The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-12-17
THE UNION: WASHINGTON WEDNESDAY MORNING. DEC H. 1876

,DNESDAY MORNING, ID
ed resolution requesting the President authorize the
employment OF public vessel 10 convey 10 this country
Louis hossuth and bis associates In captivity"
This is from the Presidents message. He refers 10
what Congress had formerly done, and suppose Il the
learned senator from North Carolina were to make ~ le
rally correct i should be Louis kossath aforesaid
repeat what said befoe-that in my judgment, LOUIS
world. NtTrtrVf E'4 Ft#47 .rEtLEg B
The question being then taken upon the motion 10
strike out the words governor oil Hungary. was
The question was then taken upon The moo" TO insert
the word governor" before " Louis koasu'h'' which
The question then required upon the resolution as
Mr. MASON. do not doubt that the very dis,in.
gushed gentleman for hon this honor Is Intended is
the patriot whom he has been scbed to be by senators
this floor, and that he is worthy OF the honors which
When the vote taken upon the resolution OF well
come to him, was not here, or should have voted Tor
cheeIuly. But am not prepared to extend the'ds.
tnguished honor Of reception by the Senate TO that
gen,lemanan honor which has never been, believe,
conferred upon citizen OF America. II has been con
erred only upon General Lafayette who had been ideR
tilted with the most trying scenes OF our revolutionary
struggles.
Ii is not. therefore, for any purpose of deactng from
posed 10 Be extended that have desired thus to place
myself right in the shall give. have another rea
son. sir So far as understand it, his ayowed mission TO
the United States OF America to endeavor to induce this
government depart from long established policy in
relation to foreign nations may be that If this peculiar
reception be given him by the Senate be construed
into some disposition on the part OF the Senate TO accredt
MI SHIELDS If the honorable senator from Viz
gna will permit me to make suggestion have inter,
fered with the senator from South Carolina RHETTl
believing that this would occasion no de-
Mr. MASON stated that he had concluded wha, he
MT Mr. UND}ERwooD demanded the yeas and NAYS,
which were ordered and being taken, resultedyeas 80.
nays l5-as follows:
Ash'p B. ID goaher5 s Cas-
Iowa. Douglas EeIch. Fish, Foot Of Vermont. Fooe Of
.'s ssiea ss%s iSSs'
Summer, Wade, Wsker, and Whitcomb-3O
son. Hunter Jones Il Tennessee, Kias Mason Morton.
Pratt Sebastian. Spruance, Underwood and Upham--
So the resolution was agreed to.
SPECIAL ORDER.
The Senate then proceeded TO the consideration of the
special order-being the resolution submitted by MIR.
FooTE, OF Mississippi, in relation TO the compromise
measures
long debate ensued which is withheld for revision
after which, on motion,
The Senate adjourned
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
After the reading OF the Journal
The SPEAKER announced that he had appointed the
following gentlemen the House Committee Rules.
inson, Sianly, Seymour OF New York, King Of Rhode
Island, Odds. and Wallace
Mr., STANTON. Of Kentucky. alleging that he was
charged as was his right under the rules from serving
the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions.
THE woRKMEN THE EXTENSION OF THE CAPITOL
Mr. FLORENCE asked leave to introduce a resolu
ton, RS follows:
Rssoieed, That the Committee Public Buildings or
have nj he
requested forthwith 10 report bill making further appro
priaons for the continuance Of the work recently in pro-
large number oil mechanics and workingmen VINO have
lost their present means OF subsistence by being
exceedingly difficult at this lnciemcnt season OF the year.
for them TO obtain employment elsewhere Ia this city
This resolution he remarked had been handed TO him
by a number of those who had been discharged from
work the extension OF the Capitol and he conceived
il to be due to men in their situation to give prompt con-
MIR. CLINGMAN suggested the propriety of calling
the States for resolutions which he held TO be the regu
lar order OF business
Mr. RICHARDSON was understood to remark that
the question first in order the motion OF the gen.
ernan from California, tMr MARsHALL,l to refer his
bill to refund moneys TO his State TO the Committee on
Mr. STEPHEES, OF Georgia, objected to the consiaera.
ton Of the resolution proposed BY Mr. FLoREscE which
was thus ruled out of order.
Mr. RICHARDSON made few remarks with refer
euce the order Of business not distinctly heard by the
Reporter.
committee reports The presentation Of petitions by States,
and resolutions, in order before the House proceed
ed TO the consideration Of the unfinished business.
Bot the CHAIR ruled that the House having seconded
the pre- vous question: and ordered the main question 10
be put on the question OF referring the bill of Mr.. MAR
SHALL, OF California, to the Committee on Military AT
fairs the calling of the yeas and nays tina, question:
which had been ordered the hrs, business in order
RrJusDNo MONEYS TO CALIFORNIA
MIR MARSHALL, OF California, asked the unanimous
consent OF the House for permission 10 make few
marks in explanation OF the propeiY OF giving this bill
the reference he had proposed and also to exoneraie
himself from the charge OF having made wan,on attack
on the Committee OF Ways and Means
Bat many gentlemen Directing, leave was not granted
Whereupon
The Clerk proceeded with the call OF the roll the
question of the reference OF the bill 10 the Committee
Military Affairs; which was not agreed to-yeas rs.
nays ITO.
The question recurring on the reference OF the bill TO
The Committee OF Ways and Means,
Mr. MARSHALL asked il he might move TO refer i, 10
the Committee on the Judiciary
The SPEAKER replied that such move not
in order Whereupon,
The said bill was duly referred to the Committee Of
Ways and Means.
Mr.. MOORE, of Pennsylvania after few remarks in
explanation OF the condition of Mr.. DARBY, OF Missouri,
(who had been confined 10 his bed by attack OF paay
I'll. every since he reached Washington totally helpless
by leave introduced resolution TO grant that gentle.
bis pay and mileage, notwithstanding his detention
from his seat by sickness agreed to.
MIR. EVANS called for the regular order OF business
When the SPEAKER announced the first business in
order to be the presentation OF petitions.
So he accordingly commenced calling the States 10 that
end
In the course OF these proceeding
WISCONSIN CENTRAL RAILROAD.
Mr. DOTY, by leave, introduced bill, Of which pre-