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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 --TWENTY-EIGHTH DAY--SATURDAY, January 9, 1864.
OPEN SESSION.
Mr. Jones, under a suspension of the rules, submitted the following resolution; which was adopted, viz:
Resolved, That the Committee on Ways and Means be permitted to report at any time.
The House then resumed the consideration of unfinished business; which was the bill to provide for placing in the military service persons claiming to be citizens of the United States.
Mr. Foster called the question; which was ordered.
The question being on the amendment of Mr. Chilton to the motion of Mr. Clapp to recommit the bill,
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Mr. Chilton demanded the yeas and nays;
Which were ordered.
Yeas: Bell, Boteler, Bridgers, Burnett, Chambliss, Chilton, Chrisman, Clopton, Collier, Crockett, Dupré, Ewing, Farrow, Foote, Foster, Gaither, Goode, Hanly, Johnston, Kenan of North Carolina, Lander, Lyon, Machen, Martin, McQueen, Menees, Miller, Moore, Preston, Pugh, Read, Singleton, Strickland, Swan, Villeré, Welsh, and Wilcox.
Nays: Arrington, Atkins, Baldwin, Eli M. Bruce, Horatio W. Bruce, Clapp, Conrad, Curry, Dargan, De Jarnette, Freeman, Garland, Garnett, Graham, Hartridge, Heiskell, Jones, Lewis, Lyons, McLean, Munnerlyn, Perkins, Sexton, Simpson, Smith of Alabama, Smith of North Carolina, Trippe, Wright of Tennessee, Wright of Texas, and Mr. Speaker.
So the amendment was agreed to.
The question recurring on the motion to recommit,
Mr. Machen called the question; which was ordered, and the motion was agreed to.
The Chair laid before the House a communication from the President; which is as follows, viz:
Richmond, Va., January 7, 1864.
To the Senate and House of Representatives:
I herewith transmit for your consideration a communication from the Secretary of the Treasury, submitting an estimate of the amount necessary for the payment of the interest on the removal and subsistence fund due the Cherokee Indians in North Carolina.
I recommend an appropriation of the sum specified for the purpose indicated.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
The communication and accompanying documents were referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
The Chair also laid before the House the following communications from the President; which, together with the accompanying documents, were laid upon the table and ordered to be printed:
Richmond, Va., January 7, 1864.
To the Senate and House of Representatives:
I herewith transmit for your information a communication from the Secretary of War, covering copies of several additional reports of military operations.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
Richmond, Va., January 7, 1864.
To the Senate and House of Representatives:
I herewith transmit for your information a communication from the Secretary of War, covering a copy of the report of Brig. Gen. R. S. Ripley, of operations from August 21 to September 10, 1863.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
Richmond, Va., January 7, 1864.
To the Senate and House of Representatives:
I herewith transmit for your information a communication from the Secretary of War, covering copies of several additional reports of military operations.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
Mr. Heiskell moved that the usual number of extra copies of said reports be printed for the use of the House; which motion was referred to the Committee on Printing.
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The Chair laid before the House a communication from Brig. Gen. Henry A. Wise on the subject of the reorganization of the Army; which was laid upon the table and ordered to be printed.
Mr. Jones, from the Committee on Ways and Means, reported
A bill to make additional appropriations for the support of the Government of the Confederate States of America for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1864;
which was referred to the Committee of the Whole and ordered to be printed.
Mr. Clapp, from the select committee to which had been referred the joint resolution in relation to the war, under a suspension of the rules, reported back the same, with the recommendation that it do pass.
The question being on postponing the joint resolution and placing it on the Calendar,
It was decided in the negative.
The joint resolution was then engrossed and read a third time.
And the question being,
Shall the joint resolution now pass?
Mr. Clapp demanded the yeas and nays;
Which were ordered,
Yeas: Arrington, Atkins, Baldwin, Bell, Boteler, Bridgers, Eli M. Bruce, Horatio W. Bruce, Burnett, Chambliss, Chilton, Chrisman, Clapp, Clopton, Collier, Conrad, Crockett, Curry, Davidson, De Jarnette, Elliott, Ewing, Farrow, Foote, Foster, Freeman, Gaither, Garland, Garnett, Goode, Graham, Gray, Hanly, Hartridge, Heiskell, Hilton, Jones, Kenan of Georgia, Kenan of North Carolina, Lander, Lewis, Lyon, Machen, McLean, McQueen, Menees, Moore, Munnerlyn, Perkins, Preston, Pugh, Read, Russell, Sexton, Simpson, Singleton, Smith of Alabama, Smith of North Carolina, Strickland, Swan, Trippe, Villeré, Welsh, Wilcox, Wright of Tennessee, Wright of Texas, and Mr. Speaker.
Nays: None.
So the joint resolution was passed unanimously.
Mr. Clapp, from the same committee, reported the following resolution; which was adopted, viz:
Resolved, That the Senate be, and is hereby, requested to appoint a committee ofto act jointly with the select committee appointed by the House, for the purpose of preparing, on behalf of Congress, an address to the country.
By unanimous consent the following memorials, resolutions, etc., were presented, adopted, and referred:
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Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury be requested to report what progress has been made in collecting the tax imposed by the first section of the tax act of last session, and the amount of the same assessed or collected in the cities of Richmond, Augusta, Charleston, and Mobile.
Resolved, That the President be, and he is hereby, requested to cause to be furnished to this House a statement showing the number of persons engaged as employees of the Government in the various passport offices in the Confederate States, the ages of such persons, their places of residence before the commencement of the present war, the number not liable to military duty from physical disability or otherwise.
On motion of Mr. Hilton, it was ordered that any member who was absent when the vote was taken on the passage of the joint resolution in relation to the war might record his vote at any time during the session of the day.
The House then, on motion of Mr. Chambliss, resolved itself into secret session; and having spent some time therein, again resolved itself into open session.
A message was received from the President, by Mr. Harrison, his Private Secretary; which is as follows, viz:
Mr. Speaker: The President has to-day approved and signed an act entitled
H. R. 83. An act to authorize the cancellation of certain Confederate States bonds, and the substitution of others for them.
A message was received from the Senate, by Mr. Nash, their Secretary; which is as follows, viz:
Mr. Speaker: The President of the Confederate States has notified the Senate that he did, on the 8th instant, approve and sign an act and a joint resolution of the following titles, viz:
Mr. Foote moved that the bills reported from the Special Committee on the Currency be considered in open session.
Pending which,
The House,
On motion of Mr. Dupré,
Adjourned until 11 o'clock Monday.
SECRET SESSION.
The House being in secret session,
Mr. Dargan, from the Special Committee on the Foreign Cotton Loan, under a suspension of the rules, reported
A bill to ratify and confirm a contract entered into by the Secretary of the Treasury, on the part of the Confederate States, and Messrs. Emile Erlanger & Co.;
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which was read a first and second time, postponed, and placed upon the Calendar.
A message was received from the Senate, by Mr. Nash, their Secretary; which is as follows, viz:
Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed, with amendments, a bill of this House entitled
(Secret) H. R. 86. An act to provide for holding elections for Representatives in the Congress of the Confederate States from the State of Missouri;
In which amendments I am directed to ask the concurrence of this House.
The House then resumed the consideration of the special order, viz: The bill to tax, fund, and limit the currency.
On motion of Mr. Lyons, the resolution of Mr. Lyon to recommit the bill, the amendment of Mr. Lyons to the resolution, and a proposition on finance presented by Mr. Russell, were ordered to be printed.
And the House,
On motion of Mr. Johnston,
Resolved itself into open session.
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