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at large The amendment was ordered
10 be printed.
Adjourned.
7'assdan. Jannarn q

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/ Mr.. Benton. from the Committee o.
Public lands. reported bill to cnabl
the President O: the URiicd States 4
tleat with the Chippewa lndians ios th,
purchase Of certain lands, on the soutl
side OF Lake Superior, supposed to con
tain valuable mines OF copper; which
b.ll was twice read by general consent
Mr.. Benton, also from the Committee
on the Public Lands. reported bill "a
authorize the President of the United
states to cause the lead mine and salt
spring lands, belonging to the United
States. TO be exposed TO public sale.
Mr. Reaf0R, also. from the same CON-
mittee, reported bill TO establish an adj
ditonal land office in the state of Mis-.
souri, both which bills were twice read
by general consent.
The bill from the House of Represen-
tatives, in addition to the act TO contn-
ue IN force an act TO protect the com
merce of the United States and to pun.
ish the crime of piracy passed through
acommlttee OF the whole, and was ordcr-
Gu 10 Uird reauing.
The Senate took up the bill from the
other House, concerning the disburse-
ments OF public monies,' and, after some
explanation by Mir. Loirrie, of the a.
mendments reported by the Committee
OF Finance to the bill, giving discre-
lion, in certain cases, TO the Heads Of the
Departments only. the amendments were
agreed to, and the bill ordered to third
reading
The Senate then again resumed, in
committee of the whole, the consideration
OF the bill to abolish Imprisonment for
debt, MIR. Smith, of Md. in the chair.
MIR. Fan Dyke offered his views Of
the propositions before the Senate, and
his reasons Tor being opposed to the
broad measure originally proposed, get
IN favour OF modified system of exemp-
ton from Imprisonment for debt. lie
concluded by moving that the bill and
amendments be referred to select com
mittee OF seven members. that they might,
having heard the various views offered
by gentlemen, endeavour to frame, from
the different substitutes which had been
proposed, such bill as would meet the
concurrence off majority Of the Senate.
This motion was agreed to; and Mes
srs. Van Dyke, Johnson, of Ky. Van
Buren,, Southland, Mills, Taylor, Of Va.
and Smith, of S. c. were appointed the
committee.
Adjourned.
Wednesday, January %.
Mr. Smith, of s &. from the Commit
tee on the Judiciary, to whom the sub
ject had been referred, reported bill
to divide the State of S. Carolina into
two judicial districts, which bill was
read the first time.
The resolution submitted yesterday
by MIR. Stokes, relative to the transport
tatIon OF certain mails, was taken rp * a.
gre ed to.
The Senate spent nearly the whole of
this days sitting in the consideration of
Executive business, and of course with
closed doors
Adjourned.
Thursday, January %.
Two messages were received from the
President, communicating a statement
of the exports and imports between the
United States and France, from 1914 to
1890; and the report Of the engineers
appointed to survey the Ohio and Mis-
sissippi rivers. from the rapids at Louis
vile. to the Balze.
Mir. Burton submitted the following
resolution for consideration
Resolred, That the committee on FL
nance be instructed to inquire into the
espediency of making an appropriation
to enable the President of the United
States to extinguish the Indian title to
the tract of country on the south side OF
the Missouri river, between the western
boundary of the state of Missouri, and
the Usage line, which runs from Fort
Clark to the Arkansas, or to so much
thereof as the tribes claiming it may be
disposed to sell.
MIR. Holmes, of Maine, submitteda re-
solution directing an inquiry to be made
by the Post Office Committee, into the
expediency of authorizing the principal
mail eastward to be conveyed in steam
boats, where such conveyance is practical
bic, for the same rates of postage as are
allowed for such conveyance by laad.
MIR. Broom, of Ohio, from the Com
mittee on Roads and Canals, to whom
had been referred the bill from the other
House, for laying out road through the
Black Swamp, from The Miami to the
Connecticut reserve, in 0hio-reported
the same with an amendment, proposing
to limit to 81 %, the price at which tht
land granted for the object shall b,
sold.)
The following bills were read third