The PRESIDENT protempore. The Chair is at fault in not calling up the unfinished business of yesterday, the morning hour having expired. The business properly before the Senate is the bill (S.No.453) regulating the tenure of offices. MESSAGE Rox1 THE HOUSE. A messoe from the HoRep, by Mr. Lloyd, its Chief Clerk, announced ––––––. & that the House had passed the following bills; in which it requested the concurrence of the Senate: A bill (H.R.No. 822) for the relief of Tim othy Leyden; A bill (H.R.No. 823) for the relief of John A. Dawson, of Mount Sterling, Kentucky; A bill (H.R.No. 824) for the relief ofed ward Blanchard; and A bill (H.R.No. 825) for the relief of Henry Rudd, of Henry county, Iowa. The message further announced that the House had passed the following resolution; in which it requested the concurrence of the senate:ingItesolved, (the Senateconcurring.) That the follow o added to the joint rules of the 2 Houses, Inely: no. There shall be a JtcomPubBldg and Grounds, to consistof 5members on the part of the Senate and 7 on the part of the House, whose duty, it shall be to consider, all subjects relatio; to the public edificesand grounds within the city of Washington which may be referred to them apnrodproespitoiortnsthereirlaotipnigniotnhetrheetroeon, together with such as may seem to expedient. them HOUSE BILLS Reor:rik ED. The following bills from the HoRep were severally read twice by their titles, and referred to the ComClaims: A bill (H.R.No. 822) for the relief of Tim othy Leyden; A bill (H.R.No. 823) for the relief of John A. Dawson, of Mount Sterling, Kentucky; A bill (H.R.No. 824) for the relief ofed ward Blanchard; and A bill (H.R.No. 825) for the relief of Henry Rudd, of Henry county, Iowa. TENU iEt OF OFFICE. The Senate, as in ComWhole, resumed the consideration of the bill (S.No.453) to regulate the tenure of offices, the pending question being on the amendment proposed by Mr. HowARD to the amendment reported by the JtCommee on retrenchment. The amendment to the amendment was in section two, line 11, after the word “Senate” to insert the following: And shall require of such personbond with sufficient surety or sureties for the faithful discharge of his officialduties undersuchtemporary appointment, if such bond be required by law of the person suspended.