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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, March 16, 1863.
OPEN SESSION.
The President pro tempore laid before the Senate a petition of the Richmond and Danville Railroad Company, praying the passage of an act authorizing the Secretary of War to supply the iron required for the construction of the Piedmont Railroad; which was referred to the Committee on Finance.
The President pro tempore laid before the Senate a communication from the Attorney-General, transmitting reports upon certain claims on file in the Department of Justice; which was referred to the Committee on Claims.
Mr. Clay, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (S. 78) to prevent the absence of officers and soldiers without leave, reported it without amendment.
On motion by Mr. Clay,
Ordered, That it be printed.
Mr. Clay, from the Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the bill (S. 84) to amend an act entitled "An act to prohibit the exportation of cotton from the Confederate States, except through the seaports of said States, and to punish persons offending therein," approved May 21, 1861, reported it without amendment.
On motion by Mr. Clay,
Ordered, That it be printed.
The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the bill (S. 21) for the condemnation to public use of all cotton within the Confederate States, providing for the payment thereof, and for other purposes.
On motion by Mr. Phelan,
Ordered, That the further consideration thereof be postponed until to-morrow.
Mr. Davis, from the Committee on Claims, to whom were referred certain papers relating to a large amount of army supplies now in the possession of the Government, alleged to have been bought with counterfeit Treasury notes in Texas, and for the payment for which there are conflicting claimants, submitted a report (No. 7) in relation to the subject; which was ordered to be printed.
Mr. Brown, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (S. 15) for the reorganization of the Navy of the Confederate States, to establish and equalize the grade of officers, and for other purposes, reported it without amendment.
On motion by Mr. Brown,
Ordered, That it lie upon the table.
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Mr. Brown presented the memorial of acting masters' mates in the Confederate States Navy, praying for an increase of pay; which was referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.
Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported
A bill (S. 86) to provide for the arrest of soldiers absent from their commands without leave, and providing compensation to their captors; which was read the first and second times and ordered to be placed upon the Calendar and printed.
The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the bill (S. 3) to organize the Supreme Court of the Confederate States.
The question being on agreeing to the following amendment proposed to the bill by Mr. Clay, viz:
Add the following independent section:
After debate,
On motion by Mr. Haynes,
The Senate resolved into executive session.
The doors having been opened,
On motion by Mr. Johnson of Arkansas,
The Senate adjourned.
EXECUTIVE SESSION.
The following message was received from the President of the Confederate States, by Mr. B. N. Harrison, his Secretary:
Richmond, Va., March 16, 1863.
To the Senate of the Confederate States:
Agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of State, I hereby nominate Lucius Q. C. Lamar, to be commissioner to Russia, and Walker Fearn, to be secretary of the commission.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
Department of State,
Richmond, March 14, 1863.
To the President of the Confederate States:
Col. Lucius Q. C. Lamar, of Mississippi, having been appointed commissioner of the Confederate States to Russia on the 19th of November last, during a recess of the Senate, and Walker Fearn, esq., of Alabama, having on the same day been appointed secretary of the commission to Russia, I have now the honor to recommend their nomination to the Senate for confirmation as commissioner and secretary aforesaid.
Respectfully, your obedient servant,
J. P. BENJAMIN,
Secretary of State.
The message was read.
Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom were referred the nominations of Sam. G. Battle, jr., James B. Cleveland, J. B. Humphreys, Charles L. Huger, and Edward W. Macbeth, to be second lieutenants; R. F. Sloan, H. A. Walker, J. F. Fuller, A. L. McFee, T. J. Moore, F. Foster, J. R. Carwile, N. B. Clinch, J. H. Bullock, J. M. McKleroy, R. J. Washington, W. E. Munford, William Wade, C. H. Ragsdale, R. J. Prather, F. Strange, T. F. Mitchell, W. N. Rose, A. M. Waddell, W. J. Wood, T. J. Portis, U. L. York, M. F. Gordon, W. S. Pope, T. L. Sanford, J. B. Marsden, W. S. Williamson, John
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D. Watson, W. O. Butler, jr., James D. Thomas, James O. Ferrell, H. B. Barbour, James M. Wade, J. P. Whitman, J. P. Gaston, A. M. Moore, J. F. Greenwood, B. A. Griffin, L. Frank Dozier, B. W. Ball, S. R. Hensley, A. J. Robert, J. H. Robinson, F. J. Haywood, jr., J. Cameron, T. C. James, J. R. Bisland, B. H. Lofton, R. F. Jones, W. D. Waller, and D. W. Oates, to be adjutants, with 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 their respective nominations by the President.
The Senate proceeded to consider the resolution submitted by Mr. Sparrow on the 10th instant, declaring it to be inexpedient for the Senate to confirm any more nominations for major or brigadier generals until a response should be made to the resolution of the Senate of the 30th of January last, asking for the number of major and brigadier generals and the number of divisions and brigades now in the service.
An amendment having been proposed by Mr. Sparrow,
After debate,
On motion by Mr. Barnwell,
The Senate resolved into open legislative session
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