of the Post Office Department during the fiscal year ending the 30th of June, 1856. The Senate have passed bills of this House of the following titles, viz: H. R. 317. An act for the relief of Smith & Hunt, of Toledo, Ohio; and H. R. 764. An act to change the times for holding the terms of the district court of the United States for the northern district of Alabama; severally without amendment. The Senate have agreed to the amendment of this House to the bill of the Senate (S. 228) for the relief of Valentine Wehrheim. Mr. Train, from the select committee appointed under the resolutions of the House of March 5, 1860, reported the following resolution; which was read, considered, and agreed to, viz: Resolved, That the Speaker of the House of Representatives be directed to issue process for the arrest of Charles A. Dunham, of New York city; Alexander Hay, Gideon G. Westcott, and Albert Schofield, of the city of Philadelphia; William Kearns, of Reading, in the State of Pennsylvania. Mr. Vallandigham gave notice, under the rule, of his intention to move for leave to introduce a bill to regulate the mode of proceeding in contested elections in the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States. Mr. Davidson, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee had examined and found truly enrolled bills of the following titles, viz: H. R. 317. An act for the relief of Smith & Hunt, of Toledo, Ohio; H. R. 764. An act to change the times for holding the terms of the district court of the United States for the northern district of Alabama. When The Speaker signed the same. A message from the Senate, by Mr. Patton, one of their clerks: Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed a bill of the following title, viz: S. 452. An act for the relief of Sylvester Gray; in which I am directed to ask the concurrence of this House. A message was received from the President of the United States, by J. Buchanan, his private secretary, notifying the House that he did, on the 7th instant, approve andsign a bill of the following title, viz: H. R. 284. An act for the relief of John W. Taylor and certain other assignees of pre-emption land locations. The House then resumed, as the regular order of business, the consideration of the report of the Committee of Elections in the Missouri contested election case; the pending question being on the resolutions reported from the said committee. After debate, Mr. Dawes moved the previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered to be put. On motion of Mr. Gartrell, by unanimous consent, 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: Green Adams, John B. Alley, Thomas L. Anderson, Elijah Babbitt, J. R. Barrett, Alexander R. Boteler, John Y. Brown, James H. Campbell, Sherrard Clemens, Clark B. Cochrane, Roscoe Conkling, Thomas Corwin, Muscoe R. H. Garnett, Chapin Hall, John B. Haskin, George S. Hawkins, John Hutchins, Lawrence M. Keitt, David Kilgore, John W. Killinger, Elbert S. Martin, John A. McClernand, W. Porcher Miles, Laban T. Moore, John T. Nixon, Abraham B. Olin, George W. Palmer, James M. Quarles, Charles B. Sedgwick, Daniel E. Sickles, Daniel E. Somes, Benjamin Stanton, Carey A. Trimble, Zebulon B. Vance, John P. Verree, Edwin H. Webster, and John Woodruff. And then, By unanimous consent, all further proceedings in the call were dispensed with.. The first resolution was then read as follows, viz: Resolved, That Hon. J. Richard Barrett is not entitled to a seat in the thirty-sixth Congress as a representative of the first congressignal district of Missouri. And the question being put, Will the House agree thereto? Yeas. It was decided in the affirmative, Nays. 94 92 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. Charles F. Adams Cyrus Aldrich Mr. John F. Farnsworth Mr. Edward McPherson Thomas C. Theaker William Vandever Mr. John A. Gilmer Andrew J. Hamilton So the first resolution was agreed to. And it was Mr. James Wilson Mr. William E. Niblack James C. Robinson Daniel E. Sickles James H. Thomas Resolved, That Hon. J. Richard Barrett is not entitled to a seat in the thirty-sixth Congress as a representative of the first congressional district of Missouri. 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. The second resolution was then read as follows, viz: Resolved, That Hon. Francis P. Blair, jr., is entitled to a seat in the thirty-sixth Congress as a representative from the first congressional district of Missouri. Pending which, Mr. Gartrell moved that it be laid on the table. And the question being put, It was decided in the negative, {eas... 91 93 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. Garnett B. Adrain William Allen Mr. John D. Ashmore Mr. William Barksdale Thomas S. Bocock Mr. John E. Bouligny Horace F. Clark John B. Clark Williamson R. W. Cobb John Cochrane Burton Craige Martin J. Crawford Lucius J. Gartrell John A. Gilmer Andrew J. Hamilton Thomas Hardeman, jr. John T. Harris Mr. Robert Hatton William S. Holman Those who voted in the negative are Mr. Charles F. Adams Cyrus Aldrich John F. Farnsworth Mr. Stephen C. Foster Augustus Frank Ezra B. French Daniel W. Gooch James H. Graham Galusha A Grow John A. Gurley James T. Hale William Helmick John Hickman Charles B. Hoard William A. Howard James Humphrey William Irvine Francis W. Kellogg William Kellogg William S. Kenyon De Witt C. Leach M. Lindley Lee Henry C. Longnecker Dwight Loomis Owen Lovejoy Gilman Marston James B. McKean Robert McKnight Edward McPherson William Millward James K. Moorhead Justin S. Morrill Edward Joy Morris John J. Perry Mr. George H. Pendleton James H. Thomas Mr. Albert G. Porter Henry Waldron Cadwalader C. Washburn James Wilson William Windom John Wood. So the House refused to lay the second resolution on the table. Mr. Pryor moved, at 4 o'clock and 43 minutes p. m., that the House adjourn; which motion was disagreed to. The second resolution was again read. And the question being put, Will the House agree thereto? It was decided in the affirmative, {Nas.. 93 91 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. Charles F. Adams Cyrus Aldrich John F. Farnsworth Mr. Stephen C. Foster Francis W. Kellogg Those who voted in the negative are Mr. Henry A. Edmundson Thomas B. Florence Mr. Albert G. Porter Cadwalader C. Washbura Mr. Horace Maynard John McQueen |