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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 --WEDNESDAY, February 17, 1864.
OPEN SESSION.
A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Dalton:
Mr. President: The House of Representatives have passed Senate bills of the following titles:
The House of Representatives have concurred in the amendments of the Senate to the following bills and joint resolution:
And they have passed a bill (H. R. 132) to authorize the increase of compensation to route and special agents of the Post-Office Department; in which they request the concurrence of the Senate.
Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom were referred the following bills:
The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration
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of the said bills; and no amendment being proposed, they were severally reported to the Senate.
Ordered, That they pass to a third reading.
The said bills were severally read the third time.
Resolved, That they pass.
Ordered, That the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof.
Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom were referred the following joint resolutions:
The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the said resolutions; and no amendment being proposed, they were severally reported to the Senate.
Ordered, That they pass to a third reading.
The said resolutions were severally read the third time.
Resolved, That they pass.
Ordered, That the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof.
Mr. Clay, from the joint select committee appointed to investigate the management of the Navy Department under its present head, submitted a report (No. 20); which was ordered to be printed.
The bill (H. R. 132) to authorize the increase of compensation to route and special agents of the Post-Office Department was read the first and second times and considered as in Committee of the Whole.
On motion by Mr. Oldham, to amend the bill by striking out the following words: "Provided, The agent is over forty-five years of age, or otherwise not liable to military duty,"
It was determined in the affirmative.
On motion by Mr. Dortch, to amend the bill by striking out "ten," line 11, and inserting "twenty,"
It was determined in the affirmative.
No further amendment being proposed, 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.
Mr. Semmes, from the Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the joint resolution (H. R. 57) explanatory of the act entitled "An act to lay taxes for the common defense and carry on the Government," approved the 24th day of April, 1863, reported it without amendment.
The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the said resolution; and having been amended on the motion of Mr. Semmes, by striking out of the enacting clause the words "do resolve" and inserting before "The Congress" the words
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"Resolved by," it was reported to the Senate and the amendment concurred in.
Ordered, That the amendment be engrossed and the resolution a third time.
The said resolution 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 (H. R. 125) to establish and organize two bureaus in connection with the agency of the Treasury for the Trans-Mississippi Department, one of which is to be known as the bureau of the auditor and the other as the bureau of the comptroller for the Trans-Mississippi Department, reported it without amendment.
The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the said bill; 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.
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 by unanimous consent agreed to amend the joint resolution (H. R. 42) of thanks to the Thirty-ninth Mississippi Regiment, which has passed both Houses of Congress, by striking out "Thirty-ninth" and inserting "Thirty-seventh;" in which they ask the concurrence of the Senate.
The Senate proceeded to consider the amendment of the House of Representatives to the joint resolution (H. R. 42) last mentioned; and
On motion by Mr. Brown, and by unanimous consent,
Resolved, That they concur therein.
Ordered, That the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof.
A message from the President of the Confederate States, by Mr. B. N. Harrison, his Secretary:
Mr. President: On the 16th instant, the President of the Confederate States approved and signed the following acts:
Ordered, That the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof.
A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Dalton:
Mr. President: The House of Representatives have passed joint resolutions of the following titles; in which they request the concurrence of the Senate:
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The Speaker of the House of Representatives having signed sundry enrolled bills and enrolled joint resolutions, I am directed to bring them to the Senate for the signature of their President.
A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. McDonald:
Mr. President: The House of Representatives have, on reconsideration, refused to pass the bill of the House (H. R. 94) entitled "An act to provide for wounded and disabled officers, soldiers, and seamen an asylum to be called 'The Veteran Soldiers' Home,'" returned to the House of Representatives by the President of the Confederate States, with his objections thereto, two-thirds of the members of the House not voting in favor thereof.
Mr. Caperton, from the committee, reported that they had examined and found truly enrolled bills and joint resolutions of the following titles:
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The President pro tempore having signed the enrolled bills and enrolled joint resolutions 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 message was received from the President of the Confederate States, by Mr. B. N. Harrison, his Secretary:
Richmond, Va., February 17, 1864.
To the Senate of the Confederate States:
In response to your resolution of the 12th ultimo, I herewith transmit a communication from the Secretary of War, conveying the information asked for relative to the returns of the company commanders of the Army for the clothing transferred to them for issue and distribution.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
The message was read.
Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee on Finance.
The following message was received from the President of the Confederate States, by Mr. B. N. Harrison, his Secretary:
Richmond, Va., February 17, 1864.
To the Senate and House of Representatives:
I herewith submit for your consideration a communication from the Secretary of the Navy, covering an estimate for an additional appropriation required under an act approved on the 16th instant.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
The messages was read.
Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee on Finance.
The following message was received from the President of the Confederate States, by Mr. B. N. Harrison, his Secretary:
Richmond, Va., February 17, 1864.
To the Senate and House of Representatives:
I herewith submit for your consideration a communication from the Secretary of War, covering an estimate for an additional appropriation required by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
The message was read.
Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee on Finance.
The following joint resolutions were severally read the first and second times and considered as in Committee of the Whole:
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Ordered, That they pass to a third reading.
The said resolutions were severally read the third time.
Resolved, That they pass.
Ordered, That the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof.
On motion by Mr. Orr,
Ordered, That the message of the President, transmitting copies of the charges and specifications in the case of Maj. H. C. Guerin, together with the accompanying documents, be printed for the use of the Senate.
The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the bill (S. 214) to repeal an act entitled "An act to authorize the President to confer temporary rank and command, for service with volunteer troops, on officers of the Confederate Army," approved May 21, 1861; and
On motion by Mr. Sparrow,
Ordered, That the further consideration thereof be postponed until to-morrow.
The hour of half past 3 o'clock having arrived,
The Senate took a recess until 7 o'clock p. m.
7 O'CLOCK P. M.
On motion by Mr. Sparrow,
The Senate resolved into executive 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 bill of the Senate (S. 226) to provide for retiring officers of the Army, with amendments; in which they request the concurrence of the Senate.
And they have passed a bill and joint resolution of the following titles; in which they request the concurrence of the Senate:
The Speaker of the House of Representatives having signed an enrolled bill and two enrolled joint resolutions, I am directed to bring them to the Senate for the signature of their President.
Mr. Dortch, from the committee, reported that they had examined and found truly enrolled bills of the following titles:
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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 bill (H. R. 137) supplemental to the act entitled "An act to make additional appropriations for the support of the Government of the Confederate States of America for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four," 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 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 joint resolution (H. R. 62) in reference to the adoption and publication of an address to the people of the Confederate States 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 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. Semmes, from the joint select committee appointed to prepare an address to the country on behalf of Congress, submitted a report (No. 21); which was read.
Mr. Dortch, from the committee, reported that they had examined and found truly enrolled a bill and joint resolutions of the following titles:
The President pro tempore having signed the enrolled bill and enrolled joint resolutions 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.
Mr. Orr (by leave) introduced
A joint resolution (S. 34) of thanks to the officers and soldiers of the First Regiment of Cavalry, South Carolina Volunteers;
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 resolution 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.
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A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. McDonald:
Mr. President: The House of Representatives have passed bills of the Senate of the following titles:
They have passed a bill of the Senate (S. 205) to amend an act entitled "An act to punish drunkenness in the Army," approved April 21, 1862, with an amendment; in which they request the concurrence of the Senate.
They have disagreed to the first amendment of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 132) to authorize the increase of compensation to route and special agents of the Post-Office Department, and have agreed to the second amendment of the Senate to the said bill.
A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Dalton:
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.
The Senate proceeded to consider their amendment, disagreed to by the House of Representatives, to the bill (H. R. 132) to authorize the increase of compensation to route and special agents of the Post-Office Department; and
On motion by Mr. Oldham,
Resolved, That the Senate recede from their said amendment.
Ordered, That the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof.
The Senate proceeded to consider the amendments of the House of Representatives to the bill (S. 226) to provide for retiring officers of the Army; and
On motion by Mr. Sparrow,
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. 205) to amend an act entitled "An act to punish drunkenness in the Army," approved April 21, 1862; and
Resolved, That they concur therein.
Ordered, That the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof.
Mr. Brown, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 131) to authorize the appointment of two additional clerks for the Navy Department, reported it without amendment.
The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the said bill; 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. Phelan, from the joint committee on public printing, who were instructed to inquire and determine what compensation should be paid
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the Public Printer for printing ordered by Congress under a joint resolution, approved January 5, 1864, reported:
That they have had the subject under consideration and have decided that the following prices will be equitable:
For composition, two dollars and fifty cents per thousand ems.
For presswork, including folding and stitching, three dollars per token.
For yeas and nays, one dollar per each hundred copies.
For rule and figure work for which the Public Printer shall pay double price, one hundred per cent on the price above specified for composition.
For each page of the laws passed at the present session, eleven dollars per page of a single copy; to include composition, presswork, pressing, folding, and stitching.
The Senate proceeded to consider the said report: and
The report was agreed to.
Mr. Dortch, from the committee, reported that they had examined and found truly enrolled bills of the following titles:
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.
On motion by Mr. Sparrow,
The Senate resolved into executive session.
The doors having been opened,
The following message was received from the President of the Confederate States, by Mr. B. N. Harrison, his Secretary:
Mr. President: The President of the Confederate States has, to-day, approved and signed the following acts and join t resolution:
Ordered, That the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof.
A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Dalton:
Mr. President: The House of Representatives have passed bills and joint resolutions of the following titles; in which they request the concurrence of the Senate:
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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. Caperton, from the committee, reported that they have examined and found truly enrolled bills and joint resolutions of the following titles:
The President pro tempore having signed the enrolled bills and enrolled joint resolutions 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 bill (H. R. 138) to provide for the more perfect discipline and subordination of the cavalry service 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 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 bill (H. R. 139) to provide compensation for noncommissioned officers and soldiers on detailed service was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
The following joint resolutions were severally read the first and second times and considered as in Committee of the Whole:
Ordered, That they pass to a third reading.
The said resolutions were severally read the third time.
Resolved, That they pass.
Ordered, That the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof.
On motion by Mr. Johnson of Arkansas,
Ordered, That the Senate take a recess until 9 o'clock this morning.
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9 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING.
A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Dalton:
Mr. President: The President of the Confederate States has notified the House of Representatives that he has, this day, approved and signed the following acts and joint resolutions:
That on the 13th instant he approved and signed the following joint resolutions:
And that on the 15th instant he approved and signed the following joint resolutions:
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The Speaker of the House of Representatives having signed sundry enrolled bills and enrolled joint resolutions, I am directed to bring them to the Senate for the signature of their President.
Mr. Dortch, from the committee, reported that they had examined and found truly enrolled bills and joint resolutions of the following titles:
The President pro tempore having signed the enrolled bills and enrolled joint resolutions 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.
On motion by Mr. Johnson of Arkansas,
Ordered, That the standing committees of the Senate be discharged from the further consideration of all subjects referred to them and not reported on.
A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Dalton:
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.
Mr. Dortch, from the committee, reported that they had examined and found truly enrolled bills of the following titles:
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.
On motion by Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs,
Ordered, That the official reports of military commanders communicated by the President of the Confederate States to the Senate during the present session, or at any previous session, be laid upon the table, and that the Secretary of the Senate be instructed to make an alphabetical list of all such reports.
Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 121) to provide for the payment of horses killed, captured, lost, or permanently disabled in the Confederate States service, reported it with the recommendation that it ought not to pass.
Mr. Maxwell submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:
Resolved, That a committee be appointed, to join such committee as may be appointed on the part of the House of Representatives, to wait upon the President
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of the Confederate States and notify him that, unless he may have further communications to make, the two Houses, having completed the business before them, are ready to close the present session by an adjournment.
On motion by Mr. Maxwell,
Ordered, That the committee on the part of the Senate be appointed by the President pro tempore; and
Mr. Maxwell, Mr. Henry, and Mr. Hill were appointed.
Ordered, That the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof.
A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Dalton:
Mr. President: I am directed by the House of Representatives to communicate to the Senate information of the death of the Hon. M. R. H. Garnett, late a member of the House of Representatives from the State of Virginia, and the proceedings of the House of Representatives thereon.
Mr. Caperton submitted the following resolutions; which were considered and agreed to:
Resolved, That the Senate receives with sincere regret the announcement of the death of the Honorable Muscoe R. H. Garnett, late a member of the House of Representatives from the State of Virginia, and tenders to the relatives of the deceased the assurance of their sympathy with them under the bereavement they have been called to sustain.
Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate be directed to transmit to the family of Mr. Garnett a certified copy of the foregoing resolution.
A message from the President of the Confederate States, by Mr. B. N. Harrison, his Secretary:
Mr. President: The President of the Confederate States has, to-day, approved and signed the following acts:
Ordered, That the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof.
A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Dalton:
Mr. President: The House of Representatives have appointed a committee, to join such committee as may be appointed on the part of the part of the Senate, to wait on the President of the Confederate States and notify him that, unless he may have further communications to make, the two Houses, having completed the business before them, are ready to close the present session by an adjournment; and they have appointed Mr. Lyons, Mr. Curry, and Mr. Gartrell the committee on their part.
The President of the Confederate States has notified the House of Representatives that on the 13th instant he approved and signed the following acts:
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That on the 15th instant he approved and signed the following acts:
And that he has to-day approved and signed the following acts and joint resolutions:
Mr. Henry submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:
Resolved, That the thanks of the Senate are hereby tendered to the Honorable R. M. T. Hunter, President pro tempore of the Senate, for the dignity, impartiality, and ability with which he has presided over the deliberations of the Senate during the present Congress.
Whereupon,
Mr. Hunter addressed the Senate as follows:
Senators: It is with no ordinary emotion that I rise to return you my thanks for the honor you have done me, and to offer you my parting salutation. I should be insensible indeed if I could be indifferent to any mark of respect or regard from those with whom I have worked so long in friendly association, and to whom I am bound by the ties of a common and a holy cause.
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The session which we are about to bring to a Close is, perhaps, the most eventful in our history; and its results have proved our determined purpose to throw the whole energies of our people into the war. It Ires been in no stinted numbers and with no sparing hand that we have placed men in the field and imposed the taxes necessary to maintain and support them. For what is life and what is property in comparison with personal freedom and national independence? If there be any man who is disposed to count the cost or hesitate at the sacrifice, let him reflect on the one hand upon the nature of the subjugation with which we are threatened, and estimate on the other the priceless fruits of victory--peace, liberty, independence, unrivaled opportunities for moral, material, and social development, and a renown which the proudest nations of the earth might admire and envy.
The evidences which are being given of the fixed and unalterable purpose of our people to spare no effort and to hesitate at no sacrifice which may be necessary to support the cause upon which they have staked their all afford to the impartial observer the best augury of the success which we feel and believe to be certain and assured. We feel it to be certain because we know that, after three years of such a war as that which we have waged, we have at this day the most efficient Army which we have ever placed in the field, and that we can command the resources to maintain and support it, not only now, but for as long a period as may be necessary to achieve our independence. Enough has already been done by the people of the Confederate States to characterize the contest on their part as being amongst the most glorious of those which are commemorated on the page of history. When has the world beheld a nobler spectacle than that of a whole people springing to arms in defense of their liberties, and maintaining the war for three long years by levies en masse--the living pressing forward with unflinching will and unfaltering devotion to take the places of the dead who fell where they held the front ranks of battle? Woman forgets her feebleness in the excitement of the struggle, and manhood gathers fresh strength under the inspiration of the cause as the struggle waxes fiercer, until the whole border, for thousands of miles, resounds with the din of arms and the shout of the battle cry.
It is in the face of such a spectacle as this that the mighty nations of the earth have folded their arms, in silent indifference, and refused utterance to that word of recognition which at one time might have given peace to others without injury to themselves, and thus saved a continent from a war which will be ever memorable in history for its miseries, its atrocities, and destructiveness. Their statesmen have boasted of a cold neutrality in a contest when there was everything on the one side to enlist human sympathy and respect, and everything on the other to excite reprobation and detestation; and yet, if we had fallen, as they seem most erroneously to have supposed at the commencement of our struggle, what a wail of humanity would have ascended to heaven to demand judgment against them from Him who rules the destinies of nations, for having permitted the suffering which the mere expression of public opinion at one time might have saved.
But when we have achieved the victory and won our independence, it will be a proud thing to know that we shall owe them only to God and ourselves, and that we are under no obligation to any other nation for alliance and assistance. The liberty which is bought by the bleeder heroes and martyrs is always the most jealously and faithfully preserved, and the teachings of even one year of such a war as this, in regard to the conduct of public affairs, may be more valuable to a people than the experience of a whole century of peace.
Senators, you are about to return to your homes. Be it yours to cheer the hearts of the people and to strengthen the arm of our defense. If you speak to the farmer and producer, remind them of their heroic defenders in the field, who stand as a living wall between them and the unspeakable woe and oppressions of such a subjugation as that with which we have been threatened. Tell them it is their duty to feed and clothe the gallant men who protect them, and to see to it that they discharge their duties with no niggard heart or stinted hand. If you speak in the camps, tell the soldier that the eyes of the country and the world are fixed upon him; remind him of the mighty interests which are staked upon the issues of the war; and truly may you say to him that victory, in such a contest, will bring to him a fame which shall be imperishable as time itself, and above all which adorns the Roman or the Grecian name. If it be your own heart with which you commune, see if there be cherished in it any emotion of unholy ambition or any selfish aspiration which interferes with the singleness of your pursuit of the one great object; and if there be, pluck it out and cast it from you. For, after discharging the duties which we owe to God, there should be one hope, one interest, and one desire; and all should be concentrated on that great and holy cause upon which we have staked not only fortune, family, and home, but personal liberty and national independence.
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And now, Senators, imploring, as I do, the divine blessing upon you and upon our cause, and wishing that we may all meet here in May next to miss no familiar face and find no place made vacant by death, but with renewed hopes and refreshed energies to discharge our duties to the country, I offer to each and all of you the right hand of friendship and of fellowship, and bid you an affectionate farewell.
Mr. Hill, from the committee appointed on the part of the Senate, jointly with the committee appointed on the part of the House of Representatives, to wait on the President of the Confederate States and notify him that, unless he may have further communication to make, the two Houses, having completed the business before them, are ready to close the present session by an adjournment, reported that they had performed the duty assigned them; and that the President replied "that he had no further communication to make."
Whereupon,
The President pro tempore declared the Senate to be adjourned sine die.
SECRET SESSION.
A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Dalton:
Mr. President: The President of the Confederate States has notified the House of Representatives that on the 15th instant he approved and signed the following acts:
The House of Representatives have passed the bill of the Senate (S. 235) supplemental to an act entitled "An act to organize forces to serve during the war."
Mr. Semmes, from the Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 103) to authorize the issue of certain cotton certificates, reported it with amendments.
The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the said bill; and the reported amendments having been agreed to, 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.
On motion by Mr. Semmes,
The title was amended so as to read: "An act to ratify the issue of certain cotton certificates."
Ordered, That the Secretary request the concurrence of the House of Representatives in the amendments.
Mr. Semmes, from the Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 116) to authorize a further foreign loan, reported it without amendment.
The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the said bill; 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. Semmes, from the Committee on Finance, to whom was referred
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the bill (H. R. 115) to amend an act entitled "An act to lay taxes for the common defense and carry on the Government of the Confederate States," approved April 24, 1863, reported it with amendments.
The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the said bill; and the reported amendments having been agreed to, 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.
On motion by Mr. Orr,
Ordered, That the message of the President of the Confederate States of the 15th of February last, transmitting copies of the charges and specifications, and of the accompanying papers in the case of Maj. H. C. Guerin, commissary of subsistence, be transferred to the Open Legislative Calendar.
On motion by Mr. Sparrow,
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 Speaker of the House of Representatives having signed two enrolled bills, I am directed to bring them to the Senate for the signature of their President.
Mr. Caperton, from the committee, reported that they had examined and found truly enrolled bills of the following titles:
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.
Mr. Haynes (by leave) introduced
A bill (S. 237) to release persons from the penalties imposed for the nondelivery of the tax in kind, and to reduce the amount thereof under certain circumstances;
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.
On motion by Mr. Sparrow,
The Senate resolved into executive session.
The Senate having again resolved into secret legislative session,
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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. 136) to amend the tax law of the present session of Congress; in which they request the concurrence of the Senate.
And they have disagreed to the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H. R, 103) to authorize the issue of certain cotton certificates.
The House of Representatives insist upon their amendments to the bill of the Senate (S. 209) to establish a bureau of foreign supplies, agree to the conference asked by the Senate on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon, and have appointed Mr. Perkins, Mr. Lyon, and Mr. Machen managers at the same on their part.
The bill (H. R. 136) to amend the tax law of the present session of Congress was read the first and second times and considered as in Committee of the Whole; and
On motion by Mr. Burnett,
Ordered, That it lie upon the table.
The Senate proceeded to consider their amendments, disagreed to by the House of Representatives, to the bill (H. R. 103) to authorize the issue of certain cotton certificates; and
On motion by Mr. Semmes,
Resolved, That the Senate adhere to their amendments to the said bill.
Ordered, That the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof.
On motion by Mr. Semmes,
The Senate resolved into open legislative 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 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.
Mr. Caperton, from the committee, reported that they had examined and found truly enrolled
A bill (H. R. 115) to amend an act entitled "An act to lay taxes for the common defense and carry on the Government of the Confederate States," approved April 24, 1863.
The President pro tempore having signed the enrolled bill last reported to have been examined, it was delivered to the Secretary of the Senate and by him forthwith presented to the President of the Confederate States for his approval.
On motion by Mr. Hill,
Ordered, That the injunction of secrecy be removed from the bill (S. 52) passed at the last session, to fix the rank of officers in the military and naval service of the Confederate States holding commissions under the Provisional Government when reappointed to offices of the same grade under the Permanent Government.
On motion by Mr. Semmes,
Ordered, That the injunction of secrecy be removed from the passage of the bill (H. R. 115) to amend an act entitled "An act to lay taxes for the common defense and carry on the Government of the Confederate States," approved April 24, 1863.
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A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Dalton:
Mr. President: The Speaker of the House of Representatives having signed two enrolled bills, I am directed to bring them to the Senate for the signature of their President.
Mr. Dortch, from the committee, reported that they had examined and found truly enrolled bills of the following titles:
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.
A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Dalton:
Mr. President: The House of Representatives have appointed Mr. Graham and Mr. Conrad, as managers on their part, at the conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the bill (S. 209) to establish a bureau of foreign supplies, in the place of Mr. Perkins and Mr. Lyon.
The House of Representatives have passed bills of the Senate of the following titles:
Mr. Maxwell, from the committee of conference on the part of the Senate on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the bill (S. 209) to establish a bureau of foreign supplies, reported
That they have agreed to recommend and do recommend to their respective Houses as follows:
That the House recede from its amendments to said bill.
That, instead of the amendment proposed by the House to the seventh section of said bill, the following is recommended: Strikeout all after the words "lieutenant-colonel," in the seventh section, and insert as follows, to wit: "and such inferior officers as may be assigned to that duty, with such agents and clerks as the President may deem necessary, whose compensation shall be fixed by the Secretary of War."
The Senate proceeded to consider the said report; and
Resolved, That they concur therein, and that the bill be amended accordingly.
Ordered, That the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof.
On motion by Mr. Semmes,
Ordered, That the injunction of secrecy be removed from the passage of the bill (S. 237) to release persons from the penalties imposed for the nondelivery of the tax in kind, and to reduce the amount thereof under certain circumstances.
On motion by Mr. Sparrow,
Ordered, That the Committee on Military Affairs be discharged from the further consideration of the President of the Confederate States relative to Gen. A. R. Lawton and Gen. J. B. Gordon.
A message from the President of the Confederate States, by Mr. B. N. Harrison, his Secretary:
Mr. President: The President of the Confederate States has, to-day, approved and signed an act (S. 194) to organize bodies for the capture and destruction of the enemy's property, by land or sea, and to authorize compensation for the same.
Ordered, That the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof,
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A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Dalton:
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. 209) to establish a bureau of foreign supplies.
The President of the Confederate States has notified the House of Representatives that he has this day approved and signed an act (H. R. 116) to authorize a further foreign loan.
On motion by Mr. Semmes,
The Senate resolved into open legislative session.
EXECUTIVE SESSION.
The following messages were received from the President of the Confederate States, by Mr. B. N. Harrison, his Secretary:
Richmond, Va., February 17, 1864.
To the Senate of the Confederate States:
Agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of War, I hereby nominate P. W. Gray, of Texas, to be a member of the military court, Lieutenant-General Holmes' corps, with rank of colonel of cavalry in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
War Department, Richmond, February 27, 1864.
Sir: I have the honor to recommend the nomination of P. W. Gray, of Texas, to be member of military court, Lieutenant-General Holmes' corps, with rank of colonel of cavalry in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America, to date from confirmation.
I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,
JAMES A. SEDDON,
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.
Executive Department, Richmond, February 17, 1864.
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.
War Department, Richmond, February 16, 1864.
Sir: I have the honor to recommend the following nominations for promotion in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America:
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I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,
JAMES A. SEDDON,
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.
Executive Department, February 17, 1864.
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.
No. 51.]War Department, Richmond, February 17, 1864.
Sir: I have the honor to recommend the following nominations for appointment in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America:
I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,
JAMES A. SEDDON,
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.
Executive Department, Richmond, February 16, 1864.
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.
No. 46.]War Department, Richmond, February 12, 1864.
Sir: I have the honor to recommend the following nominations for appointment in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America:
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I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,
JAMES A. SEDDON,
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.
Executive Department, Richmond, February 17, 1864.
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.
No. 46½.]War Department, Richmond, February 12, 1864.
Sir: I have the honor to recommend the following nominations for appointment in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America:
I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,
JAMES A. SEDDON,
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.
Executive Department, Richmond, February 17, 1864.
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.
War Department, Richmond, December 8, 1863.
Sir: I have the honor to recommend the following nominations for appointment in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America:
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I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,
JAMES A. SEDDON,
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.
Executive Department, Richmond, February 17, 1864.
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.
War Department, Richmond, February 17, 1864.
Sir: I have the honor to recommend the following nominations for appointment in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America:
I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,JAMES A. SEDDON,
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.
Executive Department, Richmond, February 16, 1864.
To the Senate of the Confederate States:
Agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of War, I nominate F. R. Lubbock, of Texas, to be assistant adjutant-general, with the rank of lieutenant-colonel, in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
War Department, Richmond, February 16, 1864.
Sir: I have the honor to recommend the nomination of F. R. Lubbock, late governor of Texas, to be assistant adjutant-general, with the rank of lieutenant-colonel, in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America, to report to Maj. Gen. J. B. Magruder, to rank from November 5, 1863.
I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,
JAMES A. SEDDON,
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.
Richmond, Va., February 17, 1864.
To the Senate of the Confederate States:
I herewith transmit for your information, in executive session, a communication from the Postmaster-General relative to the removal of certain persons from offices in his Department.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
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Post-Office Department, February 17, 1864.
Sir: In compliance with the third paragraph of the second section of the second article of the Constitution, I have the honor to report the removal of the following officers of this Department, "together with the reasons therefor:"
Thomas W. McMahon, clerk, removed August 6, 1863. Cause of removal: Repeated neglect of duty, and being quarrelsome with his associates.
W. H. F. Hall, clerk, removed September 16, 1863. Cause of removal: Drunkenness and neglect of duty.
Also, by order of the President, on the 4th August, 1863, Mrs. Susan W. Thruston, postmaster at Greenville, Greenville district, South Carolina. Cause of removal: The postmaster being a lady, did not attend to the duties of the office in person, and the person in actual charge of the office is charged with misconduct and malpractice in office.
I am, very respectfully,JOHN H. REAGAN,
Postmaster-General.
The President.
The message was read.
Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads.
Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom were referred the nominations of J. Bates, Baxter Smith, J. E. Carter, A. F. Rudler, John Dunovant, A. D. Moore, John T. Cox, H. E. Coleman, Bushrod Jones, F. Dumonteil, Julien Harrison, T. S. Gallaway, Henry Maury, P. C. Gaillard, C. C. Wilbourn, J. W. A. Sanford, Bolling Hall, jr., William Miller, to be colonels; E. V. White, V. A. Witcher, N. L. Hutchins, A. W. Terrell, J. M. Bell, R. B. Snowden, I. F. Harrison, W. T. Robins, J. T. Smith, W. M. Elliott, J. H. Nethercutt, T. A. McDonell, S. M. Hyams, J. W. Inzer, T. W. Brevard, J. F. McClellan, P. F. Anderson, A. M. Waddell, Ridgely Brown, John M. Martin, H. C. Davis, P. E. Davant, T. J. Myers, A. S. Hamilton, Julius A. Blake, C. McLaurin, John D. McLennan, D. S. Troy, F. L. Childs, William L. Duff, to be lieutenant-colonels; J. E. Robertson, N. R. Cary, J. R. Davis, Alex. H. Chalmers, P. Hammock, T. D. Caswell, C. G. Wright, G. A. Ball, H. I. Thornton, John H, Gee, Frank Maney, W. S. Bledsoe, R. Moore, P. B. Bird, R. H. Partridge, J. W. Nisbet, Jos. Abney, A. B. Hays, T. R. Stockdale, G. W. Huguley, Hatch Cook, Samuel W. Davitte, W. B. Jones, George W. Scott, and M. P. Taylor, to be majors; J. A. Maxwell, William M. Crumley, G. McMillan, W. E. Simmons, J. F. Martin, John W. King, J. C. Winder, N. N. Gober, B. M. Turner, and W. M. Carter, to be captains; James H. Williams, S. H. Ware, W. R. Montgomery, T. L. Ardis, J. Rhett Miles, J. A. Huger, F. T. Hawkes, William Scott, J. Towers, S. M. Jackson, and T. B. Slaughter, to be first lieutenants; C. B. Richardson, G. C. Conner, D. J. Smith, E. B. Middleton, Thomas S. Wayne, C. L. Schlatter, G. P. Butler, J. B. Griffin, Alfred Moore, John B. Elliott, W. F. Colcock, R. Soutter, C. S. Patillo, W. T. Iglehart, F. C. Lucas, I. Dessau, H. W. De Saussure, T. D. Guinn, E. H. Chandler, D. Bunt, C. H. Strickland, H. M. Stuart, R. Falligant, René E. Cortes, D. Coffery, S. M. Kemmerlin, E. C. Edgerton, A. M. Hartsfield, J. W. Hightower, J. T. Hunt, J. Turpin, A. W. Reese, P. H. Morel, J. B. O'Brien, A. Gough, J. W. Barrett, U. B. Gwynn, J. F. Dargan, T. M. De Lorme, James C. Reynolds, C. K. Huger, J. M. Martin, Jos. A. Young, E. Coffin, L. Glover, C. H. Claiborne, W. D. Martin, T. J. Heyward, John Harleston, Thomas E. Lucas, to be second lieutenants, 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,
Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to their appointment, agreeably to the nomination of the President.
Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom were referred the nominations of R. Ransom, to be major-general; J. Patton Anderson, to be major-general; Allen Thomas, to be brigadier-general; J. J. Wharton and Theo. S. Garnett, to be aids-de-camp, with rank of first lieutenant; E. L. Moore, to be assistant adjutant-general, with the rank of major; A. C. Sorrel, R. S. Abercrombie, John R. Ely, E. H. Gregory, Clifton Walker, and Fred. R. Blake, to be assistant adjutants-general, with the rank of captain; William B. Reese, R. Todhunter, and James T. Browne, to be assistant adjutants-general, with the rank of captain, 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 following message was received from the President of the Confederate States, by Mr. Harrison, his Secretary:
Richmond, February 17, 1864.
To the Senate:
Agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of the Treasury, I hereby nominate Robert Howard Gamble, to be collector of taxes for the State of Florida.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
The message was read.
The Senate proceeded to consider the nomination of Robert Howard Gamble, to be collector of taxes for the State of Florida; and
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 was referred the nomination of H. Heth, to be major-general, reported, with the recommendation that said nomination be confirmed.
The Senate proceeded to consider said report; and
After debate,
On the question,
Will the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of H. Heth, to be major-general?
On motion by Mr. Orr,
The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present,
Those who voted in the affirmative are,
Messrs. Burnett, Caperton, Clay, Haynes, Henry, Hill, Hunter, Johnson of Georgia, Maxwell, Phelan, Semmes, Simms, and Sparrow.
Those who voted in the negative are,
Messrs. Baker, Brown, Clark, Johnson of Arkansas, Johnson of Missouri, Mitchel, Oldham, Orr, Reade, and Wigfall.
So it was
Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of H. Heth, to be major-general, agreeably to the nomination of the President.
Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was
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referred the nomination of George B. Hodge, to be brigadier-general, reported, with the recommendation that said nomination be not confirmed.
The Senate proceeded to consider said report; and
After debate,
On the question,
Will the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of George B. Hodge, to be brigadier-general?
It was determined in the negative,
So it was
Resolved, That the Senate do not advise and consent to the appointment of George B. Hodge, to be brigadier-general.
On motion by Mr. Burnett, that the vote on rejecting the nomination of George B. Hodge, to be brigadier-general, be reconsidered,
It was determined in the negative.
Mr. Semmes, from the Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the nomination of Sanders G. Jamison, to be chief of the Treasury Note Bureau, reported, with the recommendation that said nomination be confirmed.
The Senate proceeded to consider 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 the nominations of Thomas L. Rosser, James A. Walker, John M. Jones, D. H. Cooper, H. H. Walker, Francis M. Cockrell, J. P. Major, S. W. Ferguson, L. L. Lomax, Eppa Hunton, H. B. Davidson, Cullen A. Battle, Goode Bryan, M. C. Butler, A. W. Reynolds, A. Perrin, E. W. Pettus, A. L. Long, H. R. Jackson, G. C. Wharton, James B. Gordon, James A. Smith, M. P. Lowrey, Edward Higgins, P. M. B. Young, John T. Morgan, J. H. Kelly, C. C. Wilson, J. J. Finley, J. H. Clanton, and A. J. Vaughan, to be brigadier-generals, 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.
Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom were referred the nominations of John Adams and J. S. Marmaduke, to be brigadier-generals, reported the same.
The Senate proceeded to consider said nominations; and
Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to their appointment, agreeably to the nomination of the President.
Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom were referred the nominations of N. R. Fitzhugh, G. McKendree, N. O. Tilton, W. D. Peck, C. L. Randolph, F. P. Beck, John Crawford, E. B. Branch, R. J. Echols, B. P. Roy, J. H. Henshaw, W. H. Moore, Fern M. Wood, E. W. Herndon, C. V. Cosby, John W. Bell, E. L. Hord, S. C. Muldon, H. M. Davenport, T. A. Burke, John Webb, J. E. Mason, John B. Neal, T. B. Beall, M. McCarthy, H. B. Adams, Thomas S. Smith, P. H. Woodward, J. D. Richardson, E. B. Fort, W. L. McConnico, A. H. Galloway, G. S. Atkins, B. D. Williams, Thomas J. Jenkins, John Hughes, W. E. Clarke, William H. Miller,
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T. W. Coles, S. R. Chisman, J. Livingston, J. G. Michaeloffsky, H. S. Routh, E. McMahon, S. F. Power, C. S. Wallach, S. Hillyer, C. McGivern, and E. C. White, to be quartermasters, with the rank of major; T. C. Robertson, W. J. Lynham, jr., W. M. Armstrong, M. V. Moore, C. F. Bahnson, S. Y. Caldwell, F. G. Rocke, Joseph Brown, W. P. M. Ashley, D. A. Parker, F. C. Malain, John Frizzell, James Clayton, B. C. Henry, J. R. Mordecai, H. P. Richmond, W. A. Wilburn, J. C. Graham, J. M. Pickens, Y. E. Keirolf, Eugene Bohen, J. Clayton, T. H. Brame, W. E. Peirce, W. B. Jones, J. B. King, G. C. Sebastian, J. M. Wilson, J. R. Miller, John J. White, H. A. Stubbs, D. Behen, jr., J. M. Bliss, J. W. Bassert, Daniel Jones, S. T. Cocke, T. P. Lockhart, T. W. Dinkins, James S. Oden, J. M. Powell, George P. Erwin, R. W. Mayrant, T. M. Fulton, W. O. Hagerty, R. B. Munford, E. C. Green, O. P. Meares, John Maguire, H. J. Oattis, D. Lotspeich, T. F. Bell, G. Elgin, S. T. Fagan, N. Moores, J. A. Yarbrough, Charles J. White, James Fitz James, William J. Malone, H. Bondurant, J. D. Tulloss, E. F. Pearson, George E. Price, W. G. Toomer, S. S. Walker, C. Reese, jr., E. R. Peabody, J. W. Wallace, G. H. Gregory, T. H. Williams, J. V. McNamee, W. H. Cook, J. B. Sullivan, W. D. Bacon, M. F. Gonzales, J. Miltenberger, W. F. Erskine, W. E. Weaver, J. H. Wright, S. C. Painter, Tench Schley, J. S. Hamilton, B. S. James, J. L. Keith, C. A. Poelnitz, F. Wolf, R. F. Cook, Albion Martin, W. W. Doss, B. E. Etheridge, Charles C. Sims, S. L. Bracey, J. M. Pender, John G. Clark, F. E. Bridge, W. H. Stiles, E. H. Barnett, B. C. Willis, Frank Potts, R. C. Osbourne, H. Finley, J. B. Ritchey, J. S. Westbrook, E. J. Hamilton, C. Leflore, S. H. Everitt, R. P. Hunter, W. P. Golightly, T. Hunter, jr., F. M. Harney, H. C. Robards, Thomas A. Dodson, Chr. Fr. Krull, Charles S. Davis, George E. Macon, J. P. Dickinson, John H. Thomas, William H. Rogers, C. T. Benniss, C. G. Paleske, J. P. Ford, W. W. Vaught, E. McIntosh, N. S. Adams, J. A. Grayson, E. Harvey, John D. Brooks, John M. Burr, D. L. Cohen, George W. Thomas, John W. Faust, A. Stephens, James B. White, J. G. McElroy, Alexander M. Earle, W. K. Hyer, Martin V. Moore, A. G. Smith, J. H. Johnson, C. Thomas, J. Law Hoof, W. P. Anderson, S. M. May, C. C. Hammock, John S. Claghorn, Clay Rice, W. E. Frankland, C. L. Thompson, F. A. Henry, J. T. Williams, W. M. Simpson, T. L. Airey, J. P. Phillips, Elias L. Rivers, Willis S. Stone, B. F. Stewart, R. C. Sims, G. T. Rankin, V. L. Hopson, H. W. Rives, W. C. Jordan, N. A. Stuart, William J. White, J. M. Nicholson, James B. Sugg, A. T. Roane, H. T. Owens, J. S. Northington, A. Hobday, J. W. Balfour, John Dobbin, J. McLaughlin, T. M. Robinson, J. A. Anderson, W. B. Davison, to be assistant quartermasters, with the rank of captain; George William Brent, to be assistant adjutant-general, with the rank of colonel; T. B. Roy, G. M. Sorrel, Archer Anderson, Thomas M. Jack, G. St. Leger Grenfell, and A. S. Pendleton, to be assistant adjutants-general, with the rank of lieutenant-colonel; I. Szymanski, H. A. Whiting, Greene Peyton, H. B. McClellan, A. R. Venable, George A. Gallagher, A. Vander Horst, William H. Palmer, D. E. Huger, L. H. Hunt, J. A. Engelhard, H. H. Harrison, R. H. Finney, W. C. Hall, H. K. Douglas, D. C. Jenkins, Thomas Rowland, Thomas P. Branch, John C. Thompson, R. A. Hatcher, J. P. Wilson, G. Andrews, J. W. Pegram, William Elliott, G. C. Brown, J. P. Johnson, H. Robinson,
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J. P. Strange, K. Falconer, Robert W. Hunter, Howell Webb, D. H. Poole, R. R. Hutchinson, J. H. Alexander, J. D. Ferguson, Thomas F. Bowie, T. G. Barker, John Preston, M. H. Royston, J. E. Groce, J. H. New, George Freaner, David W. Sanders, James A. Shingleur, John F. Lay, to be assistant adjutants-general, with the rank of major; T. T. Taylor, J. T. Hearne, George Turner, jr., A. J. Porter, W. J. Seymour, A. F. Woolley, J. P. C. Whitehead, J. M. Macon, C. G. Elliott, James M. Adams, J. R. Troup, Willis F. Jones, W. J. Davis, Samuel H. Buck, E. Walworth, J. C. Moncure, R. Lowndes, H. N. Martin, C. I. Walker, W. R. Preston, Lamar Cobb, Robert D. Early, Sumter Lea, R. M. Grinnell, L. K. Marshall, D. R. Gurley, Neville Soulé, James L. Gaines, J. W. Johnston, B. F. Weems, A. H. Pickett, R. B. Henderson, A. Burwell, W. L. Nugent, C. S. D. Jones, J. W. Mathews, T. C. Holliday, P. Fontaine, W. F. Bullock, R. J. Hallett, J. M. Brandon, John C. Pegram, J. G. Clarke, F. R. R. Smith, J. M. Flanagan, R. W. B. Elliott, G. Thomas Cox, J. B. Hardeman, E. P. Turner, Alexander Pope, H. E. Henderson, I. R. Branham, W. W. Chamberlaine, J. L. Chandler, V. Dabney, W. L. Church, J. N. Lipscomb, E. C. Fitzhugh, E. Johnston, George Eyster, J. M. Pace, W. C. Coughenour, E. A. Hawkins, G. Williamson, R. Cleary, J. M. Richardson, W. E. Cameron, C. Anderson, J. W. Riddick, L. C. Haskell, James Walker, R. D. Spann, James G. Spann, James Hays, E. T. Nicholson, William Brown, W. J. Gorham, John M. Lee, H. Bolling, J. V. Nash, R. B. Kennon, W. F. Hullehen, C. Dabney, J. P. Smith, W. M. Dwight, J. T. Hackett, J. H. Hobart, H. H. Perry, John W. Kerr, T. L. Christian, W. A. Tennille, L. G. Young, R. L. Maupin, John S. Smith, J. C. H. Bryant, J. R. Chambers, George D. Wise, John Vidmer, John McAfee, E. J. Hale, jr., F. C. Cox, J. H. Judkins, Henry Jackson, John W. Emmett, and S. H. Gee, to be assistant adjutants-general, with the rank of captain; Thomas W. Oliver, Thomas McGuire, J. S. M. Davidson, F. A. Rector, William J. Bradley, W. D. Thomason, and Thos. Johns, to be quartermasters, with the rank of major; William D. Heflin, H. K. Washburn, Thomas D. Spindle, Eustace Gibson, J. Moore, W. R. Poindexter, W. P. Davis, C. C. Swope, John W. Moore, C. L. Chesnutt, S. R. Anderson, James Henderson, W. A. Fariss, W. F. Burge, W. Nicholas Peay, W. Alston Hayne, and G. M. Miller, to be assistant quartermasters, with the rank of captain; J. H. Flournoy, Alexander L. Smith, and Warren M. Hopkins, to be commissaries, with the rank of major; John C. Meadors, to be assistant commissary, with the rank of captain; R. B. Marye, to be quartermaster, with the rank of major; B. W. Henry to be assistant quartermaster, with the rank of captain; F. G. Ruffin, to be commissary, with the rank of lieutenant-colonel; R. H. Cumby, J. E. Ficklin, S. B. Brewer, John W. Williams, E. L. Holcombe, J. C. Bridgwater, J. G. Campbell, H. G. Wilson, J. G. Parrish, E. B. Carruth, W. E. Snead, S. E. Lucas, J. N. Coleman, W. E. De Mill, A. F. Haymond, R. L. Coleman, William Taylor, J. M. Douglass, T. W. Scott, W. V. Crouch, William T. Smith, J. M. Foster, J. Y. Rankin, J. Q. Thomas, L. A. Fowler, G. C. Ball, E. M. Lowe, A. B. Smith, W. V. Johnson, C. P. King, G. M. Proctor, to be commissaries, with the rank of major; W. D. Reynolds, S. H. Richardson, John H. Bright, T. C. Daniel, and C. B. Graybill, to be assistant commissaries, with the rank of captain, 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 the nomination of the President.
Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the nomination of A. R. Lawton, to be Quartermaster-General, reported, with the recommendation that said nomination be confirmed.
The Senate proceeded to consider said report; and
After debate,
On motion by Mr. Orr,
Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of A. R. Lawton, to be Quartermaster-General, to take rank from the date of confirmation.
On motion by Mr. Wigfall, that the vote on confirming the nomination of A. R. Lawton, to be Quartermaster-General, be reconsidered,
It was determined in the negative.
Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom were referred the nominations of N. H. Harris, to be brigadier-general; James B. White, E. H. McDaniel, Edward Q. Thornton, William B. Jackson, Joel W. Flood, to be aids-de-camp, with the rank of first lieutenant; Stephen D. Lee, to be major-general; Joseph H. Stewart, to be second lieutenant of infantry in the Regular Army; A. C. Anderson, Robert S. Morgan, Joshua L. Moore, John F. Conyers, John R. Peoples, W. B. Scott, and A. G. Arrington, to be adjutants, with the rank of first lieutenant; T. B. Hutchison, D. J. Wedge, and W. M. Dunn, to be commissaries, with the rank of major; Thomas A. Long, to be assistant commissary, with the rank of captain; G. M. Bryan, M. R. Cullen, to be members of military court, Trans-Mississippi Department, and A. W. Johnson, to be judge-advocate of the same; J. P. Thompson, to be major, and W. M. Magenis, to be first lieutenant, under act approved October 11, 1862; A. W. King, to be master armorer in the Regular Army, 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.
Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom were referred the nominations of W. W. Loring, to be major-general; Henry A. Wise, Gideon J. Pillow, D. Ruggles, William Mahone, R. E. Colston, B. R. Johnson, J. P. Anderson, John K. Jackson, J. R. Chalmers, and J. B. Kershaw, to be brigadier-generals, 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.
Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom were referred the nominations of William L. Hunter, to be colonel First Chickasaw Regiment (Indians), and S. H. Martin, to be lieutenant-colonel First Chickasaw Regiment (Indians); T. J. Freeman and B. M. Anderson, to be colonels, J. T. Cearnal, to be lieutenant-colonel, Rich. Gaines, to be major, V. C. Cooke, E. Eastman, and S. A. Doran, to be
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captains, under act approved October 11, 1862; George H. Vaughn, Horace H. Brand, James B. Larue, and George W. Woolfolk, to be captains, under act approved October 11, 1862; Samuel J. Alexander, to be commissary, with the rank of major; Thomas F. Fisher, to be commissary, with the rank of major; E. G. Richardson, to be quartermaster, with the rank of major, reported, with the recommendation that all of said nominations be rejected.
The Senate proceeded to consider said report; and in concurrence therewith, it was
Resolved, That the Senate do not advise and consent to their appointment.
On motion by Mr. Burnett,
Ordered, That all nominations made during the present session of the Senate and not finally acted on be continued for consideration at the next session.
On motion by Mr. Sparrow,
Ordered, That the Committee on Military Affairs be discharged from the further consideration of the message of the President relative to the general officers appointed under the act approved October 13, 1862; and that it lie on the table.
On motion by Mr. Sparrow,
The Senate resolved into open legislative session.
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