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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 --THURSDAY, November 24, 1864.
OPEN SESSION.
On motion by Mr. Walker,
Ordered, That the Hon. Robert Jemison have leave of absence from the sessions of the Senate until Thursday, the 1st day of December next.
Mr. Garland submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:
Resolved, That the Committee on Finance be instructed to inquire whether the act of June fourteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, providing for increase of compensation of the heads of the several Executive Departments and the Assistant Secretary of War and the Treasury and of the Assistant Attorney-General and the Comptroller of the Treasury and other officers therein named includes the special agents of the Post-Office Department; and if not, whether it is expedient to increase the compensation of such agents.
Mr. Maxwell submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:
Resolved, That the Committee on Naval Affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of allowing rations to warrant officers of the Navy serving on shore as in the case of commissioned officers, and also to the civil employees of the naval stations.
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Mr. Maxwell (by leave) introduced
A bill (S. 113) to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to remit the tax on Confederate bonds and interest-bearing notes in certain cases;
which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mr. Graham submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:
Resolved, That the Committee on Indian Affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of amending the act of May first, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, entitled "An act to provide for the payment of the interest on the removal and subsistence fund due to the Cherokee Indians in North Carolina," and that they report such amendments, if any, as may be deemed necessary to carry out the objects contemplated by said act.
Mr. Graham submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:
Resolved, That the President of the Confederate States be requested to communicate to the Senate a copy of the report of Lieutenant-General D. H. Hill of the operations of his command in the battle of Chickamauga.
Mr. Graham presented a memorial of the Society of Friends of the State of North Carolina, praying that certain persons who have been received into the membership of the society since the 11th day of October, 1862, may be exempted from military service; which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
Mr. Haynes (by leave) introduced
A bill (S. 114) to provide clothing for the commissioned officers of the armies of the Confederate States below the rank of brigadier-general in the field;
which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the bill (S. 109) to amend an act entitled "An act to increase the efficiency of the Army by the employment of free negroes and slaves in certain capacities," approved February 17, 1864; and
On motion by Mr. Caperton,
Ordered, That the further consideration thereof be postponed until to-morrow.
On motion by Mr. Sparrow,
Ordered, That the Hon. Henry C. Burnett have leave of absence from the sitting of the Senate to-day.
On motion by Mr. Maxwell,
The Senate resolved into secret legislative session.
The doors having been opened,
The following message was received from the President of the Confederate States, by Mr. B. N. Harrison, his Secretary:
Mr. President: The President of the Confederate States, on the 22d instant, approved and signed the following acts:
Ordered, That the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof.
On motion by Mr. Barnwell,
The Senate adjourned.
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SECRET SESSION.
On motion by Mr. Henry,
That the vote on passing the bill (S. 105) to authorize the exportation of cotton by the several States in payment for army and other supplies and cotton and wool cards be reconsidered,
On motion by Mr. Henry,
Ordered, That the further consideration thereof be postponed until to-morrow.
The following message was received from the President of the Confederate States, by Mr. B. N. Harrison, his Secretary:
Richmond, Va., November 24, 1864.
To the Senate of the Confederate States:
In response to your resolution of the 14th instant, adopted in secret session, I herewith transmit a communication from the Secretary of War, which conveys the information requested relative to the enlistment into our Army of prisoners of war who have taken the oath of allegiance to the Confederate States.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
The message was read.
Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
On motion by Mr. Sparrow,
The Senate resolved into executive session.
EXECUTIVE SESSION.
The following message was received from the President of the Confederate orates, by Mr. B. N. Harrison, his Secretary:
Executive Department, Confederate States of America,
Richmond, November 24, 1864.
To the Senate of the Confederate States:
Agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of War, I nominate Thomas D. Johnston, of North Carolina, to be assistant commissary, with rank of captain in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
No. 16.]War Department, Confederate States of America,
Richmond, November 22, 1864.
Sir: I have the honor to recommend the nomination of Thomas D. Johnston, of North Carolina, to be assistant commissary, with rank of captain in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America, for duty with Thomas' Legion (an original vacancy), to date from November 21, 1864.
I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,
JAMES 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.
On motion by Mr. Sparrow,
The Senate resolved rate open legislative session.
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