in the 36th Congress as a representative from the 1st congressional district of Missouri. Resolved, That Hon. F. P. Blair, jr., is entitled to a seat in the 36th Congress as a representative from the 1st congressional district of Missouri. Ordered, That the said report and resolutions, together with the views of a minority of the said committee, submitted by Mr. Gilmer, be printed. Mr. Dawes, from the same committee, reported the following resolution; which was read, considered, and agreed to viz: Resolved, That Hon. F. P. Blair, jr., have leave to occupy a seat upon the floor of this House pending the discussion of the report of the Committee of Elections on the case of his contest for the seat now occupied by Hon. J. Richard Barrett, from the 1st congressional district of the State of Missouri, and that he have leave to speak to the merits of said contest and the report thereon. Mr. E. Joy Morris, by unanimous consent, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, reported a bill (H. R. 765) to amend an act to regulate the consular and diplomatic systems of the United States, accompanied by a report in writing thereon; which bill was read a first and second time, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and the bill and report ordered to be printed. On motion of Mr. Grow, by unanimous consent, Ordered, That leave be granted for the withdrawal from the files. of the House of the "discharge" of Elisha Mathewson. The Speaker having announced as the regular order of business the call of the committees for reports The House resumed the consideration of the bill of the Senate (S. 84) to facilitate communication between the Atlantic and Pacific States by electric telegraph; the pending question being on the amendment of Mr. Helmick to the amendment heretofore reported from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads by Mr. Colfax. Mr. Colfax, by unanimous consent, having withdrawn the said amendment reported by him, Mr. Colfax submitted an amendment in the nature of a substitute for the bill. Pending which, Mr. Burnett submitted sundry amendments to the said amendment. Pending which, After debate, Mr. Colfax moved the previous question, and the House refused to second the same. After further debate, and pending the question on the said amendments to the amendments, The morning hour having expired, On motion of Mr. Grow, Ordered, That the House proceed to the consideration of the business on the Speaker's table. When Mr. Grow called up the motion heretofore submitted by him, to reconsider the vote by which the bill of the House (H. R. 22) to prevent the sale of the public lands, except to actual settlers, for ten years after the same shall have been surveyed, was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. And the question being put, Shall the said vote be reconsidered? It was decided in the affirmative. The question then recurring on the motion to commit, Mr. Grow moved the previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered, and under the operation thereof the motion to commit was disagreed to. 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. Grow moved the previous question; which was seconded and the main questioned ordered and put, viz: Shall the bill pass? And it was decided in the affirmative, {es Nays... 104 67 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. Charles F. Adams Emerson Etheridge Reuben E. Fenton Orris S. Ferry Mr. Thomas B. Florence Mr. Abraham B. Olin Cydnor B. Tompkins Carey A. Trimble Ellihu B. Washburne Mr. Milledge L. Bonham So the bill was passed. George S. Houston John S. Millson Roger A. Pryor Mr. James L. Pugh James C. Robinson William E. Simms Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate therein. Mr. Grow 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. Mr. Reagan having called up the motion to reconsider the vote by which the second amendment of the Senate to the bill of the House (H. R. 5) making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the year ending June 30, 1861, was agreed to Mr. Reagan moved the previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered, and under the operation thereof the question was put, Shall the said vote be reconsidered? Yeas... And it was decided in the affirmative, {es . 88 77 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 Reuben E. Fenton Mr. Orris S. Ferry Edward McPherson John S. Millson Mr. Laban T. Moore James K. Moorhead Mr. Emerson Etheridge Thomas B. Florence William S. Holman So the said vote was reconsidered. Mr. Alfred Wells James Wilson Mr. Thomas A. R. Nelson John W. Noell George H. Pendleton Samuel O. Peyton John S. Phelps Roger A. Pryor James L. Pugh James M. Quarles John H. Reagan James C. Robinson Thomas Ruffin John Schwartz Charles L. Scott William E. Simms Otho R. Singleton William Smith William N H. Smith James A. Stallworth John W. Stevenson James A. Stewart James H. Thomas John W. H. Underwood Zebulon B. Vance Edwin H. Webster John V. Wright. The question then recurring on the said amendment, Mr. Stanton moved the previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered to be put. Mr. Reagan moved, at 1 o'clock and 30 minutes p. m., that the House adjourn. And the question being put, The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. Martin Butterfield Mr. John Hickman Charles B. Hoard So the House refused to adjourn. Mr. Roger A. Pryor Thomas C. Theaker John W. H. Underwood Israel Washburn, jr. William Windom Warren Winslow John Woodruff John V. Wright. The question was then put on agreeing to the amendment of the Senate. And it was decided in the negative, {Nays 81 93 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are |