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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 --SEVENTY-FIFTH DAY--TUESDAY, April 14, 1863.
OPEN SESSION.
The House met pursuant to adjournment.
The Chair laid before the House a communication from the President; which is as follows, to wit:
Richmond, Va., April 10, 1863.
To the Senate and House of Representatives:
I herewith transmit for your information a communication from the Secretary of War, covering copies of Gen. Braxton Bragg's reports of several battles.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
which was read, laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
The Chair also presented the following communication from the President:
Richmond, Va., April 11, 1863.
To the Senate and House of Representatives:
I herewith transmit a communication from the Secretary of the Treasury, covering estimates for the support of the Government from July 1 to December 31, 1863, in compliance with resolutions adopted, respectively, by the Senate and House of Representatives.
I recommend that appropriations be made of the amounts for the purposes specified.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
which was read and, on motion of Mr. Kenner, was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
The Chair announced as the special committee on the bill of the Senate entitled "An act to amend an act for the sequestration of the estates, property, and effects of alien enemies, and for indemnity of citizens of the Confederate States and persons aiding the same in the existing war with the United States, approved February fifteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two," Messrs. Lyons of Virginia, Garland of Arkansas, Gray of Texas, Clapp of Mississippi, and Hodge of Kentucky.
Mr. Goode offered a resolution that 500 extra copies of the report of the Secretary of the Treasury, submitting estimates for the support of the Government for the first half of the ensuing fiscal year, together with its accompanying documents, be printed; which was read and referred to the Committee on Printing.
Mr. Perkins, from the special committee to investigate the conduct of the chief collector of the war tax, made a report; which was laid upon the table and ordered to be printed.
The House proceeded to the consideration of the unfinished business of yesterday; which was joint resolutions in relation to martial law.
The question being on reconsidering the vote by which the same were postponed and placed upon the Calendar,
Mr. Foster demanded the question.
The question was ordered.
Mr. Chambers demanded the yeas and nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered,
Yeas: Arrington, Ashe, Atkins, Baldwin, Boteler, Boyce, Bridgers, Horatio W. Bruce, Chambers, Chambliss, Chilton, Clapp, Clark, Clopton, Collier, Currin, Curry, Dargan, Davidson, Davis, De Jarnette,
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Dupré, Elliott, Farrow, Foote, Foster, Gaither, Garland, Goode, Gray, Hanly, Heiskell, Herbert, Holcombe, Menees, Moore, Perkins, Ralls, Read, Russell, Sexton, Singleton, Smith of North Carolina, Trippe, Vest, Villeré, Welsh, Wright of Tennessee, and Wright of Texas.
Nays: Barksdale, Batson, Conrad, Conrow, Ewing, Freeman, Graham, Harris, Hartridge, Hilton, Jones, Kenan of Georgia, Kenan of North Carolina, Lewis, Lyons, Machen, McLean, McQueen, McRae, Munnerlyn, Pugh, Royston, Wilcox, and Wright of Georgia.
So the motion prevailed.
The question recurring on postponing and placing the same upon the Calendar,
Mr. H. W. Bruce moved that the resolutions be recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Mr. Garland moved to amend the motion by instructing the committee as follows, viz:
That the Committee on the Judiciary be instructed to consider--
And report by bill or otherwise.
Mr. Atkins demanded the previous question.
The main question was ordered, and the amendment was agreed to.
The motion to recommit as amended was lost, and the joint resolutions were engrossed and read a third time.
Mr. Clark demanded the question; which was on the passage of the same.
The question was ordered.
Mr. Lyons demanded the yeas and nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered,
Yeas: Arrington, Ashe, Atkins, Baldwin, Batson, Boyce, Bridgers, Horatio W. Bruce, Chambers, Chambliss, Chilton, Clapp, Clark, Clopton, Collier, Curry, Davidson, Davis, De Jarnette, Farrow, Foote, Foster, Gaither, Garland, Garnett, Goode, Gray, Hanly, Herbert, Hodge, Holcombe, Marshall, McLean, Perkins, Ralls, Read, Russell, Sexton, Singleton, Smith of North Carolina, Strickland, Vest, Villeré, Wright of Georgia, and Wright of Texas.
Nays: Barksdale, Conrad, Conrow, Currin, Dargan, Dupré, Elliott, Ewing, Freeman, Graham, Hilton, Holt, Jones, Kenan of Georgia,
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Kenan of North Carolina, Lewis, Lyons, Machen, Martin, Miller, Munnerlyn, Pugh, Royston, Swan, Trippe, Welsh, and Wilcox.
So the joint resolutions were passed.
Mr. Foster moved that the House reconsider the vote by which the joint resolutions were passed.
On motion of Mr. Collier, the motion to reconsider was laid upon the table.
Mr. Garnett moved that the House adjourn.
The motion was lost.
A message was received from the Senate, by their Secretary, Mr. Nash; which is as follows, viz:
Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed, with an amendment, a bill of this House of the following title, viz:
They have also passed bills of the following titles, viz:
In which bills and amendment I am directed to ask the concurrence of this House.
They insist upon their amendment to the bill of the House (H. R. 29) to amend an act entitled "An act to secure copyrights to authors and composers," approved May 21, 1861, agree to the conference asked by the House of Representatives on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon, and have appointed Mr. Hill, Mr. Semmes, and Mr. Dortch as managers at the same on their part.
Mr. Curry, from the Committee on Commerce, to which was referred
A bill to regulate the navigation of the Confederate States and to establish direct trade with foreign nations,
reported the same back, asked to be discharged from its further consideration, and that it do lie upon the table; which was agreed to.
Mr. Chambers, from the same committee, to which was referred a bill to establish a port of entry at Columbia, S. C., reported the same back, with the recommendation that it do pass with an amendment.
The question being on postponing and placing the same upon the Calendar,
It was decided in the affirmative.
Mr. Royston, from the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads, reported
A bill to prescribe the rates of postage on newspapers, periodicals, books, transient and other printed matter, and to repeal the second section of the act approved May 13, 1861, to amend an act to prescribe the rates of postage in the Confederate States of America, and for other purposes, approved February 23, 1861;
which was read the first and second times.
The question being on postponing and placing the same upon the Calendar,
It was decided in the negative.
Mr. Vest moved that the House do now adjourn.
The motion was lost.
The bill was engrossed, read a third time, and passed.
On motion of Mr. Chilton, the title of the same was amended by inserting after the word "repeal" the words "in part."
And the title as amended was adopted.
On motion of Mr. Royston, the forty-second rule was suspended for the remainder of the session, and the Clerk was directed to report the bill immediately to the Senate.
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Mr. Chilton, from the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads, reported
A bill to establish certain post routes therein named;
which was read the first and second times.
The question being on postponing and placing the same upon the Calendar,
It was decided in the negative.
On motion of Mr. Royston, the further consideration of the bill was postponed until to-morrow.
Mr. Chilton, from the same committee, to which was referred a bill of the Senate to authorize newspapers to be mailed [to soldiers] free of postage, reported the same back, asked to be discharged from its further consideration, and that the same do lie upon the table.
The question being on agreeing to the report,
Mr. Hilton demanded the yeas and nays;
Which were ordered,
Yeas: Chilton, Curry, Elliott, Herbert, Johnston, Kenan of North Carolina, Marshall, Munnerlyn, Ralls, Royston, and Simpson.
Nays: Ashe, Baldwin, Batson, Boteler, Boyce, Bridgers, Horatio W. Bruce, Chambers, Chambliss, Clapp, Clopton, Collier, Conrad, Currin, Davidson, Davis, Dupré, Ewing, Foster, Freeman, Gaither, Garland, Garnett, Goode, Graham, Gray, Hanly, Heiskell, Hilton, Holt, Kenner, Lewis, Machen, McLean, McQueen, Menees, Moore, Pugh, Read, Sexton, Smith of Alabama, Smith of North Carolina, Strickland, Swan, Villeré, Welsh, Wright of Georgia, and Wright of Texas.
So the report of the committee was disagreed to.
The question being on postponing and placing the same upon the Calendar,
It was decided in the negative.
The bill was taken up, and having been read as follows, viz:
The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That all newspapers directed to any officer, musician, or private engaged in the actual service of the Confederate States may be transmitted through the mails free of postage: Provided, That in all such cases the address shall contain a description of the party to whom such newspaper shall be sent, stating his military title, if an officer, or the company and regiment to which he belongs, if a musician or private: And provided also, That this act shall not be construed to extend to newspapers transmitted by carriers or express companies, or received through them,
Mr. Davis moved to amend the bill by adding thereto, as an additional section, the following, to wit:
Be it further enacted, That the amount of the postage on all papers thus sent to such soldiers shall be a charge upon the Treasury of the Confederate States of America, and paid upon the draft of the Postmaster-General.
Mr. Chilton moved to amend the amendment by striking out all of the same and inserting in lieu thereof the following, viz:
Be it further enacted, That the sum of five hundred thousand dollars be appropriated and placed to the credit of the Post-Office Department as a compensation for the free transportation of mail matter authorized by this act.
Mr. Swan demanded the previous question.
The main question was ordered.
Mr. Royston demanded the yeas and nays.
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The demand was not seconded.
The amendment to the amendment was lost.
The amendment was agreed to.
The bill as amended was engrossed and read a third time.
Mr. Royston demanded the question; which was ordered, and the bill was lost.
The hour of half past 3 having arrived,
The House took a recess, under the rule, until 8 o'clock p. m.;
And having again met,
Mr. Chilton, from the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads, to which was referred a bill of the Senate entitled "An act to repeal section two of an act entitled 'An act relating to the prepayment of postage in certain cases,' approved July twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one," reported the same back, asked to be discharged from its further consideration, and that the same do lie upon the table; which was agreed to.
Mr. Chilton also, from the same committee, to which was referred a memorial of sundry route agents, praying an increase of compensation, reported the same back, asked to be discharged from its further consideration, and that the same do lie upon the table; which was agreed to.
Mr. Chilton also, from the same committee, to which was referred
A joint resolution authorizing the Postmaster-General to use certain revenues of the Post-Office Department in payment of its liabilities,
reported the same back, asked to be discharged from its further consideration, and that the same be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means; which was agreed to.
Mr. Conrow, from the same committee, to which was referred
A resolution allowing further time for certain claimants to present claims against the Post-Office Department,
reported the same back, asked to be discharged from its further consideration, and that the same do lie upon the table; which was agreed to.
Mr. Singleton, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, to which was referred a bill of the Senate entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to establish a Bureau of Indian Affairs,'" reported the same back, with the recommendation that it pass.
The question being on postponing and placing the same upon the Calendar,
It was decided in the negative, and the bill was read a third time and passed.
Mr. Elliott, from the same committee, reported
A bill to provide further payment of the interest on the removal and subsistence fund due the Cherokee Indians in North Carolina; which was read the first and second times.
The question being on postponing and placing the same upon the Calendar,
It was decided in the negative.
Mr. Read demanded the question; which was ordered, and the bill was engrossed and read a third time.
Mr. Jones demanded the yeas and nays.
The demand was not seconded, and the bill was passed.
Mr. Read, from the Committee on Patents, to which was referred a bill of the Senate entitled "An act relating to appeals from the Commissioner of Patents," reported the same back, with the recommendation that it pass.
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The question being on postponing and placing the same upon the Calendar,
It was decided in the negative.
Mr. Davis demanded the question.
The question was ordered.
The bill was read a third time and passed.
Mr. Read also, from the same committee, to which was referred a bill of the Senate to authorize the Commissioner of Patents to purchase books for the library of the Patent Office, reported the same back, with the recommendation that it pass.
The question being on postponing and placing the same upon the Calendar,
It was decided in the negative.
Mr. Jones moved to amend the bill by striking out thereof the enacting clause.
Mr. Foster demanded the previous question.
The main question was ordered.
The amendment was lost.
The bill was read a third time, and the Constitution requiring that the vote on the passage of the same shall be taken by yeas and nays,
Yeas: Ashe, Batson, Boteler, Bridgers, Horatio W. Bruce, Chambers, Chambliss, Chilton, Clapp, Collier, Conrad, Conrow, Currin, Davidson, Davis, Foote, Freeman, Gaither, Garland, Garnett, Goode, Harris, Heiskell, Hilton, Hodge, Johnston, Lewis, Martin, McLean, McQueen, McRae, Menees, Miller, Moore, Munnerlyn, Perkins, Read, Royston, Simpson, Singleton, Smith of North Carolina, Strickland, Trippe, Villeré, Welsh, Wright of Georgia, Wright of Texas, and Mr. Speaker.
Nays: Baldwin, Clopton, Curry, Dupré, Graham, Gray, Jones, Kenan of North Carolina, Marshall, Pugh, and Sexton.
So the bill was passed.
On motion of Mr. Davis,
The House adjourned until 11 o'clock to-morrow.
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