The national Republican., 1861-07-08
THIRTY-SEvENTH CONGRESS,
., FIRST SESSION.
SENATE-,Saturday, Julv 6, 1861.

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On motion of Mr.. HALE, the Senate pro-
ceeded to the election of an Assistant Door.
keeper, with the following result. Forty votes
were cast |; necessary to a choice, Fl Mr.. Bas.
sett received 80, Mr.. Charles Jones 10. Mr..
Bassett having received majority of the votes
cast, was elected.
Mr.. LANE, of Kansas, gave notice that he
would introduce bill directing all Of the com
mandants in the army and navy to convene in
court.martial on the lst day of August, 1861,
to define the duties and jurisdictions Of said
courts.
Mr.. WILSON introduced the following bills,
which were referred to the Committee on Mill.
tary Affairs:
A bill to ratfy and confirm certain acts of
the President for the suppression of insurrec.
ton and rebellion. ...
A bill to authorize the employment of vol.
unteers for enforcing the laws and protecting
public property.
A bill to increase the present military estab.
lishment Of the United States.
A bill providing for the better organization
of the military establishment.
A bill for organizing q volunteer militia
force, to be called the National Guard of the
United States. .... g...
Mr.. WILSON also introduced bill to pro.
mote the better efficiency of the army.
On motion of Mr.. GRIMES, the latter bill
was referred to a special committee. Mr..
Grimes thought the bill ought to apply to the
army and navy officers both. He wanted to see
justice done to both services. The navy should
be placed upon the same footing as the army.
| We derive more actual benefit from the effective
blockade of the Southern ports and harbors,
carried on under the direction of our naval
officers, than from our army, although they are
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to endure hardships and for this reason the
Government should promote the efficiency of
the navy just as much as that of the army.
Mr.. HALE made few remarks upon the
bill, opposing bitterly the keeping of army and
navy officers in the service years after they are
unfit for duty, and paying them their regular
salaries. He thought it was inconsistent with
a republican form Of government. he had no
objection to a pension bill for the relief and
benefit of men who had labored in the army or
navy fthe United States, but he was opposed
to paying them their former regular salaries.
Mr.. HALE moved that the committee to
whom the bill was to be referred, should con.
sist Of nine; agreed to.
The Chair appointed, as the committee,
Messrs. Wilson, Hale, Latham, Sherman, Pow.
ell, Cowan, King, Kennedy, and Howe.
| Mr.. FESSENDEN submitted the following
list as the standing committees of the present
| session:
Foreign Relations.-Messrs. Sumner, (chair.
man, Collamer, Doolittle, Wilmot, Browning,
Polk, Breckinridge.
FRance.-Messrs. Fessenden, (charman,)
Simmons, Sherman, Howe, McDougall, Pearce,
Bright
Commerce.-Messrs. Chandler (chairmsn,)
King, Morrill,, Wilson, Ten Eyck, Salisbury,
johnson of Tennessee.
Post Offices and Post Roads Messrs. Col.
lamer, (chairman,) Dixon, Wade, Trumbull,
Rice, Bright, Latham.
| Public Lands.-Messrs. Harlan, (chairman,)
Bingham, Clark, Pomeroy, Johnson of Tennes.
see, Rice, Nesmith.
Private Land Claims Messrs. Harris,
(chairman,) Foster, Sumner, Polk, Bayard.
man, Wilkinson, Cowsn, Foot, Lane of Kan.
SOS, Harlan, Nesmith.
Psnsions.--Messrs. Foster, (chairman,) Bing.
ham, Lane of Indiana, Howe, Wilmot, Pome.
roy, Salisbury
Territories Messrs. Wade, chairman Viii.
kinson, Baker, Hale, Browning, johnson,
Breckenridge.
10 audit and Control the Contingent Es.
penses Of the Senate.-Messrs. Dixon, (chair.
man, Clark, johnson of Tennessee.
Printing. Messrs. Anthony, (chairman,)
Harlan, Powell.
Military Affairs and the Nilitia-Messrs.
Wilson, (ehairman,) King, Baker, Lane Rice,
Latham, Breckinrdge.
Naual A6airs.-Messrs. Hale, (chairman,)
Grimes, Foot, Cowan, Thompson, Nicholson,
Kennedy.
Judiciary.-Messrs. Trumbull, (chairman,)
Foster, Ten Eyck, Cowan, Bayard, Powell,
Harris.
Revolutionary Claims. s.-Messrs. King, (chair.
man, Chandler, Wilkinson, Hale, Nesmith.
Ciaims.-Messrs Clark, (chairman,) Sim.
mons, Howe, Wilmot, Pomeroy, Polk, Thomp.
| son.
District of Columbia. - Messrs. Grimes,
(charman,) Dixon, Morrill,, Wade, Kennedy,
Powell, Anthony.
Patents and the Patent O6ec.-Messrs. Sim.
mons, (chairman,) Sumner, Cowan, Thompson,
Salisbury.
Public Buildings and Grounds Messrs.
Foot, (ehairman,) Anthony, Chandler, Bright,
Kennedy.
Engrossed Bas.-Messrs. Lane of Indiana,
(chairman,) Morrill,, Latham.
Enrolled BHls.-Nessrs. Bingham, (chair.
man, Baker, Salisbury.
On the Library.-Messrs. 'Pearce, (chair.
man, Coamer, Fessenden.
Mr.. POLK presented the credentials of Hon.
W. P. johnson, Senator elect from Missouri;
which we're read, and the oath was admins.
tered to him and he took his seat.
A message was received from the House of
Representatives, informing the Senate Of the
death of one of their members, Hon. g. W.
Scranton, from Pennsylvania.
Mr.. W1LMOT made few remarks OF aulo.
CYSTIC character upon the death Of Mr.. Scranton,
and offered the following resolutions:
Resolred, That the Senate receive with sin.
cere regret the announcement of the death Of
the Hon. George W. Scranton, member elect
| al, ,ha uonoa of resentativas frorn the State