Mr. Fouke 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. The oath to support the Constitution of the United States was then administered by the Speaker to Mr. Lehman. The name of A. J. Thayer having been called, Mr. McClernand submitted the following resolution, viz: Resolved, That the question of the prima facie, as well as the final right of George K. Sheil and A. J. Thayer, contestants respectively claiming a seat in this House from the State of Oregon, be referred to the Committee on Elections, hereafter to be appointed, and that until said committee shall have reported in the premises, and the House decided said question, neither of said contestants shall be admitted to a seat. Pending which, On motion of Mr. Hutchins, Ordered, That the said resolution be laid on the table. The oath to support the Constitution of the United States was then administered by the Speaker to Mr. Thayer. The name of Samuel G. Daily, as delegate from the Territory of Nebraska, having been called, On motion of Mr. Richardson, Ordered, That the question of administering the oath to said delegate be postponed until the organization of the House is completed. On motion of Mr. Fenton, Ordered, That the House do now proceed to the election of a Clerk. Nominations having been made as follows, viz: By Mr. Francis P. Blair, jr.. Mr. Mallory. Mr. Fouke. ... JOHN W. FORNEY, And the Speaker having appointed Mr. Francis P. Blair, jr., Mr. Mallory, Mr. Fouke, and Mr. McKnight, tellers, The House proceeded to vote viva voce for a Clerk, When The following named members voted for EMERSON ETHERIDGE, viz: Cyrus Aldrich, John B. Alley, William Appleton, Isaac N. Arnold, James N. Ashley, Goldsmith F. Bailey, Stephen Baker, Portus Baxter, Fernando C. Beaman, Samuel S. Blair, Harrison G. Blake, James Buffinton, Charles B. Calvert, John S. Carlile, Jacob P. Chamberlain, Ambrose W. Clark, Schuyler Colfax, Frederick A. Conkling, Roscoe Conkling, Martin F. Conway, John W. Crisfield, William P. Cutler, Henry L. Dawes, Charles Delano, R. Holland Duell, George W. Dunlap, Sidney Edgerton, Thomas M. Edwards, Thomas D. Eliot, Alfred Ely, Reuben E. Fenton, Samuel C. Fessenden, Richard Franchot, Augustus Frank, Daniel W. Gooch, Bradley F. Granger, Henry Grider, Luther Hanchett, Aaron Harding, Valentine B. Horton, John Hutchins, James S. Jackson, Francis W. Kellogg, William Kellogg, William E. Lansing, C. L. L. Leary, Dwight Loomis, James B. McKean, Robert McKnight, Robert Mallory, Gilman Marston, John W. Menzies, William Mitchell, Anson P. Morrill, Justin S. Morrill, John T. Nixon, John Patton, Frederick A. Pike, John F. Potter, Alexander H. Rice, John H. Rice, Albert G. Riddle, Edward H. Rollins, James S. Rollins, Charles B. Sedgwick, John P. C. Shanks, William P. Sheffield, Samuel Shellabarger, Socrates N. Sherman, A. Scott Sloan, Edward H. Smith, Elbridge G. Spaulding, Thaddeus Stevens, Benjamin F. Thomas, Francis Thomas, Rowland E. Trowbridge, Charles H. Upton, William Vandever, Burt Van Horn, Robert B. Van Valkenburgh, William Wall, Charles W. Walton, E. P. Walton, Ellihu B. Washburne, Edwin H. Webster, William A. Wheeler, Kellian B. Whaley, Albert S. White, Charles A. Wickliffe, William Windom, Samuel T. Worcester. The following named members voted for JOHN W. FORNEY, viz: Elijah Babbitt, John A. Bingham, Francis P. Blair, jr., James H. Campbell, George T. Cobb, John Covode, James A. Cravens, Samuel R. Curtis, William Morris Davis, Alexander S. Diven, James E. Eng. lish, John N. Goodwin, John A. Gurley, Edward Haight, James T. Hale, Richard A. Harrison, John Hickman, William S. Holmar, George W. Julian, William D. Kelley, John W. Killinger, John Law, William E. Lehman, Owen Lovejoy, Edward McPherson, James K. Moorhead, Abraham B. Olin, Nehemiah Perry, Theodore M. Pomeroy, Albert G. Porter, John B. Steele, William G. Steele, John L. N. Stratton, A. J. Thayer, Charles R. Train, Carey A. Trimble, Charles H. Van Wyck, John P. Verree, John W. Wallace, George C. Woodruff, Hendrick B. Wright. The following named members voted for JOHN E. DIETRICH, Viz: William Allen, Sydenham E. Ancona, Joseph Baily, Thomas B. Cooper, Samuel S. Cox, Philip B. Fouke, Philip Johnson, Jesse Lazear, John A. Logan, John A. McClernand, James R. Morris, Warren P. Noble, Elijah H. Norton, George H. Pendleton, William A. Richardson, James C. Robinson, Clement L. Vallandigham, Chauncey Vibbard, Daniel W. Voorhees, Chilton A. White, Benjamin Wood. Moses F. Odell and Elijah Ward voted for THOMAS B. FLORENCE. Recapitulation of the vote for Clerk. Emerson Etheridge having received a majority of all the votes given, was declared by the Speaker duly elected Clerk of the House of Representatives for the thirty-seventh Congress. Mr. Washburne submitted the following resolutions; which were read, considered, and, under the operation of the previous question, agreed to, viz: Resolved, That the rules of the House of Representatives of the thirty-sixth Congress shall be the rules of the House of Representatives until otherwise ordered. Resolved, That a committee of five, consisting of the Speaker and four members to be named by him, be appointed, to whom shall be referred the rules of the House, and who shall have leave to report at any time such amendment and revision of the same as they shall think proper, and such report, when made, shall be considered by the House as a special order; provided, that when the committee report their functions shall cease. The Speaker appointed Mr. Washburne, Mr. Colfax, Mr. Richardson, and Mr. Mallory, who, together with the Speaker, will constitute the said committee. Mr. Stevens presented the petition of John M. Butler, contesting the seat of William E. Lehman as a representative from the State of Pennsylvania; which was referred to the Committee of Elections, hereafter to be appointed. Notices were given, under the rule of motions, for leave to introduce bills, as follows, viz: By Mr. Van Wyck: A bill to provide for sending letters of officers and soldiers in the military and naval service of the United States free of postage. By Mr. Vallandigham: A bill to repeal the tariff act of 1861 and revive the tariff act of 1857. A message from the Senate, by Mr. Hickey, their chief clerk: Mr. Speaker: I am directed to inform the House of Representatives that a quorum of the Senate has assembled, and that the Senate. is ready to proceed to business. On motion of Mr. Ely, Resolved, That a committee be appointed on the part of the House to join such committee as may be appointed on the part of the Senate to wait upon the President of the United States, and inform him that a quorum of the two houses has assembled, and that Congress is ready to receive any communication he may be pleased to make. The Speaker appointed Mr. Ely, Mr. Carlile, and Mr. Richardson the said committee on the part of the House. Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate therewith. On motion of Mr. Train, Resolved, That a message be sent to the Senate to inform that body that a quorum of the House of Representatives has assembled; that Galusha A. Grow, one of the representatives from the State of Pennsylvania, has been chosen Speaker, and that the House is now ready to proceed to business, and that the Clerk do go with said message. Mr. McKnight submitted the following resolution, viz: Resolved, That, after to-morrow, the sessions of this House shall begin at 11 o'clock a. m. Pending which, Mr. Curtis moved to amend the same by striking out "11 o'clock a. m." and inserting in lieu thereof "12 o'clock m.;' which motion was agreed to. The said resolution, as amended, was then agreed to. And then, On motion of Mr. Ellihu B. Washburne, at 4 o'clock and 50 minutes p. m., the House adjourned. FRIDAY, JYLY 5, 1861. John J. Crittenden, a member from the State of Kentucky, appeared, was sworn to support the Constitution of the United States, and took his seat in the House. Notices were given, under the rule of motions, for leave to introduce bills, as follows, viz: By Mr. Holman: A bill granting bounty land to certain officers and soldiers who have been or who may hereafter be engaged in the military service of the United States. By Mr. Van Wyck: A bill to reduce the expenses of government; Also, a bill to increase the pay of soldiers in the service of the United States. By Mr. Babbitt: A bill establishing a district court to be held at the city of Erie, in the State of Pennsylvania; Also, a bill for the relief of J. J. Lents; Also, a bill for the relief of J. N. Miller; Also, a bill making an appropriation for the improvement and preservation of the harbor of Erie. By Mr. Windom: A bill to secure homesteads to actual settlers on the public domain. By Mr. Bingham: A bill to provide for the suppression of rebellion against and resistance to the laws of the United States, and to amend the act entitled "An act to provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the Union." &c., passed February 28, 1795. By Mr. Stevens: A bill to repeal all laws creating ports of entry in rebellious States; Also, a bill erecting a judicial district out of Virginia and North Carolina, the courts to be held at Wheeling, and for other purposes. By Mr. Upton: A bill to repeal an act entitled "An act to retrocede the county of Alexandria, in the District of Columbia, to the State of Virginia," approved July 9, 1846. On motion of Mr. Lovejoy, Ordered, That the House do now proceed to vote viva voce for a Sergeant-at-arms. Nominations having been made as follows, viz: And the Speaker having appointed Mr. Lovejoy, Mr. Pike, Mr. Horton, and Mr. Bailey tellers, The House proceeded to vote viva voce for a Sergeant-at-arms. When The following named members voted for EDWARD BALL, viz: Cyrus Aldrich, John B. Alley, Isaac N. Arnold, James M. Ashley, Elijah Babbitt, Stephen Baker, Fernando C. Beaman, John A. Bingham, Samuel S. Blair, Harrison G. Blake, James H. Campbell, John S. Carlile, Jacob P. Chamberlain, Ambrose W. Clark, Schuyler Colfax, Martin F. Conway, John Covode, Samuel S. Cox, Samuel R. Curtis, William P. Cutler, William Morris Davis, R. Holland Duell, Sidney Edgerton, Thomas M. Edwards, Thomas D. Eliot, Alfred Ely, Reuben E. Fenton, Samuel C. Fessenden, Richard Franchot, Augustus Frank, John N. Goodwin, John A. Gurley, James T. Hale, Richard A. Harrison, William S. Holman, Valentine B. Horton, John Hutchins, George W. Julian, William D. Kelley, Francis W. Kellogg, William Kellogg, William E. Lansing, Dwight Loomis, James B. McKean, Edward McPherson, Gilman Marston, William Mitchell, James K. Moorhead, Justin S. Morrill, John T. Nixon, John Patton, Nehemiah Perry, Theodore M. Pomeroy, Albert G. Porter, John F. Potter, Albert G. Riddle, Edward H. Rollins, John P. C. Shanks, Samuel Shellabarger, Elbridge G. Spaulding, John B. Steele, Thad deus Stevens, John L. N. Stratton, A. J. Thayer, Carey A. Trimble, Rowland E. Trowbridge, Charles H. Upton, William Vandever, Burt Van Horn, Robert B. Van Valkenburgh, Charles H. Van Wyck, John |