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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
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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
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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.
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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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