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It was determined in the negative.

On motion by Mr. Fitch,

Ordered, That the Committee on Printing be discharged from the further consideration of the motion to print the report of the Treasurer of the United States, communicating copies of his accounts for the Post Office Department for the year ending June 30, 1860.

On motion by Mr. Fitch,

Ordered, That the Committee on Printing be discharged from the further consideration of the motion to print the report of the acting Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, transcripts of all accounts paid for the erection of the east and west wings and the north front of the Patent Office building, and for alterations and repairs to the south front of the same, and that it be referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds.

On motion by Mr. Fitch,

The Senate proceeded to consider the resolution reported by the Committee on Printing the 14th instant, to print extra copies of the annual report of the Commissioner of Patents on agriculture for the year 1860; and

The resolution was agreed to.

On motion by Mr. Fitch,

Ordered, That the Committee on Printing be discharged from the further consideration of the motion to print the report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of June 5, 1860, the report of Lieutenant Michler, of the corps of topographical engineers, of his survey for an interoceanic ship canal near the Isthmus of Darien.

The Senate proceeded to consider the motion to print the said report; and

The motion was agreed to.

Mr. Pearce, from the committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the bill (H. R. 866) to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1861, made the following report:

"The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendments to the bill (H. R. 866) to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1861, having met, after full and free conference, have agreed to recommend to their respective Houses, as follows:

"That the Senate recede from their disagreement to the amendments of the House to the second and sixth amendments of the Senate, and concur in said amendments of the House.

"That the House recede from their disagreement to the fifth amendment of the Senate, and agree to the same with an amendment, as follows: Strike out from the second line of the amendment the words 'and for office rent, fuel, &c.,' and in the fourth and fifth lines of the amendment, strike out the words 'twelve thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven dollars and ninety-two cents,' and in lieu thereof insert ten thousand five hundred and thirty-three dollars, and at the end of the

amendment add: Provided, That no payment shall be made under the terms of this appropriation, except upon vouchers of moneys actually paid by the several receivers and registers, such vouchers to be verified by the affidavit, both of the registers and receivers, and the parties to whom the payments have been made, nor unless the Secretary of the Interior be satisfied of the fairness of the prices allowed: And provided further, That the seventh section of the act of the 18th of August, 1856, ‘making appropriations for certain civil expenses of the government for the year ending the thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven,' be, and the same is hereby, repealed.

"That the Senate recede from their third amendment."

JAMES A. PEARCE,

DANIEL CLARK,
WILLIAM BIGLER,

Managers on the part of the Senate.
D. E. SICKLES,

JAMES H. CAMPBELL,

CYRUS ALDRICH,

Managers on the part of the House of Representatives.

A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Forney, its Clerk:

Mr. President: The House of Representatives has passed the bill of the Senate (S. 125) for the relief of John Peebles; and

It has passed the following bills, in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate:

H. R. 971. An act making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department during the fiscal year ending the 30th of June, 1862.

H. R. 997. An act for the relief of Greenberry M. Watkins, of Montgomery county, Maryland.

H. R. 653. An act granting a pension to Herman J. Ehle.

H. R. 778. An act for the relief of the children of Elizabeth Yancey, widow of John Yancey.

H. R. 923. An act granting a pension to Eliza M. Plympton.

The House of Representatives has agreed to the amendments of the Senate to the joint resolution (H. R. 62) for the benefit of George H. Giddings; and

It has agreed to the report of the committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two houses on the bill (H. R. 866) to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1861.

The Speaker of the House of Representatives having signed an enrolled bill (H. R. 841) making further provision in relation to consolidated land offices, I am directed to bring it to the Senate for the signature of its President.

The House of Representatives having ordered the printing of certain documents, I am directed to notify the Senate thereof.

Mr. Bingham reported from the committee that they had examined and found duly enrolled the following bills:

S. 125. An act for the relief of John Peebles.

S. 274. An act for the relief of Townsend Harris, or his heirs or legal representatives.

Mr. Bingham reported from the committee that they this day presented to the President of the United States the following enrolled bills and resolution :

S. 547. An act for the relief of the parish of St. Matthew's Church, of the city of Washington.

S. 551. An act for the relief of Hockaday & Ligget.

H. R. 39. Joint resolution directing the accounting officers of the Treasury to settle the accounts of the late Robert Stockton, quartermaster, &c.

A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Forney, its Clerk:

Mr. President: The House of Representatives has agreed to the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 554) to extend the right of appeal from decisions of circuit courts to the Supreme Court of the United States; and

It has passed the bill of the Senate (S. 154) for the relief of Randall Pegg.

The House of Representatives insists on its amendments to the bill of the Senate (S. 10) in addition to "An act to promote the progress of the useful arts," disagreed to by the Senate, disagrees to the amendments of the Senate to certain other amendments of the House of Representatives to the said bill, asks a conference on the disagreeing votes of the two houses thereon, and has appointed Mr. Niblack, Mr. Hoard, and Mr. E. B. Washburne members at the same on its part.

The Speaker of the House of Representatives having signed four enrolled bills (S. 125,) (S. 274,) (H. R. 554,) and (H. R. 623,) and an enrolled resolution (H. R. 62,) I am directed to bring them to the Senate for the signature of its President.

The House of Representatives having ordered the printing of certain documents, I am directed to notify the Senate thereof.

Mr. Wilson submitted the following resolution for consideration: Resolved, That on and after Monday next the daily hour of meeting of the Senate shall be eleven o'clock, until otherwise ordered.

On motion by Mr. Bigler,

The Senate proceeded to consider the amendments of the House of Representatives to the bill of the Senate (S. 10) in addition to "An act to promote the progress of the useful arts," disagreed to and amended by the Senate; and

On motion by Mr. Bigler,

Resolved, That the Senate insist upon its disagreement to the amendments of the House of Representatives to the said bill, insisted on by the House, and upon its amendments to other amendments of the House of Representatives thereto disagreed to by the House, and that it agree to the conference asked by the House on the disagreeing votes of the two houses thereon.

On motion by Mr. Bigler,

Ordered, That the committee of conference on the part of the Senate be appointed by the President of the Senate; and

Mr. Bigler, Mr. Rice, and Mr. Wilson were appointed.

Ordered, That the Secretary notify the House of Representatives thereof.

The President pro tempore announced that the hour of half past twelve o'clock had arrived, and called up the first special order of the day for that hour, which was the bill (S. 562) to provide a temporary government for the Territory of Dakota, and to create the office of surveyor general therein; and

The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the said bill.

On motion by Mr. King, to postpone the further consideration of the bill, and all prior orders, and that the business of presenting petitions and reports of committees be proceeded with.

Yeas

It was determined in the negative, Nays....

On motion by Mr. Latham,

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The yeas and nays being desired by one fifth of the senators present, Those who voted in the affirmative are,

Messrs. Bingham, Crittenden, Douglas, Gwin, Hemphill, Kennedy, King, Nicholson, Sebastian, Simmons, Sumner.

Those who voted in the negative are,

Messrs. Baker, Bigler, Bragg, Bright, Chandler, Clark, Dixon, Doolittle, Durkee, Fessenden, Fitch, Foot, Foster, Green, Harlan, Hunter, Johnson, of Tennessee, Lane, Latham, Mason, Morrill, Polk, Powell, Rice, Ten Eyck, Trumbull, Wade, Wigfall, Wilkinson, Wil

son.

The bill having been amended, and a further amendment being proposed by Mr. Green,

Pending debate thereon,

The President pro tempore announced that the hour of one o'clock had arrived, and called up the special order for that hour, which was the bill (H. R. 338) to provide for the payment of outstanding treasury notes, to authorize a loan, to regulate and fix the duties on imports, and for other purposes, being the unfinished business of the Senate of yesterday; and

The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the said bill.

On the question to agree to the amendment proposed by Mr. Seward, to wit: In the amendment reported by the select committee to the twenty-ninth section of the bill, strike out of the amendment the words ninety days," in the thirty-second line, and in lieu thereof insert three years, Yeas.....

It was determined in the affirmative, {Nay.....

On motion by Mr. Hunter,

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The yeas and nays being desired by one fifth of the senators present, Those who voted in the affirmative are,

Messrs. Baker, Bayard, Bragg, Bright, Clingman, Doolittle, Douglas, Durkee, Fitch, Green, Gwin, Hemphill, Hunter, Johnson, of Tennes

see, King, Lane, Latham, Mason, Nicholson, Pearce, Polk, Powell, Sebastian, Seward, Sumner, Thomson.

Those who voted in the negative are,

Messrs. Anthony, Bigler, Bingham, Cameron, Chandler, Clark, Crittenden, Dixon, Fessenden, Foot, Foster, Grimes, Harlan, Simmons, Ten Eyck, Trumbull, Wade, Wilkinson, Wilson.

The reported amendment having been further amended, on the motion of Mr. Seward, was agreed to.

On motion by Mr. Seward, to strike out the twenty-ninth section of the bill, as amended,

It was determined in the affirmative.

The bill having been further amended,

On motion by Mr. Wade, to amend the bill, section 10, line 26, after the word "linseed," by striking out "ten," and in lieu thereof inserting sixteen,

Yeas

It was determined in the affirmative, {Nays.

On motion by Mr. Grimes,

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The yeas and nays being desired by one fifth of the senators present, Those who voted in the affirmative are,

Messrs. Anthony, Bayard, Bigler, Bingham, Bragg, Bright, Chandler, Clark, Clingman, Doolittle, Douglas, Fessenden, Green, Grimes, Gwin, Hale, Harlan, Hemphill, Hunter, Johnson, of Tennessee, Mason, Nicholson, Polk, Powell, Seward, Simmons, Trumbull, Wade, Wilkinson.

Those who voted in the negative are,

Messrs. Durkee, Foot, Foster, King, Latham, Pearce, Sumner, Ten Eyck, Wilson.

On motion by Mr. Bingham, to amend the bill by striking out in section 12, line 8, the words "shall exceed eighteen cents per pound and,"

It was determined in the negative,

S Yeas.....
Nays...

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On motion by Mr. Powell, The yeas and nays being desired by one fifth of the senators present, Those who voted in the affirmative are,

Messrs. Bayard, Bingham, Bragg, Bright, Chandler, Clingman, Green, Gwin, Hemphill, Hunter, Johnson, of Tennessee, Kennedy, Lane, Latham, Mason, Nicholson, Pearce, Polk, Powell.

Those who voted in the negative are,

Messrs. Anthony, Bigler, Cameron, Clark, Dixon, Doolittle, Douglas, Fessenden, Foot, Foster, Grimes, Harlan, King, Seward, Simmons, Sumner, Ten Eyck, Wigfall, Wilkinson, Wilson.

On motion by Mr. Powell, to amend the bill by striking out, in section 12, the words "the value whereof at the last port or place from whence exported to the United States shall exceed eighteen cents per pound and shall not exceed twenty-four cents per pound, there shall be levied, collected, and paid a duty of three cents per pound; exceeding twenty-four cents per pound, there shall be levied, collected, and paid a duty of nine cents per pound: Provided, That any wool of the sheep, or hair of the alpaca, the goat, and other like animals

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