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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 --THIRTY-THIRD DAY--WEDNESDAY, June 8, 1864.
OPEN SESSION.
On motion of Mr. Hartridge, leave of absence was granted his colleagues, Messrs. Anderson and Echols.
On motion of Mr. Goode, leave of absence was granted his colleague, Mr. Whitfield.
Mr. A. H. Garland moved to postpone the consideration of the bill "making additional appropriations for the support of the Government."
The motion prevailed.
Mr. A. H. Garland presented a correspondence between the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Treasury; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, with instructions to report at an early day such a measure or measures as, in the judgment of such committee, will remedy the evils named in said correspondence.
Mr. Funsten submitted the following resolution:
Resolved, That Archd. N. Douglas have leave to withdraw the papers connected with his claim against the Confederate States for the loss of a negro
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man in the service of the Government, he leaving a certified copy of said papers with the Clerk;
which was adopted.
Mr. Montague submitted the following resolution:
Resolved, That the Committee on Ways and Means inquire into the expediency of increasing the compensation of the clerks in the civil and military departments, and report by bill or otherwise:
which was adopted.
Mr. McMullin submitted the following resolution:
Resolved, That the committee appointed to confer with the Post-master-General on the subject of the distribution of the mail be requested re make an arrangement with the Post-Office Department to have the mail from this House received on the train from the Doorkeeper and distributed and forwarded promptly, and that the Doorkeeper be instructed to deliver the same to the mail agent on the train;
which was adopted.
Mr. Gholson presented the memorial of Frederick W. Hobbs, asking indemnity for coupon bonds stolen by Yankee raiders: which was referred to the Committee on Claims.
Mr. McMullin moved to rescind the resolution providing for a recess at 3 o'clock.
Mr. Read moved to lay the motion on the table: which latter motion prevailed.
Mr. Russell submitted the following resolution:
Resolved, That the Committee on Ways and Means inquire into the expediency of authorizing the States to exchange their Confederate Treasury notes of the old issue for Treasury notes of the new issue in whole or in part at par;
which was adopted.
Mr. Chilton introduced
A bill "to facilitate the settlement of the claims of deceased officers and soldiers:"
which was read a first and second time and referred to the Special Committee on Deceased Soldiers' Claims.
Mr. Foster introduced
A joint resolution "to allow sick and wounded officers of the Army transportation to their homes;"
which was read a first and second time.
The rule having been suspended requiring the joint resolution to be referred to a committee,
Mr. Miles moved to amend the same by filling up the blank with the words "ninety days."
The amendment was agreed to.
Mr. Holder moved to amend the joint resolution by inserting after the word "home" the words "and back to their commands."
The amendment was agreed to.
Mr. Blandford submitted the following amendment:
Strike out the words "after the passage of this resolution" and insert in lieu thereof the words "after the next meeting of Congress."
Mr. Foster demanded the yeas and nays thereon;
Which were ordered,
Yeas: Akin, Atkins, Baylor, Bell, Blandford, Bradley, Branch, Eli M. Bruce, Horatio W. Bruce, Burnett, Clopton, Colyar, Cruikshank,
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Dickinson, Dupré, Ewing, Foster, Fuller, Funsten, Gaither, A. H. Garland, R. K. Garland, Gilmer, Goode, Hartridge, Hilton, Holder, Holliday, Kenner, J. M. Leach, J. T. Leach, Lyon, McCallum, Menees, Miles, Miller, Montague, Moore, Morgan, Murray, Pugh, Read, Russell, Simpson, J. M. Smith, W. E. Smith, Staples, Swan, Witherspoon, and Wright.
Nays: Conrad, Gholson, Heiskell, Johnston, Keeble, Lamkin, Machen, McMullin, and Shewmake.
So the amendment was agreed to.
Mr. E. M. Bruce submitted the following amendment:
Add the following: "That all officers in the naval and military service shall be entitled to enter any hospital and receive such treatment and rations as now provided by law free of charge."
The amendment was agreed to.
Mr. Lamkin submitted the following amendment:
That the provisions of the foregoing shall apply to all sick and wounded officers who have heretofore received leaves of absence since the first day of May last, and that where they have furnished their own transportation the same shall be refunded to them by the Government.
The amendment was lost.
The joint resolution as amended was engrossed, read a third time, and passed.
Mr. E. M. Bruce moved to amend the title by adding thereto the following, to wit: "and hospital accommodations."
The amendment was agreed to, and the title as amended was read and agreed to.
Mr. Foster introduced
A bill "to amend an act entitled 'An act to reduce the currency and to authorize a new issue of notes and bonds;'"
which was read a first and second time and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Mr. Clopton moved that the rules be suspended to enable him to report from the Committee on the Medical Department.
The motion was lost.
Mr. Pugh submitted the following resolution:
Resolved, That to the compensation now allowed by law to the assistant clerks of the House of Representatives there shall be added fifty per cent for one year from the adoption of this resolution, to be paid out of the contingent fund of the House;
which was adopted.
Mr. Bridgers, from the committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the bill (S. 34) "to provide for the compensation of noncommissioned officers, soldiers, sailors, and marines on detailed service," submitted the following report:
The committee of conference on the part of the House of Representatives on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the bill (S. 34) to provide for the compensation of noncommissioned officers, soldiers, sailors, and marines on detailed service, have met the managers on the part of the Senate, and after full and free conference have agreed to recommend to their respective Houses as follows:
That the Senate recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the House of Representatives and agree to the said amendment with the following amendments, viz:
After "service," section 1, line 2, insert the words "or from the Navy or Marine Corps."
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Strike out sections 2, 3, 4, and 5, and insert in lieu thereof the following:
And that the House of Representatives recede from their amendment to the title of the bill.
Respectfully submitted.
Mr. Lyon introduced
A bill "in relation to the pay of clerks in the office of the depositary;"
which was read a first and second time.
Mr. Lyon moved to suspend the rule requiring the bill to be referred to a committee.
The motion was lost, and the bill was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Mr. Lyon moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was referred to a committee.
The motion was lost.
Mr. Chilton submitted the following resolution:
Resolved, That it be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means to inquire and report whether the salary of the Assistant Attorneys-General should not be increased;
which was adopted.
Mr. Clopton submitted the following resolution:
Resolved, That the Committee on Ways and Means be instructed to inquire into the propriety of increasing the salaries of the chiefs of bureaus, and that they report by bill or otherwise:
which was adopted.
The morning hour having expired,
The House resumed the consideration of the special order, viz:
The bill to provide supplies for the Army and to prescribe the mode of making impressments.
Mr. A. H. Garland moved to lay the whole subject on the table.
Mr. Chilton demanded the yeas and nays thereon;
Which were ordered,
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Yeas: Ayer, Barksdale, Bell, Blandford, Cruikshank, Dupré, Foster, Fuller, A. H. Garland, R. K. Garland, Hartridge, Kenner, J. M. Leach, Lyon, Morgan, Pugh, Shewmake, Swan, and Turner.
Nays: Akin, Baylor, Boyce, Bradley, Branch, Bridgers, Eli M. Bruce, Horatio W. Bruce, Chambers, Chilton, Clopton, Colyar, Conrad; De Jarnette, Dickinson, Ewing, Foote, Funsten, Gaither, Gholson, Gilmer, Godde, Hanly, Heiskell, Hilton, Holder, Holliday, Johnston, Lamkin, J. T. Leach, Marshall, McCallum, McMullin, Miles, Montague, Moore, Murray, Orr, Perkins, Rogers, Simpson, Singleton, J. M. Smith, W. E. Smith, Smith of North Carolina, Triplett, Villeré, and Witherspoon.
So the motion to lay on the table was lost.
A message was received from the Senate, by Mr. Nash, their Secretary; which is as follows, viz:
Mr. Speaker: The Senate have rejected a bill of this House (H. R. 135) to increase the compensation of the assistant clerks in the Senate and House of Representatives.
They have concurred in the amendments of this House to the bill (S. 39) to amend the several acts in regard to chaplains.
They have passed, with amendments, a bill of this House (H. R. 138) to increase the compensation of the heads of the several Executive Departments and the Assistant Secretary of War and the Treasury; in which amendments I am directed to ask the concurrence of this House.
Mr. Blandford called the question; which was ordered.
The question being on the amendment of Mr. Montague to the motion of Mr. E. M. Bruce to recommit the bill with instructions,
It was decided in the negative.
The question recurring on the motion to recommit,
It was decided in the negative.
Mr. Conrad, by unanimous consent, withdrew his amendment to the amendment of Mr. McCallum.
The question recurring on the amendment of Mr. McCallum,
It was decided in the negative.
A message was received from the Senate, by Mr. Nash, their Secretary; which is as follows, viz:
Mr. Speaker: The Senate have agreed to the report of the committee of conference on the bill (S. 34) to provide for the compensation of noncommissioned officers, soldiers, sailors, and marines on detailed service.
They have passed, without amendment, a bill of this House (H. R. 123) making appropriations for the support of the Government of the Confederate States of America from July 1 to December 31, 1864, and to supply a deficiency.
Mr. E. M. Bruce moved to recommit the bill to a special committee, to be composed of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means and the Joint Committee on Impressments, without instructions, and demanded the yeas and nays thereon; which were not ordered.
The motion to recommit was lost.
Mr. Rogers submitted the following amendment to the first section:
In line 14, after the word "thereof," insert the following: "said value to be ascertained by local appraisers in accordance with the provisions of the impressment act, from whose appraisement there shall be no appeal."
The amendment was lost.
Mr. Barksdale moved to amend the bill by striking out the first section; which reads as follows, viz:
Every person required to pay a tax in kind under the provisions of the "Act to lay taxes for the common defense and carry on the Government of the Confederate
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States," approved April twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and the act amendatory thereof, approved February seventeenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, shall, in addition to the one-tenth required by said acts to be paid as a tax in kind, deliver to the Confederate Government, of the products of the present year and of the year eighteen hundred and sixty-five, one other tenth of the several products taxed in kind by the acts aforesaid, which additional one-tenth shall be ascertained, assessed, and collected in all respects as is provided by law for the said tax in kind, and shall be paid for on delivery by the post quartermasters in the several districts at the assessed value thereof; except the payment for cotton and tobacco shall be made by the agents of the Treasury Department appointed to receive the same.
Mr. Bell called the question; which was ordered.
Mr. Marshall demanded the yeas and nays thereon;
Which were ordered,
Yeas: Atkins, Ayer, Barksdale, Bell, Blandford, Branch, Bridgers, Eli M. Bruce, Horatio W. Bruce, Burnett, Cruikshank, Dupré, Ewing, Farrow, Foster, Fuller, A. H. Garland, R. K. Garland, Hartridge, Hilton, Kenner, Lamkin, J. M. Leach, Lyon, Marshall, Miles, Moore, Morgan, Pugh, Rives, Rogers, Sexton, Shewmake, Singleton, J. M. Smith, W. E. Smith, Staples, Swan, Turner, Witherspoon, and Wright.
Nays: Akin, Baylor, Bradley, Chambers, Chilton, Clopton, Colyar, Conrad, Dickinson, Foote, Funsten, Gaither, Gholson, Gilmer, Goode, Hanly, Heiskell, Hodge, Holder, Holliday, J. T. Leach, Machen, McMullin, Menees, Montague, Murray, Perkins, Simpson, Smith of North Carolina, Triplett, Villeré, and Mr. Speaker.
So the amendment was agreed to.
Mr. Hartridge moved to reconsider the vote just taken, and called the question; which was ordered.
Mr. E. M. Bruce demanded the yeas and nays; which were not ordered, and the motion to reconsider was lost.
Mr. Heiskell submitted the following amendment:
Insert in lieu of the first section the same section with the words after the enacting clause down to the word "shall," in line 6, stricken out.
Mr. Sexton (in the chair pro tempore) entertained the amendment, which though substantially was not literally the same.
Mr. Marshall appealed from the decision of the Chair.
The question being put,
Shall the decision of the Chair stand as the judgment of the House?
It was decided in the negative.
Mr. Heiskell submitted the following amendment:
In lieu of first section insert same section with all after the enacting clause down to word "shall," in line 6, and all after word "thereof," in line 14, stricken out.
The hour of 3 having arrived,
The House took a recess until 8 o'clock;
And having reassembled,
The Chair laid before the House a communication from the President; which was read as follows, viz:
Richmond, Va., June 4, 1864.
To the House of Representatives:
In response to your resolution of the 5th ultimo, I herewith transmit for your information a communication from the Secretary of War relative to the
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"Holcombe Legion of South Carolina Volunteers" and to other "legionary organizations" in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
The communication and accompanying documents were referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
A message was received from the Senate, by Mr. Nash, their Secretary; which is as follows, viz:
Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed a bill (S. 70) to amend an act entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to organize military courts to attend the Army of the Confederate States in the field, and to define the powers of said courts,'" approved February 13, 1864; in which I am directed to ask the concurrence or this House.
The Chair laid before the House a Senate bill (S. 70) "to amend an act entitled 'An act to amend an act entitled "An act to organize military courts to attend the Army of the Confederate States in the field, and to define the powers of said courts,"' approved February thirteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four;"
which was read a first and second time and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
The Chair laid before the House
A bill (H. R. 138) "to increase the compensation of the heads of the several Executive Departments and the Assistant Secretary of War and the Treasury;"
which had been returned from the Senate with the following amendments, viz:
The question being on the first amendment of the Senate,
Mr. Machen demanded the yeas and nays;
Which were ordered,
Yeas: Akin, Atkins, Barksdale, Baylor, Bell, Blandford, Bradley, Branch, Horatio W. Bruce, Chilton, Clopton, Colyar, Cruikshank, Dickinson, Elliott, Ewing, Farrow, Foster, Fuller, Funsten, R. K. Garland, Gholson, Hartridge, Heiskell, Hodge, Holder, Johnston, J. M. Leach, J. T. Leach, Machen, McMullin, Montague, Morgan, Perkins, Pugh, Read, Russell, Sexton, Shewmake, Simpson, Singleton, J. M. Smith, Smith of North Carolina, Triplett, Villeré, Welsh, Witherspoon, and Wright.
Nays: Boyce, Eli M. Bruce, Chambers, Conrad, Foote, A. H. Garland, Goode, Holliday, Kenner, Lyon, Murray, and W. E. Smith.
The second amendment of the Senate was concurred in.
The question being on the third amendment,
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Mr. Lyon moved to amend by inserting the words "and the Commissioner of Patents."
The amendment of Mr. Lyon was lost.
Mr. Lyon moved to reconsider the vote by which his amendment was lost.
The motion to reconsider was lost.
Mr. Hartridge submitted the following amendment:
After the words "Comptroller-General," in line 4, insert the following: "That the salaries of the chiefs of bureaus in the Executive Departments be include fifty per cent for the period of one year from the passage of this act, to include the First, Second, and Third Auditors of the Treasury."
Mr. Pugh demanded the previous question; which was ordered.
The question being on the amendment of Mr. Hartridge,
Mr. Fuller demanded the yeas and nays; which were not ordered,
and the amendment of Mr. Hartridge was agreed to.
The question being on the fourth amendment of the Senate,
Mr. Marshall demanded the yeas and nays;
Which were ordered,
Yeas: Akin, Atkins, Barksdale, Baylor, Blandford, Boyce, Bridgers, Eli M. Bruce, Chambers, Chilton, Colyar, Conrad, Dickinson, Foote, Funsten, A. H. Garland, R. K. Garland, Gholson, Goode, Hartridge, Holder, Lyon, Machen, McCallum, Miles, Montague, Murray, Pugh, Read, Russell, Simpson, Singleton, J. M. Smith, W. E. Smith, and Welsh.
Nays: Ayer, Bell, Clopton, Cruikshank, Dupré, Elliott, Ewing, Foster, Fuller, Gilmer, Heiskell, Hilton, Holliday, Johnston, Keeble, Kenner, J. M. Leach, J. T. Leach, Marshall, McMullin, Menees, Moore, Perkins, Shewmake, Smith of North Carolina, Swan, Triplett, Turner, Villeré, and Wright.
So the amendment of the Senate was concurred in.
The question being on the amendment of the Senate to the title,
Mr. Hartridge moved to amend the amendment by adding thereto the words "and the Auditors of the Treasury."
The amendment of Mr. Hartridge was agreed to, and the amendment of the Senate to the title as amended was agreed to.
Mr. Lyon moved to reconsider the vote by which the fourth amendment of the Senate was agreed to.
The motion prevailed.
Mr. Lyon moved to amend the fourth amendment of the Senate by adding the following, viz: "and the Commissioner of Patents."
Mr. Fuller moved to amend the amendment of Mr. Lyon by adding the following, to wit:
Add also, "all commissioned officers of the Army below the rank of brigadier-general, and all officers of the Navy below the rank of post captain."
Mr. Moore rose to a point of order, viz:
That the amendment of Mr. Fuller was not in order in so much that it proposed to amend a bill increasing the compensation of certain civil officers by adding to the pay of the officers of the Army and Navy.
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The Chair sustained the point of order, from which decision Mr. Fuller appealed.
The question being put,
Shall the decision of the Chair stand as the judgment of the House?
It was decided in the affirmative.
Mr. Swan submitted the following amendment:
Add the following proviso: "Provided, That this increased compensation shall not be given to chiefs of bureaus who have military or naval pay and rank."
Mr. Read moved to recommit the bill and amendments to the Committee on Ways and Means.
The motion prevailed.
The Chair laid before the House
A bill (H. R. 108) "to amend the laws relating to the tax in kind;" which had been returned from the Senate with sundry amendments.
The bill and amendments were referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
On motion of Mr. Lyon, the first and second special orders were postponed.
Mr. Lyon, under a suspension of the rules, introduced
A bill "relating to the issuing of certificates of indebtedness by the Government of the Confederate States;"
which was read a first and second time.
The question being whether the bill be postponed and put upon the Calendar,
It was decided in the negative.
Mr. Smith of North Carolina submitted the following amendment:
After the word "indebtedness" insert "receivable in payment of public taxes and other dues except import and export duties."
Pending which,
Mr. Hilton moved that the House do now adjourn.
Mr. Wright demanded the yeas and nays;
Which were ordered,
Yeas: Akin, Ayer, Barksdale, Baylor, Bell, Boyce, Bradley, Branch, Clopton, Dickinson, Ewing, Gholson, Goode, Hartridge, Heiskell, Hilton, Hodge, Holliday, Johnston, Kenner, J. M. Leach, Lyon, Marshall, McMullin, Menees, Montague, Murray, Russell, J. M. Smith, W. E. Smith, Smith of North Carolina, Staples, Swan, Triplett, Turner, Villeré, Witherspoon, and Mr. Speaker.
Nays: Blandford, Bridgers, Eli M. Bruce, Chilton, Colyar, Conrad, Cruikshank, Farrow, Foote, Foster, Fuller, Funsten, A. H. Garland, land, R. K. Garland, Gilmer, Holder, Keeble, J. T. Leach, Machen, McCallum, Miles, Moore, Morgan, Perkins, Pugh, Sexton, Shewmake, Singleton, Welsh, and Wright.
So the motion prevailed, and
The Speaker announced that the House stood adjourned until 11 o'clock to-morrow.
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