by Mr. Sparrow,

The Senate resolved into executive session.

The doors having been opened,

On motion by Mr. Clay,

The Senate adjourned until to-morrow morning at 11 o'clock.

SECRET SESSION.

The following message was received from the President of the Confederate States, by Mr. B. N. Harrison, his Secretary:

Richmond, Va., September 30, 1862.

To the Senate and House of Representatives:

I herewith transmit for your consideration a communication from the Secretary of War, submitting estimates of the Quartermaster-General.

I recommend that an appropriation be made of the amount for the purposes specified.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

The message was read.

Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee on Finance.

On motion by Mr. Clay,

The Senate resolved into open legislative session.

EXECUTIVE SESSION.

The following message was received from the President of the Confederate States, by Mr. B. N. Harrison, his Secretary:

Richmond, Va., September 30, 1862.

To the Senate:

I nominate the officers upon the accompanying list to the rank affixed to their names, respectively, agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of the Navy.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

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Confederate States, Navy Department,
Richmond, September 29, 1862.

The President.

Sir: The nominations herewith submitted having been previously confirmed by the Provisional Congress, are made in accordance with the following resolution adopted by the Senate on the 23d instant:

"Resolved, That the Senate, in response to the Executive message transmitted on the 12th instant, do advise the President that it is intended by the first clause of the sixth article of the Constitution that the officers of the Regular or Provisional Army, or of the Navy, appointed during the existence of the Provisional Government, and confirmed by the Congress, should be renominated and confirmed by the Senate, or other persons to succeed them should be nominated and confirmed."

With the exception of the commander for the war, two lieutenants for the war, the assistant paymaster, and two of the assistant surgeons, who are nominated to rank according to date of appointment, all these officers came from the Navy of the United States, and in accordance with the provisions of Act No. 146 of the Provisional Congress, approved May 20, 1861, they are nominated according to their relative rank and precedence in that service.

With much respect, your obedient servant,

S. R. MALLORY,
Secretary of the Navy.

Captains.
• Lawrence Rousseau, of Louisiana; French Forrest, of Virginia; Josiah Tattnall, of Georgia; Victor M. Randolph, of Alabama; George N. Hollins, of Maryland; Duncan N. Ingraham, of South Carolina; Samuel Barron, of Virginia; William F. Lynch, of Virginia; Isaac S. Sterrett, of Maryland.

Captains for the war.
• Sidney Smith Lee, of Virginia; William C. Whittle, of Virginia.

Commanders.
• Robert D. Thorburn, of Virginia; Robert G. Robb, of Virginia; William W. Hunter, of Louisiana; Murray Mason, of Virginia; Eben. Farrand, of Florida; Charles H. McBlair, of Maryland; Archibald B. Fairfax, of Virginia; William McBlair, of Maryland; Richard L. Page, of Virginia; Frederick Chatard, of Maryland; Arthur Sinclair, of Virginia; Charles H. Kennedy, of North Carolina; Thomas W. Brent, of Florida; John K. Mitchell, of Florida; M. F. Maury, of Virginia; John R. Tucker, of Virginia; Thomas J. Page, of Virginia; George Minor, of Virginia; Robert F. Pinkney, of Maryland; Thomas R. Rootes, of Virginia; Henry J. Hartstene, of South Carolina; James L. Henderson, of Virginia; William T. Muse, of North Carolina; Thomas T. Hunter, of Virginia.

Commander for the war.
• James D. Bulloch, of Georgia.

First lieutenants.
• Charles F. M. Spotswood, of Virginia; William L. Maury, of Virginia; Francis B. Renshaw, of Florida; George T. Sinclair, of Virginia; Carter B. Poindexter, of Virginia; Henry H. Lewis, of Virginia; George W. Harrison, of Virginia; James D. Johnston, of Kentucky; John N. Maffitt, of Georgia; Washington Gwathmey, of Virginia; William A. Wayne, of Georgia; Peter U. Murphy, of North Carolina; John J. Guthrie, of North Carolina; Joseph N. Barney, of Maryland; John Rutledge, of South Carolina; Catesby ap R. Jones, of Virginia; Van Rensellear Morgan, of Virginia; Edward L. Winder, of Maryland; John H. Parker, of Virginia; Joel S. Kennard, of Alabama; John Wilkinson, of Virginia; Charles M. Morris, of South Carolina; Charles M. Fauntleroy, of Missouri; John S. Maury, of North Carolina; Charles W. Hays, of Alabama; Henry K. Stevens, of Florida; William A. Webb, of Virginia; Charles C. Simms, of Virginia; Julian Myers, of Georgia; Alexander F. Warley, of South Carolina; John W. Bennett, of Maryland; Jonathan H. Carter, of North Carolina; Augustus McLaughlin, of Maryland; William H. Parker, of Virginia; J. Pembroke Jones, of Virginia; William H. Murdaugh, of Virginia; John Kell, of Georgia; Alexander M. De Bree, of Virginia; James H. Rochelle, of Virginia; Robert D. Minor, of Missouri; Nicholas H. Van Zandt, of District of Columbia;

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  David P. McCorkle, of District of Columbia; William Sharp, of Virginia; James I. Waddell, of North Carolina; Joseph Fry, of Florida; George H. Bier, of Maryland; Charles P. McGary, of North Carolina; Hunter Davidson, of Virginia; Dulaney A. Forrest, of Virginia; John R. Hamilton, of South Carolina; Robert R. Carter, of Virginia; Oscar F. Johnston, of Tennessee; John Taylor Wood, of Louisiana; John R. Eggleston, of Mississippi; Robert T. Chapman, of Alabama; William P. A. Campbell, of Tennessee; William T. Glassell, of Alabama; Joseph D. Blake, of North Carolina; Benjamin P. Loyall, of Virginia; William H. Ward, of Virginia; John W. Dunnington, of Kentucky; Francis E. Shepperd, of North Carolina; Thomas P. Pelot, of South Carolina; William G. Dozier, of South Carolina; William L. Bradford, of Alabama; Æneas Armstrong, of Georgia; Philip Porcher, of South Carolina; Hamilton H. Dalton, of Mississippi; William E. Evans, of South Carolina; George S. Shryock, of Kentucky; Joseph W. Alexander, of North Carolina; Charles J. Graves, of Georgia; Thomas B. Mills, of Alabama; William C. Whittle, jr., of Virginia; William A. Kerr, of North Carolina; John Grimball, of South Carolina; Wilburn B. Hall, of Georgia; Walter R. Butt, of Virginia.

Second lieutenants.
• Samuel W. Averett, of Virginia; Henry B. Claiborne, of Louisiana; George A. Borchert, of Georgia; Arthur D. Wharton, of Tennessee; Thomas L. Dornin, of Virginia; Thomas L. Harrison, of Virginia; James L. Hoole, of Alabama; Francis L. Hoge, of Virginia; Edmund G. Read, of Virginia; Charles W. Read, of Mississippi; Sardine G. Stone, of Alabama; John H. Ingraham, of South Carolina; William Van Comstock, of Louisiana; Richard F. Armstrong, of Georgia; Albert G. Hudgins, of Virginia; Charles K. King, of Virginia; James E. Fiske, of North Carolina; John H. Comstock, of Arkansas; Joseph D. Wilson, of Florida.

Lieutenants for the war.
• Alphonse Barbot, of Louisiana; Joshua Humphreys, of Virginia.

Surgeons.
• James Cornick, of Virginia; William F. Patton, of Virginia; William A. W. Spotswood, of Florida; Lewis W. Minor, of Virginia; William F. McClenahan, of Virginia; Daniel S. Green, of Virginia; John T. Mason, of Virginia; William B. Sinclair, of Virginia; Richard W. Jeffery, of Virginia; James F. Harrison, of Virginia; J. W. B. Greenhow, of Georgia; Dinwiddie B. Phillips, of Virginia; John Ward, of Virginia; William F. Carrington, of Virginia; Charles H. Williamson, of Virginia; Arthur M. Lynch, of South Carolina; Charles F. Fahs, of Virginia; William E. Wysham, of Maryland; Daniel B. Conrad, of Virginia; Francis L. Galt, of Georgia; H. W. M. Washington, of Virginia.

Assistant surgeons.
• Charles E. Lining, of South Carolina; Marcellus P. Christian, of Virginia; Robert J. Freeman, of Virginia; Bennett W. Green, of Virginia; James W. Herty, of Georgia; Joseph D. Grafton, of Arkansas; James E. Lindsay, of North Carolina; Charles M. Morfit, of Maryland; T. Bartow Ford, of Georgia; Robert R. Gibbes, of South Carolina.

Paymasters.
• John De Bree, of Virginia; Thomas R. Ware, of Virginia; James A. Semple, of Virginia; John Johnston, of North Carolina; William W. J. Kelly, of Florida; James K. Harwood, of Maryland; George H. Ritchie, of Virginia; Henry Myers, of Georgia; Felix Senac, of Florida; John W. Nixon, of Louisiana; George W. Clarke, of Arkansas.

Assistant paymasters.
• James O. Moore, of North Carolina; Richard Taylor, of Virginia; James E. Armour, of Alabama; Richard L. Mackall, of Maryland.

Engineers.
• Michael Quinn, of Virginia; James H. Warner, of Virginia; Thomas A. Jackson, of Virginia; Virginius Freeman, of Virginia; Edward W. Manning, of Virginia; Henry A. Ramsay, of District of Columbia; J. Charles Schroeder, of Virginia.

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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, September 29, 1862.

To the Senate of the Confederate States:

Agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of War, I nominate the officers on the accompanying list to the rank affixed to their names respectively.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

Confederate States of America, War Department,
Richmond, September 27, 1862.

Sir: I have the honor to recommend the following nominations for appointment in the Army of the Confederate States of America:

• QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT.
  • Assistant quartermaster-general, with rank of lieutenant-colonel.
    • Eugene E. McLean, to take rank February 15, 1862, the date of Col. A. C. Myers' promotion, Maryland.
  • Majors.
    • J. F. Minter, to take rank June 17, 1862, Virginia.
    • L. W. O'Bannon, to take rank August 5, 1862, South Carolina.
• COMMISSARY DEPARTMENT.
  • Captain.
    • William F. Howell (from date of confirmation), Louisiana.
• MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.
  • Surgeons.
    • A. J. Foard, to take rank November 7, 1861, the date of Doctor Moore's promotion to be Surgeon-General, Georgia.
    • Richard Potts, to take rank March 8, 1862, the date of Surg. E. P. Langworthy's death, Missouri.
    • Francis Sorrel, Georgia.
• ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT.
  • Captains.
    • Edward A. Palfrey, Louisiana; Jasper S. Whiting, Louisiana.
• CORPS OF ENGINEERS.
  • Colonel.
    • Jeremy F. Gilmer, from date of confirmation, North Carolina.
• CORPS OF ARTILLERY.
  • Superintendent of armories.
    • W. S. Downer, to take rank June 4, 1862, Virginia.
  • Military storekeeper of ordnance--captain.
    • W. N. Smith, to take rank June 14, 1862, District of Columbia.
  • Military storekeeper--first lieutenant.
    • W. H. McMain, to take rank June 30, 1862, Louisiana.

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• CORPS OF CAVALRY.
  • First lieutenant.
    • John S. Marmaduke, Missouri.
  • Second lieutenants.
    • Manning M. Kimmel, Missouri; Charles S. Bowman, Florida; J. B. Washington, Virginia.
• CORPS OF INFANTRY.
  • Colonel.
    • Daniel Ruggles, Virginia.
  • Captains.
    • Charles H. Tyler, Virginia; Robert R. Garland, Missouri.
  • Second lieutenants.
    • W. G. Robinson, Military Academy, West Point, North Carolina; W. H. Browne, Military Academy, West Point, Virginia; Frank Huger, Military Academy, West Point, South Carolina; George S. Lovejoy, Military Academy, West Point, North Carolina; Ed. B. D. Riley, Military Academy, West Point, Indian Territory; James Dearing, Military Academy, West Point, Virginia; Harold Borland, Military Academy, West Point, Arkansas; John A. West, Military Academy, West Point, Georgia; George A. Thornton, Military Academy, West Point, Virginia; Stephen A. Moreno, Military Academy, West Point, Florida; Olin F. Rice, Military Academy, West Foint, Kentucky; Horace D. Twyman, Military Academy, West Point, Virginia; John W. Lea, Military Academy, West Point, Mississippi; E. McE. Ross, Military Academy, West Point, Tennessee; Ed. Powell, South Carolina; James M. Keeble, Tennessee; W. H. Porter, South Carolina; T. O. Chestney, District of Columbia; J. T. M. Barnes, District of Columbia; J. Baltzell, Texas; R.W. Atkinson, Georgia; H. D. Garden, Texas; R. C. Griffith, Mississippi; W. C. Worthington, Mississippi; John Birney, Alabama; William A. Deas, Virginia; W. W. Bickell, Alabama; Joseph D. Mayers, Mississippi; W. S. Archer, Virginia; H. K. Washburn, Georgia; Arthur Clayton, Mississippi; C. I. Walker, South Carolina; Charles M. Hooper, Alabama; James G. Cowan, Alabama; John W. Cooper, Alabama; Thomas Bush, Alabama; John A. Keith, South Carolina; Philip B. Spence, Tennessee; W. R. Bullock, Kentucky; H. M. Rutledge, South Carolina; Charles A. Forsyth, District of Columbia; William Tyler, Virginia; T. W. Blount, Texas; George D. Wise, Virginia; Thomas T. Grayson, Mississippi; R. M. Booker, Virginia; Isaac Hyams, Louisiana; A. R. H. Ranson, Maryland; William F. Withers, Mississippi; C. B. Campbell; Robert A. Talley, Virginia; L. Wankowicz, Louisiana; T. S. Mcintosh, Georgia; William K. Bradford, Maryland; Jesse Sparks, Texas; J. N. Lipscomb; Thomas Maclin, Texas; S. P. Kerr, Virginia; William K. Tabb, Virginia; E. M. Dabney, Virginia; D. C. Haywood, North Carolina; W. E. Hill, Virginia; John H. Dickens, Texas; E. B. Goode, Virginia; George H. Smith, Tennessee; E. G. Mohler, Virginia; M. M. Lindsey, Mississippi; B. F. Bishop, Virginia; J. H. Worley, South Carolina; G. A. Henry, jr., Tennessee; Alfred P. Lucas, Georgia; Charles H. Brown; Charles M. Lumpkin, Georgia; William V. Taylor, Virginia; John Lee, Virginia; J. Hagood; Henry S. Foote, jr., Tennessee; R. A. Chambers, Georgia; W. H. Harris, Mississippi; T. K. Fauntleroy, Virginia; John S. Lanier, Mississippi; John D. Payne; James M. Mason, jr., Virginia; P. L. Burwell, Virginia; C. L. Jackson, Mississippi; R. M. Hooe, Virginia; H. S Duval; W. D. Lyon, Alabama: W. W. Revely; Charles S. Morgan, Virginia; L. L. Butler, Louisiana; W. G. Turpin, Virginia; L. M. Butler, Florida; George M. Emack, Maryland; S. F. Adams; W. E; Cutshaw, Virginia; Henry Bryan, Virginia; E. E. Portlock, jr., North Carolina; Thomas J. Clay, Kentucky; John J. Clarke; James Bowles, Kentucky; W. G. Bonner, Louisiana; C. W. McDonald, Virginia; James M. Garnett, Robert Grant; D. Callihan, Louisiana; John S. Rudd; J. B. Russell, South Carolina; Thomas P. Turner, Frank F. Jones; W. A. Harris, Virginia.
• CORPS OF ARTILLERY.
  • Second lieutenant.
    • William E. Gibson, to take rank August 24, 1862, Virginia.

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  • First lieutenant.
    • H. B. Lyon, Kentucky.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,

GEO. W. RANDOLPH,
Secretary of War.

To His Excellency Jefferson Davis,
President, etc.

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 were referred (on the 27th instant) the nominations of C. C. Blacknall to be major; William H. Ross to be brigade commissary, with the rank of major; John W. Hinsdale to be captain; Joel Shrewsbury, Frost O. Snow, William D. Haynes, T. H. Atkeison, E. T. Fellows, William P. Ward, A. J. Barry, W. O. Key, H. L. Boon, William Oliver, John C. Noble to be assistant quartermasters, with the rank of captain, and F. Dumonteil to be major, 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 were referred (on the 26th instant) the nominations of A. H. McLaws, Hugh M. King, J. F. Simmons, John C. Page, R. T. Taylor, Charles K. Mallory, T. Lanson Barrand, W. T. Sutherlin, Barna McKinne, B. F. Jones, H. C. Deshields, Charles Russell, William Carrere, John B. Prados, O. P. Chaffie, William McMinn, G. W. Triplett, W. F. Hawes, N. M. Tannor, Charles S. Carrington, William H. Gibbons, N. W. Crisler, Sam. Hardin Hairston, George Johnston, James C. Bryan, S. P. Mitchell, William G. King, H. H. Selden, George A. Turner, E. Carrington Cabell, M. B. McMicken, John H. Crump, John R. Throckmorton, J. J. Busby, Joseph A. Engelhard, William M. Payne, William F. Haines, John E. Davis, John G. Pierce, James D. Maney, Henry W. Williams, Thomas M. Le Baron, Robert B. Hurt, Emile La Sere, Randolph H. Dyer, John Ambler, N. E. Scales, B. S. Thompson, J. W. Patton, J. A. Landry, E. C. Simkins, P. S. Kinnard, H. M. Bell, L. S. Scruggs, William McLaughlin, C. L. Goodwin, E. A. Banks, R. L. McWhorter, Elliott M. Braxton, E. F. Paxton, W. H. Haynes, Josephus Guthrie, Livingston Mims, John B. Cary, Rice W. Payne, Thomas Higham, James N. Edmondston, D. W. Hinkle, A. Gordon, to be brigade quartermasters, with the rank of major; George Walker, N. A. Birge, John C. Ransom, B. P. Roy, T. O. Byrd, Thomas P. Johnson, O. T. Gibbes, Robert Payne, James M. Danby, J. W. Dennett, Robert T. Crouch, John A. P. Bingham, J. J. Bailey, John S. Rowzie, Thomas Hayden, W. H. Grier, C. E. Thames, John M. Witherspoon, Edward Brown, S. F. McQueen, T. J. Noble, Clarence Morfit, R. O. Boggess, R. C. McKinney, Charles M. Williams, S. H. Nieman, Richard W. Gaillard, Charles Waite, Robert W. Reid, Alexander Harwood, Herman Kenneworth, Henry St. Paul, J. W. Hudson, James W. Spratley, John W. Clarke, Thomas M. Harris, R. P. McCormick, L. S. Bolling, W. B. Lucas, Robert Martin, Nicholas M. Long, jr., Benjamin E. Crane, R. B. Kyle, L. E. Nee, Wiley F. Thomas, W. A. Welch, Eugene Carrington, Benjamin

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Morgan, H. A. Haralson, William Goldsmith, W. W. Pierce, Morris R. Chew, R. H. Turner, Joseph S. M. Davidson, Thomas R. Dashiell, John Decker, Theodore H. Kimball, Thomas H. Johnston, William Prescott, Tiglman S. Threadgill, Allen S. Turner, W. G. Beauland, W. E. Gibbs, W. A. Courtenay, John Hughes, William F. Shield, G. W. Crane, James C. Davis, J. A. Montgomery, Morris K. Simons, Wilson C. N. Carr, E. Johnson, R. B. Marye, William T. Meade, W. F. Avent, Francis B. Deane, R. W. Hogan, George W. Evans, William R. Edwards, James A. Hill, James L. Moore, J. W. Johnson, Andrew McDonald, William Colby, E. M. Stackpole, A. C. Smith, Samuel Prince, Julian Field, David Rhine, Asa U. Wright, William T. Scovell, George A. Hill, William Fowler, James L. McCluer, Richard M. Graves, John M. Allen, James Bruce, F. P. Turner, W. Warren Johnson, William J. Neary, V. G. de l'Isle, Thomas Tabb, Samuel D. Varner, Lemuel H. Dawson, H. S. Routh, Gustavus Elgin, John Kirkland, jr., W. W. Coke, John T. Smith, J. E. Adger, George L. Thomas, Thomas McGuire, W. J. Hughes, John B. Neal, John Barham, Thomas P. Brown, N. B. Brown, B. F. Powell, John J. Jones, James R. Boswell, William T. Hickle, Albert M. Rhett, Edward W. Adams, W. Val. Sevier, Charles W. Henderson, S. W. Davitte, J. M. Perry, Albert Danner, E. D. Ricketts, J. E. McElrath, James W. Latham, D. C. Turrentine, George B. Buchanan, George A. Proctor, M. J. Bearden, S. V. Gay, R. P. Gantt, James W. Wilson, G. W. Shell, James J. Thomas, jr., Archibald M. Wood, W. J. Stokes, Andrew J. Miller, J. T. Brown, John W. Brown, S. G. R. Mount, J. H. Baker, Lewis C. Hanes, Robert Lapsley, Archibald B. Seals, Richard H. Leonard, J. Milton Moore, H. C. Slemp, A. Converse, J. L. Agurs, William R. Beasley, John N. McDowell, J. D. Randall, A. D. Cazaux, Frederick Cox, Edmund J. Camp, Hammond Dugan, William L. Johnson, William T. Eddings, Thomas P. Wallace, J. L. Walthall, J. P. Billups, J. M. Tate, Edgar L. Guerard, John M. Martin, R. C. Clark, John A. Palmer, George J. Arnow, L. N. Trammell, John W. Hinson, Henry G. Davis, J. M. Haley, John P. Warren, Thomas B. Holt, E. J. McIvor, Robert L. Francisco, J. W. McLure, Aaron P. Brown, James E. Crosland, R. H. McCoy, J. M. McCorkle, J. M. Poteat, W. C. Butler, J. W. McCurry, A. Monheimer, James S. Hart, Thomas Kier, Charles A. Redd, E. P. Williams, David Meade, Thomas R. Hines, sr., J. F. Arnold, F. M. Wood, James A. Marsh, R. C. McKinney, J. M. Springs, A. F. Strawn, William Blanchard Flowers, Henry C. Rockwell, S. F. Wall, Alexander E. Etheredge, Alexander C. Morton, Thomas A. Burke, William M. Timberlake, J. W. Crocker, Thomas Clark, John A. Fitzpatrick, E. C. Milner, R. P. Smith, E. H. Janney, Lunsford P. Cooper, Robert A. Harris, Francis Rawl, James N. Moreno, Samuel C. Muldon, A. P. Corley, J. W. Mathews, James J. Goodrum, Robert H. Kingman, A. O. Houston, John White, James McMurray, Thad. C. Leake, John N. Crockett, J. G. B. Grimes, J. N. Gilmer, Andrew W. Williams, J. J. Kaigler, William Fellers, M. H. Lowry, J. B. Whited, Carey J. Hall, Charles W. Matthews, Daniel A. Conner, B. F. Davis, Robert W. Graham, J. F. Mason, J. Dickson Wilder, Edward Niles, Samuel O'Neill, Benjamin F. Smith, James C. Hightower, F. S. White, J. T. Bernard, T. C. Parks, George B. Holmes, Thomas Shumate, Richard Orme, John S. Dancy, A. B. Fannin, H. R. Shacklett, William G. McNeely, J. W. Young, Robert P. Howell, Charles P. Rogers, Robert H. Footman, Crawford H. Jones, W. H. Bounds, J. H.

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Hamilton, George B. Baker, W. T. Estes, F. Gregory, William S. Sharpe, William L. J. Reid, Richard B. Winder, E. T. Albertson, B. F. Ficklin, John Bonsal, Thomas J. Martin, Augustus F. Henderson, William S. P. Mayo, Silas Owens, W. C. Marrow, T. W. Woodward, B. L. McInnis, John C. Allen, H. G. Trader, Samuel Du Bose, Hugh B. Walker, Thomas R. Jones, Robert S. Bell, Josephus Dotson, S. Simons, A. M. Truit, Alexander S. Jones, H. D. McDaniel, William McMasters, William W. Old, William Hollowman, to be assistant quartermasters, with the rank of captain; Thomas W. Francis, John W. Brodnax, Thomas Laneghan, Joseph D. Cross, T. J. Elford, A. L. Dearing, Richard M. Robertson, William H. Price, William W. Herbert, Charles Howard, W. F. C. Gregory, Isaac M. Patridge, Julian J. Mason, Lewis Ginter, Samuel Hale, jr., Alexander H. Mason, T. C. Elder, E. B. Hill, George Robertson, Reid Sanders, S. M. Moorman, Fred. R. Scott, Julian A. Mitchell, E. M. Todd, Francis W. Reid, James W. Green, John S. Mellon, John R. King, D. F. Boyd, H. M. Miller, H. L. Biscoe, William W. Harvie, Henry W. Tracy, A. G. Anderson, Alexander Evans, Joseph W. Bocage, Alexander B. Garland, B. S. Crump, Richard Bell, Thomas J. Foster, George T. Howard, B. L. Wolff, John B. Cobb, Thomas Walton, J. Righton Robertson, H. S. Hughes, Lee M. Gardner, T. B. Reed, R. C. Lanford, W. E. Moore, William J. Baker, R. C. Badger, Charles F. Hanckel, John W. Mitchell, Thomas Beggs, Morris K. Simons, Robert M. Tevis, W. J. Johnson, James M. Quinlan, J. H. Butt, J. G. Newman, R. C. Wintersmith, Joseph P. Carr, Henry S. Bowen, J. F. Cummings, B. H. Blanton, to be brigade commissaries with the rank of major; Martin F. de Gruyter, Thomas J. Hughes, Timothy H. Kellogg, Madison Edwards, George L. Gillespie, Samuel M. Willard, Anderson S. Fry, M. J. Culpepper, J. T. Doswell, Jefferson J. Mallard, James T. Bacon, John D. Brandon, Julius H. Halsey, R. H. Alexander, John J. Wheadon, James W. Moore, Medicus F. Arnold, Jacob E. Moose, Charles J. Gee, J. C. Francis, Miller G. Lumpkin, John Francis, M. G. Alexander, John Eager Howard, Thomas J. Flint, S. S. Rivas, A. M. Allen, James W. Shields, Henry Timanus, R. A. Williams, Alexander L. Smith, P. McCalebb, Isham H. Earle, William H. Ogbourne, W. H. Dameron, J. P. Broadwell, Francis P. Gillespie, Middleton Conly, Tazewell Thompson, T. C. Moore, William H. Briggs, W. Hutson Wigg, W. L. Norman, Thomas H. Baker, W. L. Ligon, John W. Thomas, W. J. Neville, John M. Biggs, J. W. Callaway, A. T. Preston, D. G. Pepper, J. A. Storey, Marcus L. Wilson, G. O. Janney, S. B. McWilliams, J. R. Wilson, Robert L. Priest, A. J. Dunn, Benson J. Osborn, Orville Yerger, Arthur Parker, Rufus Ruth, A. Myers, C. J. McLaurin, Thomas E. Sherwood, George Newcome, James P. Ford, Samuel McComb, Robert H. Sommerville, John Lightfoot, Daniel W. Langdon, Wade A. Herren, Jesse Norton, John W. Walker, James R. Fraser, Isaiah B. Smaw, John H. Kennedy, Lucien D. Starke, Robert C. Topp, John W. Davis, R. V. Boykin, James W. Butler, John H. Love, J. M. Boyles, R. M. Brown, Thomas C. Fearn, T. H. McAllister, Lee Carpenter, Richard C. Harding, Adam R. Nesbit, Edward S. Parker, W. H. Kenner, W. K. Flowers, T. L. Russell, John E. Womble, Isaac L. Pride, W. F. Robbins, W. J. Armstrong, Joseph P. Phillips, Thomas N. Hays, H. H. Sams, S. S. Kingsbery, R. W. Reid, Henry N. Hill, E. P. George, John W. Smythe, C. H. Parmelee, William B. Davison, Silas M. Colding, Abram Cox, S. L.

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Love, John F. Croft, William B. Cox, Edward H. Dabney, V. M. Byrnes, J. K. Hope, W. C. Connell, Richard C. Badger, Richard M. Doss, J. A. Moss, J. H. Flournoy, R. S. C. Herren, E. L. Holcombe, Winfield S. J. Lampkin, P. A. Wellford, William B. Williams, C. M. Godbold, W. R. Holcombe, Fred. L. Smith, John W. Montgomery, James Hazlett, William A. Teasley, William H. Cain, George Coke, R. M. May, J. E. Mercer, Peter Preer, R. N. Lowrance, B. J. Martin, Wesley Mellard, John W. Durr, G. Holmes, J. T. McFall, John Vincent Martin, George F. Webb, David W. Ketchum, George D. Old, W. E. Ligon, Jno. V. L. Rodgers, John G. Clark, James Fitz-James, Washington F. Stark, L. R. Shryock, Joseph R. Simmons, Horatio G. Townsend, A. St. C. Tennille, S. T. Stuart, Benjamin F. Jones, Albert Siler, John W. Simmons, William E. Anderson, Claiborne Farish, B. C. Adams, James M. Martin, John A. Bowie, Charles A. Lathrop, G. C. Ball, Milton D. Norton, Larkin H. Kerlee, William E. Rutherford, Benjamin W. Justice, E. G. McClure, G. D.Bustamente, Henry R. Marks, James H. Waters, E. N. Peterson, William D. Miller, William A. Eliason, M. N. Shive, J. E. Ferguson, H. D. Brigham, Parker E. Brown, P. L. Darling, Archibald N. McLarty, James R. Bates, Charles R. Railey, Henry W. Conner, Leroy M. Wilson, S. A. Tarrant, D. W. Dodd, G. B. Mills, Tignal H. Brame, H. T. Baya, Richard Orme, M. B. Swanson, S. A. W. Righton, J. Whitfield Smith, Joseph P. Mason, Thomas Mahool, J. E. Harper, Z. W. Woodruff, J. O. Moore, R. E. Mountcastle, T. P. Eskridge, G. M. McConnico, Robert B. Trezevant, Robert Lilly, Charles Semple, H. W. Newman, D. D. Barr, Thomas J. Wofford, John A. Harris, Len. H. Norwood, Thomas Thompson, to be assistant commissaries 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, and in concurrence therewith, it was

Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to their appointment, agreeably to their respective nominations.

On motion by Mr. Clay,

The Senate resumed the consideration of the nominations of James G. Martin, Thomas L. Clingman, Samuel Garland, jr., Wade Hampton, D. W. Adams, Louis Hébert, A. R. Wright, James L. Kemper, James J. Archer, George B. Anderson, B. H. Robertson, St. John R. Liddell, N. B. Forrest, W. D. Pender, M. Jenkins, Martin E. Green, Fitzhugh Lee, Harry T. Hays, Johnson Hagood, A. G. Jenkins, W. E. Starke, William Barksdale, Edward D. Tracy, E. A. Perry, J. C. Brown, A. H. Colquitt, Junius Daniel, to be brigadier-generals.

On the question,

Will the Senate advise and consent to their appointment?

It was determined in the affirmative.

So it was

Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to their appointment as brigadier-generals, agreeably to the nomination of the President.

The Senate resumed the consideration of the nomination of Joseph Finegan to be brigadier-general.

On motion by Mr. Maxwell,

Ordered, That said nomination lie on the table.

The Senate resumed consideration of the nomination of J. C. Moore to be brigadier-general.

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On motion by Mr. Sparrow,

Ordered, That said nomination lie on the table.

On motion by Mr. Clay,

The Senate resolved into open legislative session.

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