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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 --SATURDAY, October 4, 1862.
OPEN SESSION.
Mr. Lewis submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:
Resolved, That it be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary to inquire into the extent of the legal right which the military authorities have in putting restrictions upon the facilities of the citizens of the Confederate States in traveling from one section of country to another, and how far they have the legal right to pass military orders restricting and prohibiting the transportation of the property of citizens upon railroads, canals, or other mode of transportation; and to report by bill or otherwise.
A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Dixon, their Clerk:
Mr. President: The House of Representatives have concurred in the amendments of the Senate to the following House bills:
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The House of Representatives have passed a bill (H. R. 39) making appropriations for the executive, legislative, and judicial expenses of the Government for the month of December, 1862; in which they request the concurrence of the Senate.
Mr. Davis presented a series of resolutions passed at a public meeting of the citizens of Onslow County, N. C., calling on the Confederate Government for protection against the incursions of the enemy; which were referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
Mr. Semmes, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the message of the President on the subject, reported a bill (S. 115) to refund to the State of Louisiana the excess of the war tax overpaid by her; which was read the first and second times, and considered as in Committee of the Whole; and no amendment being proposed, 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 committed as amended the bill (H. R. 35) to encourage the manufacture of clothing and shoes for the Army, reported it without amendment.
The Senate proceeded to consider the bill (H. R. 35) last mentioned; and
Ordered, That the amendment heretofore concurred in be engrossed and the bill read a third time.
The said bill as amended was read the third time.
Resolved, That it pass with an amendment.
Ordered, That the Secretary request the concurrence of the House of Representatives in the amendment.
Mr. Clay, from the Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 31) for the relief of John Hunter, collector of customs and agent of the marine hospital at the port of Natchez, Miss., reported it without amendment.
The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the bill (H. R. 31) 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. 38) amendatory of an act entitled "An act providing for the granting of bounties and furloughs to privates and noncommissioned officers in the Provisional Army," approved December 11, 1861, reported it with an amendment.
The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the bill (H. R. 38) last mentioned; and the reported amendment having been agreed to, the bill was reported to the Senate and the amendment was concurred in.
Ordered, That the amendment be engrossed and the bill read a third time.
The said bill as amended was read the third time.
Resolved, That it pass with an amendment.
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Ordered, That the Secretary request the concurrence of the House of Representatives in the amendment.
Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 37) to amend an act entitled "An act for the organization of the staff department of the Army of the Confederate States of America," approved March 14, 1861, reported it without amendment.
The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the bill (H. R. 37) 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.
A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Dixon, their Clerk:
Mr. President: The House of Representatives have agreed to the report of the committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the bill (S. 62) to exempt certain persons from military duty, and to repeal an act entitled "An act to exempt certain persons from enrollment for service in the Army of the Confederate States," approved April 21, 1862.
A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Dixon, their Clerk:
Mr. President: The House of Representatives have passed the following bills of the Senate, with amendments; in which they request the concurrence of the Senate:
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. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 36) supplemental to an act entitled "An act to further provide for the public defense," approved 16th April, 1862, reported it, with the recommendation that it ought not to pass.
The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to be consideration of the bill (H. R. 36) last mentioned.
After debate,
On motion by Mr. Wigfall, that the bill lie on the table,
It was determined in the negative.
On motion by Mr. Davis, to amend the bill by inserting after the word "may," in the seventh line, the words "before enrollment,"
It was determined in the affirmative.
On motion by Mr. Davis, to amend the bill by inserting after the word "select," in the ninth line, the words "such company being one which was in service on the sixteenth day of April, eighteen hundred and sixty-two."
After debate,
On motion by Mr. Johnson,
Ordered, That the bill and amendment lie on the table.
Mr. Mitchel, from the committee, reported that they had examined and found truly enrolled bills of the following titles, viz:
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of the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America, approved March 6, 1861;
The President pro tempore having signed the enrolled bills last reported to have been examined, they were delivered to the Secretary of the Senate, and by him forthwith presented to the President of the Confederate States for his approval.
The Senate proceeded to consider the resolution submitted by Mr. Preston on yesterday, to rescind the resolution fixing the day for the adjournment of Congress on Monday, the 6th of October, at 12 o'clock m.
On motion by Mr. Hill, to amend the resolution by striking out all after the word "therein" and inserting
That the adjournment of Congress be postponed from Monday, the sixth day of October, to Monday, the thirteenth day of October, at twelve o'clock m.,
On motion by Mr. Yancey,
To postpone the further consideration of the resolution till Monday next at 11 o'clock,
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. Baker, Brown, Clark, Clay, Haynes, Hill, Mitchel, Sparrow, and Yancey.
Those who voted in the negative are,
Messrs. Davis, Henry, Hunter, Johnson, Lewis, Oldham, Orr, Peyton, Phelan, Preston, Semmes, and Wigfall.
So the motion to postpone was rejected.
On the question to agree to the amendment proposed by Mr. Hill,
It was determined in the affirmative.
On the question to agree to the resolution as amended,
It was determined in the affirmative.
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 message of the President in relation to the construction of a certain line of railroad in the States of Louisiana and Texas, and that it lie on the table.
Mr. Brown, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported
A bill (S. 116) to amend the title of an act entitled "An act to permit enlistments in the Navy and Marine Corps;"
which was read the first and second times and considered as in Committee of the Whole; and no amendment being proposed, it was reported to the Senate.
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Ordered, That it be engrossed and read a third time.
The said bill was read the third time.
On the question, Shall the bill now pass?
On motion by Mr. Brown,
The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present,
Those who voted in the affirmative are,
Messrs. Brown, Clark, Davis, Henry, Hill, Hunter, Johnson, Mitchel, Phelan, and Sparrow.
Those who voted in the negative are,
Messrs. Baker, Clay, Haynes, Lewis, Orr, Peyton, Preston, Semmes, Wigfall, and Yancey.
So the bill was rejected.
On motion by Mr. Yancey,
The Senate resolved into secret legislative session.
The doors having been opened,
The bill (H. R. 39) making appropriations for the executive, legislative, and judicial expenses of the Government for the month of December, 1862, communicated this day from the House of Representatives for concurrence, was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Finance.
The Senate proceeded to consider the amendment of the House of Representatives to the bill (S. 106) to organize military courts to attend the Army of the Confederate States in the field, and to define the powers of said courts; and
On motion by Mr. Brown,
Resolved, That they concur therein.
Ordered, That the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof.
The Senate proceeded to consider the amendment of the House of Representatives to the bill (S. 53) to amend an act entitled "An act to further provide for the public defense," approved April 16, 1862; and
Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Dixon, their Clerk:
Mr. President: The House of Representatives have concurred in the resolution of the Senate extending the time for the adjournment of Congress to Monday, the 13th of October, at 12 o'clock m.
The following message was received from the President of the Confederate States, by Mr. B. N. Harrison, his Secretary:
Richmond, Va., October 4, 1862.
To the Senate and House of Representatives:
I herewith transmit a communication from the Secretary of the Treasury, submitting "estimates of the appropriations required for the service of the Treasury Department, and for miscellaneous objects, for the month of January, 1863."
I recommend an appropriation of the amount for the purpose specified.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
The message was read.
Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee on Finance.
On motion by Mr. Brown,
The Senate resolved into executive session.
The doors having been opened,
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The President pro tempore laid before the Senate a communication from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting consolidated estimates of the various departments of the Government for the month of January; which was referred to the Committee on Finance.
On motion by Mr. Brown,
The Senate adjourned until Monday morning at 11 o'clock.
SECRET SESSION.
A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Dixon, their Clerk:
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 House of Representatives, by Mr. Dixon, their Clerk:
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 House of Representatives, by Mr. Dixon, their Clerk:
Mr. President: The House of Representatives have passed a bill (H. R. --) to provide for the building of certain vessels of war, in which they request the concurrence of the Senate.
A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Dixon, their Clerk:
Mr. President: The House of Representatives have passed a bill (H. R. --) to amend an act recognizing the existence of war between the United States and the Confederate States, and concerning letters of marque, prizes, and prize goods; in which they request the concurrence of the Senate.
Mr. Mitchel, 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 of the Senate, and by him forthwith presented to the President of the Confederate States for his approval.
The following bills, communicated this day from the House of Representatives, were severally read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs:
The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the bill (S. 113) to repress the atrocities of the enemy.
Pending the consideration of an amendment proposed by Mr. Orr, to an amendment proposed by Mr. Haynes,
On motion by Mr. Sparrow,
The Senate resolved into open legislative session.
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EXECUTIVE SESSION.
The following message was received from the President of the Confederate States, by Mr. B. N. Harrison, his Secretary:
To the President of the Senate of the Confederate States:
I nominate the persons named in the annexed letter of the Secretary of the Navy, agreeably to his recommendation.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
Richmond, Va., October 4, 1862.
Confederate States, Navy Department,
September 30, 1862.
The President.
Sir: The following nominations are recommended for appointment in the Marine Corps of the Confederate States, in compliance 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 twelfth 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."
Those officers who came from the United States Marine Corps in the grades of captain and lieutenant are recommended in the order of rank and precedence they held in that service, and are placed above appointments from civil life without regard to dates of appointment, in accordance with the provisions of the first section of act No. 146 of Provisional Congress, approved May 20, 1861.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
S. R. MALLORY,
Secretary of the Navy.
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The message was read.
Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.
Mr. Brown, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom were referred (on the 3d instant) the nominations of Mortimer M. Benton, Francis T. Chew, Alexander M. Mason, Thomas L. Moore, Ivey Foreman, H. Beverly Littlepage, Robert C. Foute, Henry H. Marmaduke, to be masters in the line of promotion, 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. Brown, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred (on the 2d instant) the nomination of Frederick Lawrence to be assistant paymaster for the war, 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 his appointment, agreeably to the nomination of the President.
Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom were referred (on the 26th ultimo) the nominations of John M. Robinson, William W. Blackford, George E. Walker, John Grant, A. H. Campbell, Henry T. Douglas, William F. Foster, Charles T. Liernur, T. B. Lee, Samuel R. Johnston, John A. Williams, to be captains of engineers; Robert M. Stiles, William E. Harrison, John F. Lanneau, W. G. Bender, C. H. La Trobe, John T. Elmore, Walter Izard, J. Innis Randolph, John W. Green, John B. Stanard, J. F. Steele, John Johnson, Henry C. Force, Henry B. Richardson, to be first lieutenants of engineers; W. T. Hart, Powell C. Johnson, Summerfield Smith, Charles S. Dwight, W. G. Williamson, D. E. Henderson, to be second lieutenants of engineers; S. Crutchfield, T. J. Page, H. C. Cabell, S. D. Lee, William R. Boggs, Edward C. Anderson, Abner Smead, A. J. Gonzales, to be colonels of artillery; A. S. Cutts, T. L. Rosser, J. C. Shields, H. Oladowski, J. H. Hallonquist, P. F. De Gourney, R. L. Walker, C. E. Thorburn, J. M. Maury, H. Clay Taylor, to be lieutenant-colonels of artillery; B. W. Hunter, Joseph L. Brent, W. Richardson Hunt, F. W. Smith, William Nelson, Hilary P. Jones, A. H. Drewry, C. K. Huger, M. B. Hardin, Alex. W. Stark, W. L. Robards, Delaware Kemper, William Leigh, S. P. Hamilton, Alfred R. Courtney, R. S. Andrews, Lindsay M. Shumaker, J. Floyd King, William E. Woodruff, B. W. Frobel, Smith P. Bankhead, Victor Sheliha, J. J. Pope, T. T. Teel, John Pelham, to be majors of artillery; T. M. Bowyer, George W. Christy, Thomas H. Price, J. W. Mallett, A. W. Lawrence, A. G. Brenizer, F. W. Blount, J. T. Trezevant, C. C. McPhail, L. C. Leftwich, S. C. Faulkner, James Harding, Lawrence S. Marye, Henry Myers, W. Clark Kennerly, C. P. Bolles, Edward B. Smith, T. R. Hotchkiss, P. B. Stanard, George West, Edward N. Thurston, John Esten Cooke, to be captains of artillery; George W. Kerr, William M. Archer, W. C. Duxbury, W. L. Randolph, T. D. Eason, F. Lewis Marshall, William H. Portlock, A. Austin Smith, George Duffy, P. M. McClung, Edward Barbour, James McHenry, jr., Louis Zimmer, Frank F. Jones, James Ker, David B. Dunbar, Thomas Nash, jr., A. T. Cunningham, W. Gordon McCabe, John B. Frazer,
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James Pleasants, Paul Hamilton, James M. Garnett, John T. Buck, Matthew P. Taylor, R. M. Cary, J. G. Reynolds, John H. Chamberlayne, S. Schooler, Thaddeus A. Smith, W. W. Elliott, Thomas J. Moore, Maxey G. Hughes, J. McHenry Howard, Henry Robinson W. F. Johnson, Samuel O. Crooks, T. Henderson Smith, L. F. Terrell, H. E. Barnes, N. Custis Washington, William D. Harden, Alfred Edwards, T. E. Buckman, Lawson L. Duncan, George Lemmon, P. D. Hunter, S. S. Kirkland, Gustave A. Huwald, George F. Reed, W. L. Allen, S. Turner Sykes, William A. Wright, W. S. Symington, Charles Selden, William E. Foster, Thomas Hinds, to be first lieutenants of artillery, 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 30th ultimo) the nominations of Eugene E. McLean to be lieutenant-colonel; J. F. Minter, L. W. O'Bannon, to be majors in the Quartermaster's Department; William F. Howell to be captain in the Commissary Department; A. J. Foard, Richard Potts, Francis Sorrel, to be surgeons; Edward A. Palfrey, Jasper S. Whiting, to be captains in the Adjutant-General's Department: Jeremy F. Gilmer to be colonel in the Corps of Engineers; W. S. Downer to be superintendent of armories; W. N. Smith, to be military storekeeper of ordnance, with the rank of captain; W. H. McMain to be military storekeeper, with the rank of first lieutenant; John S. Marmaduke to be first lieutenant of cavalry; Manning M. Kimmel, Charles S. Bowman, J. B. Washington, to be second lieutenants of cavalry; Daniel Ruggles, to be colonel of infantry; Charles H. Tyler, Robert R. Garland, to be captains of infantry; W. G. Robinson, Frank Huger, Ed. B. D. Riley, Harold Borland, George A. Thornton, Olin F. Rice, John W. Lea, W. H. Browne, George S. Lovejoy, James Deering, John A. West, Stephen A. Moreno, Horace D. Twyman, E. McE. Ross, Ed. Powell, W. H. Porter, J. T. M. Barnes, R. W. Atkinson, R. C. Griffith, John Birney, W. W. Bickell, W. S. Archer, Arthur Clayton, Charles M. Hooper, John W. Cooper, John A. Keith, W. R. Bullock, Charles A. Forsyth, T. W. Blount, Thomas T. Grayson, Isaac Hyams, William F. Withers, Robert A. Talley, T. S. McIntosh, Jesse Sparks, Thomas Maclin William K Tabb, D. C Haywood, John H. Dickens, George H. Smith, M. M. Lindsey, J. H. Worley, Alf. P. Lucas, Charles M. Lumpkin, John Lee, Henry S. Foote, jr., W. H. Harris, John S. Lanier, James M. Keeble, T. O. Chestney, J. Baltzell, H. D. Garden, W. C. Worthington, William A. Deas, Jos. D. Meyers, H. K. Washburn, C. I. Walker, James G. Cowan, Thomas Bush Philip B Spence, H. M. Rutledge, William Tyler, George D. Wise, R. M. Booker, A. R. H. Ranson, C. B. Campbell, L. Wankowicz, William K. Bradford, J. N. Lipscomb, S. P. Kerr, E. M. Dabney, W. E. Hill, E. B. Goode, E. G. Mohler, B. F. Bishop, G. A. Henry, jr., Charles H. Brown, William V. Taylor, J. Hagood, R. A. Chambers, T. K. Fauntleroy, John D. Payne, James M. Mason, jr., C. L. Jackson, H. S. Duval, W. W. Revely, L. L. Butler, L. M. Butler, S. F. Adams, Henry Bryan, Thomas J. Clay, James Bowles, C. W. McDonald, Robert Grant, John S. Rudd, Thomas P. Turner, P. L.
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Burwell, R. M. Hooe, W. D. Lyon, Charles S. Morgan, W. G. Turpin, George M. Emack, W. E. Cutshaw, E. E. Portlock, jr., John J. Clarke, W. G. Bonner, James M. Garnett, D. Callihan, J. B. Russell. Frank F. Jones, W. A. Harris, to be second lieutenants of infantry; William E. Gibson to be second lieutenant, and H. B. Lyon to be first lieutenant of artillery, 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, that the vote confirming the nomination of James M. Garnett be reconsidered,
It was determined in the affirmative.
Ordered, That said nomination lie on the table.
Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom were referred (on the 3d instant) the nominations of John D. Adams and S. D. Oliver, to be brigade quartermasters, with the rank of major; T. B. Venable to be major, and Alfred Roman, to be lieutenant-colonel; John S. Carrington and Edward Willis, to be captains in the Adjutant-General's Department; Charles W. Broadfoot and William L. Anderson, to be aids-de-camp, with the rank of first lieutenant; A. E. Lasalle, William G. Ferguson, William H. Edwards, J. J. Daniel, Samuel Bard, to be assistant quartermasters, with the rank of captain; F. T. Forbes, E. P. Raveshide, Adolphus G. Elam, Joseph W. Owen, Patrick Henry, David T. Russell, B. B. Waddell, to be assistant commissaries, with the rank of captain; F. C. Tebbs, W. A. Chamberlain, Samuel H. Smith, James Peeler, William M. Verdery, George W. Hyde, to be chaplains; Granville C. Conner, J. D. Richardson, to be adjutants, with the rank of first lieutenant; John Clarke to be captain of artillery: W. M. Ramsay, Edward Gottheil, to be captains; E. A. Ford, William R. De Voe, to be second lieutenants of engineers, and George Arnold to be subordinate, with the rank of first lieutenant in the Nitre Corps, 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 3d instant) the nominations of Zebulon York and Jeptha Edwards, to be colonels; J. Grammer, Edward Cantwell, William N. Crump, and Thomas F. Gardner, to be lieutenant-colonels; William R. Aylett, John D. Weeden, and William B. Creasman, to be majors, reported said nominations.
On motion,
Ordered, That they lie on the table.
Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom were referred (on the 26th ultimo) the nominations of B. S. Thompson, W. S. Wood, R. P. Waller, J. G. Paxton, F. W. Dillard, G. B. Lartigue, Huston Estill, R. H. Carter, Edward Crutchfield, Thomas D. Hamilton, John H. Parkhill, John F. Whitfield, John D. Adams, to be brigade quartermasters, with the rank of major; F. M. Spencer, R. G. Hay, Baxter J. Butler, George L. Gillespie, H. Brownson Smith,
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Beverly C. Kennedy, to be brigade commissaries, with the rank of major; Green Peyton, P. K. Molony, Seaton Gales, J. William Riely, James M. Pepper, C. H. Gordon, to be captains in the Adjutant-General's Department; J. A. Barksdale, Charles, L. Mathews, John D. Myrick, J. N. Galleher, B. Martin, T. G. Pollock, to be aids-de-camp, with rank of first lieutenant; F. A. Briscoe, N. P. Carriker, Thomas J. Charlton, Thomas B. Gowan, James Goode, William Lindsay, H. B. Adams, R. B. Haughton, H. J. Raphael, Andrew Sigourney, Thaddeus B, Starke, John Whitchard, J. C. Green, Jack Hodges, W. T. Holderness, John B. Nelson, W. G. Magee, James B. Bell, M. S. Munson, J. L. Gibbons, James B. Huggins, J. J. Daniel, J. J. Allen, William E. Clarke, Wesley Price, W. G. Bentley, William J. Shelburn, A. D. Fowlkes, J. B. McClendon, Abraham Madden, Hamilton J. F. Coleman, E. W. Herndon, J. Marshall Hanger, J. S. Folk, Richard Ward, John W. Burriss, A. G. Durkee, George B. Barnes, E. J. Oliveras, John R. Dunlap, to be assistant quartermasters, with the rank of captain; J. H. Frazier, E. A. Chadwick, W. W. Thornton, Miles P. Pegram, William Appleton, T. A. Cromwell, John M. Collins, Thomas N. Britton, William A. Eliason, W. P. Hill, B. Shropshire, David S. Plemmons, M. L. Pritchett, David Legett, A. W. Stokes, James F. Lyon, John Reily, George T. Quillian, Richard S. Harper, A. C. Baird, William M. Peacock, B. J. Semmes, J. D. Imboden, William M. Byrd, Joshua Barlett, Thomas C. Halyburton, George W. Williamson, William H. Mott, G. L. Cope, James B. Taylor, to be assistant commissaries, with the rank of captain; J. Monroe Anderson, S. M. Montgomery, William C. Meredith, Dabney Ball, Thomas D. Witherspoon, Samuel D. Stuart, Silas H. Cooper, Frontis H. Johnston, James A. Cousar, W. A. Parks, Frederick Fitzgerald, N. G. Phillips, J. W. Wilson, C. H. Wilson, John B. Mouton, Samuel L. Russell, James Nelson, Thomas G. Lowe, William H. Armstrong, T. W. Moore, E. P. Wilson, J. P. Garland, Josiah Barker, William G. Miller, R. K. Hargrove, to be chaplains; B. L. Moore, John P. C. Whitehead, L. Ketchum, R. C. Saxon, John W. McCord, Thomas A. Henderson, James M. Taylor, O. Steele, J. H. Evans, S. H. Pope, George Freaner, R. H. Henley, W. B. Vaughan, James M. Seeton, Walter McK. Clark, Andrew J. Liles, C. McR. Weatherly, Emile P. Guillet, John E. Hart, James L. Gaines, William B. Osborne, James T. Ware, George R. McKee, W. L. Worsham, Charles F. Force, James Stephenson, W. D. Goggans, Edward J. Hale, jr., Clarence H. Ellerbe, C. H. Roulhac, to be adjutants, with the rank of first lieutenant; S. C. Faulkner, Thomas L. Bayne, to be captains of artillery; Edward B. Sayers, S. W. Steele, Thaddeus Coleman, to be captains of engineers; G. M. Helm, W. J. Morris, W. G. Young, J. H. Toomer, John W. Glenn, John Ellicott, to be first lieutenants of engineers; W. A. Hansell, James Freret, John R. Key, to be second lieutenants of engineers; A. A. Alston, R. A. Alston, S. C. De Pass, Crawford Tucker, J. C. Clemson, M. Stuart, W. C. Simmons, A. B. White, E. P. Carter, J. G. Guignard, Charles J. Macbeth, T. J. Dunovant, Henry Seabrook, William A. Boyle, E. W. Fraser, John H. Gardner, N. Bayard Sadler, Alfred Bryan, M. Molina, Robert Wayne, R. Cuyler King, Henry Herrmann, George H. Johnston, Thomas A. Middleton, Benjamin C. Henry, Alphonse J. Setze, R. Yeadon Dwight, Vincent F. Martin, William C. Hallonquist, to be second lieutenants of infantry; Charles S. Wylly, S. C. Boylston, William Elliott, B. G. Pinckney, E. H. Holman,
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J. G. Huguenin, Isaac Hayne, Benjamin H. Hardee, H. D. Twyman, J. L. Holcombe, S. W. Lawrence, John N. Davies, to be first lieutenants of infantry; G W Anderson. Edward C. Anderson, to be captains of infantry, reported, with the recommendation that all of said nominations be confirmed.
The Senate proceeded to consider 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 ultimo) the nominations of M. C. Butler. W. H. Stiles. William B. Ball, Charles H. Simonton, and John T. Morgan, to be colonels; Frank Hampton, John S. Garvin, Joel R. Griffin, B. R. Linkons, C. E. Lightfoot, R. Augustus Bailey, Thomas J. Berry, Philip Cook, John Critcher, George N. Folk, and John G. Pressley, to be lieutenant-colonels; William McLaughlin, W. H. Hundley, Charles T. Goode, T. J. Lipscomb, Charles C. Jones, George Jackson, L. F. Terrell, Melancthon Smith, John Pelham, H. A. Edmundson, J. M. Mayo, Edgar Burroughs, John V. Glover, and James B. Anderson, to be majors, reported said nominations.
On motion,
Ordered, That they lie on the table.
On motion by Mr. Hill, the following resolution was submitted for consideration:
Ordered, That the vote on the nomination of Joseph R. Davis to be brigadier-general be reconsidered.
On motion by Mr. Brown.
The Senate resolved into open legislative session.
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