The Washington union., 1858-03-13

which were scverally laid the table and ordered be
printed.
Also a communication from the Treasury Department,
transmitting the application of the Postmaster General
asking additional appropriation for additional clerk
hire which referred TO the Committee Of Ways and
Means and ordered to be printed.
Also communication from the Secretary of the Navy,
tansmitting copies of the Official Register which was
laid ON the table and ordered to be printed
Also letter from the Secretary Of the Treasury In
ply to resolution OF the House Of February transmit
ting statement of the expenditures in the different Ter
rtories for roads, bridges, &c; which laid the
table and ordered to be printed.
Aso letter from the Secretary of the Treasury trans
hitting statement of the Legislative expenses of the
Territory Of Kansas which laid the table and
ordered to be printed
Also communication from the Post Office Depart
ment in relation TO certain contracts from July g. 1856
20 June &c. 1857 which laid the table and order
cd to be printed.
REPORTS FROM coMMIrrEFs
The committees o,,ed ior reports of private
Mr.. WASHBURN, of Mane from the Committee on
Elections, reported bill for the relief of r. NJ r. Clark
which read twice and committed.
Mr.. JOHN COCHRANE, of New York, from The Com
mttec on Conmntte, reported bill for the payment of
extra compensation to B b Follet for his services and
expenses in recovering certain embezaled government
funds which was read twice and committed.
Mr.. WASHBURNE, of Illinois, from the commit
tee presented adverse report upon the petition of A.
A. Millard and II was laid on the table
nv. MAYNARD, of Tennessee from the Committee of
Claims reported bill for the relief of Eli W. Go which
was read twice and committed
Mr.. CHAPMAN OF Pcnnsy vana Itoio the Committee
on the Judiciary, reportsa hfcE the bill relation to
courts snd tie holding of terms therein in the Territory
of Nebraska which read twice and committed
Mr.. CLAWSON, of New Jersey, from the Committee
Invalid Pensions reported bin for the relief of the
heirs of Captain Samuel Miller; which was read twice
and committed
Mr. LovEjoy, Of illinois, rom the same committee
reported bill for the relief Of the heirs of VIM Edmund
son which read twice and committed.
Mr.. FENTON, of New York, from the Committee on
Private Land Claims reported bill for the relief Of Ros
well Maynard, wife Of Theodore Maynard, deceased !;
which was read twice and committed.
Also, bill for the relief of Abel M. Butler /; which
read twice and committed
Also bill for the relief of Hannah Mintel and for
other purposes which was read twice and committed.
Mr. CLINGMAN of North Carolina, from the Com
mittee Foreign Affairs, to whom referred the
of the Norwegian bark Ellen, reported bill for the
lief of Duncan Robinson which read three times
and passed
reported bills for the relief of George Marsh and for
the relief of John P Brown, which severally read
twice and committed.
Mr. GRQESBsCK, Of Ohio ftoin tie same committee,
reporteda bill for the relief of William Rickson which
read twice and committed
Mr. FLORENCE, Of Pennsylvania, from the Commit
tee Invalid Pensions reported bills for the relief of
Mrs Mary Ann Henry, granting invalid pensions to
Henry Miller granting pensions to Mary A. Jones,
for the relief of Mary Dnsenbury granting pensions to
jeremiah Wright for the relief of John Duncan which
were severally read twice and committed
Mr. WOODSON, of Missouri from the Committee on
Indian Affairs, reported bill to provide for the exami
nation and payment of certain claims of the citizens of
Georgia and Alabama account OF losses sustained by
the depredations of the Creek Indians which read
twice and committed
On motion of MIR. SHERMAN of Ohio, the House pro
ceptlc1 to busi the
large number of Senate bills of private character
read first and second time by their titles aud appro
priately referred
SENATE
Senate resolution to authorize certain officers and men
engaged in the search for Sir John Franklin to receive
certain medals presented to them by the government Of
Great Britain taken from the Speakers table, read
three times, and passed. u.
HOUSE BILLS PASSED
The following bills, heretofore reported from the Com
mttee of the Whole, with favorable Recommendation,
were severay read the third time and passed
bill for the relief of John Hamilton.
A bill for the relief Of Thomas Smithers
bill for the relief of the heirs of Alexander Steven
bill for the relief Of the legal representatives or as
signecs Of James Lawrence
A bill for the relief of N. c. Wecms of Louisiana.
bill for the relief of Francis Wlodecki
bill for the relief of DIR. Charles d. Maxwell sur
geon of the United States navy
bill for the benefit of the capor of the British brig
Caledonia in the of 1872.
bill for the relief of John Richmond.
ADJOURNMENT OVER
Mr. FLORENCE, of Pennsy ylvana, moved that when
the House adjourn to day it adjourn to meet on Monday
next which motion agreed to-ayes Isl, noes 40.
QUESTION ntvmEdE-THE
MtTTEE on KANSAS AFFAIRS.
The SPEAKER stated the business first in order to be
the consideration of the appeal of the gentleman from
Illinois Mr. HARRIS from the decision of the Chair The
Chair called the attention of the House to the ground
which the decision made. The gentleman made a
statement in behalf of himself and Others of the select
committee appointed under the order of the House of the
Sth of February last, to whom referred the Pres
dents message in relation to the Kansas constitution
that in their opinion the committee had failed to execute
the order of the House and had adjourned and that he
claimed the right to read the journal and minutes of the
committee Us question of privilege. The Chair de-
cdcd that it did not involve the privileges of the House.
and that 1T not customary to receive the reports
through the minority of committee In the opinion of
the Chair the House could not know that there
failure the part of the committee to perform the duty
assigned to them The proposition TO read the journal
and written statement. The Chair decided that il not
in order If the select committees had been called for
reports and cited precedent which occurred years
ago. in which the Speaker bad decided that when the
committees called for reports reports could not be
made by the minority So far had the precedent gohe
that report not only not in order for minority,
but it competent to in debate to that which
tanspred in committee, much less 10 present the mat
ter in the manner in which it brought by the mi
nority in the present In the Twenty sixth Con
gress IL decided that neither the chairman of u
mittee any member of committee of the House
could allude to anything which had taken place in
committee, or had been done by any member in com,