Messrs. Bingham, Bright, Chandler, Clingman, Douglas, Durkee, Green, Hale, Johnson, of Arkansas, Johnson, of Tennessee, Lane, Polk, Sebastian, Sumner, Trumbull, Wilkinson.

Those who voted in the negative are,

Messrs. Anthony, Baker, Bigler, Bragg, Clark, Collamer, Crittenden, Dixon, Doolittle, Fessenden, Foot, Foster, Grimes, Harlan, Hemphill, Hunter, Kennedy, King, Mason, Morrill, Pearce, Powell, Seward, Simmons, Ten Eyck, Thomson, Wade, Wilson.

On motion by Mr. Wilson, to amend the bill by inserting: To indemnify citizens of Iowa and Minnesota for the destruction of property at or near Spirit Lake by Inkpadutah's band of Sioux Indians, nine thousand six hundred and forty dollars and seventy-five cents, or so much thereof as may be found necessary.

A question of order was raised by Mr. Fessenden, whether the proposed amendment was in order under the 30th rule.

The President (Mr. Mason in the chair) submitted the question of order to the decision of the Senate.

Is the proposed amendment in order under the 30th rule?

It was determined in the affirmative; and

On the question to agree to the amendment,

It was determined in the affirmative.

On motion by Mr. Powell, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, to amend the bill by inserting:

SEC.. And be it further enacted, That the Alexandria, Loudoun, and Hampshire Railroad Company be, and they are hereby, authorized to extend and use the Georgetown branch of their railroad into and within the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, in and through such streets and avenues as may be approved of for the purpose by the corporate authorities and the President of the United States, and to purchase and hold a sufficient lot of ground in said city for a depot or station: Provided, That said company shall observe and comply with the regulations which the authorities of the corporation of the city of Washington may from time to time prescribe in relation to the speed and description of power to be used upon such extension,

It was determined in the negative.

On motion by Mr. Simmons to amend the bill by inserting:

SEC. And be it further enacted, That to provide for the faithful execution of the fourth article of the treaty with Great Britain of the. 9th of August, 1842, and to secure the releases mentioned in said treaty, the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Catharine C. Ward, of Roxbury, Massachusetts, and Laura A. Stebbins, of Bangor, Maine, each the sum of thirty-three hundred and fifty-three dollars; and to James A. Drew, of Chelsea, Massachusetts, and Rufus Mansur, of Holton, Maine, each the sum of sixty-seven hundred and thirty-seven dollars; and to Edmund Monroe, of Boston, the sum of ten thousand one hundred and fifty-five dollars; and to Benjamin Sewall, of Boston, the sum of thirty-three hundred and eighty-five dollars: Provided, That the above named Ward, Stebbins, Drew, and Mansur, holding titles to the Eaton grant, and the said Drew and Mansur, holding titles to the east half of Plymouth township, and the said Monroe and Sewall, holding titles to the west half of Plymouth township, shall respectively execute, or

cause to be executed, releases, as required by the fourth article of said treaty, to the parties holding "possessory or "equitable possessory claims" to said lands, under said treaty, as appears of record in the land office of Maine; and that it appears to the satisfaction of the land agent of said State that such releases do confirm and quit the title to such lands, as required by the treaty: And provided also, That if there shall be a partial failure to make or procure such releases as herein provided a proportional deduction shall be made from the compensation herein provided.

A question of order was raised by Mr. Pearce, whether the proposed amendment was in order under the 30th rule.

The President (Mr. Bright in the chair) submitted the question of order to the decision of the Senate.

Is the proposed amendment in order under the 30th rule?

It was determined in the negative.

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.

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

Mr. President: The House of Representatives has agreed to the report of the committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two houses on 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.

The House of Representatives has agreed to the report of the committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two houses on the bill (S. 10) in addition to "an act to promote the progress of the useful

arts.

"

The House of Representatives further insists upon its amendment to the said bill, upon which the committee of conference were unable to agree, asks a further conference on the disagreeing votes of the two houses thereon, and has appointed Mr. Cox, Mr. Frank, and Mr. Barr managers at the same on its part.

The Speaker of the House of Representatives having signed three enrolled bills, (S. 366,) (H. R. 714,) and (H. R. 864,) 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. Bingham reported from the committee that they had examined and found duly enrolled the bill (S. 366) to provide a temporary government for the Territory of Colorado.

Mr. Bigler, from the committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two houses on the bill (S. 10) in addition to "an act to promote the progress of the useful arts," submitted the following report: "The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two houses on the amendments to the bill (S. 10) entitled 'An act in

addition to an act to promote the progress of the useful arts' having met, and after a full and free conference thereon, agreed to report and do report as follows:

"The House recedes from its fourth amendment striking out the seventh section of the bill.

"The Senate agrees to the seventh amendment of the House with the following amendment, to wit:

"Strike out [twenty] in the second line of said seventh amendment, and in lieu thereof insert fifteen.

"And in the same line strike out [ten] and in lieu thereof insert fifteen.

"In line 4 of said seventh amendment strike out [ten] and insert in lieu thereof twenty.

"The Senate recedes from its non-concurrence in the House amendment striking out lines 14 and 15 in section 10, and also from its nonconcurrence in the House amendment striking out the word [twelve] and inserting the word ten.

"The House recedes from its non-concurrence in the Senate amendment to the eighth amendment of the House striking out the words [or any new and original design for the printing of woolen, silk, cotton, or other fabrics, or any new.]

"The House recedes from its non-concurrence in the Senate amendment to section 14 striking out the word [of] and inserting in lieu thereof the word and.

"On the point of difference in the sixteenth section the committee could not agree, and recommend the appointment of another committee of conference on that point."

WILLIAM BIGLER,

HENRY WILSON,

HENRY M. RICE,

Managers on the part of the Senate.
WILLIAM E. NIBLACK,

C. B. HOARD,

ELLIHU B. WASHBURNE,

Managers on the part of the House of Representatives.

The Senate proceeded to consider the report; and,

On motion by Mr. Bigler,

Resolved, That the Senate concur therein.

The Senate proceeded to consider the amendment of the House of Representatives to the bill (S. 10) last mentioned, upon which the committee of conference were unable to agree; and,

On motion by Mr. Bigler,

Resolved, That the Senate insist upon its disagreement to the said amendment, and agree to the further 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 Vice-President; and

Mr. Douglas, Mr. Cameron, and Mr. Fitch were appointed.

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

Mr. Simmons, from the committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two houses on 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, submitted the following report:

"The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two houses on 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,' having met, after full and free conference, have agreed to recommend to the respective houses as follows:

"That the Senate agree to the amendment of the House to the Senate's tenth amendment."

JAMES F. SIMMONS,

WM. BIGLER,

R. M. T. HUNTER,

Managers on the part of the Senate.
JOHN SHERMAN,

JOHN S. PHELPS,

J. K. MOORHEAD,

Managers on the part of the House of Representatives.

The Senate proceeded to consider the report; and,

On motion by Mr. Simmons,

Resolved, That the Senate concur therein.

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

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:

S. 366. An act to provide a temporary government for the Territory of Colorado.

H. R. 714. An act establishing certain post routes.

H. R. 864. An act making appropriations for the consular and diplomatic expenses of the government for the year ending June 30, 1862. The Vice-President laid before the Senate a communication from the Hon. John Tyler, president of a convention assembled in the city of Washington, composed of commissioners appointed by the authorities of twenty-one of the States of the Confederacy, for the purpose of recommending some method of adjusting the unhappy differences which now disturb the peace of the Union and threaten its continuance, transmitting certain proposed amendments to the Constitution of the United States, recommended by said convention, with the request of that body that they may be submitted to the several States of the national Confederacy.

The communication was read.

On motion by Mr. Crittenden,

Ordered, That the communication and the accompanying papers printed.

be

On motion by Mr. Crittenden, that the communication be referred to a select committee to consist of five members, with instructions to

report to-morrow, at twelve o'clock, and that the report be made the special order of the day for one o'clock to-morrow.

Mr. Hale called for a division of the question; and,

On the question to agree to the first clause of the motion, to wit: that the communication be referred to a select committee to consist of five members,

It was determined in the affirmative.

On the question to agree to the last clause of the motion, viz: with instructions to report to-morrow, at twelve o'clock, and that the report be made the special order of the day for one o'clock to-morrow, It was determined in the affirmative, {es....

On motion by Mr. Hale,

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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, Baker, Bayard, Bigler, Bragg, Bright, Clingman, Crittenden, Dixon, Douglas, Fitch, Foster, Gwin, Hunter, Johnson, of Tennessee, Kennedy, Lane, Latham, Mason, Nicholson, Pearce, Polk, Powell, Rice, Sebastian, Thomson.

Those who voted in the negative are,

Messrs. Bingham, Chandler, Clark, Collamer, Doolittle, Durkee, Fessenden, Foot, Green, Grimes, Hale, Harlan, King, Morrill, Seward, Simmons, Sumner, Ten Eyck, Trumbull, Wade, Wilson.

So it was

Ordered, That the communication be referred to a select committee to consist of five members, with instructions to report to-morrow, at twelve o'clock, and that the report be made the special order of the day for one o'clock to-morrow.

On motion by Mr. Crittenden,

Ordered, That the committee be appointed by the Vice-President; and

The Vice-President appointed Mr. Crittenden, Mr. Bigler, Mr. Thomson, Mr. Seward and Mr. Trumbull.

Mr. Pearce, from the Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 971) making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department during the fiscal year ending the 30th of June, 1862, reported it with amendments.

A motion being made by Mr. Mason, to shut the doors of the Senate, The Vice-President, under the 18th rule, directed the Sergeant-atArms to clear the galleries and close the doors of the Senate; and, After the consideration of executive business,

The Senate adjourned.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1861.

On motion by Mr. Collamer,

The Senate proceeded to consider, as in Committee of the Whole, the bill (H. R. 909) for the relief of Thomas Chittenden; and, no amendment being made, it was reported to the Senate. Ordered, That it pass to a third reading.