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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, December 1, 1864.
OPEN SESSION.
Mr. Walker (by leave) introduced
A bill (S. 123) to regulate the compensation and mileage of members of Congress during the second year of the Second Congress;
which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mr. Johnson of Georgia (by leave) introduced
A bill (S. 124) to amend the several acts now of force on the subject of impressments, and to define what is "just compensation;"
which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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On motion by Mr. Burnett, that the Committee on Claims be discharged from the further consideration of the petition of J. Rodgers and twenty-seven others,
On motion by Mr. Watson,
Ordered, That the further consideration thereof be postponed until to-morrow.
The Senate resumed the consideration of the resolution of the House of Representatives, providing for a joint committee of the two Houses respecting the exemption of State officers from military service; and
On motion by Mr. Graham,
Ordered, That it lie upon the table.
Mr. Hill presented the memorial of James E. Godfrey, naval storekeeper at Savannah, Ga., and the clerks in his office, praying an increase of compensation; which was referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.
The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the bill (S. 107) to provide supplies for the Army, and to prescribe the mode of making impressments; and
On motion by Mr. Walker,
Ordered, That the further consideration thereof be postponed until Monday next.
The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the bill (S. 97) to prevent illegal impressments and to punish lawlessness; and
On motion by Mr. Hill,
Ordered, That the further consideration thereof be postponed until Monday next.
On motion by Mr. Hill,
The Senate resolved into secret legislative session.
The doors having been opened,
On motion by Mr. Hill,
The Senate adjourned.
SECRET SESSION.
Mr. Hill, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill (S. 119) to suspend the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus in certain cases, reported it with amendments.
Ordered, That the bill and amendments be printed in confidence for the use of the Senate.
On motion by Mr. Johnson of Georgia, that the bill (S. 119) last mentioned be transferred to the Open Legislative Calendar,
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. Garland, Graham, Johnson of Georgia, Orr, and Walker.
Those who voted in the negative are,
Messrs. Baker, Barnwell, Burnett, Caperton, Hill, Hunter, Johnson of Missouri, Maxwell, Semmes, Simms, Sparrow, and Watson.
On motion by Mr. Hill,
Ordered, That the Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from
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the further consideration of the message of the President of the 10th of November last, in relation to a conspiracy in certain counties of southwestern Virginia, North Carolina, and Tennessee.
On motion by Mr. Sparrow,
The Senate resolved into executive session.
EXECUTIVE SESSION.
The following message was received from the President of the Confederate States, by Mr. B. N. Harrison, his Secretary:
Confederate States of America, Executive Department,
Richmond, November 30, 1864.
To the Senate of the Confederate States:
Agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of War, I nominate Col. Benjamin J. Hill, of Tennessee, to be brigadier-general, with temporary rank (under act approved May 31, 1864), in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
No. 31.]War Department, Confederate States of America,
Richmond, November 30, 1864.
Sir: I have the honor to recommend the nomination of Col. Benjamin J. Hill, of Tennessee, to be brigadier-general, with temporary rank (under act approved May 31, 1864), in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America, to raise troops in Tennessee within the enemy's lines, to rank from confirmation.
I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,
JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.
To His Excellency Jefferson Davis,
President, etc.
The message was read.
The Senate proceeded to consider the nomination of Benjamin J. Hill, of Tennessee, to be brigadier-general; and it was
Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of Benjamin J. Hill, of Tennessee, to be brigadier-general, with temporary rank (under act approved May 31, 1864), to raise troops within the enemy's lines, agreeably to the nomination of the President.
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, December 1, 1864.
To the Senate of the Confederate States:
Agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of War, I nominate C. B. Denson, of North Carolina, to be second lieutenant Company A, Second Regiment Engineer Troops, in the [Provisional Army of the] Confederate States of America.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
No. 35.]War Department, Confederate States of America,
Richmond, December 1, 1864.
Sir: I have the honor to recommend the nomination of C. B. Denson, of North Carolina, to be second lieutenant Company A, Second Regiment Engineer Troops (an original vacancy), in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America, to rank from July 1, 1864.)
I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,
JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.
To His Excellency Jefferson Davis,
President, etc.
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Executive Department, Confederate States of America,
Richmond, December 1, 1864.
To the Senate of the Confederate States:
Agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of War, I nominate Henry M. Smith, of Virginia, to be captain Company A, Sixty-second Virginia Regiment, in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
No. 32.]War Department, Confederate States of America,
Richmond, December 1, 1864.
Sir: I have the honor to recommend the nomination of Henry M. Smith, of Virginia, to be captain Company A, Sixty-second Virginia Regiment, the offices entitled to promotion waiving claims, in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America, vice Captain Hall, promoted, to rank from November 25, 1864.
I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,
JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.
To His Excellency Jefferson Davis,
President, etc.
Executive Department, Confederate States of America,
Richmond, December 1, 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. 33.]War Department, Confederate States of America,
Richmond, December 1, 1864.
Sir: I have the honor to recommend the following nominations for promotion in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America:
I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,
JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.
To His Excellency Jefferson Davis,
President, etc.
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Executive Department, Confederate States of America,
Richmond, December 1, 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. 34.]War Department, Confederate States of America,
Richmond, December 1, 1864.
Sir: I have the honor to recommend the following nominations for appointment in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America:
I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,
JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.
To His Excellency Jefferson Davis,
President, etc.
The messages were severally read.
Ordered, That they be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
On motion by Mr. Hill,
The Senate resolved into open legislative session.
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