Another message from the Senate, by Mr. McDonald, one of their clerks: Mr. Speaker: The Senate request the return of the bill (S. 151) relating to enlistments, and for other purposes, for the purpose of correcting an error in the engrossment of the bill. Ordered, That the said bill be returned to the Senate. Mr. Farnsworth moved a reconsideration of the vote by which the resolution in regard to the Congressional Annals, reported from the select committee by Mr. G. Clay Smith, was laid on the table, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table. Pending the question on the latter motion, Mr. James C. Allen moved, at 3 o'clock and 55 minutes p. m., that the House adjourn. And the question being put, It was decided in the negative, Yeas. The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Lorenzo D. M. Sweat Mr. Thomas B. Shannon FILE Mr. William B. Allison William D. Kelley Glenni W. Scofield So the House refused to adjourn. Mr. James C. Allen moved that the House resolve itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the private calendar; which motion was disagreed to. The question then recurred on the motion to lay on the table the motion to reconsider; The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, 57 20 Mr. Nathaniel B. Smithers Thaddeus Stevens R. B. Van Valkenburgh Mr. John B. Steele Lorenzo D. M. Sweat Edwin H. Webster Mr. Eldridge moved, at 4 o'clock and 20 minutes p. m., that the House adjourn; which motion was disagreed to. The question then recurred on the motion of Mr. Price that there be a call of the House; And being put, it was decided in the affirmative. So it was Ordered, That there be a call of the House. The roll having been called, the following named members failed to answer to their names, viz: William J. Allen, Isaac N. Arnold, Joseph Bailey, James G. Blaine, Francis P. Blair, jr., George Bliss, Henry T. Blow, Sempronius H. Boyd, Augustus Brandegee, James Brooks, James S. Brown, William G. Brown, Freeman Clarke, James A. Cravens, Henry Winter Davis, Henry C. Deming, Nathan F. Dixon, Ignatius Donnelly, Ephraim R. Eckley, John R. Eden, Joseph K. Edgerton, James E. English, William E. Finck, John Ganson, James A. Garfield, Henry Grider, Josiah B. Grinnell, John A. Griswold, James T. Hale, William A. Hall, Benjamin G. Harris, A. W. Hubbard, Calvin T. Hulburd, Wells A. Hutchins, Philip Johnson, William Johnson, Orlando Kellogg, Austin A. King, Anthony L Knapp, John Law, Jesse Lazear, Francis C. LeBlond, DeWitt C. Littlejohn, Owen Lovejoy, Archibald McAllister, John R. McBride, James F. McDowell, John F. McKinney, William H. Miller, James R. Morris, Homer A. Nelson, Moses F. Odell, Charles O'Neill, James W. Patterson, Frederick A. Pike, Theodore M. Pomeroy, William H. Randall, James C. Robinson, Andrew J. Rogers, Edward H. Rollins, James S. Rollins, John G. Scott, Ithamar C. Sloan, Rufus P. Spalding, William G. Steele, Francis Thomas, Henry W. Tracy, Daniel W. Voorhees, William B. Washburn, Chilton A. White, Joseph W. White, Charles H. Winfield, Benjamin Wood, Fernando Wood, George H. Yeaman. And then, On motion of Mr. Wilson, all further proceedings in the call were dispensed with. Another message from the Senate, by Mr. Hickey, their chief clerk: Mr. Speaker: The Senate request the return of the bill of the House (H. R. 302) to amend section nine of the act approved July 17, 1862, entitled "An act to define the pay and emoluments of certain officers of the army, and for other purposes," for the purpose of correcting an error in the engrossment of the amendments made by the Senate to the said bill. Ordered, That the Clerk return the said bill to the Senate. The Speaker, by unanimous consent, laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the House, of the 9th instant, reports of commanders of the department of Missouri, in regard to the Missouri militia; which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Mr. Eldridge moved, at 4 o'clock and 30 minutes p. m., that the House adjourn. And the question being put, It was decided in the negative, (Yeas... The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Lorenzo D. M. Sweat Kellian V. Whaley Mr. Nathaniel B. Smithers Thaddeus Stevens Henry L. Dawes Francis W. Kellogg So the House again refused to adjourn. Mr. Windom moved that there be a call of the House. Pending which, A. Carter Wilder Mr. Pendleton moved, at 4 o'clock and 45 minutes p. m., that the House adjourn; which motion was disagreed to. The question then recurred on the motion of Mr. Windom; And being put, it was decided in the affirmative. And then, On motion of Mr. Stevens, at 4 o'clock and 46 minutes p. m., the House adjourned. SATURDAY, MARCH 19, 1864. A message from the Senate, by Mr. Hickey, their chief clerk: Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed a bill of the following title, viz: S. 151. An act relating to enlistments, and for other purposes; in which I am directed to ask the concurrence of this house. On motion of Mr. Dawes, 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. Boutwell reported that the committee having, according to order, had the state of the Union generally under consideration, and particularly the annual message of the President of the United States, had come to no resolution thereon. And then, On motion of Mr. Stiles, at 2 o'clock and 50 minutes p. m., the House adjourned. MONDAY, MARCH 21, 1864. The following memorials, petitions, and other papers were laid upon the Clerk's table, under the 131st rule of the House: By Mr. Patterson: The remonstrance of citizens of the State of New Hampshire, against the extension of Goodyear's patent; which was referred to the Committee on Patents. By Mr. Francis P. Blair, jr.: The petition of Walter King, relative to certain improvements in military transportation; which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. By Mr. Kasson: The petition of manufacturers of alkaline silicates, praying for a change of duty thereon; which was referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. By Mr. Eldridge: The memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of Milwaukie, in the State of Wisconsin, praying for the passage of a bankrupt act; which was referred to the select committee on that subject. By Mr. Dumont: The petition of J. N. Ray, relative to schools for colored children, confiscation of rebel property, &c.; which was referred to the Select Committee on Rebellious States. By Mr. Deming: The memorial of paymasters and storekeepers, ordnance department, praying the passage of an act allowing them to be appointed paymasters with the rank of major; which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. By Mr. Alley: The remonstrance of Warren Ordway and others against the extension of Goodyear's patent; which was referred to the Committee on Patents. By Mr. Upson: The petition of citizens of the State of Iowa, praying for relief to owners of swamp lands; which was referred to the Committee on Public Lands. By Mr. Bailey: The petition of citizens of the State of Pennsylvania, praying for a mail route; which was referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. By Mr. Allison: The petition of the German Union Verein, relative to the reorganization of the States in rebellion; which was referred to the select committee on that subject. By Mr. Woodbridge: The petition of B. F. Rittenhouse, praying compensation for extra service; which was referred to the Committee of Claims. By Mr. Allison: The petition of citizens of the State of Iowa, praying the construction of a ship canal around the Falls of Niagara, which was referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. The Speaker having proceeded, as the regular order of business, to call the committees for reports for commitment and printing only, Mr. Stebbins, from the Committee of Ways and Means, to whom was referred the bill of the Senate (S. 142) for the relief of the owners of the French ship "La Manche," reported the same without amendment. Ordered, That the said bill be committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Orth, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Frederick A. Beelen, late secretary of legation to Chili, made a report thereon, accompanied by a bill (H. R. 345) for his relief; which bill was read a first and second time, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and the bill and report ordered to be printed. Mr. Orth, from the Select Committee on the Chemist of the Agricultural Department, made a report thereon, accompanied by a bill (H. R. 346) for the relief of Doctor Charles M. Wetherill; which was read a first and second time, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and the bill and report ordered to be printed. Mr. Whaley, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Martha Jane Skaggs, made a report thereon, accompanied by a bill (H. R. 347) for her relief; which bill was read a first and second time, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and the bill and report ordered to be printed. All the committees having been called, The Speaker resumed the call of the States and Territories for resolutions. When Mr. Holman submitted the following preamble and resolutions; which were severally read, considered, and, under the operation of the previous question, agreed to, viz: Whereas by the fourth section of an act of Congress entitled "An act granting the right of way and making a grant of land to the States of Illinois, Mississippi, and Alabama, in aid of the construction of a railroad from Chicago to Mobile," approved September 20, 1850, it is provided as follows: "That the said lands hereby granted to the said State (Illinois) shall be subject to the disposal of the legislature thereof for the purposes aforesaid, and no other; and the said railroad and branches shall be and remain a public highway for the use of the government of the United States, free from toll or other charge upon the transportation of any property or troops of the United States;" and whereas said lands have been applied to the construction of the Illinois Central railroad by and through the Illinois Central Railroad Company, by virtue of an act of the legislature of said State; and whereas lands granted to the State of Iowa on the same conditions by an act of Congress approved May 15, 1856, have been by the legislature of said State applied to the construction of the Burlington and Missouri railroad, owned by the Burlington and Missouri Railroad Company, and the Mississippi and Missouri railroad, owned by the Mississippi and Missouri Railroad Company; and whereas, since the beginning of the present war, there has been paid by the War Department to said companies, for the transportation of "property and troops" of the United States, the following sums of money, to wit: to the Illinois Central Railroad Company the sum of $452,098 62; to the Burlington and Missouri Company, $6,149 55; and to the Mississippi and Missouri Railroad Company, $40 66; and whereas the House, by a unanimous vote, did, on the 25th day of February, 1862, adopt the following resolution, reported by the Judiciary Committee, to wit: "Resolved, That the several railroad companies which have received from |