Mr. Hickman, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported a bill (H. R. 818) for the relief of William A. Linn's estate; which was read a first and second time, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed.

Mr. Reynolds, from the same committee, to whom was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 682) to provide for serving process in certain cases, reported the same with a recommendation that it do not pass, accompanied by an adverse report in writing thereon.

Ordered, That the said bill be laid on the table, and that the report be printed.

Mr. Reynolds, from the same committee, made an adverse report on the memorial of the justices of the inferior court of Cobb county, Georgia, relative to a jail, &c.; which was laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.

On motion of Mr. Reynolds, by unanimous consent,

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Interior be requested to furnish this House with a statement of all sums paid out of the treasury for the expenses of the Court of Claims and for the defence by the gov ernment of cases therein since its organization, specifying the character of the expenditure, to whom paid, and the amount in detail.

On motion of Mr. Hickman,

Ordered, That the Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from the further consideration of the memorial of the grand jury for the district court of the United States for the district of South Carolina, asking an appropriation for the construction of a court-house at Greenville, South Carolina, and that the same be laid upon the table.

On motion of Mr. Taylor,

Ordered, That the Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from the further consideration of the petition of citizens of the State of Iowa, praying for a law authorizing the judges of the United States district courts to employ and pay counsel for defending prisoners tried before them, and that the same be laid upon the table.

On motion of Mr. Taylor,

Ordered, That the Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from the inquiry as to whether provision by law ought not to be made to vindicate the exemption of naturalized citizens of the United States from the claim of other governments of a right to enforce against such citizens the obligations of a prior and different allegiance," and that the same be referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Mr. Nelson, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported a bill (H. R. 819) providing for additional terms of the United States circuit and district courts in the State of Kentucky; which was read a first and second time, and the House, by unanimous consent, proceeded to its further consideration.

Ordered, That the said bill be engrossed and read a third time.
Being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time.
The question then being on its passage,

Mr. Burnett moved the previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered, and under the operation thereof the bill was passed.

Mr. Mallory moved that the vote last taken be reconsidered, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table; which latter motion was agreed to.

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

Mr. Houston, from the same committee, to whom was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 764) to change the times for holding the terms of the district court of the United States for the northern district of Alabama, reported the same without amendment.

The House having, by unanimous consent, proceeded to the further consideration of the said bill,

Ordered, That it be engrossed and read a third time.

Being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time and passed. Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate therein.

The hour, within which a motion to suspend the rules was not in order, having expired,

The Speaker announced as the business in order the motion heretofore submitted by Mr. Noell, and pending when the House adjourned on Monday, the 21st ultimo, to suspend the rules, so as to discharge the Committee of the Whole House from the further consideration of the bill of the House (H. R. 118) to confirm certain private land claims in the State of Missouri.

And the question being put, it was decided in the affirmative-twothirds voting in favor thereof.

And thereupon the House proceeded to the consideration of the said bill-the pending question being on the amendment reported thereto from the Committee on Private Land Claims.

The said amendment was then agreed to, and the bill ordered to be engrossed and read a third time.

Being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time and passed. Mr. Noell 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.

On motion of Mr. Scott, (the rules having been suspended for that purpose,) the Committee of the Whole House were discharged from the further consideration of the bill of the Senate (S. 249) for the relief of Samuel J. Hensley, and the House proceeded to consider the

same.

Ordered, That the said bill be read a third time.

It was accordingly read the third time and passed.

Mr. Scott 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. Keitt 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. 188) entitled "An act for the relief of the surviving grandchildren of Colonel William Thompson, of the revolutionary army of South Carolina," and to enable the House to consider the

And the question being put,

It was decided in the affirmative, {es..

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

So the rules were suspended, and the House thereupon proceeded to the consideration of the said bill.

Ordered, That it be read a third time.

It was accordingly read the third time and passed.
Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate therewith.

On motion of Mr. Vandever, (the rules having been suspended for that purpose,) the Committee of the Whole House were discharged from the further consideration of the bill of the Senate (S. 371) entitled "An act for the relief of certain settlers in the State of Iowa,' and the House proceeded to consider the same.

Ordered, That the said bill be read a third time.

It was accordingly read the third time and passed.

Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate therewith.

Mr. Vandever moved that the vote by which said bill was passed be reconsidered, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table; which latter motion was agreed to.

Mr. Haskin, from the Committee on Printing, to whom was referred the joint resolution of the House (H. Res. 41) to reduce the price of public printing, reported the same without amendment.

Ordered, That the said resolution be printed, and its further consideration postponed until Wednesday next, the 6th instant.

Mr. Haskin 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. Gooch, (the rules having been suspended for that purpose,) the Committee of the Whole House were discharged from the further consideration of the bill of the House (H. R. 423) for the relief of Philip B. Holmes and William Pedrich; and the House proceeded to consider the same.

Ordered, That the said bill be engrossed and read a third time. Being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time and passed. Mr. Gooch moved that the vote last taken be reconsidered, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table; which latter motion was agreed to.

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

Mr. Etheridge moved that the rules be suspended, so as to enable him to introduce a joint resolution (H. Res. 42) giving construction to the second section of the act of February 3, 1853, to continue half pay to certain widows and orphans.

And the question being put,

It was decided in the affirmative, {es

Two-thirds voting in favor thereof.

Yeas.
Nays..

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

Mr. Green Adams

Cyrus Aldrich

William Allen

William C. Anderson

William T. Avery

Thomas J. Barr

J. R. Barrett

Harrison G. Blake

Mr. Etheridge introduced the said joint resolution; which was read a first and second time.

Ordered, That it be engrossed and read a third time.

Being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time and passed. Mr. Etheridge moved that the vote last taken be reconsidered, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table; which latter motion was agreed to.

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

On motion of Mr. Ellihu B. Washburne, by unanimous consent, the Committee of the Whole House were discharged from the further consideration of the bill of the Senate (S. 238) for the relief of M. C. Gritzner, and the House proceeded to consider the same.

Ordered, That the said bill be read a third time.

It was accordingly read the third time and passed.

Mr. Ellihu B. Washburne moved that the vote last taken be reconsidered, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table; which latter motion was agreed to.

Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate with the passage of the said bill.