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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 --MONDAY, January 25, 1864.
OPEN SESSION.
Mr. Semmes, from the Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 96) to authorize the issue of certificates for interest on the fifteen million loan, reported it without amendment.
On motion by Mr. Semmes,
Ordered, That it be printed.
Mr. Semmes, from the Committee on Finance, to whom were referred the following bills:
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receive their dues in eight per cent Confederate bonds, and for other purposes; and
Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom were referred the following bills:
Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported
A bill (S. 203) to amend the sixty-fifth article of war;
which was read the first and second times and ordered to be placed upon the Calendar.
Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported
A bill (S. 204) to provide and organize a general staff for armies in the field, to serve during the war;
which was read the first and second times and ordered to be printed.
Mr. Phelan (by leave) introduced
A bill (S. 205) to amend an act entitled "An act to punish drunkenness in the Army," approved April 21, 1862;
which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
The President pro tempore laid before the Senate a communication from the Secretary of the Treasury in response to a resolution of the Senate of the 20th instant, showing the aggregate amount of the funded debt of the Confederate States, exclusive of call certificates; the amount of call certificates; the amount of noninterest-bearing Treasury notes, exclusive of those below the denomination of five dollars; the amount of interest-bearing Treasury notes; and the amount of Treasury notes below the denomination of five dollars, outstanding on the 1st of January, 1864; which was read.
On motion by Mr. Semmes,
Ordered, That the communication lie upon the table and that the accompanying documents be printed for the use of the Senate.
On motion by Mr. Semmes,
The Senate resolved into secret legislative session.
The doors having been opened,
The following message was received from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Dalton:
Mr. President: The House of Representatives have passed the following bill and joint resolution of the Senate:
The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the bill (S. 187) declaring persons owing military service to
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the Confederate States, and who seek to avoid such service by removing beyond the control and jurisdiction of said States, alien enemies, and subjecting their property to confiscation.
On motion by Mr. Orr, to amend the bill by striking out, section 1, lines 8 and 9, the words "shall be deemed and held as alien enemies,"
It was determined in the affirmative.
After debate,
On motion by Mr. Semmes,
Ordered, That the bill be recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary.
The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the bill (S. 168) to provide for a new issue of Treasury notes, and for funding all such notes now outstanding; and
On motion by Mr. Semmes,
Ordered, That the further consideration of the bill be postponed indefinitely.
The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the bill (S. 192) to regulate the allowance of traveling expenses of officers of the Navy and others traveling under orders; and
On motion by Mr. Sparrow,
Ordered, That the further consideration thereof be postponed until to-morrow.
On motion by Mr. Semmes,
The Senate resolved into secret legislative session.
The doors having been opened,
Mr. Henry (by leave) introduced
A bill (S. 206) to amend an act passed on the 30th April, 1861, for the sequestration of estates, property, and effects of alien enemies; which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
On motion by Mr. Semmes,
The Senate adjourned.
SECRET SESSION.
Mr. Semmes, from the Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 93) to organize a Treasury note bureau, reported it with an amendment.
The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the bill 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.
Ordered, That the Secretary request the concurrence of the House of Representatives in the amendment.
Mr. Semmes, from the Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the bill (S. 197) to redeem outstanding Treasury notes and discharge the public debt, and thereby restore the public credit, reported it without amendment.
Mr. Semmes, from the Committee on Finance, to whom was referred
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the bill (H. R. 92) to tax, fund, and limit the currency, reported it with amendments.
Ordered, That the amendments be printed.
Mr. Semmes also submitted a report (No. 18) in relation to the subject; which was read.
On motion by Mr. Semmes, and by unanimous consent,
Ordered, That 250 copies of said report be printed.
On motion by Mr. Orr, and by unanimous consent,
Ordered, That 50 additional copies of the bill (H. R. 92) last mentioned and 100 additional copies of the amendments reported from the Committee on Finance be printed.
The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the bill (H. R. 92) to tax, fund, and limit the currency; and
On motion by Mr. Semmes,
Ordered, That the further consideration thereof be postponed to and made the special order for Wednesday next at 1 o'clock.
On motion by Mr. Semmes,
The Senate resolved into executive session.
The Senate having again resolved into secret legislative session,
The following message was received from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Dalton:
Mr. President: The House of Representatives have passed a bill (H. R. 98) to levy additional taxes for the common defense and support of the Government; in which they request the concurrence of the Senate.
And they have passed the bill of the Senate (S. 183) to prohibit the importation of luxuries, or of articles not necessaries or of common use, with an amendment; in which they request the concurrence of the Senate.
The Senate proceeded to consider the amendment of the House of Representatives to the bill (S. 183) last mentioned; and
On motion by Mr. Semmes,
Ordered, That the bill, with the amendment of the House of Representatives thereto, be referred to the Committee on Commerce.
The bill (H. R. 98) to levy additional taxes for the common defense and support of the Government, was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Finance.
On motion by Mr. Phelan,
Ordered, That it be printed.
The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the bill (S. 169) to repeal an act entitled "An act supplementary to an act to provide for the funding and further issue of Treasury notes," approved April 30, 1863.
On motion by Mr. Phelan, that the further consideration of the bill be postponed until to-morrow,
It was determined in the negative.
No amendment being proposed, the bill 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. Semmes,
The Senate resolved into open legislative session.
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EXECUTIVE SESSION.
The following messages were received from the President of the Confederate States, by Mr. Harrison, his Secretary:
Richmond, January 25, 1864.
To the Senate:
Agreeably to the recommendation of the Postmaster-General, I hereby nominate the persons named upon the annexed list to the offices designated.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
Post-Office Department, Richmond, January 23, 1864.
To the President.
Sir: I have the honor to recommend the following-named persons for appointment as postmasters by Your Excellency, with the advice and consent of the Senate:
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
JOHN H. REAGAN,
Postmaster-General.
The message was read.
Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads.
Richmond, January 22, 1864.
To the Senate:
Agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of War, I nominate. O. Latrobe, of Maryland, to be assistant adjutant-general in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States, with the rank of major.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
The message was read.
Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
Richmond, January 22, 1864.
To the Senate:
Agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of War, I nominate L. W. Hastings, of California, to be major in the Provisional Army of the Confederate. States, under act approved October 11, 1862.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
The message was read.
Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
Richmond, January 22, 1864.
To the Senate:
Agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of War, I nominate W. W. Blackford, of Virginia, to be major in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States, in command of engineer troops.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
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 the nominations of R. E. Rodes, A. P. Stewart, W. H. T. Walker, William Smith, C. M. Wilcox, Wade Hampton, Howell Cobb, John A. Wharton, William T. Martin, N. B. Forrest, and Fitzhugh Lee, to be major-generals; J. W. Whitfield, J. B. Gordon, Thomas Green, O. F. Strahl, P. D. Roddey, B. G. Humphreys, Henry W. Allen, W. C. Wickham, W. A. Quarles, Wirt Adams, Joseph H. Lewis, L. A. Stafford, W. Y. C. Humes, and R. V. Richardson, to be brigadier-generals; John G. Mason, R. H. Goldsborough, J. W. Hutchinson, T. H. Johnston, J. Adair Murray, George B. Hannah,
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S. S. Caddall, John E. Johnson, George W. McPhail, W. L. Wofford, A. J. Hanson, James B. Grant, James T. Brown, E. M. Hudson, W. C. Smedes, W. M. Shepard. L. P. Dodge, Robert P. Walker, J. Compton French, B. Ridley, jr., G. D. Lamar, A. Montgomery, S. F. Chipley, John S. Fairly, Fred. W. Smith, W. E. Huger, W. C. Cage, W. C. McCarty, W. B. Ragan, Hanson Thomas, Howell Cobb, jr., John J. Dupuy, M. G. Hudson, R. T. Fulgham, Andrew Dunn, Henry C. Searcy, John A. Tomlinson, Hugh Kerr, John S. Jones; John Taylor, C. Minnegerode, B. W. Dudley, William B. Meares, J. H. Townshend, C. R. Godwin, James Hunter, Randolph Ridgely, Henry R. Shorter, Thomas Taylor, Ashton Johnson, Pope Barrow, Theodore F. Davidson, G. A. Hayward, Albert Stoddard. A. J. Hall, D. E. Myers, James R. Yerger, P. B. Winston, William D. Gale, Hugh H. Colquitt, D. S. Terry, jr., James R. Curell, O. N. Butler, W. A. M. Patton, John M. Jones, Henry C. McKay, R. A. Wise, Waller R. Bullock, R. S. Abercrombie, R. O. Arrington, E. J. Martin, and J. F. Johnston, to be aids-de-camp, with rank of first lieutenant; W. B. Lowrance, Morgan Stickley, Edwin S. Moore, Samuel F. Chapman, R. L. Watson, James S. Carothers, O. T. Thweatt, Hugh R. Smith, Charles Quarles, R. S. McFarlin, James Keith, George S. Dewey, and Robert C. Carlton, to be adjutants, with the rank of first lieutenant, 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 the nomination of the President.
The Senate resumed the consideration of the President's message of the 20th instant, containing the nominations of F. W. Sims and others.
Ordered, That said message be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
On motion by Mr. Semmes,
The Senate resolved into open legislative session.
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