The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-12-07
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THIRTY.FIFTH COMGRESS-SECOND SESSION.
SENATE

SENATE.
| The Senate met at n0on the Vice President ir
| the Chair. FOrty-siX Senators answered to their
names. the absentecs being Messrs Bayard, Bell
| Ben amin, CrittendeD, Douglas, Houston Hunter
both Johnsons, Mallory, Pugh, Sebastian, Sum
ner, Toombs and Yulee
Messrs. Bates OF Delaware, Ward of Texas, and
| Clingmau of North Carolina, took the oath of Of
| flee.
| The usual Committees were appointed to wait on
! the President, and on the House. giving notice Of
the Senates readiness to proceed to business.
! Mr.. GwIN gave notice of his intention to call IN
the Pacific Railroad Bill tomorrow at II O'Clock
| Mr.. Mason moved to make the bill to indemnify
| the owners of the Spanish schooner Armistad the
| special order for next Tuesday.
| Mr.. FEsSENDEN, of Maine, expressed his opposi.
ton to the principle of giving one private bill pre-
| ference over another. lie hoped the bill would be
allowed to come up in its regular course. Mr. Ma
sons motion, however, prevailed by yeas 81, nays
49,
Mr.. STUART gave notice that he would call up at
an early day the House Bill donating lands for the
benefit of Agricultural Colleges
The PRESIDENTS message was now received and
read. The reading occupied over three hours
During the reading of the message, Messrs. Bell
and Hunter appeared in their seats
Mr.. BIGLER, of Pa, moved that 10000 extra CO.
pies Of the message be printed
Mr. HALE, of New Hampshire, said he had Il re-
lu ctance to make objection to mere motion to
print, but he felt it his duty to do Had the
President confined himself to his Constitutional pre-
rogativC of advising Congress he would have said
nothing at present, but as he had gone ont of his
way to ialsity history and revive the slavery agi-
tatlOn he must express his condemnation at once
The antlslaverv men were accused of aggression,
but we have the Senate. upon the first day of
this session, the Armistad bill taken out of its place
in the calendar and pushed forward to please the
slave power, and this, too, when the parties to be
benefited do not belong to the country, while hun
dreds OF honest claimants of our own land are wait
ing here for justice The President had also in be-
/ hptf If t1lng into cal,
OF the Kansas matter, and unnecessarily thrust the
agitating question before Congress
He would not detain the Senate at this late hour
by more extended remarks, but would conclude by
expressing his determination to vote against the
proposition to print the extra copies.
Mr.. BIGLER'S motion was then amended so as to
order only the usual number of copies leaving the
extra number to the discretion Of the Committee on
Printing, and adopted.
The report of the Secretary of the Treasury was
received and ordered to be printed.
The Senate then at ten minutes past o'clock
adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
The House OF Representatives was organized pre-
cisely at noon to-day. The attendance of members
was full and the galleries were crowded with spec-
tators, many of whom were ladies. The usual curl
osity Prevailed to hear the annual reading of the
message.
After prayer by the Rev. Mr.. BALL, and the call
of the roll, the usual messages passed between the
Houses reporting the readiness of each to proceed
TO business.
A committee was then appointed to act with a
similar committee upon the part of the Senate, to
notify the President that the two bodies were pre-
pared to receive any communication he might have
to make.
Mr.. PHELPS, of Nd, moved to fix the hour of
meeting at II NJ, which was adopted.
Members upon motion of Mr. SMITH of Tenn
now proceeded to draw their seats for the session.
The States being called on for resolutions Mr.
DEwART, of PennSy lvania, offered resolution that
the Committee on WAYS and Means be instructed
to report a bill Increasing the duties on coal and
iron.
Mr.. JONES, of Tennessee objected.
Mr. DEwARr moved a suspension of the rules
Mr.. WASHBURNE desired so to modify the resolu-
ton as to make it include lead
Mr.. MORRILL, desired also to include wool
MIR. DEwART asscnted to both propositions
Mr.. GROVE, OF Pennsylvania desired to amend
the tariff so as to provide sufficient revenue but
Mr. DEWART declined to include this proposition in
his resolution
Mr.. DAVIDSON, of Louisiana, hoped that an in
creased duty upon sugar might be included, but
this was objected to-
The motion of Mr. DEwART to suspend the rules
was ostby yeas, l02: nays 81 twothirds not voting
aiirmativelv.
Mr.. FLORENCE. from the Committee appointed to
wait upon the President, reported that he was pre-
pared to communicate message Immediately
The message was then received and read
Mr.. PHELPS, of Mo-, moved the reference of the
Message to the Committee of the Whole, and that
2O,OOO extra copies be printed, which was adonted
MIR. MAGAw thought the message should have
been sent to the Committee mileage. Laugh
ter
The Report of the Secretary of the Treasury was
received, and Is 900 extra copies ordered to be
printed
The House then at o'clock adjourned.