The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1857-12-19

eaaigss a. they may deem best 10 prevent any change
a tie present lawn granting tsne@ " vessels engaged
"a She cod hsheirs also Joint resolution Ia favor Of
tie passage ~ &w imposing penalties against the
infonen importation into this country OF foreign
taulers and cInals the arrival Of such persons Inn
osss an aarssenaAs AH upon oar citizens besides cor
fugtng tle pahiC morals and eDdangerng the public
safety also Joint tauut0na h relation 20 the decision
Il the spfartne Court ~ The United states IN the Of
Dfc sot1 and IN relation 20 Indemnity for French spoil
Mr. WILSON pres n,ed Joint resolutions o. the lcgis-
atue n Massachusetts, IN favor u the recognition Of
Hayt and Liberia sovereign and independent States,
and u placing diplomatic and commercial relations
with them the f1iing those with other indie
IendcBt nations.
large number 81 memorials and petitions Of private
nature presented and appropriately referred.
nuoLtnoss ADorTlD
On motion Ny Mr.. SEWARD, a resolution was adopted
requesting the President Of the United States II
patibe with the public interest 10 communicate 10 the
senate ooyaes Of any correspondence which may have
taken place between the Department of state and the
ministers Of Bremen the subject Of claims Cor losses al
legged 10 have been sustained by subjects Of the Hansc
towns &C the bomhardment of Greytown.
On motion by Mr. GWIN, a resolution adopted
nStructing the Committee Commerce 20 inquire into
the expcdcney Of issuing register 70 the steamer Fear
less.
On motion BY AR. IvERsoN, Il was
ORDERED That the reports and bills together with the
adverse reports heretofore received from the Court Of
Claims and not finally acted upon and the reports and
Court OF Claims the 10th inst be referred 10 the Com.
mittee OF Caims to consider and report thereon and that
said reports and bills be printed.
NoroE OF uIII-
Mr. DAVIS gave notice that 70 -lnorrow, or ON some
early day thereafter he should ask leave 70 introduce
bill Tor the establishment OF navy yard at the harbor Of
Ship Island, In the Gulf OF Mexico.
HILLS INTRODUCED
Mr. GREEN, In pursuance Of notice asked aud obtain
cd leave TO introduce bill TO amend act entitled An
provide for the payment Of horses and other prop
erty lost destroyed in the military service Of the Uni
tad States" approved March 3, ls59
Mr. BRIGHT asked and obtained leave TO introduce
bill to divide the State OF Indiana Into two judicial dis
tricts and 10 provide for holding the district and circuit
courts of the United States therein.
Mr. DOUGLAS introduced bill 10 authorize the pco-
pie OF the Territory OF Kansas TO form constitution and
State government, preparatory TO their admission into
the Union equal footing with the original States
Mr. GREEN asked and obtained leave TO introduce
bill to confirm the title in certain Of land In the
State of Missouri TO the heirs and legal representatives Of
Thomas Maddin, deceased. ..H
HON. JOHN @. MONTGOMERY.
message was received from the House Of Representa-
tives announcing the death Of Hon. JniN g. MoSTuoM.
EnY member elect Of that body from the State OF Penn.
sylvania and communicating the proceedings of the
House thereon.
Mr. BIGLER delivered appropriate eulogy the
character of the deceased and submitted resolution 20
go into mourning by wearing Grape the left arm for
thirty days; which was agreed to.
AFFAIRS IN KANSAS
The following resolution, which submitted by Nh
TRuMBu the 18th instant considered and agreed
to:
Resolved That the President be requested TO commu
nicate to the Senate all correspondence between himself
any of the departments and any governor, other
officer person, in the employment OF the government
in Kansas Territory not heretofore communicated, to-
gether with all orders and instructions which have been
issued to the governor Of said Territory any other Of
fcer person in said Territory in relation 20 Kansas
affairs.
Mr. PUGH Thought that perhaps that resolution would
not include all the information which he would like to OBJ
tain, and he therefore submitted the following
Resolped That the President be requested TO communi
cate to the Senate copies Of the following documents
l. Return of the votes taken in Kansas Territory at
the October election 1856, upon the question of calling
convention to frame constitution and State govern
ment
g. Act of the territorial legislature lin obedience 10
that vote calling such convention and providing for
the apportionment and election OF delegates the
s. The census and registration of voters by counties
precincts, taken under that act,
A. The apportionmcnt of delegates made upon the
turns of such census and registration.
s. Returns of the election by counties for delegates to
the convention.
g. Returns of the last election, by counties, for
members of the territorial legislature and delegate
in Congress.
T. Proclamations of the governor or acting governor
upon the subject of the census, registration OF voters, and
the several elections herenbefore specified.
g. Journal of the convention held at Lecompton 10
frame a constitution and State government.
TREASURY. NOTES
On motion by Mr. HUNTER, the Senate resumed the
consideration of the bill to authorize the issue Of treasury
notes and Mr.. H. briefly explained its provisions,
marking that while il probable that the crisis in the
commercial revulson past yet there would not be
general revival of trade before the last of April the LIST
of May next and in consequence of the reduction In the
receipts at the treasury 1t important that this
urc should be adopted without delay before that time
the government would be in need of the money.
Mr. SEWARD was in favor of the general provisions OF
the BILL and admitted the necessity for the issue Of these
treasury notes but he suggested that the bill ought 10
be little guarded in two three particulars In
the first place. there limitation in the bin to the
time during which the notes might be issued He thought
the to be collected during the present year would
be sufficient to meet all the deficiencies and nasmuch
as there would be another session of Congress convened
winter any further action The subject might then
be taken which should prove necessary and expedient
He therefore proposed to limit the bill to the beginning
of the next session Of Congress As to the amount
CURED he thought ten millions of dollars would he suf
Gent and he also raised the objection that the bill
templated too high rate of interest He would prefer
TO limit 1t TO four per cent and had doubt but that
rate would procure all the money of which the govern
ment might stand in need
Mr. HUNTER had no objection TO limiting the time.
large surplus needed to carry the operations Of
the government and we are justified in supposDg that
the Secretary of the Treasury would not issue any
treasury than he should find necessary Ever since
the suspension Of specie payments the surplus in the treas
ury had been rapidly diminishing and this measure was