Collamer, Dixon, Doolittle, Douglas, Durkee, Fessenden, Fitch, Foot, Foster, Harlan, Iverson, King, Rice, Simmons, Sumner, Trumbull, Wade, Wilkinson, Wilson.

Those who voted in the negative are,

Messrs. Benjamin, Bragg, Davis, Fitzpatrick, Green, Gwin, Hunter, Johnson, of Arkansas, Kennedy, Lane, Latham, Mason, Nicholson, Polk, Powell, Saulsbury, Sebastian, Slidell, Toombs, Wigfall, Yulee.

The bill having been further amended, was reported to the Senate, and the amendments made, as in Committee of the Whole, were concurred in.

On motion by Mr. Fessenden, to amend the bill by inserting at the end of section one, the following:

And provided further, That the extension of said road hereby granted, and the real estate of said company connected therewith, shall be subject to taxation as real estate in the city of Washington, to the same extent as the real estate of individuals,

It was determined in the affirmative.

On motion by Mr. Fessenden, to amend the bill by inserting at the end of section two, the following:

Subject to such rules and regulations as the corporate authorities of the city of Washington may impose for the safety of persons and property, and the said corporate authorities are authorized to prevent such use of steam power within their corporate limits, unless such rules and regulations are complied with,

It was determined in the affirmative.

No further amendment being made,

Ordered, That the bill be engrossed and read a third time.

The said bill was read the third time, and the title was amended to read: An act supplementary to an act entitled "An act to authorize the extension, construction, and use of a lateral branch of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad to and within the District of Columbia.'

On the question, Shall the bill pass?

Yeas...

It was determined in the affirmative, {Nays.

On motion by Mr. Fessenden,

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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. Benjamin, Bigler, Bragg, Cameron, Collamer, Davis, Dixon, Douglas, Fitch, Fitzpatrick, Foster, Green, Gwin, Hemphill, Hunter, Johnson, of Arkansas, Johnson, of Tennessee, Kennedy, Lane, Latham, Mason, Nicholson, Powell, Rice, Saulsbury, Slidell, Toombs, Wigfall, Wilson, Yulee.

Those who voted in the negative are,

Messrs. Anthony, Bingham, Brown, Clark, Doolittle, Durkee, Fessenden, Foot, Harlan, King, Sebastian, Sumner, Trumbull, Wade, Wilkinson.

So it was

Resolved, That the bill pass, and that the title thereof be as afore

Ordered, That the Secretary request the concurrence of the House of Representatives therein.

On motion by Mr. Latham,

The Senate proceeded to consider, as in Committee of the Whole, the bill (H. R. 127) for the relief of O. F. D. Fairbanks, Frederick Dodge, and the Pacific Mail Steamship Company; and

On motion by Mr. Latham,

Ordered, That it be recommitted to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Mr. Latham asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in a bill (S. 526) for the payment of expenses incurred in the suppression of Indian hostilities in the State of California; which was read the first and second times by unanimous consent, and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

On motion by Mr. Mason,

Ordered, That when the Senate adjourn it be to Monday next.

On motion by Mr. Yulee, that the Senate reconsider the vote on the motion to excuse Mr. Davis from serving as a member of the select committee appointed under the resolution of the 18th of December, It was determined in the affirmative; and

Mr. Davis thereupon withdrew his motion to be excused from serving on the said committee.

On motion by Mr. Yulee,

The order of the Senate of to-day authorizing the Vice-President to appoint a member, in the place of Mr. Davis, on the select committee under the resolution of the 18th December, was rescinded.

On motion by Mr. Johnson, of Tennessee,

Ordered, That the resolution submitted by him, the 13th instant, relative to the existing causes of trouble in the country and their adjustment, and all other resolutions submitted to the Senate on the same subject, be referred to the select committee appointed under the resolution of the 18th of December,

The Vice-President signed the enrolled bill (S. 518) for the relief of William A. Linn's estate, and it was delivered to the committee to be presented to the President of the United States.

On motion by Mr. Trumbull,

The Senate adjourned.

MONDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1860.

The honorable Stephen R. Mallory, from the State of Florida, attended.

Mr. Saulsbury reported from the Committee that they presented to the President of the United States, on the 22d instant, the enrolled bill (S. 518) for the relief of William A. Linn's estate.

A message from the President of the United States, by Mr. Giossbrenner, his Secretary:

Mr. President: The President of the United States approved and signed, the 22d instant, an act (S. 518) for the relief of William A. Linn's estate.

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

Mr. Fessenden asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in a bill (S. 527) granting public lands and a loan of the credit of government to the People's Pacific Railroad Company to aid in the construction of a railroad from the Missouri river to San Francisco, on the Pacific coast, and the same to aid in the construction of the Northern and Southern Pacific Railroads; which was read and passed to a second reading.

On motion by Mr. Fessenden,

Ordered, That the said bill lie on the table and be printed.

Mr. Pugh asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in a joint resolution (S. 51) in regard to a convention for proposing amendments to the Constitution of the United States; which was read ⚫ the first and second times, by unanimous consent, and referred to the select committee appointed under the resolution of the Senate of the 18th instant.

Mr. Bigler presented the memorial of Bartholomew Oertly, praying compensation for services as measurer of all the contract work on the Treasury building; which was referred to the Committee on Claims. Mr. Bigler presented proceedings of a public meeting held at Reading, Pennsylvania, for the purpose of preserving the integrity of the Union, and to give expression to the popular feeling on the subject which now menaces the peace of the country; which were referred to the select committee appointed under the resolution of the Senate of the 18th instant.

Mr. Bigler asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in a bill (S. 528) to provide for the suppression of the invasion of one State or Territory by or from another, and the fitting out of military expeditions or enterprises in one State or territory against another, and for the punishment of certain offenses; which was read the first and second times, by unanimous consent, and referred to the select committee appointed under the resolution of the Senate of the 18th instant.

Mr. Douglas asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in a joint resolution (S. 52) proposing certain amendments to the Constitution of the United States; which was read the first and second times, by unanimous consent, and referred to the select committee appointed under the resolution of the Senate of the 18th instant.

On motion by Mr. Douglas,

Ordered, That the said resolution be printed.

On motion by Mr. Mason,

Ordered, That Anna Rogers, widow of John Rogers, deceased, have leave to withdraw her petition and papers.

The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the bill (S. 112) to further carry out the provisions of the fifteenth section of the treaty between the United States and Mexico, concluded on the second day of February, 1848; and

On motion by Mr. Iverson,

Ordered, That the bill lie on the table.

On motion by Mr. Bingham, that the Senate proceed to the consid

eration of the bill (S. 523) for the relief of Lieutenant George L. Hartsuff, United States Army,

It was determined in the affirmative; and

The said bill was read the second time, 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 bill was read the third time, by unanimous consent. Resolved, That it pass, and that the title thereof be as aforesaid. Ordered, That the Secretary request the concurrence of the House of Representatives therein.

On motion by Mr. Lane, that the Senate proceed to the consideration of the bill (S. 376) for the relief of Major Benjamin Alvord, paymaster United States Army.

It was determined in the affirmative; and

The said bill was read the second time, 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 bill was read the third time, by unanimous consent.

Resolved, That it pass, and that the title thereof be as aforesaid. Ordered, That the Secretary request the concurrence of the House of Representatives therein.

On motion by Mr. Sumner, that the Senate proceed to the consideration of the bill (S. 463) for the relief of W. H. Vesey,

It was determined in the affirmative; and

The said bill was read the second time, 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 bill was read the third time, by unanimous consent. Resolved, That it pass, and that the title thereof be as aforesaid. Ordered, That the Secretary request the concurrence of the House of Representatives therein.

Mr. Wilson asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in a bill (S. 529) for the more effectual suppression of the slave trade; which was read the first and second times, by unanimous consent, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Mr. Davis, from the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, to whom was referred the petition of the widow of George C. Clitherall, late a surgeon in the United States Army, submitted an adverse report thereon.

Mr. Davis, from the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, to whom was referred the memorial of citizens of New Ulm, Minnesota, praying an investigation of certain outrages committed by a body of United States soldiers stationed at Fort Ridgeley, submitted an adverse report thereon.

On motion by Mr. Iverson, that the Senate proceed to the consideration of the bill (H. R. 436) for the relief of Mrs. Eliza A. Merchant, widow of the late First Lieutenant and Brevet Captain Charles G. Merchant, United States Army.

It was determined in the affirmative; and

The Senate proceeded to consider the said bill as in Committee of the Whole; and the reported amendments having been disagreed to, 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 a bill (H. R. 467) granting a pension to Eliza Reeves, in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate; and

It has passed a resolution to request the Senate to return to the House the bill (H. R. 866) to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1861, for the purpose of correcting a clerical error in the engrossment of the said bill.

On motion by Mr. Mason,

Ordered, That when the Senate adjourn, it be to Wednesday next. The Senate proceeded to consider the resolution of the House of Representatives, requesting the return of the bill (H. R. 866) to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1861; and

Ordered, That the said bill be returned to the House of Representatives agreeably to its request.

Mr. Davis submitted the following resolution; which was read: Resolved, That it shall be declared, by amendment of the Constitution, that property in slaves, recognized as such by the local law of any of the States of the Union, shall stand on the same footing in all constitutional and federal relations as any other species of property so recognized; and, like other property, shall not be subject to be divested or impaired by the local law of any other State, either in escape thereto or of transit or sojourn of the owner therein; and in no case whatever shall such property be subject to be divested or impaired by any legislative act of the United States, or of any of the Territories thereof.

The Senate proceeded, by unanimous consent, to consider the said resolution; and

On motion by Mr. Davis,

Ordered, That it be referred to the select committee appointed under the resolution of the Senate of the 18th of December, and be printed. On motion by Mr. Bigler, that the Senate reconsider the vote agreeing to the motion, that when the Senate adjourn it be to Wednesday

next.

It was determined in the affirmative; and

The motion having been amended on the motion of Mr. Bigler, by striking out "Wednesday," and inserting Thursday.

On the question to agree thereto,

It was determined in the affirmative.