partment, be referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the State Department. Resolved, That so much of said message and accompanying documents as relates to expenditures in connexion with the Treasury Department, be referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department. Resolved, That so much of said message and accompanying documents as relates to expenditures in connexion with the War Department, be referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the War Department. Resolved, That so much of said message and accompanying documents as relates to expenditures in connexion with the Navy Department, be referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department. Resolved, That so much of said message and accompanying documents as relates to the expenditures in connexion with the Post Office Department, be referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department. Resolved, That so much of the President's message and accompanying documents as relates to the militia, be referred to the Committee on the Militia. Resolved, That so much of said message and accompanying documents as relates to the subject of emancipation and confiscation, be referred to the select committee on that subject appointed at the last session, with power to report by bill or otherwise. Resolved, That so much of said message as relates to the construction of a railroad to the Pacific ocean, be referred to the select committee heretofore appointed on that subject. Resolved, That so much of said message as relates to roads and canals, be referred to the standing Committee on Roads and Canals. Resolved, That so much of said message as relates to a proposed mint and assay office in the Territory of Nevada, be referred to the standing Committee of Ways and Means. The resolutions were then agreed to. 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. The Speaker appointed Mr. Noell a member of the select committee on emancipation in the place of Mr. Francis P. Blair, jr., resigned. The House proceeded, as the regular order of business, to the consideration of the bill of the House (H. R. 487) for the relief of William W. Snowhook and others, heretofore reported from the Committee on the Judiciary-the pending question being on its engross ment. After debate, Mr. William Kellogg moved the previous question. Pending which, Mr. Frederick A. Conkling moved that the bill be laid on the table. And the question being put, 42 66 It was decided in the negative, {Nays (Yeas.. 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 question then recurring on the demand for the previous question, Mr. Holman moved, at 2 o'clock and 40 minutes p. m., that the House adjourn; which motion was disagreed to. The question again recurring on the demand for the previous question, it 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. Mr. Holman moved, at 2 o'clock and 42 minutes p. m., that the House adjourn; which motion was disagreed to. The question then recurred on the passage of the bill, And being put, It was decided in the affirmative, { JYeas 65 44 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are- Mr. William Kellogg 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. A message from the Senate, by Mr. Hickey, their chief clerk: Mr. Speaker: The Senate insist on their disagreement to the amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate to the bill of the House (H. R. 581) concerning judgments in certain suits brought by the United States, agree to the conference asked by the House on the disagreeing votes of the two houses thereon, and have appointed Mr. Fessenden, Mr. Collamer, and Mr. Henderson the committee of conference on the part of the Senate. And then, On motion of Mr. Frederick A. Conkling, at 2 o'clock and 52 minutes p. m., the House adjourned. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1862. Another member appeared, viz: From the State of Ohio, William Allen. The following petitions and memorial were laid upon the Clerk's table, under the rule: By Mr. Verree: The petition of citizens of Philadelphia, Pennsyl vania, in favor of the passage of a uniform bankrupt law. By Mr. Pomeroy: Four petitions from citizens of New York, of like import. Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the select committee on the bankrupt law. By Mr. Morris: The petition of Erastus Hutchins, for an increase of pension; which was referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. Shellabarger: The petition of citizens of Ohio, in favor of the enlargement of the Illinois and Michigan canal. By Mr. Noble: The petition of citizens of Ohio, of like import. Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the select committee on the defences of great lakes and rivers. By Mr. Franchot: The memorial of the corporation of the city of Washington, District of Columbia, relative to military defences of the city; which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. The Speaker, by unanimous consent, laid before the House communications as follows, viz: I. A letter from the Postmaster General, submitting estimates for the service of the Post Office Department for the next fiscal year; which was referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. II. A letter from the Commissioner of Agriculture, in answer to resolutions of the House of the 3d and 5th instant, in regard to the expenditure of the agricultural fund; which was laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Also, copies of the laws of Dakota Territory; which were referred to the Committee on the Territories. Mr. Train, by unanimous consent, introduced a joint resolution (H. Res. 115) authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to release certain penalties; which was read a first and second time, and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Mr. Frederick A. Conkling, by unanimous consent, submitted the following resolution; which was read, considered, and agreed to, viz: Resolved, That the Committee on Naval Affairs be instructed to report at an early day to this House whether letters of marque ought to be issued for the purpose of capturing or destroying the piratical vessel known as 290 or the Alabama, and other vessels of like character now fitting out in the ports of Great Britain for the purpose of preying upon our merchantmen engaged in a lawful commerce, and what further legislation, if any, is necessary for that purpose. Mr. Granger, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee had examined and found truly enrolled a bill of the following title, viz: S. 407. An act to fix the terms of the circuit court in the district of Wisconsin. When The Speaker signed the same. A message in writing was received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Nicolay, his private secretary, which was handed in at the Speaker's table. Mr. Eliot gave notice, under the rule, of his intention to move for leave to introduce a joint resolution directing the Secretary of War to give credit, in estimating numbers of soldiers enrolled from the several States, for all men from such States enlisted in the naval service of the United States, who would be otherwise liable to military draft. The Speaker having proceeded, as the regular order of business, to call the committees for reports Mr. Bingham, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 595) to protect and grant relief to the citizens of loyal States whose property and slaves have been wrongfully taken, seduced, and abstracted by the officers and soldiers of the army of the United States, reported the same with a recommendation that it do not pass. Pending the question on its engrossment, After debate, Mr. Bingham moved that the bill be laid on the table. And the question being put, Yeas. It was decided in the affirmative, {Neys 86 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 Mr. William P. Cutler Samuel C. Fessenden Mr. Valentine B. Horton John Hutchins |