that department for the year ending June 30, 1860, reported in favor of printing the same; and The report was agreed to. Mr. Wilson, from the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, to whom was recommitted the bill (S. 553) for the better organization of the militia of the District of Columbia, reported it with amendments. Mr. Powell, from the Committee on Pensions, to whom was recommitted the bill (H. R. 909) for the relief of Thomas Chittenden, reported it without amendment. Mr. Gwin, from the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 723) for the relief of Harris & Hodge, of Missouri, reported it without amendment. Mr. Foster submitted the following resolution; which was read and passed to a second reading: Resolved, That the clerks of the standing committees, except those of Finance, Claims, and Printing, shall receive the usual compensation for sixty days after the adjournment of the Senate. Mr. Crittenden presented a petition of citizens of Michigan, and a petition of citizens of Lincoln county, Maine, praying the adoption of the compromise measures proposed by Mr. Crittenden, as modified by the representatives of the border States. Ordered, That they lie on the table. On motion by Mr. Gwin, The Senate resumed the consideration of the amendments of the House of Representatives to certain amendments of the Senate to the bill of the House (H. R. 714) establishing certain post routes, and the amendments of the Senate to the said bill, disagreed to by the House; and, After debate, On motion by Mr. Green, Ordered, That the further consideration of the amendments to the said bill be postponed to and made the special order of the day for Monday next, at half-past eleven o'clock. On motion by Mr. Gwin, The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the bill (H. R. 299) for the payment of expenses incurred in the suppression of Indian hostilities in the State of California; and the bill, having been amended on the motion of Mr. Pearce, was reported to the Senate, and the amendment was concurred in. Ordered, That the amendment be engrossed, and the bill read a third time. The said bill, as amended, was read the third time. Yeas.... It was determined in the affirmative, {Nays..... On motion by Mr. King, 32 4 The yeas and nays being desired by one fifth of the senators present, Those who voted in the affirmative are, Messrs. Anthony, Baker, Bigler, Bragg, Bright, Clingman, Collamer, Crittenden, Dixon, Douglas, Durkee, Fessenden, Foot, Foster, Green, Gwin, Harlan, Hemphill, Johnson, of Arkansas, Johnson of Tennessee, Lane, Latham, Morrill, Nicholson, Polk, Powell, Rice, Sebastian, Simmons, Ten Eyck, Trumbull, Wilson. Those who voted in the negative are, Messrs. Bingham, Chandler, Clark, King. So it was Resolved, That the bill pass, with an amendment. Ordered, That the Secretary request the concurrence of the House of Representatives in the amendment. On motion by Mr. Harlan, The Senate proceeded to consider, as in Committee of the Whole, the joint resolution (H. R. 70) to quit title to lands in the State of Iowa; and the resolution having been amended on the motion of Mr. Polk, it was reported to the Senate, and the amendment was concurred in. Ordered, That the amendment be engrossed, and the resolution read a third time. The said resolution, as amended, was read the third time. On the question: Shall the resolution pass? Yeas It was determined in the affirmative, Nays.. On motion by Mr. Hunter, 30 7 The yeas and nays being desired by one fifth of the senators present, Those who voted in the affirmative are, Messrs. Anthony, Bigler, Bingham, Bright, Chandler, Clark, Collamer, Crittenden, Dixon, Douglas, Durkee, Fessenden, Fitch, Foot, Foster, Grimes, Johnson, of Tennessee, Lane, Latham, Morrill, Nicholson, Polk, Powell, Simmons, Sumner, Ten Eyck, Trumbull, Wade, Wilkinson, Wilson. Those who voted in the negative are, Messrs. Bragg, Doolittle, Green, Hunter, Johnson, of Arkansas, King, Sebastian. So it was Resolved, That the resolution pass, with an amendment. Ordered, That the Secretary request the concurrence of the House of Representatives in the amendment. On motion by Mr. Bragg, The Senate proceeded to consider, as in Committee of the Whole, the bill (H. R. 435) to refund to the Territory of Utah the expenses incurred in suppressing Indian hostilities in the year 1853; 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. 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. 345) for the relief of Mary Walbach, widow of the late Brevet Brigadier General John De B. Walbach, of the United States Army. The House of Representatives having ordered the printing of certain documents, I am directed to notify the Senate thereof. The Speaker of the House of Representatives having signed five enrolled bills, (H. R. 400,) (H. R. 514,) (H. R. 625,) (H. R. 678,) and (H. R. 996,) I am directed to bring them to the Senate for the signature of its President. A message from the President of the United States, by Mr. Glossbrenner, his Secretary: Mr. President: The President of the United States approved and signed, the 21st instant, a resolution (S. 49) to repeal the joint resolution, approved June 15, 1860, for the relief of William H. De Groot. Ordered, That the Secretary notify the House of Representatives thereof. Mr. Bingham reported from the committee that they had examined and found duly enrolled the bill (S. 345) for the relief of Mary Walbach, widow of the late Brevet Brigadier General John De B. Walbach, of the United States Army. The Vice-President signed the following enrolled bills, and they were delivered to the committee to be presented to the President of the United States. H. R. 400. An act for the relief of James Floyd. H. R. 514. An act for the relief of Samuel S. Green. H. R. 625. An act for the relief of Captain Alexander V. Frazer, H. R. 678. An act for the relief of Samuel Perry. H. R. 996. An act for the relief of Azel Spalding. A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Forney, its Clerk: Mr. President: The House of Representatives has passed a bill (H. R. 777) for the relief of William Haynie, administrator of Ann Haynie, in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate. The Speaker of the House of Representatives having signed an enrolled bill (S. 345) for the relief of Mary Walbach, widow of the late Brevet Brigadier General John De B. Walbach, of the United States Army, I am directed to bring it to the Senate for the signature of its President. On motion by Mr. Lane, that the Senate reconsider the vote on the passage of the joint resolution (H. R. 70) to quit title to lands in the State of Iowa. Ordered, That the further consideration thereof be postponed to to-morrow. The Vice-President signed the enrolled bill (S. 345) for the relief of Mary Walbach, widow of the late Brevet Brigadier General John De B. Walbach, of the United States Army, and it was delivered to the committee to be presented to the President of the United States. The President (Mr. Bright in the chair) announced that the hour of one o'clock having arrived, it was the duty of the chair to call up the special order of the day for that hour, which was the joint resolution (S. 54) proposing certain amendments to the Constitution of the United States; but that the bill (H. R. 895) making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the government for the year ending the 30th of June, 1862, being the unfinished business of the Senate of yesterday, had preference of the special order, and was the business now before the Senate; and The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the said bill; and Mr. Grimes, having withdrawn the amendment yesterday proposed by him, moved to amend the bill by inserting the following: SEC.. And be it further enacted, That the sum of sixty thousand dollars be, and the same is, hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the same being a reappropriation of the same amount, which was appropriated by law on the third of March, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, and reverted to the surplus fund of the Treasury, to construct a sewer on Flushing avenue, Brooklyn, New York, in continuation of that now constructed, to such point on said avenue as shall be determined by the Navy Department, thence through the United States grounds, or through Vanderbilt avenue, as shall be decided by said department, to the waters of the Wallabout: Provided, the city of Brooklyn will agree to pay one half of the expense of said sewer on Flushing avenue. On the question to agree to the amendment, It was determined in the affirmative, {eas.. On motion by Mr. Bayard, Nays... 27 12 The yeas and nays being desired by one fifth of the senators present, Those who voted in the affirmative are, Messrs. Anthony, Bingham, Bragg, Bright, Chandler, Clark, Collamer, Crittenden, Dixon, Doolittle, Fessenden, Foot, Foster, Grimes, Hale, Hemphill, Latham, Morrill, Nicholson, Pearce, Rice, Simmons, Sumner, Ten Eyck, Trumbull, Wade, Wilson. Those who voted in the negative are, Messrs. Bayard, Clingman, Fitch, Green, Hunter, Johnson, of Arkansas, Johnson, of Tennessee, Lane, Polk, Powell, Sebastian, Wilkinson. On motion by Mr. Fitch, to amend the bill by inserting the following additional section: SEC. And be it further enacted, That to enable the Superintendent of Public Printing to execute the binding and ruling, and to furnish blank books for the legislative, executive, and judicial departments, after the fourth of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, in accordance with the provisions of the joint resolution of June twenty-three, eighteen hundred and sixty, in relation to the public printing, the Secretary of the Treasury be, and is hereby, directed to place to the credit of the Superintendent of Public Printing, the sums heretofore appropriated for binding, ruling, and blank-books for said departments, respectively: And should the printer or binder to the present Congress, or either of them, decline or fail to execute any of the printing or binding ordered by the Senate or House of Representatives during the present session, the Superintendent of the Public Printing is hereby authorized and directed to cause the printing or binding so ordered and declined, to be executed under the provisions of the joint resolution hereinbefore referred to. On motion by Mr. Bayard, to amend the amendment by inserting at the end thereof the following: Provided, That the printing for the Supreme Court of the United States shall continue to be done by contract, pursuant to the act of seventeenth June, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, It was determined in the negative, {eas..... On motion by Mr. Bayard, 6 30 The yeas and nays being desired by one fifth of the senators present, Messrs. Bayard, Bright, Crittenden, Douglas, Pearce, Powell. Messrs. Anthony, Baker, Bingham, Bragg, Cameron, Chandler, Clark, Collamer, Dixon, Doolittle, Durkee, Fessenden, Fitch, Foot, Green, Grimes, Hale, Hemphill, Hunter, Johnson, of Arkansas, Johnson, of Tennessee, Lane, Morrill, Nicholson, Simmons, Sumner, Ten Eyck, Trumbull, Wilkinson, Wilson. So the amendment to the amendment was not agreed to. The amendment proposed by Mr. Fitch was then agreed to. On motion by Mr. Bragg, from the Committee on Public Lands, to amend the bill by inserting the following additional sections: SEC. And be it further enacted, That to reimburse all registers and receivers of district land offices of the United States who have employed clerks since the passage of the act of August eighteen, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, the seventh section of which looks to the payment of clerks in the various district land offices, and "extraordinary expenses incident to said offices," incurred under certain circumstances, the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to audit and adjust the accounts of such district land officers, and allow, on the production of satisfactory vouchers, such sum or sums as may have been so paid, if, in his judgment, the same shall have been deemed indispensable for the performance of the public business: Provided, That such allowance shall not exceed the sum of four dollars per day for such time as said clerks were actually and necessarily employed, and upon the production of satisfactory vouchers: Aud provided further, That should it be decided by the departments or by the courts of the United States that, under any existing law or regulation, the registers and receivers of any of said land offices are entitled to commissions for locating land warrants of any kind whatever, so as to make the compensation of said officers exceed the sum of three thousand dollars per annum, then the said excess, when paid, shall be deemed and held to be, to the extent of said payment, in part or in whole, as the case may be, of the compensation and reimbursement of such officers herein provided: And provided further, That the salaries of such officers, whether by commission or otherwise, shall in no case hereafter exceed the said sum of three thousand dollars. And be it further enacted, That to meet the demands above provided for, the sum of sixty-four thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. SEC.. And be it further enacted, That for the said services for the remainder of the current, and for the next fiscal year, ending thirtieth June, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, to be expended in the |