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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 --FRIDAY, November 25, 1864.
OPEN SESSION.
A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Dalton:
Mr. President: The House of Representatives have passed a bill and joint resolution of the following titles; in which they request the concurrence of the Senate:
And they move passed Senate bills of the following titles:
Mr. Hill submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:
Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary inquire into the necessity and expediency of reporting a bill increasing the salaries of the judges of the district courts of the Confederate States.
Mr. Simms submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:
Resolved, That a special committee of three be appointed, with instructions to inquire whether the price now paid for making clothing for the Army is sufficient compensation to those engaged in that business; and also whether the compensation allowed to females employed in the Ordnance Department is sufficient to enable such persons to purchase such supplies as may be necessary for their subsistence.
On motion by Mr. Orr,
Ordered, That the committee be appointed by the President pro tempore; and
Mr. Simms. Mr. Baker, and Mr. Graham were appointed.
Mr. Johnson of Missouri presented the petition of Thomas Weldon, praying the passage of a law allowing him compensation for the destruction of the United States gunboat Cairo, on the Yazoo River, on or about the 12th day of December, 1862; which was referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.
Mr. Graham submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:
Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary be instructed to inquire what legislation is necessary to cause to be made the enumeration of the people of the several Confederate States, according to the requirement of the Constitution, Article 1, section 2, clause 3.
Mr. Barnwell (by leave) introduced the following bills; which were severally read the, first and second times and referred to the Committee on Finance:
Mr. Caperton submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:
Resolved, That the Committee on Military Affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of providing by law for supplying Confederate citizens held as prisoners by the Government of the United States with the same amount of supplies as is furnished in other prisoners belonging to the service of the Confederate States Government.
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The President pro tempore laid before the Senate the memorial of the mayor and common council of the town of Fredericksburg, Va., praying the passage of a law exempting the citizens of said town from taxation by the Confederate States Government; which was referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mr. Semmes, from the Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the bill (S. 85) declaring four per cent bonds and certificates therefor receivable in payment of all taxes due and payable for the year 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,
On motion by Mr. Orr,
Ordered, That the further consideration of the bill be postponed until to-morrow.
On motion by Mr. Sparrow,
Ordered, That the Committee on Military Affairs be discharged from the further consideration of the following subjects:
A resolution inquiring into the expediency of extending the time within which it is now provided that the act entitled "An act for the establishment and payment of claims for a certain description of property taken or informally impressed for the use of the Army," shall cease and determine;
A resolution inquiring into the causes of the recent reverses sustained by the Confederate arms in the Valley of Virginia; and
A communication from P. O. Hooper, suggesting sundry measures for perfecting the organization of the Medical Department of the Army.
On motion by Mr. Sparrow, that the Committee on Military Affairs be discharged from the further consideration of the resolution submitted by Mr. Orr on the 15th instant, inquiring whether the late order, No. 77, Adjutant and Inspector General's Department, revoking the details of all men between 18 and 45, requires any modification by legislation to preserve the producing and industrial interests of the country,
On motion by Mr. Orr,
Ordered, That the further consideration thereof be postponed until to-morrow.
Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported
A bill (S. 117) to authorize the commanders of the reserves in each State to order general courts-martial and to revise the proceedings of courts-martial and military courts;
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. Orr submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:
Resolved, That the President of the Confederate States be requested to inform the Senate how many officers of the Army of the Confederate States have been tried under the acts of Congress "to punish drunkenness in the Army," and how many convictions have been had on such trials.
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The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, 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. Orr,
Ordered, That when the Senate adjourn it be to Monday next.
The bill (H. R. 189) and joint resolution (H. R. 19) received this day from the House of Representatives for concurrence were severally read the first and second times; and
Ordered, That the bill be referred to the Committee on Finance, and the joint resolution to the Committee on Military Affairs.
On motion by Mr. Watson,
The Senate resolved into secret legislative session.
The doors having been opened,
On motion by Mr. Maxwell,
The Senate adjourned.
SECRET SESSION.
The Senate proceeded to consider the motion submitted by Mr. Henry on yesterday to reconsider 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; and
The motion was disagreed to.
Mr. Caperton submitted the following resolution for consideration:
Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary be instructed to bring in a bill for the suspension of the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus, with the same provisions which were contained in the act approved the seventeenth day of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, entitled "An act to suspend the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus in certain cases."
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 21st and 24th instant) the nominations of James W. Terrell, to be assistant quartermaster, with rank of captain, and of Thomas D. Johnston, to be assistant commissary, with 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 advise and consent to their appointment, agreeably to the nomination of the President.
On motion by Mr. Sparrow,
The Senate resolved into open legislative session.
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