Mr. James Brooks Ralph P. Buckland Adam J. Glossbrenner George A. Halsey Mr. Abner C. Harding Mr. Ulysses Mercur James Mullins Mr. Aaron F. Stevens Lawrence S. Trimble Fred'k E. Woodbridge. So the House refused to lay the resolution on the table. Mr. Blair moved the previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered and put, viz: Will the House agree thereto ? It was decided in the affirmative Yeas.. Nays. 114 33 75 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. Luke P. Poland William H. Robertson Mr. Rufus P. Spalding Aaron-F. Stevens So the resolution was agreed to. Mr. John Trimble Lawrence S. Trimble Cadwal'r C. Washburn Mr. Ellihu B. Washburne Fred'k E. Woodbridge. Mr. Holman, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee did, on the 18th instant, present to the President of the United States a joint resolution and bills of the following titles, viz: H. Res. 459. Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to allow to the New York and Oswego Midland Railroad Company a right of way across a portion of the public ground at Fort Ontario, Oswego, New York, for railroad purposes; H. R. 1745. An act for the relief of the estate of Isaac Philips, deceased, who was a private in the revolutionary war; H. R. 1749. An act granting a pension to Daniel Hauser, a citizen of North Carolina, and a soldier of the war of 1812. Mr. Pike, from the committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two houses on the bill of the House (H. R. 941) to amend certain acts in relation to the navy and marine corps, submitted the following report, viz: "The committee of conference upon the disagreeing votes of the two houses upon the amendments to the bill (H. R. 941) to amend certain acts in relation to the navy and marine corps, having met, after full and free conference have agreed to recommend, and do recommend, to their respective houses as follows, viz: That the Senate recede from its first amendment, striking out the first section of the bill and the enacting clause of the second section, and that the House agree to an amendment of said first section by way of substitute in the following terms: "That from and after the passage of this act the active list of the United States marine corps shall consist of the following officers, noncommissioned officers, musicians, and privates, to wit: "One brigadier general commandant, one colonel, one lieutenant colonel, three majors, one adjutant and inspector, one paymaster, one quartermaster, one assistant quartermaster, seventeen captains, twentyfour first lieutenants, twenty-four second lieutenants, one sergeant major, one quartermaster sergeant, one drum-major, one principal musician, one hundred and sixty-seven sergeants, one hundred and sixty-five corporals, thirty musicians for band, fifty drummers, fifty fifers, and eighteen hundred privates: Provided, That no commission of any officer now in the marine corps shall be vacated by this act, but no appointment shall be made in any of the grades of said corps until the number of officers in that grade shall have been reduced below the number herein authorized. "That the House agree to the second amendment of the Senate, with an amendment as follows, viz: Strike out the words "and no appointment of third assistant engineer shall hereafter be made," and insert in lieu thereof the words and the grade of third assistant engineer is hereby abolished, but no commission of any officer of that grade who has been wounded in battle while in the service shall be vacated by the terms of this section, and any such officer now in said grade shall, notwithstanding the disability caused by such wound, be entitled to be examined for promotion, anything in any previous law to the contrary notwithstanding!' "That the House agree to the third amendment of the Senate. "That the House agree to the fourth amendment of the Senate with an amendment, to wit: Strike out the words. "shall on the 1st day of November next be," and insert in lieu thereof the words "are hereby.” "That the House agree to the fifth amendment of the Senate. "That the House agree to the sixth amendment of the Senate, with an amendment, to wit: Strike out all after the word "merit," and insert in lieu thereof the following: "and shall within one year after such graduation be entitled to examination for promotion, and successfully passing the same, may then be promoted to the grade of ensign." "That the House agree to the seventh amendment of the Senate, with an amendment as follows, to wit: Strike out all after the enacting clause of said amendment, and insert in lieu thereof the following: "Any officer of the navy below the grade of commander who, upon examination for promotion, shall not be found professionally qualified, shall be suspended from promotion for one year, when he shall be re-examined, and in case of his failure upon such re-examination he shall be dropped from the service. "SEC.. And be it further enacted, That no promotion to the grade of commodore on the active list shall be made until the number in said grade shall have been reduced below fifteen, which shall thereafter be the number allowed by law. "SEC.. And be it further enacted, That no promotion to the grade of lieutenant commander on the active list shall be made until the number in said grade shall have been reduced below eighty, which shall thereafter be the number allowed by law; and when the number of lieutenant commanders shall have been so reduced, the fifth section of the act to define the number and regulate the appointment of officers in the navy, and for other purposes, approved July 25, 1866, shall be repealed. And as the number of lieutenant commanders shall be reduced the number of lieutenants shall be increased until the number in said grade on the active list shall be two hundred and eighty, which shall thereafter be the number of lieutenants allowed by law. "SEC. And be it further enacted, That the number of masters and ensigns allowed by law is hereby established at one hundred in each of said grades, and ensigns shall hereafter be steerage officers unless assigned to duty as watch and division officers. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed as vacating the commission of any master or ensign now in the service. "SEC.. And be it further enacted, That of the officers in this section specified the number allowed by law shall be as follows: surgeons, seventyfive; passed assistant surgeons, fifty; assistant surgeons, twenty-five; paymasters, fifty; passed assistant paymasters and assistant paymasters, twenty-five each. But nothing herein contained shall be construed as vacating the commission of any officer in either of said grades now in the service. "SEC.. And be it further enacted, That the office of solicitor and naval judge advocate general is hereby continued until the 30th day of June, 1869. "That the Senate recede from its amendment to the title of the bill. "Managers on the part of the House of Representatives "F. A. PIKE. "STEVENSON ARCHER. "Managers on the part of the Senate The same having been read, "C. D. DRAKE. "JAMES W. NYE. "F. T. FRELINGHUYSEN." Mr. Pike moved the previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered, and under the operation thereof the said report was agreed to. Mr. Pike 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 concurrence of the House in the said report. By unanimous consent, Mr. Stone, Mr. Henry D. Washburn, Mr. Burt Van Horn, Mr. Pomeroy, Mr. Gove, and Mr. Kerr, were excused from attendance at this evening's session. The hour of 44 o'clock p. m. having arrived, the House took a recess until 74 o'clock p.m., the Speaker having previously named Mr. Boutwell to perform the duties of the Chair at the evening session. After the recess, A message from the Senate by Mr. McDonald, their chief clerk. Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed joint resolutions and bills of the House of the following titles, viz: H. Res. 120. Joint resolution in regard to the publication of postal conventions made with foreign countries; H. Res. 458. Joint resolution granting the consent of Congress provided for in section ten of the act incorporating the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, approved July 2, 1864; H. R. 281. An act for the relief of Edwin B. Hoag; H. R. 1549. An act to restrict and regulate the franking privilege; severally without amendment; and H. R. 1967. An act to compensate the officers and crew of the United States steamer Kearsarge, for the destruction of the rebel piratical vessel Alabama; and H. R. 112. An act relating to captures made by Admiral Farragut's fleet in the Mississippi river in May, 1862; with amendments, in which I am directed to ask the concurrence of the House. The Senate have also passed a joint resolution of the following title, viz: S. R. 207. Joint resolution authorizing Lieutenant Commander W. A. Kirkland, United States navy, to accept a gold medal from the Emperor of France; in which I am directed to ask the concurrence of the House. Mr. Kelley, by unanimous consent, submitted the following resolution; which was read, considered, and agreed to, viz: Resolved, That the Secretary of State be directed to take immediate measures to ascertain the cause of the arrest and incarceration, by order of the captain general of Cuba, of Emilio Cabada, a citizen of the United States. Mr. Benjamin F. Butler, by unanimous consent, submitted the following resolution; which was read, considered, and agreed to, viz: Resolved, That the expenses incurred in removing the remains of the late Hon. Thaddeus Stevens to his home in Pennsylvania be paid out of the contingent fund of the House. Mr. Churchill, by unanimous consent, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported a bill (H. R. 1987) to define felonies and misdemeanors, and regulate peremptory challenges; 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. Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate therein. On motion of Mr. Beaman, by unanimous consent, Ordered, That the general debate on the bill of the House (H. R. 1808) making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department during the fiscal year ending the 30th June, 1870, shall cease in five minutes after the same is considered. On motion of Mr. Beaman the House 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. Poland reported that the committee having had under consideration the special order, viz: H. R. 1808. A bill making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department during the fiscal year ending the 30th of June, 1870, had found itself without a quorum, and that he had caused the roll to be called when it appeared that the following-named members had failed to answer to their names, viz: Messrs. George M. Adams, George W. Anderson, Samuel M. Arnell, Delos R. Ashley, Alexander H. Bailey, Jehu Baker, John D. Baldwin, Nathaniel P. Banks, Demas Barnes, William H. Barnum, Jacob Benton, John A. Bingham, W. Jasper Blackburn, James G. Blaine, Thomas Boles, George S. Boutwell, C. C. Bowen, Nathaniel Boyden, Benjamin M. Boyer, James Brooks, Charles W. Buckley, Henry L. Cake, Samuel F. Cary, John C. Churchill, Reader W. Clarke, J. W. Cliff, Simeon Corley, Thomas Cornell, Henry L. Dawes, Columbus Delano, Nathan F. Dixon, Oliver H. Dockery, Grenville M. Dodge, Ignatius Donnelly, John F. Driggs, W. P. Edwards, James T. Elliott, William C. Fields, John Fox, John R. French, James A. Garfield, J. S. Golladay, Samuel F. Gove, Joseph J. Gravely, John A. Griswold, Charles Haight, George A. Halsey, Abner C. Harding, John Hill, William S. Holman, Julius Hotchkiss, Asahel W. Hubbard, Richard D. Hubbard, Calvin T. Hulburd, Morton C. Hunter, Ebon C. Ingersoll, Francis W. Kellogg, Michael C. Kerr, Bethuel M. Kitchen, J. Proctor Knott, Israel G. Lash, William Lawrence, William S., Lincoln, Benjamin F. Loan, John A. Logan, Rufus Mallory, Samuel S. Marshall, James M. Marvin, Dennis McCarthy, James R. McCormick, Hiram McCullough, Ulysses Mercur, George F. Miller, William Moore, Deniel J. Morrell, John Morrissey, James Mullins, William Mungen, Leonard Myers, J. P. Newsham, John A. Nicholson, Benjamin W. Norris, David A. Nunn, Godlove S. Orth, Sidney Perham, S. Newton Pettis, Frederick A. Pike, William A. Pile, Tobias A. Plants, Daniel Polsley, Theodore M. Pomeroy, John V. L. Pruyn, Samuel J. Randall, William E. Robinson, Logan H. Roots, Lewis Selye, Samuel Shellabarger, Charles Sitgreaves, Worthington C. Smith, Rufus P. Spalding, Henry H. Starkweather, Thomas E. Stewart, William B. Stokes, Frederick Stone, John Taffe, Francis Thomas, Nelson Tift, Lawrence S. Trimble, Ginéry Twichell, Charles Upson, Henry Van Aernam, Daniel M. Van Auken, Burt Van Horn, Robert T. Van Horn, Philadelph Van Trump, Charles H. Van Wyck, Michel Vidal, Hamilton Ward, Cadwalader C. Washburn, Ellihu B. Washburne, Henry D. Washburn, William B. Washburn, Martin Welker, Thomas Williams, William Williams, John T. Wilson, Stephen F. Wilson, Fernando Wood. Mr. Paine moved, at 9 o'clock and 5 minutes p. m., that the House adjourn; which motion was disagreed to. On motion of Mr. Kelsey: 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: Messrs. George M. Adams, George W. Anderson, Samuel M. Arnell, Delos R. Ashley, Alexander H. Bailey, Jehu Baker, John D. Baldwin, Nathaniel P. Banks, Demas Barnes, William H. Barnum, Jacob Benton, John A. Bingham, W. Jasper Blackburn, Thomas Boles, C. C. Bowen, Nathaniel Boyden, Benjamin M. Boyer, James Brooks, Charles W. Buckley, Henry L. Cake, Samuel F. Cary, John W. Chanler, Reader W. |