main question ordered, and under the operation thereof the said motion. was agreed to.

So it was ordered that the further consideration of the said joint resolution be postponed until Saturday next, at 1 o'clock p. m.

Mr. Dawes 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. Scofield, from the Committee of Elections, submitted a report in the case of John Kline, contesting the seat of Leonard Myers, as a representative from the third congressional district of Pennsylvania, accompanied by the following resolutions, viz:

Resolved, That John Kline is not entitled to a seat in this house as a representative in the 38th Congress from the third congressional district of Pennsylvania

Resolved, That Leonard Myers is entitled to the seat now occupied by him as a representative in the 38th Congress from the 3d congressional district of Pennsylvania.

Ordered, That the said report and resolutions be laid on the table and printed.

A message from the Senate, by Mr. Forney, their Secretary:

Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed bills of the following titles, viz: S. 298. An act to incorporate the Potomac Ferry Company;

S. 321. An act to authorize the corporation of Washington to levy and collect the direct tax imposed by act approved August 5, 1861; and

S. 115. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to define the powers and duties of the levy court of the county of Washington, District of Columbia;” in which I am directed to ask the concurrence of this house.

The Senate have also passed a bill of this house of the following title, viz: H. R. 495. An act to amend the charter of the Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company;

with amendments, 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 20th instant, approve and sign a bill of the following title, viz:

S. 145. An act to increase the pay of soldiers in the United States army, and for other purposes.

On motion of Mr. James C. Allen, by unanimous consent,

Ordered, That leave be granted for the withdrawal from the files of the House of the papers in the case of L. J. Rose.

Another message from the Senate, by Mr. Forney, their Secretary:

Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed a bill of this house of the following title, viz:

H. R. 442. An act to authorize the President of the United States to negotiate with certain Indians of Middle Oregon for a relinquishment of certain rights secured to them by treaty;

with an amendment, in which I am directed to ask the concurrence of this house.

Mr. Cobb, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee had examined and found truly enrolled bills of the following titles, viz:

S. 306. An act to grant to the State of California certain lands for State prison purposes;

S. 265. An act to expedite and regulate the printing of public documents, and for other purposes;

H. R. 240. An act making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations

with various Indian tribes for the year ending June 30, 1865, and for other purposes; and

H. R. 434. An act to authorize the bailiff of the orphans' court, in the County of Washington, and District of Columbia, to serve processes issued by said court, and for other purposes;

When

The Speaker signed the same.

The Speaker having announced as the regular order of business 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-the pending question being on the motion of Mr. Wilson to lay on the table the motion to reconsider the vote by which the amendment submitted by him yesterday was agreed to;

And the question being put, the motion to reconsider was laid on table. Mr. Wilson moved further to amend the amendment, in the nature of a substitute-heretofore reported from the Select Committee on the Pacific

Railroad.

Pending which,

Mr. Wilson moved the previous question thereon; which was seconded and the main question ordered, and under the operation thereof the said amendment was agreed to.

Mr. Wilson 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. Loan submitted a further amendment to the said amendment; which was agreed to.

Mr. Loan 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. Dawes moved further to amend the said amendment; which motion was agreed to.

Mr. Dawes 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. Pruyn submitted further amendments to the said amendment as amended.

On motion of Mr. Hooper, 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 had the state of the Union generally under consideration, and particularly the bill of the House (H. R. 540) to provide ways and means for the support of the government, and for other purposes, had come to no resolution thereon.

Mr. Ellihu B. Washburne moved that the recess for this day be dispensed with.

And the question being put,

It was decided in the affirmative,

Yeas
Nays
Not voting

The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present,

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On motion of Mr. John B. Steele, by unanimous consent, the House disagreed to the amendments of the Senate to the bill of the House (H. R. 495) to amend the charter of the Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company, and asked a conference with the Senate on the disagreeing votes of the two houses thereon.

Ordered, That Mr. John B. Steele, Mr. Price, and Mr. Ellibu B. Washburne be the managers at the said conference on the part of the House. Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate therewith.

On motion of Mr. Hooper.

Resolved, That all debate in the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union on the bill of the House (H. R. 540) to provide ways and means for the support of the government, and for other purposes, shall cease in five minutes after its consideration is resumed, and the committee shall then proceed to vote on such amendments as may be pending or offered to the same, and shall then report it to the House with such amendments as may have been agreed to.

Mr. Orth moved, at 4 o'clock and 20 minutes p. m., that the House adjourn; which motion was disagreed to.

On motion of Mr. Hooper, the House again 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 had the state of the Union generally under consideration, and particularly the bill of the House (H. R. 540) to provide ways and means for the support of government, and for other purposes, had come to no resolution thereon.

On motion of Mr. Pomeroy, by unanimous consent,

Ordered, That the pending amendment submitted by him to the bill of the House No. 540 be printed.

And then,

On motion of Mr. Francis W. Kellogg, at 5 o'clock p. m., the House adjourned.

THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 1864.

Mr. John B. Steele, by unanimous consent, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, reported a bill of the following title, viz:

H. R. 550. A bill to establish Colfax street, in the city of Washington and District of Columbia;

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. 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 bill.

Mr. John B. Steele, by unanimous consent, from the same committee, to whom was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 537) to incorporate the Young Men's Christian Association of the city of Washington, 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 bill.

On motion of Mr. Patterson, by unanimous consent, the House receded from the eighth clause of the ninth section of the amendment of the House to the bill of the Senate (S. 26) to provide for the public instruction of youth in the county of Washington, District of Columbia.

Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate therewith.

Mr. Patterson, by unanimous consent, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, reported a joint resolution (H. Res. 109) correcting a clerical error in the award of the emancipation commissioners; 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. Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate therein. A message from the Senate, by Mr. Forney, their Secretary:

Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed a joint resolution and bills of this House of the following titles, viz:

H. Res. 95. Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to

amend the contract with John Ericsson for the construction of two impreg nable floating batteries-the "Dictator" and the "Puritan;" and

H. R. 453. An act to increase the pension of Isaac Allen; severally without amendment; and

H. R. 466. An act for the relief of the widow of C. A. Haun;

H. R. 347. An act for the relief of Martha Jane Skaggs; and

H. R. 470. An act to authorize assimilated rank to be given to the warrant officers of the United States navy, and for other purposes;

severally with amendment, in which I am directed to ask the concurrence of this house.

The Senate have also passed joint resolutions and bills of the following titles, viz:

S. Res. 50. Joint resolution for the relief of the contractors for the machinery of the side-wheel gunboats known as "double-enders;"

S. Res. 70. Joint resolution to authorize the acquisition of certain land for the use of the government hospital for the insane;

S. Res. 69. Joint resolution regulating the investment of the naval pension fund;

S. 303. An act for the relief of Charles A. Hickborn;

S. 308. An act repealing so much of "An act to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the fiscal year ending the 30th of June, 1864, and for other purposes," approved March 14, 1864, as appropriates twenty-five thousand dollars for erecting a naval hospital at Kittery, Maine;

S. 299. An act authorizing the levy court of Washington county, in the District of Columbia, to levy and collect its portion of the direct tax imposed by the act of Congress of August 5, 1861;

S. 301. An act for the sale of a lot of land in Iowa, in the Fort Crawford reservation;

S. 324. An act prescribing the punishment for enticing or aiding seamen to desert the naval service of the United States;

S. 246. An act for the relief of seamen and others, not officers, borne on the books of vessels wrecked or lost in the naval service; and

S. 190. An act to establish a navy yard and depot at Cairo, in the State of Illinois;

in which I am directed to ask the concurrence of this house.

Mr. Sloan, by unanimous consent, from the Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the bill of the Senate (S. 279) to amend the act of Congress making donations to the settlers on the public lands in Oregon, approved September 27, 1850, and the acts amendatory thereto, reported the same without amendment.

Ordered, That the bill be read a third time.

It was accordingly read the third time and passed.

Mr. Sloan 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. Chanler, by unanimous consent, from the Committee on Patents, to whom was referred the bill of the Senate (S. 162) amendatory of an act to amend an act entitled "An act to promote the progress of the useful arts," approved March 3, 1863, reported the same without amendment. Ordered, That the bill be read a third time.

It was accordingly read the third time and passed.

Mr. Chanler 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.