bursements, and the result of such examination approved by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Secretary of the Interior. Yeas. It was determined in the negative, Nays... On motion by Mr. Green, 17 23 The yeas and nays being desired by one fifth of the senators present, Those who voted in the affirmative are, Messrs. Bigler, Bragg, Clingman, Crittenden, Fitch, Green, Hemphill, Johnson, of Arkansas, Johnson, of Tennessee, Lane, Latham, Nicholson, Polk, Powell, Rice, Sebastian, Wigfall. Those who voted in the negative are, Messrs. Anthony, Bingham, Chandler, Clark, Collamer, Doolittle,. Durkee, Fessenden, Foot, Foster, Grimes, Hale, Harlan, Morrill, Pearce, Seward, Simmons, Sumner, Ten Eyck, Thomson, Wade, Wil-kinson, Wilson. No further amendment being proposed, the bill was reported to the Senate. On the question to concur in the following amendment, made as in Committee of the Whole, to wit: insert at the end of the bill the following: For payment to the orphans and their heirs, provided for in the first article of the treaty of eighteen hundred and thirty-two with the Creek Indians, and to be in lieu of the investment of two hundred thousand dollars required to be made by the sixth article of the treaty of eighteen hundred and fifty-six with the same Indians; the general council of the Creeks, representing both the nation and the orphans, having proposed and agreed to substitute the present invested fund of said orphans, arising from the sale of their lands, under the treaty of eighteen hundred and thirty-two, for and in place of the investment of two hundred thousand dollars for purposes of education required by the sixth article of the treaty of eighteen hundred and fifty-six, and that said amount shall be paid to said orphans and their heirs; which arrangement has been sanctioned and approved by the Department of the Interior, payment to be made to said orphans and their heirs, under such regulations or instructions as the Secretary of the Interior shall prescribe, two hundred thousand dollars. On motion by Mr. Sebastian, to amend the amendment by inserting at the end thereof the following: Provided, That the amount herein provided for shall be expended within the present fiscal year. It was determined in the affirmative; and The amendment, as amended, was then concurred in. On the question to concur in the amendment appropriating $1,202,560 85 to carry into effect the eleventh article of the treaty of June 22, 1855, with the Choctaw Indians, On motion by Mr. Grimes, to amend the amendment by striking out the words: " "one million two hundred and two thousand five hundred and sixty dollars and eighty-five cents," and, in lieu thereof, inserting five hundred thousand dollars. Yeas... It was determined in the negative, Neys... 20 21 On motion by Mr. Grimes, "The yeas and nays being desired by one fifth of the senators present, Those who voted in the affirmative are, Messrs. Anthony, Bingham, Chandler, Collamer, Durkee, Fessenden, Foot, Foster, Grimes, Hale, Harlan, King, Morrill, Simmons, Sumner, Ten Eyck, Trumbull, Wade, Wilkinson, Wilson. Those who voted in the negative are, Messrs. Bigler, Bragg, Bright, Clark, Clingman, Crittenden, Doolittle, Fitch, Green, Gwin, Hemphill, Johnson, of Arkansas, Latham, Nicholson, Pearce, Polk, Powell, Rice, Saulsbury, Sebastian, Wigfall. No further amendment being proposed, On the question to concur in the amendment, made as in Committee of the Whole, It was determined in the affirmative. The residue of the amendments, made as in Committee of the Whole, having been concurred in, On motion by Mr. Green, to amend the bill by inserting the following: To enable the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to adjust the accounts of Brigham Young, late governor of Utah Territory, and ex-officio superintendent of Indian affairs, for disbursements alleged to have been made by him on account of the Indian service in said Territory, thirtytwo thousand seven hundred and thirty-four dollars and fifteen cents: Provided, That no portion of said accounts shall be paid until a full examination has been made in regard to the propriety of the disbursements, and the result of such examination approved by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Secretary of the Interior. Yeas It was determined in the negative, {Nays... On motion by Mr. Green, 13 23 The yeas and nays being desired by one fifth of the senators present, Those who voted in the affirmative are, Messrs. Bigler, Bragg, Clingman, Fitch, Hemphill, Johnson, of Arkansas, Mason, Nicholson, Polk, Powell, Rice, Sebastian, Wigfall. Those who voted in the negative are, Messrs. Anthony, Bingham, Chandler, Clark, Doolittle, Durkee, Fessenden, Foot, Foster, Green, Grimes, Hale, Harlan, King, Morrill, Saulsbury, Simmons, Sumner, Ten Eyck, Trumbull, Wade, Wilkinson, Wilson. No further amendment being proposed. Ordered, That the amendments be engrossed, and the bill read a third time. The said bill, as amended, was read the third time. Resolved, That it pass. Ordered, That the Secretary request the concurrence of the House of Representatives in the amendments. On motion by Mr. Pearce, The Senate proceeded to consider, as in Committee of the Whole, the bill (H. R. 914) making appropriations for the naval service for the year ending the 30th of June, 1862; and, On motion by Mr. Trumbull, The Senate adjourned. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1861. Mr. Wade presented four petitions of citizens of Philadelphia in favor of the Union, the Constitution, and the enforcement of the laws. Ordered, That they lie on the table. On motion by Mr. Wade to suspend the reception of petitions and reports of committees, and that the Senate proceed to the consideration of the joint resolution (H. R. 62) for the benefit of George H. Giddings, It was determined in the negative. Mr. Crittenden presented a petition of citizens of Attleborough, Massachusetts, a petition of citizens of Newburyport, Massachusetts, a petition of citizens of Missouri, and five petitions of citizens of Clay county, Missouri, praying the adoption of the compromise measures proposed by Mr. Crittenden. Ordered, That they lie on the table. Mr. Crittenden presented the proceedings of a grand Union meeting held at Charlestown, Massachusetts, February 1, 1861, in favor of the compromise measures proposed by Mr. Crittenden. Ordered, That they lie on the table. On motion by Mr. Green to reconsider the vote on the passage of the bill (H. R. 865) making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian department and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes for the year ending June 30, 1862, Ordered, That the further consideration thereof be postponed to to-morrow. Mr. Bragg, from the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 435) to refund to the Territory of Utah the expenses incurred in suppressing Indian hostilities in the year 1853, reported it without amendment. Mr. Bragg, from the Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the joint resolution (H. R. 57) for the benefit of Duvall & Brothers, reported it without amendment. The Senate proceeded to consider the said resolution as in Committee of the Whole, and no amendment being made, it was reported to the Senate. Ordered, That it pass to a third reading. The said resolution was read the third time. Resolved, That it pass. Ordered, That the Secretary notify the House of Representatives thereof. Mr. Bragg, from the Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 943) to provide for bringing up the arrearages of work of the land office at Olympia, Washington Territory, reported it without amendment. Mr. Powell, from the Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 654) granting a pension to Thomas Bootle, reported it without amendment, and that it ought not to pass. Mr. Powell, from the Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the bill (H. H. 838) granting a pension to Rufus L. Harvey, reported it without amendment, and that it ought not to pass. On motion by Mr. Bayard, Ordered, That the Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from the further consideration of the memorial of Susan E. Gordon, widow of George Fisher, deceased, and that it be referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Mr. Bayard, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was recommitted the bill (H. R. 554) to extend the right of appeal from decisions of circuit courts to the Supreme Court of the United States, reported it with amendments. The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the said bill, and the amendments reported by the committee having been agreed to, the bill was reported to the Senate, and the amendments were concurred in. Ordered, That the amendments be engrossed and the bill read a third time. The said bill, as amended, was read the third time. Ordered, That the Secretary request the concurrence of the House of Representatives in the amendments. Mr. Pearce presented the memorial of C. B. Norton, praying that an appropriation may be made for the purchase of certain manuscripts for the use of the library of Congress and the State Department; which was referred to the Committee on the Library. Mr. Bigler presented the proceedings of a meeting of democrats and other citizens of Chester county, Pennsylvania, held on the 28th of January, 1861, in favor of the compromise measures proposed by Mr. Crittenden. Ordered, That they lie on the table. Mr. Bigler presented the proceedings of a Union mass meeting of the citizens of Venango county, Pennsylvania, in favor of the compromise measures proposed by Mr. Crittenden. Ordered, That they lie on the table. Mr. Bigler presented a petition of citizens of Chester county, Pennsylvania, praying the adoption of the compromise measures proposed by Mr. Crittenden, and moved that the petition be read. The reading of the petition being objected to by Mr. Green, The President submitted the question to the Senate, Shall the petition be read? It was determined in the affirmative. The petition having been read, Ordered, That it lie on the table. Mr. Bigler presented fifty-one petitions of citizens of Chester county, Pennsylvania, and two petitions of citizens of the State of Pennsylvania, praying the adoption of the compromise measures proposed by Mr. Crittenden. Ordered, That they lie on the table. Mr. Bigler presented two petitions of citizens of Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, praying the passage of an act to enable the people of the United States to express their wishes in regard to the settlement of our present national difficulties. Ordered, That they lie on the table. Mr. Green submitted the following resolution for consideration: Resolved, That the President of the United States be requested, if not incompatible with the public interest, to communicate to the Senate a copy of any correspondence which may have taken place between this government and that of her Britanic Majesty, and of any dispatches which may have been received from the United States minister at London, relative to the extradition of one Anderson, a man of color, charged with the commission of the crime of murder in the State of Missouri. Mr. Kennedy presented a memorial of Mrs. E. A. H. Adams, George M. Thompson, and Thomas H. Green, praying compensation for the board and nursing of certain workmen at the Washington navy-yard, injured by the bursting of a cannon on the 14th July, 1859; which was referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Mr. Hale, from the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred the memorial of Daniel B. Hibbard, reported a bill (S. 561) for the relief of Daniel B. Hibbard; which was read and passed to a second reading. Mr. Latham presented three petitions of citizens of western Utah, praying the passage of the bill now before Congress for the organization of the Territory of Nevada; which were referred to the Committee on Territories. Mr. Wigfall presented a memorial of W. C. Jewett in favor of the compromise measures proposed by Mr. Crittenden. Ordered, That it lie on the table. Mr. Saulsbury, from the Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 828) for the relief of Amanda Batts, Laura P. W. Young, and Betsy Murdock, heirs of Barbara Walker, reported it without amendment. Mr. Polk, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 583) for the relief of the heirs and legal representatives of Jean A. B. Dauterive, reported it without amend ment. Mr. Grimes presented a memorial of citizens of Philadelphia in favor of the Union, the Constitution, and the enforcement of the laws. Ordered, That it lie on the table. Mr. Grimes, from the Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 666) for the relief of William Sutton, reported it without amendment. Mr. Thomson, from the Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 390) for the relief of Stephen Bunnell, reported it with an amendment. Mr. Harlan presented the petition of Isaac W. Griffith, register of the land office at Fort Des Moines, Iowa, praying the reimbursement of money paid for clerk hire; which was referred to the Committee on Public Lands. The bill (H. R. 103) authorizing the payment of the two per centum land fund, to which the States of Illinois and Indiana are entitled for |