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Journal of the Confederate Congress --THURSDAY, June 9, 1864.

Journal of the Congress of the Confederate States of America, 1861-1865 [Volume 4]
THURSDAY, June 9, 1864.

OPEN SESSION.

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

Mr. President: The Speaker of the House of Representatives having signed sundry enrolled bills, I am directed to bring them to the Senate for the signature of their President.

Mr. Walker, from the committee reported that they had examined and found truly enrolled bills of the following Cities:

• S. 34. An act to provide for the compensation of noncommissioned officers, soldiers, sailors, and marines on detailed service;
• S. 38. An act for the payment of commissioners appointed under the act entitled "An act to suspend the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus in certain cases," and to confer certain powers upon said commissioners;
• H. R. 106. An act to increase the compensation of the noncommissioned officers and privates of the Army of the Confederate States;
• H. R. 124. An act making appropriations for the postal service of the Confederate States for the year 1862 and 1863; and
• H. R. 134. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to establish a niter and mining bureau," approved April 22, 1863.

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.

The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the bill (H. R. 107) to amend the tax laws.

On motion by Mr. Barnwell, to reconsider the vote on agreeing to the following amendment proposal by Mr. Haynes, viz: At the end of the second section insert the following proviso:
Provided further, That all persons subject to taxation under the laws of the Confederate States who are citizens of any one of said States, and whose homes and property occupied, owned, and possessed by them at the commencement of the war, are now within the enemy's lines and not subject to their control or use, shall be exempted from the payment of all taxes imposed by said laws to the first day of May, eighteen hundred and sixty-four; except a tax of five per cent shall be assessed and levied upon all property, real, personal, and mixed, owned and held by said persons on the seventeenth of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and now under their control within the lines of the Confederate States; which property shall be assessed and taxed at the price paid for the same by the owner thereof,

It was determined in the affirmative.

The Senate proceeded to consider the said amendment; and

On motion by Mr. Haynes, to amend the amendment by inserting after "eighteen hundred and sixty-four," line 9, the words "on said property so within the enemy's lines,"

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It was determined in the affirmative.

On motion by Mr. Orr, to amend the proposed amendment by striking out all after "further," line 1, and inserting:
That all property within the enemy's lines be, and the same is hereby, exempted from all taxation so long as it remains in the enemy's lines,

It was determined in the affirmative.

The amendment as amended was then agreed to.

On motion by Mr. Simms, to reconsider the vote on agreeing to the following amendment proposed by Mr. Simms: Insert the following independent section:

• Sec. --. That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby required to appoint a State collector of taxes for the State of Kentucky, who shall be a bona fide citizen of said State, who shall have power, and whose duty it shall be, to assess and collect, in either one of the Confederate States, all taxes due and payable, or which may be hereafter due and payable, by any citizen of said State temporarily sojourning in any one of the Confederate States; and it shall be the duty of every such citizen, within thirty days from the passage of this act, to make a true return to the said State collector of all his property, real, personal, and mixed, within the military lines of the Confederate States, which tax shall he due and payable within thirty days thereafter; and in case of his or her failure or refusal so to do, he or she so failing or refusing shall he liable to all pains and penalties imposed in such cases by the laws of the Confederate States; and when any citizen of Kentucky shall, or may hereafter, make returns of his or her taxable property to any assessor or collector in any other State, and the tax has not been paid, it shall he the duty of such citizen to pay the same over to the collector of the said State of Kentucky, and take his receipt for the same, which receipt shall be in full satisfaction of the taxes so assessed and unpaid: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to change the law now regulating the collection of the tax in kind: And provided further, That no citizen of the said State of Kentucky who shall, within the periods herein prescribed, make due return of his taxable property and pay the tax assessed upon the same as herein provided, be in any manner liable as a delinquent under any law of the Confederate States,

It was determined in the affirmative.

The said amendment being again under consideration,

Mr. Simms, by unanimous consent, withdrew the same.

On motion by Mr. Simms, to amend the bill by inserting the following independent section:

• Sec. --. That all citizens of any one of the Confederate States temporarily residing in another State, shall be liable to the assessed and taxed in the State or district in which he may temporarily reside; and it shall be the duty of all such who have not heretofore made return of their taxable property to the district assessor where they may temporarily reside, within thirty days after the passage of this act, to make such return; and any one liable to be assessed and taxed as aforesaid, who shall fail or refuse, within the said period of thirty days, to make such return, shall be liable to all the pains and penalties imposed by the laws of the Confederate States in such case,

It was determined in the affirmative.

On motion by Mr. Simms, to reconsider the vote on agreeing to the following amendment proposed by Mr. Haynes, as amended, viz: At the end of the second section insert the following proviso:
Provided further, That all property within the enemy's lines be, and the same is hereby, exempted from all taxation so long as it remains in the enemy's lines,

It was determined in the negative,
• Yeas ... 9
• Nays ... 12

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,

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Messrs. Baker, Brown, Burnett, Haynes, Henry, Johnson of Missouri, Mitchel, Oldham, and Simms.

Those who voted in the negative are,

Messrs. Barnwell, Graham, Hill, Hunter, Jemison, Johnson of Georgia, Orr, Semmes, Sparrow, Walker, Watson, and Wigfall.

On motion by Mr. Sparrow, that the bill be recommitted to the Committee on Finance with instructions to report a bill with the following provisions:

• First. to so modify existing laws in regard to the tax on banking, railroad, canal, and other joint stock companies that the assets and property of every king of said institutions, less deposits of banks, shall be taxed, and also the value of the franchise of the bank, at the same rate and in the same way as if said assets and other property belonged to an individual.
• Second. That Treasury notes of the old issue of the denomination of five dollars, and which may remain outstanding on the first of January next, shall be taxed on that day erie hundred per cent,

It was determined in the affirmative,
• Yeas ... 11
• Nays ... 10

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. Burnett, Haynes, Henry, Hill, Johnson of Georgia, Johnson of Missouri, Mitchel, Oldham, Simms, Sparrow, and Wigfall.

Those who voted in the negative are,

Messrs. Baker, Barnwell, Brown, Graham, Hunter, Jemison, Orr, Semmes, Walker, and Watson.

So it was

Ordered, That the bill be recommitted to the Committee on Finance with instructions to report a bill with the following provisions:

• First. To so modify existing laws in regard to the tax on banking, railroad, canal, and other joint stock companies that the assets and property of every kind of said institutions, less deposits of banks, shall be taxed, and also the value of the franchise of the bank, at the same rate and in the same way as if said assets and other property belonged to an individual.
• Second. That Treasury notes of the old issue of the denomination of five dollars, and which may remain outstanding on the first of January next, shall be taxed on that day one hundred per cent.

The Senate proceeded to consider the motion submitted by Mr. Johnson of Arkansas yesterday, to reconsider the vote on passing the bill (S. 49) to authorize the manufacture of spirituous liquors for the use of the Army and hospitals; and

On motion by Mr. Simms,

Ordered, That the further consideration thereof be postponed until 8 o'clock p. m.

A message from the President of the Confederate States, by Mr. B. N. Harrison, his Secretary:

Mr. President: The President of the Confederate States, on the 7th instant, approved and signed the following acts:

• S. 13. An act to extend to the Navy and Marine Corps the provisions of the third section of an act to organize forces to serve during the war, approved February 17, 1864;
• S. 14. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to provide an invalid corps," approved February 17, 1864; and
• S. 31. An act to promote the efficiency of the cavalry of the Provisional Army, and to punish lawlessness and irregularities of any portions thereof.

The President on yesterday approved and signed an act (S. 4) to provide transportation in kind in certain cases to Members and Delegates in Congress.

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Ordered, That the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof.

On motion by Mr. Hill, to reconsider the vote on recommitting the bill (H. R. 107) to amend the tax laws to the Committee on Finance, with instructions to report a bill with the following provisions:

• First. To so modify existing laws in regard to the tax on banking, railroad, canal, and other joint stock companies that the assets and property of every kind of said institutions, less deposits of banks, shall be taxed, and also the value of the franchise of the bank, at the same rate and in the same way as if said assets and other property belonged to an individual.
• Second. That, Treasury notes of the old issue of the denomination of five dollars, and which may remain outstanding on the first of January next, shall be taxed on that day one hundred per cent,

It was determined in the affirmative,
• Yeas ... 11
• Nays ... 10

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. Baker, Barnwell, Graham, Hill, Hunter, Jemison, Johnson of Georgia, Orr, Semmes, Walker, and Watson.

Those who voted in the negative are,

Messrs. Brown, Burnett, Haynes, Henry, Johnson of Arkansas, Mitchel, Oldham, Simms, Sparrow, and Wigfall.

So the vote on recommitting the bill was reconsidered.

The question then recurred on the motion submitted by Mr. Sparrow, to recommit the bill to the Committee on Finance with certain instructions;

And being put,

It was determined in the negative,
• Yeas ... 9
• Nays ... 12

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, Burnett, Haynes, Henry, Mitchel, Oldham, Simms, Sparrow, and Wigfall.

Those who voted in the negative are,

Messrs. Baker, Barnwell, Graham, Hill, Hunter, Jemison, Johnson of Georgia, Johnson of Arkansas, Orr, Semmes, Walker, and Watson.

So the Senate refused to recommit the bill.

No further amendment being made, the bill was reported to the Senate and the amendments were concurred in.

Ordered, That the amendments be engrossed and the bill read a third time.

The said bill as amended wits read the, third time.

On the question,

Shall the bill now pass?

It was determined in the affirmative,
• Yeas ... 13
• Nays ... 9

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. Baker, Barnwell, Brown, Graham, Hill, Hunter, Jemison, Johnson of Georgia, Orr, Semmes, Simms, Walker, and Watson.

Those who voted in the negative are,

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Messrs. Burnett, Haynes, Henry, Johnson of Arkansas, Johnson of Missouri, Mitchel, Oldham, Sparrow, and Wigfall.

So it was

Resolved, That the bill pass with amendments.

Ordered, That the Secretary request the concurrence of the House of Representatives in the amendments.

Mr. Haynes presented the memorial of J. S. Dawson, late colonel of the Forty-sixth Tennessee Regiment, praying that he may be restored to his rank, pay, and command; which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

On motion by Mr. Johnson of Arkansas.

The Senate resolved into executive session.

The doors having been opened,

Mr. Barnwell, from the Committee on Finance. to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 152) to amend the first section of an act entitled "An act to organize the clerical force of the Treasury Department," approved February 13, 1862, reported it with the recommendation that it ought not to pass.

Mr. Barnwell, from the Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 153) to amend an act entitled "An act for the relief of taxpayers in certain cases," approved February 13, 1864, reported it with an amendment.

The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the said bill; and the reported amendment having been agreed to, the bill was reported to the Senate and the amendment was concurred in.

Ordered, That the amendment be engrossed and the bill read a third time.

The said bill as amended was read the third time.

Resolved, That it pass with an amendment.

Ordered, That the Secretary request the concurrence of the House of Representatives in the amendment.

Mr. Barnwell, from the Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 150) concerning the salary of the Treasurer, reported it without amendment.

The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the said bill; and no amendment being proposed, it was reported to the Senate.

Ordered, That it pass to a third reading.

The said bill was read the third time.

Resolved, That it pass.

Ordered, That the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof.

Mr. Barnwell, from the Committee on Finance, reported

A bill (S. 74) to increase the salary of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs;
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.

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Ordered, That the Secretary request the concurrence of the House of Representatives therein.

Mr. Mitchel (by leave) introduced

A bill (S. 76) to authorize the appointment of additional officers of artillery for ordnance duties;
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.

On motion by Mr. Barnwell,

Ordered, That the Committee on Finance be discharged from the further consideration of the bill (S. 74) to increase the salary of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs.

Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 112) to amend an act to organize forces to serve during the war, approved 17th February, 1864, reported it without amendment.

The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the said bill; and having been amended on the motion of Mr. Walker, the bill was reported to the Senate and the amendment wits concurred in.

Ordered, That the amendment be engrossed and the bill read a third time.

The said bill as amended was read the third time.

Resolved, That it pass with an amendment.

Ordered, That the Secretary request the concurrence of the House of Representatives in the amendment.

Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the joint resolution (H. R. 13) to allow sick and wounded officers of the Army transportation to their homes, and hospital accommodations, reported it without amendment.

The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the said resolution; and no amendment being proposed, 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.

The hour of half past 3 o'clock having arrived,

The Senate took a recess until 8 o'clock p. m.

8 O'CLOCK P. M.

The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the bill (H. R. 148) to raise money to increase the pay of soldiers.

On motion by Mr. Johnson of Arkansas, that the bill be recommitted to the Committee on Finance with instructions to report a bill repealing all parts of every act passed at this session whereby any

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increase of salary or compensation shall have been made, with a view to restore our current expenditures to the rates and the terms at which they stood at the termination of the first Congress of the Confederate States of America,

It was determined in the negative,
• Yeas ... 3
• Nays ... 14

On motion by Mr. Johnson of Arkansas,

The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present,

Those who voted in the affirmative are,

Messrs. Hunter, Johnson of Arkansas, and Orr.

Those who voted in the negative are,

Messrs. Barnwell, Burnett, Graham, Haynes, Henry, Hill, Jemison, Johnson of Georgia, Semmes, Sparrow, Walker, Watson, and Wigfall.

So the Senate refused to recommit the bill.

No amendment being proposed, the bill was reported to the Senate.

On the question,

Shall the bill be read a third time?

It was determined in the affirmative,
• Yeas ... 14
• Nays ... 6

On motion by Mr. Johnson of Arkansas.

The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present,

Those who voted in the affirmative are,

Messrs. Baker, Barnwell, Burnett, Haynes, Henry, Hill, Jemison, Johnson of Georgia, Johnson of Missouri, Oldham, Semmes, Sparrow, Walker, and Wigfall.

Those who voted in the negative are,

Messrs. Brown, Graham, Hunter, Johnson of Arkansas, Orr, and Watson.

So it was

Ordered, That the bill pass to a third reading.

The said bill was read the third time.

On the question,

Shall the bill now pass?

It was determined in the affirmative,
• Yeas ... 14
• Nays ... 6

On motion by Mr. Johnson of Arkansas,

The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present,

Those who voted in the affirmative are,

Messrs. Baker, Barnwell, Burnett, Haynes, Henry, Hill, Jemison, Johnson of Georgia, Johnson of Missouri, Oldham, Semmes, Sparrow, Walker, and Wigfall.

Those who voted in the negative are,

Messrs. Brown, Graham, Hunter, Johnson of Arkansas, Orr, and Watson.

So it was

Resolved, That this bill pass.

Ordered, That the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof.

Mr. Graham (by leave) introduced

A bill (S. 77) to amend an act entitled "An act to reduce the currency and to authorize a new issue of notes and bonds," approved February 17, 1864; which was read the first and second times and considered as in Committee

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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. Jemison (by leave) introduced

A bill (S. 78) relating to the issuing of certificates of indebtedness by the Government of the Confederate States; which was read the first and second times and considered as in Committee of the Whole.

On motion by Mr. Semmes, to amend the bill by inserting at the end of the first section the following proviso:
Provided further, That such certificate of indebtedness may be issued for the whole claim of the creditor, if he prefers the same to partial payment in Treasury notes,

It was determined in the affirmative.

On motion by Mr. Hill, to amend the bill by striking out "due or," section 1, line 3,

It was determined in the affirmative.

On motion by Mr. Hill, to amend the bill by striking out "received," section 1, line 3, and inserting "receivable in like manner as Treasury notes,"

It was determined in the affirmative.

On motion by Mr. Barnwell, to amend the bill by striking out the second section, as follows:

• Sec. 2. That the certificate of indebtedness authorized by the first section of this act shall be receivable in like manner as Treasury notes for any bonds of the Confederate States which may be sold by the Secretary of the Treasury or under his authority,

It was determined in the negative.

No further amendment being made, the bill was reported to the Senate and the amendments were concurred in.

Ordered, That the bill be engrossed and read a third time.

The said bill was read the third time.

On the question, Shall the bill now pass?

It was determined in the affirmative,
• Yeas ... 16
• Nays ... 2

On motion by Mr. Oldham,

The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present,

Those, who voted in the affirmative are,

Messrs. Barnwell, Burnett, Graham, Henry, Hill, Hunter, Jemison, Johnson of Georgia, Johnson of Missouri, Mitchel, Orr, Semmes, Sparrow, Walker, Watson, and Wigfall.

Those, who voted in the negative are,

Messrs. Haynes and Oldham.

So it was

Resolved, That this bill pass, and that the title thereof be as aforesaid.

Ordered, That the Secretary request the concurrence of the House of Representatives therein.

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Mr. Graham submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:

Resolved, That the compensation of the Sergeant-at-Arms and the Assistant Secretary of the Senate shall be increased twelve and one-half per cent; that the compensation of the Journal Clerk and the Engrossing Clerk shall be increased fifty per cent; that the compensation of the Doorkeeper shall be increased thirty-three and one-third per cent; and that the compensation of the Assistant Doorkeeper shall be increased sixteen and two-thirds per cent; in each case for the period of one year, and that the increase be paid out of the contingent fund of the Senate.

On motion by Mr. Hill,

The Senate resolved into secret legislative session.

The doors having been opened,

On motion by Mr. Walker,

Ordered, That when the Senate adjourn it be to 10 o'clock a. m. to-morrow.

On motion by Mr. Walker,

The Senate adjourned.

SECRET SESSION.

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

Mr. President: The House of Representatives have passed the bill of the Senate (S. 67) to organize a corps of scouts and guards to facilitate communication with the Trans-Mississippi Department.

The Speaker of the House of Representatives having signed two enrolled bills, I am directed to bring them to the Senate for the signature of their President.

Mr. Walker, from the committee, reported that they had examined and found truly enrolled bills of the following titles:

• S. 67. An act to organize a corps of scouts and guards to facilitate communication with the Trans-Mississippi Department; and
• H. R. 133. An act making appropriations for the redemption of the seven per cent foreign loan authorized by act of Congress approved 29th January, 1863.

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.

The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the joint resolution (S. 10) in relation to the opening of negotiations for peace between the Confederate States and the United States; and

On motion by Mr. Orr,

Ordered, That the further consideration thereof be postponed until 8 o'clock p. m.

On motion by Mr. Barnwell,

The Senate resolved into open legislative Session. Having again resolved into secret legislative session,

The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the joint resolution (S. 13) declaring the dispositions, principles, and purposes of the Confederate State in relation to the existing war with the United States; and

On motion by Mr. Walker,

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Ordered, That the further consideration of the resolution be postponed to and made the special order for to-morrow at 11 o'clock.

On motion by Mr. Semmes,

The Senate resolved into open legislative session.

EXECUTIVE SESSION.

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

Confederate States of America, Executive Department,
Richmond, June 7, 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, being part of the nominations made at these last session of the Senate for confirmation, and which were postponed until after its adjournment.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

No. 37.]Confederate States of America, War Department,
Richmond, June 3, 1864.

Sir: I have the honor to recommend the following nominations for appointment in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America, being appointments for which nominations were made at the last session of the Senate and by it postponed:

ARTILLERY OFFICERS, FOR ORDNANCE DUTY, UNDER ACTS APPROVED APRIL 21, 1862, AND SEPTEMBER 16, 1862.
• Majors.
  • P. B. Stanard, of Virginia, to take rank from June 18, 1863.
  • Henry Myers, of Alabama, to take rank from June 18, 1863.
  • E. B. Smith, of Virginia, to take rank from June 18, 1863.
  • J. T. Trezevant, of Mississippi, to take rank from June, 18, 1863.
  • T. M. Bowyer, of Virginia, to take rank from June 18, 1863.
  • R. Milton Cary, of Virginia, to take rank from June 18, 1863.
• Captains.
  • W. C. Duxbury, of Alabama, to take rank from May 26, 1863.
  • W. D. Harden, of Georgia, to take rank from June 18, 1863.
  • Thaddeus A. Smith, of Alabama, to take rank from June 18, 1863.
  • J. Wilcox Brown, of Virginia, to take rank from May 2, 1863.
  • J. C. Little, of Virginia, to take rank from May 2, 1863.
  • Charles Grattan, of Virginia, to take rank from May 2, 1863.
  • W. Latham, of Louisiana, to take rank from May 2, 1863.
  • James Dinwiddie, of Virginia to take rank from May 2, 1863.
  • James M. Boyd, of Virginia, to take rank from May 2, 1863.
  • C. C. Pinckney, of South Carolina, to take rank from May 2, 1863.
  • John M. Gregory, of Virginia, to take rank from May 2, 1863.
  • Thomas W. Pierce, of North Carolina, to take rank from May 2, 1863.
  • James G. Clark, of District of Columbia, to take rank from May 2, 1863.
  • C. L. C. Minor, of Virginia, to take rank from May 2, 1863.
  • Henry Seabrook, of South Carolina, to take rank from May 2, 1863.
  • Leonidas Points, of Virginia, to take rank from May 2, 1863.
  • W. N. McDonald, of Kentucky, to take rank from May 2, 1863.
  • George Little, of Alabama, to take rank from May 2, 1863.
  • C. F. Vanderford, of Missouri, to take rank from May 2, 1863.
  • L. R. Evans, of Texas, to take rank from May 2, 1863.
  • W. H. Warren, of Tennessee, to take rank from May 2, 1863.
• First lieutenants.
  • Jas. C. Calhoun, of South Carolina, to take rank from May 2, 1863.
  • John F. Porteous, of South Carolina, to take rank from May 2, 1863.
  • John Forrest, of South Carolina, to take rank from May 2, 1863.

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  • R. E. Baker, of Mississippi, to fake rank from May 2, 1863.
  • H. S. Cunningham, of Georgia, to take rank from May 2, 1863.
  • James N. Brickell, of Louisiana, to take rank from May 2, 1863.
  • James H. George, of Alabama, to take rank front May 2, 1863.
  • E. C. Robbins, of Missouri, to take rank from May 2, 1863.
  • M. C. Burke, of Alabama, to take rank from May 2, 1863.
  • W. A. Parker, of Alabama, to take rank from May 2, 1863.
  • R. V. Booth, of Mississippi, to take rank from May 2, 1863.
  • S. H. Coleman, of Tennessee, to take rank from May 2, 1863.
  • George H. King, of Georgia, to take rank from May 2, 1863.
  • J. W. Stewart, of Tennessee, to take rank from May 2, 1863.
  • James E. Webb, of Alabama, to take rank from May 2, 1863.
  • Horace E. Ross, of Tennessee, to take rank from May 2, 1863.
  • Bradford Nichol, of Tennessee, to take rank from May 2, 1863.
  • W. Thurmond, of Mississippi, to take rank from May 2, 1863.
• Second lieutenants.
  • B. L. Braselman, of Louisiana, to take rank from May 2, 1863.
  • H. H. Stevens, of Louisiana, to take rank from May 2, 1863.
  • C. N. Featherston, of Georgia, to take rank from May 2, 1863.
  • R. Crawford, of Alabama, to take rank from May 2, 1863.
  • C. G. Ramsay, of Alabama, to take rank from May 2, 1863.
  • Thomas M. Deane, of Louisiana, to take rank from May 2, 1863.
  • H. L. Bedford, of Tennessee, to take rank from May 2, 1863.
  • O. F. Bledsoe, of Mississippi, to take rank from May 2, 1863.
  • L. W. Broocks, of Texas, to take rank from May 2, 1863.
  • C. Compton, of Georgia, to take rank from May 2, 1863.
  • W. C. Nelson, of Mississippi, to take rank from May 2, 1863.
  • L. W. McGruder, of Mississippi, to take rank from May 2, 1863.
  • W. C. Douglass, of Florida, to take rank from May 2, 1863.
  • M. S. Cockrill, of Tennessee, to take rank from May 2, 1863.
  • Thomas M. Jones, of Tennessee, to take rank from May 2, 1863.
  • F. M. Colston, of--, to take rank from May 2, 1863.
  • And, C. Trippe, of Maryland, to take rank from May 2, 1863.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.

To His Excellency Jefferson Davis,
President, etc.

Confederate States of America, Executive Department,
Richmond, June 8, 1864.

To the Senate of the Confederate States:

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

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

No. 44.]Confederate States of America, War Department,
Richmond, June 6, 1864.

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

Colonels.
• George Flournoy, of Texas, to be colonel Sixteenth Texas Regiment (formed by authority of Brigadier-General Hébert and approved by the Secretary of War), to rank from April 25, 1862.
• D. Howard Smith, of Kentucky, to be colonel Fifth Kentucky Cavalry Regiment (formed by authority of Gen. E. K. Smith, and approved by the Secretary of War), to rank from September 2, 1862.
• B. H. Rutledge, of South Carolina, to be colonel Fourth South Carolina Cavalry Regiment, to rank from December 16, 1862.
• J. B. Biffle, of Tennessee, to be colonel Nineteenth Tennessee Cavalry Regiment (formed of independent companies), to rank from October 3, 1862.
• J. G. Coltart, of Alabama, to be colonel Fiftieth Alabama Regiment (formed of independent companies and the Seventh Alabama Regiment. Company C was originally

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  assigned by General Bragg, but being contested the commission issues for the first time), to rank from April 16, 1862.

• G. N. Folk of North Carolina, to be colonel Sixty-fifth North Carolina Regiment (formed by the consolidation of the Seventh and Fifth North Carolina battalions), to rank from August 3, 1863.
• C. A. Sugg, of Tennessee, to be colonel Fiftieth Tennessee Regiment (formed by consolidation of the old Fiftieth Tennessee Regiment and First Tennessee Battalion), to rank from February 24, 1864.

Lieutenant-colonels.
• Arthur Hood, of Georgia, to be lieutenant-colonel Twenty-ninth Georgia Cavalry Battalion (battalion increased to over six companies), to rank from December 10, 1863.
• W. H. Redwood, of Texas, to be lieutenant-colonel Sixteenth Texas Regiment (see explanation under nomination of Colonel Flournoy), to rank from September 1, 1863.
• William Stokes, of South Carolina, to be lieutenant-colonel Fourth South Carolina Cavalry Regiment, to rank from December 16, 1862.
• Alf. H. Baird, of North Carolina, to be lieutenant-colonel Sixty-fifth North Carolina Regiment (see explanation under nomination of Colonel Folk), to rank from August 3, 1863.
• L. H. Hill, of Alabama, to be lieutenant-colonel Sixty-first Alabama Regiment. (Nine companies were organized at the date this officer (as well as the major) takes his rank, under the style of the Sixty-first Alabama Regiment; one company was added April 11, 1864, which made it a complete regiment, the colonel's commission dating from that time), to rank from May 2, 1863.
• S. H. Colms, of Tennessee, to be lieutenant-colonel Fiftieth Tennessee Regiment (see explanation under nomination of Colonel Sugg), to rank from February 24, 1864.

Majors.
• C. H. Camfield, of Georgia, to be major Twenty-ninth Georgia Cavalry Battalion see explanation under Lieutenant-Colonel Hood's nomination), to rank from December 10, 1863.
• X. B. Saunders, of Texas, to be major Sixteenth Texas Cavalry Regiment (see explanation under Colonel Flournoy's nomination), to rank from September l, 1863.
• W. P. Emanuel, of South Carolina, to be major Fourth South Carolina Cavalry Regiment, to rank from December 16 1862.
• John J. Spann, of North Carolina, to be major Sixty-fifth North Carolina Regiment (see explanation under Colonel Folk's nomination), to rank from August 3, 1863.
• William E. Pinckard, of Alabama, to be major Sixty-first Alabama Regiment (see explanation under Lieutenant-Colonel Hill's nomination), to rank from May 2, 1863.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.

To His Excellency Jefferson Davis,
President, etc.

Confederate States of America, Executive Department,
Richmond, June 6, 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. 45.]Confederate States of America, War Department,
Richmond, June 6, 1864.

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

Colonel.
• A. C. Haskell, of South Carolina, to be colonel Seventh South Carolina Cavalry Regiment, to rank front April 20, 1864.

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Lieutenant-colonel.
• Capt. I. G. McKissick, of South Carolina, to be lieutenant-colonel Seventh South Carolina Cavalry Regiment, to rank from April 20, 1864.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.

To His Excellency Jefferson Davis,
President, etc.

Confederate States of America, Executive Department,
Richmond, June 8, 1864.

To the Senate of the Confederate States:

Agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of War, I nominate N. P. Trist, of Louisiana, as aid-de-camp to Brig. Gen. Allen Thomas, with rank of first lieutenant in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

Confederate States of America, War Department,
Richmond, June 6, 1864.

Sir: I have the honor to recommend the nomination of N. P. Trist, of Louisiana, as aid-de-camp to Brig. Gen. Allen Thomas, with rank of first lieutenant in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America (an original vacancy), to date from June 5, 1864.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.

To His Excellency Jefferson Davis,
President, etc.

Richmond, Va., June 8, 1864.

To the Senate and House of Representatives:

I herewith transmit a communication from the Secretary of War, covering copies of additional reports of military operations during the year 1863.

It is suggested that these papers are intended to be used for the information of the members of Congress, and that their publication at thin time is unadvisable.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

The messages were read.

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

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

Richmond, Va., June 8, 1864

To the Senate of the Confederate States:

Agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of the Treasury, I hereby nominate W. Y. Leitch, to be assistant treasurer at Charleston.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

Treasury Department, Confederate States of America,
Richmond, June 8, 1864.

His Excellency the President.

Sir: I have the honor to recommend the appointment of W. Y. Leitch, esq., as assistant treasurer at Charleston.

Respectfully,C. G. MEMMINGER,
Secretary of Treasury.

The message was read.

Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

Richmond, Va., June 8, 1864.

To the Senate of the Confederate States:

Agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of the Navy, I hereby nominate the person named upon the annexed list to the office designated.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

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Confederate States of America, Navy Department,
Richmond, June 6, 1864.

The President.

Sir: I have the honor to recommend the following nomination for promotion in the Provisional Navy for gallant and meritorious conduct:

Commander.
• First Lieut. John McI. Kell, of Georgia, for gallant and meritorious conduct as first lieutenant and executive officer of the Confederate States steam sloops Sumter and Alabama, to rank from the 4th day of October, 1863.

I am, respectfully, your obedient servant,S. R. MALLORY,
Secretary of the Navy.

To the Senate of the Confederate States:

Agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of the Navy, I hereby nominate the person named upon the annexed list for the office designated.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

Richmond, Va., June 8, 1864.

Confederate States of America, Navy Department,
Richmond, June 7, 1864.

The President.

Sir: I have the honor to recommend the following nomination for appointment in the Provisional Navy:

Assistant paymaster.
• Charles G. Pearson, of Florida.

I am, respectfully, your obedient servant,S. R. MALLORY,
Secretary of the Navy.

To the Senate of the Confederate States:

Agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of the Navy, I hereby nominate the persons named upon the annexed list to the offices designated.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

Richmond, Va., June 8, 1864.

Navy Department, Confederate States,
Richmond, Va., June 4, 1864.

The President.

Sir: I have the honor to recommend the following nominations for promotion in the Provisional Navy for gallant and meritorious conduct:

Captain.
• Commander James W. Cooke, of North Carolina, for gallant and meritorious conduct in command of the ironclad steam sloop Albemarle on the 19th, 20th, and 21st of April, 1864, in attacking the enemy's ships and batteries, and in cooperation with the army in the capture of the town of Plymouth, N. C., and in the action of the 5th of May, 1864, between the sloop Albemarle under his command and nine of the enemy's gunboats in Albemarle Sound.

Commander.
• First Lieut. Hunter Davidson, of Virginia, for gallant and meritorious conduct in command of the torpedo boat Squib in passing through the enemy's fleet off Newport News on the night of the 9th of April, 1864, and attacking the steam frigate Minnesota.

Chief engineer.
• First Asst. Engineer Henry X. Wright, of Virginia, for gallant and meritorious conduct as the engineer officer of the torpedo steamer Squib in the attack upon the Minnesota on the night of the 9th of April, 1864, under the command of Lieut. Hunter Davidson.

I am, respectfully, your obedient servant,S. R. MALLORY
Secretary of the Navy.

The messages were read.

Ordered, That they be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

Mr. Brown, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom were referred (on the 7th instant) the nominations of J. Du Bose Roberts, to

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be second lieutenant in the Marine Corps. and of William A. Hearne, to be assistant paymaster in the Provisional Navy, reported with the recommendation that all of said nominations be confirmed.

The Senate proceeded to the consideration of 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 were referred the nominations of W. H. F. Lee, to be major-general; R. C. Tyler, R. L. Page, James Chesnut, W. W. Allen, and John Bratton, to be brigadier-generals; M. L. Stansel, to be colonel; James Gardner, T. G. Trimmier, A Haynes, W. H. Campbell to be lieutenant-colonels; W. S. Wallace, L. T. Hudgings, E. S. Ready, John F. Andrews, O. M. Watkins, J. J. Daniel, to be majors; Maynard Gill, L. W. Farmer, John F. Tompkins, S. A. Ragland, W. C. Bourn, John M. Preston, F. S. White, S. H. Newberry, H. T. Coffee, H. W. Abernethy, James L. Clark, E. M. Clayton, B. B. Bower, George Fry, W. H. Bray, G. Dewson, Isham M. Blake, J. M. Footman, D. E. Maxwell, G. F. Robinson, Joseph H. Du Pont, Love E. Gilbert, J. F. Tucker, C. M. B. Thurmond, R. N. Thomas, J. A. Shaw, Thomas T. Slade, to be captains; T. A. Gatch, S. A. Willcoxen, C. S. Findley, R. G. Redwood, M. E. Brock, F. P. Fleming, R. F. Hart, R. K. Taylor, John W. Nash, F. T. Rice, E. H. Holton, James Reid, L. S. Warren, E. J. Williams, E. J. Bowen, J. N. Turner, and E. A. Williams, to be first lieutenants; O. S. Cohen, W. M. Mittag, John F. Toulmin, T. H. Davis, W. C. Wall, E. F. Cordell, P. A. Rutledge, John L. Boswell, H. F. Horne, George W. Dell, Nicholas W. Eppes, J. B. Corkern, D. B. Gorham, W. T. McJilton, Daniel McCarthy, A. W. Roberts, E. A. Carmouche, W. G. Hinson, C. T. Pollard, Horatio Davis, A. C. Massenburg, William Ayres, George Poindexter, C. C. Croxton, William Knox, John A. Cannon, M. T. Hutchinson, A. B. Barnett, G. A. Foote, P. W. Collins, and Cadet E. O. Sykes, to be second lieutenants; George Phifer, Augustus W. Belt, Frank L. Glover, Thomas F. Erskine, and A. J. Toutant, to be aids-de-camp, with the rank of first lieutenants; J. W. Tayloe, George C. Jones, D. B. L. Lowe, W. S. Robinson, J. H. Bell, to be adjutants, with the rank of first lieutenants; Charles H. Cawood, Edward S. Ruggles, and W. C. Schley, to be signal officers, with the rank of second lieutenants; Stephen Chalaron, to be first lieutenant Niter and Mining Corps, reported, with the recommendation that all of said nominations be confirmed.

The Senate proceeded to the consideration of 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.

The Senate proceeded to the consideration of the resolution submitted by Mr. Wigfall requesting the President of the Confederate States to reform the Senate whether any officers appointed under the Provisional Government, and not reappointed by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, are still discharging the duties of the offices to which they were originally appointed, and that he be also respectfully requested to furnish the names of such persons; and

On motion that the resolution be transferred to the Open Legislative Calendar,

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It was determined in the affirmative,
• Yeas ... 10
• Nays ... 9

On motion by Mr. Hill,

The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present,

Those who voted in the affirmative are,

Messrs. Graham, Haynes, Hunter, Johnson of Missouri, Oldham, err, Semmes, Walker, Watson, and Wigfall.

Those who voted in the negative are,

Messrs. Baker, Barnwell, Burnett, Henry, Hill, Jemison, Johnson of Georgia, Mitchel, and Sparrow.

So it was

Ordered, That the resolution be transferred to the Open Legislative Calendar.

On motion by Mr. Walker,

The Senate resolved into secret legislative session.

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