Those not voting are

Mr. George M. Adams
William B. Allison
George W. Anderson
Samuel M. Arnell
Alexander H. Bailey
Demas Barnes
William H. Barnum
Thomas Boles
J. W. Clift

Burton C. Cook

So the House refused to lay the bill on the table.

The question then recurring on the demand for the previous question, it was seconded and the main question ordered and put, viz:

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

Mr. James Mullins

J. P. Newsham
Godlove S. Orth
Charles E. Phelps

William H. Robertson

Mr. Coburn moved that the vote last taken be reconsidered, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table.

Pending the question on the latter motion,

Mr. Eldridge moved, at 3 o'clock and 35 minutes p. m., that the House adjourn.

It was decided in the negative,

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

So the House refused to adjourn.

The Speaker appointed Mr. Kelsey a member of the committee of conference on the bill of the House, H. R. 1570 (consular and diplomatic appropriations,) in place of Mr. Ellihu B. Washburne, excused.

By unanimous consent, leave of absence until Monday was granted to Mr. Stewart, and to Mr. Boyden indefinite.

The Speaker, by unanimous consent, laid before the House the following message, this day received from the President of the United States, viz :

To the Senate and House of Representatives:

I transmit to Congress a report from the Secretary of State, with accompanying documents, in relation to the gold medal presented to Mr. Cyrus W. Field, pursuant to the resolution of Congress of March 2,

1867.

WASHINGTON, February 17, 1869.

The same having been read,

ANDREW JOHNSON.

Ordered, That the same be referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and printed.

The Speaker also, by unanimous consent, laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting papers in the case of C. B. Ferguson and others, asking for restitution of certain moneys in the possession of the government.

Ordered, That the same be referred to the Committee of Claims.

On motion of Mr. Golladay, by unanimous consent, he was excused from service on the Select Committee on the Census; and the Speaker appointed Mr. Beck to fill the vacancy occasioned thereby.

The question then recurred on the motion of Mr. Coburn to lay upon the table the motion to reconsider the vote by which the bill of the Senate S. 440 was passed.

And the question being put,

It was decided in the affirmative,

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

So the motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

Mr. Thomas E. Stewart
Stephen Taber
Caleb N. Taylor
Ginery Twichell
Henry Van Aernam
Burt Van Horn
Charles H. Van Wyck
Hamilton Ward
William B. Washburn
Thomas Williams
James F. Wilson
Fernando Wood
Fred'k E. Woodbridge.

Mr. Aaron F. Stevens
William B. Stokes
Frederick Stone
J. H. Sypher
Francis Thomas
Nelson Tift

John Trimble

Lawrence S. Trimble
Charles Upson

Daniel M. Van Auken
Michael Vidal
Ellihu B. Washburne
B. F. Whittemore
Stephen F. Wilson.

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

By unanimous consent, leave of absence for this evening was granted to Mr. Knott, Mr. Eldridge, Mr. Van Trump, and Mr. Laflin.

On motion of Mr. Hotchkiss, by unanimous consent, leave of absence was granted to him for the evening sessions.

Mr. Pettis called up, and the House proceeded to consider, the report of the Committee of Elections in the case of Chaves vs. Clever, from the Territory of New Mexico, the pending question being on the following resolutions, viz:

Resolved, That Hon. Charles P. Clever is not entitled to a seat in the fortieth Congress as a delegate from the Territory of New Mexico. Resolved, That Hon. J. Francisco Chaves is entitled to a seat in the fortieth Congress as a delegate from the Territory of New Mexico. After debate,

The hour of 4 o'clock p. m. having arrived, the House took a recess until 7 o'clock p. m.

After the recess,

The House, in pursuance of previous order, 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. Ferry reported that the committee having had under consideration the special order, viz: H. R. 1803. A bill making appropriations for the support of the army for the year ending June 30, 1870, had directed him to report the same with sundry amendments.

Pending which,

Mr. Blaine submitted an amendment to the last of the said amendments.

Pending which,

Mr. Blaine moved the previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered to be put;

When,

On motion of Mr. Garfield, at 9 o'clock and 50 minutes p. m., the House adjourned.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1869.

The following petitions, memorial, and other papers, were laid upon the Clerk's table and referred, under the rules:

By Mr. Thomas D. Eliot: The petition of Bourne S. Bartlett, of New Bedford, praying for an act of Congress to prevent illegal taxation by States, to the Committee on Commerce.

By Mr. Moore: The petition of ship-owners of New York, of a similar import, to the same committee.

By the Speaker: Resolutions of the republican party of Georgia, relative to the condition of affairs in that State, to the Committee on Reconstruction.

By Mr. Selye: Resolutions of the legislature of New York, recommending pensions to the soldiers of the war of 1812, to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions and the War of 1812.

By Mr. Banks: The petition of Rowland Cromelien, praying that the right of way may be granted him for an air-line railroad, to be laid under his patent, from Washington to Annapolis, to the Committee on Roads and Canals;

Also, the memorial of William Wood, of Waltham, Massachusetts, praying for relief, to the Committee of Claims.

By Mr. Judd: The petition of twenty-three thousand citizens of the United States, praying for a change of the naturalization laws, to the Select Committee on Election Frauds in New York.

The Speaker having announced, as the regular order of business, the bill of the House (H. R. 1803) making appropriations for the support of the army for the year ending June 30, 1870, with the pending amend ments thereto,

The House proceeded to its consideration;

When,

All of the said amendments except the 14th, 15th, and 16th, and the amendment of Mr. Blaine to the last amendment, were severally agreed to. The 14th amendment was then read and agreed to.

The 15th amendment having been read as follows, viz:

Strike out in lines one hundred and forty and one hundred and fortyone the words "one million" and insert in lieu thereof "fifty thousand,” so that the paragraph will read:

For arsenal and armory at Rock Island, Illinois, $50,000.
The question was put, Will the House agree thereto ?

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