Mr. Vallandigham moved that the votes by which the said bills (H. R. 18 and 19) were committed and ordered to be printed be reconsidered, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; which latter motion was agreed to.

Mr. Washburne, from the Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 16) further to provide for the collection of duties on imports, and for other purposes, reported the same without amendment.

Pending the question on its engrossment,

Mr. Washburne moved the previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered, and under the operation thereof the bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time.

Being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time.

The question was then put, Shall the bill pass?

Yeas.

And it was decided in the affirmative, as

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

Mr. Cyrus Aldrich

William Allen
John B. Alley
Sydenham E. Ancona
Isaac N. Arnold
James M. Ashley
Elijah Babbitt
Goldsmith F. Bailey

Joseph Baily
Stephen Baker
Portus Baxter
Fernando C. Beamen
John A. Bingham
Francis P. Blair, jr.
Samuel S. Blair
Harrison G. Blake
George H. Browne

James Buffinton

James H. Campbell

Jacob P. Chamberlain
Ambrose W. Clark
George T. Cobb
Schuyler Colfax

Frederick A. Conkling
Roscoe Conkling
Martin F. Conway
Thomas B. Cooper
John Covode
Samuel S. Cox
James A Cravens
John W. Crisfield
John J. Crittenden
William P. Cutler
Wm. Morris Davis
Henry L. Dawes
Charles Delano
Isaac C Delaplaine
Alexander S. Diven
R. Holland Duell
William M. Dunn
Sidney Edgerton

Mr. Thomas M. Edwards

Thomas D. Eliot
James E. English
Reuben E. Fenton
Samuel C. Fessenden
Philip B. Fouke
Richard Franchot
Augustus Frank
Daniel W. Gooch
John N. Goodwin
Bradley F. Granger
Henry Grider
John A. Gurley
Edward Haight
James T. Hale
Richard A. Harrison
John Hickman
William S. Holman
Valentine B. Horton
John Hutchins
George W. Julian
William D. Kelley
Francis W. Kellogg
William E. Lansing
John Law

Jesse Lazear
C. L. L. Leary
William E. Lehman
Dwight Loomis
John A. McClernand
James B. McKean
Robert McKnight
Edward McPherson
Robert Mallory
William Mitchell
James K. Moorhead
Anson P. Morrill
Justin S. Morrill
James R. Morris
John T. Nixon

Warren P. Noble

Mr. John W. Noell

Robert H. Nugen
Moses F. Odell
Abraham B. Olin
John Patton
Nehemiah Perry
Frederick A. Pike

Theodore M. Pomeroy

Albert G. Porter

John F. Potter

John H. Rice

William A. Richardson
Albert G. Riddle
Edward H. 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
John B Steele
William G. Steele
Thaddeus Stevens
John L. N. Stratton
Benjamin F Thomas
Francis Thomas
A. J. Thayer
Charles R. Train
Carey A. Trimble
Rowland E. Trowbridge
Charles H. Upton
William Vandever
Burt Van Horn

Rob't B. Van Valkenburgh
Charles H. Van Wyck
John P. Verree
Chauncey Vibbard
William Wall
John W. Wallace

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 bill.

The Speaker appointed Mr. Worcester and Mr. Patton to fill the vacancies upon the Committee of Elections, occasioned by Mr. Campbell and Mr. Kelley having been excused from service thereon. On motion of Mr. Mallory, by unanimous consent,

Ordered, That he be excused from further service on the Committee on Indian Affairs.

The Speaker appointed Mr. Kelley to fill the vacancy occasioned thereby.

On motion of Mr. Fenton, by unanimous consent, Ordered, That two additional members be appointed upon the select committee on department contracts.

On motion of Mr. Francis P. Blair, jr., by unanimous consent, Ordered, That the Committee on Military Affairs have leave to sit during the sittings of the House.

Mr. Granger, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee had examined and found truly enrolled a bill of the following title, viz:

S. 6. An act to refund and remit the duties on arms imported by States.

When

The Speaker signed the same.

On motion of Mr. Stevens, by unanimous consent,

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. 14) to authorize a national loan, and for other purposes, shall cease in one hour after the same is considered; and the House 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 by the committee.

On motion of Mr. Colfax, 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. Colfax reported that the committee having, according to order, had the state

of the Union generally under consideration, and particularly the bill of the House (H. R. 14) to authorize a national loan, and for other purposes, had directed him to report the same without amendment. The Speaker having stated the question to be on its engrossment, Mr. Stevens moved the previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered, and under the operation thereof the said bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time. Being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time. The question was then put, Shall the bill pass ?

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

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 bill.

Mr. Bingham, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. R. 20) 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; which was read a first and second time, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Mr. Moorhead submitted a resolution, which he subsequently modified to read as follows, viz:

Resolved, That a committee of nine be appointed by the Speaker to inquire into and report upon the expediency of the establishment of a national armory west of the Alleghany mountains.

Pending which,

Mr. Johnson moved to amend the same by striking out "west of the Alleghany mountains," and inserting in lieu thereof "east of the Rocky mountains."

Pending which,

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

Under the further operation of the previous question the resolu tion of Mr. Moorhead as modified was agreed to.

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.

Mr. Holman, by unanimous consent, submitted the following resolution; which was read, considered, and agreed to, viz:

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Navy be requested to inform the House whether he has issued an order, in effect, that none but American-born citizens should be accepted at the various recruiting stations for service in the navy of the United States; and if such order has been issued, that he be requested to furnish the same to this House with a statement of the causes which, in his judgment, has rendered such an order necessary.

Mr. Curtis, by unanimous consent, introduced bills of the following titles, viz:

H. R. 21. A bill for retiring superannuated and disabled officers from the United States army;

H. R. 22. A bill regulating contracts in the military service of the United States; and

H. R. 23. A bill for the relief of certain musicians and soldiers stationed at Fort Sumter, in South Carolina;

which bills were severally read a first and second time, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

Mr. Fenton, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. R. 24) concerning the pay of officers of the revenue cutter service of the United States; which was read a first and second time, and referred to the Committee on Commerce.

Mr. Vallandigham, by unanimous consent, submitted the following resolutions; which were read, considered, and agreed to, viz:

Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary be instructed to examine and report at what time, under the act of 1795, the term of service for the militia called into the service of the United States begins; and whether legislation is necessary to remove any ambiguity in the terms of the act; and if so, to report by bill.

Resolved, That the select committee appointed to investigate certain government contracts be instructed to inquire also into the circumstances of the hiring by the Executive of the steamer "Cataline,” and report the same to the House.

Notices were given, under the rule of motions, for leave to introduce bills, as follows, viz:

By Mr. Duell: A bill for the relief of Jethro Bonney;
Also, a bill for the relief of James S. Campbell;

Also, a bill for the relief of Eben Adams;

Also, a bill for the relief of George W. Samson.

By Mr. Bingham: A bill to divide the State of Virginia and other States into two or more judicial districts, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Vallandigham: A bill to regulate the franking privilege. By Mr. Haight: A bill for the purchase of a site and erection of a national armory, foundery, and timber basin, at or near the city of New York.

And then,

On motion of Mr. William Kellogg, at 2 o'clock and 55 minutes p. m., the House adjourned.

THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1861.

Another member appeared, viz:

From the State of New York, Erastus Corning, who was sworn to support the Constitution of the United States, and took his seat in the House.

The following petitions were laid upon the Clerk's table, under the twenty-fourth rule of the House, to wit:

By Mr. Perry: Two petitions of residents of the city of Newark, New Jersey, praying for a national convention to adjust the present difficulties; which were referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. Cox: The petition of citizens of Pickaway county, Ohio,