tion, it was seconded and the main question ordered, and under the operation thereof the amendment submitted by Mr. Crawford was disagreed to. The question was then put on the motion submitted by Mr. Branch. And it was decided in the affirmative, Yeas ....... ......... 90 10, 7 Nays ....... ....... 63 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. Stephen C. Foster Galusha A. Grow Mr. Freeman H. Morse Thomas A. R. Nelson Those who voted in the negative are Mr. William Allen John B. Alley Mr. Orris S. Ferry Lucius J. Gartrell Mr. John F. Potter Roger A. Pryor So the said motion was agreed to. Mr. Adrain 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. Mr. Humphrey, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. R. 713) to construct a building for a post office at the city of Brooklyn, in the State of New York; which was read a first and second time, and referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. A message from the Senate, by Mr. Hickey, their Chief Clerk: Mr. Speaker : The President of the United States has notified the Senate that he did, on the 9th instant, approve and sign bills and resolutions of the following titles, viz: S. 55. An act for the relief of Tilman Leak; S. 119. An act for the relief of A. M. Mitchell, late colonel of Ohio volunteers in the Mexican war; S. 150. An act for the relief of Madison Sweetser; S. 192. An act authorizing the corporation of Washington city to make a loan and issue stock for two hundred thousand dollars for building a market-house; S. 420. An act to authorize the issuance of patents, in the name of James S. Douglass, upon certain land entries made at Chockchuma, Mississippi; S. Res. 7. A resolution for the relief of the legal representatives of John A. Frost, deceased; and S. Res. 16. A resolution authorizing Captains William L. Hudson and Joshua R. Sands to accept certain testimonials awarded to them by the government of Great Britain. I am directed to notify the House of the orders of the Senate to print certain documents. The Senate have passed a bill of this House of the following title, viz: H. R. 499. An act to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1860; with sundry amendments; in which I am directed to ask the concurrence of this House. On motion of Mr. Phelps, by unanimous consent, Ordered, That the said bill of the House No. 499, with the amend. ments of the Senate thereto, be referred to the Committec of Ways and Means. The Speaker having announced as the business first in order the bill of the House (H. R. 707) to provide a temporary government for the Territory of Idaho, reported on Thursday last from the Committee on the Territories, the pending question being on the motion of Mr. Grow to recommit the same After debate, Mr. Reagan moved that there be a call of the House; which motion was disagreed to. The question then recurred on the motion of Mr. Houston. Yeas .................... 91 It was decided in the affirmative, 3 og | Nays .................... 18 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. Green Adams Mr. Muscoe R. H. Garnett Mr. Thomas A. R. Nelson William E. Niblack George H. Pendleton Thomas Hardeman, jr. Samuel O. Peyton John S. Phelps Roger A. Pryor James L. Pugh James M. Quarles John H. Reagan John H. Reynolds Jetur R. Riggs James C. Robinson Albert Rust John Schwartz Charles L. Scott William E. Simms William Smith William N. H. Smith James A. Stallworth John W. Stevenson William B. Stokes Miles Taylor Eli Thayer James A. Thomas John W. H. Underwood Clement L. Vallandigham Zebulon B. Vance Samuel H. Woodson John V. Wright. Isaac N. Morris Those who voted in the negative are Mr. Charles F. Adams Cyrus Aldrich Mr. Alfred Ely Reuben E. Fenton Mr. Robert McKnight Edward McPherson Mr. William Stewart John L. N. Stratton Mason W. Tappan Cydnor B. Tompkins William Vandever Mr. Edward Wade Mr. Israel Washburn, jr. Alfred Wells William Windom So the bill was laid on the table. Mr. Thomas 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. Mr. Theaker, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee had examined and found truly enrolled bills of the following titles, viz: S. 90. An act to create an additional land district in Washington Territory; and S. 340. An act to carry into effect a convention between the United States and the republic of Paraguay When The Speaker signed the same. Mr. John B. Clark moved that the House resolve itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. And the question being put, Yeas................... 91 It was decided in the affirmative, res) Nays................... 74 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. Lucius J. Gartrell John A. Gilmer Mr. Thomas A. R. Nelson George H. Pendleton Those who voted in the negative are Mr. Charles F. Adams Mr. Ezra B. French John B. Alley Galusha A. Grew Elijah Babbitt James T. Hale Charles I. Beale William Helmick Jolin A. Bingham George W. Hughes Samuel S. Blair James Humphrey Harrison G. Blake John Hutchins James Buffinton William Irvine Alfred A. Burnham Francis W. Kellogg Martin Butterfield William S. Kenyen James H. Campbell DeWitt C. Leach John Carey James M. Leach Schuyler Colfax M. Lindley Lee Roscoe Conkling Henry C. Lengnecker Henry L. Dawes Dwight Loomis Charles Delano Owen Lovejoy R. Holland Duell Gilman Marston W. McKee Dunn James B. McKean Sidney Edgerton Robert McKnight Thomas M. Edwards Edward McPherson Tho uas D. Eliot James K. Moorhead Alfred Ely Edward Joy Morris Reuben E. Fenton Abraham B. Olin Orris S. Ferry George W. Palmer Augustus Frank John J. Perry Mr. Albert G. Porter John F. Potter So the motion was agreed to. And the House accordingly 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. Sherman reported that the committee having, according to order, had the state of the Union generally under consideration, and particularly bills of the following titles, viz: H. R. 181. A bill to provide for a superintendent of Indian Affairs for Washington Territory and additional Indian agents; H. R. 557. A bill to establish two Indian agencies in Nebraska Territory and one in the Territory of New Mexico; H. R. 200. A bill to provide for the completion of the military road from Fort Union to Santa Fe, New Mexico; H. R. 702. A bill making appropriations for the construction of certain military roads in the Territory of Washington; H. R. 703. A bill making appropriations for the payment of the expenses of the legislative assembly of the Territory of Minnesota; H. R. 704. A bill appropriating money for the erection of public buildings in certain Territories therein named, and for other purpose; and H. R. 705. A bill making appropriations for territorial libraries; had directed him to report the said bill Nos. 181 and 704 with amendments, and all the remaining bills without amendment; and had also directed him to report to the House a recommendation that the Committee of the Whole House be discharged from the further consideration of the following bills, viz: H. R. 203. A bill to enable the trustees of the Blue Mont College to pre-empt a certain quarter section of land, and for other purposes; H. R. 195. A bill to confirm certain private land claims in the Territory of New Mexico; and |