county, Arkansas, praying the confirmation of the titles to all lands in township 19, range 9 west, that have been heretofore entered in good faith, and for which patents and certificates for patents have been issued: which was referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Mr. Benjamin presented a petition of W. C. Jewett, praying that a national debt Pacific railroad measure may not be passed. Ordered, That it lie on the table. Mr. Foot asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in a bill (S. 540) for the reorganization of the United States Military Academy at West Point; which was read the first and second times by unanimous consent, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. On motion by Mr. Foot, Ordered, That the bill be printed. Mr. Mason asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in a joint resolution (S. 60) in relation to a suspension of certain laws in States separating from the Union; which was read and passed to a second reading. On motion by Mr. Mason, Ordered, That the resolution be printed. On motion by Mr. Pugh, The Senate proceeded to consider, as in Committee of the Whole, the bill (H. R. 428) directing the Secretary of the Interior to liquidate the accounts of Mitchell and Rammilsburg and Baker and Von Phul; and, no amendment being made, it was reported to the Senate. Ordered, That it pass to a third reading. The said bill was read the third time. Resolved, That it pass. Ordered, That the Secretary notify the House of Representatives thereof. On motion by Mr. Johnson, of Arkansas, The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the joint resolution (H. R. 43) giving the assent of Congress to certain acts passed or to be passed by the legislatures of the States of Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas, or any two of them, in relation to the "raft" of Red river, and for other purposes; and, On motion by Mr. Johnson, of Arkansas, Ordered, That the further consideration of the resolution be postponed to and made the special order of the day for Thursday the 24th instant at one o'clock. Mr. Bigler presented a memorial of John Mini, of Philadelphia, praying an extension of his patent for his invention of a new mode of burning lamp-black; which was referred to the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office. Mr. Bigler presented a petition of citizens of Danville, Pennsylvania, praying the adoption of the compromise measures proposed by Mr. Crittenden. Ordered, That it lie on the table. Mr. Latham presented a petition of residents of Anakeim, California, praying the establishment of a mail route between Los Angelos and San Diego, in that State; which was referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. Mr. Hale submitted the following resolution; which was considered by unanimous consent and agreed to: Resolved, That the Secretary of the Navy be instructed to inform the Senate whether he has accepted, either with or without condition, any drafts or orders or requests to pay money to the Chiriqui Improvement Company and Ambrose W. Thompson, or either of them; and if so, the dates and amounts of such acceptances. The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the joint resolution (S. 59) to provide for the maintenance of the Union, or for a convention for a peaceable separation of the States and the restoration of harmony upon the principles of justice and equality to all; and the question being on the motion of Mr. Green to refer the resolution to the select committee appointed under the resolution of the Senate of the 18th of December last, On motion by Mr. Green, Ordered, That the resolution lie on the table and be printed. A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Hayes, chief clerk: Mr. President: The House of Representatives has passed the following bills and joint resolution, in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate: H. R. 833. An act for the relief of Eben Adams. H. R. 899. An act making appropriations for the support of the Army for the year ending the 30th of June, 1862. H. R. 51. Joint resolution repealing a resolution relating to the claim of George Fisher, late of Florida, deceased, approved June 1, 1860. H. R. 275. An act for the relief of the children of Lieutenant Nathaniel Smith, deceased. H. R. 299. An act for the payment of expenses incurred in the suppression of Indian hostilities in the State of California. On motion by Mr. Polk, The Senate proceeded to consider, as in Committee of the Whole, the bill (H. R. 132) to remove the United States arsenal from the city of St. Louis, and to provide for the sale of the lands on which the same is located; and, the first reported amendment having been agreed to, On the question to agree to the second reported amendment, The President announced that the hour of one o'clock having arrived it was the duty of the Chair to call up the unfinished business of the Senate of yesterday, which was the bill (H. R. 23) for the admission of Kansas into the Union, and that the bill was the business now before the Senate; and The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the said bill; and On motion by Mr. Fitch, to amend the bill by inserting at the end thereof the following additional sections: SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That from and after the admission of the State of Kansas, as hereinbefore provided, all the laws of the United States, which are not locally inapplicable, shall have the same force and effect within that State as in other States of the Union; and the said State is hereby constituted a judicial district of the United States, within which a district court, with the like powers and jurisdiction as the district court of the United States for the district of Minnesota, shall be established; the judge, attorney, and marshal of the United States for the said district of Kansas shall reside within the same, and shall be entitled to the same compensation as the judge, attorney, and marshal of the district of Minnesota; and in all cases of appeal or writ of error heretofore prosecuted, and now pending in the Supreme Court of the United States, upon any record from the supreme court of Kansas Territory, the mandate of execution or order of further proceedings shall be directed by the Supreme Court of the United States to the district court of the United States for the district of Kansas, or to the supreme court of the State of Kansas, as the nature of such appeal or writ of error may require; and each of those courts shall be the successor of the supreme court of Kansas Territory, as to all such cases, with full power to hear and determine the same, and to award mesne or final process therein. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the judge of the district court for the district of Kansas shall hold two regular terms of the said court annually, at the seat of government of the said State, to commence on the second Monday of April and October in each year, Yeas... It was determined in the negative, {Nays.... On motion by Mr. Fitch, 26 27 The yeas and nays being desired by one fifth of the senators present, Those who voted in the affirmative are, Messrs. Bayard, Benjamin, Bigler, Bragg, Bright, Clingman, Crittenden, Fitch, Green, Gwin, Hemphill, Hunter, Iverson, Johnson, of Arkansas, Johnson, of Tennessee, Lane, Mason, Nicholson, Polk, Powell, Pugh, Rice, Saulsbury, Sebastian, Thomson, Wigfall. Those who voted in the negative are, Messrs. Anthony, Baker, Bingham, Cameron, Chandler, Clark, Collamer, Dixon, Doolittle, Douglas, Durkee, Fessenden, Foot, Foster, Grimes, Hale, Harlan, King, Morrill, Seward, Simmons, Sumner, Ten Eyck, Trumbull, Wade, Wilkinson, Wilson. On motion by Mr. Pugh, that the Senate reconsider the vote disagreeing to the amendment proposed by Mr. Green, to wit: in the first section of the bill strike out the words: "Beginning at a point on the western boundary of the State of Missouri, where the thirtyseventh parallel of north latitude crosses the same; thence west on said parallel to the twenty-fifth meridian of longitude west from Washington; thence north on said meridian to the fortieth parallel of latitude; thence east on said parallel to the western boundary of the State of Missuri; thence south with the western boundary of said State to the place of beginning," and in lieu thereof insert the following: Beginning in the main channel of the North Fork of the Platte river, at a point where the twenty-fifth meridian of longitude west from Washington crosses the same; thence down and along said channel to its junc tion with the main stream of the Platte; thence down and along the main channel of the Platte to the Missouri river; thence south along said river and the western boundary of the State of Missouri to the northern boundary of the Cherokee neutral land; thence west along said northern boundary, the northern boundary of the Osage lands, and the prolongation of the same, to the twenty-fifth meridian of longitude west from Washington; thence north on said meridian to the place of beginning, Yeas It was determined in the negative, { Nays.. On motion by Mr. Pugh, 2223 29 The yeas and nays being desired by one fifth of the senators present, Those who voted in the affirmative are, Messrs. Bayard, Benjamin, Bragg, Bright, Clingman, Fitch, Green, Hemphill, Hunter, Johnson, of Arkansas, Johnson, of Tennessee, Kennedy, Lane, Mason, Nicholson, Polk, Powell, Pugh, Rice, Saulsbury, Sebastian, Wigfall. Those who voted in the negative are, Messrs. Anthony, Baker, Bigler, Bingham, Cameron, Chandler, Clark, Collamer, Crittenden, Dixon, Doolittle, Douglas, Durkee, Fessenden, Foot, Foster, Grimes, Harlan, King, Latham, Morrill, Seward, Simmons, Sumner, Ten Eyck, Trumbull, Wade, Wilkinson, Wilson. So the motion to reconsider was not agreed to. On motion by Mr. Saulsbury, that the Senate adjourn, Yeas.... It was determined in the negative, {ays... On motion by Mr. Saulsbury, 20 33 The yeas and nays being desired by one fifth of the senators present, Those who voted in the affirmative are, Messrs. Bayard, Benjamin, Bragg, Bright, Clingman, Fitch, Green, Hemphill, Hunter, Johnson, of Arkansas, Lane, Mason, Nicholson, Polk, Powell, Rice, Saulsbury, Sebastian, Thomson, Wigfall. Those who voted in the negative are, Messrs. Anthony, Baker, Bigler, Bingham, Cameron, Chandler, Clark, Collamer, Crittenden, Dixon, Doolittle, Douglas, Durkee, Fessenden, Foot, Foster, Grimes, Hale, Harlan, Johnson, of Tennessee, Kennedy, King, Latham, Morrill, Pugh, Seward, Simmons, Sumner, Ten Eyck, Trumbull, Wade, Wilkinson, Wilson. On motion by Mr. Green, to amend the bill by inserting as an additional section the following: SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, Before this act shall take effect, the people of Kansas shall, by vote at such times and places as the legislature by law shall order, assent to the provisions of this act, or until a convention of delegates shall thus assent, which delegates may be elected by the qualified electors as the territorial legislature directs, including, however, the whole of the territory embraced in the limits herein prescribed as the boundaries of the State of Kansas, It was determined in the negative, {Nays... On motion by Mr. Green, 21 32 The yeas and nays being desired by one fifth of the senators present, Those who voted in the affirmative are, Messrs. Benjamin, Bragg, Bright, Clingman, Fitch, Green, Gwin, Hemphill, Hunter, Iverson, Johnson, of Arkansas, Johnson, of Tennessee, Kennedy, Lane, Mason, Nicholson, Polk, Powell, Saulsbury, Sebastian, Wigfall. Those who voted in the negative are, Messrs. Anthony, Baker, Bigler, Bingham, Cameron, Chandler, Clark, Collamer, Crittenden, Dixon, Doolittle, Douglas, Durkee, Fessenden, Foot, Foster, Grimes, Hale, Harlan, King, Latham, Morrill, Pugh, Rice, Seward, Simmons, Sumner, Ten Eyck, Trumbull, Wade, Wilkinson, Wilson. An amendment being proposed by Mr. Green, After debate, On motion by Mr. Powell, that the Senate adjourn, Yeas It was determined in the negative, {ays.. On motion by Mr. Grimes, 18 30 The yeas and nays being desired by one fifth of the senators present, Those who voted in the affirmative are, Messrs. Bayard, Benjamin, Bigler, Bragg, Bright, Clingman, Fitch, Hemphill, Hunter, Johnson, of Tennessee, Kennedy, Nicholson, Polk, Powell, Saulsbury, Sebastian, Thomson, Wigfall. Those who voted in the negative are, Messrs. Anthony, Baker, Bingham, Chandler, Clark, Collamer, Dixon, Doolittle, Douglas, Durkee, Fessenden, Foot, Foster, Grimes, Gwin, Hale, Harlan, King, Latham, Morrill, Pugh, Rice, Seward, Simmons, Sumner, Ten Eyck, Trumbull, Wade, Wilkinson, Wilson. After further debate, On motion by Mr. Cameron, that the Senate adjourn, It was determined in the negative, Nays.. On motion by Mr. Wade, 21 2886 The yeas and nays being desired by one fifth of the senators present, Those who voted in the affirmative are, Messrs. Bayard, Benjamin, Bigler, Bragg, Bright, Cameron, Clingman, Fitch, Green, Gwin, Hemphill, Hunter, Johnson, of Arkansas, Johnson, of Tennessee, Kennedy, Nicholson, Polk, Powell, Saulsbury, Sebastian, Wigfall. Those who voted in the negative are, Messrs. Anthony, Baker, Bingham, Chandler, Clark, Collamer, Dixon, Doolittle, Douglas, Durkee, Fessenden, Foot, Foster, Grimes, Hale, Harlan, King, Latham, Pugh, Rice, Seward, Simmons, Sumner, Ten Eyck, Trumbull, Wade, Wilkinson, Wilson. After further debate, On motion by Mr. Pugh, The Senate adjourned. MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 1861. Mr. Hunter, from the Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 865) making appropriations for the current and con |