the United States as may be necessary to give certain, prompt, and full protection to the rights of property of the citizens of every State and Territory of the United States, and insure the equality of the States and the equal rights of all the citizens aforesaid under the Federal Constitution.

On motion by Mr. Bigler,

The Senate adjourned.

MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1860.

The honorable William K. Sebastian, from the State of Arkansas, attended.

The Vice-President laid before the Senate a report of the Secretary of State, communicating an abstract of returns of registered American seamen; which was read.

On motion by Mr. Hamlin, that the report be printed,

Ordered, That the motion be referred to the Committee on Printing. Mr. Bigler submitted the following resolution; which was considered by unanimous consent and agreed to:

Resolved, That the several standing committees of the Senate, as they were arranged at the close of the last session of Congress, be, and the same are hereby, reappointed for the present session, and that all vacancies be filled by the President of the Senate.

Mr. Sumner presented the memorial of Thaddeus Hyatt, praying the passage of a bill for the relief of the destitute and suffering citizens of the Territory of Kansas; which was referred to the Committee on Territories.

The Senate proceeded to consider, as in committee of the whole, the following bills:

H. R. 451. An act granting an invalid pension to William Burns, of Ohio.

H. R. 559. An act granting a pension to Harriett S. Wyman, widow of Captain Thomas Wyman, post captain in the naval service of the United States.

H. R. 666. An act for the relief of William Sutton.

Ordered, That they be referred to the Committee on Pensions.

The Senate proceeded to consider, as in committee of the whole, the bill (H. R. 688) for the relief of Elizabeth Walton, widow of Thomas Walton.

Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims.

The Senate proceeded to consider, as in committee of the whole, the bill (H. R. 811) for the relief of A. Bledsoe, William Bryson, William C. Scott, William Doty, and others.

Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads.

The bill (H. R. 24) to secure homesteads to actual settlers on the public domain was read the first and second times by unanimous consent, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands.

On motion by Mr. Mason,

The Senate proceeded to consider the bill (S. 271) for the relief of John P. Brown, returned by the House of Representatives on the 12th of June last; and, the vote on the passage of the bill having been reconsidered,

On motion by Mr. Mason,

Ordered, That the bill be recommitted to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

On motion by Mr. Latham,

Ordered, That the report of the committee of the Chamber of Commerce of San Francisco, California, presented the 6th instant, be referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads.

A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Hayes, chief clerk :

Mr. President: The House of Representatives has passed the following bills, in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate:

H. R. 50. An act to construe the word "minimum" price of the public lands and for other purposes.

H. R. 861. An act making appropriations for the payment of invalid and other pensions of the United States for the year ending June 30, 1862.

H. R. 862. An act making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the year ending June 30, 1862.

The House of Representatives having ordered the printing of certain documents, I am directed to notify the Senate thereof.

On motion by Mr. Powell,

The Senate proceeded to consider the resolution submitted by him. the 6th instant, to refer so much of the annual message of the President of the United States, as relates to existing causes of troubles in the country, to a select committee of thirteen members; and, while the same was under debate,

The Vice-President announced that the hour of one o'clock having arrived, it was the duty of the Chair to call up the bill (S. 230) declaratory of the acts for carrying into effect the ninth article of the treaty between the United States and Spain, which had been made the special order of the day for one o'clock to-day on the 11th of June last.

On motion by Mr. Iverson,

Ordered, That the further consideration of the bill be postponed to and made the special order of the day for Monday next, the 17th instant, at one o'clock.

The Senate resumed the consideration of the resolution of Mr. Powell; and, having been modified on the motion of Mr. Powell to read as follows:

Resolved, That so much of the President's message as relates to the present agitated and distracted condition of the country, and the grievances between the slaveholding and the non-slaveholding States, be referred to a special committee of thirteen members; and that said committee be instructed to inquire into the present condition of the country, and report by bill or otherwise,

After debate,

On motion by Mr. Hale,

The Senate adjourned.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1860.

.The bill (H. R. 50) to construe the word "minimum" price of the public lands and for other purposes, was read the first and second times by unanimous consent, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. The bill (H. R. 862) making appropriation for the support of the Military Academy for the year ending the 30th of June, 1862, was read the first and second times by unanimous consent, and referred to the Committee on Finance.

The bill (H. R. 861) making appropriations for the payment of invalid and other pensions of the United States for the year ending June 30, 1862, was read the first and second times by unanimous consent, and referred to the Committee on Finance.

On motion by Mr. Collamer, that the Senate proceed to the consideration of the bill (H. R. 23) for the admission of Kansas into the Union.

It was determined in the affirmative; and

The Senate resumed, as in committee of the whole, the consideration of the said bill.

On motion by Mr. Collamer,

Ordered, That the further consideration of the bill be postponed to and made the special order of the day for Tuesday next, the 18th instant, at one o'clock.

Mr. Pugh asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in a bill (S. 518) for the relief of William A. Linn's estate; which was read the first and second times by unanimous consent, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Mr. Grimes presented the petition of John Devault, praying an increase of pension; which was referred to the Committee on Pensions. Mr. Bingham presented the memorial of Lieutenant George L. Hartsuff, of the United States Army, praying indemnity for public property lost while in his charge by the wreck of the Lady Elgin, on Lake Michigan; which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia.

On motion by Mr. Iverson,

Ordered, That Elizabeth Spear, widow of Thomas Williams, have leave to withdraw her petition and papers.

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

Mr. President: The House of Representatives has passed a bill (H. R. 863) to authorize the issue of treasury notes and for other purposes, in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate.

The House of Representatives having ordered the printing of certain documents, I am directed to notify the Senate thereof.

The bill (H. R. 863) to authorize the issue of treasury notes and for

other purposes, was read the first and second times by unanimous consent, and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Mr. Bragg submitted the following resolution; which was considered by unanimous consent, and agreed to:

Resolved, That the chaplain elected by the Senate on the 15th day of December, 1859, to officiate on the part of the Senate at the last session, be continued during the present session of Congress.

Mr. Fitch submitted the following resolution; which was considered by unanimous consent, and referred to the Committee on Printing: Resolved, That extra numbers of the message of the President, with accompanying documents, be printed.

Mr. Hale submitted the following resolution; which was considered by unanimous consent, and agreed to:

Resolved, That the Committee on Military Affairs be instructed to inquire whether the expenses of that branch of the public service cannot be reduced without detriment to the public service; and, if they can, they be further instructed to report to what extent, and what particular branch or branches of that service can be dispensed with or reduced.

The Senate proceeded to consider the resolution submitted by Mr. Hale, the 5th instant, to print extra copies of the eleventh volume of the Pacific Railroad Report.

Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee on Printing.

On motion by Mr. Cameron, that the Senate proceed to the consideration of 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. S Yeas.

It was determined in the affirmative, { Nays..

On motion by Mr. Cameron,

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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, Bigler, Bingham, Cameron, Chandler, Clark, Collamer, Crittenden, Dixon, Doolittle, Durkee, Fessenden, Foot, Foster, Grimes, Hale, Hamlin, Harlan, Kennedy, King, Seward, Simmons, Sumner, Ten Eyck, Trumbull, Wade, Wilkinson, Wilson. Those who voted in the negative are,

Messrs. Bayard, Benjamin, Bragg, Brown, Clingman, Davis, Douglas, Fitch, Fitzpatrick, Green, Gwin, Hemphill, Hunter, Iverson, Johnson, of Tennessee, Lane, Latham, Nicholson, Pearce, Polk, Powell, Pugh, Saulsbury, Slidell, Thomson, Wigfall, Yulee. So the motion was agreed to; and

The Senate resumed, as in committee of the whole, the consideration of the said bill, with the amendment proposed thereto by Mr. Lane.

On motion by Mr. Lane, that the bill and the proposed amendment be recommitted to the Committee on Finance.

(Yeas..

It was determined in the affirmative, Nays....

On motion by Mr. Gwin,

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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. Bayard, Benjamin, Bragg, Brown, Clingman, Davis, Douglas, Fitch, Fitzpatrick, Green, Grimes, Gwin, Hemphill, Hunter, Iverson, Johnson, of Tennessee, Kennedy, Lane, Latham, Nicholson, Pearce, Polk, Powell, Pugh, Saulsbury, Slidell, Thomson, Wigfall, Yulee.

Those who voted in the negative are,

Messrs. Anthony, Baker, Bigler, Bingham, Cameron, Chandler, Clark, Collamer, Crittenden, Dixon, Doolittle, Durkee, Fessenden, Foot, Foster, Hale, Hamlin, Harlan, King, Seward, Simmons, Sumner, Ten Eyck, Trumbull, Wade, Wilkinson, Wilson.

So the motion was agreed to.

The Senate resumed the consideration of the resolution, submitted by Mr. Powell the 6th instant, to refer so much of the President's annual message, as relates to the existing causes of trouble in the country, to a select committee of thirteen members.

After debate,

On motion by Mr. Davis,

The Senate adjourned.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1860.

The honorable Robert W. Johnson, from the State of Arkansas, attended.

On motion by Mr. Hale,

Ordered, That the petition of Mary Willard, on the files of the Senate, be referred to the Committee on Pensions.

On motion by Mr. Chandler,

Ordered, That Joseph Loranger have leave to withdraw his petition and papers.

Mr. Bigler submitted an amendment, which he intended to propose to 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; and moved that the same be referred to the Committee on Finance.

On the question to agree to the motion,

It was determined in the affirmative.

Mr. Hunter, from the Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 863) to authorize the issue of treasury notes and for other purposes, reported it with amendments.

On motion by Mr. Bigler,

The Senate resumed the consideration of the resolution, submitted by Mr. Powell the 6th instant, to refer so much of the President's annual message, as relates to existing causes of trouble in the country, to a select committee of thirteen members.

On motion by Mr. Hunter, to postpone the consideration of the resolution of Mr. Powell, and that the Senate proceed to the consideration of the bill (H. R. 863) to authorize the issue of treasury notes and for other purposes.