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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 18, 1863.
OPEN SESSION.
Mr. Barnwell, from the Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the joint resolution (H. R. 12) authorizing the payment of rent for the building occupied by the Quartermaster's Department, reported it without amendment.
The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the joint resolution (H. R. 12) last mentioned; and no amendment being made, 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.
On motion by Mr. Phelan,
Ordered, That the Committee on Printing be discharged from the further consideration of the following subjects:
Amendment of the House of Representatives to the bill (S. 98) in relation to the public printing.
On motion by Mr. Hill,
The Senate proceeded to consider the motion submitted by Mr. Wigfall on the 2d instant, to reconsider the vote on passing the bill (S. 56) to amend an act entitled "An act to organize military courts to attend the Army of the Confederate States in the field, and to define the powers of said courts," approved October 9, 1862; and
On the question to agree thereto,
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. Barnwell, Clark, Clay, Hunter, Johnson of Arkansas, Oldham, Orr, Peyton, Wigfall, and Yancey.
Those who voted in the negative are,
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Messrs. Brown, Burnett, Caperton, Dortch, Haynes, Henry, Hill, Johnson of Georgia, Maxwell, Mitchel, Phelan, Semmes, Simms, and Sparrow.
So the Senate refused to reconsider the vote on passing the said bill.
Mr. Semmes submitted the following motion for consideration:
Ordered, That the vote on indefinitely postponing the bill (S. 114) to confer upon the chief of the Bureau of Ordnance the rank, pay, and emoluments of a brigadier-general in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States be reconsidered.
The Senate proceeded to consider the resolution of the House of Representatives fixing a day for the adjournment of Congress.
On motion by Mr. Semmes, to amend the resolution by striking out "Monday, the twentieth April," and inserting "Friday, the first day of May."
On motion by Mr. Johnson of Arkansas,
Ordered, That the resolution lie on the table.
The bill (H. R. 48) allowing hospital accommodations to sick and wounded officers was read the first and second times and referred to the Special Committee on Hospitals.
The Senate proceeded to consider the amendments of the House of Representatives to the bill (S. 75) to provide for having the laws relating to military and naval affairs digested and published; and
On motion by Mr. Barnwell,
Ordered, That they be referred to the Committee on Printing.
On motion by Mr. Brown,
The Senate resolved into executive session.
The doors having been opened,
The following message was received from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Dixon, their Clerk:
Mr. President: I am directed by the House of Representatives to communicate to the Senate information of the death of the Hon. William M. Cooke, late a member of the House of Representatives from the State of Missouri, and the proceedings of the House thereon.
Mr. Clark 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 William M. Cooke, late a member of the House of Representatives from the State of Missouri, 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. Cooke a certified copy of the foregoing resolution.
Resolved (as a further mark of respect for the memory of the deceased), That the Senate do now adjourn.
Whereupon,
The Senate adjourned.
SECRET SESSION.
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.
On motion by Mr. Dortch,
The Senate resolved into open legislative session.
EXECUTIVE SESSION.
The Senate resumed the consideration of the nominations of John D. Simms, Jacob Read, John R. F. Tattnall, Andrew J. Hays, George Holmes, Reuben T. Thom, A. C. Van Benthuysen, Julius E. Meiere, George P. Turner, Thomas S. Wilson, to be captains of Marine Corps.
Mr. Clay submitted the following resolution:
Resolved, That it appearing to the Senate that Captain Reuben Thom was first appointed a captain of the Marine Corps of the Confederate States, and raised the first company of that corps; that Captains Simms, Read, Tattnall, Hays, and Holmes were appointed subsequently, and one or more of them under a subsequent act of Congress; that these officers were not captains, but only lieutenants in the United States service; and that the first section of act No. 146, of Provisional Congress, approved May twentieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, does not entitle them to rank Captain Thom (as construed by the Secretary of the Navy in his recommendation of those officers to the President of thirtieth September, eighteen hundred and sixty-two); that the list of nominations of captains of the Marine Corps sent to the Senate on October four, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, be respectfully returned to the President, that he may, upon consideration of the facts and the law referred to, renominate them to the Senate in such order of rank as he may deem just and proper.
The Senate proceeded to consider the resolution; and
After debate,
On motion by Mr. Brown,
The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present,
Those who voted in the affirmative are,
Messrs. Burnett, Clark, Clay, Davis, Dortch, Haynes, Johnson of Arkansas, Orr, Phelan, Semmes, Wigfall, and Yancey.
Those who voted in the negative are,
Messrs. Barnwell, Brown, Caperton, Henry, Hill, Hunter; Johnson of Georgia, Maxwell, Oldham, Peyton, Simms, and Sparrow.
On the question,
Will the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of John D. Simms, Jacob Read, John R. F. Tattnall, Andrew J. Hays, George Holmes, Reuben T. Thom, A. C. Van Benthuysen, Julius E. Meiere, George P. Turner, and Thomas S. Wilson, to be captains in the Marine Corps?
It was determined in the affirmative.
So it was
Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to their appointment, agreeably to the nomination of the President.
On motion by Mr. Dortch,
The Senate resolved into secret legislative session.
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