Mr. Fenton moved the previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered, and under the operation thereof the said amendments were agreed to. Mr. Fenton 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 acquaint the Senate with the concurrence of the House in the said amendments. The joint resolution of the House (H. Res. 153) authorizing the adjustment of the account of Z. B. Caverly, late secretary of legation at Peru, for loss by exchange, with the amendment of the Senate thereto, having been taken up, the said amendment was agreed to. Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate therewith. A message from the Senate, by Mr. Forney, their Secretary: viz: S. 546. An act for the relief of Margaret L. Stevens, widow of Brigadier General Isaac I. Stevens; and S. 577. An act further to regulate proceedings in prize cases, and to amend various acts of Congress in relation thereto; in which I am directed to ask the concurrence of this house. The bill of the Senate (S. 208) granting lands to the States of Michigan and Wisconsin to aid in the construction of a military road from Fort Wilkins, Copper Harbor, Keweenaw county, in the State of Michigan, to Fort Howard, Green Bay, in the State of Wisconsin, was then taken up, and read a first and second time. Pending the question on its third reading, Mr. Francis W. Kellogg moved the previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered, and under the operation thereof the bill was ordered to be read the third time. It was accordingly read the third time and passed. Mr. Trowbridge 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 acquaint the Senate with the passage of the said bill. The joint resolution of the Senate (S. 131) to facilitate the payment of sick and wounded soldiers in the hospitals and convalescent camps was taken up, read three times, and 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 acquaint the Senate with the passage of the said joint resolution. The hour of 1 o'clock p. m. having arrived, the Speaker announced, in pursuance of the order of Friday last, that the time had arrived for voting upon the report of the committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two houses on 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. And the question being put, Will the House agree to the said report? Yeas. It was decided in the affirmative, {Nays: 99 45 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. Cyrus Aldrich Fernando C. Beaman Reuben E. Fenton Thomas A. D. Fessenden Benjamin F. Flanders Mr. George P. Fisher So the report was agreed to. Mr. Timothy G. Phelps Frederick A. Pike Albert G. Riddle Mr. George K. Shiel Edward H. Smith Mr. Stevens 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 acquaint the Senate with the concurrence of the House in the said report. The bill of the Senate (S. 509) to provide for the organization of a signal corps to serve during the present war was then taken up, and read a first and second time. Pending the question on its third reading, Sundry amendments were submitted by Mr. McPherson, and also an amendment by Mr. Dunn; which were severally agreed to, under the operation of the previous question specially moved thereon. Mr. Holman moved further to amend the said bill by adding thereto the following: "SEC.. And be it further enacted, That the pay of the privates in the regular army and volunteers and militia in the service of the United States shall be fifteen dollars per month from and after the first day of March, 1863, until otherwise provided by law. The question being put, Will the House agree thereto? Yeas .... It was decided in the affirmative, {Nays... ... 84 45 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. Aaron Harding Richard A. Harrison Cornelius L. L. Leary Mr Alexander H. Rice Clement L. Vallandigham Amasa Walker Ellihu B. Washburne Mr. William P. Cutler Mr. Alfred Ely Benjamin F. Flanders Edward McPherson Mr. James K. Moorhead So the said amendment was agreed to. Mr. William P. Sheffield Rob't B. Van Valkenburgh 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 further amendment to the bill was submitted by Mr. Wright, and agreed to by the House. Ordered, That the bill be read a third time. It was accordingly read the third time and passed. The title of the bill was then amended by adding thereto “and for other purposes;" and the title, as amended, was agreed to. Mr. McPherson moved that the vote by which the bill was passed 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. Mr. Porter, from the committee of conference on the disagree. ing votes of the two houses on the bill of the House (H. R. 226) to amend "An act to establish a court for the investigation of claims against the United States," approved February 24, 1855, submitted the following report, viz: "The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two houses on the amendments to the bill (H. R. 226) to amend an act to establish a court for the investigation of claims against the United States, approved February twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, having met, after full and free conference have agreed to recommend, and do recommend, to their respective houses as follows: "That the Senate recede from their first, third, seventeenth, and twentieth amendments. "That the House recede from their disagreement to the second, fourth, sixth, eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth, fifteenth, eighteenth, twenty-first, twenty-third, twenty-fifth, twentyfifth and a half, twenty-seventh, twenty-eighth, thirty-first, thirty second, thirty-third, thirty-fourth, thirty-fifth, thirty-seventh, and thirty-eighth amendments of the Senate, and agree to the same. "That the House recede from their disagreement to the Senate's fifth, seventh, fourteenth, sixteenth, nineteenth, twenty-second, twenty-fourth, twenty-sixth, twenty-ninth, thirtieth, and thirty-sixth amendments, changing the numbers of the sections of said bill, and agree to the same amended so as to number the sections of said bill, as herewith reported, consecutively from section number one to section number fourteen, inclusive. "Managers on the part of the House of Representatives "A. G. PORTER. "J. C. ROBINSON. "Managers on the part of the Senate "LYMAN TRUMBULL. The same having been read, Mr. Porter moved the previous question. Mr. McPherson moved that the report be laid on the table; which motion was disagreed to. 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 report was agreed to. Mr. Porter 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 acquaint the Senate therewith. The bill of the Senate (S. 512) to disapprove of the 26th section of the act of the legislative assembly of the Territory of Nevada, and for other purposes, was taken up, and read a first and second time. Pending the question on its third reading, Mr. Bingham moved the previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered, and under the operation thereof the bill was ordered to be read a third time. It was accordingly read the third time and passed. Mr. Bingham 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 acquaint the Senate with the passage of the said bill. Several messages in writing were received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Nicolay, his private secretary; which were handed in at the Speaker's table. The bill of the Senate (S. 359) to reorganize the courts in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes, was taken up and read a first and second time. Pending the question on its third reading, Mr. William Kellogg moved the previous question. Pending which, Mr. Pendleton moved that the bill be laid on the table. And the question being put, It was decided in the negative, {Xeys.... 58 79 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, |