The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1859-02-10

bou,and doilars for furniture repairs and boxes Ion
pe,nbers was coneurfed n-~aycs "A, moss 80
The amendment reducing the appropriation Of seven
,on,xud four hundred and twenty dollars fer hosses
sges aud saddle hofses, to three thousand I'VE hun
ly.d dollars adopted
fhs amendment Increasing the appropriation for Cap
"a, police from ave thousand eight hundred and ninety
da.s 10 eight thousand four hundred and twenty dol
i.,s was adoptest-ayes al. noes so.
The amendment striking out the appropriation OF thr
t,us thousand eight hundred and forty eight dollars
G twenty copies Of the Congressional Globe and APP
sx iu each member and delegate Ut the Thirty sixth
raugsess was adoptnd--yeas 81, nays 81
The amendment striking out the appropriations for
tiug the debates Of the Thirty sixth Congress and for
adng copies Of this Globe for the members of that Con
gress agreed 10
striking out the appropriation OF thirty
ia thousand dollars for compensation OF clerks In the OH
@ Of the surveyors general reducing the appropriation OF
e hundred and sixty five thousand four hundred and
dollars for wages Of VOL ncn ia the San Fran
~. mint by onc hundred thousand dollars reducing the
opqopiaou for wages Of workmen in the assay Office
New York from forty five Thousand to thirtytwo thou
ana dollars and reducing the appropriation for the wages
n voyknen ts assay Office New Orleans from thirty
four thonsand fifteen thousand dollars were seyeraily
ooncuIred In.
The amendment striking out the appropriation of two
hundred and fifteen thousand dollars for the purchase OF
property the city Of New York under lease to the
United States for courts, agreed to.
The amendment changing the mode of compensation
Of the messenger in charge OF the main furnace of the
Capitol agreed to.
The amendment approprating one hundred and sew
entyhve thousand dollars to supply deficiencies IN the
appropriation printing and paper for the Thirty
Congress also agreed TO-
Some minor amendments having been acted upon, the
bill as amended passed--yeas 80, nays s5as follows
YEs,iessrs Adan Anlersoa Anol Barr, Boeoek BouhAm
Bowie, Byce branch Burnett Burns S'sSe ohaima Clark
iS a. W:aan criae Of North Carolina CRAWFORD Davison
Maryland, Davis Of Indiana DAVIS OF Mississippi pewar
amnck, Iowdel Emandscn, English Florence Foley, Garnet
artrs oode, Gregg, Grocbecs Hall Of Ohio, Hatch
hawkn. leaan Hodges HGkms Hea.'on Howard JasS.en
IAndy, Lawrence, islay Malay, Aslas, Mason Miles, Miller
rsyion Phelps Missouri Phelps Minnesota Phillips, Reagan
Reilly Russell ssndIasc ssyage scaea shaw Of M o shaw Of
see Smith Of Virginia. tlworth Stevenson stewart Maryland
Louisiana, Trpps vianishaus vance ward watkins whteiey
wtodson Wortcndykc, and Wright Of Georgi Il 3D.
Bss Bay,on Bafnon, Bungas, Burroughs, Case, chare
cak q Connecticut Gawson Cobb Clark .oahrane oGt.x
DoM lurc c, worth Foster, Gilman elmer Goocl
KunSsi rsaasysan Leach Letter IDyoy NckibSn
Kentucky Mason Maynard Morgan Morse q New York M,,
aud Robbins Royce, Rulnn sherman q Ohio sherman New
ws ws lR
burn Wisconsin washburn Maine Wilson,
REPORTS ooxalrrEEs
The committees being called
Mr. FLORENCE, from the Committee on Naval Affairs
reported bill for the relief of the assistant engineers in
the United States navy which referred to the Com
mittec of the Whole the state of the Union and
dered to I've printed
Mr. BOcOCK, of Virginia. from the same committee,
reported bill to increase the number OF surgeons assist
ant surgeons and pursers in the United States navy and
the consideration Of the same postponed until We'd
lesday next.
Mr. DAVIS, OF Massachusetts, from the same commit
tee reported bill for the benefit OF the benecarics of
the naval asyluns; which referred to the Committee
Of the Whole the state of the Union and ordered to be
printed,
Mr.. BRANCH from the Committee Foreign AZ
fairs, reported bill appropriatng money to enable the
President to settle unadusted differences with the gov
eminent of Spain which referred to the Committee
OF the Whole the state of the Union and ordered to
be printed.
the Committee OF Waysand Means, reported bill making
appropriations for the service of the Post Office Depart
ent during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1860 which
referred to the Committee of the Whole the state
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Also. from the same committee, reported bill making
appropriations for the payment of invalid and other PEN
sions and bill making appropriations for the current
and contingent expenses Of the Indian Department for
the year ending June &c. 1860; which scveray
ieed to the Committee of the Whole the state Of the
Union and ordered to be printed
Mr.. STEPHENS, Of Georgia, gave notice that when
the Committee Territories should next be called he
would report the bill for the admission Of Oregon.
Mr.. WILSON, of Indiana, from the Committee on
Elections, reported the following resolution:
Rd That Bird Chapman the legally elected dclegte
the Thirty fifth Congress the Territory Nebraska,
titled to his seat such delegate
He then entered upon detailed review of the evidence
in the case contending that the most shameful frauds
had been pracsed that such Oliver Twist and
Samuel Weller had been freely polled that the polls
kept open for three hours after the time allowed by
law and that the contestant in justice entitled to his
seat. 1 et, &E #e
Mr.. WASHBURN, of Maine thought 1t was strange
that it happened that all the witnesses cited
in favor of the contestants either his friends or
relations, and that the evidence upon which the
port of the committee based altogether ef
pare AS for the which objected to he had
known many persons of the of Weller and Twist
and he could reason why, among the Wellers
there should not have been found Samuel or why the
Of Oliver should not have been given to Twist
He opposed to the House establishing precedent by
which, upon such questionable evidence, of its
beers should be displaced.
Mr. BOYCE, of South Carolina, after few remarks
nreply to Mr.. WILSON, and in opposition to the resolu-
tion moved to amend by striking out all after the
word resolved and inserting in lien thereof the fol-
lowing
THAT Fenner Ferguson is the legally elected delegate
from the Territory of Nebraska
Pending which
Mr.. STANTON, Of Ohio, moved to amend the
amendment by inserting after the word 's' the word
mot" to read that Fenner Ferguson is not SC "
Pending which
On motion of Mr. GROW, Of Pennsylvania, the House
adjourned
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED
STATES.