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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 --TUESDAY, October 7, 1862.
OPEN SESSION.
Mr. Lewis (by leave) introduced
A bill (S. 119) authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to borrow of the States composing the Southern Confederacy, in their individual character of States, a sum not to exceed one hundred and fifty millions of dollars;
which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mr. Orr (by leave) introduced
A. bill (S. 120) to raise money, for the support of the Government; which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Finance.
On motion by Mr. Hill,
Ordered, That the Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from the further consideration of the resolution inquiring into the extent
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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, etc.
Mr. Brown, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported
A bill (S. 121) to authorize the appointment of naval storekeepers; 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.
The bill (H. R. 40) to provide shoes for the Army 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.
Ordered, That the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof.
The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the bill (H. R. 22) to establish places of rendezvous for the examination of enrolled men.
On motion by Mr. Lewis, to amend the bill by striking out the word "three," in the second line of the second section, and inserting in lieu thereof the word "one,"
It was determined in the negative.
No further amendment being made, 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.
The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the bill (S. 84) to amend the several acts in regard to clothing for the Army, and allowing compensation therefor.
On motion by Mr. Sparrow,
Ordered, That it be postponed indefinitely.
The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the bill (S. 90) for the relief of Jonas P. Levy; and no amendment being proposed, it was reported to the Senate.
On the question,
Shall the bill be engrossed and read a third time?
It was determined in the negative.
So the bill was rejected.
A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Dixon, their Clerk:
Mr. President: 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.
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The Senate proceeded to consider the bill (S. 73) returned by the President with his objections; which bill is in the following words:
An act to amend an act entitled "An act for the establishment and organization of a general staff for the Army of the Confederate States of America," approved twenty-sixth February eighteen hundred and sixty-one.
The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That hereafter the Quartermaster-General shall have the rank, pay, and allowances of a brigadier-general.
I certify that this act originated in the Senate.
JAMES H. NASH, Secretary.
On motion by Mr. Orr,
Ordered, That the further consideration of the bill be postponed until to-morrow at 1 o'clock.
The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the bill (S. 72) to amend an act passed April 30, 1861, for the sequestration of estates, property, and effects of alien enemies; and the reported amendment having been agreed to, and an amendment being proposed by Mr. Clark,
On motion by Mr. Davis, that the further consideration of the bill be postponed until to-morrow,
On motion by Mr. Johnson that the bill and amendment lie on the table,
Mr. Yancy demanded the question; which was seconded, and
The question being put,
It was determined in the affirmative.
So it was
Ordered, That the bill and amendment lie on the table.
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 bills:
The House of Representatives have paused a bill of the Senate (S. 107) to authorize the President to accept and place in the service certain regiments and battalions heretofore raised, with amendments; in which they request the concurrence of the Senate.
They have also passed the following Senate bills:
The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the bill (S. 88) to punish insurrection or rebellion against the Confederate States; and
After debate,
On motion by Mr. Orr,
Ordered, That it be postponed indefinitely.
The Senate proceeded consider the amendments of the House of Representatives to the bill (S. 107) to authorize the President to accept and place in the service certain regiments and battalions heretofore raised.
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The first, second, and third amendments having been agreed to,
On motion by Mr. Sparrow, to amend the fourth amendment by inserting after "Tennessee," in the fifth line, the words "to be composed of residents of said districts;" by striking out the word "shall" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "may" and by inserting after "President" the words "when in his opinion the public interest will be promoted thereby,"
It was determined in the affirmative.
No further amendment being proposed,
Resolved, That the Senate agree to the amendments of the House of Representatives to said bill, with an amendment.
Ordered, That the Secretary request the concurrence of the House of Representatives in the amendment.
On motion by Mr. Sparrow,
The Senate resolved into executive session.
The doors having been opened,
On motion by Mr. Mitchel,
Ordered, That the President pro tempore appoint two additional members on the Committee on Engrossment and Enrollment; and
Mr. Baker and Mr. Peyton were appointed.
On motion by Mr. Semmes,
The Senate adjourned until to-morrow morning at 11 o'clock.
SECRET SESSION.
Mr. Oldham, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. --) to provide for the building of certain vessels of war, reported it without amendment.
A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Dixon, their Clerk:
Mr. President: The President of the Confederate States of America, on the 6th of October, approved and signed the following act:
Mr. Brown, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the 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, reported it without amendment.
On motion by Mr. Semmes,
The Senate resolved into open legislative session.
EXECUTIVE SESSION.
The Senate resumed the consideration of the resolution submitted by Mr. Sparrow on yesterday, declaring as the sense of the Senate that field officers who have been elected or promoted by seniority should be nominated to the Senate.
The question being on agreeing to the amendment proposed by Mr. Orr,
Mr. Orr withdrew the same.
Mr. Sparrow then modified his resolution to read as follows:
Resolved, That in the opinion of the Senate all officers elected under the provisions of the act to further provide for the public defense, approved April sixteen, eighteen
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hundred and sixty-two, are entitled to receive their commissions from the President without nomination to and confirmation by the Senate, and that all promotions under the provisions of the act aforesaid shall be made by the appointment of the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
On motion by Mr. Davis, to amend the resolution by striking out all after the word "Resolved," and inserting as follows:
That it is, in the opinion of the Senate, necessary and proper that field officers who have been elected or promoted by seniority should be nominated to the Senate,
Mr. Yancey demanded the question; which was seconded, and
The question being put,
Will the Senate agree to the amendment?
It was determined in the negative.
On the question to agree to the resolution,
A division of the question was called for by Mr. Henry; and
On the question to agree to that portion of the resolution declaring as the sense of the Senate that all officers elected under the provisions of the act to further provide for the public defense are entitled to receive their commissions from the President without nomination to and confirmation by the Senate,
On motion by Mr. Semmes,
The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present,
Those who voted in the affirmative are,
Messrs. Brown, Clark, Clay, Haynes, Hunter. Lewis, Mitchel, Orr, Phelan, Preston, Semmes, and Yancey.
Those who voted in the negative are,
Messrs. Davis, Henry, Johnson, and Sparrow.
On the question to agree to that portion of the resolution declaring that all promotions under the provisions of the act aforesaid shall be made by the appointment of the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate,
It was determined in the affirmative.
On motion by Mr. Sparrow,
The Senate resumed the consideration of 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, C. E. Lightfoot, R. Augustus Bailey, Thomas J. Berry, John Critcher, John G. Pressley, to be lieutenant-colonels; William McLaughlin, W. H. Hundley, 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, James B. Anderson, to be majors.
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, agreeably to their respective nominations.
Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom were referred (on the 26th ultimo) the nominations of A. D. Smith. J. C. S. McDowell, C. J. Colcock, to be colonels; Robert L. Doyle, K. M. Murchison, T. H. Johnson, to be lieutenant-colonels; W. F. Rapley, George W. Imboden, W. B. Tabb, S. D. M. Byrd, A. Ellis,
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John Jenkins, to be majors; J. E. Klumph, W. K. Bennett, J. Wyatt Jones, George Whitfield, Richard S. Cox, Munroe Cheatham, W. A. Bradford, W. W. Pierce, W. D. Beard, George W. Winchester, to be brigade quartermasters, with the rank of major; W. C. Sibley, J. L. Stockdale, W. H. Dameron, W. W. Guy, William H. Ross, to be brigade commissaries, with the rank of major; Charles S. Stringfellow, Guy M. Bryan, John H. Richardson, to be majors in the Adjutant-General's Department; D. W. Vowles, W. T. Taliaferro, John Ryan, John W. Lewis, John C. Burch, N. Collin Hughes, to be captains in the Adjutant-General's Department; D. H. Hamilton, J. H. Lacy, Elijah Hawkins, Thomas B. Green, George D. Wise, R. W. Withers, George M. Pillow, P. C. Warwick, John F. Pargoud, to be aids-de-camp, with rank of first lieutenant; W. H. Moore, C. W. Kennedy, Marion C. Kiser, Charles A. Bridewell, Samuel C. Price, R. B. Johnston, M. McCarthy, M. W. Page, William H. Northrop, J. B. Sharpe, Edgar Miller, J. P. McKinnie, F. D. Irving, S. M. Weakley, William S. Anderson, to be assistant quartermasters, with rank, etc., of captain; Lewis W. Means, Fred. H. Sprague, Irby H. Boggess, Rodah Horton, William M. Lock, C. P. Bryson, William B. Fitzpatrick, Jesse B. Lee, Charles A. Slaughter, J. B. Smith, W. S. Martin, T. J. O'Keefe, J. S. E. Summey, Samuel Newman, William A. Peden, W. G. Henry, H. S. Bowen, to be assistant commissaries, with rank, etc., of captain; A.G. Brewer, W. R. Stoddard, William Price, M. B. Barrett, John McGill, William W. Pearson, T. Hodgson, Ben. M. Miller, to be chaplains; J. G. Johnston, A. Snowd. Piggot, Jesse R. McAfee, Jos. Saudek, A. C. Randolph, John B. Fontaine, L. Sheppard, A. Atkinson, S. J. Farmer, Richard O. Currey, Benjamin Franklin, J.P. Du Val, W. R. Capehart, J. H. Foster, C. R. Thomson, William S. Love, Charles H. Ladd, W. H. Amiss, Waddy Thompson, I F. Pearson, W. A. Holt, W. B. Maney, W. L. Davis, to be surgeons; G. W. Chisolm, William V. Bonner, John T. McDowell, J. F. Stinson, J. R. Boulware, J. W. Sharpe, William C. Stewart, B. W. Holcombe, J. B. Pitts, C. P. Goodall, T. M. C. Rice, Zachary P. Weaver, I. Berger, William P. Young, to be assistant surgeons; George B. Hutcheson, Henry T. Coalter, M. Newman, Irvine L. Johnson, P. H. Thrash, L. L. Goodrich, Cornelius Mebane, J. H. Brigham, Josiah Horne, William J. Hale, John T. Buckner, to be adjutants, with rank and pay of first lieutenants; W. A. Broadwell, to be lieutenant-colonel in the Commissary Department; George D. Alexander, to be major of artillery, 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.
On motion by Mr. Sparrow,
The Senate resumed the consideration of the nominations of George G. Garner, George W. Brent, W. K. Beard, H. W. Walter, to be lieutenant-colonels in the Adjutant-General's Department; William S. Barton, James Barbour, John T. Pickett, Henry E. Peyton, J. Lyle Clarke, R. L. Dabney, Thomas M. Jack, L. R. Page, Peter Mallett, Henry Bryan, James M. Goggin, James B. Dorman, William G. Swanson, G. M. Sorrel, J. W. Fairfax, Micajah F. Berry, Michael R. Clark, S. St. George Rogers, R. C. Morgan, W. T. Walthall, J.
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L. Cross, T. S. McIntosh, B. Sloan, William H. Ker, William M. Levy, E. Surget, J. W. Tayloe, Norman R. Fitz Hugh, Heros von Borcke, J. T. W. Hairston, B. Barrow, H. S. Bradford, R. D. Critenden, T. B. Roy, Thomas S. Mills, Thomas J. Clay, T. J. Peyton, to be majors in the Adjutant-General's Department; John F. Lay, Mallory P. King, W. A. Smith, John M. Otey, Wilk. Call, Albert M. Lea, W. B. Myers, Walter Wrenn, Thomas Croxton, Kinloch Falconer, Dudley D. Pendleton, G. W. McCauley, Joseph L. Robertson, James C. McRae, R. R. Hutchinson, W. S. Winder, E. P. Bryan, R. H. Catlett, G. W. Alexander, Henry Wirz, James W. Pegram, Walter K. Martin, Robert H. Archer, A. S. Pendleton, W. T. Fry, Beall Hempstead, Thomas L. Farish, Tom P. Ochiltree, Wright C. Schaumburg, John S. Braxton, W. M. Reed, J. D. Bradford, D. H. Poole, G. Campbell Brown, D. W. Flowerree, James M. Loughborough, Don P. Halsey, J. F. Belton, Welcome G. Clemons, Benjamin F. Phillips, Thomas H. Malone, Charles Pickett, Samuel T. Bayly, George Williamson, Theodore G. Barker, John G. Meem, jr., V. J. B. Girardey, S. A. McClung, Samuel A. Ashe, J. F. Girault, Walter E. Winn, L. S. Talbott, Thomas Rowland, James Benagh, W. R. Barksdale, Clifton H. Smith, John H. New, J. D. Darden, John Henry Brown, Charles G. Rogers, W. A. Goodman, H. H. Harrison, G. D. Bradford, James W. Mangum, J. H. Pearce, B. F. Blackburn, J. Dugué Ferguson, Nicholas Fitzhugh, Jos. Manigault, C. A. Seabrook, W. F. Nance, Edmund H. Cummins, W. N. Starke, R. W. Wooley, F. T. Hawks, Edward White, C. M. Selph, D. M. Du Bose, to be captains in the Adjutant-General's Department; Thomas J. Turner, John M. Wiley, James L. Fraser, Joseph C. Habersham, John H. Maury, Alcée Dupré, A. N. T. Beauregard, Edward R. Tarver, James D. Darden, James D. Gist, Reuben W. Blackwell, George W. Peterkin, A. H. Todd, B. F. Hudgins, John C. Taylor, E. P. Barbour, R. W. Brown, George H. Caperton, James A. Reid, W. N. Wellington, Oliver H. Thomas, D. P. Buckner, Philip T. Sutton, John J. Wise, Benjamin E. Benton, Robert A. Hatcher, W. T. Blakemore, Edmond B. Briggs, Randolph H. McKim, Hugh M. Nelson, H. P. Wallace, J. Cabell Breckinridge, T. S. B. Tucker, Murray F. Taylor, Maurice H. Garland, A. S. Hartridge, Francis Carter, George W. Clayton, William M. Davidson, J. Rutledge Finegan, William Yerger, A. H. Sevier, E. R. Baird, Leonard H. Mangum, C. D. Myers, S. M. Hyams, A. N. Parker, J. R. Jones, Rufus Shoemaker, Dwight Martin, Elliot Johnston, P. E. Bonford, M. D. Bringier, Joseph G. Morrison, Robert W. Anderson, Thomas S. Hardee, Edward Scott, Charles M. Harper, J. H. Linebough, Henry C. Lee, R. Channing Price, William Hazlehurst, J. W. Jamison, Joseph E. Dwyer, Edward Cantwell, R. P. Duncan, Jacob Shepperd, Francis von Phul, to be aids-de-camp, with rank of first lieutenant.
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, agreeably to their respective nominations.
Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom were referred (on the 26th instant [ultimo]) the nominations of Virgil S. Murphey, Samuel McGowan, John B. Cumming, Andrew J. May,
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J. Thompson Brown, Henry M. Rutledge, W. T. Patton, J. T. Holtzclaw, J. A. Jaquess, David Funsten, Edward Higgins, John L. Black, W. R. Shivers, A C. Wood, Jerome B. Robertson, J. C. G. Key, Henry Forno, H. B. Lyon, John B. Palmer, Dennis D. Ferebee, John V. Moore, William P. Barclay, T. V. Williams, E. T. H. Warren, H. B. Strong, Francis T. Nicholls, R. G. A. Love, to be colonels; John A. Jones, John McEnery, E. B. White, W. E. Pinkney, James G. Cain, L. J. Parr, Lewis M. Coleman, Henry P. Thomas, C. C. Flowerree, Hiram Hawkins, John B. Palmer, J. H. Wingfield, F. H. Farrar, jr., M. S. Langhorne, J. D. Twiggs, M. Nolan, W. T. Dean, Edward Ivy, William W. Proffitt, H. B. Granbury, Bolling H. Holt, T. Stobo Farrow, Emory F. Best, F. M. Nix, S. T. Walker, D. B. Penn, Nathaniel Offutt, W. P. Winans, Jefferson M. Lamar, P. H. Nelson, Edward McCrady, jr., James H. Fletcher, St. George Tucker, Edmund Pendleton, H. K. Aiken, Thomas W. Hooper, G. Wesley Clayton, to be lieutenant-colonels; Thomas J. Burnett, John H. Caldwell, Duncan Buie, Frederick N. Ogden, Tully Graybill, W. J. Carter, Joel R. Griffin, James S. Gholston, Lawrence D. Lallerstedt, James Aiken, George W. Connor, William G. Delony, J. De Baun, J. D. Waddell, A. A. Swindler, James Strawbridge, H. A. Herbert, James Nelligan, R. H. Anderson, Joseph Abney, B. B. Smith, W. P. Townsend, John C. Keener, John Grammer, jr., R. D. Redden, K. Otey, James H. Huggins, Samuel J. Winn, H. C. Wood, Joshua Stover, T. M. Terry, William Monaghan, Luther J. Glenn, L. W. R. Blair, W. H. Campbell, Daniel W. Jones, R. A. Wilkinson, T. C. Glover, to be majors; Tomlinson Fort, J. B. Richardson, W. K. Lane, James Cooper, W. H. Sparks, James W. Stringfellow, Arthur Shaaf, William H. Ross, George C. Dent, Alfred L. Hartridge, Alfred Chisholm, Edmund Rhett, jr., James Lowndes, Paul H. Waring, Joseph B. Allston, Henry Buist, to be captains; J. M. Galbraith, Samuel Hawes, I. W. Brewer, R. C. Kennedy, William Quirk, George W. Simpson, Josiah Bedon, to be first lieutenants; Thomas C. Beall, Henry J. Porter, A. C. Sorrel, M. E. Croxton, Andrew Hero, jr., C. H. C. Brown, J. D. Britton, George B. De Russey, Frank McElroy, William M. Dwight, Edmund P. Dargan, F. H. Perkins, W. E. Huger, George Jonte, George C. Cooper, Bringier Trist, William H. Grimball, Walter B. Griffin, Horace A. Crane, J. Lewis Wardlaw, to be second lieutenants; William Norris, W. N. Barker, J. H. Alexander, Thomas H. Clagett, Elcon Jones, M. T. Davidson, J. H. Manning, R. H. T. Adams, R. E. Wilbourn, Richard E. Frayser, to be signal officers, with the rank of captain of infantry; J. Bankhead, P. H. Vermilion, Samuel Leidy, Joseph Kenny, E. S. Gregory, G. Vermillion, Richard D. Murphy, Hubert C. Ashbrook, William L. McLane, Charles V. Cosby, to be signal sergeants, with rank of sergeant; I. M. St. John, to be superintendent of Niter Corps, with rank, etc., of major of artillery; Richard Morton, Frederick H. Smith, R. H. Temple, Isaac Read, to be assistant superintendents, with rank, etc., of captain of artillery; Robert C. Morton, James H. Matthews, James F. Jones, Henry F. Reardon, B. A. Stovall, John W. Pearce, R. Lamar Sprigg, to be subordinates, with rank, etc., of first lieutenant of artillery, reported, with the recommendation that all of said nominations be confirmed.
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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 was referred (on the 26th instant [ultimo]) the nomination of P. J. Sinclair to be lieutenant-colonel, reported, with the recommendation that said nomination be confirmed.
The Senate proceeded to consider said report: and
On motion by Mr. Davis,
Ordered, That said nomination be postponed till the next session of Congress.
On motion by Mr. Johnson, to reconsider the vote confirming the nomination of B. F. Blackburn to be captain.
It was decided in the affirmative.
On motion by Mr. Johnson,
Ordered, That said nomination lie on the table.
Mr. Brown, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom were referred (on the 4th instant) the nominations of Lloyd J. Beall to be colonel; Henry B. Tyler to be lieutenant-colonel: George H. Terrett to be major; Israel Greene to be adjutant, with rank of major; Algernon S. Taylor to be quartermaster, with the rank of major; Richard T. Allison to be paymaster, with the rank of major; John D. Simms, Jacob Read, John R. F. Tattnall, Andrew J. Hays, George Holmes, Reuben T. Thom, A. C. Van Benthuysen, Julius E. Meiere, George P. Turner, Thomas S. Wilson, to be captains; Calvin L. Sayre, Becket K. Howell, Richard H. Henderson, David G. Raney, James R. Y. Fendall, Thomas P. Gwynn, James Thurston, Francis H. Cameron, James F. Claiborne, Fergus MacRee, to be first lieutenants; David Bradford to be second lieutenant, reported the same.
On motion by Mr. Brown,
Ordered, That they lie on the table.
On motion by Mr. Semmes
The Senate resolved into secret legislative session.
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