The yeas and nays being desired by one fifth of the senators present, Those who voted in the affirmative are, Messrs. Bayard, Breckinridge, Bright, Foster, Johnson, Kennedy, Lane, Mitchel, Nesmith, Powell, Rice, Thomson. Those who voted in the negative are, Messrs. Baker, Bingham, Chandler, Clark, Clingman, Cowan, Dixon, Douglas, Fessenden, Foot, Grimes, Hale, Harlan, Harris, Howe, King, Morrill, Simmons, Sumner, Ten Eyck, Trumbull, Wade, Wilkinson, Wilmot, Wilson. The Senate resumed the consideration of the resolution submitted by Mr. Douglas, the 13th instant, in relation to the forts, arsenals, navy-yards, and other public property, within the limits of the seceded States; and, After debate, and the consideration of executive business, SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 1861. The Secretary called the Senate to order and read the following letter: WASHINGTON, March 22, 1861. SIR It being my intention, in conformity with established usage, and with a view of affording the Senate an opportunity of choosing a President pro tempore, to retire for this session, after to-day, I request that you will communicate this intention to the Senate to-morrow, at the hour of its meeting. Yours, truly, ASBURY DICKINS, Esq., Secretary of the Senate. H. HAMLIN, Vice-President of the United States. Mr. Hale thereupon submitted the following resolution: Resolved, That, in the absence of the Vice-President, the Hon. Solomon Foot be, and he hereby is, appointed President of the Senate pro tempore. The Senate proceeded by unanimous consent to consider the said resolution; and The resolution was unanimously agreed to. Mr. Foot thereupon took the chair, and addressed the Senate as follows: "Senators, I receive this unanimous expression of your confidence and good will with a full recognition of the personal compliment which it implies, and, I trust, with a full appreciation of the direct and of the contingent responsibilities which it imposes. Not altogether unaccustomed to the duties of a presiding officer, I have learned something -of the delicacy and difficulty which the best efforts to a faithful dis charge of those duties not unfrequently involve. Experience has, indeed, taught me the necessity of relying very largely upon the aid of your kind coöperation and of your indulgent forbearance a coöperation and a forbearance which, I am pleased to say, I have never seen wanting in this body." On motion by Mr. Wilson, Ordered, That a committee consisting of two members be appointed by the President pro tempore to wait upon the President of the United States, and inform him that, in the absence of the Vice-President, the Senate has chosen the Hon. Solomon Foot, of Vermont, President of the Senate pro tempore. The President pro tempore appointed Mr. Wilson and Mr. Bright the committee. Mr. Wade presented the credentials of the Hon. John Sherman, elected a senator by the legislature of the State of Ohio, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of the Hon. Salmon P. Chase. The credentials were read, and the oath prescribed by law was administered to Mr. Sherman, and he took his seat in the Senate. On motion by Mr. Hale, that the Senate proceed to the consideration of the resolution yesterday submitted by him, to proceed to the election of a Sergeant-at-arms and Doorkeeper and Assistant Doorkeeper, at two o'clock to-day, It was determined in the affirmative, On motion by Mr. Bright, Yeas.... 28 13 The yeas and nays being desired by one fifth of the senators present, Those who voted in the affirmative are, Messrs. Anthony, Baker, Bingham, Chandler, Clark, Collamer, Cowan, Dixon, Doolittle, Fessenden, Foot, Foster, Grimes, Hale, Harlan, Harris, Howe, King, Lane, Morrill, Sherman, Simmons, Sumner, Trumbull, Wade, Wilkinson, Wilmot, Wilson. Those who voted in the negative are, Messrs. Breckinridge, Bright, Douglas, Johnson, Latham, Mitchel, Nesmith, Nicholson, Polk, Powell, Rice, Thomson, Wigfall. So the motion of Mr. Hale was agreed to; and The Senate proceeded to consider the said resolution. On motion by Mr. Bright, that the further consideration of the resolution be postponed to the first Monday in December next, Yeas...... It was determined in the negative, {Nays: On motion by Mr. Bright, 14 28 The yeas and nays being desired by one fifth of the senators present, Those who voted in the affirmative are, Messrs. Breckinridge, Bright, Clingman, Douglas, Johnson, Latham, Mitchel, Nesmith, Nicholson, Polk, Powell, Rice, Thomson, Wigfall. Those who voted in the negative are, Messrs. Anthony, Baker, Bingham, Chandler, Clark, Collamer, Cowan, Dixon, Doolittle, Fessenden, Foot, Foster, Grimes, Hale, Harlan, Howe, King, Lane, Morrill. Sherman, Simmons, Sumner, Ten Eyck, Trumbull, Wade, Wilkinson, Wilmot, Wilson. After debate, On motion by Mr. Johnson, that the Senate proceed to the consideration of executive business, It was determined in the negative, {es.... On motion by Mr. Trumbull, 9 28 The yeas and nays being desired by one fifth of the senators present, Those who voted in the affirmative are, Messrs. Breckinridge, Clingman, Douglas, Johnson, Mitchel, Nesmith, Nicholson, Rice, Wigfall. Those who voted in the negative are, Messrs. Anthony, Baker, Bingham, Chandler, Clark, Collamer, Cowan, Dixon, Doolittle, Fessenden, Foot, Foster, Hale, Harlan, Harris, Howe, King, Lane, Latham, Morrill, Sherman, Sumner, Ten Eyck, Trumbull, Wade, Wilkinson, Wilmot, Wilson. On motion by Mr. Breckinridge, that the further consideration of the resolution be postponed to the second Monday in December next, Yeas..... It was determined in the negative, Nays.. On motion by Mr. Clingman, 13 24 The yeas and nays being desired by one fifth of the senators present, Those who voted in the affirmative are, Messrs. Breckinridge, Bright, Clingman, Douglas, Johnson, Latham, Mitchel, Nesmith, Nicholson, Powell, Rice, Thomson, Wigfall. Those who voted in the negative are, Messrs. Anthony, Baker, Bingham, Clark, Collamer, Cowan, Dixon, Doolittle, Foot, Foster, Grimes, Hale, Harris, Howe, Lane, Morrill, Sherman, Simmons, Ten Eyck, Trumbull, Wade, Wilkinson, Wilmot, Wilson. After further debate, On motion by Mr. Johnson, that the Senate proceed to the consideration of executive business, It was determined in the negative. On motion by Mr. Johnson, that the further consideration of the resolution be postponed to Monday next, (Yeas.... It was determined in the negative, Nays.. On motion by Mr. Johnson, 14 23 The yeas and nays being desired by one fifth of the senators present, Those who voted in the affirmative are, Messrs. Breckinridge, Bright, Clingman, Douglas, Johnson, Lane, Latham, Mitchel, Nesmith, Nicholson, Powell, Rice, Thomson, Wilmot. Those who voted in the negative are, Messrs. Baker, Bingham, Chandler, Clark, Collamer, Cowan, Dixon, Fessenden, Foot, Foster, Hale, Harris, Howe, King, Morrill, Sherman, Simmons, Sumner, Ten Eyck, Trumbull, Wade, Wilkinson, Wilson. After further debate, A motion was made by Mr. Powell, that the further consideration of the resolution be postponed to Tuesday next. On motion by Mr. Johnson, that the Senate proceed to the consideration of executive business, It was determined in the affirmative, Yeas.. On motion by Mr. Trumbull, Nays..... 26 10 The yeas and nays being desired by one fifth of the senators present, Those who voted in the affirmative are, Messrs. Anthony, Baker, Bingham, Breckinridge, Bright, Clingman, Dixon, Douglas, Foot, Foster, Hale, Harris, Howe, Johnson, Lane, Latham, Mitchel, Nesmith, Nicholson, Powell, Rice, Sherman, Sumner, Thomson, Wilmot, Wilson. Those who voted in the negative are, Messrs. Cowan, Doolittle, Fessenden, Grimes, Harlan, King, Morrill, Simmons, Trumbull, Wade. So the motion was agreed to; and, After the consideration of executive business, MONDAY, MARCH 25, 1861. The Senate resumed the consideration of the resolution submitted by Mr. Hale, the 22d instant, for the election of a Sergeant-at-arms and Doorkeeper and an Assistant Doorkeeper; and, On motion by Mr. Hale, Ordered, That the resolution lie on the table. Mr. Powell submitted the following resolution; which was considered by unanimous consent, and agreed to: Resolved, That the President be requested, if, in his opinion, not incompatible with the public interest, to communicate to the Senate the dispatches of Major Robert Anderson to the War Department during the time he has been in command at Fort Sumter. On motion by Mr. Powell, Ordered, That leave be granted to withdraw the petition and papers of the heirs of Jean Antoine Bernard Dauterive. Mr. Dixon, from the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate, to whom was referred a motion directing the purchase of twenty copies of the Annals and the Register of Debates of Congress, reported it with a recommendation that it do pass. The Senate resumed the consideration of the resolution submitted by Mr. Douglas, the 13th instant, in relation to the forts, arsenals, navy-yards, and other public property, within the limits of the seceded States; and, After debate, and the consideration of executive business, TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 1861. The President pro tempore administered to William Hickey the oaths of office as Acting Secretary of the Senate. On motion by Mr. Clark, Ordered, That D. J. Brown have leave to withdraw his petition and papers. On motion by Mr. Dixon, The Senate resumed the consideration of the resolution for the purchase of twenty copies of the Annals of Congress and the Register of Debates for the use of the Senate; and, On motion by Mr. Bingham, Ordered, That the further consideration of the resolution be postponed to to-morrow. The Senate resumed the consideration of the resolution submitted by Mr. Douglas, the 13th instant, in relation to the forts, arsenals, navy-yards, and other public property, within the limits of the seceded States; and, After debate, On motion by Mr. Grimes, that the resolution lie on the table, It was determined in the affirmative,{ Yeas..... Nays... 23 11 On motion by Mr. Clingman, The yeas and nays being desired by one fifth of the senators present, Those who voted in the affirmative are, Messrs. Anthony, Bingham, Clark, Collamer, Cowan, Dixon, Doolittle, Foot, Foster, Grimes, Harris, Howe, King, Lane, Morrill, Rice, Sherman, Simmons, Sumner, Ten Eyck, Wilkinson, Wilmot, Wilson. Those who voted in the negative are, Messrs. Breckinridge, Bright, Clingman, Douglas, Hale, Latham, Mitchel, Nesmith, Polk, Powell, Wade. So it was Ordered, That the resolution lie on the table. Mr. Breckinridge submitted the following resolution for consideration: Resolved, That the Senate recommend and advise the removal of the United States troops from the limits of the Confederate States. On motion by Mr. Powell, Ordered, That Alexander R. McKee have leave to withdraw his petition and papers. On motion by Mr. Collamer, Ordered, That when the Senate adjourn, it be to meet to-morrow, at eleven o'clock, a. m. After the consideration of executive business, The Senate adjourned. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 1861. The following message was received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Nicolay, his Secretary: To the Senate of the United States: I have received a copy of a resolution of the Senate, passed on the 25th instant, requesting me, if, in my opinion, not incompatible with the public interest, to communicate to the Senate the dispatches of Major Robert Anderson to the War Department during the time he has been in command of Fort Sumter. On examining the correspondence thus called for, I have, with the |