Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-12-11
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
In the House, yesterday, after We went 10
press, the ballotings for Speaker were con.
tinaed. The thirty seventh vote resulted a
follows: Isl -
Whole number Of votes cas-, 22l. Nscss-
sary for choice, lis. = =
Mr.. Richardson received 76. Banks iOS, Full.
lsr;of Pa !, g, ZollicoGer Z, Ethsridge L, ia
ven 1, Walker l, Harrison 1, CarIile /, Harlan
], Lsmpkin 1, Smith, Of Va, !, Williams 1.
There being no choice, the House proceeded
to thirty-sishth ballot, with the following
Whole number Of votes cast. 22s; necessary
TO choice, 1l3:
Mr.. Richardson received rs. Banks l07. Full.
Ter Of Pa. %, Zollicoffer 5, Carlisle 2, Walk 1,
Etheridge l, Haven l, Harlan l, Harrison 1,
Mc9usen Smith, of We. l, Williams l, Orr
l, Walker /. s-.--t.- .f-TT-t. tsssg--r a. ~.
There being ne choice, the House proceeded
10 thirty ninth vote, with the following re-
suit: tsrJ.a HlI Sc $50 ~
Whole number Of votes cast, 22s; necessary
70 choice, ia. - 60 ~
Mr.. Richardson received rs, Banks lO7, Ful.
Ter, Of Pa, %, ZollisoHer 5. Walk 1, Ether
idge 1, Haven 1, Walker 1, Harrison I, Car
lile 1. Letter I, Fuller, Of Me-, l, Smith, Of
Va, 1, Williams ], Underwood /, Orr. -,
No choice. The House then adjourned
Proceedings Of To-Day.
In the Senate, to-day, the only business Of
public interest transacted, was the presenta-
ton by Mr.. Seward, Of the petition Of Mrs
Catherine Y. r. Cochran, the only surviving
child Of the late Major General Schuyler, (of
the Revolutionary war for relief. The said
petition being based on the destruction, during
the Revolution, Of certain mills, the property
Of Gen. Schuyler, BY Burgoyne, valued by
the latter in his report of the affair, at $50, 600
Tor flo, 900 sterling,) no claim for indemnif-
cation for this loss having previously been
made by the family or Gen Schuyler.
Mr. Seward accompanied the presentation
With an appropriate explanation, and gave
notice Of his intention to present bill to meet
the eass-appropriating $4,000 for the relief
OF the petitioner. t.r. $40 XXX.
The House not being organized no legisla-
tive business could be transacted, SO they ad-
journed.
In the House, after the reading of the jour
nal they proceeded to fortieth ballot for q
Speaker, with the following result, Wis:
Whole number Of votes cast, 224; necessary
to choice, 1l3: -''1.
Mr.. Richardson received "a, Banks lo7, Full.
Ter "a, Zollicofer 4, Carile 2, Campbell 1,
Etheridge !, Walker 1, Haven l, Harlan 1,
Letter l, Wells l, II. Marshall 1, Orr 1, Will
liams 1. it - 49,.
No choice having been effected, they pro-
eeeded to the forty-frst ballot, with the fol-
lowing result: e.
Whole number of votes cast, 224; necessary
to choice, 113 -
For Mr.. Richardson "A, Banks lO7, Fuller
Of Pa. %, Zollicoffer 8, Campbell of Ky, L,
Garlic l, Walker !, Underwood 1, Letter 1,
Harrison 1, n. Marshall 1, Orr ?, Williams l,
Paine l.
No choice being effected they proceeded to
a forty second ballot with the following re-
suit:
to choice, liz
>, Mr. Richardson received a5, Banks I06,
Fuller, OF Pa. q, Zollicofsr J, Garlic 1, Eth
erldge !, Walker l, Letter l, H. Marshall 1,
UT 1, Williams 1, Paine !, Harrison l, Camp.
bell, OF Ky, Cobb, Of Ala, l, Pennington /,
No choice; and they were proceeding with
the forty third vote as we went to press.
,,PThe population Of New York is 1856.
iIo. This Is exclusive of the population Of
the Indian reservations, which will add about
three thousand. At the last census, in 1850,
the population was 3,095, 1874. The population
OF New York City is 629,Sl0. =
RThe shipment Of anthracite coal from
the Pennsylvania mines for the year ending
December LIST, is estimated at 4,562, 900 tons
over the previous year. The total aggregate
value is about twelve millions of dollars.
EThe French government, is is said. has
authorized the director of the Grand Opera,
Paris, 70 re-engage Cruvelli, at a salary Of
10000 francs year.
RThe largest ship in England /. the new
one in Chatham Dockysrd. 1t is 800 feet
long, ia wide and 90 feet high 1t was com.
menced in 1851, and has sixty iron pillars and
six travellers = Z :
HI IL has been discovered that Ohio, since
the adoption Of her constitution, has ne mill.