Mr. Julian, by unanimous consent, from the Committee on the Public Lands, to which was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 1714) to close the land system in certain States, reported the same with an amendment, which was agreed to. Ordered, That the bill be engrossed and read a third time. Being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time and passed. Mr. Julian 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. Cullom, by unanimous consent, submitted the following resolution which was read, considered, and agreed to, viz: Resolved, That the President be requested to furnish to this house, if not incompatible with the public interest, any information which he may have showing that the people of the governments of Hayti and San Domingo are desirous that those governments shall become a part of the United States. The House then proceeded as the regular order of business to the consideration of the bill of the House (H. R. 1627) to establish a police court for the District of Columbia, the pending question being on the amendments reported thereto from the Committee for the District of Columbia. Mr. Welker moved the previous question, which was seconded and the main question ordered, and under the operation thereof the said amendments were 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. Welker 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. Koontz, by unanimous consent, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, to which was referred the bill of the Senate (S. 102) providing for the formation of corporations and regulating the same in the District of Columbia, reported the same without amendment. Ordered, That the said bill be printed and recommitted to the said committee. Mr. Brooks 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. James F. Wilson, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported a bill (H. R. 1811) for the relief of Blanton Duncan, which was read a first and second time. Pending the question on its engrossment, After debate, Mr. James F. Wilson moved the previous question, which was seconded; When, Mr. Scofield moved that the bill be laid on the table, And the question being put, It was decided in the affirmative, The yeas and nays being desired by Yeas Nays.. one-fifth of the members present, Mr. Harding 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. Stephen F. Wilson, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee had examined and found truly enrolled bills of the following titles, viz: H. R. 833. An act for the relief of Rufus M. Hollister, of Janesville, Wisconsin; and H. R. 1751. An act in rélation to the appointment of midshipmen from the lately reconstructed States; When The Speaker signed the same. The Speaker, by unanimous consent, laid before the House executive communications as follows, viz: I. A letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 18th instant, relative to the number of civilians, commissioned officers, and enlisted men employed in the military service in and around New York city; which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. II. A letter from the Secretary of the Interior, submitting an esti mate of expenses incurred in negotiating treaty with the Ute Indians; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations. III. A letter from the Secretary of War transmitting, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 6th instant, the report of General Cram upon the proposed ship canal through Maumee bay to Lake Erie; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. IV. A letter from the same, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 19th instant, relative to the employment of Alexander Dunbar to instruct veterinary surgeons of the United States; which was referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the War Department and ordered to be printed. The Speaker having announced, as the business next in order, the resolution reported yesterday from the Select Committee on Alleged Election Frauds in New York, the pending question at the time of the recess being on the demand for the previous question, The previous question was seconded and the main question ordered, and under the operation thereof the said resolution was agreed to. A message from the Senate, by Mr. Hamlin, one of their clerks: Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed a bill of the following title, viz: S. 781. An act for the relief of Alpheus C. Gallahue; in which I am directed to ask the concurrence of this house. By unanimous consent, leave of absence was granted as follows, viz: to Mr. Barnes, until Tuesday next; to Mr. Cornell and to Mr. Roderick R. Butler, for ten days. Mr. Stephen F. Wilson, 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. 394. An act confirming title to Little Rock island, in the Mississippi river; When The Speaker signed the same. The House having resumed the consideration of the joint resolution of the House (H. Res. 402) proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, the pending question being on the motion of Mr. Boutwell to reconsider the vote by which the same was recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary, After debate, The said motion, under the operation of the previous question, was agreed to. The question then recurring on the motion to recommit, Mr. Boutwell withdrew the same. The question then recurring on the engrossment of the joint resolution, Mr. Boutwell submitted an amendment thereto; which was agreed to. Mr. Boutwell submitted a further amendment; Pending which, Mr. Boutwell moved the previous question thereon; which was seconded and the main question ordered to be put; When Mr. Robinson, at 4 o'clock and 27 minutes p. m., moved that the House adjourn; which motion was disagreed to. The said further amendment submitted by Mr. Boutwell was then disagreed to. Mr. Bingham submitted an amendment to the first section of the said joint resolution. Pending which, Mr. Shellabarger submitted an amendment to the said amendment. Pending which, Mr. Boutwell moved the previous question. Pending which, Mr. Burr moved that the joint resolution be laid on the table. On motion of Mr. Farnsworth, by unanimous consent, the said amend ments were ordered to be printed. And then, On motion of Mr. Farnsworth, at 4 o'clock and 35 minutes p. m., the House adjourned. SATURDAY, JANUARY 30, 1869. Mr. Stephen F. Wilson, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee did this day present to the President of the United States bills of the following titles, viz: H. R. 394. An act confirming title to Little Rock island, in the Mississippi river; H. R. 1751. An act in relation to the appointment of midshipmen from the lately reconstructed States; and H. R. 833. An act for the relief of Rufus M. Hollister, of Janesville, Wisconsin. Mr. Schenck, by unanimous consent, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported a bill (H. R. 1812) to allow deputy collectors and assistant assessors of internal revenue, acting as collectors or assessors, the pay of collectors and assessors; which was read a first and second time. Pending the question on its engrossment, Mr. Schenck moved the previous question, which was seconded and the main question ordered; and under the operation thereof the said bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time. Being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time and passed. Mr. Schenck 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. The Speaker having announced as the regular order of business the call of committees for reports of a private nature, On motion of Mr. Boutwell, Ordered, That the consideration of the said business be dispensed with for this day. The House then resumed, as the regular order of business, the consideration of the joint resolution of the House (H. R. 402) proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States; the pending question, when the House adjourned yesterday, being on the motion of Mr. Burr to lay the said resolution and pending amendments on the table. And the question being put on the said motion, The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Samuel B. Axtell Charles A. Eldridge Mr. J. Lawrence Getz Mr. Michael C. Kerr J. Proctor Knott Those who voted in the negative are Mr. William B. Allison Samuel M. Arnell Jacob Benton Austin Blair Thomas Boles Mr. Grenville M. Dodge Mr. William H. Koontz William H. Robertson Mr. Bethuel M. Kitchen Mr. Samuel J. Randall Daniel M. Van Auken Mr. Logan H. Roots Philetus Sawyer Row'd E. Trowbridge Robert T. Van Horn James F. Wilson Mr. Lewis Selye Aaron F. Stevens Francis Thomas Lawrence S. Trimble George W. Woodward. So the House refused to lay the resolution on the table. Mr. Bingham and Mr. Shellabarger, having, respectively, by unanimous consent, modified, the former his amendment, and the latter his amendment to the said amendment, The Speaker stated the question to be on the demand for the previous question, which was seconded, and the main question ordered to be put. The amendment of Mr. Shellabarger to the amendment of Mr. Bingham having been read as follows, viz: Strike out the words proposed to be inserted by the said amendment and insert: "No State shall make or enforce any law which shall deny or abridge to any |