Mr. Sherman moved that the several votes on the said resolutions be reconsidered, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; which latter motion was agreed to. Mr. Burlingame moved that the rules be suspended, so as to discharge the Committee of the Whole House from the further consideration of the bill of the Senate (S. 14) for the relief of Francis Dainese, and to enable the House to consider the same. And the question being put, It was decided in the affirmative, { Two-thirds voting in favor thereof. The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. Charles F. Adams Green Adams Cyrus Aldrich John B. Alley Mr. H. Winter Davis Mr. George W. Hughes John Hutchins So the rules were suspended. And thereupon The House proceeded to the consideration of the said bill. It was accordingly read the third time and passed. Mr. Burlingame 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. Mr. Gurley, from the Committee on Printing, reported the following resolution, viz: Resolved, That there be printed, in addition to the usual number, two hundred and fifteen thousand extra copies of the report of the Commissioner of Patents on agriculture for the year 1859; fifteen thousand of which shall be for distribution by the Interior Department, and two hundred thousand for the use of the House of Representatives. Pending which, Mr. John B. Clark moved to amend the same by striking out the words "two hundred and fifteen," and inserting in lieu thereof the words "three hundred;" and by inserting after the words "two hundred," where they last occur, the words "and eighty-five." Pending which, Mr. John B. Clark moved the previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered and put, first, Will the House agree to the said amendment, And it was decided in the affirmative, {Nays 95 67 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are— Mr. Charles F. Adams Green Adams Cyrus Aldrich William C. Anderson Emerson Etheridge Mr. John F. Farnsworth Reuben E Fenton J. Morrison Harris So the said amendment was agreed to. Mr. William Millward Clement L. Vallandigham E. P. Walton Cadwalader C. Washburn John Woodruff Mr. Jetur R. Riggs Thomas Ruffin James H. Thomas Alfred Wells William G. Whiteley The question was then put, Will the House agree to the said resolution as amended? And it was decided in the affirmative,{ .... Yeas. 102 60 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. Charles F. Adams Green Adams John B. Alley Mr. John F Farnsworth Those who voted in the negative are Mr. William T. Avery William Barksdale Thomas J. Barr Charles L. Beale Williamson R. W. Cobb So it was Mr. John T. Harris Charles B. Hoard Mr William Millward Thomas C. Theaker Clement L. Vallandigham Cadwalader C. Washburn Edwin H. Webster Mr. John H. Reagan Miles Taylor James H. Thomas John W. H. Underwood Alfred Wells William G. Whiteley James Wilson Warren Winslow Resolved, That there be printed, in addition to the usual number, three hundred thousand extra copies of the report of the Commissioner of Patents on agriculture for the year 1859; fifteen thousand of which shall be for distribution by the Interior Department, and two hundred and eighty-five thousand for the use of the House of Representatives. Mr. Gurley 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. Mr. Gurley, from the Committee on Printing, reported the following resolutions; which were severally read, considered, and, under the operation of the previous question, agreed to, viz: Resolved, That there be printed five thousand extra copies of the report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1859; three thousand for the use of the members of the House, and two thousand for the use of said Institution. Resolved, That there be printed five thousand extra copies of the report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey for the year 1859; three thousand of which shall be for distribution by said Superintendent, and two thousand shall be for the use of the members of the House. Mr. Gurley moved that the votes by which the said resolutions were agreed to be reconsidered, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; which latter motion was agreed to. Mr. Gurley, from the same committee, reported the following resolution, viz: Resolved, That there be printed for the use of the House five thousand copies, in addition to the usual number, of the report of First Lieutenant J. C. Ives, topographical engineers, upon the exploration of the river Colorado of the West, with the maps accompanying said report; and that five hundred copies be printed for the use of the commanding officer of the expedition. Pending which, On motion of Mr. Ellihu B. Washburne, Ordered, That the said resolution be laid on the table. Mr. Sickles moved that the rules be suspended, so as to discharge the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union from the further consideration of the bill of the House (H. R. 760) to authorize a change of the place of trial in civil cases in the circuit and district courts of the United States. Pending which, Mr. John B. Clark moved, at 9 o'clock and 25 minutes p. m., that the House adjourn; which motion was disagreed to. The question then recurred on the motion of Mr. Sickles; And being put, it was decided in the negative-two-thirds not voting in favor thereof. Mr. Millward called up the motion, heretofore submitted, to reconsider the vote by which the bill of the House (H. R. 814) providing for the erection of a post office in the city of Philadelphia. Pending which, On motion of Mr. Burnett, at 9 o'clock and 30 minutes p. m., the House adjourned. |