Mr. John A. Bingham Jacob P. Chamberlain Reuben E. Fenton Mr. Michael Hahn Edward Haight Mr. Albert G. Porter Ellihu B. Washburne Mr. James C. Robinson Clement L. Vallandigham Elijah Ward Kellian V. Whaley Chilton A. White Charles A. Wickliffe Benjamin Wood George C. Woodruff George H. Yeaman. So the bill was passed. 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 amendments of the House to the said bill. Another 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. 365. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to promote the progress of the useful arts, with amendments; in which I am directed to ask the concurrence of this house. On motion of Mr. Dawes, by unanimous consent, Ordered, That the bill of the House (H. R. 774) to provide for the election of representatives in Congress from the State of Louisiana, be printed. The Speaker having proceeded, as the regular order of business, to call the committees for reports, Mr. Albert S. White, from the select committee on emancipation, to whom was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 685) giving aid to the State of Maryland for the purpose of securing the abolishment of slavery in said State, reported the same with sundry amendments. Mr. Albert S. White moved that the said bill be recommitted to the said committee. Pending which, Mr. White moved the previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered and put, viz: Shall the said bill be recommitted? And it was decided in the affirmative, {Xays..... 75 55 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present. Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. Cyrus Aldrich John B. Alley Fernando C. Beaman Mr. Sidney Edgerton Thomas M. Edwards Reuben E. Fenton Mr. William Mitchell James K. Moorhead John H. Rice Albert G. Riddle William Windom. Mr. Pendleton subsequently moved a reconsideration of the vote last taken; which motion was passed over. Mr. Granger, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee did this day present to the President of the United States a joint resolution and bills of the following titles, viz: S. Res. 114. Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to pay to Perry E. Brocchus his salary as judge of the supreme court of the United States for the Territory of New Mexico; S. 451. An act to prevent correspondence with rebels; S. 514. An act for the relief of Elizabeth M. Baxter, widow of the late Robert Baxter, second lieutenant of the 10th regiment Minnesota volunteers; S. 473. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to prevent members of Congress and officers of the government of the United States from taking considerations for procuring contracts, office, or place from the United States, and for other purposes;" and S. 535. An act for the relief of Emma L. Fuller. A message from the Senate, by Mr. Forney, their Secretary: Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed bills of the following titles. viz: S. 439. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri river to the Pacific ocean;" S. 543. An act to provide for the disposal of certain lands therein named; S. 549. An act to change the name of the steamer "J. L. McGill" to that of the "Hope;" and S. 556. An act to promote the health, comfort, and efficiency of the armies of the United States; in which I am directed to ask the concurrence of the House. The President of the United States has notified the Senate that he did, on the 21st instant, approve and sign a bill of the following title, viz: S. 417. An act for the removal of the Winnebago Indians, and for the sale of their reservation in Minnesota for their benefit. Mr. Albert S. White, from the select committee on emancipation, reported a bill (H. R. 777) to aid the State of Missouri in the emanci pation of the slaves therein. When Mr. Vallandigham made the point of order that the committee, being a select committee, and having some time before reported and having been discharged, and only revived by having the House, with the Senate's amendment, referred to it, its report now must be confined to that bill, and amendments to, or a substitute for, it; and that no reference of the subject generally to it, prior to its first report and consequent discharge, could authorize it to report a new bill disconnected from the bill and Senate's amendment afterwards referred to it. The Speaker overruled the said point of order on the ground that even if the committee had been dissolved by the former report, (which he did not admit to be the case with the present committee,) the recommitment of the House bill and Senate's amendment had revived it with all the powers it possessed before said report, and its right to report a new bill, based upon the President's message heretofore referred to it, is as perfect now as it ever was. From this decision of the Chair Mr. Norton appealed. Pending which, Mr. Washburne moved that the appeal be laid on the table. Mr. Cox, by unanimous consent, submitted the following resolu tion; which was read and referred to the Committee on Printing, viz: Resolved, That one thousand copies of the Mexican papers recently reported to the House be printed. The hour of 4 o'clock having arrived, the House took a recess until 7 o'clock p. m. AFTER THE RECESS. A message from the Senate, by Mr. Forney, their Secretary: Mr. Speaker: The Senate request the return to that body of the bill of the Senate (S. 556) to promote the health, comfort, and efficiency of the armies of the United States, for the purpose of correcting a clerical error in the engrossment of the bill. The Speaker having announced, as the regular order of business, the appeal taken by Mr. Norton from the decision of the Chairthe pending question when the House took a recess being on the motion of Mr. Washburne to lay the same on the table, The question was put on the said motion to lay on the table. Yeas.... And there appeared, {Nays.. 30 18 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, On motion of Mr. Sheffield, Ordered, That there be a call of the House. The roll having been called, The following named members failed to answer to their names, viz: William J. Allen, Elijah Babbitt, Portus Baxter, Charles J. Biddle, Samuel S. Blair, Harrison G. Blake, George H. Browne, Alfred A. Burnham, Charles B. Calvert, James H. Campbell, Ambrose W. Clark, George T. Cobb, Martin F. Conway, Erastus Corning, John Covode, Samuel S. Cox, James A. Cravens, John J. Crittenden, Charles Delano, Isaac C. Delaplaine, Alexander S. Diven, R. Holland Duell, W. McKee Dunn, Sidney Edgerton, Thomas M. Edwards, Alfred Ely, James E. English, Reuben E. Fenton, Benjamin F. Flanders, George P. Fisher, Richard Franchot, John N. Goodwin, John A. Gurley, Michael Hahn, John Hickman, Samuel Hooper, John Hutchins, William D. Kelley, Francis W. Kellogg, James E. Kerrigan, Anthony L. Knapp, William E. Lehman, Walter D. McIndoe, James B. McKean, Robert McKnight, Edward McPherson, James R. Morris, John W. Noell, Moses F. Odell, John Patton, John S. Phelps, John F. Potter, Alexander H. Rice, Joseph Segar, Samuel Shellabarger, Socrates N. Sherman, A. Scott Sloan, Edward H. Smith, Benjamin F. Thomas, Charles R. Train, William Vandever, Burt Van Horn, Robert B. Van Valkenburgh, John P. Verree, Chauncey Vibbard, Amasa Walker, William Wall, E. P. Walton, Elijah Ward, Ellihu B. Washburne, Kellian V. Whaley, George C. Woodruff, Samuel T. Worcester, Hendrick B. Wright. On motion of Mr. Maynard, Ordered, That all further proceedings in the call be dispensed with. The question then recurred on laying the appeal on the table. And being put, .... It was decided in the affirmative, {Nays.. 79 |