Mr. Tappan moved the previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered and put, viz: Shall the bill pass? Yeas... And it was decided in the affirmative, {Nays.. 98 75 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr Cyrus Aldrich Thomas G. Davidson Mr. Thomas D. Eliot John F. Farnsworth J Morrison Harris Those who voted in the negative are Mr. William C. Anderson John D. Ashmore Luther C. Carter David Clopton Williamson R. W. Cobb Mr. Lucius J. Gartrell John A. Gilmer Mr. John J. McRae John S. Millson Christopher Robinson Thomas C. Theaker Cydnor B. Tompkins William Vandever Edward Wade E. P. Walton Cadwalader C. Washburn Ellihu B. Washburne James Wilson William Windom Warren Winslow John Wood John Woodruff. Mr. William E. Niblack Samuel O. Peyton John S. Phelps Albert G. Porter John F. Potter Roger A. Pryor James L. Pugh James M. Quarles John H. Reagan Jetur R. Riggs James C. Robinson Thomas Ruffin Albert Rust William E. Simms William Smith William N H. Smith So the bill was passed. Mr. Tappan moved that the vote last taken be reconsidered, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table; which latter motion was agreed to. Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate with the passage of the said bill. Mr. Bouligny, by unanimous consent, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the bill of the Senate (S. 378) to relinquish the title of the United States to certain lands occupied by the city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, reported the same without amendment. Ordered, That the bill be read a third time. It was accordingly read the third time and passed. Mr. Davidson moved that the vote last taken be reconsidered, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table; which latter motion was agreed to. Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate with the passage of the said bill. The morning hour having expired. On motion of Mr. Sherman, the House proceeded to dispose of the business on the Speaker's table. When The resolution of the Senate providing for the suspension of the 16th and 17th joint rules for the present session was taken up and concurred in. Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate therewith. The bill of the Senate (S. 84) to facilitate communication between the Atlantic and Pacific States by electric telegraph, with the amendment of the Senate to the amendment of the House thereto, having been taken up The Speaker stated the question to be on agreeing to the said amendment of the Senate to the amendment of the House. Mr. Burnett moved that the bill be laid upon the table. And the question being put, Yeas It was decided in the negative, {Nays... 70 120 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. John D. Ashmore William T. Avery Harrison G. Blake Thomas S. Bocock Mr. Charles F. Adams Green Adams Anson Burlingame Mr. John F. Farnsworth Andrew J. Hamilton So the House refused to lay the bill upon the table. The question then recurring on the demand for the previous question, it was seconded and the main question ordered and put, viz: Will the House agree to the amendment of the Senate to the amendment of the House to the said bill? And it was decided in the negative, {Na... 83 104 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. Charles F. Adams Green Adams Cyrus Aldrich John B. Alley William C. Anderson James Craig Thomas G. Davidson Mr. W. McKee Dunn Those who voted in the negative are Mr. James M. Ashley John D. Ashmore Martin J. Crawford Daniel C. De Jarnette Muscoe R. H. Garnett John A. Gilmer Thomas Hardeman, jr. J. Morrison Harris Mr. John T. Harris John B. Haskin Mr. William E. Niblack William N. H. Smith Thomas C. Theaker So the said amendment to the amendment was disagreed to. Mr. Burnett 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 acquaint the Senate therewith. The bill of the Senate (S. 464) to amend an act entitled "An act in addition to the acts prohibiting the slave trade," with the message of the Senate notifying the House that the Senate had disagreed to the 1st amendment of the House thereto, having been taken upOn motion of Mr. Sherman, Ordered, That the House recede from its said amendment disagreed to by the Senate to the said bill. Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate therewith. The House then proceeded to the consideration of the bill of the House (H. R. 44) confirming certain land entries under the third section of the act of 3d March, 1855, entitled "An act making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department during the fiscal year ending the 30th of June, 1856," with the message of the Senate notifying the House that the Senate had disagreed to the amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate thereto. On motion of Mr. Cobb, Ordered, That the House insist on its amendment disagreed to by the Senate to the amendment of the Senate to the said bill, and ask a conference with the Senate on the disagreeing votes of the two houses thereon. Ordered, That Mr. Cobb, Mr. Trimble, and Mr. John G. Davis be the managers at the said conference on the part of the House. Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate therewith. Subsequently A message was received from the Senate, by Mr. Patton, one of their clerks, notifying the House that the Senate insisted on its disagreement to the amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate to the said bill of the House No. 44, agreed to the conference asked by the House on the disagreeing votes of the two houses thereon, and had appointed Mr. Johnson, of Arkansas, Mr. Bragg, and Mr. Harlan the managers at the said conference on the part of the Senate. On motion of Mr. Sherman, by unanimous consent, Ordered, That the bill of the House (H. R. 339) making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the government for the year ending the 30th of June, 1861, with the amendments of the Senate thereto, be referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. A message from the Senate, by Mr. Patton, one of their clerks: Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed bills of this House of the following titles, viz: H. R. 371. A bill for the relief of the Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church; and H. R. 350. A bill making appropriations for light-houses, beacons, buoys, &c.; |