also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; which latter motion was agreed to. Mr. Olin, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported a bill (H. R. 700) making appropriations for certain new fortifications; which was read a first and second time and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Mr. Benjamin F. Thomas, by unanimous consent, submitted the following resolution; which was read and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, viz: Resolved, That the Committee of Ways and Means be instructed to consider and report upon the expediency of so far modifying the fifth section of the act to authorize the issue of United States notes, and for the redemption or funding thereof, and for funding the floating debt of the United States," approved February twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, as to confine the payment of interest in coin to the bonds that have been heretofore or that may hereafter be issued by and on the faith of the government of the United States, and that all such bonds shall be payable in coin at any time the government may determine after the period designated in the bonds for the payment of the same; also that the interest on treasury notes, and all other debts of the United States, hereafter issued, except bonds, shall be payable in lawful money. A message from the Senate. by Mr. Forney, their Secretary: Mr. Speaker: The Senate insist on their amendments, disagreed to by the House, to the bill of the House (H. R. 561) in relation to commissioned officers of the United States revenue cutter service; agree to the conference asked by the House thereon, and have appointed Mr. Ten Eyck, Mr. Chandler, and Mr. Carlile the committee. of conference on their part. The Senate have passed bills of the following titles, viz: S. 430. An act to provide for the protection of overland emigrants to the States and Territories of the Pacific; and S. 458. An act to amend an act entitled "An act for the collection of direct taxes in insurrectionary districts within the United States, and for other purposes," approved June 7, 1862; in which I am directed to ask the concurrence of this house. Mr. Olin, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the bill of the Senate (S. 432) in relation to bounty, pay, and emoluments to volunteer soldiers in certain cases, reported the same without amendment. The House having proceeded to its consideration, Mr. Holman submitted the following amendment thereto, viz: Add the following sections at the end of the bill: "SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That each private soldier of the army who shall have volunteered for the period of not less than two years, or for during the war,' and shall have been or shall hereafter be honorably discharged on account of wounds or other disability which shall have been incurred after entering the service and in the line of duty, shall be entitled to receive such a proportion of the sum of one hundred dollars provided for in the fifth section of an act entitled 'An act authorizing the employment of volunteers to aid in enforcing the laws and protecting public property,' approved July twenty-two, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, as the time of actual service bears to the period of two years. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the pay of the privates in the regular army and volunteers in the service of the United States shall be fifteen dollars per month until otherwise provided by law." Pending which, Mr. Holman moved the previous question thereon; which was seconded and the main question ordered and put, viz: Will the House agree thereto ? Yeas. And it was decided in the affirmative, {Nays 64 47 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are So the said amendment was agreed to. Mr. John F. Potter Alexander H. Rice John D. Stiles Ellihu B. Washburne Mr. Thomas L. Price Mr Olin moved a reconsideration of the vote last taken. Pending the question thereon, On motion of Mr. Stevens, at 4 o'clock and 5 minutes p. m., the House adjourned. TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1863. The following petitions, memorial, and other papers, were laid upon the Clerk's table, under the rule: By Mr. Sloan: The petition of citizens of Port Washington, Wisconsin, for certain amendments to the internal revenue law. By Mr. English: Remonstrance of citizens of Massachusetts against reduction of the duty on paper. any By Mr. Loomis: Papers of like import. Ordered, That the said petition and papers be referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. By Mr. Conway: The memorial of the chiefs and headmen of the Wyandott Indians for indemnification for losses sustained from white settlers; which was referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. By Mr. Alexander H. Rice: Papers of John Saunders, of the brig Baron di Castine; which were referred to the Committee on Com merce. By Mr. Wright: The petition of A. L. Burns for relief for the destruction of treasury notes; which was referred to the Committee of Claims. By Mr. Baily: The petition of citizens of York county, Pennsylvania, for a direct road from Washington to New York; which was referred to the select committee of the air-line railroad. By Mr. Baxter: The petition of Joshua Brush, Elisha Dike, and Elnathan Burdick, heretofore presented February 8, 1859; which was referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. McPherson: The petition of citizens of Franklin and Adams counties, Pennsylvania, asking compensation for losses sustained at the hands of a rebel force which traversed those counties in October, 1862; which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. The Speaker, by unanimous consent, laid before the House the following message, received yesterday from the President of the United States, viz: To the Senate and House of Representatives: I transmit, for the consideration of Congress, a report from the Secretary of State, transmitting the regulations, decrees, and orders for the government of the United States consular courts in Turkey. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. WASHINGTON, January 23, 1863. The same having been read, Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and printed. Mr. Bingham gave notice, under the rule, of his intention to move for leave to introduce a joint resolution to give effect to the emanci pation proclamation of the President of January 1, 1863, and to secure the persons therein named in the enjoyment of their personal liberty. The Speaker having announced as the regular order of business the bill of the Senate (S. 432) in relation to bounty, pay, and emoluments to volunteer soldiers in certain cases-the pending question when the House adjourned yesterday being on the motion of Mr. Olin to reconsider the vote by which the amendment thereto, submitted by Mr. Holman, was agreed to After debate, Mr. Olin moved the previous question. Pending which, Mr. Holman moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table. And the question being put, Yeas. It was decided in the negative, {Nas 43 87 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. Thomas L. Price John P. C. Shanks Mr. Edward H. Smith John B. Steele John P. Verree Mr. Chauncey Vibbard John W. Wallace William Windom Samuel T. Worcester. So the House refused to lay the motion to reconsider on the table. The question then recurring on the demand for the previous question, it was seconded and the main question ordered, and under the operation thereof the motion to reconsider was agreed to. The question then recurring on the amendment submitted by Mr. Holman, Mr. Olin moved that the bill and pending amendment be recommitted to the Committee on Military Affairs. Pending which, Mr. Olin moved the previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered and put, viz: Shall the bill and amendment be recommitted? Yeas. And it was decided in the affirmative,Nas 96 37 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. Cyrus Aldrich Joseph Baily Reuben E. Fenton Mr. Thomas A. D. Fessenden Mr. Timothy G. Phelps Richard Franchot John W. Noell Frederick A. Pike John H. Rice Albert G. Riddle |