The Senate have passed a resolution and bill of the following titles, viz: S. Res. 41. A resolution for the relief of Arthur Edwards and his associates; and S. 347. An act to declare the meaning of the act entitled “An act making further provisions for the satisfaction of Virginia land warrants," passed August 31, 1852; in which I am directed to ask the concurrence of this House. The Senate have agreed to the amendment of this House to the bill of the Senate (S. 84) to facilitate communication between the Atlantic and Pacific States by electric telegraph, with amendments; in which I am directed to ask the concurrence of this House. Mr. Grow, from the second committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two houses on the bill of the House (H. R. 503) making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department during the fiscal year ending the 30th of June, 1860, reported that the said committee had been unable to agree. Mr. Grow moved that the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate to the said bill (H. R. 503) and agree to the same with the following amendment, viz: At the end of the said amendment add the following, viz: “Provided, The said service shall be performed in the same time as was prescribed in the schedule time in the contract for the service of the steamer Isabel, and the Postmaster General is hereby authorized and directed to pay for the actual service performed by the said steamer Isabel, from Charleston to Havana, previous to the passage of this act, at the same rate of compensation as was provided in the contract for that service: And provided, further, That the Postmaster General is hereby directed to restore the inland service on all routes under contract on the 4th of March, 1859, unless the same have expired by their own limitation, or where improved service over said routes has been furnished by railroads or otherwise; and where the service has been actually performed by the contractor upon curtailed lines, notwithstanding such curtailment the Postmaster General shall pay the contractors as if no change had been ordered; but the Postmaster General shall not be required to restore the service on any of said routes beyond one daily mail each way, nor to interfere with any changes of service that may have been made without reduction of price, nor to restore service on route No. 10615, from Neosho, Missouri, to Albuquerque, New Mexico, nor to restore service on route No. 15050, from Kansas, Missouri, via Santa Fe, New Mexico, to Stockton, California, nor any part of the route No. 8076, west of El Paso: Provided, further, That nothing herein contained shall debar the Postmaster General from discriminating or curtailing any of the routes hereby restored, nor shall the contractor or contractors upon said restored routes be paid any extra allowance whatever, in consequence of any new curtailment or discontinuance: And provided, further, That no service hereby restored shall be put in operation unless by the assent of the contractor or contractors there. for: And provided, further, That the appropriation herein made shall be so construed as to embrace those made by the joint resolution for the relief of the contractors of the Post Office Department,' approved 28th March, 1860: And provided, further, That nothing herein contained shall be construed so as to renew the inail service on the Cumberland river, above Clarksville, in the State of Tennessee." Pending which, Mr. Grow moved the previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered and put, viz: Will the House agree to the said motion ? Yeas ............... 123 And it was decided in the affirmative, "WALANC, ) Nays............... 63 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. Green Adams Garnett B. Adrain Mr. Galusha A. Grow John A. Gurley Mr. John U. Pettit Albert G. Porter Those who voted in the negative are Mr. William Allen John D Ashmore Mr. William W. Boyce Reese B. Brabson Mr. Williamson R. W. Cobb John Cochrane Mr. Henry A. Edmundson Mr. James M. Leach Mr. Thomas Ruffin William E. Simms Otho R, Singleton William Smith William N. H. Smith James A. Stallworth John W. Stevenson James A. Stewart Miles Taylor James H. Thomas John W. H. Underwood Clement L. Vallandigham Zebulon B. Vance John V. Wright. Ordered, That the House recede from its disagreement to the amend. ment of the Senate to the said bill, and agree thereto with the amendment above recited. 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 amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate to the said bill. Mr. Schwartz moved that the rules be suspended, so as to discharge the Committee of the Whole House from the further consideration of the bill of the House (H. R. 437) for the relief of Benjamin Tyson, and to enable the House to consider the same. And the question being put, It was decided in the negative, Nays...... - Yeas................... 102 ... 69 Two-thirds voting in favor thereof. The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. Garnett B. Adrain Cyrus Aldrich Mr. Alfred Ely Emerson Etheridge Mr. De Witt C. Leach M. Lindley Lee So the House refused to suspend the rules. Mr. Davidson, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee had examined and found truly enrolled bills of the following titles, viz: H. R. 446. An act for the relief of Erastus Hutchins; H. R. 385. An act granting an invalid pension to Beriah Wright, of New York. When Mr. Gurley, from the Committee on Printing, reported the following resolution, viz: Resolved, That there be printed, in addition to the usual number of the mechanical part of the Patent Office report for 1859, ten thousand copies for the use of the Patent Office, and forty thousand for the use of the members of the House of Representatives. Pending which, Mr. Gurley moved the previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered and put, viz: Will the House agree thereto? And it was decided in the affirmative, Yeas............... 109 ", Nays. .............. 78 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, ing resolved. The part of the Rent Office, cont Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. Green Adams Garnett B. Adrain Mr. Augustus Frank Ezra B. French Mr. Thomas A. R. Nelson John T. Nixon Those who voted in the negative are Mr. William T. Avery William Barksdale Francis M. Bristow Mr. John T. Harris Robert Hatton Mr. John S. Phelps Roger A. Pryor |