House (H. R. 1738) with the amendments of the Senate thereto, was referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

Two messages in writing were received from the President of the United States by Mr. Moore, his private secretary; which were handed in at the Speaker's table. Also a message notifying the House that he did on the 19th instant approve and sign joint resolutions and bills of the following titles, viz:

H. R. 1974. An act to prevent loaning money upon United States notes. H. Res. 372. Joint resolution directing the enforcement of the lien upon the steamer Atlantic.

H. Res. 452. Joint resolution for the relief of Leonard Pierce, late United States consul at Matamoras.

H. R. 1453. An act for the relief of William Grant Powers.

H. R. 264. An act to locate and establish an assay office in the Territory of Idaho.

й. R. 1456. An act to authorize the importation of machinery, for repairs only, free of duty.

H. R. 1745. An act for the relief of the estate of Isaac Phillips, deceased, who was a private in the revolutionary war.

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. 1749. An act granting a pension to Daniel Hauser, a citizen of North Carolina, and a soldier of the war of 1812.

Also, that bills of the following titles, viz:

H. R. 1856. An act to establish a certain post road in the State of Connecticut; and

H. R. 1861. An act to establish a certain post road in the State of Connecticut;

having been presented to him on the 8th instant, and not having been returned by him within 10 days, have become laws under the Constitution of the United States.

Mr. Bingham, by unanimous consent, from the Committee of Claims, reported a bill (H. R. 1989) for the relief of Peter McGough, collector of internal revenue and disbursing agent 20th district, Pennsylvania, accompanied by a report in writing; which bill 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. Bingham 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. Holman, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee had examined and found truly enrolled bills of the following title, viz:

H. R. 941. An act to amend certain acts concerning the navy;
H. R. 1969. An act for the relief of Nott & Company;

H. R. 1906. An act to establish the collection district of Aroostook. in the State of Maine, and to more accurately define the boundaries of the district of Newark, New Jersey;

When,

The Speaker signed the same.

Mr. Schenck, by unanimous consent, introduced a joint resolution (H. Res. 460) in relation to the meeting of the House of Representatives at

the first session of the forty-first Congress; 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. The House having resumed the consideration of the report of the Committee of Elections in the New Mexico contested election case, the pending question being on the following resolutions accompanying the said report, viz:

Resolved, That the 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,

Mr. Pettis moved the previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered, and under the operation thereof the said resolutions were agreed to.

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

And thereupon,

Mr. J. Francisco Chaves appeared, and having taken the oath required by the Constitution and the act of July 2, 1862, took his seat in the House.

By unanimous consent, leave of absence was granted to Mr. Sitgreaves until Thursday next, to Mr. Cary and Mr. Reader at the night sessions, and to Mr. Ward to-night.

Mr. Boutwell moved that the rules be suspended so as to take up and consider the joint resolution of the Senate (S. R. 8) proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

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

Mr. William B. Allison

Oakes Ames

Delos R. Ashley
James M. Ashley
Jehu Baker
Nathaniel P. Banks
Fernando C. Beaman
John Beatty
John F. Benjamin
Jacob Benton
John A. Bingham
James G. Blaine
Austin Blair
George S. Boutwell
C. C. Bowen
Henry P. H. Bromwell
John M. Broomall
Charles W. Buckley
Benjamin F. Butler
Roderick R. Butler
Henry L. Cake
John B. Callis
John C. Churchill
Reader W. Clarke
Sidney Clarke
J. W. Clift

Amasa Cobb
Burton C. Cook
Simeon Corley

Mr. John Covode
Shelby M. Cullom
Henry L. Dawes
John T. Deweese
Oliver J. Dickey
Oliver H. Dockery
Ignatius Donnelly
John F. Driggs
Ephraim R. Eckley
Benjamin Eggleston
Jacob H. Ela

Thomas D. Eliot
James T. Elliott
John F. Farnsworth
Orange Ferriss
Thomas W. Ferry
William C. Fields
John R. French
James A. Garfield
James H. Goss
Samuel F. Gove
Joseph J. Gravely
John A. Griswold
George A Halsey
Charles M. Hamilton
Thomas Haughey
David Heaton

William Higby
Benjamin F. Hopkins

Mr. Chester D. Hubbard
Calvin T. Hulburd
Morton C. Hunter
Ebon C. Ingersoll
Thomas A. Jenckes
Alexander H. Jones
Norman B. Judd
George W. Julian
William D. Kelley
Francis W. Kellogg
William H. Kelsey
John H. Ketcham
Bethuel M. Kitchen
William H. Koontz
Addison H. Laflin
Israel G. Lash
George V. Lawrence
William Lawrence
John A. Logan
William Loughridge
James M. Marvin
Horace Maynard
Samuel McKee
Ulysses Mercur
George F. Miller
William Moore
James K. Moorhead
Daniel J. Morrell
Leonard Myers

Mr. Carman A. Newcomb
J. P. Newsham
David A. Nunn
Charles O'Neill
Godlove S. Orth
Halbert E. Paine
Sidney Perham
S. Newton Pettis
Charles W. Pierce
Frederick A. Pike
William A. Pile
Tobias A. Plants
Luke P. Poland
Theodore M. Pomeroy
Hiram Price
Green B. Ranm

William H. Robertson
Logan H. Roots
Philetus Sawyer
Robert C. Schenck
Glenni W. Scofield
John P. C. Shanks
Samuel Shellabarger
Worthington C. Smith
H. H. Starkweather
Aaron F. Stevens
William B. Stokes
John H. Stover

J. H. Sypher

So the motion to suspend the rules was agreed to.

And thereupon,

Mr. Thomas Williams
William Williams
John T. Wilson
Fred'k E. Woodbridge.

Mr. Samuel J. Randall
William E. Robinson
Lewis W. Ross
Rufus P. Spalding
Frederick Stone
Stephen Taber
Nelson Tift

Philadelph Van Trump
George W. Woodward.

Mr. Thomas E. Stewart

Lawrence S. Trimble
Daniel M. Van Auken
Charles H. Van Wyck
Michael Vidal

Elbhu B. Washburne
Henry D. Washburn
James F. Wilson
Stephen F. Wilson
William Windom
Fernando Wood
P. M. B. Young.

The said joint resolution was taken up and read a first and second time.

Pending the question on its engrossment,

Mr. Logan submitted an amendment thereto.

Pending which,

Mr. Shellabarger submitted an amendment in the nature of a substitute for the 1st section.

Pending which,

Mr. Bingham, by unanimous consent, submitted an additional amend

ment.

Pending which, and the debate thereon,

The Speaker having recognized a member,

Mr. Randall moved that the said joint resolution be laid on the table. The Speaker decided that the said motion was out of order, inasmuch as another member had been recognized.

From this decision of the Chair Mr. Randall appealed.

And the question being put, Shall the decision of the Chair stand as the judgment of the House?

It was decided in the affirmative.

So the decision of the Chair was sustained.

Mr. Boutwell moved that the rules be suspended so that the recess and the evening session of to-day be dispensed with, and that the House proceed immediately to vote on the pending amendments and the Senate joint resolution without dilatory motions.

Pending which,

Mr. Knott moved, at 3 o'clock and 55 minutes p. m., that the House adjourn.

And the question being put,

It was decided in the negative,

Yeas..
Nays...
Not voting..

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The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present,

Those who voted in the affirmative are—

Those who voted in the negative are

So the House refused to adjourn.

The question then recurred on the motion of Mr. Boutwell to suspend

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

Mr. James G. Blaine

Austin Blair
George S. Boutwell
C. C. Bowen
Henry P. H. Bromwell
John M. Broomall

The amendment submittted by Mr. Logan was read as follows, viz: Strike out the words " and hold office."

And the question being put, Will the House agree thereto ?

It was decided in the negative.eas....

Nays.
Not voting.

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