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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, May 16, 1864.
OPEN SESSION.
The President pro tempore announced, in conformity with the thirty-first rule of the Senate, the appointment of the following standing committee:
A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Dalton:
Mr. President: The House of Representatives have passed bills of the following titles; in which they request the concurrence of the Senate:
The Speaker of the House of Representatives having signed sundry enrolled joint resolutions, I am directed to bring them to the Senate for the signature of their President.
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On motion by Mr. Sparrow,
Ordered, That the Committee on Military Affairs be discharged from the further consideration of so much of the report of the Secretary of War as relates to Indian Affairs, together with the report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and that they be referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
On motion by Mr. Sparrow,
Ordered, That the Committee on Military Affairs be discharged from the further consideration of so much of the report of the Secretary of War as recommends that a rate exceeding one-tenth of the meat, wheat, rice, and the products of the sugar cane raised in the Confederate States, should be assessed and collected in kind, and that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.
On motion by Mr. Sparrow,
Ordered, That the Committee on Military Affairs be discharged from the further consideration of a resolution inquiring into the expediency of further legislation with a view of securing the return to their proper commands of deserters from the infantry who have enlisted and are now serving in the cavalry, etc.
On motion by Mr. Barnwell.
Ordered, That the Committee on Finance be discharged from the further consideration of the bill (S. 9) for the relief of Green T. Hill, and that it be referred to the Committee on Claims.
Mr. Watson, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the joint resolution (H. R. 3) providing for the appointment of a special committee of the Senate and House of Representatives on the subject of impressments, reported it without amendment.
The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the said resolution; and
On motion by Mr. Orr, to amend the resolution by striking out the title,
It was determined in the affirmative.
The resolution having been further amended, was agreed to as follows:
Resolved (the Senate concurring), That a special committee be appointed, of five members on the part of the House and three members on the part of the Senate, to whom all bills, resolutions, and memorials hereafter or already introduced in either House on the subject of impressment shall be referred.
Ordered, That the Secretary request the concurrence of the House of Representatives in the amendments.
On motion by Mr. Watson,
Ordered, That the Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from the further consideration of a resolution inquiring into the expediency of further legislation with a view to the prevention and punishment of illegal impressments, etc., and that it be referred to the Joint Committee on Impressments.
On motion by Mr. Sparrow,
Ordered, That the Committee on Military Affairs be discharged from the further consideration of so much of the report of the Secretary of War as relates to the proper mode of assessing the value of supplies for the Army which may be impressed, and that it be referred to the Joint Committee on Impressments.
The bills received this day from the House of Representatives for concurrence were severally read the first and second times; and
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Ordered, That the bill numbered 2 be referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and the bill numbered 92 to the Committee on Military Affairs.
The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the bill (S. 21) to amend an act entitled "An act to reduce the currency and to authorize a new issue of notes and bonds," approved 17th February, 1864.
On motion by Mr. Jemison, to amend the bill by inserting after "said," section 2, line 10, the words "four per cent."
It was determined in the affirmative.
On motion by Mr. Hill, to amend the bill by striking out the words "three dollars of old issues," in the eighth line of the third section, and inserting in lieu thereof the words "of Treasury notes of the old issue,"
It was determined in the affirmative.
On motion by Mr. Barnwell, to amend the bill by inserting at the end of the third section the following proviso:
Provided, That on and after the first day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, the authority to make the exchanges mentioned in this section shall cease and determine,
It was determined in the affirmative.
On motion by Mr. Simms, to amend the bill by striking out the fourth section, as follows:
On motion by Mr. Simms,
The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present,
Those who voted in the affirmative are,
Messrs. Dortch, Hill, Johnson of Arkansas, Johnson of Missouri, Mitchel, Oldham, Orr, Simms, and Wigfall.
Those who voted in the negative are,
Messrs. Baker, Barnwell, Brown, Graham, Hunter, Jemison, Maxwell, Sparrow, Walker, and Watson.
On motion by Mr. Barnwell, from the Committee on Finance, to amend the bill by inserting the following independent section:
It was determined in the affirmative.
On motion by Mr. Walker, to amend the bill by inserting at the end of the fifth section the words "and for purposes of payment herein authorized shall be transferable by delivery."
It was determined in the affirmative.
An amendment having been proposed to the bill by Mr. Graham,
After debate,
On motion by Mr. Hill,
Ordered, That the further consideration of the bill be postponed
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until to-morrow, and that the Secretary cause it to be printed, by contract or otherwise.
Mr. Dortch, from the committee, reported that they had examined and found truly enrolled joint resolutions of the following titles:
The President pro tempore having signed the 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. Sparrow.
The Senate resolved into executive session.
The doors having been opened,
On motion by Mr. Mitchel.
The Senate adjourned.
SECRET SESSION.
A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Dalton:
Mr. President: The House of Representatives have passed the joint resolution of the Senate (S. 6) to authorize the removal of the public archives and of the Executive Departments of the Government.
On motion by Mr. Johnson of Arkansas.
The Senate resolved into open legislative session.
EXECUTIVE SESSION.
Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom were referred (on the 10th instant) the nominations of J. W. Mallett, Thomas L. Bayne, William Allan, to be lieutenant-colonels; James Harding, jr., to be major; John S. Tucker, A. F. Pope, J. G. Reynolds, Daniel W. Sublett, R. W. Anderson, C. P. Estill, John M. Perry, F. W. Dawson, to be captains; R. Henry Glenn, E. Whitfield, C. D. Fishburne, G. F. Bason, T. B. Cabaniss, S. H. Starr, S. F. Fenney, J. L. Scales, to be first lieutenants; L. K. Sparrow and W. A. Edwards, to be second lieutenants, for ordnance duty, 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 was referred the nomination of D. H. Reynolds (under the act of October 13, 1862, to increase and regulate the appointment of general officers in the Provisional Army), to be brigadier-general, reported, with the recommendation that said nomination 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 his appointment, agreeably to the nomination of the President.
Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom were referred (on the 14th instant) the nominations of A. L. Rives, to be colonel; John J. Clarke, John A. Williams, and M. Meriwether, to be lieutenant-colonels; George B. Pickett, Conway R. Howard, William F. Foster, and Samuel R. Johnston, to be majors; F. Y. Dabney, Henry C. Force, D. G. Campbell, Henry J. Rogers, W. D. Stuart, W. G. Bender, J. W. Smith, G. H. Hazlehurst, C. M. Randolph, and F. Gardner, to be captains; L. A. Dade, D. E. Henderson, M. B. Grant, P. C. Johnson, J. M. Freret, E. A. Ford, H. B. Cozzens, T. R. Price, jr., W. M. Fairbanks, B. L. Blackford, F. R. R. Smith, J. M. Couper, D. W. Currie, George R. McRee, and James A. Corry, to be first lieutenants; E. J. White, H. M. Graves, John C. Gilmer, W. K. Park, F. M. Hall, M. M. Farrow, M. S Elliott, Charles McCalley, J. N. Turner, and G. H. Browne, to be second lieutenants, 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 the nomination of the President.
Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the nomination of Maj. Gen. Richard Taylor, to be lieutenant-general in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States, 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 submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:
Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary be instructed to inquire whether the nominations of officers sent by the President to the last or any previous session of the Senate, and which may have been continued or postponed by order of the Senate to this session of the Senate, are still before the Senate for its action.
On motion by Mr. Sparrow,
The Senate resolved into secret legislative session.
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