The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-07-10
IllRII-SEVRNTH CoNGRESS, SPECIAL SESSION,
SENATE.

| WASHINGTON, July 9.--Mr. Ten EYCK presented
| the petition of The Mayor and Collector of Peril
| Amboy, and various citizens of New Jersey, ask
| ing that in case the Naval Academy be permanent
| y removed from Annapolis the same shoult
| be located at Perth Ambov.
Mr.. Ten EYCK in few brief remarks presented
| the advantages and facilities of Perth Ambov fol
| the Naval School. The petition being lengthy
the document not read.
| Objections made by Senators to refer any bill
not pertinent to the business for which Congress
was called together.
Mr.. FEssENDEN suggested that all petitions no,
necessarily connected with war matters be laid or
| the table, and he made milton to that effect
Inc motion carried.
| Mr.. KING presented the petition of the Military
Board OF New York to remit all duties on arms.
Mr.. FEssENDEN reported back frcm the Committee
| on Finance bill to refund and remit duties on arm:
| imported Tor the of the State. The bill was
| read and is as follows:
at is hereby resolved that the Secretary of Treas
ury be, and is hereby Instructed to remit all duties
| up'n arms imported By States, until lst January
next, and refund all duties tha: have been already
! paid since May lst ult Provided that the Secre-
taJ of the Treasury shall be satisfied that all such
| arms are imported in good faith towards the Uni
ted States and are intended only FIR the of the
troops in employment of the United States Govern.
| meut." The bill was passed
Mr.. HALE offered resolution that Dewitt G.
Clark be appointed clerk of the Senate in the place
OF MIR. Nicholson, resigned. Passed.
Mr.. w ILsoN reported b1ck the bill to increase
the cid regiments to the same number as the new.
Mr.. TRuMBULL announced the death of Hon.
stephen A Douglas, Senator from Illinois He re
ferred to the early history of Mr.. Douglas and his
political life. He spoke of his power of attaching
friends to himself, and the universal mourning
which came from the hearts of the people at his
death. He was marked man in every position.
He entered the Senate when our great men, Clay.
Benton and Calhoun, were in their prime, and
proved himself DO weak competitor. OOe of his
distinguished characteristics was an unconquerabe
will He knew no such word fail.
He referred to his bald, MAJ agnaBimoHs stand for
the Union the crowning act of his life. But, cut
off in the zenith of his fame. his memory shall last
as long as constitutional liberty and free government
exists.
Mr.. TRUMBULL offered the customary resolutions
of respect and moved the Senate adjourn
Mr. MCDoUsAL followed, secondiug the resolu-
tobs and speaking in high terms OF the public aud
private character of Mr.. Douglas.
Mr. CoLLAMER said that Mr.. Douglas was a native
Of Vermont, and she claimed the right to utter
few words at this time.
Mr. Douglas career a fine evidence of the
excellence of cur institutions. Through his whole
career Of nearly twenty years, he had secured the
affections of the great mass of the Democratic
party, and held their hearts in his hand.
Messrs Nesmith of Oregon, Browning of Illinois,
and Anthony of Rhode Island all pined in laudiug
the many good qualities of the distinguished states
man. At the conclusion Of Mr. Anthony's remarks,
the Senate adj ,urned in accordance with the clause
Incorporated in the resolutions offered by Mr..
Trumbull.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
Mr. STEVENS, OF Pa, reported from the Commit
tee on Ways and Means a bill to authorize a ma
tional loan, and asked that it be made the special
order of the day for to morrow Wednesday,
Mr.. VaLLANDGHAM rose to point of order. He
contended that, under the rules, the BILL not being
an appropriation bill, could not now be considered
The CHAIR sustained the point of order.
The bill then referred to the Committee of
the Whole on the State of the Union.
Mr.. STEVENS also reported bill appropriating
the sum of Sc 900 600 for the payment of the three
mnnths' volunteers up to June 30th.
Mr.. BURNETT, of Kentucky, said he was confident
the bill would pass this House, and therefore should
not object to its introduction at this time, but be
was opposed to the entire policy of the Admin
straton, and made the explanation in justice to
himself.
Mr.. STEVENS then gave notice Of his intention to
call the bill up tomorrow.
Mr.. WAsHBURNE, from the Committee on Com
merce, reported bill, further to provide for the
collection of duties on imports, and asked that it
be referred back to that committee. He also
ported from the same committee bill authorizing
the Secretary of the Treasury to remit the fines
and penalties incurred in certain cases, and one
regulating the compensation of Government Sur
veyors of the Customs-a of which were re-re-
ferred, by request, to the committee from whom
reported.
On motion of Mr.. SHEFFIELD, the Committee on
Commerce was instructed to inquire whether any,
and what, further legislation is necessary to
the forfeiture and condemnation of piratcal vessels
seized by the authority of the United States, with
leave to rep rt BY bill or otherwise.
On motion of Mr.. Cox it was resolved that the
President of the United States, if compatible with
the public service, communicate to this House any
correspondence which our Government has had
with the Government OF Spain with reference to
the incorporation of the Dominican territory with
the Spanish Monarchy; and what protest, if any,
our Government has made against the insolent and
aggressive conduct of the Spanish Government.
Several resolutions offered and excluded
Yesterday adoptedi"- based upon the resolution
Mr.. LovEJoY, of Illinois, offered a resolution
the first of the series of resolutions yesterday offered
by him and rejected by the House, declaring it 10
be sno part oi the duty of soldiers of the United
States to capture return fugitive slaves" and de-
manded the previous question upon this resolution.
Mr.. MALLORY, of Kentucky, moved to lay the re-
solution on the table.
Mr. SrRATToN, of New Jersey, raised the point
of order that the resolution excluded under the
rule of the House yesterday adopted.
This point of order oyerrued, whereupon
Mr.. SrRATToN appealed from the decision of the
Chair.
The decision of the Chair being sustained, the
question was taken upon the motion to table and
negatived ayes 66. nays So
Mr. CARLILE, of Virginia, appealed to Mr.. Love
JOY to withdraw the call for the previous question
until he could offer amendment to his resolution,
promising to renew it.
Mr.. LovEJoY declined acceding to the request,
When Mr. CarIile exctedly demanded the ayes aud
nays upon the demand for the previous question.
resolution to be forced upon this House by
such u process.
The call for the previous question sustained
by vote of Is ayes to 65 nays, and the question
then recurring upon the adoption of the resolution,
it was decided aiirmatively. Ayes 92, nays 80.
A message was received from the Senate an
nouncing the death of Senator Stephen A. Doug
las, in series OF resolutions euogistic OF his ao
tiles and worth, and that the Senate had adJourn-
ed out of respect to his memory. .
Mr.. RICHARDSON, of Illinois, submitted series
of resolutions similar in purport, which he pre-
faced by remarks highly complimentary Of
the intellectual greatness and private
worth of the deceased Senator, whom
he ranked prominent among the most popu ar and
gifted of American statesmen. Mr.. Douglas was
the architect of his own fame, and that lame shed
lustre upon the country's history. He was man
of relnar kable moral frmness, and once convinced
OF the path duty should lead him to tread no con-
siderations OF personal interest or of ambition
could swerve him from that line of duty
His devotion to the Union and the Constitution
was the controlling sentiment of his political life,
and prayers for their perpetuatioR mingled with
his latest breath. Mr. Richardson was much at
fected, and his remarks were barely audible In the
Reporters Gallery.
MIR. McCLERNAND, from Illinois, followed in
similar strain, and added that Illinois would tor
ever cherish the memory of her llustrious son.
Mr. JOHN j. CRITTENDEN, Of Kentucky, spoke OF
MIR. Douglas as patriot, who was ever ready to
secrifce his personal ends to serve his country.-
He knew no one now living we'll deserving the
title of statesman the Senator who hadgone from
among us, and whose death this crisis felt to
be national loss. He held the life and the exer-
tions of Stephen a. Douglas to be worthy of mita-
tion.
Messrs. Cox, of Ohio Diven, of New York, Ar
mold, of Illinois, Wickliffe, of Kentucky, and
Fouke and Law, of Indiana, also eulogized the
memory of the deceased statesman.
At the conclusion of these speeches, the House,
in accordance with the resolutions submitted by
Mr.. Richardson, adjourned.
THE CoMEr.-Professor Kingston, of the Magnet