and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; which latter motion was agreed to. Mr. Hale, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. R. 517) to incorporate the National Union Insurance Company of Washington; which was read a first and second time and referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia. Mr. Wheeler, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, to whom was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 186) to incorporate the Baltimore and Washington Depot and Potomac Ferry Railway Company, reported the same with sundry amendments. Pending which, On motion of Mr. Francis W. Kellogg, at 4 o'clock and 30 minutes p. m., the House adjourned. THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 1864. The following petitions were laid upon the Clerk's table, under the 131st rule of the House: By Mr. Boutwell: The petition of citizens of the State of Massachusetts, praying for the abolition of slavery. By Mr. Moorhead: The petition of citizens of the State of Pennsylvania, praying for the abolition of slavery. Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. Eden: The petition of the chief of the Wyandott tribe of Indians, praying for relief; which was referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. The House resumed, as the regular order of business, the consideration of the bill of the House (H. R. 186) to incorporate the Baltimore and Washington Depot and Potomac Ferry Railway Company-reported yesterday from the Committee for the District of Columbia-the pending question being on the amendments reported thereto. The said amendments were then severally read and 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. Wheeler 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. John B. Steele, by unanimous consent, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, to whom was referred the joint resolution of the House (H. Res. 89) as to sewerage and drainage in the city of Washington, &c., reported the same without amendment. Ordered, That it be engrossed and read a third time. Being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time and passed. Mr. John B. Steele 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 joint resolution. Mr. Cobb, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee had examined and found truly enrolled bills of the following titles, viz: H. R. 422. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to confirm certain private land claims in the Territory of New Mexico;" and H. R. 487. An act to provide for the execution of treaties between the United States and foreign nations respecting consular jurisdiction over the crews of vessels of such foreign nations in the waters and ports of the United States; When The Speaker signed the same. The Speaker having announced as the business next in order the call of committees for reports, Mr. Brandegee, from the select committee on a new route from Washington to New York, reported a bill (H. R. 518) to provide for the construction of a line of railway communication between the cities of Washington and New York, and to constitute the same a public highway and a military road and postal route of the United States; which was read a first and second time. Pending which, Mr. Jenckes called up and the House proceeded to consider the motion submitted by him yesterday to reconsider the vote by which the bill of the House (H. R. 424) to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the United States was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time. When Mr. Jenckes withdrew the said motion to reconsider. The bill being now engrossed, was, under the order of the House of yesterday, read the third time. The question then being on its passage, Mr. Jenckes moved the previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered and put, viz: Shall the bill pass? Yeas And it was decided in the negative, Nays Not voting... The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are 65 Mr. Thomas B. Shannon 53 R. B. Van Valkenburgh William B. Washburn A. Carter Wilder FREK George S. Boutwell Alexander H. Coffroth Mr. Ephraim R. Eckley James F. McDowell Charles O'Neill Mr Ebenezer Dumont Mr. Samuel J. Randall Mr. Henry Grider Josiah B. Grinnell So the bill was rejected. The morning hour having expired, the Speaker announced as the special order reports of the Committee on Commerce. On motion of Mr. Ellihu B. Washburne, Ordered, That the said committee be discharged from the further consideration of the memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York on ocean steam navigation, and that the same be laid on the table. Mr. Ward, by unanimous consent, submitted the views of a minority of the said committee on the said memorial; which were laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Mr. Boutwell moved a reconsideration of the vote by which the bill of the House (H. R. 424) to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the United States was rejected on the question of its passage. The said motion was passed over for the present. Mr. Ellihu B. Washburne, from the Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 510) further to regulate the carriage of passengers in steamships and other vessels, reported the same without amendment. Pending the question on its engrossment, Mr. Brooks submitted an amendment thereto; which was agreed to. Mr. Ellihu B. Washburne submitted an additional amendment thereto. Pending which, After debate, Mr. Washburne moved the previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered, and under the operation thereof the said amendment was agreed to. By unanimous consent, Mr. Washburne submitted an additional amendment to the bill; which was also agreed 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 and passed. Mr. Ellihu B. Washburne 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. Eliot, from the same committee, reported a bill (H. R. 519) repealing certain provisions of law concerning seamen on board public and private vessels of the United States; which was read a first and second time. Ordered, That it be engrossed and read a third time. Being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time and passed. Mr. Eliot 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. Eliot, from the same committee, to whom was referred the bill of the Senate (S. 266) to prevent smuggling, and for other purposes, reported the same with an amendment in the nature of a substitute therefor. Pending the question on agreeing to the said amendment, Mr. Eliot moved the previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered, and under the operation thereof the said amendment was agreed to and the bill ordered to be read a third time. It was accordingly read the third time and passed. Mr. Eliot 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 amendment. Mr. Eliot, from the same committee, to whom was referred the bill of the Senate (S. 223) to regulate the foreign and coasting trade on the northern, northeastern, and northwestern frontiers of the United States, and for other purposes, reported the same without amendment. Ordered, That it be read a third time. It was accordingly read the third time and passed. Mr. Eliot 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 acquaint the Senate with the passage of the said bill. Mr. Charles O'Neill, from the same committee, reported a bill (II. R. 520) for the relief of Samuel Beaston, master of the schooner George Harris; which was read a first and second time. The House having, by unanimous consent, proceeded to its further consideration, Ordered, That it be engrossed and read a third time. Being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time and passed. Mr. Charles O'Neill 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. Eliot, by unanimous consent, leave was granted for the withdrawal from the files of the House of the papers in the case of the owners of the "Madeira." A message from the Senate, by Mr. Hickey, their chief clerk: Mr. Speaker: The Senate agree to the further conference asked by the House on the disagreeing votes of the two houses on the bill of the House (H. R. 40) making appropriations for the consular and diplomatic expenses of the government for the year ending 30th June, 1865, and have appointed Mr. Trumbull, Mr. Harris, and Mr. Van Winkle the said committee on the part of the Senate. The Senate have passed a bill of this house of the following title, viz: H. R. 227. An act granting lands to the State of Michigan for the construction of certain wagon roads for military and postal purposes; with amendments, in which I am directed to ask the concurrence of this house. The reports from the Committee on Commerce having been disposed of, The Speaker announced, as the special order, the joint resolution of the House (H. Res. 85) repealing an act entitled "An act for the relief of E. F. and Samuel A. Wood," and the House proceeded to its consideration. Pending the question on its engrossment, After debate, Mr. Hale moved that the further consideration of the joint resolution be postponed until the 2d Tuesday in December next. Pending which, Mr. Hale moved the previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered, and under the operation thereof the motion to postpone was disagreed to. The question then recurring on the engrossment of the joint resolution, Mr. Stevens moved the previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered, and under the operation thereof the joint resolution was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time. Being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time and passed. Mr. Stevens 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 joint resolution. Mr. Ambrose W. Clark, from the Committee on Printing, to whom was referred the bill of the Senate (S. 265) to expedite and regulate the printing of the public documents, and for other purposes, reported the same without amendment. Ordered, That the said bill be printed and recommitted to the said committee. The Speaker having announced, as the business next in order, the bill of the House (H. R. 438) to amend an act entitled "An act to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri river to the Pacific ocean, and to secure to the government the use of the same for postal, military, and other purposes," approved July 1, 1862-heretofore postponed until this day, after the morning hour Pending the question on agreeing to the amendment, in the nature of a substitute, reported from the Select Committee on the Pacific Railroad, On motion of Mr. James S. Brown, at 4 o'clock and 5 minutes p. m., the House adjourned. FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 1864. The following memorials, petitions, and other papers were laid upon the Clerk's table, under the 131st rule of the House: By Mr. Baxter: Eleven remonstrances from citizens of the State of Vermont, against the extension of Goodyear's patent; which were referred to the Committee on Patents. By Mr. James R. Morris: The memorial of the committee of the Vestry of Washington Parish, in the District of Columbia, relative to the Congressional Cemetery; which was referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia. By Mr. Kasson: The memorial of citizens of the State of Iowa, praying for an amendment to the Constitution of the United States prohibiting slavery; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. Stuart: The petition of citizens of the State of Illinois, praying for a duty on imported wool; which was referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. By Mr. Denison: The memorial of John E. Roberts, praying for relief; which was referred to the Committee of Claims. By Mr. Hooper: The petition of J. Smith Homans, praying for the publi cation of the statistics of the foreign trade since 1821; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce. By Mr. Holman: The petition of Francis Patterson, praying for an invalid pension; which was referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. Frank: The petition of citizens of the State of New York, praying for a duty on imported wool; which was referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. |