Patents, submitted a report in writing, accompanied by the following resolution, viz:

Resolved, That the report of the select committee appointed pursuant to a resolution of the House of January 30, 1862, to investigate the charges made in a certain pamphlet against the management of the Patent Office, with the evidence accompanying the same, be, and the same is hereby, ordered to be printed, and that a copy of said evidence and report be transmitted to the President of the United States. The question being put, Will the House agree to the said resolu tion?

It was decided in the affirmative.

So the said resolution was agreed to.

Mr. Beaman, by unanimous consent, presented joint resolutions of the legislature of the State of Michigan, "on the state of the Union;" which were laid on the table and ordered to be printed.

Mr. Dawes, by unanimous consent, from the Committee of Elections, to whom was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 768) to provide for the election of representatives in Congress from the State of Tennessee, reported the same with an amendment.

Pending the question on agreeing to the said amendment,
Mr. Stiles moved that the bill be laid on the table.

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

So the House refused to lay the bill on the table.

The amendment reported from the Committee of Elections was then agreed to, and the bill ordered to be engrossed and read a third time. The question was then put, Shall the bill pass

And it was decided in the affirmative, Nays...

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

Mr. Thomas A. D. Fessenden Mr. John Patton

On motion of Mr. Dawes, the title of the bill was amended by adding the words "and Louisiana;" and the title as amended was then agreed to.

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.

Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate in the said bill.

In further execution of the order of this morning,
Bills of the Senate of the following titles, viz:

S. 526. An act to authorize the appointment of an assistant treasurer of the United States, and to fix the pay of the Treasurer, assistant treasurer, clerks, and messengers in the office of the Treasurer;

S. 483. An act to establish the gauge of the Pacific railroad and its branches; and

S. 548. An act to provide circuit courts for the districts of Cali fornia and Oregon, and for other purposes;

were severally taken from the Speaker's table, read three times, and passed.

Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate therewith.

Mr. Fenton moved that the vote by which the said bill (S. 526) was passed, be reconsidered, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; which latter motion was agreed to.

The bill of the Senate (S. 435) for a grant of lands to the State of Kansas, in alternate sections, to aid in the construction of certain railroads and telegraphs in said State, was taken from the Speaker's table, read three times, and passed.

Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate therewith.

Mr. William Kellogg moved that the vote last taken be reconsid ered, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; which latter motion was agreed to.

The bill of the Senate (S. 452) regulating the appointment of midshipmen to the Naval Academy was then taken up and read a first and second time.

Pending the question on its third reading,

Mr. Sedgwick submitted an amendment thereto.

Pending which,

Mr. Sedgwick moved the previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered, and under the operation thereof the said amendment was agreed to, and the bill ordered to be read a third time.

It was accordingly read the third time and passed.

Mr. Sedgwick 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 amendment.

Bills of the Senate of the following titles, viz:

S. 557. An act to provide for issuing an American register to the steam-vessel "Maple Leaf;" and

S. 534. An act for the relief of Caroline T. Renshaw;

were severally taken from the Speaker's table, read three times, and passed.

Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate therewith.

Mr. Granger, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee had examined and found truly enrolled joint resolutions and bills of the following titles, viz:

H. Res. 153. Joint resolution authorizing the adjustment of the accounts of Z. B. Caverly, late secretary of legation at Peru, for loss by exchange;

H. Res. 96. Joint resolution relative to the claim of W. Maxwell Wood;

H. R. C. C. III. An act for the relief of O. B. and Oliver S. Latham; H. Res. 150. Joint resolution in relation to telegraph companies in the District of Columbia;

H. R. 365. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to promote the progress of the useful arts;"

H. R. 468. An act to extend the charter of the Alexandria and Washington Railroad Company, and for other purposes;

H. R. 726. An act granting a pension to Francis H. Plummer, widow of the late Brigadier General Joseph B. Plummer, of the United States army;

H. R. 708. An act making appropriations for the naval service for the year ending June 30, 1864, and for other purposes;

H. Res. 63. Joint resolution providing for the distribution of certain public books and documents;

H. R. 659. An act to provide ways and means for the support of the government; and

H. R. 731. An act making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, for the year ending June 30, 1864. When

The Speaker signed the same.

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. 647. An act for the relief of the administrator of Captain Richard Stevenson, deceased; and

H. R. 523. An act to promote the efficiency of the corps of engineers and of the ordnance and quartermaster's departments, and for other purposes;

the former without and the latter with amendments, in which I am directed to ask the concurrence of the House.

Bills and a joint resolution of the Senate of the following titles, viz: S. 537. An act to grant the right of pre-emption to certain purchasers on the "Soscol Ranch," in the State of California;

S. Res. 129. Joint resolution authorizing the collection in coin of postage due on unpaid mail matter from foreign countries;

S. 564. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to authorize the employment of volunteers to aid in enforcing the laws and protecting public property," approved July 22, 1861; and

S. 565. An act for the removal of the Sisseton, Wahpaton, Medawakanton, and Wahpakoota bands of Sioux Indians, and for the disposition of their lands in Minnesota and Dakota;

were severally taken up, read three times, and passed.

Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate with the passage of the said bills and resolution.

Mr. Sargent moved that the vote by which the bill of the Senate No. 537 was passed be reconsidered, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; which latter motion was agreed to.

Mr. Olin moved that the vote by which the bill of the Senate No. 564 was passed be reconsidered, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; which latter motion was agreed to.

Mr. Windom moved that the vote by which the bill of the Senate No. 565 was passed be reconsidered, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; which latter motion was agreed to. The bill of the House (H. R. 523) to promote the efficiency of the corps of engineers and of the ordnance and quartermaster's depart ments, and for other purposes, with the amendments of the Senate thereto, having been taken up,

The said amendments were agreed to.

Mr. McPherson 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 bill of the Senate (S. 540) to authorize the brevetting of volunteer and other officers in the United States service, was taken up, read three times, and passed.

Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate therewith.

The bill of the Senate (S. 549) to change the name of the steamer "J. L. McGill" to that of the "Hope," was taken up and read a first and second time.

On motion of Mr. Eliot,

Ordered, That it be laid on the table.

The bill of the Senate (S. 554) to carry into effect the convention between the United States and the republic of Peru, signed at Lima, on the 12th of January, 1863, for the settlement of claims; was taken up and read a first and second time.

On motion of Mr. Olin, the rules having been suspended for that purpose, the House proceeded to its further consideration. Pending the question on its third reading,

Mr. Holman moved to amend the same by striking out the word