The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1857-01-01
THIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS-.
SECOND SESSION.
Friday, December &c, 1856.

SENATE.
Mr.. johnson, from the Committee on Print
ing, reported the following resolution, which
was considered, and agreed to:
Resotred, That, instead of the number of
copies heretofore ordered to be printed, the
usual number of copies of the journal, reports
of committees, Executive and miscellaneous
documents, to be printed, shall be APO copies,
until the further order of the Senate.
On motion by Mr.. Thompson, of New
Jersey,
Resotred, That the Secretary Of the Treasury
be requested to report to this body whether
more efficient means cannot be devised than
are now provided for the preservation of the
lives OF seamen and passengers wrecked on the
coast of New Jersey and Long Island; and also
whether, in his opinion, pensions should not be
granted to the families c: such persons as lose
their lives in endeavoring to -escue the lives OF
others shipwrecked on our coast.
The appropriation hills, received from the
House of Representatives this morning, we're
read and appropriately referred.
| brief colloquy ensued, as to the resolution
adopted last Tuesday in relation to adjourning
to Friday, and then from Friday to Monday,
several Senators doubling the constitutional
| power to do so.
| A motion was made to correct the journal,
the further consideration of which was post
poned, as matter of justice to absent Sen
ators.
And then the Senate adjourned to Tuesday.
HOUSE.
Mr.. Flagler, of New York, from the Commit
| tee on the Post Office and Post Roads, reported
Senate bill providing for the compulsory pre-
payment of postage on all transient printed
matter.
Mr. F. asked that the bill might at once be
| acted upon, stating that the Post Office Depart
ment desired its passage, that it might go into
I operation on the first of January next.
There being no objection, the bill was read
a third time, and passed.
This bill repeats the provision in the act
| amendatory Of the act to reduce and modify the
rates of postage in the United States, and for
other purposes, permitting transient printed
matter to be sent through the mails without the
| prepayment of postage, and requires the pre-
payment of postage on all such transient mat
| ter, by stamps or otherwise, as the Postmaster
General may direct.
| On motion of Mr.. Giddngs, of Ohio, the
| House then went into Committee of the Whole
| (Mr. Haven, Of New York, in the chair,) and
proceeded to consider the bills on the private
| calendar.
This being objection day" unanimous con-
sent was required for action upon any bill. No
objection being made to the bills for the relief
of James Harrington and of Mary Ann Clark
they were laid aside to be reported to the House
with favorable recommendation, while the bill
for the relief of Andrew A. II. Knox and Joseph
A. Campbell, or their heirs and legal representa-
tives, was laid aside to be reported to the House
with recommendation that it do not pass.
The Committee at one time found itself with
out quorum, when the roll was called, and a
quorum thus obtained.
After an hours sitting, the Committee rose
and reported to the House.
Mr.. Stephens, If Gergia, moved that when
the House adjourn to-day, it adjourn to meet
on Tuesday next which motion was agreed
to-yeas a. nays g.
And then, at three o'clock, the House ad
iourned.