So the appeal was laid on the table. Mr. Grow moved that the bill and pending amendments be recommitted to the Committee on the Territories. Pending which, On motion of Mr. Grow, by unanimous consent, Ordered, That the further consideration of the territorial business. of to-day be postponed until Saturday next, and that all of the proposed amendments thereto be printed. The Speaker, by unanimous consent, laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a statement of the amount due the Choctaws, according to the principles of settlement prescribed by a resolution of the Senate; which was laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. On motion of Mr. Sherman, the House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union; and after some time spent therein, the Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Israel Washburn, jr., reported that the committee having, according to order, had the state of the Union generally under consideration, and particularly the bill of the House (H. R. 338) to provide for the payment of outstanding treasury notes, to authorize a loan, to regulate and fix the duties on imports, and for other purposes, had directed him to report the same with an amendment in the nature of a substitute therefor. Pending the question on agreeing to the said amendment, Mr. Morrill moved the previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered to be put. Mr. Morrill moved a reconsideration of the vote last taken; which motion was agreed to. The question then recurring on ordering the main question, Mr. Morrill renewed the demand for the previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered to be put. When, On motion of Mr. H. Winter Davis, the vote by which the main question was ordered was reconsidered. The question then recurred on ordering the main question; and being put, it was decided in the negative. Mr. Pettit moved to amend the amendment in the nature of a sub'stitute, by striking out the words "on flaxseed or linseed ten cents per bushel of 52 pounds," and inserting in lieu thereof the words "on flaxseed, otherwise called linseed, sixteen cents per bushel of fifty-six pounds." Pending which, Mr. Morrill moved the previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered, and under the operation thereof the amendment to the amendment was disagreed to. The question then recurring on the amendment reported from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, Mr. Pettit moved that the bill be laid on the table. '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 William C. Anderson Mr. Thomas M. Edwards Thomas D. Eliot Mr. George H. Pendleton James H. Thomas Mr. Owen Lovejoy Gilman Marston John L. N. Stratton Eli Thayer Mr. Cydnor B. Tompkins William Vandever Edward Wade Mr. Henry Waldron E. P. Walton Cadwalader C. Washburn Ellihu B. Washburne Israel Washburn, jr. Mr. Alfred Wells John Woodruff. So the House refused to lay the bill on the table. Under the further operation of the previous question the bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time. Being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time. Mr. Sherman 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 105 64 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 Mr. Orris S. Ferry Mr. Freeman H. Morse John T. Nixon Cydnor B. Tompkins Cadwalader C. Washburn Mr. John C. Burch Mr. Morrill 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 said bill. And then, On motion of Mr. Buffinton, at 6 o'clock and 15 minutes p. m., the House adjourned. FRIDAY, MAY 11, 1860. The following petitions and memorials were laid upon the Clerk's table, under the 24th rule of the House, to wit: By Mr. Parrott: The memorial of the St. Joseph and Topeka Railroad Company, praying for the passage of a law granting the right of way and alternate sections of the public lands on each side of said road within fifteen miles thereof; which was referred to the Committee on Public Lands. By Mr. Hughes: The memorial of William P. Preston, contesting the election of J. Morrison Harris, of the third congressional district of Maryland; which was referred to the Committee of Elections. By Mr. Spaulding: The petition of Edward Lee, praying for an invalid pension; which was referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. Curtis: Five petitions of citizens of the State of Iowa, praying for mail-routes therein named; which were referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. By Mr. Tappan: The petition of True Garland, praying for compensation for carrying the mail on route No. 257, in the State of New Hampshire. By Mr. English: The petition of citizens of the State of Illinois for a mail-route from Ferdinand to Bridgeport. Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. By Mr. Pennington: The petition of citizens of the State of New Jersey, praying for an appropriation for the improvement of the navigation of the Passaic river; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce. Also, the petition of citizens of the State of Illinois, praying for a railroad to the Pacific ocean; which was referred to the select committee on the Pacific railroad. Mr. Branch, by unanimous consent, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, to whom was referred the bill of the Senate (S. 340) to carry into effect a convention between the United States and republic of Paraguay, reported the same without amendment. Ordered, That the said bill be read a third time. It was accordingly read the third time and passed. Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate therewith. Mr. Branch moved that the vote by which the said bill was passed be reconsidered, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; which latter motion was agreed to. A message from the Senate, by Mr. Patton, one of their clerks: Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed, without amendment, a bill of this House of the following title, viz: H. R. 661. An act to furnish additional mail facilities. S. 416. An act to secure homesteads to actual settlers on the public domain, and for other purposes; in which I am directed to ask the concurrence of this House. The Senate have also passed, without amendment, a resolution of this House of the following title, viz: H. Res. 15. Joint resolution for the relief of Thomas C. Ware. The Speaker having announced as the regular order of business the business relating to the Territories Mr. Grow moved that the House resolve itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union; which motion was disagreed to. The Speaker having proceeded to call the committees for reports on business of a territorial nature— Mr. Grow, from the Committee on the Territories, reported a bill (H. R. 708) to provide a temporary government for the Territory of Idaho; which was read a first and second time. Mr. Grow moved to amend the same by the insertion of additional sections at the end of the bill providing for the election of officers in certain cases by the people. Pending which, Mr. Grow moved that the bill be recommitted. Mr. Grow moved the previous question. Pending which, Pending which, Mr. Thayer moved that the bill be laid on the table. And the question being put, It was decided in the affirmative, Yeas. 102 73 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, |