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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, January 28, 1865.
OPEN SESSION.
A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Dalton:
Mr. President: The House of Representatives have passed a joint resolution (H. R. 23) for the relief of the Virginia Mechanics' Institute; in which they request the concurrence of the Senate.
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. Baker submitted the following resolution for consideration:
Resolved (the House of Representatives concurring), That the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives adjourn their respective houses, sine die, on Monday, the twentieth day of February next, at twelve o'clock meridian.
Mr. Wigfall (by leave) introduced
A bill (S. 171) to provide that certain evidences of debt shall be receivable in payment of taxes;
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which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mr. Semmes (by leave) introduced
A bill (S. 172) to extend an act entitled "An act to graduate the pay of general officers," approved June 10, 1864;
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.
Mr. Semmes presented the memorial of G. G. Steever, agent of the Bank of Louisiana, praying the restoration of coin seized, under such restrictions as Congress may impose; which was referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mr. Simms presented the memorial of Capt. C. S. Hart, chief quartermaster of Lomax's cavalry division, praying to be relieved from the payment of certain funds of the Government stolen from him on the 30th day of October, 1864; which was referred to the Committee on Claims.
The joint resolution (H. R. 23) received this day from the House of Representatives for concurrence was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Claims.
The Senate resumed the reconsideration of the bill (S. 130) to authorize newspapers to be mailed to soldiers free of postage, returned by the President with his objections; and
On the question,
Shall this bill pass, the objections of the President to the contrary notwithstanding?
The vote having been taken by yeas and nays, as required by the Constitution,
Those who voted in the affirmative are,
Messrs. Baker, Caperton, Garland, Graham, Haynes, Henry, Maxwell, Oldham, Semmes, Simms, Walker, Watson, and Wigfall.
Those who voted in the negative are,
Messrs. Brown, Burnett, Dortch, and Sparrow.
So it was
Resolved, That this bill pass, two-thirds of the Senators present voting therefor.
On motion by Mr. Baker,
Ordered, That the Secretary communicate the said bill, the message of the President returning the same to the Senate with his objections, and the proceedings of the Senate thereon, to the House of Representatives.
On motion by Mr. Watson,
The Senate resolved into secret legislative session.
The doors having been opened,
On motion by Mr. Haynes,
The Senate adjourned.
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The joint resolution (S. 25) to amend a joint resolution entitled "Joint resolution on the subject of retaliation," approved May 1, 1863, was read the second time 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.
On the question,
Shall the resolution now pass?
On motion by Mr. Wigfall,
The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present,
These who voted in the affirmative are,
Messrs. Baker, Burnett, Caperton, Graham, Haynes, Maxwell, Semmes, Simms, Sparrow, Walker, and Watson.
Those who voted in the negative are,
Messrs. Garland, Henry, Johnson of Missouri, Oldham, Vest, and Wigfall.
So it was
Resolved, That this resolution 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.
EXECUTIVE SESSION.
Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom were referred (on the 30th November last) the nominations of John A. Bowie, to be major in the Commissary Department, and Robert Berry, to be assistant commissary, with the rank of captain, reported, with the recommendation that said nominations be confirmed.
The Senate proceeded to consider said report; and in concurrence therewith, it was
Resolved, That the Senate do 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 (on the 14th ultimo) the nominations of W. G. Williamson, to be captain, and R. H. Griffin and D. S. Hessey, to be first lieutenants of engineer troops, 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 do 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 (on the 29th ultimo) the nominations of P. M. B. Young, to be major-general, with temporary rank; John J. Clarke, to be colonel; S. R. Johnston, to be lieutenant-colonel; E. T. D. Myers, John McCrady, A. H. Campbell, and John Johnson, to be majors; and E. E.
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Mason, O. Heinrichs, J. F. Lanneau, J. H. Toomer, and J. W. Glenn, to be captains of Engineer Corps; J. P. W. Read, to be lieutenant-colonel of artillery; and A. Meade Smith, to be major in the Subsistence Department, 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 do 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 (on the 3d instant) the nominations of James L. Corley, to be major in the Quartermaster-General's Department, Army of the Confederate States, and W. J. Armstrong, to be major in the Subsistence Department, Provisional Army of the Confederate States, reported, with the recommendation that said nominations be confirmed.
The Senate proceeded to consider said report; and in concurrence therewith, it was
Resolved, That the Senate do 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 (on the 9th instant) the nominations of W. H. Mauldin, S. M. H. Byrd, C. B. Gwathmey, F. P. Turner, J. B. Hill, H. T. Massingale, Richard Orme, Y. S. Patton, E. H. Janney, J. G. Blount, Benjamin E. Crane, S. M. Finger, W. C. Scott, and J. I. Middleton, to be majors in the Quartermaster's Department, and John L. McKinney, James Hancock, L. Doizé, and James A. Stansbury, to be captains and assistant commissaries, 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 do 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 (on the 13th instant) the nominations of James H. Whitner, to be captain, and Moses Hough, to be second lieutenant (for distinguished valor and skill), reported, with the recommendation that said nominations he confirmed.
The Senate proceeded to consider said report; and in concurrence therewith, it was
Resolved, That the Senate do 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 (on the 16th instant) the nominations of J. L. Brent, to be colonel of artillery; I. W. Avery, to be colonel; William L. Cook, to be lieutenant-colonel, and D. J. Owen, to be major of cavalry; C. S. Hart, to be major in the Quartermaster's Department; Walter Weir, to be assistant adjutant-general, with rank of captain; Henry B. Haynie, Benjamin F. Ward, Edward Miller, and Joseph W. Aken, to be surgeons; and Peter F. Scott, William V. Croxton, Thomas Wells, Alex. Tinsley, John Ligon, William S. Easley, Robert P. Myers, Robert D. Porter, Thomas W. Flagg, John P. Tallbott, Charles F. Butler, John A. Hamilton, Robert L. Knox, P. Willson, William P. Brewer, Jacob W. Summers, William J. Reeves, Alfred S. James, James A. Fogle, Thomas S. Lafitte, William H. Ford, Richard F.
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Sams, Jos. M. Dulin, William S. Stevens, William Alston, John J. Goodwyn, C. R. Smith, John W. Colson, John M. Weekly, John P. Peterson, Henry S. Orme, M. B. Johnson, E. L. Tillinghast, A. J. Burroughs, Thomas McCoy, A. E. McGarity, William W. Murray, William W. Fraser, P. H. E. Sloan, Charles Davant, E. M. Martin, William H. Mitchell, Robert W. Foster, and M. J. Nicholson, to be assistant surgeons, 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 do 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 (on the 23d instant) the nominations of M. G. Lumpkin, to be major in the Subsistence Department; John N. Logan, to be assistant commissary, with rank of captain; and N. Owings, to be assistant quartermaster, with 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 do 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 (on the 25th instant) the nominations of G. G. Dibrell, to be a brigadier-general; S. W. Davitte and Thomas F. Toon, to be colonels; George W. Shannon, C. G. Campbell, and W. A. Gilliam, to be lieutenant-colonels, and S. H. Wilds, John W. Rierson, W. S. Rowan, and J. F. Beall, to be majors, 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 do advise and consent to their appointment, agreeably to the nomination of the President.
On morton by Mr. Sparrow,
The Senate resolved into open legislative session.
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