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> Senate Journal--WEDNESDAY, February 3, 1858
>
> Mr. Stuart presented a memorial of a number of persons styling
> themselves Hollanders, adopted citizens of Michigan, praying an
> appropriation for completing the improvement of the Black Lake
> harbor, in that State, and compensation for the Holland Colony
> piledriver, which was lost with a portion of the pier erected in the
> waters of Lake Michigan; which was referred to the Committee on
> Commerce.
> Mr. Broderick presented a resolution of the legislature of
> California, in favor of the establishment of a mail route from San
> Francisco to Petaluma, and from thence to Humboldt and Trinity; which
> was referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads.
> Mr. Broderick presented resolutions of the legislature of California,
> in favor of a tri-monthly mail between San Francisco and Crescent
> Page 163 |
> City, by steamers, and between Crescent City and Yreka, and Trinidad
> and Yreka; which were referred to the Committee on Post Orifices and
> Post Roads
> Mr. Seward presented a petition of citizens of Morrisania, New York,
> praying that the public lands may be laid out in farms or lots for
> the free and exclusive use of settlers not possessed of other lands;
> which was referred to the Committee on Public Lands.
> On motion by Mr. Durkee,
> Ordered, That the petition of Prudence Couch, on the files of the
> Senate, be referred to the Committee on Pensions.
> Mr. Cameron presented the petition of William W. Hubbell, inventor of
> a new and useful improvement in eccentric explosive shells, praying
> compensation for an infringement of his patent; which was referred to
> the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia.
> Mr. Iverson presented a memorial of officers of the first and second
> regiments of dragoons, and of the regiment of mounted riflemen,
> praying such an amendment of the laws creating the five regiments of
> mounted troops as will make them one corps; which was referred to the
> Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia.
> Mr. Houston submitted the following resolution; which was considered,
> by unanimous consent, and agreed to:
> Resolved, That the Secretary of the Navy be requested to furnish, for
> the information of the Senate, a full statement, exhibiting such
> action as has been taken in his department in relation to the
> appropriation of five years' pay to the officers of the navy of the
> late republic of Texas, embracing
> · 1. The names of the persons who have been paid under the act
> referred to, the amount to each, and the nature of the evidence on
> which payment was made.
> · 2. A copy of his decision in the case of Captain John G. Tod, of
> said navy, together with a copy of all the papers upon which said
> decision was founded.
> Mr. Harlan submitted the following resolution; which was considered,
> by unanimous consent, and agreed to:
> Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary be instructed to
> inquire into the constitutionality and expediency of a law allowing
> the new States such increased representation in Congress as their
> present population would entitle them under the apportionment of
> 1850.
> On motion by Mr. Iverson,
> Ordered, That the Committee on Claims be discharged from the further
> consideration of the report of the Court of Claims on the claim of
> Samuel C. Reid and others, officers and crew of the private armed
> brig General Armstrong, and that it be referred to the Committee on
> Foreign Relations.
> Mr. Davis asked and, by unanimous consent, obtained leave to bring in
> a bill (S. 119) for the relief of the officers and soldiers of the
> army who were stationed at Fort Kearny, Nebraska Territory, previous
> to the first day of March, 1853; which was read the first and second
> times, by unanimous consent, and referred to the Committee on
> Military Affairs and the Militia.
> Mr. Mallory, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was
> Page 164 |
> referred the petition of John Hughes, submitted an adverse report,
> (No. 46;) which was ordered to be printed.
> Mr. Mallory, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was
> referred the petition of John Pope, submitted on adverse report,
> (Nos. 47;) which was ordered to be printed.
> Mr. Mallory, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was
> referred the memorial of William H. Kennon, submitted an adverse
> report, (No. 48;) which was ordered to be printed.
> Mr. Mallory, from the Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the
> report of the Court of Claims on the claim of David Myerle, submitted
> a report, (No. 49,) accompanied by a bill (S. 120) for the relief of
> David Myerle.
> The bill was read and passed to a second reading.
> Ordered, That the report be printed.
> Mr. Simmons, from the Committee on Claims, to whom was referred a
> bill reported from the Court of Claims the 28th July, 1856, for the
> relief of Sturges, Bennett and Company, merchants of the city of New
> York, with the opinion of the court on the claim, reported the bill
> (S. 121) without amendment and submitted an adverse report, (No. 50;)
> which was ordered to be printed.
> The bill (S. 121) was read and passed to a second reading.
> Mr. Hale, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred
> the memorial of Thomas Ap Catesby Jones, reported a bill (S. 122) for
> the relief of Thomas Ap Catesby Jones; which 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 accordingly.
> On the question, Shall this bill be engrossed and read a third time?
> It was objected to by Mr. Stuart as against the rule.
> Mr. Polk, from the Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the
> petition of Henry Hubbard, submitted a report, (No. 51,) accompanied
> by a bill (S. 123) for the relief of Henry Hubbard.
> The bill was read and passed to a second reading.
> Ordered, That the report be printed.
> Mr. Bayard, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred
> the bill (H. R. 22) to alter the time of holding the courts of the
> United States in the State of South Carolina, 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.
> The Senate proceeded to consider, as in Committee of the Whole, the
> bill (H. R. 3) making appropriations for the payment of invalid and
> other pensions of the United States for the year ending the 30th
> June, 1859; and, no amendment being made, it was reported to the
> Senate.
> Page 165 |
> 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.
> The Senate proceeded to consider, as in Committee of the Whole, the
> joint resolution (S. 9) for the compensation of R. R. Richards, late
> chaplain to the United States penitentiary, for his salary up to the
> 30th June: 1857; and, no amendment being made, it was reported to the
> Senate.
> Ordered, That the resolution be engrossed and read a third time.
> The said resolution 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 of
> Representatives therein.
> A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Allen, its Clerk:
> Mr. President: The House of Representatives has passed a bill (H. R.
> 81) to amend an act for the relief of Whitemarsh B. Seabrook and
> others; in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate.
> Mr. Mallory, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was
> referred the joint resolution (S. R. 4) to extend the operation of
> the act approved January 16, 1857, entitled "An act to amend an act
> entitled 'An act to promote the efficiency of the navy,'" with the
> amendment of the House of Representatives thereto, reported that the
> Senate concur in the amendment with an amendment.
> The Senate proceeded to consider the amendment of the House of
> Representatives to the joint resolution (S. R. 4) to extend the
> operation of the act approved January 16, 1857, entitled "An act to
> amend an act entitled 'An act to promote the efficiency of the
> navy;'" and,
> On the question to agree to the amendment reported by the Committee
> on Naval Affairs thereto,
> It was determined in the affirmative.
> A further amendment being proposed by Mr. Fessenden to the amendment
> of the House,
> The hour arrived for the consideration of the special order; and
> The further consideration of the joint resolution, (S. R. 4,) with
> the amendment of the House, was postponed until to-morrow.
> The Senate resumed the consideration of the motion made by Mr.
> Bigler, to print the message of the President of the United States
> transmitting the constitution of the Territory of Kansas, and to
> refer the message to the Committee on Territories.
> On motion by Mr. Wilson, and by unanimous consent, the question was
> taken on so much of the motion as proposed that the message be
> printed; and It was determined in the affirmative.
> On the question to agree to the residue of the motion, viz, to refer
> the message to the Committee on Territories,
> An amendment was proposed by Mr. Wilson; and,
> After debate, and the consideration of executive business, by
> unanimous consent,
> The Senate adjourned.


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