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Journal of the Confederate Congress --WEDNESDAY, May 25, 1864.

Journal of the Congress of the Confederate States of America, 1861-1865 [Volume 4]
WEDNESDAY, May 25, 1864.

OPEN SESSION.

Mr. Walker (by leave) introduced

A bill (S. 45) to explain and amend the law relating to impressments;
which was read the first and second times and referred to the Joint Committee on Impressments.

Mr. Jemison (by leave) introduced

A bill (S. 46) to create a department of foreign and interior supplies, and to regulate the collection of import and export duties;
which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Commerce.

The Senate proceeded to consider the motion submitted by Mr. Hill yesterday, to reconsider the vote on passing the bill (S. 35) concerning agents of the Press Association of the Confederate States; and

The motion was agreed to.

The Senate resumed the consideration of the said bill; and

On the question,

Shall the bill now pass?

It was determined in the negative.

So the bill was rejected.

On motion by Mr. Burnett,

Ordered, That the Committee on Claims be discharged from the further consideration of the memorial of Mylo N, Byington.

A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Dalton:

Mr. President: The President of the Confederate States has notified the House of Representatives that on the 23d instant he approved and signed the following acts and joint resolutions:

• H. R. 30. An act to authorize the appointment of commissaries for regiments of cavalry;
• H. R. 68. An act to exempt railroad companies from the payment of certain duties; H. R. 4. Joint resolution of thanks to Maj. Gen. N. B. Forrest and the officers and men of his command for their campaign in Mississippi, west Tennessee, and Kentucky;
• H. R. 5. Joint resolution authorizing the auditing of accounts of members for pay and mileage; and
• H. R. 6. Joint resolution requiring the Department of Justice to furnish the standing committees of the two Houses with printed copies of the acts of Congress.

The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the bill (S. 43) to regulate the pay of a general assigned to duty at the seat of government under the provisions of the act approved March 25, 1862; and

After debate,

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On motion by Mr. Burnett, that the further consideration of the bill be postponed until to-morrow,

It was determined in the negative.

After further debate,

On motion by Mr. Burnett,

Ordered, That the further consideration of the bill be postponed until to-morrow.

On motion by Mr. Dortch,

The Senate resolved into secret legislative session.

The doors having been opened,

On motion by Mr. Sparrow,

The Senate adjourned.

SECRET SESSION.

A message front the House of Representatives, by Mr. Dalton:

Mr. President: The Speaker of the House of Representatives having signed an enrolled bill and an enrolled joint resolution, I am directed to bring them to the Senate for the signature of their President.

Mr. Dortch, from the committee, reported that they had examined and found truly enrolled a bill and joint resolution of the following titles:

• S. 16. An act to fix the time for the assembling of the Congress at its next regular session, and to authorize the President to convene the Congress at any place other than the seat of government; and
• S. 6. Joint resolution to authorize the removal of the public archives and of the Executive Departments of the Government.

The President pro tempore having signed the enrolled bill and enrolled joint resolution 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.

EXECUTIVE SESSION.

The following messages were received from the President of the Confederate States, by Mr. B. N. Harrison, his Secretary:

Executive Department, Richmond, May 25, 1864.

To the Senate of the Confederate States:

Agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of War, I nominate the officers on the accompanying list to the rank affixed to their names, respectively.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

No. 20.]War Department, Richmond, May 25, 1864.

Sir: I have the honor to recommend the following nominations for appointment in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America:

Adjutants--first lieutenants.
• W. B. Goodlett, of Tennessee, to be adjutant One hundred and fifty-fourth Tennessee Regiment, vice Lieutenant Stovall, resigned, to rank from April 30, 1864.
• T. W. Alexander, of Georgia, to be adjutant Sixty-fifth Georgia Regiment, to rank from May 2, 1864.
• E. H. McCaleb, of Mississippi, to be adjutant Twelfth Mississippi Regiment, vice Lieutenant Capers, retired, to rank from May 2, 1864.

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• J. M. Browne, of Kentucky, to be adjutant Sixteenth Confederate Cavalry Regiment, vice Lieutenant Bate, promoted, to rank from February 19, 1864.
• Charles A. Webb, of Texas, to be adjutant Seventeenth Texas Cavalry Regiment, vice Lieutenant Shaw, died, to rank from March 4, 1864.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAS. A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.

To His Excellency Jefferson Davis,
President, etc.

The message was read.

Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

Executive Department, Richmond, May 25, 1864.

To the Senate of the Confederate States:

Agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of War, I nominate Col. S. J. Gholson, of Mississippi, to be a brigadier-general in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

War Department, Richmond, May 24, 1864.

Sir: I have the honor to recommend the nomination of Col. S. J. Gholson, of Mississippi, to be a brigadier-general in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America, to take rank from May 6, 1864.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,J. A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.

To His Excellency Jefferson Davis,
President, etc.

The message was read.

Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

Executive Department, Richmond, May 25, 1864.

To the Senate of the Confederate States:

Agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of War, I nominate the officers on the accompanying list to the rank affixed to their names, respectively.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

No. 19.]War Department, Richmond, May 24, 1864.

Sir: I have the honor to recommend the following nominations for promotion in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America:

Colonels.
• Lieut. Col. A. S. Norwood, of Louisiana, to be colonel Twenty-seventh Louisiana Regiment, vice Colonel Marks, died, to rank from September 23, 1863.
• Lieut. Col. G. McD. Miller, of South Carolina, to be colonel First South Carolina Rifle Regiment, vice Colonel Harrison, retired, to rank from April 7, 1864.
• Lieut. Col. J. M. French, of Virginia, to be colonel Sixty-third Virginia Regiment, vice Colonel McMahon, resigned, to rank from April 4, 1864.
• Lieut. Col. John C. Fiser, of Mississippi, to be colonel Seventeenth Mississippi Regiment, vice Colonel Holder, resigned, to rank from February 12, 1864.
• Lieut. Col. J. A. Minter, of Alabama, to be colonel Fifty-fifth Alabama Regiment, vice Col. A. Baker, promoted, to rank from March 5, 1864.
• Lieut. Col. J. R. Cabell, of Virginia, to be colonel Thirty-eighth Virginia Regiment, vice Colonel Whittle, appointed to military court, to rank from November 15, 1863.
• Lieut. Col. A. Spengler, of Virginia, to be colonel Thirty-third Virginia Regiment, vice Colonel Holliday, retired, to rank from March 21, 1864.

Lieutenant-colonels.
• Maj. W. M. Hadden, of South Carolina, to be lieutenant-colonel First South Carolina Rifle Regiment, vive Lieutenant-Colonel Miller, promoted, to rank from April 7, 1864.
• Maj. T. E. Upshaw, of Virginia, to be lieutenant-colonel Thirteenth Virginia Cavalry Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Phillips, promoted, to rank from December 19, 1863.

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• Maj. D. B. Lang, of Virginia, to be lieutenant-colonel Sixty-second Virginia Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Doyle, resigned, to rank from November 10, 1863.
• Maj. George K. Griggs, of Virginia, to be lieutenant-colonel Thirty-eighth Virginia Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Cabell, promoted, to rank from November 15, 1863.
• Maj. James Dickey, of Georgia, to be lieutenant-colonel Fifty-first Georgia Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony, resigned, to rank from January 14, 1864.
• Maj. C. H. Lynch, of Virginia, to be lieutenant-colonel Sixty-third Virginia Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel French, promoted, to rank from April 4, 1864.
• Maj. George Huston, of Virginia, to be lieutenant-colonel Thirty-third Virginia Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Spengler, promoted, to rank from March 21, 1864.

Majors.
• Capt. B. F. Winfield, of Virginia, to be major Thirteenth Virginia Cavalry Regiment, vice Major Upshaw, promoted, to rank from December 19, 1863.
• Capt. Houston Hall, of Virginia, to be major, Sixty-second Virginia Regiment, vice Major Lang, promoted, to rank from November 10, 1863.
• Capt. H. L. Lee, of Virginia, to be major Thirty-eighth Virginia Regiment, vice Major Griggs, promoted, to rank from November 15, 1863.
• Capt. J. B. Golladay, of Virginia, to be major Thirty-third Virginia Regiment, vice Major Huston, promoted, to rank from March 21, 1864.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,J. A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.

To His Excellency Jefferson Davis,
President, etc.

The message was read.

Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

Executive Department, Richmond, May 25, 1864.

To the Senate of the Confederate States:

Agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of War, I nominate Bennett Clark, of Missouri, to be military storekeeper of ordnance, with rank, etc., of first lieutenant of infantry in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

War Department, Richmond, May 24, 1864.

Sir: I have the honor to recommend the nomination of Bennett Clark, of Missouri, to be military storekeeper of ordnance, with the rank, etc., of first lieutenant of infantry in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States, vice Lieut. F. P. Buckner, resigned, to date from March 2, 1864.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,J. A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.

To His Excellency Jefferson Davis,
President, etc.

The message was read.

Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

Executive Department, Richmond, May 25, 1864.

To the Senate of the Confederate States:

Agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of War, I nominate the officers on the accompanying list to the rank affixed to their names, respectively.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

No. 18.]War Department, Richmond, May 24, 1864.

Sir: I have the honor to recommend the following nominations for appointment in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America:

Brigadier-general.
• Col. Stephen Elliott, jr., of South Carolina, to take rank from May 24, 1864.

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Aids-de-Camp--first lieutenants.
• Edward J. Black, of South Carolina, to take rank from April 28, 1864.
• J. W. Hayne, of South Carolina, to take rank from May 18, 1864.
• W. P. A. Murray, of Mississippi, to take rank from confirmation.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,

J. A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.

To His Excellency Jefferson Davis,
President, etc.

The message was read.

Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

The Senate proceeded to consider the motion submitted by Mr. Mitchel on yesterday, to reconsider the vote on agreeing to the resolutions submitted by Mr. Hill, from the Committee on the Judiciary (on the 23d instant), in relation to nominations continued or postponed from one session of the Senate to another: and

On the question to agree thereto,

It was decided in the affirmative,
• Yeas ... 9
• Nays ... 8

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. Brown, Caperton, Graham, Hill, Hunter, Johnson of Georgia, Johnson of Missouri, Maxwell, and Mitchel.

Those who voted in the negative are,

Messrs. Barnwell, Burnett, Jemison, Orr, Semmes, Sparrow, Walker, and Watson.

So the resolutions were reconsidered.

On motion by Mr. Graham, that the resolutions be laid upon the table,

On motion by Mr. Sparrow,

The Senate resolved into open legislative session.

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