On motion of Mr. Stratton, (the rules having been suspended for that purpose,) the Committee of the Whole House were discharged from the further consideration of the joint resolution of the House (H. Res. 39) directing the accounting officers of the treasury to settle the accounts of the late Robert Stockton, quartermaster, &c., and the House proceeded to consider the same. Ordered, That the said resolution be engrossed and read a third time. Mr. Stratton moved the previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered and put, viz: Shall the joint resolution pass? And it was decided in the affirmative, Yeas. N 68 51 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. Stratton 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 request the concurrence of the Senate in the said joint resolution. Mr. Sherman moved that the rules be suspended, so as to enable the Speaker to continue, without interruption, the call of the committees for reports until the same was completed; which motion was disagreed to-two-thirds not voting in favor thereof. On motion of Mr. Stout, (the rules having been suspended for that purpose,) the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union were discharged from the further consideration of the bill of the House (H. R. 715) to establish a mail six times a week from Sacramento, in California, to Olympia, in the Territory of Washington; and the House proceeded to its consideration. Ordered, That the said bill be engrossed and read a third time. Being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time and passed. Mr. Stout 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 request the concurrence of the Senate in the said bill. Mr. Nelson, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. R. 820) to repeal part of an act entitled "An act making appropriations for the payment of invalid and other pensions of the United States for the year ending the 30th of June, 1860," and approved March 3, 1859; which was read a first and second time, and referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Mr. Eliot moved that the rules be suspended, so as to discharge the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union from the further consideration of the bill of the House (H. R. 350) making appropriations for light-houses, beacons, buoys, &c., and to enable the House to consider the same. And the question being put, It was decided in the negative,{ Yeas.. Two-thirds not voting in favor thereof. 77 62 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. Cyrus Aldrich William C. And rson Mr. H. Winter Davis W. McKee Dunn J. Morrison Harris Mr. William Irvine Benjamin F. Junkin Francis W. Kellogg William Kellogg William S. Kenyon John W. Killinger John M. Landrum Charles H. Larrabee De Witt C. Leach William B. Maclay James B. McKean Robert McKnight Edward McPherson James K. Moorhead So the House refused to suspend the rules. Mr. Charles R. Train Ellihu B. Washburne Mr. George H Pendleton Mr. Eliot moved that the rules be suspended, so as to enable him to move that the said bill (H. R. 350) be made the special order for Tuesday, the 12th instant, after the expiration of the morning hour. And the question being put, It was decided in the affirmative,{ Yeas... Nays... 94 46 Two-thirds voting in favor thereof. Mr. Charles F. Adams Green Adams Cyrus Aldrich Mr. Thomas Corwin John Covode Mr. Andrew J. Hamilton J. Morrison Harris Charles B. Hoard So the rules were suspended. And thereupon Mr. Eliot submitted the aforesaid motion. And the question being put, Will the House agree thereto? Ordered, That the bill of the House (H. R. 350) "making appropriations for light-houses, beacons, buoys," &c., be made the special order for Tuesday, the 12th instant, after the expiration of the morning hour. Mr. Eliot 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. On motion of Mr. Moorhead, (the rules having been suspended for that purpose,) the Committee of the Whole House were discharged from the further consideration of the joint resolution of the House (H. Res. 32) for the relief of Henry Woods, and the House proceeded to its consideration. Ordered, That the said joint resolution be engrossed and read a third time. Being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time and passed. Mr. Moorhead 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 request the concurrence of the Senate in the said resolution. On motion of Mr. Hardeman, (the rules having been suspended for that purpose,) the Committee of the Whole House were discharged from the further consideration of the bill of the House (II. R. 548) for the relief of Mrs. Ferguson Smith, and the House proceeded to consider the same. Ordered, That the said bill be engrossed and read a third time. Being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time and passed. Mr. Hardeman 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. On motion of Mr. Pryor, by unanimous consent, the Committee of the Whole House were discharged from the further consideration of the bill of the House (H. R. 8) for the relief of George P. Marsh, and the House proceeded to its consideration; the pending question being on an amendment reported thereto from the Committee on Foreign Affairs. The said amendment was then agreed to, and the bill ordered to be engrossed and read a third time. Being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time and passed. Mr. Pryor 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. Mr. E. Joy Morris having called up the motion, heretofore submitted by him, to reconsider the vote by which the bill of the House (H. R. 765) to amend an act entitled "An act to regulate the diplomatic and consular systems of the United States," approved August 18, 1856, was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union The said motion was agreed to. The question then recurred on the motion to commit. And being put, it was decided in the negative. The question then recurring on the engrossment of the bill, Mr. Gartrell moved to amend the same by inserting after line 16, (printed bill,) the words, "Hanover, one thousand dollars;" which motion was agreed to. Ordered, That the said bill be engrossed and read a third time. Being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time. The question then being on its passage, Mr. Houston moved, at 3 o'clock and 37 minutes p. m., that the House adjourn; which motion was disagreed to. The question then recurred on the passage of the said bill. And being put, It was decided in the affirmative, Yeas. { Nays. 66 58 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, |