Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-03-02
L,TEST NEWs BIZ TKLEGRArH.
nmnSnTW eOH0afsl- sl-sEcOHn SESSION
HAsHrNaror. March L.


/ wAsH1HsFoS, March 1.
SFNATF--Mr. King presented petition
Of the German Republican Club, of Syra
cuse, for the Union and against oonnproniise
Also, anumber Of other petitions Of thesam,
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Messrs. Ten Eyck and Trumbull presented
petitions for the Union and Congress as il is
and the enforcement Of the laws.
mir. Bigler presented large number o.
petitions in favor Of the Crittenden Resold.
tions.
Mr.. Wilkinson presented large number
Of petitions for the Union, and against COM
| promise with rebellious States, or any ex-
tension Of slavery. Also, petition for the
| relief of Kansas. ~
Mr.. Crittenden presented petitions from
citizens Of several States asking for meas
ures of peace and the preservation Of the
| Union.
Several private bills were passed.
A resolution allowing Commodore Pauld-
ing to receive grant Of land and sword
| from Nicaragua, was taken up. The grant
| of land was stricken out and the bill passed.
A bill for reimbursing Commodore Pauld-
ing's expenses in defending suit by one
of Walkers men, was passed.
The reports of the Select Committee on
the Peace Conference and the Orittenden
proposition, came up.
Mr.. Douglas asked that resolutions from
the House also be taken up. Agreed to.
Mr.. Mason said they ought to be sent to
the Committee to be made intelligible.
Objection was made to taking up the reso.
lutions.
Mr.. Seward offered his joint resolution as
o substitute.
Mr.. Hunter moved to strike out the first
article of the peace proposition and insert
the first Crittenden resolution.
Mr.. Clingman raised a point of order
against any amendment.
Mr.. Seward claimed that the amendment
of Mr.. Hunter would change the character
Of the proposition, which would not be the
recommendation of the Peace Conference,
but of Congress.
Considerable debate followed.
Mr.. CLARK suggested to Mr.. Hunter to
offer the Orittenden resolutions as whole,
not as q series.
H0USE-Mr. Phillips, from the Commit
tee on Ways and Means reported bill,
which was passed, regulating the value Of
the new silver coin Of Austria in Custom
house computation at 46 l9.lO0 cents.
Mr.. Washburne, of Illinois, moved to post
pone the Committee of Thirty-three till the
Fourth of July.
The Speaker said the subject would not
come up for an hour.
Mr.. W. unsuccessfully asked for action on
the bill for an extension to Mr.. Sibley, con-
tractor of the Pacific Telegraph Line, until
December, 1863, for the completion of the
same.
The House then considered the Senate
amendments to the Army Bill.
The report of the Committee of Thirty
three was taken up.
Mr.. Lovejoy moved to postpone until the
Fourth of July
The Speaker quoted the rule, that mem
Der reporting measure may open and close
debate, and gave the floor to Mr.. Oorwin.
Mr.. Lovejoy appealed, and the House sus-
tanned the Chair.
The pending proposition was an act ad-
mitting New Mexico into the Union. Laid
on the table, ia to II.
The next was an Ect for the rendition of
fugitives, which passed, so to 80.
The bill to amend the act for the rendi-
ton of fugitives from justice, which Mr.
Corwin explained to be- to avoid contradict
ory decisions, made by Governors of States,
who are not judges of constitutional law,
was rejected, AZ to l26.
Mr.. Grow asked to proceed to the CON
sideration of the Territorial business.
The Speaker asked leave to present the
proceedings of the Peace Conference.
Mr.. McClernand moved to suspend the
rules.
Here there was great confusion. Some
said they wanted to consider more imports
ant business.
Mr.. Boteler loudly asked what could be
more important than the peace of the
country.
Mr.. Grow contended that the Territorial
Bill was set for consideration after Mr.. Cor
wins report, and was now up.
The Speaker overruled the point and Mr..
Grow appealed. A motion was made to
table the appeal.
Mr.. Burnett said as the effect of the vote
was to prevent vote on the peace ,proposi-
ton, he demanded the yeas and nays.
Here the Speaker declared a recess until
seven o'clock, in accordance with the pre-
vious order.
On reassembling the Speaker stated the
question pending.
Mr.. Hickman moved a call of the House.
Mr.. McClernand proposed that the report of
the Peace Conference be taken up.
During call of the House, Mr.. Hughes
asked that the Sergeant-at-arms might bring
the South Carolina members before the
House, as they had been absent since De-
cember 20.
Mir Stanton hoped not, as public business
had not suffered the least detrimeut.
Mr.. Stevenson reported resolutions ad-
verse to the claim of Mr.. Conway, of Kan
sas, to full pay for the session, allowing him
only from the time sworn in. Adopted.
Mr.. Sherman moved to suspend the rules
requiring that no bill be sent from one
House to the other within the last three
days of the session for concurrence, and no
bill be presented to the President on the
last day of the session.
Mr.. McClernand proposed to take vote
at eleven o'clock tomorrow on the peace
proposition.
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and said Territorial business was in order,
A vote was taken on the suspension of
the rules 10 receive the peace proposition,
and lost-92 to &c.