The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-02-21
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
THIRTY.FIFTH CONGRESS---SECOND SESSION,
WASHINGTON, February 10, 1859.

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SENATE.
Mr.. MASON, from the Committee on Foreign AZ
fairs, reported on the memorial of Edward
cooper and associates, asking exclusive grant
OF the island or key OF Nevassa in the caribbean
sea, and recommend that it be indefinitely post
poned.
Mr.. SEWARD presented the memorial of f. X.
Collins, asking for the balance due him for At
Committee. o
The Senate, after some discussion, agreed to re-
scind the eleven o'clock hour of meeting order and
instead thereof to meet at noon, work hard and sit
sions.
Mr.. MASON moved that the bill authorizing the
land and naval forces in protecting American prop
erty in Central America be made the special order
lor one O'Clock to-day. After brief debate the
motion was rejected by yeas %, NAYS 81
The votes in the negative were: Messrs Bayard.
Bell, Bright, Broderick Chandler, Clark Clay,
Collamer, Crittenden, Dixon, Doolittle Durkee,
fessenden, Foot, Hamlin, Hammond, Harlan, Hun
ter, johnson Of Tennessee, Kennedy, King Mallory,
Pearce. Seward, Shields, Simmons, Toombs. Trum
bull, Wade, Wilson and Yulee.
Mr. CLAY reported adversely on the Old Soldiers
Pension bill.
He stated that its passage would require to nav.
the pensions and other demands contemplated over
thirty millions of dollars. He made a motion to
take up the Homestead bill, which motion was re-
jected.
Several other committee reports were offered
when Mr.. WADE moved to postpone the considera
tion OF the Consular and Diplomatic Appropriatior
Bili, and take up the Homestead Bill.
MIR. HUNTER claimed the floor on the former hill
The CHAIR Overruled him.
Mr.. HUNTER asked Senators to consider how !,
was possible for the appropriation bills to be passed
when they continually put them aside and incur the
likelihood OF an extra session to discuss favoritt
measures.
Finally the Consular and Diplomatic Appro
prlation Bill was taken up by vote of 81 against
The question required on Mr. PuGH's amendment
to consolidate the smaller missions
Mr.. PUGH spoke in favor of the amendment.
Mr.. BENJAMIN was in favor of limiting the diplo
matte appropriation to a certain sum- and allowing
the State Department to choose the governments tC
which ministers should be sent He did NOT con
slder competent Tor Congress to say what country
should have minister sent to it and what not
The first clause of the amendment reducing the
Austrian and Prussian Missions from first to second
class was rejected by tie vote.
The last clause of the amendment proyidino mr.
salaries shall be paid to any Minister except those
specified in the bill was agreed to.
Mr.. FESsENDEN submitted an amendment pro
hbiting the ConsulGeneral or Vice Consuls on the
Canadian frontier from charging more than fifty
cents for certifying invoices and certifying tht
places of growth of goods, under the provisions of
the reciprocity treaty between this country an {
Great Britain; which was agreed to-
On notion by Mr.. HUNTER an additional section
was added to the bill, to the effect that no NOR,
money for the fiscal year commencing July L, 1859
shall be expended for the objects herein provided
Tor, than the amounts appropriated in this BILL to
gether with such amounts of ofpermanent and indefi
mite appropriations as may be applicable thereto
ana that nothing herein contained shall be so con
strued as to repeal any existing appropriation.
on motion, by Mr.. DAVIS, the appropriation for
the surveyors, DC, to run and mark the boundary
line between the United States and the British nos
sessions at Washington Territory, was increased
from 100000 to $500
The bill was reported to the Senate, and tb
oman dronr tg 1,,,
cOncurred in.
The bill was then passed. and, pending motor
to reconsider, the Senate adjourned
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Mr.. HUGHES called up the bill heretofore reported
from the Select Committee to examine the account
ana conduct OF the late Doorkeeper, Mr.. Hackney
III proposed the appointment of Superintendent O
the folding room of the House, under such regula
tons as are designed to guard against abuses in tn,
distribution of public documents The Superin
tendent hereafter to be entirely independent of tn,
Doorkeeper and to appoint the clerks and othe
employees IN that department. Laid on the table
The House then passed the resolution + ported
by that Committee-that all extra copies of book
and documents equally divided among members are
intended for gratuitous distribution to libraries
and among the people, and are given in trust tc
members Tor that purpose; and any other disposi
tion of the same is violation of the trust, anC
meets the unqualified disapprobation of the House.
An Intellectual motion was made to 90 into com
mlttee on the private calendar.
The House then Tin Committee of the Whole o,
the state of the Union) resumed the consideration
of the Army Appropriation BILL
The amendment reducing the appropriation O
100000 for burned and other buildings to $500 900
rejected.
The mileage of officers travelling on duty wa
liked at not over cents per mile.
Mr.. Faulkner moved that the appropriation o
S5,490,O0O for the transportation of the army, &C.
be reduced in the sum of S49O, 900; which amend
ment was agreed to.
A number of amendments were offered and re
jected.
Mr.. FAULKNER moved that the appropriation o
100000 for the medical and hospital department:
be reduced to $9l 900; which amendment wa:
agreed to.
Mr.. PENDLEToN, of Ohio, moved that the appro
priations for the repairs of the Allegheny, Benicia
Fort Monroe, New York, North Carolina, Texas
Washington, Watertown, and Watervliet arsenals
be stricken ont; which amendment was agreed to
ayes y, noes 81.
MIR. MARSHALL, of Kentucky, moved that the ap
preparation of S53,9l0 for repairs and improve
ments and new machinery at the Springfield ar
mory, and the appropriation of sos 900 for th
same purpose at the Harper's Ferry armory b.
stricken out, which molten was agreed to.
=, The bill was then reported to the House and The
House adjourned.