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. On motion of Mr. Bingham, Ordered, That the Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from the further consideration of sundry petitions of citizens of Virginia in favor of the passage of the bill for the admission of the State of West Virginia into the Union, and that the same be laid on the table. Mr. Frederick A. Conkling moved a reconsideration of the vote by which the bill of the Senate (S. 407) to fix the terms of the circuit court in the district of Wisconsin was yesterday passed. The said motion was passed over for the present. On motion of Mr. Frederick A. Conkling, Ordered, That the Senate be requested to return the said bill (S. 407) to the House. Mr. Wilson, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 608) prescribing the times and places for holding terms of the circuit court for the districts of Iowa, Minnesota, and Kansas, reported the same with an amendment. The House having proceeded to the consideration of the bill, Mr. Wilson submitted an additional amendment; which was also agreed to. Ordered, That the bill be engrossed and read a third time. 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. 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: H. R. 598. An act to adjust appropriations heretofore made for the civil service of the Navy Department to the present organization of that department. When The Speaker signed the same. Mr. Clark, from the Committee on Printing, reported the following resolution; which was read, considered and agreed to, viz: Resolved, That 5,000 copies of the report of the board of naval officers appointed to examine certain proposed sites for a navy yard (now in possession of the Senate) be printed for the use of the House. Mr. Eliot, 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 inquire into the expediency of providing by law that in estimating the numbers of soldiers enrolled from the several States in the army of the United States, credit shall be given for the men from the said States who are enlisted in the naval service of the United States, and who would be otherwise liable to military draft. Mr. Wright, by unanimous consent, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of officers of the 13th regiment Indiana volunteers for relief on account of the loss of clothing in the peninsula campaign, made a report thereon, accompanied by the following resolution; which was read, considered, and agreed to, viz: Resolved, That the Committee on Military Affairs be discharged from the further consideration of the subject, because the relief prayed for is already provided by law. On motion of Mr. Stevens, the House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union; and after some time spent therein, the Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Colfax reported that the committee having, according to order, had the special order under consideration, viz: H. R. 610. A bill making appropriations for the support of the army for the year ending the 30th of June, 1864, had directed him to report the same without amendment. Pending the question on its engrossment, Mr. Wadsworth moved that its further consideration be postponed until the 2d day of January next. And the question being put, It was decided in the negative, { Yeas. 28 93 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. William Allen Sydenham E. Ancona Mr. Charles B. Calvert Mr. Samuel S. Cox Andrew J. Clements James A. Cravens Mr. Cyrus Aldrich James E. English Samuel C. Fessenden Thomas A. D. Fessenden Mr. Richard Franchot Augustus Frank John W. Nocll Moses F. Odell John Patton So the motion to postpone was disagreed to. Mr. Nehemiah Perry The question then recurring on the engrossment of the bill, It was decided in the affirmative, {Nays... . 90 27 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. Ailey Fernando C. Beaman Mr. James Buffinton Alfred A. Burnham Mr. William P. Cutler Samuel C. Fessenden So it was ordered that the main question be now put. And being put, It was ordered that the bill be engrossed and read a third time. Being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time. Pending the question on its passage, Mr. Stevens moved the previous question, which was seconded and the main question ordered and put, viz: Shall the bill pass? Yeas... 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. Cyrus Aldrich William Allen Fernando C. Beaman Mr. Jacob P. Chamberlain Mr. Thomas M. Edwards Thomas D. Eliot Reuben E. Fenton Samuel C. Fessenden Thomas A. D. Fessenden Mr. Richard A. Harrison John Hickman Mr. James R. Morris Warren P. Noble Those who voted in the negative are Mr. A. Scott Sloan Edward H. Smith Rob't B. Van Valkenburgh Amasa Walker William Wall Ellihu B. Washburne Mr. Henry May Elijah H. Norton Mr. Charles A. Wickliffe Mr. Benjamin Wood. So the bill was passed. 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 request the concurrence of the Senate in the said bill. Mr. Bingham, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. R. 618) in amendment of an act in amendment of the acts respecting the judicial system of the United States, approved February 28, 1839; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Aldrich, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. R. 619) to indemnify the State of Minnesota for expenses incurred in the suppression of Indian disturbances and actual hostilities in said State since the 15th of August, 1862; which was read a first and second. time, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. A message from the Senate, by Mr. Hickey, their chief clerk: Mr. Speaker: The Senate return to this house, agreeably to the request of the House, the bill of the Senate (S. 407) to fix the terms of the circuit court in the district of Wisconsin. The Senate have passed a bill of this house of the following title, viz: H. R. 592. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to provide internal revenue to support the government and to pay interest on the public debt," approved July 1, 1862, with amendments; inwhich I am directed to ask the concurrence of this house. |