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A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1875
Journal of the Confederate Congress --SATURDAY, April, 11, 1863.
OPEN SESSION.
A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. McDonald:
Mr. President: The House of Representatives have passed bills of the following titles:
They have also passed Senate bills of the following titles:
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Mr. Oldham submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:
Resolved, That the President be requested to communicate to the Senate, at as early a day as practicable, copies of all orders or letters from the War Department to any officer or officers in command in the Trans-Mississippi Military Department, requiring the military restrictions imposed upon the commerce across the Rio Grande River, and particularly upon the exportation of cotton, to be revoked and annulled.
Mr. Semmes presented the memorial of Maj. Francis Rawle, quartermaster of Nicholls' (Louisiana) brigade, praying for relief from certain liabilities incurred by him; which was referred to the Committee on Claims.
On motion by Mr. Barnwell, from the Committee on Finance,
Ordered, That the bill (H. R. 26) for the assessment and collection of taxes be printed.
Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 20) to allow commutation for clothing to the militia in actual service of the Confederate States, reported it with an amendment.
The following bills received from the House of Representatives for concurrence were severally read the first and second times:
Ordered, That the bills numbered 33 and 34 be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and that the bill numbered 35 he referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
The Senate proceeded to consider the amendment of the House of Representatives to the bill (S. 41) to amend the several acts prescribing the mode of publishing the laws and resolutions of the Confederate States; and
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. 78) to prevent the absence of officers and soldiers without leave; and
Resolved, That they concur therein.
Ordered, That the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof.
The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the joint resolution (S. 4) in relation to the free navigation of the Mississippi River; and
On motion by Mr. Oldham,
Ordered, That the further consideration thereof be postponed until Monday next.
The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the bill (S. 47) making Columbia, S. C., a port of delivery for goods imported into Charleston, S. C., and Wilmington, N. C.; and
On motion by Mr. Clay,
Ordered, That it be postponed indefinitely.
The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the following bills:
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of stock owned by the American Telegraph Company and other alien enemies in the lines of telegraph in the Confederate States; and
Ordered, That the further consideration thereof be postponed till Tuesday next.
The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the bill (S. 71) to repeal the naturalization laws; and
On motion by Mr. Clay,
Ordered, That it lie upon the table.
The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of 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; and no amendment being made, it was reported to the Senate.
Ordered, That it be engrossed and read a third time.
The said bill was read the third time.
On motion by Mr. Barnwell, the vote on ordering the bill to its engrossment and third reading was reconsidered; and
On motion by Mr. Barnwell,
Ordered, That it be transferred to the Secret Legislative Calendar.
The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the bill (S. 86) to provide for the arrest of soldiers absent from their commands without leave, and providing compensation to their captors; and
On motion by Mr. Burnett,
Ordered, That it be transferred to the Secret Legislative Calendar.
The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the bill (S. 74) 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 February 26, 1861; and the reported amendment having been agreed to, the bill was reported to the Senate and the amendment was concurred in,
Ordered, That the bill 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 Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the bill (S. 92) to prescribe the rates of postage on newspapers, periodicals, books, and transient and other matter; and no amendment being made, 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 Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the bill (S. 80) to increase the efficiency of the Medical Department.
On the question to agree to the following reported amendment:
Strike out, section 2, line 10, the words "and to receive the" and insert "with the rank,"
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It was determined in the negative.
The residue of the reported amendments were then agreed to.
On motion by Mr. Orr, that the bill be recommitted to the Committee on Military Affairs,
It was determined in the negative.
The bill having been further amended, was reported to the Senate and the amendments were concurred in.
Ordered, That it be engrossed and read a third time.
The said bill was read the third time.
Resolved, That it pass, and that the title thereof be as aforesaid.
Ordered, That the Secretary request the concurrence of the House of Representatives therein.
Mr. Maxwell, from the committee, reported that they had examined and found truly enrolled
A bill (H. R. 21) to amend an act entitled "An act to authorize the Secretary of the Navy to make certain contracts without advertising for proposals," approved August 29, 1861.
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. Clay,
The Senate resolved into executive session.
The doors having been opened,
The following message was received from the House of Representatives, by Mr. McDonald:
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.
On motion by Mr. Burnett,
The Senate adjourned.
SECRET SESSION.
Mr. Johnson of Arkansas submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:
Resolved, That the President be, and he is hereby, requested to inform the Senate, in secret session, at what price per pound the Secretary of the Treasury has sold cotton in foreign markets under cover of certificates referred to in the report of the Secretary of the Treasury of date January tenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two; what were the provisions of the certificates devised or used, and particularly as to the class of cotton and time and place of delivery; and what were the instructions governing our commissioners in the sales made, and what are the instructions now as to future sales.
On motion by Mr. Burnett,
The Senate resolved into open legislative session.
EXECUTIVE SESSION.
Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom were referred the nominations of L. F. Marshall, D. R. Hawkins, V. M. Brown, D. T. Carraway, B. G. Pinckney, A. P. Slover, Thomas P. Adams, John Cantey, John P. Trezevant, Benjamin F. Carter, C. J. Kinney, H. A. Deas, to be commissaries, with the rank of major; P. L. Mynatt, W. H. Anderson, E. T. Burch, H. F. Dunson,
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John M. Zachry, D. S. Dickinson, B. M. Burroughs, J. M. Kern, A. F. Hall, J. E. Morecock, A. P. Lining, W. D. Rankin, George W. Lamar, C. D. Burks, J. B. Anderson, W. H. Atwell, J. J. Hutchinson, H. B. Lane, Roger Moore, Owen Fennell, James J. Busby, H. B. Taliaferro, A. Hobday, C. V. Morris, James McNeill, S. K. Ingram, Hiram Fain, Robert Tait, E. Horry Frost, T. B. Stapleton, James F. Gresham, W. T. Noel, G. W. Ferrand, R. H. Downman, John Emmerson, J. C. Meadows, H. S. Van Eaton, R. C. Cammack, S. V. Reid, S. C. Means, G. W. Sampson, J. N. Davis, John G. Jones, W. H. Armstrong, C. M. Ohlson, J. T. Beveridge, William Holroyd, William M. Turner, J. W. Armstrong, T. U. Dudley, jr., O. P. Meares, Edward Smith, L. McDonald, C. A. Neilson, W. H. Murrell, C. Dawson, S. J. Calvert, J. P. Murphy, Edward Alston, B. G. Boaz, F. Livingston, D. B. Thompson, John R. Wills, J. J. Villepigue, P. Harrison, W. H. Sale, George Wray, T. E. Stanley, W. A. Hall, John J. Jelks, D. N. Leach, T. D. Reeves, to be assistant commissaries, with the rank of captain; A. G. Quaite, R. B. George, George T. Jones, W. P. Paul, H. J. Hearsey, W. H. Quincy, James T. Stewart, J. H. Littlefield, H. R. Hooper, A. S. Cabell, T. J. Woolfolk, H. L. Elcan, John M. Billups, G. S. Thompson, W. E. Bird, N. C. Jones, R. J. Hill, J. A. Lauderdale, J. R. Parrott, to be quartermasters, with the rank of major; J. G. Guignard, W. H. Bryan, E. G. Cheatham, J. M. Kilgour, W. C. Day, R. R. Harris, Johnson Orrick, T. H. Maxwell, George Higgins, A. U. Wright, A. H. Keller, James M. Elliott, Willis S. Stone, Thomas Moore, W. F. Law, Gust. Bredow, J. M. Madding, C. L. Randolph, J. B. Burwell, G. E. Manigault, Jesse S. Wood, J. F. McClure, W. B. Hoyt, John H. Gray, J. S. Porcher, R. E. B. Hewetson, C. B. Gwathmey, Ker Boyce, Thomas M. Ingles, W. W. Gordon, J. W. Higgason, Jos. F. Foard, W. J. Kennedy, Travis G. Wright, B. F. Fitzpatrick, W. F. Williams, Thomas Addison, George Cox, J. F. Martin, D. W. Ducie, W. R. White, L. M. Lawshe, Thomas W. Napier, Felix W. Earnest, Benjamin F. Buckner, John Tatum, James M. Henagan, W. H. Kable, Charles W. Green, J. C. Van Fossen, Henry Dunohoo, Sheldon Toomer, R. H. Hill, O. Caldwell, Henry S. Field, M. V. Mitchell, N. J. Floyd, W. T. Edwards, D. R. Murchison, Jos. M. Walters, George C. Reid, H. G. Robertson, S. Chambers, T. D. Johnston, V. E. Turner, W. R. Garrett, Thomas Jones, W. G. Thomas, William H. Welch, D. McKenzie, George D. Logan, W. C. Eoff, J. E. Ray, B. F. Owen, R. M. Oates, R. H. Allen, William M. Milby, to be assistant quartermasters, with the rank of captain; William C. Preston, J. G. King, H. S. Farley, W. H. Peronneau, F. H. Harleston, D. G. Fleming, J. C. Mitchel, to be captains of artillery; S. R. Proctor, F. D. Blake, Henry R. Lesesne, A. S. Gaillard, McMillan King, Julius M. Rhett, J. J. Alston, E. P. Ravenel, Charles Inglesby, J. R. Pringle, W. E. Erwin, Edward Lowndes K. Kemper, to be first lieutenants of artillery; Richard H. Clarke, W. A. Anderson, John M. Battle, J. F. Griffin, T. B. Crooker, Theodore H. Coe, Waddy T. Means, W. V. Martin, Edward North, F. J. Moses, Thomas P. Mikell, Thomas Williams, J. C. Minott, George Gourdin, Edward Mathewes, R. R. Singleton, G. W. Marshall, E. J. Simkins, C. Clemson, T. D. Scott, N. S. Key, to be second lieutenants of artillery; George D. Farrar, A. L. Slack, James McConnell, L. Cecil Berrien, John P. Fort, Robert F. Dancy, to be second lieutenants; A. Coward, W. B. Wade, C. W. Sears, Charles
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T. Goode, to be colonels; J. T. Montgomery, M. M. Slaughter, to be lieutenant-colonels; T. W. Brevard, John S. Prather, John B. Rudolph, to be majors; W. J. Robinson, Samuel G. Beltzhoover, F. Voigt, John M. Payne, William Collins, William C. Lord, T. D. Armesy, Frank Waters, Jonathan G. Riley, Robert C. Wood, J. H. Haymaker, William R. Samuels, N. L. Norton, William P. Clarkson, R. H. Carter, David T. Copher, William T. Payne. Nathaniel P. Knnkel, to be captains; Charles R. Skinker, to be first lieutenant; E. G. Lee, to be assistant adjutant-general, with the rank of major; J. P. Johnson, to be assistant adjutant-general, with the rank of captain; A. L. Rives, D. B. Harris, James Nocquet, to be majors of engineers; J. K. Boswell, C. T. Mason, J. W. Green, C. R. Howard, H. B. Richardson, F. Girard, W. H. James, to be captains of engineers, 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 resumed the consideration of the nomination of Robert H. Chilton, to be assistant adjutant-general, with the rank of colonel.
On motion by Mr. Burnett, that said nomination be laid on the table,
It was determined in the negative.
On the question,
Will the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of R. H. Chilton as assistant adjutant-general, with rank of colonel?
After debate,
On motion by Mr. Burnett,
Ordered, That said nomination lie on the table.
Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the nomination of Robert H. Chilton, to be brigadier- general, reported, with the recommendation that said nomination be not confirmed.
The Senate proceeded to consider said report; and
On the question to agree thereto,
Mr. Johnson of Arkansas demanded the question; which was seconded, and
The question being put,
It was determined in the negative.
So it was
Resolved, That the Senate do not advise and consent to the appointment of Robert H. Chilton as brigadier-general.
On motion by Mr. Sparrow,
The Senate resumed the consideration of the nomination of Robert H. Chilton, to be assistant adjutant-general, with the rank of colonel.
On the question,
Will the Senate advise and consent to this appointment?
It was determined in the affirmative.
So it was
Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of Robert H. Chilton, to be assistant adjutant-general, with the rank of colonel, agreeably to the nomination of the President.
The Senate resumed the consideration of the nomination of Francis A. Shoup, to be brigadier-general.
On the question,
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Will the Senate advise and consent to this appointment?
After debate,
Mr. Burnett demanded the question; which was seconded, and
The question being put,
It was determined in the affirmative.
So it was
Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of Francis A. Shoup, to be brigadier-general, agreeably to the nomination of the President.
On motion by Mr. Sparrow,
The Senate resumed the consideration of the nomination of J. de Lagnel, to be major of artillery.
On the question,
Will the Senate advise and consent to this appointment?
It was determined in the negative.
So it was
Resolved, That the Senate do not advise and consent to the appointment of J. de Lagnel as major of artillery.
On motion by Mr. Sparrow,
The Senate resumed the consideration of the nomination of J. C. Moore, to be brigadier-general.
On the question,
Will the Senate advise and consent to this appointment?
It was determined in the affirmative.
So it was
Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of J. C. Moore as brigadier-general, agreeably to the nomination of the President.
Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the nomination of J. M. Elliston, to be commissary, with the rank of major, reported, with the recommendation that said nomination lie on the table.
The Senate proceeded to consider said report; and
On the question to agree thereto,
It was determined in the affirmative.
Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the nomination of J. M. Elliston, to be quartermaster, with the rank of major, 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.
On motion by Mr. Johnson of Arkansas,
The Senate resolved into secret legislative session.
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