No person having received a majority of all the votes given, On motion of Mr. Crawford, at 4 o'clock and 20 minutes p. m., the House adjourned. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1859. The Clerk having announced as the business first in order the question of the admissibility of the resolution proposed to be submitted by Mr. Winslow on Thursday last, which was pending when the House adjourned yesterday After debate, On motion of Mr. Barksdale, the roll of members was called; when the following named members failed to answer to their names, viz: Mr. Thomas J. Barr, Mr. John Y. Brown, Mr. James H. Campbell, Mr. Luther C. Carter, Mr. Sherrard Clemens, Mr. Clark B. Cochrane, Mr. William H. Dimmick, Mr. Muscoe R. H. Garnett, Mr. George S. Hawkins, Mr. John Hickman, Mr. Albert G. Jenkins, Mr. Benjamin F. Junkin, Mr. John W. Killinger, Mr. John M. Landrum, Mr. William B. Maclay, Mr. William Millward, Mr. John S. Phelps, Mr. Albert Rust, Mr. Charles B. Sedgwick, Mr. Daniel E. Sickles, Mr. James A. Stallworth, Mr. Thaddeus Stevens, Mr. John W. Stevenson, Mr. Charles H. Van Wyck, Mr. Edwin H. Webster, Mr. Warren Winslow, and Mr. John Wood. And then, On motion of Mr. English, the House proceeded to vote viva voce the twenty-first time for Speaker. viz: When The following named members voted for JOHN SHERMAN, of Ohio, Charles F. Adams, Cyrus Aldrich, John B. Alley, Elijah Babbitt, Charles L. Beale, John A. Bingham, Samuel S. Blair, Harrison G. Blake, William D. Brayton, James Buffinton Anson Burlingame, Alfred A. Burnham, Silas M. Burroughs, Martin Butterfield, John Carey, Charles Case, Schuyler Colfax, Roscoe Conkling, Thomas Corwin, John Covode, Samuel R. Curtis, Henry L. Dawes, Charles Delano, R. Holland Duell, W. McKee Dunn, Sidney Edgerton, Thomas M. Edwards, Thomas D. Eliot, Alfred Ely, John F. Farnsworth, Reuben E. Fenton, Orris S. Ferry, Stephen C. Foster, Augustus Frank, Ezra B. French, Daniel W. Gooch, James H. Graham, Galusha A. Grow, John A. Gurley, James T. Hale, Chapin Hall, John B. Haskin, William Helmick, Charles B. Hoard, James Humphrey, John Hutchins, William Irvine, Francis W. Kellogg, William Kellogg, William S. Kenyon, David Kilgore, DeWitt C. Leach, M. Lindley Lee, Henry C. Longnecker, Dwight Loomis, Owen Lovejoy, Gilman Marston, James B. McKean, Robert McKnight, Edward Mc-. Pherson, James K. Moorhead, Justin S. Morrill, Edward Joy Morris, Abraham B. Olin, George W. Palmer, William Pennington, John J. Perry, John U. Pettit, Albert G. Porter, John F. Potter, Emory B. Pottle, Alexander H. Rice, Christopher Robinson, Homer E. Royce, John Schwartz, George W. Scranton, Daniel E. Somes, Elbridge G. Spaulding, Francis E. Spinner, Benjamin Stanton, William Stewart, Mason W. Tappan, Eli Thayer, Thomas C. Theaker, Cydnor B. Tompkins, Charles R. Train, Carey A. Trimble, William Vandever, John P. Verree, Edward Wade, Henry Waldron, E. P. Walton, Cadwalader C. Washburn, Ellihu B. Washburne, Israel Washburn, jr., Alfred Wells, James Wilson, William Windom, John Woodruff. The following named members voted for THOMAS S. BOCOCK, of Virginia, viz: William T. Avery, John C. Burch, Henry C. Burnett, Burton Craige, Martin J. Crawford, Reuben Davis, Thomas Hardeman, jr., Thomas C. Hindman, John J. Jones, Lawrence M. Keitt, Jacob M. Kunkel, Peter E. Love, W. Porcher Miles, Roger A. Pryor, Thomas Ruffin, William E. Simms, James H. Thomas, John W. H. Underwood, John V. Wright. The following named members voted for JOHN A. GILMER, of North Carolina, viz: Green Adams, William C. Anderson, John F. Bouligny, Reese B. Brabson, George Briggs, Francis M. Bristow, H. Winter Davis, Emerson Etheridge, J. Morrison Harris, Robert Hatton, Joshua Hill, James M. Leach, Laban T. Moore, Thomas A. R. Nelson, James M. Quarles, William N. H. Smith, William B. Stokes. The following named members voted for GEORGE S. HOUSTON, of Alabama, viz: John D. Ashmore, Milledge L. Bonham, David Clopton, George B. Cooper, Jabez L. M. Curry, William H. English, Lucius J. Gartrell, James Jackson, John A. Logan, John A. McClernand, Isaac N. Morris, William E. Niblack, George H. Pendleton, John H. Reagan, Charles L. Scott, Otho R. Singleton, Miles Taylor. The following named members voted for JOHN G. DAVIS, of Indiana, viz: Garnett B. Adrain, Daniel C. De Jarnette, Philip B. Fouke, William Howard, Charles D. Martin, Elbert S. Martin, William Montgomery, John H. Reynolds, Jetur R. Riggs, James C. Robinson, William Smith. Mr. William Allen and Mr. Clement L. Vallandigham voted for GEORGE H. PENDLETON, of Ohio. Mr. Thomas L. Anderson, Mr. John B. Clark, and Mr. Samuel O. Peyton voted for WILLIAM E. SIMMS, of Kentucky. Mr. William Barksdale, Mr. William W. Boyce, Mr. Lawrence O'B. Branch, Mr. Andrew J. Hamilton, Mr. George S. Houston, Mr. Charles H. Larrabee, Mr. John J. McRae, Mr. John S. Millson, and Mr. Sydenham Moore voted for WILLIAM B. MACLAY, of New York. Mr. J. R. Barrett, Mr. John T. Harris, and Mr. Shelton F. Leake voted for JOHN A. McCLERNAND, of Illinois. Mr. Thomas S. Bocock and Mr. Horace Maynard voted for THOMAS HARDEMAN, jr., of Georgia. Mr. Alexander R. Boteler, Mr. Thomas G. Davidson, and Mr. Robert Mallory voted for HORACE MAYNARD, of Tennessee. Mr. Horace F. Clark and Mr. John G. Davis voted for JOHN H. REYNOLDS, of New York. Mr. William S. Holman voted for JOHN W. STEVENSON, of Kentucky. Mr. Williamson R. W. Cobb voted for WILLIAM BARKSDALE, of Mississippi. Mr. John Cochrane and Mr. Warren Winslow voted for JOHN S. MILLSON, of Virginia. Mr. Samuel S. Cox voted for WILLIAM H. ENGLISH, of Indiana. Mr. Henry A. Edmundson, Mr. Lucius Q. C. Lamar, and Mr. James A. Stewart voted for CHARLES L. SCOTT, of California. Mr. John A. Gilmer voted for GEORGE BRIGGS, of New York. Mr. George W. Hughes voted for JAMES A. STEWART, of Maryland. Mr. John McQueen voted for MILLEDGE L. BONHAM, of South Carolina. Mr. John W. Noell and Mr. William G. Whiteley voted for LawRENCE O'B. BRANCH, of North Carolina. Mr. James L. Pugh voted for JOHN MCQUEEN, of South Carolina. Mr. Lansing Stout voted for JOHN S. PHELPS, of Missouri. Mr. Zebulon B. Vance voted for WILLIAM N. H. SMITH, of North Carolina. Mr. Samuel H. Woodson voted for THOMAS L. ANDERSON, of Missouri. Recapitulation of the twenty-first vote for Speaker. No person received a majority of all the votes given. On motion of Mr. Maynard, at 4 o'clock and 30 minutes p. m., the House adjourned until Monday next, at 12 o'clock m. MONDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1859. The Clerk having announced as the regular order of business the question of the admissibility of the resolution proposed to be submitted on Thursday last by Mr. Winslow, and pending when the House adjourned on Saturday last After debate, Mr. Burnett moved, at 2 o'clock and 50 minutes p. m., that the House adjourn. And the question being put, 75 123 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. Green Adams Garnett B. Adrain Thomas S. Bocock David Clopton Mr. William H. English Mr. William E. Niblack John W. Noell James H. Thomas Mr. Charles Delano R. Holland Duell Mr. Ezra B. French John A. Gilmer J. Morrison Harris John T. Harris John B. Haskin Mr. M. Lindley Lee George W. Scranton So the House refused to adjourn. On motion of Mr. Hill, by unanimous consent, Ordered, That no further vote for Speaker be taken until 1 o'clock p. m. to-morrow. After further debate on the admissibility of the resolution proposed to be submitted by Mr. Winslow, On motion of Mr. Burnett, at 3 o'clock and 22 minutes p. m., the House adjourned until to-morrow, at 12 o'clock m. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1859. A message in writing from the President of the United States was announced by James Buchanan, jr., his private secretary. Which, On motion of Mr. John Cochrane, was received and laid upon the table. A letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting his annual report on the state of the finances, was laid before the House by the Clerk. Ordered, That the same be received and laid upon the table. The Clerk having announced as the business first in order the question of the admissibility of the resolution proposed to be submitted by Mr. Winslow on Thursday last, and pending when the House adjourned yesterday— After debate, On motion of Mr. Branch, "the roll was called; when the following named members failed to answer to their names, viz: Mr. Thomas J. Barr, Mr. John Y. Brown, Mr. Luther C. Carter, Mr. Horace F. Clark, Mr. Clark B. Cochrane, Mr. James Craig, Mr. 4 |