MR. PRESIDENT:

The Committee on Education, to which was referred Senate bill No. 41, have had the same under consideration, and have directed me to report the same back with the recommendation that its passage is inexpedient, and recommend that it lie on the table.

The report was concurred in, and the bill ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. Johnson presented the following, which was concurred in: MR. PRESIDENT:

The Committee on Agriculture, to which was referred House bill No. 28, have had the same under consideration, and have directed me to report the same back with the accompanying amendment, extending the time for killing game, and, when so amended, recommend its passage.

Mr. Dickinson submitted the following:

MR. PRESIDENT:

The Committee on the Organization of Courts, to which was referred Senate bill No. 75, have had the same under consideration, and have directed me to report the same back with the recommendation that it lay upon the table.

The report was concurred in-ayes 24, nays 21.

Mr. Gifford submitted the following, which was concurred in:

MR. PRESIDENT:

The select committee, to whom was referred Senate bill No. 38, have had the same under consideration, and have directed me to report it back with the accompanying amendment, and, when so amended, recommend that it pass.

RESOLUTIONS.

Mr. White offered the following resolution, which was adopted:

Resolved, That the Committee on Agriculture be instructed to inquire whether further legislation is necessary for the better protection of sheep, and report by bill or otherwise.

The President laid before the Senate an invitation from Colonel Carrington to attend the artillery practice this afternoon at two o'clock.

On motion by Mr. Shields, The invitation was accepted.

Senate joint resolution No. 10, protesting against the enlistment and arming of negroes, with pending amendments, coming up in order, was discussed at length.

The President announced that the artillery practice, fixed for this afternoon, at 2 o'clock, was postponed until some more favorable day, of which the Senate would be notified.

Senate bill No. 111, entitled a bill to apportion Senators and Representatives for the next six years.

The rules were suspended and the bill read a second time, and one hundred copies ordered to be printed.

Mr. Johnson in the chair.

The President stated the question pending to be the amendment of Mr. Douglass to joint resolution No. 10.

Mr. Shields moved to lay all the amendments on the table.

Mr. Douglass withdrew his amendment.

The question then recurring on the amendment of Mr. Claypool, as amended by Mr. Ray, and further amended by Mr. Wolfe,

On motion,

The amendments were laid on the table, ayes 31, noes 11, not voting 2.

Mr. March offered the following:

Amend by striking out all after the enacting clause and insert the following:

1. That notwithstanding there may be differences of opinion in regard to the policy of some of the war measures of the National Administration, yet the State of Indiana, without distinction of party, still unwavering in her devotion and attachment to the National Government, again reiterates her pledges of fidelity to the common cause, and will with all her energies, with all her power, and all her means, press steadily forward in the war to put down the rebellion, restore the Union and the Constitution, with the distinct understanding that the same is not prosecuted for any sectional, political or anti-slavery purpose.

2. That our Senators be instructed and our Representatives be requested to vote for all laws having the effect to lighten the labor, protect the health, and save the lives of white soldiers by employing acclimated persons of African descent, wherever their services can be made useful and safe, having proper regard to their capacity, previous relation to the whites, the antipathies of race, condition and color in framing such laws.

Mr. Cobb moved to lay the amendment on the table.

An ineffectual motion was made to adjourn-ayes 20, noes 24.

The question recurring on the motion of Mr. Cobb to lay the amendment offered by Mr. March on the table.

The ayes and noes were demanded, and being taken, resulted, ayes 24, noes 20, as follows:

Mr. Cobb moved the previous question, which was not seconded.

On motion,

The Senate adjourned.

[NOTE.-The journal of this day having been misplaced, the Brevier Legislative and newspaper's reports have been used in making up the above, under the sanction of the Secretaries.]

Senate met.

THURSDAY, 9 o'cLOCK, A. M.,
February 12, 1863.

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The Journal of yesterday was read and approved.

Mr. Claypool presented the memorial of the officers and soldiers of the Indiana regiments in the field, in the department of the Cumberland, at Murfreesboro, Tennessee, expressive of their views as to the war policy of the country, and proposing resolutions to be adopted by the Legislature of Indiana.

After the reading had been proceeded with for an hour,

Mr. Gifford moved to dispense with the further reading of the signatures annexed to the memorial.

Which was agreed to.

Mr. Claypool moved to lay the memorial on the table, and to print five thousand copies.

The ayes and noes were demanded by Messrs. Cobb and Claypool, and being taken, resulted as follows: Ayes 37, noes 8.

The President laid before the Senate a communication addressed to him, containing the proceedings of a meeting of the officers and men of the 93d and 66th regiments of the Indiana volunteers, held at Corinth, Mississippi, on the 31st day of January, 1863, purporting to be an expression from both officers and men of said regiments, in regard to the traitorous conduct of some of our northern politicians, &c.

Mr. Wolfe moved to reject the communication.