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to introduce a bill to provide for the election of representatives in Congress from the State of Tennessee,

On motion of Mr. Holman, at 4 o'clock and 20 minutes p. m., the House adjourned.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1863.

The following memorials, petitions, and other papers, were laid upon the Clerk's table, under the rule:

By Mr. Potter: The memorial of citizens of Racine, Wisconsin, in favor of certain amendments to the internal revenue laws.

By Mr. Dawes: The petition of citizens of Massachusetts, against any reduction in the duties on paper.

By Mr. Justin S. Morrill: The petition of citizens of Vermont, of like import.

By Mr. Arnold: The petition of citizens of Illinois, of like import; Also, the petition of citizens of Illinois, for a reduction in the tax on malt liquors;

Also, the memorial of the State Agricultural Society of Illinois, in relation to the national finances.

By Mr. Lovejoy: The petition of citizens of McLean county, Illinois, for a change in existing banking laws.

Ordered, That the said memorials and petitions be referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.

By Mr. Eliot: The petition of John G. Mitchell, for himself and other captors of the rebel armed schooner Royal Yacht, for compensation in place of prize money; which was referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

By Mr. Sheffield: The memorial of the widow of General J. L. Stevens, for a pension; which was referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

By Mr. Loomis: The petition of J. O. Armes, for compensation for property destroyed by United States troops; which was referred to the Committee of Claims.

By Mr. Ward: The petition of Rivera & Hall, of New York, for return of duties; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce. By Mr. William Allen: The petition of citizens of Ohio, for a bankrupt law.

By Mr. Timothy G. Phelps: Papers relating to the Senate bill for the relief of John B. Valentine and heirs of John Miranda.

Ordered, That the said petition and papers be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. Ward: The petition of citizens of New Jersey, for a permanent camp hospital and ambulance corps;

Also, the petition of citizens of New York, of like import.

By Mr. Arnold: The petition of officers in the volunteer service in the army, for the rescinding of General Order No. 154;"

Also, the memorial of the Illinois Agricultural Society, in favor of the enlargement of the Illinois and Michigan canals.

By Mr. Vallandigham: The petition of citizens of Illinois, for peace.

Ordered, That the said petitions and memorial be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

Mr. Dawes, from the Committee of Elections, to whom were referred the credentials of John B. McCloud, claiming to be elected a representative from the second congressional district in Virginia, and also the petition of W. W. Wing to be admitted to the same seat, made a report thereon, accompanied by the following resolutions, viz: Resolved, That J. B. McCloud is not entitled to a seat in this house as a representative from the second congressional district in Virginia. Resolved, That W. W. Wing is not entitled to a seat in this house as a representative from the second district in Virginia.

Ordered, That the said report and resolutions be printed. Mr. John H. Rice, by unanimous consent, submitted the following resolution; which was read, considered, and agreed to, viz:

Resolved, That the special committee appointed under the resolve submitted by Mr. Sheffield and adopted by the House on the 30th ultimo, be, and hereby is, authorized to employ a stenographer, instead of a clerk, at the usual compensation.

Mr. Wickliffe, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. R. 716) for the relief of Ignatius C. Mattingly, postmaster at Bardstown, Kentucky; which was read a first and second time, and referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia.

Mr. Loomis, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. R. 717) in addition to an act to provide internal revenue to support the gov ernment and pay interest on the public debt; which was read a first and second time, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. The Speaker having announced, as the regular order of business, the bill of the House (H. R. 715) to provide for the construction of a submarine cable-the pending question when the House adjourned yesterday being on its passage, upon which the main question was ordered to be put

The question was put, Shall the bill pass?

And it was decided in the affirmative,

The yeas

J Yeas.

Nays...

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

Mr. Cyrus Aldrich

John B. Alley
James M. Ashley
Elijah Babbitt
Stephen Baker
Portus Baxter
John A. Bingham
Samuel S. Blair
Harrison G. Blake
James Buffinton
Samuel L. Casey
Jacob P. Chamberlain
Ambrose W. Clark
Schuyler Colfax
Roscoe Conkling
William P. Cutler
Wm. Morris Davis

Mr. Henry L. Dawes

Charles Delano
Alexander S. Diven
W. McKee Dunn
Thomas M. Edwards
Thomas D. Eliot
Samuel C. Fessenden
Thomas A. D. Fessenden
Richard Franchot
Augustus Frank

Daniel W. Gooch
John N. Goodwin
Edward Haight
James T. Hale
John Hickman
Samuel Hooper
Valentine B. Horton

Mr. George W. Julian

William D. Kelley
Francis W. Kellogg
William Kellogg
William E. Lansing
William E. Lehman
Owen Lovejoy
Frederick F. Low
Walter D. McIndoe

Edward McPherson

Gilman Marston
Horace Maynard
James K. Moorhead
Justin S. Morrill
Abraham B. Olin
Timothy G. Phelps
Frederick A. Pike

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Mr. Olin 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 having announced, as the business next in order, the bill of the House (H. R. 112) to provide for a board of commissioners to revise and codify the general statute law of the United States, heretofore made a special order for this day

The House proceeded to its consideration.
Pending the question on its engrossment,

Mr. Hickman 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 negative, Nays

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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
James M. Ashley
Stephen Baker
Portus Baxter

Mr. Fernando C. Beaman

John A. Bingham
Jacob B. Blair

Samuel S. Blair

Mr Harrison G. Blake
James H. Campbell
Wm. Morris Davis
Charles Delano

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Mr. William Allen

William J. Allen
John B. Alley
Sydenham E. Ancona
Elijah Babbitt

Joseph Baily
Charles J. Biddle
William G. Brown
James Buffinton
Charles B. Calvert
Samuel L. Casey
Jacob P. Chamberlain
Andrew J. Clements
Schuyler Colfax
Frederick A. Conkling
Roscoe Conkling
Samuel S. Cox
James A. Cravens
John W. Crisfield
John J. Crittenden
Henry L. Dawes
Alexander S. Diven
Thomas M. Edwards
Thomas D. Eliot
Richard Franchot
Augustus Frank

Bradley F. Granger

Henry Grider

Edward Haight

Mr. James T. Hale

So the bill was rejected.

William A. Hall
Aaron Harding
Richard A. Harrison
William S. Holman
Valentine B. Horton
John Hutchins
Philip Johnson
James E. Kerrigan
John Law
Dwight Loomis
Walter D. McIndoe
Edward McPherson
Robert Mallory
Gilman Marston
Henry May

John W. Menzies
William Mitchell
James R. Morris
John T. Nixon
Warren P. Noble
John W. Noell
Elijah H. Norton
Moses F. Odell
George H. Pendleton
Timothy G. Phelps
Frederick A. Pike
Albert G. Porter

Mr. Charles B. Sedgwick
Joseph Segar

Socrates N. Sherman
A. Scott Sloan
Elbridge G. Spaulding
Burt Van Horn
E. P. Walton
Albert S. White
James F. Wilson
William Windom.

Mr. Thomas L. Price

Alexander H. Rice
James C. Robinson
James S. Rollins
William P. Sheffield
Samuel Shellabarger
George K. Shiel
Edward H. Smith
Thaddeus Stevens
John D. Stiles
John L. N. Stratton
Benjamin F. Thomas
Francis Thomas
Carey A. Trimble
Rowland E. Trowbridge
Clement L. Vallandigham
John P. Verree

William H. Wadsworth

Elijah Ward

Ellihu B. Washburne
Edwin H. Webster
William A. Wheeler]
Charles A. Wickliffe
Benjamin Wood
George C. Woodruff
Samuel T. Worcester
Hendrick B. Wright
George H. Yeaman.

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:

Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed a bill of this House of the following title, viz:

H. R. 635. An act making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the government for the year ending the 30th of June, 1864;

with amendments, in which I am directed to ask the concurrence of this house;

The Senate have receded from their 35th amendment, disagreed to by the House to the bill of the House (H. R. 610) making appropri ations for the support of the army for the year ending the 30th of June, 1864.

Mr. Olin, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported a bill (H. R. 718) 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.

Pending the question on its engrossment,

Mr. Holman moved that it be laid on the table.

And the question being put,

It was decided in the negative,

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

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Mr. Cyrus Aldrich
William J. Allen
John B. Alley
Isaac N. Arnold
James M. Ashley
Joseph Baily
Stephen Baker
Portus Baxter
Fernando C. Beaman
John A. Bingham
Harrison G. Blake
James Buffinton
Alfred A. Burnham
Samuel L. Casey
Jacob P. Chamberlain
Ambrose W. Clark
Andrew J. Clements
Schuyler Colfax
Roscoe Conkling
Henry L. Dawes
Charles Delano
Alexander S. Diven
Thomas M. Edwards
Thomas D. Eliot

Mr. Alfred Ely

Samuel C. Fessenden
Richard Franchot
Augustus Frank
Daniel W. Gooch
John N. Goodwin
Bradley F. Granger
Edward Haight
Samuel Hooper
John Hutchins
George W. Julian
Francis W. Kellogg
William Kellogg
James E. Kerrigan
Anthony L. Knapp
William E. Lansing
Dwight Loomis
Owen Lovejoy
Walter D. McIndoe
James B. McKean
Gilman Marston
William Mitchell
Justin S. Morrill
John W. Noell

Mr. Nehemiah Perry
Albert G. Porter
Charles B. Sedgwick
Samuel Shella barger
William G. Steele
John D. Stiles
John L. N. Stratton
Francis Thomas
Carey A. Trimble
Rowland E. Trowbridge
John P. Verree

William H. Wadsworth
Edwin H. Webster
Chilton A. White
Charles A. Wickliffe
Samuel T. Worcester
Hendrick B. Wright
George H. Yeaman.

Mr. Moses F. Odell

Abraham B Olin
Timothy G. Phelps
Frederick A. Pike
Theodore M. Pomeroy
John F. Potter
Thomas L. Price
Alexander H. Rice
John H. Rice
Albert G. Riddle
James C. Robinson
Edward H. Rollins
James S. Rollins
Aaron A Sargent
Joseph Segar
William P. Sheffield
Socrates N. Sherman
A. Scott Sloan
Edward H. Smith
Elbridge G. Spaulding
Thaddeus Stevens
Benjamin F. Thomas
Burt Van Horn
Amasa Walker

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