By Mr. Eckley: The memorial of certain officers of the army of the Potomac, praying that patriotic reading matter may be furnished to the soldiers; which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. The Speaker, by unanimous consent, laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the House of the 6th instant, a list of the United States steam vessels suita ble for carrying mails to and from foreign ports, &c.; which was referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. On motion of Mr. Wheeler, the House insisted on its amendments, disagreed to by the Senate, to the bill of the Senate (S. 54) to incorporate the Metropolitan Railroad Company, in the District of Columbia, and agreed to the conference asked by the Senate on the disagreeing votes of the two houses thereon. Ordered, That Mr. Wheeler, Mr. Blaine, and Mr. Patterson be the managers at the said conference on the part of the House. Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate therewith. The Speaker having announced as the special order for this day reports. from the Committee on Military Affairs. On motion of Mr. Schenck, Ordered, That the Committee on Military Affairs be discharged from the further consideration of the following petitions, memorials, bills, and resolutions, and that the same be laid on the table, the subject thereof being embraced in the bill "to equalize the pay of soldiers in the United States army, and for other purposes," viz: The petition of Mrs. Davis and twelve hundred others. The bill of the House H. R. 280. The petition of William Beale and o hers, hospital stewards. Sundry petitions of clerks to paymasters. The petition of paymasters in behalf of their clerks. Memorials of the legislature of Wisconsin. The petition of two hundred officers and soldiers. The petition of three hundred and fifty of the 49th regiment Pennsylvania volunteers. The petition of eighty-one voters of Northampton, Massachusetts. The petition of sundry engineers. The memorial of citizens of Pennsylvania. The memorial of ten hundred and ninety-five citizens of Pennsylvania. The petition of Z. W. Bliss and sixteen hundred and ninety-three others. The petition of hospital stewards on duty in Pennsylvania. A resolution of Mr. Strouse. The petition of Samuel Williston and two hundred and fifty-eight others. The petition of Marshal Wetherbe and three hundred and thirty-two others. The resolution of the Senate S. Res. 23. The bill of the House H. R. 6. The memorial of R. R. McQueston and others. The memorial of Horace Norton and eighty-five others. The memorial of John Lowrey and others. The memorial of L. W. Streeter and others. The memorial of Colonel Samuel A. Duncan and others. A resolution of Mr. Broomall. The bill of the House H. R. 86. The memorial of certain non-commissioned officers. The bill of the House No. 79. The petition of the officers and soldiers of the ninety-eighth Pennsylvania volunteers. The petition of Wm. F. Rumbarger and thirty-nine others. The petition of B. Ramsay and forty-one others. The petition of J. B. Miller and one hundred and thirty-three others. The bill of the House H. R. 88. The petition of citizens of the 23d congressional district of Pennsylvania. The petition of citizens of Armstrong county, Pennsylvania. A resolution of Mr. Holman. A resolution of Mr. Voorhees. Resolutions of county commissioners in Indiana. The petition of citizens of Butler county, Pennsylvania. The petition of citizens of Indiana county, Pennsylvania. The petition of the eleventh regiment Pennsylvania Reserves. Mr. Schenck, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported joint resolutions and bills of the following titles, viz: H. Res. 101. Joint resolution to provide for the publication of a full army register; H. Res. 102. Joint resolution for the relief of Capt. M. M. Hawes; H. Res. 103. Joint resolution for the relief of Mary Kellogg; H. R. 542. A bill to regulate the pay of paymasters and Military storekeepers of ordnance; and H. R. 543. A bill to increase the efficiency of the medical corps of the army; accompanied by reports in the cases of Capt. M. M. Hawes and Mary Kellogg; which bills and joint resolutions were severally read a first and second time. Ordered, That the said bills and joint resolutions be engrossed and read a third time. Being engrossed, they were accordingly severally read the third time and passed. Mr. Schenck moved, in each case, that the vote on their passage 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 bills and joint resolutions. On motion of Mr. Schenck, Ordered, That the Committee on Military Affairs be discharged from the further consideration of sundry petitions of citizens of the State of New York in favor of the organization of ambulance corps; also, the bill of the House (H. R. 496) to enable persons in the civil service to purchase fuel and subsistence stores from the commissary department at cost; and that the same be laid on the table. Mr. Schenck, from the same committee, made an adverse report upon the bill of the House (H. R. 112) to provide for the payment of certain volunteer companies in the service of the United States in the war with Mexico and in the suppression of Indian disturbances in New Mexico. Ordered, That the said bill be laid on the table and that the report be printed. On motion of Mr. Schenck, Ordered, That the Committee on Military Affairs be discharged from the further consideration of the petition of citizen prisoners confined in southern prisons; the petition of B. C. Fernald, executor of William Richardson, for bounty; and the petition of army officers for increased pay; and that the same be laid on the table. On motion of Mr. Schenck, Ordered, That the Committee on Military Affairs be discharged from the further consideration of sundry memorials of citizens of Philadelphia in favor of an increase in the facilities for the transportation of mails, freight, and passengers between the cities of New York and Philadelphia, and that the same be referred to the Select Committee on a New Route from Washington to New York. On motion of Mr. Schenck, Ordered, That the Committee on Military Affairs be discharged from the further consideration of the subject of paying soldiers in the employ but not mustered into the service of the government; and also the petition of Charles K. Deane, for relief; and that the same be laid on the table. Mr. Schenck, from the same committee, to whom was referred the bill of the Senate (S. 85) to provide for the examination of certain officers of the army, reported the same with sundry amendments. The said amendments were severally agreed to, and the bill ordered to be read a third time. It was accordingly read the third time and passed. Mr. Schenck 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 amendments. Mr. Schenck, from the same committee, to whom was referred the memorial of the Louisville and Bardstown Turnpike Company, reported a bill (H. R. 544) for its relief, accompanied by a report in writing thereon; 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. On motion of Mr. Garfield, the Committee on Military Affairs was discharged from the further consideration of the memorial of William Rullman; the petition of citizens of Berks county, Pennsylvania, in regard to the compensation of enrolling officers and their clerks; the petition of the engineer brigade of the army of the Potomac, to increase the pay of sergeants of engineers; memorial of Colonel Thomas Bayley, for a clerk to colonels of colored regiments; joint resolution of the legislature of Michigan, in favor of an amendment to the enrolment act in regard to examining boards; and the petition of Isaac H. Allen. Ordered, That the same be laid on the table. Mr. Garfield, from the same committee, made an adverse report upon the petition of Ohio volunteers to be placed under the provisions of the joint resolution of August 8, 1846; which was laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Mr. Garfield, from the same committee, reported a joint resolution (H. Res. 104) for the relief of Nathan S. Brinton, accompanied by a report in writing thereon; which joint resolution was read a first and second time. Pending the question on its engrossment, Mr. Garfield moved the previous question; and the House refused to second the same. Mr. Holman moved that the further consideration of the said joint resolution be postponed until the second Tuesday in December next, and that the resolution, report, and evidence be printed. And the question being put, Yeas. The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are 69 66 47 John B. Steele Mr. John H. Rise Asahel W. Hubbard Thomas A. Jenckes So the said motion was agreed to. Mr. Holman 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. A message from the Senate, by Mr. Forney, their Secretary: Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed bills of the following titles, viz: S. 312. An act to regulate the compensation of registers and receivers of the land offices in the several States and Territories in the location of lands by States and corporations under grants from Congress, and for other purposes; and S. 319. An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to issue a land warrant to Richard Fitch, of Ohio; in which I am directed to ask the concurrence of this house. The Senate have also passed a joint resolution of this house of the following title, viz: H. Res. 11. Joint resolution in relation to the claim of Carmack and Ramsay; with an amendment, in which I am directed to ask the concurrence of this house. The President of the United States has notified the Senate that he did, on the 17th instant, approve and sign bills of the following titles, viz: S. 216. An act to grant the right of pre-emption to certain settlers on the rancho Bolsa de Tomales, in the State of California; S. 293. An act to empower the Superannuated Fund Society of the Maryland Annual Conference to hold property in the District of Columbia, and to take a devise under the will of the late William Doughty; S. 223. An act to regulate the foreign and coasting trade on the northern, northeastern, and northwestern frontiers of the United States; S. 285. An act to regulate the veto power in the Territory of Washington; S. 129. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to authorize the corporation of Georgetown, in the District of Columbia, to lay and collect a water tax, and for other purposes," approved May 21, 1862; S. 106. An act to prohibit certain sales of gold and foreign exchange; and S 282. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to extend the time for the withdrawal of goods from public stores and bonded warehouses, and for other purposes," approved February 29, 1864. And on the 18th instant joint resolutions and a bill of the following titles, viz: S. Res. 59. Joint resolution to provide for the revision of the laws of the District of Columbia; S. 291. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to enable the people of Colorado to form a constitution and State government, and for the admission of such State into the Union on an equal footing with the original States;" and S. Res. 64. Joint resolution explanatory of "An act extending the time for the completion of the Marquette and Ontonagon railroad, of the State of Michigan." The Speaker appointed Mr. Ingersoll a member of the Committee on the Territories, in the place of Mr. Grinnell, declined. A message was received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Hay, his private secretary, notifying the House that he did, on the 20th instant, approve and sign bills and a joint resolution of the following titles, viz: H. R. 40. An act making appropriations for the consular and diplomatic expenses of the government for the year ending the 30th of June, 1865, and for other purposes; H. R. 179. An act concerning lands in the State of California; H. R. 217. An act to confirm certain entries of land in the State of Missouri; H. R. 227. An act granting lands to the State of Michigan for the construction of certain wagon roads for military and postal purposes; H. R. 290. An act for the relief of Rhoda Wolcott, widow of Henry Wolcott; H. R. 356. An act requiring proof of payment of duties on foreign salt before payment of the allowances provided for by the acts of July 29, 1813, and March 3, 1819; |