Ordered, That the said petition, resolutions, and memorial be referred to the Committee on Commerce. By Mr. Corwin: The petition of William Brown, dragoman at Constantinople; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. By Mr. Palmer: The petition of Sally, widow of John Sibley, for payment of claims for property taken in 1812; which was referred to the Committee of Claims. By Mr. Jenkins: The petition of Samuel A. Coale, jr., to be allowed pay for his services while acting as purser in the navy of the United States; which was referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. By Mr. Phelps: The petition of citizens of the State of Missouri and of the Territory of Kansas for a post-route from Kansas City, Missouri, to Sherman, Texas. By Mr. Laban T. Moore: The memorial of citizens of Kentucky, ask ing for the extension of mail service on the Ohio river, from Parkersburg, Virginia, to Portsmouth, Ohio. Ordered, That the said petition and memorial be referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. By Mr. Potter: The memorial and papers of John L. Mersereau praying remuneration for his services during the revolutionary war; which were referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions. By Mr. Briggs: The petition of Harriet Van Cleare, praying indemnity for property destroyed in the war of 1812; Also, the petition of S. H. Grosvenor and S. G. Babcock, executors of Seth Grosvenor, deceased, for property destroyed in 1813. Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee of Claims. By Mr. Hughes: The memorial of Mrs. Ann E. Smoot, widow of the late Captain Joseph Smoot, United States navy, praying that Congress may pass an act extending the benefit of the 6th section of the "Act to amend the act to promote the efficiency of the navy,' approved January 16, 1857, to the case of her late husband; which was referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. By Mr. McRae: The petition of A. Delmas, of Mississippi, praying remuneration for losses sustained by him as light-house keeper at Pascagoula, in the State of Mississippi; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce. By Mr. Palmer: The petition of the heirs of Amos Oney, for the arrears of pension due their father for services in the revolutionary war; Also, the petition of the surviving children of John White, deceased, who was a surgeon's mate in the army of the revolution, praying for the arrears of pension due him at his death; both of which petitions were referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions. Also, the petition of Margaret Reynolds, of New York, praying for a pension in consequence of her husband having been killed by the enemy in 1814, while in the service of his country; which was referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, the petition of Hannah Littel, praying for one hundred and sixty acres of land for services rendered in the Florida war; which was referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Also, the petition of John M. Grant's administrators (Nathan Carver and Lucy Gregory) for damages on real estate; which was referred to the Committee of Claims. By Mr. French: The petition of Michael Duffy, praying for compensation as a watchman at the Capitol; which was referred to the Committee of Claims. On motion of Mr. Davidson, by unanimous consent, Ordered. That the bill of the Senate (S. 258) to grant to the parish of Point Coupee, Louisiana, certain tracts of land in said parish, be taken from the table and recommitted to the Committee on Public Lands. Mr. Van Wyck, by unanimous consent, introduced bills of the following titles, viz: H. R. 618. A bill establishing and regulating the term of study in the Military Academy, at West Point; and H. R. 619. A bill to establish and construct a wagon road from West Point to Cornwall Landing, in the county of Orange, State of New York; which were severally read a first and second time, and referred as follows, viz: H. R. 618, to the Committee on Military Affairs. H. R. 619, to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Mr. Burch, by unanimous consent, presented resolutions of the legislature of the State of California, relative to the establishment of a mail-route from Sonora, in Tuolumne county, California, to Monoville, in western Utah Territory; which were referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Clopton, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. R. 620) to constitute Montgomery, Alabama, a port of delivery; which was read a first and second time, and referred to the Committee on Com merce. The Speaker, by unanimous consent, laid before the House the following messages, heretofore received from the President of the United States, viz: To the House of Representatives: I communicate herewith a report from the Secretary of State, in reply to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 6th instant, respecting the expulsion of American citizens from Mexico, and the confiscation of their property by General Miramon. JAMES BUCHANAN. WASHINGTON April 10, 1860. To the House of Representatives: In compliance with the resolution of the House of Representatives 1 of the 23d of December, 1858, requesting information in regard to the duties on tobacco in foreign countries, I transmit a report from the Secretary of State and the documents by which it was accompa nied. WASHINGTON, April 10, 1860. JAMES BUCHANAN. Ordered, That the said messages be laid on the table and printed. The Speaker also, by unanimous consent, laid before the House executive communications, as follows, viz: I. A letter from the Postmaster General, requesting a further ap propriation for the rooms in the custom-house at New Orleans, for the use of the post office at that place; which was referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. II. A letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 26th ultimo, calling for an estimate of the amount required to negotiate treaties with various Indian tribes of the plains and in Minnesota; which was referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. III. A letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 26th ultimo, calling for the amounts paid for books ordered to be published by the thirty-third Congress. and the amounts of per diem and mileage paid the members of said Congress, &c.; which was laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. The Speaker also laid before the House additional evidence received in the case of J. S. Chrisman, contesting the seat of William C. Anderson as a representative from the State of Kentucky; which was referred to the Committee of Elections, and ordered to be printed. A message from the Senate, by Mr. Hickey, their Chief Clerk: Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed bills of the following titles, viz: S. 82. An act to amend the fourth section of the act for the admis sion of Oregon into the Union, so as to extend the time for selecting salt springs and contiguous lands in Oregon; and S. 188. An act for the relief of the surviving grandchildren of Colonel William Thompson, of the revolutionary army, of South Carolina; in which I am directed to ask the concurrence of this House. I am directed by the Senate to request the return of the bill of the Senate (S. 371) for the relief of certain settlers in the State of Iowa. I am also directed to notify the House of the order of the Senate to print a certain document. A message was received from the President of the United States, by J. Buchanan, his private secretary, notifying the House that he did this day approve and sign bills of the following titles, viz: H. R. 273. An act for the relief of Micajah Hawkes; H. R. 243. An act for the relief of the legal representatives of Charles Porterfield, deceased; H. R. C. C. 12. An act for the relief of Moses Noble; H. R. C. C. 82. An act for the relief of Charner T. Scaife, administrator of Gilbert Stalker; H. R. C. C. 93. An act for the relief of Lydia Frazee, widow and administratrix of John Frazee, late of the city of New York; H. R. C. C. 96. An act for the relief of William Geiger; and table. By unanimous consent, it was Ordered, That the Clerk return to the Senate the bill (S. 371) for the relief of certain settlers in the State of Iowa, as requested by the Senate. Mr. Whiteley gave notice, under the rule, of his intention to move. for leave to introduce a bill for the relief of the officers of the revenue service engaged in the expedition against Paraguay. The House having proceeded, as the regular order of business, to the consideration of the bill of the House (H. R. 23) for the admission of Kansas into the Union-heretofore reported from the Committee on the Territories-the pending question, when the House adjourned yesterday, being on its engrossment- After debate, Mr. Maynard moved that it be recommitted to the Committee on the Territories, with instructions to amend it by limiting the boundary so as to exclude all lands belonging to the Cherokee nation of Indians. Pending which, After debate, Mr. Grow moved the previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered, and under the operation thereof the motion to recommit with instructions was disagreed to. Under the further operation of the previous question the bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time. Being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time. Mr. Grow moved the previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered and put, viz: Shall the bill pass? And it was decided in the affirmative, {es Nays. 135 72 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Mr. Charles F. Adams Garnett B. Adrain John B. Alley George Briggs Mr. James Buffinton Mr. Thomas Corwin John Covode Mr. Orris S. Ferry Thomas B. Florence Mr. Henry C. Longnecker Mr. John Schwartz Thomas C. Theaker Cadwalader C. Washburn Mr. W. Porcher Miles John S. Millson Mr. Grow moved that the vote last taken be reconsidered, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; which latter motion was agreed to. Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate in the said bill. Mr. Potter, by unanimous consent, presented joint resolutions of the legislature of the State of Wisconsin, relative to grants of public |