A message from the Senate, by Mr. Forney, their Secretary: Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed bills of this house of the following titles, viz: H. R. 665. An act making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department during the fiscal year ending the 30th of June, 1864; and H. R. 695. An act to provide for the appointment of a Deputy Register in the Treasury Department, and for other purposes, with amendments; in which I am directed to ask the concurrence of this house. Mr. Olin, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom the subject was referred, reported a bill (H. R. 714) to construct a ship canal for the passage of armed and naval vessels from the Mississippi river to Lake Michigan, and for the enlargement of the locks of the Erie canal and the Oswego canal of New York, to adapt them to the defence of the northern lakes; which was read a first and second time. It having been proposed to proceed to the consideration of the bill, Mr. Holman made the point of order that, inasmuch as the fifth section provided for the payment of certain money into the treasury of the United States, and also makes an appropriation of the same. whereby it may be taken out of the treasury, the bill must receive its first consideration in Committee of the Whole. The Speaker sustained the said point of order. From this decision of the Chair Mr. Washburne appealed. Pending which, Mr. Holman moved that the appeal be laid on the table. And the question being put, Yeas.. It was decided in the affirmative, {Na... 93 37 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. Olin moved that the bill be recommitted to the Committee on Military Affairs, and also moved the previous question thereon. Pending which, Mr. Stevens moved that the House resolve itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Pending which, On motion of Mr. Stevens, Resolved, That all debate in the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union on the special order shall cease in thirty min utes after its consideration is entered upon. The question then recurred on the motion of Mr. Stevens, that the House resolve itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. William Allen Samuel S. Blair William G. Brown Charles B. Calvert Andrew J. Clements George T. Cobb Frederick A. Conkling Mr. James A. Cravens John J. Crittenden Thomas A. D. Fessenden William A. Hall Aaron Harding Mr. Richard A. Harrison William E. Lehman Mr. Cyrus Aldrich Thomas D. Eliot Mr. Samuel C. Fessenden Richard Franchot So the motion was disagreed to. Mr. William H. Wadsworth Edwin H. Webster Albert S. White Chilton A. White Mr. Abraham B. Olin James C. Robinson William P. Sheffield Ellihu B. Washburne The question then recurring on the demand for the previous question, it was seconded, and the main question ordered and put, viz: Shall the bill be recommitted to the Committee on Military Affairs? Yeas.... And it was decided in the affirmative, a... 67 54 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. Cyrus Aldrich Jacob P. Chamberlain Mr. Roscoe Conkling Mr. Samuel Hooper John Hutchins Walter D. McIndoe Gilman Marston John F. Potter Thomas L. Price Albert G. Riddle Mr. Holman 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. A message from the Senate, by Mr. Forney, their Secretary: viz: S. 356. An act for the relief of Isaac R. Diller; in which I am directed to ask the concurrence of this House. Mr. Olin, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported a bill (H. R. 715) to provide for the construction of a submarine cable; which was read a first and second time. Ordered, That the said bill be engrossed and read a third time. Being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time. Pending the question on its passage, Mr. Holman moved, at 3 o'clock and 55 minutes p. m., that the House adjourn; which motion was disagreed to. Mr. Ward moved that the bill be laid on the table. Pending which, Mr. Wright moved, at 3 o'clock and 58 minutes p. m., that the House adjourn; which motion was disagreed to. The question then recurring on the motion of Mr. Ward, the yeas and nays were ordered thereon. When Mr. Holman moved, at 4 o'clock and 2 minutes p. m., that the House adjourn. And the question being put, it was decided in the negative. The question then recurred on the motion of Mr. Ward, and being put, It was decided in the negative, {Nays.. 47 69 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. Alfred Ely Samuel C. Fessenden George P. Fisher Richard A. Harrison Mr. John D. Stiles Francis Thomas Edwin H. Webster Mr. Justin S. Morrill William P. Sheffield James F. Wilson William Windom. So the House refused to lay the bill on the table. Mr. Holman moved, at 4 o'clock and 15 minutes p. m., that the House adjourn; which motion was disagreed to. The question then recurring on the passage of the bill, Mr. Olin moved the previous question; which was seconded, and the main question ordered to be put. When, Mr. Maynard having given notice of his intention to move for leave |