The said bill was read the third time. Resolved, That it pass. Ordered, That the Secretary notify the House of Representatives thereof. Mr. King presented two petitions of citizens of New York, praying Congress to stand by the Constitution as it is, and the government of the country, and to make no compromise whatever. Ordered, That they lie on the table. Mr. King presented a memorial of German adopted citizens of Albany, New York, in favor of the Constitution as it is, and the use of all proper means for executing the existing laws. Ordered, That it lie on the table. Mr. Fitch, from the Committee on Printing, to whom was referred the memorial of Pettibone & Boteler, reported the following resolu tion: Resolved, That Boteler & Pettibone, binders for the Senate for the Thirty-fifth Congress, be paid out of the Senate fund applicable to payments for binding the same price for the binding for the Senate during that Congress which is now paid for work of the same character. The said resolution was read the first and second times by unanimous consent, and considered as in Committee of the Whole; and, no amendment being made, it was reported to the Senate. Ordered, That it be engrossed and read a third time. The said resolution was read the third time by unanimous consent. Resolved, That it pass. Mr. Foster presented a memorial of citizens of North Haven, Connecticut; a memorial of citizens of Wallingford, Connecticut; a memorial of citizens of Milford, Connecticut; and three memorials of citizens of the State of Connecticut, praying the speedy adoption of the compromise measures proposed by the representatives of the border States. Ordered, That they lie on the table. Mr. Wilson presented a petition of citizens of Boston, Massachusetts, praying Congress to stand by the Constitution as it is, and to make no compromise whatever. Ordered, That it lie on the table. Mr. Wilson asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in a joint resolution (S. 69) for the relief of Pierce & Bacon; which was read the first and second times by unanimous consent, and referred to the Committee on Finance. Mr. Lane, from the committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two houses on the bill (S. 11) to provide for the payment of expenses incurred by the Territories of Oregon and Washington in the suppression of Indian hostilities in the years 1855 and 1856, submitted the following report: "The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two houses on the bill (S. 11) to provide for the payment of expenses incurred by the Territories of Oregon and Washington in the suppression of Indian hostilities in the years 1855 and 1856,' having met and considered the same, and after full and free conference thereon, have agreed to recommend, and do recommend, to their respective houses as follows: "That the Senate do agree to the House amendment, with the following amendments: "1st. Strike out of the thirtieth line in section 1 the words, 'two hundred and fifty,' and insert, in lieu thereof, four hundred, so that it shall read: two million four hundred thousand dollars. "2d. Strike out the second proviso to the first section, commencing in the thirty-fifth line and ending in the forty-fourth line, and insert in lieu thereof the following: Provided, That said Auditor be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to receive additional evidence as to the amount or value of supplies, transportation, and personal services, and to correct errors in his former report touching the same; and in cases where supplies were furnished at points in either of said Territories, where similar supplies were not furnished for the regular army during the hostilities in which said volunteers were engaged, he shall allow for such supplies the prices paid for similar supplies for the regular Army at the most convenient point where army supplies were furnished during said time, adding thereto the cost of transportation to the place where such supplies were furnished to said volunteers. "3d. Strike out of section four all after the enacting clause, and insert: That for the payment of claims provided for in this act, the Secretary of the Treasury may, if he deem it expedient, issue to the claimants, or their legal representatives, bonds of the United States of a denomination not less than fifty dollars, redeemable in twenty years, and bearing interest at the rate of six per cent. per annum, with coupons attached, and payable annually or semi-annually, at the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury. "That the House do concur in the foregoing amendments." JOSEPH LANE, J. D. BRIGHT, SIMON CAMERON, Managers on the part of the Senate. Managers on the part of the House of Representatives. The Senate proceeded to consider the said report; and, On motion by Mr. Lane, Resolved, That the Senate concur therein. Ordered, That the Secretary notify the House of Representatives thereof. On motion by Mr. Polk, The Senate proceeded to consider, as in Committee of the Whole, the bill (S. 548) for the relief of Joseph Clymer; and, no amendment being made, it was reported to the Senate. Ordered, That it be engrossed, and read a third time. The said bill was read the third time. Resolved, That it pass, and that the title thereof be as aforesaid. Ordered, That the Secretary request the concurrence of the House Representatives therein. On motion by Mr. Clark, The Senate proceeded to consider, as in Committee of the Whole, the bill (H. R. 852) for the relief of certain Chippewa, Ottawa, and Pottowatomie Indians; and the reported amendments 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. Resolved, That it pass. Ordered, That the Secretary request the concurrence of the House of Representatives in the amendments. Mr. Bingham reported from the committee that they presented to the President of the United States, on the 27th instant, the following enrolled bills: S. 366. An act to provide a temporary government for the Territory of Colorado. H. R. 435. An act to refund to the Territory of Utah the expenses incurred in suppressing Indian hostilities in the year 1853. 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. A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Forney, its Clerk: Mr. President: The House of Representatives has passed a joint resolution (H. R. 64) declaratory of the opinion of Congress in regard to certain questions now agitating the country, and measures calculated to reconcile existing differences, in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate. On motion by Mr. Green, Ordered, That the joint resolution (H. R. 64) just received from the House of Representatives for concurrence be printed. On motion by Mr. Wilkinson, Ordered, That William H. Nobles have leave to withdraw his petition and papers. A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Forney, its Clerk: Mr. President: The House of Representatives insists upon its amendment to the bill (S. 77) for the relief of Richard Chenery, disagreed to by the Senate; agrees to the conference asked by the Senate on the disagreeing votes of the two houses thereon; and has appointed Mr. Burch, Mr. William N. H. Smith, and Mr. Buffinton managers at the same on its part. The Speaker of the House of Representatives having signed an enrolled 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, I am directed to bring it to the Senate for the signature of its President. Mr. Crittenden, from the select committee, to whom was referred the communication yesterday received from the president of the convention of commissioners appointed by the authorities of twenty-one States of the Union, assembled at the city of Washington, for the purpose of agreeing upon some plan for adjusting the questions which now threaten the Union, reported a joint resolution (S. 70) proposing certain amendments to the Constitution of the United States. Mr. Seward asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in a joint resolution (S. 71) concerning a national convention to propose amendments to the Constitution of the United States; which was read and passed to a second reading. On motion by Mr. Seward, Ordered, That the resolution be printed. Mr. Trumbull presented the credentials of the Hon. Henry S. Lane, elected a senator by the legislature of the State of Indiana for the term of six years from the 4th day of March, 1861; which were read. Mr. Trumbull, from the committee appointed on the part of the Senate, jointly with the committee appointed on the part of the House of Representatives, to wait upon Abraham Lincoln, of Illinois, and notify him of his election as Fresident of the United States, reported: That the committee had performed the duty assigned them, and that the President elect, in signifying his acceptance of the office to which he had been chosen by the people, said: "With deep gratitude to my countrymen for this mark of their confidence; with a distrust of my own ability to perform the required duty under the most favorable circumstances, now rendered doubly difficult by existing national perils; yet with a firm reliance on the strength of our free government, and the ultimate loyalty of the people to the just principles upon which it is founded, and, above all, an unshaken faith in the Supreme Ruler of nations, I accept this trust. Be pleased to signify my acceptance to the respective houses of Congress." Mr. Trumbull, from the committee appointed on the part of the Senate, jointly with the committee appointed on the part of the House of Representatives, to wait upon Hannibal Hamlin, of Maine, and notify him of his election as Vice-President of the United States, reported: That the committee had performed the duty assigned them; and that the Vice-President elect, in signifying his acceptance of the office to which he had been chosen by the people, said: "You will please communicate to the respective houses of Congress my acceptance of the trust confided to me by a generous people; and while it is a position which I neither sought nor desired, I am truly grateful for the confidence reposed in me. Deeply sensible of the obligations it imposes, it shall be my earnest effort to discharge my duty in that manner which shall subserve the interest of the whole country." Mr. Harlan, from the Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 997) for the relief of Greenberry M. Watkins, of Montgomery county, Maryland, reported it without amendment. The Senate proceeded to consider the said bill, 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 bill was read the third time. Resolved, That it pass. Ordered, That the Secretary notify the House of Representatives thereof. On motion by Mr. Mason, The Senate proceeded to consider, as in Committee of the Whole, the bill (H. R. 576) for the relief of Messrs. Coale & Barr; 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. Mr. Bayard, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred 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 road purposes, to said States, reported it, with an amendment. On motion by Mr. Bright, that all prior orders be postponed, and that the Senate proceed to the consideration of executive business. It was determined in the negative, Nays. On motion by Mr. Hale, Yeas..... 24 25 25 The yeas and nays being desired by one fifth of the senators present. Those who voted in the affirmative are, Messrs. Bayard, Bigler, Bragg, Bright, Clingman, Crittenden, Fitch, Green, Gwin, Hemphill, Hunter, Johnson, of Arkansas, Kennedy, Lane, Latham, Mason, Nicholson, Pearce, Polk, Powell, Pugh, Rice, Sebastian, Wigfall. Those who voted in the negative are, Messrs. Anthony, Baker, Bingham, Chandler, Clark, Collamer, Dixon, Doolittle, Durkee, Fessenden, Foot, Foster, Grimes, Hale. Harlan, King, Morrill, Seward, Simmons, Sumner, Ten Eyck, Trumbull, Wade, Wilkinson, Wilson. So the motion was not agreed to. Mr. Pearce submitted the following resolution; which was considered, by unanimous consent, and agreed to: Resolved, (the House of Representatives concurring,) That the 16th and 17th joint rules of the two houses be suspended for the residue of the present session. Ordered, That the Secretary request the concurrence of the House of Representatives in the resolution. 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, this day, An act (S. 366) to provide a temporary government for the Territory of Colorado." |