Mr. Mallory 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.

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. 519. An act repealing certain provisions of law concerning seamen on board public and private vessels of the United States;

without amendment.

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. 26. An act to provide for the public instruction of youth in the county of Washington, District of Columbia;

S. 85. An act to provide for the examination of certain officers of the army; S. 115. An act for the proper organization of the levy court of the county of Washington, in the District of Columbia;

S. 162. An act amendatory of an act entitled "An act to promote the progress of the useful arts," approved March 3, 1863; and

S. 279. An act to amend the act of Congress making donations to settlers on the public lands in Oregon, approved September 27, 1850, and the acts amendatory thereto;

When

The Speaker signed the same.

Mr. Scofield called up the report of the Committee of Elections in the case of John Kline, contesting the seat of Leonard Myers as a representative from the State of Pennsylvania-the pending question being on the following resolutions reported from the said committee, viz:

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

After debate,

Mr. Scofield moved the previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered, and under the operation thereof the said resolutions were severally agreed to.

Mr. Scofield 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.

On motion of Mr. Stevens,

Ordered, That the consideration of private business, to the exclusion of other business, be dispensed with for the remainder of the day.

Mr. Dawes called up the report of the Committee of Elections in the case of Charles W. Carrigan, contesting the seat of M. Russell Thayer as a representative from the State of Pennsylvania-the pending question being on the following resolutions reported from the said committee, viz:

Resolved, That Charles W. Carrigan is not entitled to a seat in this house as a representative in the thirty-eighth Congress from the fifth congressional district in Pennsylvania.

Resolved, That M. Russell Thayer is entitled to a seat in this house as a representative in the thirty-eighth Congress from the fifth congressional district in Pennsylvania.

When

Mr. Dawes moved the previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered, and under the operation thereof the said resolutions were severally 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.

On motion of Mr. William J. Allen, by unanimous consent, indefinite leave of absence was granted to Mr. James C. Allen.

Mr. Schenck, by unanimous consent, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom were referred the bills of the Senate of the following titles, viz: S. 154. An act to provide for the better organization of the Quartermaster's department;

S. 151. An act relating to enlistments, and for other purposes; reported the same severally with amendments.

Ordered, That the said bills and amendments be printed and recommitted to the said committee.

Mr. Schenck submitted a motion to reconsider the vote upon the recommitment of each of said bills; which motion was passed over for the present.

Mr. Driggs, by unanimous consent, presented the memorial of Surgeon Thomas Antisell, United States volunteers, for the passage of a law to organize a board of health for the District of Columbia; which was referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia.

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-the pending question being on the demand for the previous question,

The House proceeded to its consideration.

When

Mr. Ellihu B. Washburne, by unanimous consent, submitted an additional amendment to the bill.

The previous question was then seconded and the main question ordered, and under the operation thereof the 1st, 2d, and 3d amendments submitted by Mr. Pruyn were severally disagreed to, and the 4th amendment submitted by him was agreed to.

The amendment submitted by Mr. Ellihu B. Washburne having been read as follows, viz: Strike out the 10th section of the bill,

The question was put, Will the House agree thereto ?

The pending amendment submitted by Mr. Allison was then read and agreed to.

Under the further operation of the previous question the bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time.

The bill not being actually engrossed was left upon the Speaker's table. The Speaker having announced as the business next in order the joint resolution of the House (H. Res. 97) authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to appoint a commission to select a site for a navy yard or naval station on the western waters-the pending question when the House adjourned on the 18th instant being on an amendment in the nature of a substitute therefor submitted by Mr. Ellihu B. Washburne,

When

Mr. Brooks submitted a motion to reconsider the vote by which the bill of

the House No. 438 was ordered to be engrossed; which motion was passed over for the present.

By unanimous consent, in lieu of the consideration of the joint resolution of the House No. 97, the bill of the Senate (S. 190) to establish a navy yard and depot at Cairo, in the State of Illinois, was taken from the Speaker's table and read a first and second time.

Pending the question on its third reading,

After debate,

Mr. Pike submitted an amendment in the nature of a substitute for the bill. Pending which,

After further debate,

Mr. Cravens 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.

On motion of Mr. Spalding,

Ordered, That the recess for to-day be dispensed with.

The question then being on the passage of the said bill,

Mr. Ellihu B. Washburne moved the previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered, and under the operation thereof the bill was passed.

On motion of Mr. Ellihu B. Washburne, the title of the bill was amended so as to read, " A bill authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to appoint a commission to select a site for a navy yard or naval station on the western waters, and for other purposes."

Mr. 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.

Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate in the said amendments.

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

Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed bills of the following titles, viz: S. 310. An act for the promotion of commerce and the improvement of navigation; and

S. 290. An act for increased facilities of telegraph communication between the Atlantic and Pacific States and the Territory of Idaho;

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 a bill (H. R. 537) to incorporate the Young Men's Christian Association of the City of Washington;

When

The Speaker signed the same.

And then,

On motion of Mr. Stevens, at 4 o'clock and 33 minutes p. m., the House adjourned.

SATURDAY, JUNE 25, 1864.

Mr. John B. Steele, by unanimous consent, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, reported a joint resolution (H. Res. 111) authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to reclaim and preserve certain property 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. 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.

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Mr. Brooks called up the motion, submitted by him yesterday, to reconsider the vote by which the bill of the House (H. R. 438) to amend an act entitled An act to aid in the construction of a railroad and a 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, was ordered to be engrossed.

When,

Mr. Brooks having withdrawn the motion to reconsider,

The bill being engrossed, was, under the former order of the House, read a third time.

The question then being on its passage,

Mr. Brooks moved the previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered to be put.

When,

No quorum being present,

On motion of Mr. Dawson,

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:

James C. Allen, William J. Allen, Lucien Anderson, Isaac N. Arnold, James M. Ashley, Portus Baxter, Augustus Brandegee, John M. Broomall, Ambrose W. Clark, Freeman Clarke, Brutus J. Clay, Amasa Cobb, Samuel S. Cox, James A. Cravens, Henry Winter Davis, John F. Driggs, Ebenezer Dumont, Ephraim R. Eckley, Charles A. Eldridge, John F. Farnsworth, William E. Finck, Augustus Frank, Daniel W. Gooch, Josiah B. Grinnell, William A. Hall, Henry W. Harringto, Charles M. Harris, Anson Herrick, William S. Holman, Wells A. Hutchins, Ebon C. Ingersoll, William Johnson, George W. Julian, John A. Kasson, William D. Kelley, Francis W. Kellogg, Austin A. King, John Law, Alexander Long, Archibald McAllister, Walter D. McIndoe, George Middleton, Samuel F. Miller, William H. Miller, Daniel Morris, James R. Morris, Leonard Myers, Homer A. Nelson, Jesse O. Norton, Nehemiah Perry, Samuel J. Randall, William H. Randall, Alexander H. Rice, Edward H. Rollins, James S. Rollins, John G. Scott, Green Clay Smith, Rufus P. Spalding, John F. Starr, Henry G. Stebbins, William G. Steele, Myer Strouse, Henry W. Tracy, Robert B. Van Valkenburgh, Daniel W. Voorhees, William H. Wadsworth, Elijah Ward, Kellian V. Whaley, Ezra Wheeler, Thomas Williams, A. Carter Wilder, Frederick E. Woodbridge, George H. Yeaman.

And then,

On motion of Mr. John B. Steele, all further proceedings in the call were dispensed with.

The question was then put, Shall the bill pass?

Yeas

And it was decided in the affirmative, Nays

Not voting

The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are

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