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Of Mr.. Mallory to recommit, and decided in the
negative.
The bill was then read third time and
passed.
On motion of Mr. Hunter, the Senate pro-
ceeded to consider the bill from the House of
Representatives, making appropriations for the
current and contingent expenses of the Indian
with certain Indian tribes, reported from the
Committee on Finance with various amend
ments.
The Senate agreed to some of the amend
ments, and adjourned at late hour, without
finally disposing of the bill.
HOUSE.
Joseph l.. Chester, VINO was summoned to
answer for contempt, made his excuse in wri-
ting for not appearing before the investigating
committee on the day appointed. His excuse
was deemed satisfactory, and he was discharged
from custody.
On motion of Mr.. Grow, of Pennsylvania,
under suspension of the rules, and after va
rious other days had been submitted to the test
of the House, Thursday and Saturday next were
set apart for the consideration of Territorial
business in view of the fact that two of the days
heretofore set apart for that purpose were con-
snmed by questions relating to the proceedings
of the select committee
MIR. Qaitman, of Mississippi, reported, from
the Committee on Military Affairs, bill to in
crease the pay of the officers of the army !;
which was read twice, and is as follows:
BE 1t enacted, dc, That from and after the
commencement of the present fiscal year, the
pay of each commissioned officer of the army
including military storekeepers, shall be increas
ed twenty dollars per month, and that the COM
mutation price of officers subsistence shall be
thirty cents per ration.
Sec. 2. And be IL further enacted, That the
Secretary of War be authorized, on the recon-
mendation of the council of administration, to
extend the additional pay herein provided, to
any person serving as chaplain at any post of
the army
by the following vote;
YEAs-Messrs. Aiken, Akers, Allen. Allison,
Barbour, Bell, Bennett of New York, Benson
Bilinghurst, Bishop, Bowie, Branch, Broom,
Bufinton, Burlingame, Cadwalader, Campbell
OF Pennsylvania, Caruthers, Caskie, Chaffee,
Clarke of New York, Clark of Connecticut,
Clawson, Chngman, Comins, Covode, Cullen,
Cumback, Damrell, Davis of Illinois, Dean,
Denver Dick, Dickson, Eide, Edmundson, Ed
wards, Elliott, Emrie, Etheridge, Eustis, Evans,
Faulkner, Flager, Florence, Fuller of Penn
sylvania, Fuller of Maine, Garnett, Goode, Hall
of Iowa, Hall of Massachusetts, Harris of Mary
land, Harrison, Haven, Herbert, Hodges, Hoff.
man, Horton of New York, Horton of Ohio
Howard, Hughston, Jones Of Pennsylvania,
Keitt, Kelly, Kennett, King, Knapp, Knox,
Lake, A. X. Marshall, H. Marshall, Matteson,
Maxwell, McCarty Miller of N. Y, Millson,
Millward, Moore, Morrill,, Morrison, Norton,
Oliver of N. Y, Oliver, of Mo-, Parker, Peck,
Purviance, Puryear, Quitman, Reade, Ricaud,
Rivers, Robbins, Roberts, Robson, Rust. Sage,
Sapp, Scott, Sherman, Smith of Va, Spinner,
Stephens, Stewart, Stranahan, Thorington,
Thurston, Todd, Tyson. Underwood, Vail, Walk,
Wakeman, Walker, Washburne of Wisconsin,
Washburne of Illinois, Washburn of Maine,
Watkins, Welch, Wheeler, Williams, Winslow,
Wood, Woodruff, Woodwork, and Wright of
Mississippi-l3O.
NAYS : Messrs. Albright, Ball, Barclay,
Barksdale, Bennett of Miss, Bingham, Boyce
Bradshaw, Brenton, Burnett, Campbell of Ky,
Campbell of Ohio, Garlic, Cobb of Geo, Cobb
of Ala, Colfax, Craige, Davidson, Day, Dow
dell, Dunn, English, Grow, Harlan, Harris of
Ala, Holloway, Houston, Jewett, Jones Of
Tenn, Kidwell, Letter, Letcher, Lumpkin,
Mace, Marshall of Ill.,, McMullin, Mcqueen,
Miller OF Indiana, Morgan, Murray, Nichols
Phelps, Powell, Ruflin Sabin, Sandidge, Shorter,
Simmons, Smith of Tenn, Smith of Ala, Stan
ton, Talbot, Taylor, Traitor, Trippe, Wade
Waldron, Watson, Wells, Whitney, Wright of
Tenn, and Zollicoffer-62
message was received from the President
of the United States, notifying the House that
he had signed the act more effectually to en-
force the attendance of witnesses, and compel
them to discover testimony"
Mr.. Smith, of Virginia, moved suspension
OF the rules to enable him to introduce bill
to allow slave and her two sons to inherit the
property left by the father, free negro, upon
the condition that they be manumitted by their
owners. He stated that the property was con-
siderable, and unless the bill should pass it was
a question whether it would not vest in the
United States, for want of heirs
The question was taken, and the motion to
suspend the rules was agreed to-yeas 1874,
nays 33.
Mr.. Smith thereupon introduced the bill,
which was read twice by its title, viz: g A bill
to relinquish the claim of the United States to
certain property of which Elijah King died
seised and possessed in the District of Column
bia, on certain specified conditions"
The bill was then read a third time, and
passed-yeas 1913, nays 49,
On motion by Mr.. Stanton, of Ohio, the
House took up Senate resolution for the ap-
pointment of Regents of the Smithsonian In
stitution; which was read three times, and
passed.
Tuesday, January 81, 1857.
SENATE