The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1856-02-21

ecuIlVe proceedings and correspondence of the
Governor or Governors of said Territory, &c.
The message and accompanying documents,
which were very voluminous, were read, and
ordered to be printed.
Mr.. Toucey sustained the position assumed
by the Executive, declaring it in accordance
with the Constitution and laws, and as reflect.
ing great credit on his Administration.
Mr.. wilson replied, taking directly opposite
NEW from that expressed by Mr.. Toucey, in
sisting that the Territory had been invaded by
lawless persons, and the elections rendered a
mere mockery. He read from some statistics
to show that in some places where there were
not more than fifty legitimate voters, as many
as nine hundred votes had been polled. he
defended the Emigrant Aid Society, declaring
that 1t was actuated by no other wish than to
promote emigration and furnish means to set
tiers, and help them to put up some machinery,
churches, school-houses, and the like. Mr.. w.
gave way at P. NJ, with out concluding his
remarks, for a motion to adjourn.
And the Senate adjourned accordingly.
HOUSE.
The House met at IL o'clock After PRAYER
by the Rev. MIR. Phelps the Journal of Thurs
day was read.
Mr.. Nichols, of Ohio, from the Committee on
Printing, reported resolutions for the printing
OF fifteen thousand extra copies of the annual
report OF the Secretary of the Treasury on the
state OF the finances for the use of the members
OF the House; of twenty thousand extra copies
of the Presidents message and accompanying
documents; and of ten thousand extra copies
OF the letter of the Secretary of the Treasury
communicating the report of the Superintendent
OF the Coast Survey for the year l855-six
thousand for the use of the House, and the re-
mainder for distribution by the Coast Survey
Ohice; which were severally agreed to.
Also, from the same committee, reported the
following resolution:
ResolUed, That there be printed for the use
of the members of the House of Representatives
thirty thousand copies of the mechanical part
of the Patent Office Report, and ten thousand
copies of the same for the use of the Patent
Office.
Mr. Haven, of New York, moved to increase
the number of copies to be printed for the use
of the members to fifty thousand copies.
The resolution, as thus amended, was agreed
to.
Mr.. Grow, of Pennsylvania, by consent, SUBJ
mitted the following resolution, which was
agreed to:
Resoloed, That the President of the United
States be requested, if not incompatible with
the public Interest, to transmit to this House
the laws of the Legislative Assembly of the
Territory of Kansas, and all the Executive pro-
ceedings and correspondence OF the Governor
OF SAID territory, or copies thereof.
The following bills were introduced in pur-
suance of notice, read twice, and appropriately
referred:
A bill to enable the people of Oregon Terri
tory to form Constitution and State Govern
ment, and for the admission of such State into
the Union.
BY MIR. Dunn, of Indiana: A bill to re-estab-
lish the boundaries and reorganize the Govern
ment of the Territory of Kansas, and for other
purposes.
This bill re-establishes the boundaries and
reorganizes the Territory of Kansas; prohibits
Slavery or involuntary servitude therein, and in
the Territory of Nebraska; provides for the
reservation of certain lands to aid in the pro-
motion of general education-for the endow-
ment of universities of learning, and mechani-
cal and agricultural professorships in such uni
yersitles, or of mechanical and agricultural
schools independent of such universities, in
said Territories; and also grants prescriptions
and reduces the price of lands to five cents per
acre to actual settlers in Kansas and Nebraska
By Mr.. Grow, of Pennsylvania bill to
secure homesteads to actual settlers on the
public domain.
On motion of Mr.. Cobb, of Alabama, under
a suspension of the rules, the House took from
the Speakers table the bill of the Senate to
relieve the Commissioner of Pensions from the
performance of certain clerical duties when it
was read three times and passed.
On motion by Mr.. Marshall, of Kentucky,
under suspension of the rules, it was
ResOtped, That all public documents, Of which
extra copies have been ordered to be printed for
distribution, and which have not been delivered
to the persons entitled thereto under the reso-
luton of the last House of Representatives,
shall now be delivered by the officer having
possession of the same to the Representatives
in this House of those districts whose former
Representatives have not drawn the documents
to which such districts were respectively emit
tied, according to the rate of distribution estsb-
lished.