AFTERNOON SESSION,
On motion by Mr. WAGNER, the rules were suspended (by the yeas and nays under a constitutional provision) - yeas 34, nays 0 - and the bills introduced this morning read the second time by titles only, and severally referred to appropriate committees.
Mr. HAMILTON offered the following, which was adopted:
Resolved, That the Commissary General be directed to inform the Senate what contract is made, and with whom, for the furnishing of rations to the troops now at Camp Morton; at what price they are furnished, whether the same was let by public or private contract.
Mr. TURNER offered the following:
Resolved, That 2,000 copies of the Governor's message be printed for the use of the Senate.
Mr. LINE made an ineffectual motion to amend the resolution by including Gen. Washington's Farewell Address.
On motion by Mr. STEELE, General Jackson's proclamation to the people of the South in the year 1832 was included in the order to print.
The next resolution was further amended, on motion by Mr. LINE, so as to include an order for 1,000 copies in the German language.
The resolution, as amended, was adopted.
And then the Senate adjourned.
