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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 --FORTY-SEVENTH DAY--SATURDAY, October 11, 1862.
OPEN SESSION.
The House met pursuant to adjournment, and was opened with prayer by the Rev. Dr. Reed.
On motion of Mr. Miles, a bill to increase and regulate the appointment of general officers in the Provisional Army was taken from the Calendar and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
The House then proceeded to the consideration of the unfinished business of yesterday, which was a bill to amend an act entitled "An act for the establishment and organization of a general staff for the Army of the Confederate States of America," approved February 26, 1861.
The yeas and nays having been ordered on the passage of the same,
Yeas: Ashe, Bell, Bonham, Boteler, Boyce, Chambers, De Jarnette, Dupré, Elliott, Foote, Foster, Harris, Hartridge, Holcombe, Johnston, Kenan of Georgia, Kenner, Lyons, McQueen, Miles, Perkins, Pugh, Rails, Russell, Sexton, Smith of North Carolina, Swan, and Wright of Tennessee.
Nays: Ayer, Baldwin, Batson, Chilton, Clapp, Clark, Clopton, Collier, Freeman, Gardenhire, Garland, Gartrell, Goode, Gray, Hanly, Heiskell, Herbert, Hilton, Holt, Jones, Kenan of North Carolina, McDowell, Menees, Royston, Trippe, and Mr. Speaker.
So the bill was passed.
Mr. Chambers, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred a bill of the Senate entitled "A bill to amend an act for the establishment and organization of a general staff for the Army of the Confederate States of America," approved February 26, 1861, reported the same back, with the recommendation that it pass with an amendment.
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The rules being suspended, the bill was taken up, and having been read as follows, to wit:
The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That during the existing war there shall be allowed to general officers serving in the field the following general staff officers, to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to wit: A general commanding a separate army, one assistant adjutant-general and one assistant inspector-general, each with the rank, pay, and allowances of a colonel of cavalry; one aid-de-camp, with the rank, pay, and allowances of a lieutenant-colonel of cavalry; two aids-de-camp, with rank, pay, and allowances of a major of cavalry, and two other aids-de-camp, with the rank, pay, and allowances of a captain of cavalry. To a lieutenant-general commanding a corps d'armée, one assistant [adjutant]-general and one assistant inspector-general, each with the rank, pay, and allowances of a lieutenant-colonel of cavalry; two aids-de-camp, with the rank, pay, and allowances of a major of cavalry, and two other aids-de-camp, with the rank, pay and allowances of a captain of cavalry. To a major-general commanding a division, one assistant adjutant-general and one assistant inspector-general, each with the rank, pay, and allowances of a major of cavalry; one aid-de-camp, with the rank, pay, and allowances of a major of cavalry, and two other aids-de-camp, with the rank, pay, and allowances of a captain of cavalry. And to a brigadier-general commanding a brigade, one assistant adjutant-general and one assistant inspector-general, each with the rank, pay, and allowances of a captain of cavalry, and two aids-de-camp, with the rank, pay, and allowances of a first lieutenant of cavalry, each of said first lieutenants to receive thirty-five dollars per month additional pay: Provided, That no other general staff officers shall hereafter be allowed to general officers serving in the field except as herein provided, and except also the assistant quarter-masters and assistant commissaries of brigades authorized by existing laws: And provided further, That with the exception of aids-de-camp, all other general staff officers assigned to the commands of general officers will be regarded as a part of said commands and not as belonging to the personal staff of the generals under whose orders they may be serving for the time being,
Mr. Chambers, from the Committee on Military Affairs, moved to amend the same by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof the following, viz:
That during the existing war there shall be allowed to general officers serving in the field the following general staff officers, to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to wit: To a general commanding a separate army, one assistant adjutant and inspector general, with the rank, pay, and allowances of brigadier-general, and not exceeding four assistant adjutant and inspector generals, with the rank, pay, and allowances of a major of cavalry, one military secretary, with the rank, pay, and allowances of a colonel of cavalry, and two aids-de-camp, with the rank, pay, and allowances of a major of cavalry. To a lieutenant-general commanding an army corps, two assistant adjutant and inspector generals, with the rank, pay, and allowances of a major of cavalry, and two aids-de-camp, with the rank, pay and allowances of a captain of cavalry. To a major-general commanding a division, two assistant adjutant and inspector generals, with the rank, pay, and allowances of a major of cavalry, and two aids-de-camp, with the rank, pay, and allowances of a captain of cavalry. And to a brigadier-general commanding a brigade, one assistant adjutant and inspector general, with the rank, pay, and allowances of a captain of cavalry, and two aids-de-camp, with the rank, pay, and allowances of a first lieutenant of cavalry: Provided, That no other general staff officers stroll hereafter be allowed to general officers serving in the field except as herein provided, and except also the assistant quartermasters and assistant commissaries of brigades authorized by existing law: And provided further, That with the exception of aids-de-camp, all other staff officers assigned to the commands of general officers will be regarded as a part of said commands and not belonging to the personal staff of the generals under whose orders they may be serving for the time being.
On motion of Mr. Baldwin, the amendment was amended by adding the following additional section:
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Mr. Foster moved that the bill and amendments be indefinitely postponed.
The motion was lost.
Mr. Miles moved to amend the amendment by striking out the word "two" before the word "aids-de-camp" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "four."
Mr. Baldwin moved the previous question; which was ordered, and the amendment of Mr. Miles was lost.
The question being on agreeing to the amendment of Mr. Baldwin,
Mr. Kenan of Georgia demanded the yeas and nays;
Which were ordered.
Yeas: Ashe, Ayer, Baldwin, Bell, Boteler, Clark, Clopton, Collier, Currin, Elliott, Farrow, Foote, Foster, Gardenhire, Gartrell, Goode, Graham, Gray, Hanly, Harris, Heiskell, Hilton, Holcombe, Johnston, Jones, Kenner, McRae, Menees, Perkins, Pugh, Royston, Russell, Sexton, Smith of Alabama, Smith of North Carolina, Trippe, and Wright of Tennessee.
Nays: Barksdale, Batson, Bonham, Chambers, Chilton, De Jarnette, Dupré, Freeman, Garland, Garnett, Hartridge, Herbert, Holt, Kenan of Georgia, Kenan of North Carolina, Lander, McDowell, McQueen, Miles, Ralls, Swan, and Mr. Speaker.
So the amendment was agreed to, and the amendment of the committee as amended was agreed to.
The bill as amended was then read a third time.
Mr. Harris moved that the House reconsider the vote by which the bill was ordered to be read a third time, and called the question thereon; which was ordered, and Mr. Harris demanded the yeas and nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered,
Yeas: Ashe, Ayer, Batson, Bonham, Boteler, Currin, Dupré, Elliott, Freeman, Garnett, Graham, Hanly, Harris, Hartridge, Heiskell, Hilton, Holt, Jones, Kenner, Lander, Lyons, McQueen, Menees, Miles, Pugh, Sexton, Smith of Alabama, Wilcox, and Wright of Tennessee.
Nays: Baldwin, Barksdale, Bell, Chambers, Chilton, Clark, Clopton, Collier, Dargan, Farrow, Foote, Foster, Gardenhire, Garland, Gartrell, Gray, Herbert, Holcombe, Johnston, Kenan of Georgia, Kenan of North Carolina, McDowell, McRae, Perkins, Ralls, Royston, Russell, Smith of North Carolina, Swan, and Trippe.
So the motion to reconsider was lost.
Mr. Royston called for the question, which was on the passage of the bill.
The question was ordered, and the bill as amended was passed.
Mr. Baldwin, from the Committee on Ways and Means, to whom was referred a bill of the Senate to punish and repress the importation by our enemies of notes purporting to be notes of the Treasury of the Confederate States, reported the same back, with the recommendation that it pass.
The rules being suspended, the bill was taken up, and having been read as follows, to wit:
Whereas our enemies, certain people of the United States, have engaged in falsely making, forging, and counterfeiting the Treasury notes of the Confederate States,
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and are offering to sell them in Philadelphia and other places in the United States, and to transmit them to any part thereof with the purpose of passing, uttering, and publishing such forged and counterfeited notes in the Confederate States, to defraud its c itizens and to impair the credit of said notes; and
Whereas such forged and counterfeited notes have been introduced into the Confederate States by officers, soldiers, sutlers, and other persons belonging to, following, and accompanying the Army of the United States, and by persons otherwise in the service of the same: Now, therefore.
The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That if any commissioned or noncommissioned officer soldier, sutler, wagon master wagoner or other person employed by, belonging to, accompanying, or following the Army of the United States, or other persons not domiciled in the Confederate States, who adhere to our enemies, shall be captured during the existing war between the Confederate States and the United States, and shall be found to have in his or their custody or possession any forged or counterfeited note or notes, purporting to be a note or notes of the Treasury of the Confederate States, or any blank note or notes printed or engraved after the similitude of any note of the Confederate States, or shall have passed, uttered, published, given, or distributed, or shall have offered to pass, utter, publish, give, or distribute, any such forged or counterfeited note or notes of the Confederate States, he or they shall forfeit all right to be treated as a prisoner of war, and be deemed guilty of felony and shall suffer death upon conviction thereof before any military court organized according to a law of Congress, or before a military commission to consist of five commissioned officers and a judge-advocate, to be ordered by officers authorized to order general courts-martial. The finding of said court or commission shall he by a majority of votes; and the said court or commission shall keep a record of their proceedings and of the substance of the evidence.
On motion of Mr. Russell, the same was amended by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof the following, to wit:
Every person in the service of or adhering to the enemy who shall pass or offer to pass any such spurious or counterfeit note or notes as aforesaid, or shall sell or attempt to sell the same, or shall bring any such note or notes into the Confederate States, or shall have any such note or notes in his possession with intent to pass or sell the same shall, if captured, be put to death by hanging; and every commissioned officer of the enemy who shall permit any offense mentioned in this section to be committed by any person under his authority shall be put to death by hanging. Every person charged with an offense punishable tinder this act shall he tried by a military court in such manner and under such regulations as the President shall prescribe; and, after conviction, the President may co minute the punishment, to imprisonment in such manner and for such time as he may deem proper, and may pardon the offender on such conditions as he may deem proper, or unconditionally.
Strike out all of the preamble and insert in lieu thereof the following, to wit:
Whereas, manifestly with the knowledge and connivance of the Federal Government, and for the purpose of destroying the credit and circulation of the Treasury notes of this Government, immense amounts of spurious or counterfeit notes, purporting to be such Treasury notes, have [been] fabricated and advertised for sale in the enemy's country and have been brought into these States and put in circulation by persons in the service of the enemy.
The amendment was agreed to.
Mr. Russell demanded the question; which was ordered, and was upon the third reading of the bill.
The bill was then read a third time and passed.
Mr. Miles, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred
A bill to increase and regulate the appointment of general officers in the Provisional Army,
reported the same back, with the recommendation that it pass with an amendment.
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The rules being suspended, the bill was taken up and read as follows, to wit:
The Congress of the Confederate States do enact, That the President be, and he is hereby, authorized, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint such number of general officers in the Provisional Army as shall not exceed by more than eight per cent the whole number of brigades and divisions in the Provisional Army, and to assign them to such appropriate duties as he may deem expedient.
The committee moved to amend the same by striking out in the first section the words "such number of" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "twelve."
Also, by striking out in the first section the words "as shall not exceed by more than eight per cent the whole number of brigades and divisions in the Provisional Army."
Also, by striking out in the second section the word "four" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "two."
Mr. Miles, from the committee, moved to amend the amendment by striking out the word "twelve" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "twenty;" which was agreed to.
Mr. Elliott, from the Committee on Enrollment, reported as correctly engrossed and enrolled
An act to authorize the President to accept and place in the service certain regiments and battalions heretofore raised.
And the speaker signed the same.
Mr. Smith of North Carolina moved to amend the bill by striking out in the second section thereof the words
and one brigadier-general may be assigned to duty in each of the departments of the Quartermaster-General and the Commissary-General.
Mr. Gartrell called for the question; which was ordered, and Mr. Jones demanded the yeas and nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered,
Yeas: Ashe, Ayer, Boteler, Clark, Clopton, Collier, Currin, De Jarnette, Farrow, Foote, Foster, Garland, Goode, Hanly, Hartridge, Heiskell, Jones, Kenan of Georgia, Lander, McDowell, McRae, Menees, Perkins, Ralls, Smith of North Carolina, Wright of Tennessee, and Mr. Speaker.
Nays: Baldwin, Batson, Bell, Bonham, Bridgers, Chambers, Chilton, Clapp, Dupré, Elliott, Freeman, Gartrell, Graham, Gray, Harris, Herbert, Hilton, Holcombe, Holt, Johnston, Kenner, McQueen, Miles, Pugh, Royston, Russell, Smith of Alabama, and Wilcox.
So the amendment was lost.
Mr. Miles demanded the previous question; which was ordered, and the amendments of the committee as amended were agreed to.
The bill as amended was read a third time and passed.
Mr. Gartrell, by consent, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred a bill of the Senate entitled "An act to authorize the Vice-President of the Confederate States to employ a secretary," reported the same back, with the recommendation that it pass.
The rules being suspended, the bill was taken up, and Mr. Gartrell demanded the question, which was on the third reading of the bill.
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The question was ordered and Mr. Clark demanded the yeas and nays;
Which were ordered,
Yeas: Ashe, Barksdale, Boteler, Bridgers, Chambers, Clark, Currin, De Jarnette, Elliott, Gardenhire, Garnett, Gartrell, Hanly, Harris, Hartridge, Heiskell, Holcombe, Holt, Kenan of Georgia, Kenner, Lyons, McDowell, McRae, Miles, Perkins, Russell, and Smith of North Carolina.
Nays: Ayer, Baldwin, Batson, Bonham, Chilton, Clapp, Collier, Dupré, Farrow, Foster, Freeman, Goode, Gray, Herbert, Hilton, Johnston, Jones, Kenan of North Carolina, Lander, McQueen, Menees, Pugh, Ralls, Royston, Sexton, Swan, and Welsh.
So the House refused to order the bill to be read a third time.
Mr. Gartrell, by consent, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred
A bill to secure the recovery of fugitive slaves by their owners, reported the same back, with the recommendation that it pass with amendments.
The rules being suspended, the bill was taken up, and having been read as follows, to wit:
The committee moved to amend as follows, to wit:
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Amend the title by striking out all of the same and inserting in lieu thereof the following, to wit: "An act to protect the rights of owners of slaves taken by or employed in the Army;"
which was agreed to.
The bill was then engrossed, read a third time, and passed.
Mr. Boteler, by consent, to whom was referred a bill of the Senate establishing the seal of the Confederate States of America, reported the same back, with the recommendation that it pass with an amendment.
The bill having been read as follows, to wit:
The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the device on the seal of the Confederate States shall be, in the foreground, a Confederate soldier in the position of charge bayonet; in the middle distance, a woman with a child by her side in front of a church, both with hands uplifted in the attitude of prayer; for a background, a homestead on the plain, with mountains in the distance, beneath the meridian sun; the whole surrounded by a wreath composed of the stalk of the sugar cane, the rice, the cotton, and tobacco plants; the margin inscribed with the words "Seal of the Confederate States of America" above, and the motto, "Our homes and our constitutions" beneath,
The committee moved to amend by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof the following, to wit:
That the device on the seal of the Confederate States shall be an armed youth in classic costume, standing beneath a meridian sun, by the side of an altar, to which a woman is clinging, the whole surrounded by a wreath composed of sugar cane, rice, cotton, tobacco plants, and the margin inscribed with the words "Seal of the Confederate States of America" above, and the motto, "Pro aris et focis" beneath.
A message was received from the Senate, through the hands of Mr. Nash, their Secretary; which was as follows, to wit:
Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed a bill of this House of the following title, viz:
They have also passed bills entitled
In which I am directed to ask the concurrence of this House.
Also, H. R. 43. An act to reduce the rate of interest on the funded debt of the Confederate States.
They have also passed a bill of the following title, viz:
In which bill and amendments I am directed to ask the concurrence of this House.
A message was received from the Senate, by the Secretary, Mr. Nash; which is as follows, viz:
Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed, with amendments, bills of this House of the following titles, viz:
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In which amendments I am directed to ask the concurrence of this House.
They have also passed, without amendment, the following bill of this House, viz:
On motion of Mr. Miles, the House took up a bill entitled "An act to relieve the Army of ignorant and incompetent officers," and on motion, the same was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
On motion of Mr. Kenner, a bill entitled "An act to reduce the rate of interest on the funded debt of the Confederate States" was taken up and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
The question being on agreeing to the amendment to the bill establishing the seal of the Confederate States of America,
Mr. Welsh moved to lay the same upon the table.
The motion was lost.
Mr. Russell demanded the question: which was ordered, and the amendment was agreed to.
Mr. Jones moved that the further consideration of the bill be postponed until the next session.
Mr. Swan moved a call of the House, which was ordered.
On motion of Mr. Holt, all further proceedings under the call were dispensed with.
The bill was then read a third time.
Mr. Miles moved that the bill be laid upon the table.
The motion was lost.
Mr. Russell demanded the question; which was ordered, and Mr. Miles demanded the yeas and nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered.
Yeas: Ashe, Ayer, Baldwin, Batson, Bell, Boteler, Chilton, Clapp, Clark, Clopton, De Jarnette, Elliott, Farrow, Foster, Freeman, Garland, Gartrell, Goode, Harris, Herbert, Holt, Johnston, Kenan of North Carolina, Kenner, Lyons, McDowell, Ralls, Royston, Russell, Sexton, Smith of North Carolina, Wilcox, Wright of Tennessee, and Mr. Speaker.
Nays: Barksdale, Bonham, Bridgers, Chambers, Collier, Dargan, Dupré, Foote, Gardenhire, Graham, Gray, Hanly, Hartridge, Heiskell, Holcombe, Jones, Kenan of Georgia, Lander, McRae, McQueen, Menees, Miles, Perkins, Pugh, Smith of Alabama, Swan, and Welsh.
So the bill was passed.
On motion of Mr. Barksdale, the rules were suspended, and the House took up for consideration a bill of the Senate to amend an act in relation to the public printing, approved February 15, 1861; which was read the third time and passed.
Mr. Kenner, from the Committee on Ways and Means, to whom was referred sundry amendments of the Senate to a bill of the House entitled "An act to reduce the rate of interest on the funded debt of the Confederate States," reported the same back, with the recommendation that the House concur in the amendments of the Senate.
And the question being on agreeing to the amendments; which are as follows, to wit:
Strike out in section 1 the word "six" and insert "seven."
Strike out in section 2 the word "six" and insert "seven."
Add at the end of second section
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Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to revoke the authority heretofore given to issue six per cent reconvertible bonds.
The same were concurred in.
Mr. Kenner, from the same committee, reported a bill to extend the term of office of certain war tax collectors; which was read the first and second times and, the rules being suspended, was engrossed, read a third time, and passed.
Mr. Miles, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred sundry amendments of the Senate to a bill of the House entitled "A bill to relieve the Army of ignorant, disabled, and incompetent officers," reported the same back, with the recommendation that the House concur in the amendments of the Senate.
The rules were suspended, and the bill was taken up.
The question being on agreeing to the amendments of the Senate; which are as follows, to wit:
Strike out the preamble thereof.
Insert after the word "honorably," in the third section, the words "without pay or allowances."
Amend the title by striking out the word "ignorant" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "disqualified, disabled," so as to read:
A bill to be entitled "An act to relieve the Army of disqualified, disabled, and incompetent officers."
The same were concurred in.
Mr. McQueen, by consent, from the Committee on Accounts, reported as follows, to wit:
The Committee on Accounts beg leave to report that sundry accounts have been submitted to them for their approval since the present session commenced. Of the number presented, the following have been allowed and approved by your committee, and have directed them to be paid out of the contingent fund of the House, which amount in the aggregate to the stun of $6,209.77.
The accounts which have been approved and ordered to be paid are as follows, to wit:
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Your committee beg leave to state that the Doorkeeper, under the direction of your committee, has purchased a much larger quantity of stationery than was necessary for the use of the House at the present session, hey were reduced to order this purchase for the reason that the stationery purchased was of a superior quality and was offered at much lower figures than had been paid for previous Supplies. Instructions have been given the Doorkeeper to preserve the excess, to be used at the next session, and in this way the House will not only not lose by the course pursued by your committee, but will save a considerable amount.
Your committee have thought proper to require the Doorkeeper to make out an invoice of all the property on hand belonging to the House purchased since the organization of the Government under the Permanent Constitution. They have charged the Doorkeeper with the amount of the invoice believing that this policy will insure the safe custody of the articles invoiced. The value of the articles, as shown by the original, herewith reported is the sum of $2,194.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
JNO. McQUEEN,
Chairman Committee of Accounts.
October 10, 1862.
Amount of stationery on hand:
R. H. WYNNE,
Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives.
The above account of stationery is returned by the Doorkeeper as remaining on hand October 10, 1862.
JOHN McQUEEN,
Chairman Committee of Accounts.
Mr. Welsh, from the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads, to whom was referred the amendments of the Senate to the bill of the House of Representatives to establish certain post routes therein named, reported the same back with amendments.
The bill was taken up, and the amendment of the Senate having been read as follows, viz:
Add at the end of the bill
"From Johnston Post-Office, Pulaski County, Georgia, to Dublin, Laurens County, in said State.
"From Vicksburg, Mississippi, via Grand Lake, to Luna, Arkansas.
"From Pittsboro, in North Carolina, to the Gulf, in said State."
Mr. Welsh, from the committee, moved to amend the same by adding thereto the following words, viz:
Mr. Miles, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred a message of the President in relation to the consolidation of regiments, etc., reported the same back, asked to be discharged from its further consideration, and that the same lie upon the table; which was agreed to.
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Mr. Miles, also from the same committee, to whom was referred
A bill entitled "An act to consolidate reduced regiments and battalions,"
reported the same back, asked to be discharged from its further consideration, and that the same lie upon the table: which was agreed to.
Messages were received from the President, by his Private Secretary, Mr. Harrison; which are as follows, to wit:
Richmond, Va., October 21, 1862.
To the House of Representatives:
I herewith transmit a communication from the Secretary of War in response to your resolution of the 9th instant in reference to the disbanding of Wheat's battalion, of Louisiana.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
Confederate States of America, War Department,
Richmond, October 11, 1862.
His Excellency Jefferson Davis,
President Confederate States of America.
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the reference to me of the following resolution of the House of Representatives:
"Resolved, That the President be requested to inform the House by what authority and in virtue of what law Wheat's battalion of Louisiana (which was mustered into the service for the war) was disbanded and the officers thereof put out of commission."
The authority to disband Wheat's battalion is to be found in the Articles of War, the Army Regulations, and the articles of enlistment.
The Provisional Congress by special enactment adopted the Articles of War and authorized the President to prescribe regulations for the Army which, when promulgated, were to have the force of law. See acts of the Provisional Congress, No. 52, sections 26 and 29. The eleventh article of war authorizes the President to discharge noncommissioned officers and privates before the expiration of their term of service, and also to discharge commissioned officers.
The nineteenth article of the Army Regulations, promulgated by order of the President, authorizes the discharge of enlisted men before the expiration of their term of enlistment by the War Department, by a general court-martial, or by the commander of a department, or an army in the field.
The discharge is not only authorized by law, but also by the articles of enlistment, which require the soldier to serve a specified time, unless sooner discharged.
The discharge of the noncommissioned officers and privates disbands the corps, and the line officers being elected or appointed for the corps necessarily go out of commission when the corps is disbanded. If this were not a legal consequence of the discharge of the men, the President by virtue of the eleventh article of war might also discharge the officers.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
GEO. W. RANDOLPH,
Secretary of War.
A message was received from the Senate, by the Secretary, Mr. Nash; which is as follows, viz:
Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed a bill of the following title, viz:
In which I am directed to ask the concurrence of the House.
Mr. Elliott, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported as correctly enrolled and ready for the signature of the Speaker
A bill to be entitled "An act amendatory of an act, entitled 'An act providing for the granting of bounties and furloughs to privates and noncommissioned officers in the Provisional Army,' approved December eleventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-one;"
Also, an act supplemental to an act entitled "An act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to pay district collectors in certain cases," approved April 11, 1862; and
Also, an act to amend an act entitled "An act to raise an additional
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military force to serve during the war," approved 8th May, 1861 and to provide for raising forces in the States of Missouri and Kentucky.
On motion of Mr. Bell, the House took up for consideration a bill to provide for the temporary organization of forces for the Provisional Army of the Confederate States and parts of States invaded and occupied by the forces of the enemy.
Mr. Foote demanded the previous question; which was ordered, and the bill was engrossed, read a third time, and the question being on the passage of the same,
Mr. Freeman called for the yeas and nays;
Which were ordered,
Yeas: Ayer, Baldwin, Barksdale, Batson, Bell, Bonham, Boteler, Chambers, Chilton. Clapp, Clark, Clopton, Collier, Currin, Dargan, De Jarnette, Farrow, Foote, Foster, Gardenhire, Garland, Gartrell, Goode, Graham, Gray, Hanly, Hartridge, Herbert, Holcombe, Johnston, Jones, Kenan of North Carolina, Lyons, McDowell, McRae, McQueen, Miles, Perkins, Pugh, Ralls, Royston, Russell, Sexton, Smith of Alabama, Swan, Welsh, Wilcox, and Wright of Tennessee.
Nays: Ashe, Boyce, Bridgers, Dupré, Freeman, Garnett, Harris, Hilton, Holt, Kenner, Lander, and Smith of North Carolina.
So the bill was passed.
Mr. Chilton moved that the House reconsider the vote by which the bill to allow a private secretary to the Vice-President was rejected, and demanded the question.
Mr. Russell called for the order of the day, which was a bill to repress atrocities of the enemy.
Mr. Chambers moved to postpone the same.
The motion was lost.
Mr. Chilton moved that when the House terminate its session to-day it take a recess until half past 7 p. m.; which was agreed to.
The bill having been read as follows, to wit:
Whereas the Northern States, now represented by the Federal Government of the late Union, commenced the present war of invasion to enforce an unfounded and tyrannical claim of dominion over States which had withdrawn from the Union; and, pretending that these States are in rebellion, have denied to them, from the beginning of the war, the rights accorded to belligerents by the usages of nations; and, after prosecuting this war without success more than a year since this Government was recognized by European nations as a belligerent power, have continued, under the same pretext, to inflict upon the good people of these States inhuman injuries, in contemptuous disregard of the usages of civilized warfare, exacting from them treasonable oaths and service, and, upon refusal, subjecting unarmed citizens, women, and children to confiscation, banishment, imprisonment, and death; wantonly burning their dwelling houses; ravaging the land; murdering men for pretended or trivial offenses; making rapine of private property a systematic object of the war; organizing the abduction of slaves by armies and agents of Government; endeavoring to foment servile insurrection by tampering with slaves, by proclaiming schemes for emancipating them, by passing laws to equalize the races, by protecting slaves in resisting their masters, and by preparing armed bands of negroes to fight, in the presence of negro slaves, for the subjugation of the white race; permitting outrages on women to be committed by a licentious soldiery, encouraged in a memorable instance by the order of a major-general and the acquiescence of his Government; attempting, until restrained by a threat of retaliation, to murder privateersmen for engaging in a mode of warfare expressly sanctioned by the constitutions of the United States and the Confederate States and by the laws of nations; refusing, with double inhumanity, to exchange prisoners until constrained by the long duration and adverse fortune of the war; attempting to ruin our cities by filling up the entrances of their harbors with stone and diverting the ancient channels of great rivers; cutting off our supplies
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of medicines, needed as well for suffering women, children, and captive enemies as for the sick of our armies; and perpetrating other atrocities which would be disgraceful to savages; and
Whereas the said Federal Government, in the same spirit of barbarous ferocity, has recently enacted a law entitled "An act to suppress insurrection, to punish treason and rebellion, to seize and confiscate the property of rebels, and for other purposes," and has thereby made manifest that the vast war of invasion which it wages with such lawless cruelty is waged with a view, by judicial murders, banishments, and otherwise to exterminate the loyal population of these States, to transfer their property to their enemies, and to emancipate their slaves, employing slaves and other negroes for these purposes, with an atrocious design of adding servile insurrection and the massacre of families to the calamities of war; and
Whereas, since the passage of said act executive and military orders have evinced a determined purpose of the enemy to carry out the policy of rapine and extermination with brutal and surprising severity; and
Whereas, manifestly with the knowledge and connivance of said Federal Government, and for the purpose of destroying the credit and circulation of the Treasury notes of this Government, immense amounts of spurious or counterfeit notes, purporting to be such Treasury notes, have been fabricated and advertised for sale in the enemy's country and have been brought into these States and put in circulation by persons in the service of the enemy; and
Whereas this Government has hitherto observed, and yet desires to observe, with scrupulous fidelity, all the obligations of a belligerent power, according to international laws and usages, although fairly absolved from such obligation toward the enemy by the refusal of the enemy to acknowledge or perform any reciprocal obligation unless constrained by necessity; and
Whereas justice and humanity require this Government to endeavor to repress the lawless and atrocious practices of the enemy by inflicting severe retribution for inhuman crimes; and
Whereas it is deemed proper to declare the views of this Government; respecting certain practices of the enemy: Therefore,
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Mr. Foster moved that the same be laid upon the table.
The motion was lost.
Mr. Foote moved to amend the bill by striking out all of the same and inserting in lieu thereof the following, to wit:
Whereas it is manifest that, despairing of the subjugation of the Confederate States, or any of them, the Congress and President of the United States have deliberately set about the work of inciting the slave population of these States to insurrection by declaring them emancipated from and after the first day or January, and President is in and sixty-three, which action on the part of the said Congress and President is in direct violation of the Constitution which they were sworn to support, in contravention of all law, human and divine, and has been resorted to for the diabolical purpose of involving the slaves and their owners, embracing innocent women and children, in one common ruin, and for the further purpose of maintaining themselves in power by catering to the fanatical spirit of abolitionism; and
Whereas each of the States of this Confederacy have enacted laws punishing with death all persons engaged in inciting the slave population to insurrection or rebellion, and there is much stronger reason for inflicting this penalty upon persons who not only voluntarily conspire to perpetrate this horrible felony, but, in addition thereto, come to devastate our land, burn our dwellings, waste our substance, and murder our citizens: Therefore,
The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That so long as the proclamation of Abraham Lincoln, the President of the United States, dated the twenty-second day of September eighteen hundred and sixty-two, proposing to emancipate
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the slaves of this Confederacy from and after the first day of January, anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty-three, shall remain unrevoked, all commissioned officers of the United States Army who shall be seized, captured, taken, or arrested within the limits of this Confederacy after the said first day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, shall be deemed and held to have voluntarily entered the Confederate States for the purpose of maintaining said proclamation and of bringing about the result thereby contemplated--of a servile insurrection; and the said officers shall in no wise be regarded or treated as prisoners of war, but as felons; and it shall be the duty of the President to cause to be constituted a sufficient number of courts-martial to try said offenders, and, if condemned, to see that they are promptly executed by being hanged by the neck until they are dead.
Mr. Barksdale moved to amend the amendment by striking out all of the sonic and inserting in lieu thereof the following, to wit, which is the report made by him from the minority of the Committee on Foreign Affairs:
Whereas the Northern States, now represented by the Federal Government of the late Union, commenced the present war of invasion to enforce an unfounded and tyrannical claim of dominion over sovereign States which had withdrawn from the Union; and, pretending that these States are in rebellion, have sought to deny to them, from the beginning of the war, the rights accorded to belligerents by the usages of nations; and, after prosecuting this war without success more than a year since this Government was recognized by European nations as a belligerent power, have continued, under the same pretext, to inflict upon the good people of these States inhuman injuries, in contemptuous disregard of the usages of civilized warfare, exacting from them treasonable oaths and service, and, upon refusal, subjecting unarmed citizens, women, and children to banishment, imprisonment, and death; wantonly burning their dwelling houses; ravaging the land; murdering men for pretended or trivial offenses; making rapine of private property a systematic object of the war; organizing the abduction of slaves by armies and agents of Government; endeavoring to foment servile insurrection by tampering with slaves, by proclaiming schemes for emancipating them, by passing laws to equalize the races, by protecting slaves in resisting their masters, and by preparing armed bands of negroes to fight, in the presence of negro slaves, for the subjugation of the white race; permitting outrages on women to be committed by a licentious soldiery, encouraged in a memorable instance by the order of a major-general and the acquiescence of his Government; attempting, until restrained by a threat of retaliation, to murder privateersmen for engaging in a mode of warfare expressly sanctioned by the constitutions of the United States and the Confederate States and by the laws of nations; refusing, with double inhumanity, to exchange prisoners until constrained by the long duration and adverse fortune of the war; attempting to ruin our cities by filling up the entrances of their harbors with stone and diverting the ancient channels of great rivers; cutting off our supplies of medicines, needed as well for suffering women, children, and captive enemies as for the sick of our armies, and perpetrating other atrocities which would be disgraceful to savages; and
Whereas the said Government of the United States, in the same spirit of barbarous ferocity, has recently enacted a law entitled "An act to suppress insurrection, to punish treason and rebellion, to seize and confiscate the property of rebels, and for other purposes," and has announced by a proclamation issued by Abraham Lincoln, the President thereof, that in pursuance of said law, on the first day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, "all persons held as slaves, within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall be in rebellion against the United States, shall be thenceforward and forever free." And has thereby made manifest that the vast war of invasion which it wages with such lawless cruelty is conducted with a view, by judicial murders, banishments, and otherwise, to exterminate the loyal population of these States, to transfer their property to their enemies, to emancipate their slaves, to destroy their labor system, to subvert the constitutions, human and divine, upon which it is founded, employing slaves and other negroes for these purposes, with an atrocious design of adding servile insurrection and the massacre of families to the calamities of war; and
Whereas, since the passage of said act, executive and military orders have evinced a determined purpose of the enemy to carry out this policy of rapine and extermination with brutal and surprising severity; and
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Whereas justice and humanity require the Government of the Confederate States to endeavor to punish and repress the atrocious practices and designs of the enemy by inflicting severe retribution: Therefore,
Resolved by the Congress of the Confederate States, That the President will be sustained in resorting to such measures of retaliation as in his judgment may be demanded by the above-recited lawless and barbarous conduct and designs of the enemy.
A message was received from the Senate, by the Secretary, Mr. Nash; which is as follows, viz:
Mr. Speaker: The Senate have disagreed to the amendment of this House to the bill entitled
Mr. Russell moved to amend the bill by inserting in the first section, twenty-second line, after the word "land," the words "in cases."
On motion of Mr. Jones. the House took a recess until half past 7 o'clock, and having again met,
The Chair laid before the House a communication from the President; which is as follows, to wit:
Richmond, Va., October 10, 1862.
I herewith transmit a communication from the Secretary of War relative to offices created and vacancies occurring during the session of Congress.
It is probable that some of the offices mentioned will be filled before the Congress adjourns; with regard to others the alternative presented is an executive session of the Senate after the time now fixed for the adjournment of Congress, or the passage of an act such as that suggested by the Secretary of War.
I invite your especial attention to the subject.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
which was read and, with its accompanying document, was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
On motion of Mr. Miles, the House took up for consideration a bill of the Senate to authorize the President to make certain appointments during the recess of the Senate; which was read the first and second times.
Mr. Jones moved a call of the House.
The motion was lost.
Mr. Baldwin moved that the House adjourn.
Upon which Mr. Miles demanded the yeas and nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered,
Yeas: Baldwin, Dargan, Dupré, Jones, Lyons, Pugh, Welsh, and Wright of Tennessee.
Nays: Ashe, Barksdale, Batson, Bell, Boteler, Chambers, Chilton, Clapp, Collier, Currin, De Jarnette, Foster, Garnett, Gartrell, Goode, Graham, Gray, Herbert, Hilton, Holcombe, Holt, Johnston, Kenan of Georgia, Kenan of North Carolina. Kenner, Lander, McDowell, McQueen, Menees, Miles, Perkins, Ralls, Royston, Russell, Sexton, Smith of Alabama, Smith of North Carolina, Wilcox, and Mr. Speaker.
So the motion to adjourn was lost.
Mr. Hilton moved a call of the House; which was ordered, and the following members answered to their names:
Ashe, Ayer, Baldwin, Barksdale, Batson, Bell, Boteler, Boyce, Chambers, Chilton, Clapp, Clark, Collier. Currin, Dargan, De Jarnette, Dupré, Farrow, Foster, Gardenhire, Garnett, Gartrell, Goode, Graham, Gray, Heiskell, Herbert, Hilton, Holcombe, Holt, Johnston, Jones, Kenan of Georgia, Kenan of North Carolina, Kenner, Lander, Lyons, McDowell, McQueen, Menees, Miles, Perkins, Pugh, Ralls, Royston,
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Russell, Sexton, Smith of Alabama, Smith of North Carolina, Swan, Welsh, Wilcox, Wright of Tennessee, and Mr. Speaker.
On motion of Mr. Hilton, all further proceedings under the call were dispensed with.
Mr. Miles moved that the rule requiring the bill to be referred to a committee be dispensed with; which was agreed to, and the bill was read the third time and passed.
The Chair presented a communication from the President; which is as follows, to wit:
Richmond, Va., October 11, 1862.
To the House of Representatives:
I herewith transmit for your information communications from the heads of the several Departments, submitting lists of their clerks and employees, in response to your resolution of the 5th of April asking for the same.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
which was read and, with its accompanying documents, was laid upon then table and ordered to be printed.
The Chair presented a bill of the Senate to regulate and fix the pay of cadets in the service of the Confederate States; which was read the first and second times and, the rules being suspended, was engrossed, read a third time, and passed.
The Chair also presented a bill of the Senate to equalize the salary of the Assistant Attorney-General with that of the other assistant secretaries and chiefs of bureaus; which was read the first and second times and, the rules being suspended, was engrossed, read a third time, and passed.
The Chair also presented the amendments of the Senate to the amendments of the House to a bill of the Senate entitled "An act to increase the pay of clerks in the several Departments."
Mr. Baldwin moved that the House disagree to the amendments of the Senate and appoint a committee of conference upon the disagreeing votes thereon.
Mr. Chambers called the question; which was ordered, and the motion was agreed to.
The Chair announced as the managers on the part of the House at the conference Messrs. Baldwin of Virginia, Jones of Tennessee, and Dupré of Louisiana.
The Chair presented the amendments of the Senate to a bill of the House entitled "An act for the formation of companies for local defense."
On motion of Mr. Chambers, the rule requiring the reference of the same to a committee was suspended.
Mr. Kenner called the question, and the amendments having been read as follows, to wit:a
[Note a: a Not recorded in the Journal.]
The same were agreed to.
The House then proceeded to the consideration of the motion to reconsider the vote by which the bill to authorize the Vice-President of the Confederate States to employ a secretary was rejected.
Mr. Chilton demanded the question; which was ordered, and the motion to reconsider was agreed to.
Mr. Chilton demanded the question; which was ordered, and was upon the passage of the bill.
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Mr. Bonham called for the yeas and nays;
Which were ordered,
Yeas: Ashe, Barksdale, Bell, Boteler, Boyce, Bridgers, Chambers, Chilton, Clark, De Jarnette, Dupré, Elliott, Farrow, Gardenhire, Garnett, Gartrell, Harris, Hartridge, Heiskell, Holcombe, Holt, Kenan of Georgia, Kenner, Lyons, McDowell, Miles, Perkins, Royston, Russell, Smith of Alabama, Smith of North Carolina, Tibbs, Wilcox, and Wright of Tennessee.
Nays: Ayer, Baldwin, Batson, Bonham, Clopton, Collier, Currin, Dargan, Foster, Freeman, Goode, Graham, Gray, Herbert, Johnston, Jones, Kenan of North Carolina, Lander, McQueen, Menees, Pugh, Ralls, Sexton, Swan, and Welsh.
So the bill was passed.
Mr. Kenner, by consent, from the Committee on Ways and Means, to whom was referred a bill of the Senate for the relief of the Bible Society of the Confederate States of America, reported the same back, with the recommendation that it pass.
The rules being suspended, the bill was taken up, read a third time, and passed.
The House then proceeded to the consideration of the unfinished business, which was a bill to repress atrocities of the enemy.
And the question being on the amendment of Mr. Russell to the first section,
The same was agreed to.
Mr. Russell moved to amend the sixth section of the bill by adding at the end thereof the following, to wit:
Every commissioned officer serving in the Army or Navy of the enemy after the first day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, shall be deemed guilty under this section, unless, before his capture, the recent proclamation of the Federal President declaring that slaves shall be set free after that date, and offering them impunity in insurrection, shall have been revoked and annulled by the same authority or by the Federal Congress.
Mr. Garnett moved that the bill and amendments be recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Mr. Barksdale moved that when the House adjourn it adjourn to meet at 9 o'clock on Monday; which was agreed to.
A message was received from the Senate, by the Secretary, Mr. Nash; which is as follows, viz:
Mr. Speaker: The Senate insist upon their disagreement to the amendment of the House to the bill (S. 124) to increase the pay of clerks in the several Departments, agree to the conference asked by the House upon the disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon, and have appointed Mr. Orr, Mr. Clark as managers at the same on their part.
Mr. Elliott, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported as correctly enrolled, and ready for the signature of the Speaker
And the Speaker signed the same.
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Mr. Chambers, from the Committee on Enrollment, reported as correctly enrolled the following bills of the Senate, viz:
And the Speaker signed the same.
Mr. Gardenhire called for the question; which was ordered, and was upon recommitting the bill and amendments.
Mr. Russell demanded the yeas and nays:
Which were ordered,
Yeas: Barksdale, Bonham, Boyce, Bridgers, Chambers, Collier, Foster, Garnett, Gartrell, Graham, Harris, Kenan of Georgia, Lander, Lyons, McDowell, Menees, Pugh, and Royston.
Nays: Ashe, Ayer, Bell, Chilton, Clapp, Clark, Clopton, Currin, Dargan, De Jarnette, Elliott, Farrow, Freeman, Gardenhire, Goode, Gray, Hartridge, Heiskell, Herbert, Hilton, Holcombe, Holt, Johnston, Kenan of North Carolina, Kenner, McQueen, Miles, Perkins, Ralls, Russell, Sexton, Smith of North Carolina, Tibbs, Welsh, Wilcox, Wright of Tennessee, and Mr. Speaker.
So the motion to recommit was lost.
Mr. Perkins demanded the previous question; which was ordered, and the amendment of Mr. Russell was agreed to.
The question then being on the amendment of Mr. Barksdale to the amendment of Mr. Foote,
Mr. Barksdale called for the yeas and nays;
Which were ordered,
Yeas: Baldwin, Barksdale, Batson, Bonham, Boyce, Bridgers, Chambers, Clapp, Collier, Dupré, Elliott, Freeman, Gardenhire, Garnett, Gartrell, Graham, Gray, Harris, Hartridge, Jones, Kenan of Georgia, Kenner, Lander, Lyons, McDowell, McQueen, McRae, Menees, Miles, Pugh, Royston, Sexton, Smith of North Carolina, Swan, Tibbs, and Wilcox.
Nays: Ashe, Ayer, Bell, Chilton, Clark, Clopton,, Dargan, De Jarnette, Farrow, Foster, Goode, Heiskell, Hilton, Holcombe, Holt, Johnston, Kenan of North Carolina, Perkins, Ralls, Russell, and Welsh.
So the amendment to the amendment was agreed to.
The question then recurring on agreeing to the amendment as amended, in lieu of the original bill,
Mr. Russell called for the yeas and nays;
Which were ordered,
Yeas: Ashe, Baldwin, Barksdale, Bonham, Boyce, Bridgers, Chambers, Clapp, Collier, Dupré, Elliott, Farrow, Garnett, Gartrell, Graham, Gray, Harris, Hartridge, Jones, Kenan of Georgia, Kenner,
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Lander, Lyons, McDowell, McQueen, McRae, Menees, Royston, Sexton, Smith of North Carolina, Swan, Wright of Tennessee.
Nays: Ayer, Batson, Bell, Chilton, Clark, Clopton, De Jarnette, Foster, Freeman, Gardenhire, Goode, Heiskell, Herbert, Hilton, Holt, Johnston, Kenan of North Carolina, Perkins, Ralls, Russell, Tibbs, and Welsh.
So the amendment as amended was agreed to.
The joint resolution as amended was then engrossed, read a third time, and passed.
And the question being on agreeing to the preamble of the same,
Mr. Hilton moved to amend by striking out the same.
Mr. Elliott, from the Committee on Enrollment, reported as correctly enrolled the following bills of the Senate, viz:
And the Speaker signed the same.
Mr. Chilton moved to amend the amendment by inserting in lieu thereof the following, to wit:
Whereas it is manifest that, despairing of the subjugation of the Confederate States, or any of them, the Congress and President of the United States have deliberately set about the work of inciting the slave population of these States to insurrection by declaring them emancipated from and after the first day of January eighteen hundred and sixty-three, which action on the part of the said Congress and President is in direct violation of the Constitution which they were sworn to support, in contravention of all law, human and divine, and has been resorted to for the diabolical purpose of involving the slaves and their owners, embracing innocent women and children, in one common ruin, and for the further purpose of maintaining themselves in power by catering to the fanatical spirit of abolitionism; and
Whereas each of the States of this Confederacy have enacted laws punishing with death all persons engaged in inciting the slave population to insurrection or rebellion, and there is much stronger reason for inflicting this penalty upon persons who not only voluntarily conspire to perpetrate this horrible felony, but, in addition thereto, come to devastate our land, burn our dwellings, waste our substance, and murder our citizens.
A message was received from the Senate, by the Secretary, Mr. Nash; which is as follows, viz:
Mr. Speaker: The Senate have concurred in the amendments proposed by this House to the amendments of the Senate to the bill entitled
They have also passed a bill of the House of the following title, viz:
Mr. Barksdale demanded the previous question; which was ordered, and the amendment of Mr. Hilton was lost.
The question then being on the amendment of Mr. Chilton,
Mr. Jones moved that the House adjourn.
The motion was lost.
Mr. Foster called for the yeas and nays;
Which were ordered,
Yeas: Ashe, Ayer, Bell, Chilton, Clark, Clopton, De Jarnette,
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Elliott, Farrow, Foster, Freeman, Gardenhire, Goode, Graham, Herbert, Hilton, Lander, Lyons, McDowell, Perkins, Ralls, and Smith of North Carolina.
Nays: Baldwin, Barksdale, Batson, Bonham, Boyce, Bridgers, Chambers, Clapp, Collier, Garnett, Gartrell, Gray, Harris, Hartridge, Heiskell, Holcombe, Holt, Johnston, Jones, Kenan of Georgia, Kenan of North Carolina, Kenner, McQueen, McRae, Menees, Miles, Pugh, Royston, Russell, Sexton, Smith of Alabama, Swan, Tibbs, Welsh, Wilcox, and Mr. Speaker.
So the amendment of Mr. Chilton was lost, and the preamble was then agreed to.
Mr. Baldwin, from the committee of Conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on a bill of the Senate entitled "An act to increase the pay of the clerks of the several Departments," made the following report, to wit:
The managers of the respective Houses on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses upon Senate bill No. 124, being a bill to increase the pay of clerks in the several Departments, have met, and after full and free conference have agreed to recommend that the Senate recede from their disagreement to the House amendment to the bill and title, with the following amendments, viz:
Managers on part of House.
Manager on part of Senate.
Mr. Baldwin demanded the question thereon; which was ordered, and the report was concurred in.
On motion of Mr. Chambers, the House then resolved itself into secret session; and having spent some time therein, again resolved itself into open session;
When, on motion,
The House adjourned until 9 o'clock on Monday.
SECRET SESSION.
The House being in secret session,
Mr. Chambers, from the Committee on Enrollment, reported as correctly enrolled
A bill to amend an act recognizing the existence of war between the United States and the Confederate States, and concerning letters of marque, prizes, and prize goods.
And the Speaker signed the same.
A message was received from the Senate, by the hands of the Secretary of that body, Mr. Nash; which is as follows, to wit:
Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed, with amendments, a bill of this House of the following title, viz:
An act to provide for the building of certain vessels of war;
In which I am directed to ask the concurrence of this House.
On motion the House took up for consideration a bill of the House entitled "An act to provide for the building of certain vessels of war," which had been returned from the Senate with sundry amendments.
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And the question being upon agreeing to the first amendment of the Senate; which is as follows, to wit: In the third line, strike out the words "and required."
the same was agreed to.
And the question being upon agreeing to the second amendment, which was to strike out the word "two" and to insert in lieu thereof the word "three,"
The same was agreed to.
And the question being upon the title of the bill, the same was amended by striking out the whole of the same and inserting in lieu thereof the words "An act for the building of a vessel of war."
The Chair presented a message from the President; which is as follows, to wit:
Richmond, October 11, 1862.
To the House of Representatives:
I herewith transmit for your information a communication from the heads of the several Departments in response to your resolution of the 21st of April asking the amount of funds which has been sent abroad to officers or agents of the Government for military or naval purposes.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
The message and accompanying documents were referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
And the House, on motion of Mr. Barksdale, resolved itself into open session.
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