The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1860-02-10

EuQraving-6drain, Covade and Msclay.
Expenditures In the State Departmont--Mc-
Kean, Stout, Barr, Love and Dawes.
Expenditures on he,Treasury Department
Loomis, Quarles, Wells, Thomas and Wade.
Expenditures on the War Department
Stewart of Penn, Lsrrabee, TOmpkins, Cooper
and Morrill,.
Expenditures on the Navy Department.
Hatton, Underwood, Blair, Hughes and Sher-
man.
Expenditures on the POstofice Department
Palmer, Martin of Va, Moore of KY, Land
rum and Stanton.
Expenditures on the Public Buildipgs-Bray-
ton, Noell, Walton, Harris of Va, and Nelson.
Joint Committee on the Library-Pettit,
Adams of Mass, and Pugh.
Joint Committee on Printing Has
kin and Dimmick.
Joint Committee on Enrolled Bills-David-
son and Thsaker.
Tho Presidents annual message was then
read.
On motion of Mr.. Sherman IL was referred
to the Committee of tho Whole on the state Of
the Union and ordered to be printed.
The question of printing the usual extra
number of copies was referred to the Com
mittee on Printing.
Mr.. Farnsworth was, at his own request,
excused from serving on the Committee on
Indian Affairs.
Mr.. Reagan was excused from serving on
the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, rs
on it he could be Of no earthly service to his
constitu The interests Of Texas have
been disregarded in tho matter Of assigning
her Representatives to places on committees.
Mr.. Hamilton, the colleague of Mr.. Reagan,
was also excused from serving on the Commit
tee Of Private Land Claims for similar reasons.
Mr.. Hughes asked, but failed, leave to intro
duce bill to establish an additional executive
department, to be called the Agricultural De-
partment.
Mr.. Stevenson presented the memorial Of
Mr.. james Christman, contesting the seat OF
Mr.. Anderson, Of Ky.
Mr.. Hughes presented memorial Of VIM.
G. Harrison, contesting the seat Of Mr. Davis,
ofMd.
Both memorials were referred to the Com
mittee on Elections. The House then ad-
journed.
Among the notices of intention to introduce
bills are the following:
By Mr.. Stevens, Of Washington Territory
For the defense Of Puget's Sound and the en-
trance to Columbia River.
by mr.. bipguRW-rOr uuiulyluB I'll loginia-
ton in New Mexico, legalising or establishing
slavery.
By Mr.. Fenton--For the settlement Of the
claims of officers of the Revolutionary Army,
and granting pensions to the soldiers oi
1912.
By Mr.. Otsro--To provide temporary gov
ernment for Arizona, and to create the office
Of Surveyor General.
By Mr.. Grow-To permit the Government to
sue In the courts of the United States.
By Mr.. Helmick-To reduce the compensa-
ton of members of Congress toss psr day,
and to regulate the mileage.
By Mr.. Reynolds.-For the Improvement o.
the navigation Of the Hudson River at and
near Albany; also, for the erection Of a post
office, custom-house and court buildings a
Albany.
John Cochrane presented petition Of Ben.
jamin Price and 1000 others, for the freedom
of the public lands to actual settlers. This II
but the beginning of food Of petitions Of {
similar character. He also presented pc
tition of the Chamber Of Commerce of New
York, for the tabulation Of tho annual sale
and the capital employed in, and the annua
earnings of the commerce Of the United States
to be- included in the census Of 1860. He ais,
gave notice Of his intention to introduce bill
10 simplify and arrange the Revenue Laws.