Mr. WILSON. I move that the message he laid upon the table and printed. The motion was agreed to. The report of the SecyState communicate by the President is as follows: To the President: The SecyState to whom was refei'red the concurrent resolutipn of the 2 Houses of Congress of the 18thinstant.in the followiiic words " that the POTUS be nested to transmit lei thwith to the Executives of eseveral States of the U.S.copiesof the article of amendment proposedby Congress to the State Legislatura tolllnt‘nllthoCOBdtltQtiODp the U.S. June 13.1666 respecting citizenship the basis of represciitation, disqualification for edico and vs 'di 7 of the public debt of the U.S., &e. to the end that the said States may proceedto act upon the said article of am nduient and that he request the Executive of each tntethat mayratify said amendment to transmit to the SecyState a certifl copy of suphmtifieation” has the h'onort6 euhmi the following report. namely, that on the 16thinstan IRIoeup.reAsneunstastiCvoensn, of the Committee of the House of on Enrolled Bills. brought to this Dept and de sited therein an enrolled resolution of the 2 Iouses of Congress.which we. thereupon received by the SecyState on deposited amongthe rolls of the Dept, a copy of which is hereunto annexed. Thercupon the SecyState, upon the 16th instant.in co nformnywit the roccingw ie was adopted by him in 1865in regar to the then proposed and afterward adapted congressional amendment of the Constitution the U.S.concerning t prohibition ofslavery, transmitted certified copies of the annexed resolutionto the Governors of the sever States.togetherwith acertit'icate and shop or letter. A copy 0 both of these communicationsis oreunto annexed. Respectfully submitted WILLIAM H. snwmn. Dsrsnruniv'r or STATE. WASHINGTONJ.une ‘201.866. [Circulun] DRPABTXENTor Snrs. June 16.1866. Th his Excellency.Governor of the state of. Sm: I have the honor to transmit an attested copy of a resolution of Congress, proposingto the legislatitres of the severalStatesa 14 tharticloto the Constitution of the U.S. The decisionsof the several Legislatures upon the subjectare required by law to be communicatedto this Dept. An acknowledgment of the receipt of this communication is requeste by your Excellency’s most obedient ser vant. WILL AM H. SEWARD. The accompanying paper is the certificateof a true copy of the concurrentresolutionproposinganamendmentto the Constitution. A. J. GRAY. The Senate proceeded to consider the amendment of the HoRep to the bill (S.No.180) for the reliefof A. J. Gra; which was to add at the end of the bill, e words “to be ai out of the naval penswn fund.”