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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 --EIGHTY-NINTH DAY--THURSDAY, April 30, 1863.
OPEN SESSION.
The House met pursuant to adjournment, and was opened with prayer by the Rev. Dr. Read.
Mr. Boteler introduced the following resolution, viz:
Resolved, That the President be requested to communicate to this House, if not incompatible with the public interest, copies of Lieutenant-General T. J. Jackson's official reports of the battles and other military operations in the Valley District of Virginia during the campaign of last year, from the first of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-two.
Mr. Wright demanded the yeas and nays on the passage of the resolution;
Which were ordered,
Yeas: Arrington, Ashe, Atkins, Batson, Bell, Boteler, Boyce, Chambers, Chambliss, Chilton, Clapp, Clopton, Collier, Conrad, Conrow, Crockett, Currin, Curry, Ewing, Farrow, Freeman, Gaither, Garland, Garnett, Graham, Hanly, Harris, Hartridge, Heiskell, Herbert, Hilton,
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Hodge, Holcombe, Holt, Jones, Kenner, Lyon, Lyons, Machen, Marshall, Martin, McQueen, Miles, Miller, Moore, Perkins, Pugh, Russell, Sexton, Simpson, Singleton, Smith of Alabama, Smith of North Carolina, Swan, Tibbs, Trippe, Vest, Villeré, Welsh, Wright of Georgia, Wright of Tennessee, Wright of Texas, and Mr. Speaker.
Nays: None.
So the resolution was adopted
Mr. Garnett introduced the following resolution, viz:
Resolved, That the President be requested to communicate to this House, at the next session of Congress, how many slaves taken by or employed in the Army have been reported under the provisions of the act entitled "An act to protect the rights of owners of slaves taken or employed in the Army," approved October thirteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and especially under the third and sixth sections thereof.
The resolution was agreed to.
The Speaker laid before the House a message from the President; which is as follows, viz:
Richmond, Va., April 29, 1863.
To the House of Representatives:
I herewith transmit for your information a communication from the Secretary of the Navy, in response to your resolution of the 25th instant, asking for a copy of the finding of the court of inquiry in the case of John K. Mitchell, Confederate States Navy.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
The message and accompanying documents were referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
The Speaker laid before the House the following message from the President, viz:a
[Note a: a The message is not recorded in the Journal of this date.]
Mr. Russell moved to postpone the consideration of the message until the first Wednesday of next session.
Mr. Jones demanded the yeas and nays; which were not ordered.
The motion to postpone was then agreed to.
Mr. Martin moved to reconsider the vote by which the Senate bill to be entitled
The motion to reconsider was lost.
Mr. Swan, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported back
A joint resolution tendering the thanks of Congress to Maj. J. L. Brent and the officers and soldiers under his command for their gallantry in capturing the Federal gunboat Indianola.
The House having refused to postpone the joint resolution, it was engrossed, read a third time, and passed.
Mr. Miles, from the same committee, reported back
A joint resolution of thanks to Maj. Oscar M. Watkins and the officers and men under his command for capturing the enemy's gunboats at Sabine Pass,
with a recommendation that it lie upon the table and that the following resolution be adopted, viz:
Resolved by the Congress of the Confederate States of America, That the thanks of Congress are due, and are hereby tendered, to Major Oscar M. Watkins and the officers
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and men under his command for the signal victory achieved over the naval forces of the United States at Sabine Pass on the twenty-first of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, resulting in the dispersion of the blockading squadron of the enemy and the capture of two of his gunboats.
The question being on postponing and placing the resolution and amendment on the Calendar,
It was decided in the negative.
The question then recurring on the report of the committee, it was agreed to.
The joint resolution was then engrossed, read a third time, and passed unanimously.
A message was received from the Senate, By Mr. Nash, their Secretary; which is as follows:
Mr. Speaker: The Senate have concurred in the amendments proposed by this House to the bill of the Senate (S. 73) entitled "An act to provide and organize a general staff for armies in the field, to serve during the war."
Mr. Miles, from the same committee, to whom had been referred
A joint resolution of thanks to Gen. G. T. Beauregard and the officers and men of his command for the repulse of the ironclad fleet of the enemy from the harbor of Charleston on the 7th of April, 1863, reported back the same, with the recommendation that it do pass.
The House refusing, the joint resolution was read as follows, viz:
Resolved by the Congress of the Confederate States, That the thanks of Congress are eminently due, and are hereby cordially tendered, to General G. T. Beauregard and the officers and men of his command engaged in the affair, for their brilliant and signal defeat of the ironclad fleet of the enemy in the harbor of Charleston, on the seventh April, eighteen hundred and sixty-three.
Resolved, That the President be requested to communicate this resolution to General Beauregard and his command.
The joint resolution was then engrossed, read a third time, and passed.
Mr. Miles, from the same committee, reported back
A bill to be entitled "An act to prevent trading with the enemy, and, in connection therewith, dealing in the paper currency of the United States,"
with an amendment and the recommendation that the amendment do pass as a substitute for the original bill.
The House having refused to postpone and place the bill upon the Calendar, the amendment was read as follows, viz:
Mr. Smith of Alabama moved to amend the amendment of the committee as follows: Strike out, in section 2, lines 5 and 6, the words "as the jury trying the case may determine" and insert
as the judge or jury trying the case, according to the practice in the courts of the State wherein the offense has been committed, may determine.
Mr. Smith of North Carolina moved to lay the bill and amendments on the table.
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Mr. Miles demanded the yeas and nays;
Which were ordered,
Yeas: Baldwin, Boyce, Conrow, Farrow, Freeman, Garnett, Gray, Hanly, Harris, Hilton, Jones, Lyons, Martin, McQueen, Menees, and Smith of North Carolina.
Nays: Arrington, Ashe, Atkins, Barksdale, Batson, Bell, Boteler, Bridgers, Horatio W. Bruce, Chambers, Chambliss, Chilton, Clapp, Clopton, Collier, Conrad, Crockett, Currin, Curry, De Jarnette, Ewing, Gaither, Garland, Hartridge, Heiskell, Herbert, Hodge, Holcombe, Holt, Kenner, Lewis, Lyon, Machen, McLean, McRae, Miles, Miller, Moore, Munnerlyn, Perkins, Pugh, Read, Simpson, Singleton, Smith of Alabama, Swan, Trippe, Vest, Welsh, Wright of Georgia, Wright of Tennessee, and Wright of Texas.
So the motion to lay the bill and amendments on the table did not prevail.
Mr. Hilton called the previous question; which was not ordered.
The question recurring on the amendment of Mr. Smith of North Carolina to the amendment of the committee, it was agreed to.
Mr. Machen moved to amend the bill as follows:a
[Note a: a The amendment is not recorded in the Journal.]
Mr. Chambers called the previous question; which was not ordered.
Mr. Miles moved to lay the amendment on the table; which was agreed to.
Mr. Jones moved to lay the whole subject on the table; which was not agreed to.
Mr. Heiskell demanded the previous question.
The main question was ordered.
The amendment of the committee, as amended, was then agreed to.
The bill was then engrossed, read a third time, and passed.
Mr. Miles moved to amend the title as follows, viz: Strike out all of the original title and insert
A bill to prevent the sale, exchange, or other disposition of the Treasury notes, bonds, etc., issued under the authority of the United States, etc.
The amendment was agreed to.
Mr. Chambers, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported as correctly enrolled the following bills from the Senate:
And the following joint resolution and bill of the House:
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allowance due to deceased soldiers," approved February 15, 1862, and to provide for the prompt settlement of claims for arrearages of pay, allowance, and bounty due to deceased officers and soldiers.
And the same were signed by the Speaker.
Mr. Hilton, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported back a House bill to be entitled "An act relating to the organization of the Quartermaster's and Commissary Departments," with a recommendation that the committee be discharged from its further consideration and that it do lie upon the table; which was agreed to.
Mr. Hilton, from the same committee, reported
A bill to be entitled "An act to facilitate the detection of frauds in the Commissary and Quartermaster's Departments;"
which was read first and second times.
The House having refused to postpone, it was taken up for consideration.
Mr. Hilton moved to strike out "prima facie" and insert "presumptive."
The amendment was agreed to.
The bill was then engrossed, read a third time, and passed.
A message was received from the Senate, by Mr. Nash, their Secretary; which is as follows, viz:
Mr. Speaker: The Senate have concurred in the amendments of this House to the bill of the Senate entitled
The Senate have passed, without amendment, bills of this House entitled
The Speaker laid before the House a Senate bill to be entitled
The Speaker also laid before the House a Senate bill to be entitled
The Speaker also laid before the House a Senate bill to be entitled
The Speaker also laid before the House a House bill to be entitled
The House having refused to concur in the amendment of the Senate, and the Senate having insisted upon its amendment and asked a committee of conference,
Mr. Jones moved that the House recede from its disagreement.
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The motion was agreed to.
Mr. H. W. Bruce, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported as correctly enrolled a bill of the following title, viz:
And the Speaker signed the same.
A message was received from the Senate, by Mr. Nash, their Secretary; which is as follows:
Mr. Speaker: The Senate have concurred in the amendments proposed by this House to the bill of the Senate (S. 73) entitled "An act to provide and organize a general staff for armies in the field, to serve during the war."
On motion of Mr. Miles,
The House went into secret session; and having spent some time therein, again resolved itself into open session.
Two messages were received from the Senate, by Mr. Nash, their Secretary; which are as follows, viz:
Mr. Speaker: The Senate have concurred in the amendments of this House to the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 3) entitled
An act to repeal certain clauses of an act entitled "An act to exempt certain persons from military service," etc., approved October 11, 1862.
The Senate have passed, without amendment, bills of this House of the following titles, viz:
Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed bills of the following titles, viz:
In which I am directed to ask the concurrence of this House.
The Senate have passed, without amendment, a bill of this House of the following title, viz:
The Senate insist on their amendment, disagreed to by the House, to the bill of this House (H. R. 14) to prevent fraud in the Quartermaster's and Commissary Departments, and the obtaining under false pretense transportation for private property," ask a conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon, and have appointed Mr. Wigfall, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, and Mr. Davis as managers on the part of the Senate at said conference.
The Senate have passed, without amendment, joint resolutions of this House of the following titles, viz:
The House again resolved itself into secret session; and having spent some time therein, again resolved itself into open session.
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
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The Senate have 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 President, by Mr. Harrison, his Private Secretary; which is as follows:
Mr. Speaker: On the 28th instant the President approved and signed the following bill:
On the 29th instant the President approved bills of the following titles:
A message was received from the Senate, by Mr. Nash, their Secretary; which is as follows, viz:
Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed, without amendment, a bill of this House of the following title, viz:
A message was received from the President, by Mr. Harrison, his Private Secretary; which is as follows:
Mr. Speaker: The President has to-day approved and signed a bill of the following title:
Mr. H. W. Bruce, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported as correctly enrolled
Also the following joint resolutions:
Also the following Senate bills:
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And the Speaker signed the same.
Mr. Chambers, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported as correctly enrolled House bills of the following titles:
And the following joint resolutions:
And the Speaker signed the same.
A message was received from the Senate, by Mr. Nash, their Secretary; which is as follows, viz:
Mr. Speaker: The Senate have concurred in the amendments of this House to the bill of the Senate entitled
The Senate have receded from their disagreement to the amendments of this House to the bills of the Senate entitled
The Senate have passed, without amendment, joint resolutions of this House of the following titles, viz:
Mr. McQueen, from the Committee on Accounts, submitted a report; which was laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
On motion of Mr. Jones,
The House then adjourned until to-morrow at 10 o'clock a. m.
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SECRET SESSION.
The House being in secret session,
Mr. Chambers, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported as correctly enrolled bills of the following titles:
A message was received from the Senate, through the hands of Mr. Nash, the Secretary of that body; which is as follows, viz:
Mr. Speaker: The Senate have concurred in the amendments of this House to the bill of the Senate entitled
Mr. Sexton moved to suspend the rules to enable him to offer a resolution.
The motion prevailed, and
Mr. Sexton introduced the resolution as follows, viz:
Resolved, That two thousand copies of the acts providing for the funding of Treasury notes, the tax act, and the act providing for the collection of taxes be printed for the use of members of this House, and that the Doorkeeper be instructed to send to the members who may leave the city their ratio of the said acts and charge postage on the contingent fund of the House.
Mr. Barksdale demanded the question; which was ordered.
Mr. Miles moved to reconsider the vote by which the question was ordered.
The motion prevailed, and
Mr. Miles moved to amend the resolution by inserting "five thousand" in lieu of "two thousand."
The motion was lost.
Mr. Heiskell called the question; which was ordered.
Mr. Baldwin demanded the yeas and nays;
Which were ordered,
Yeas: Arrington, Ashe, Barksdale, Bell, Boteler, Boyce, Eli M. Bruce, Chambers, Chambliss, Collier, Farrow, Gaither, Garland, Hodge, Holcombe, Holt, Lyon, Lyons, Martin, McLean, McQueen, McRae, Miles, Miller, Munnerlyn, Read, Sexton, Simpson, Singleton, Swan, and Wright of Georgia.
Nays: Atkins, Baldwin, Batson, Bridgers, Horatio W. Bruce, Chilton, Clapp, Clopton, Conrow, Curry, De Jarnette, Ewing, Freeman, Garnett, Graham, Hanly, Harris, Hartridge, Heiskell, Hilton, Jones, Kenner, Lewis, Machen, Marshall, Menees, Perkins, Pugh, Smith of Alabama, Smith of North Carolina, Trippe, Vest, Villeré, Wright of Tennessee, and Wright of Texas.
So the resolution was not agreed to.
Mr. Miles, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom had been referred a Senate bill to be entitled
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reported back the same, with the recommendation that it do pass without amendment.
The House having refused to postpone and place the bill upon the Calendar,
Mr. Jones moved to amend the same by striking out the enacting clause.
Mr. Moore called the question; which was ordered, and the motion of Mr. Jones was lost.
Mr. Perkins moved to amend the bill by substituting in lieu thereof the following, viz:a
[Note a: a The amendment is not recorded in the Journal.]
Mr. Pugh moved the previous question, and on his motion
Mr. Baldwin demanded the yeas and nays;
Which were ordered,
Yeas: Batson, Bell, Boteler, Eli M. Bruce, Horatio W. Bruce, Chambers, Clapp, Clopton, Conrow, Crockett, Currin, Curry, De Jarnette, Ewing, Freeman, Garnett, Gray, Hanly, Hartridge, Hilton, Holt, Kenner, Lewis, Machen, Marshall, Martin, McQueen, McRae, Miles, Miller, Moore, Munnerlyn, Pugh, Russell, Singleton, Smith of Alabama, Trippe, Vest, Welsh, Wilcox, Wright of Tennessee, and Wright of Texas.
Nays: Ashe, Atkins, Baldwin, Bridgers, Chambliss, Chilton, Collier, Conrad, Garland, Harris, Heiskell, Herbert, Holcombe, Jones, Lyons, McLean, Menees, Perkins, Smith of North Carolina, Swan, Tibbs, Villeré, and Mr. Speaker.
So the main question was not ordered.
Mr. Pugh called the question.
Mr. Jones demanded the yeas and nays;
Which were ordered,
Yeas: Atkins, Batson, Bell, Boteler, Bridgers, Eli M. Bruce, Horatio W. Bruce, Chambers, Clapp, Clopton, Conrad, Conrow, Crockett, Currin, Curry, De Jarnette, Ewing, Freeman, Garnett, Hanly, Hartridge, Heiskell, Hilton, Holcombe, Holt, Kenner, Lewis, Machen, Marshall, Martin, McQueen, McRae, Miles, Miller, Moore, Munnerlyn, Pugh, Russell, Sexton, Singleton, Smith of Alabama, Swan, Trippe, Vest, Villeré, Welsh, Wilcox, Wright of Tennessee, Wright of Texas, and Mr. Speaker.
Nays: Ashe, Baldwin, Chambliss, Chilton, Collier, Garland, Harris, Herbert, Jones, Lyons, McLean, Menees, Perkins, and Smith of North Carolina.
So the question was ordered.
The amendment of Mr. Perkins was rejected.
The bill was then read a third time, and the question being on its passage,
Mr. Lyons demanded the yeas and nays;
Which were ordered,
Yeas: Batson, Bell, Boteler, Eli M. Bruce, Horatio W. Bruce, Chambers,
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Clapp, Clopton, Conrad, Conrow, Crockett, Curry, Ewing, Freeman, Garnett, Graham, Gray, Hartridge, Hilton, Hodge, Holcombe, Holt, Kenner, Lewis, Machen, Martin, McQueen, Miles, Miller, Moore, Munnerlyn, Pugh, Russell, Sexton, Singleton, Smith of Alabama, Trippe, Vest, Welsh, Wright of Tennessee, and Wright of Texas.
Nays: Ashe, Atkins, Baldwin, Bridgers, Chambliss, Collier, Currin, Garland, Hanly, Harris, Heiskell, Herbert, Jones, Lyons, Marshall, McLean, McRae, Menees, Perkins, Smith of North Carolina, Swan, Villeré, and Wilcox.
So the bill was passed.
Mr. Singleton moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed, and called the question; which was ordered.
Mr. Lyons demanded the yeas and nays;
Which were ordered,
Yeas: Ashe, Atkins, Baldwin, Bridgers, Chambliss, Chilton, Collier, Currin, Garland, Hanly, Harris, Heiskell, Herbert, Jones, Lyons, Marshall, McLean, McRae, Menees, Perkins, Smith of North Carolina, Swan, and Villeré.
Nays: Bell, Boteler, Eli M. Bruce, Horatio W. Bruce, Chambers, Clapp, Clopton, Conrad, Conrow, Crockett, Curry, De Jarnette, Ewing, Freeman, Garnett, Graham, Gray, Hartridge, Hilton, Holcombe, Holt, Kenner, Lewis, Machen, Martin, McQueen, Miles, Miller, Moore, Munnerlyn, Pugh, Russell, Sexton, Singleton, Smith of Alabama, Trippe, Vest, Welsh, Wright of Tennessee, and Wright of Texas.
So the motion to reconsider did not prevail.
Mr. Harris moved that when the House adjourn to-day it adjourn to meet to-morrow at 10 o'clock.
The motion was agreed to.
Mr. Harris moved that the injunction of secrecy be removed from the bill just passed.
The motion was agreed to.
Mr. Villeré, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom had been referred a Senate bill to be entitled
Mr. Collier moved that the House go into open session.
The motion was agreed to.
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