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the motion 70 recon6lcer on the table; which
latter motion prevailed.
Mr.. Campbell, Mr.. Stephens, and others, NOV
ed that the House adjourn. The motion pre-
vailed, aud accordingly,
At three o'clock, the House adjourned.
Friday, april 2, 1853.
SENATE.
adjournment of Congress.-The Joint reso-
luton from the House of Representatives, fixing
the first Monday in June next for the adjourn
confederation was postponed.
KanSGs.-The hour of one o'clock having
arrived, the Senate proceeded to consider the
amendment made by the House to the bill fer
the admission of the State of Kansas into the
Union, the immediate question pending being
that of Mr.. Green, that the Senate disagree to
said amendment
Mr.. Green briefly addressed the Senate.
Mr.. Bigler followed at some length, giving
the reasons and defining the motives which gov
erned him in opposing the amendment of the
House.
Mr.. Douglas next addressed the Senate, con-
tending in the main that all who really sought
to get rid of the perplexing question, and re-
store peace to Kansas, should take the bill as
it came amended by the House.
Mr.. Pugh denounced the whole amendment
in no very measured terms, contendiug that it
was at once unjust and unfair even to the PEG.
pie of Kansas.
The question was then taken on Mr.. Green's
motion, and it was decided in the affirmative,
by the following vote:
Yeas : Messrs. Allen, Bayard, Benjamin,
Biggs, Bigler, Bright, Brown, Clay, Evans,
Fitch, Fitzpatrick, Green, Gwin, Hammond,
Houston, Hunter, Iverson, johnson of Arkan-
sas, Johnson of Tennessee, Jones, Kennedy,
Mallory, Mason, Pearce, Polk, Pugb, Sebastian,
Sidell, Thompson of Kentucky, Thomson of
New Jersey, Wright, and Yulee-32.
Nays Messrs. Bell, Broderick, Cameron,
Chandler, Clark, Colamer, Crittenden, Dixon,
Doolittle, Douglas, Fessenden, Foot, Foster,
Hale, Hamlin, Harlan, King, Seward, Simmons,
Stuart, Trumbull, Wade, and Wilson'S.
Absent or Not Voting-Messrs. Bates, Bell,
Cameron, Davis, Durkee, Gwin, Henderson,
Hunter, Jones, Reid, Sumner, and Toombs-I2.
Mr.. Slidell moved that the Senate adjourn,
on which motion the yeas and nays were order.
ed, and the motion lost
Yeas = Messrs. Allen, Bayard, Benjamin,
Biggs, Bigler, Brown, Clay, Evans, Fitch, Fitz
| pa rick, Green, Hammond, Hunter, Iverson,
johnson of Arkansas, johnson of Tennessee
Kennedy, Mallory, Mason, Pearce, Pugh, Sebas
tian, Siidell, Thompson of Kentucky, Thomson
of New Jersey, Wright, and Yulee-27.
Ndys-Messrs. Bell, Bright, Broderick, Cam
eron, Chandler, Clark, Collamer, Crittenden
Dixon, Doolittle, Douglas, Fessenden, Foot
Foster, Hale, Hamlin, Harlan, Houston, Jones
| King, Polk, Seward, Simmons, Stuart. Trum
bull, Wade, and Wilson-27.
MIR. Douglas moved that the Senate proceed
to the consideration of the Minnesota bill, anc
| dispose of that measure.
Mr.. Yulee moved that the Senate adjourn
which motion was lost--yeas 26, nays 26.
Another effort was made by Mr.. BENJAMIN
to adjourn, but that was defeated-yeas %
nays ~.
Minnesota BM-Ths bill was then taken III
aud discussed by Messrs. Fitch, Douglas, Green
| Cameron, and others when, without takinl
any question, Mr. Green intimatiDg that be hai
amendments to offer, the Senate adjourned t.
Monday.
Mr.. Goode, of Virginia, from the COMMITTEE
on the District of Columbia, reported back tn
Senate bin to acquire certain lands needed 70
the Washington Aqueduct, in the District q
Columbia; which was read third time an
passed. $3.50 I oe
The Deficiency Biu-On motion of M,
Letcher, OF Virginia, the House went into Com
mittee of the Whole, (Mr. Bocock, of Virgins
IN the chair,) and resumed the consideration q
the biz to supply Deficiencies in the appropris
tons for the service OF the fiscal year ending tn
4 30th of June, 1883; upon which-the debate ha
bsen ordered to close with the rising of the Con
mittee day.
Mr.. Jones, Of Tennessee, said, until 1912. tn
calendar year had been the fiscal year of tn
6 ,vernment, but in that year it was change
90 as to begin on the LIST cay of July. Theme,
forth, il become necessary to make the estimate
seven or eight months in advance and gret
de6ciencies must necessarily result in SON
branches of the public service. He did not o.
iect to deficiency bills, ftheir objects were ju
and right, He called attention to the vario,
provisions of this deficiency bill, contends
! that it was notonly . bin to supply de6ciencie
bat bin for extras, q bill of anticipations,
e bill both for the past and for the future. The
: were appropris ions for furniture for the Spea