After debate,

Mr. Jacob B. Blair moved to amend the said resolution by striking out the word "not;" which motion was disagreed to.

The resolution reported from the Committee of Elections was then agreed to.

So it was

Resolved, That Lewis McKenzie is not entitled to a seat in this house as a representative from the seventh congressional district in Virginia.

Mr. Dawes 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.

By unanimous consent, it was ordered that the bill of the House (H. R. 659) to provide ways and means for the support of the gov ernment, with the amendments of the Senate thereto, be now taken. up and considered until 6 o'clock p. m., when the House shall adjourn; and that the House will, to-morrow at 2 o'clock and 30 minutes p. m., take up and consider the bill of the House (H. R. 591) to indemnify the President and other persons for suspending the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus, and acts done in pursuance thereof, with the amendments of the Senate thereto, and that the House will take no recess to-day.

The House then proceeded to the consideration of the said bill of the House No. 659, with the amendments of the Senate thereto. When

The amendments numbered 1, 6, 10, and 20 having been severally amended on the motion of Mr. Justin S. Morrill, the said amendments as amended, and the amendments numbered 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 24, and 26, were severally agreed to, and the amendments numbered 9, 12, 13, 22, 23, and 25 were severally disagreed to.

Mr. Justin S. Morrill, by unanimous consent, moved that the sev eral votes on the said amendments 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 acquaint the Senate with the action of the House on their said amendments.

The hour of 6 o'clock p. m. having arrived,
The Speaker declared the House adjourned.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1863.

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

By Mr. Morris: The petition of citizens of Belmont county, Ohio, against the reduction of the tax on spirituous liquors.

By Mr. Moorhead: The memorial of citizens of Pennsylvania, asking for a reduction of the tax on common beer.

By Mr. Kelley: Two petitions from citizens of Pennsylvania, for a national currency.

By Mr. Alexander H. Rice: The petition of citizens of Roxbury, Massachusetts, for exempting papers used in prosecuting the claims of soldiers from the stamp duty.

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

By Mr. Sedgwick: The memorial of the widow of Captain E. Kirby Smith, praying for arrears of pension under an act of Congress of February 3, 1853; which was referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

By Mr. Verree: The memorial of the workmen in the Washington navy yard, District of Columbia, asking for an increase of wages; which was referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

By Mr. Riddle: The petition of Colonel Charles Whittlesey, asking for the organization of mounted rifle rangers.

By Mr. Kelley: The memorial of certain volunteers of the army of the United States, honorably discharged on account of inability, praying that the law regulating the payment of bounty may be so amended as to embrace cases like their own.

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

The Speaker, by unanimous consent, laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting lists of the clerks and other persons employed in his department during the year 1862; which was laid on the table and ordered to be printed.

A message from the Senate, by Mr. Forney, their Secretary: Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed bills of the following titles, viz:

S. 393. An act concerning letters of marque, prizes, and prize goods;

S. 428. An act to facilitate the proof for the allowance of pensions; and

S. 494. An act to give greater efficiency to the judicial system of the United States;

in which I am directed to ask the concurrence of this house.

The President of the United States has notified the Senate that he did on the 14th instant approve and sign bills of the following titles, viz:

S. 438. An act for the relief of the owners of the Norwegian bark Admiral P. Tordenskiold;

S. 482. An act to establish the office of register of deeds for the District of Columbia; and

S. 505. An act to incorporate the National Association for the Relief of Destitute Colored Women and Children.

The Senate, in the absence of the Vice-President, has chosen the honorable Solomon Foot President of the Senate, pro tempore.

A message was received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Nicolay, his private secretary, notifying the House that he did on the 16th instant approve and sign bills and a joint resolution of the following titiles, viz:

H. R. 582. An act for the relief of persons for damages sustained

by reason of depredations and injuries by certain bands of Sioux Indians;

H. R. 737. An act to issue an American register to the steamship Karnak; and

H. Res. 118. Joint resolution to revive an act to secure to the officers and men actually employed in the western department, or department of Missouri, their pay, bounty, and pension, and for other purposes. The Speaker having announced as the business first in order the bill of the House (H. R. 746) supplementary to an act approved July 14, 1862, entitled "An act to establish certain post roads," and for other purposes, heretofore reported from the Committee on Roads and Canals, the pending question being on its engrossment, The House proceeded to its consideration.

After debate,

Mr. Mallory submitted the following amendment:
Strike out the second section of the bill.

Pending which,

Mr. Mallory moved the previous question, which was seconded, and the main question ordered and put, first, Will the House agree to the said amendment?

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
Joseph Baily
Stephen Baker
Fernando C. Beaman
John A. Bingham
Jacob B. Blair
Harrison G. Blake
James Buffinton
Charles B. Calvert
James H. Campbell
Samuel L. Casey
Jacob P. Chamberlain
Schuyler Colfax

Frederick A. Conkling

Roscoe Conkling
Martin F. Conway
Samuel S. Cox
James A. Cravens
John W. Crisfield
Henry L. Dawes
Charles Delano
W. McKee Dunn
Sidney Edgerton
Thomas D. Eliot
Alfred Ely

Samuel C. Fessenden
Thomas A. D. Fessenden

Richard Franchot

Augustus Frank

Mr. Daniel W. Gooch

John N. Goodwin
Bradley F. Granger
John A. Gurley
Michael Hahn
Edward Haight
James T. Hale
William A. Hall
Aaron Harding
John Hickman
Samuel Hooper
Philip Johnson
William D. Kelley
William Kellogg
Anthony L. Knapp
William E. Lansing
John Law
Jesse Lazear
William E. Lehman
Dwight Loomis
Frederick F. Low
Walter D. McIndoe
Robert McKnight
Edward McPherson
Robert Mallory
James K. Moorhead
James R. Morris
John T. Nixon
Warren P. Noble
John W. Noell
Elijah H. Norton
Robert H. Nugen
Abraham B. Olin

Mr. George H. Pendleton
Nehemiah Perry
Timothy G. Phelps
Theodore M. Pomeroy
Albert G. Porter
Thomas L. Price
Alexander H. Rice
John H. Rice
Albert G. Riddle
James C. Robinson
James S. Rollins

Joseph Segar

John P. C. Shanks
George K. Shiel
A. Scott Sloan
Edward H. Smith
William G. Steele
Thaddeus Stevens
John D. Stiles
John L. N. Stratton
Benjamin F. Thomas
Charles R. Tain
Carey A. Trimble
Rowland E. Trowbridge
Rob't B. Van Valkenburgh
Charles H. Van Wyck
John P. Verree
Daniel W. Voorhees
Amasa Walker
John W. Wallace
Ellihu B. Washburne
Kellian V. Whaley
Chilton A. White

Under the further operation of the previous ordered to be engrossed and read a third time.

Being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time.
The question then being on its passage,

Mr. Mallory moved the previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered and put, viz: Shall the bill pass?

And it was decided in the affirmative,{

Yeas.

Nays..

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

Mr. Olin moved to amend the title so as to read, "A bill for the destruction of the navigation of the Ohio river for the benefit of certain railroad companies;" which motion was disagreed to.

The title was then agreed to.

Mr. Mallory 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.

On motion of Mr. Stevens, the morning hour having expired, the House proceeded to the consideration of the business on the Speaker's table.

The bill of the Senate (S. 407) to fix the terms of the circuit court in the district of Wisconsin, was then taken up-the pending question being on the amendment of the Senate to the amendment of the House to the said bill.

On motion of Mr. Wilson,

Ordered, That the said bill and pending amendment be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

The bill of the House (H. R. 695) to provide for the appointment of a Deputy Register in the Treasury Department, and for other purposes, with the amendments of the Senate thereto, having been taken up,

The second amendment of the Senate was read as follows, viz:
Strike out section 2, and insert in lieu thereof:

"That the duties of said assistant shall be such as may be devolved upon him by the Register of the Treasury, and in the absence of the Register, said assistant shall act in his place and stead; and any offi cial record, certificate, or other document, excepting warrants, bonds, and drafts, if signed by the Assistant Register, shall have the same legal force and validity as if signed by the Register of the Treasury.

"SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the President be, and he hereby is, authorized to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, an officer in the War Department, to be called the Solicitor of the War Department, at an annual salary of $2,500.

"SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the amount necessary to pay the salaries of the officers authorized to be appointed by this act for the current and next fiscal years, to be paid out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated."

And the question being put, Will the House agree thereto?