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

The said bill was taken up and read a first and second time.
Pending the question on its third reading,

Mr. Ferry moved the previous question, which was seconded.
The question was then put, Shall the main question be now put?

And it was decided in the affirmative, Nays..

Not voting.

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

Mr. Demas Barnes
William H. Barnum
James B. Beck

So the main question was ordered to be now put.

Mr. William H. Robertson

William E. Robinson
Logan H. Roots
Lewis W. Ross
Philetus Sawyer
Samuel Shellabarger
Charles Sitgreaves

H. H. Stark weather
Aaron F. Stevens
Thomas E. Stewart
John Taffe

Francis Thomas
Nelson Tift

Lawrence S. Trimble
Charles Upson

Daniel M. Van Auken
Robert T. Van Horn
Philadelph Van Trump
Henry D. Washburn
B. F. Whittemore
Fernando Wood.

Mr. Worthington C. Smith
William B. Stokes

Caleb N. Taylor
John Trimble
Henry Van Aernam
Burt Van Horn
Hamilton Ward
Cadwal'r C. Washburn
Ellihu B. Washburne
William B. Washburn
William Williams
George W. Woodward

Mr. Lewis Selye

John P. C. Shanks
Rufus P. Spalding
Frederick Stone
John H. Stover
J. H. Sypher
Stephen Taber
Row'd E. Trowbridge
Ginery Twichell
Charles H. Van Wyck
Michael Vidal

Martin Welker

Thomas Williams

James F. Wilson

John T. Wilson
Stephen F. Wilson
William Windom
Fred'k E. Woodbridge
P. M. B. Young.

On motion of Mr. Roderick R. Butler, by unanimous consent, leave was granted for the withdrawal from the files of the House, without leaving copies, the papers in the cases of Elizabeth Hockaday, Nancy Hix, Sarah Bary, Colonel Patton, Captain Grisham, Captain Taylor, W. J. Byrd, Melinda Herman, and McHenry Bray, for pensions.

A message from the Senate, by Mr. Gorham, their Secretary: Mr. Speaker: The Senate have adopted a resolution directing that a committee consisting of two members be appointed to join such committee as may be appointed by the House of Representatives to wait upon the President of the United States and inform him that, unless he have some further communication to make, the two houses of Congress, having finished the business before them, are ready to adjourn; and that Mr. Sherman and Mr. Whyte had been appointed said committee on the part of the Senate.

By unanimous consent, the House agreed to the appointment of the said committee.

Ordered, That Mr. Griswold, Mr. Poland, and Mr. Kerr, be appointed the said committee on the part of the House.

Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate therewith.

On motion of Mr. Woodbridge, by unanimous consent, the Committee on the Judicary were discharged from the further consideration of the official conduct of Richard Busteed, judge of the United States district court of Alabama, and the testimony taken therein was laid on the table.

Mr. Banks, by unanimous consent, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, submitted a report upon the message of the President of the United States relative to Messrs. Costello and Warren; which was laid on the table and ordered to be printed.

Mr. Niblack, by unanimous consent, submitted the following resolu tion, which was read, considered, and agreed to, viz:

Resolved, That the thanks of this House be, and are hereby, tendered to Hon. Theodore M. Pomeroy, Speaker of the House, for the very able, dignified, and impartial manner in which he has discharged the duties of Speaker for the brief but very trying period during which he has occupied the chair.

On motion of Mr. Niblack, by unanimous consent,

Ordered, That an engrossed copy of the said resolution be furnished to the Speaker.

A message from the Senate, by Mr. Burche, one of their clerks : Mr. Speaker: The President of the United States has notified the Senate that he did this day approve and sign bills and joint resolutions of the following titles, viz:

S. 624. An act for the relief of Henry C. Noyes.

S. 844. An act for the relief of Captain Charles Hunter, United States

navy.

S. 760. An act for the relief of Rev. D. Hillhouse Buell.

S. 781. An act for the relief of Alpheus C. Gallahue.

S. 836. An act for the relief of Celestia P. Hartt,

S. 891. An act for the relief of George Fowler and the estate of De Grasse Fowler, deceased, or their assigns.

S. 661. An act for the relief of Lieutenant Colonel John W. Davidson, of the United States army.

S. 705. Au act further to provide for giving effect to treaty stipula tions between this and foreign governments for the extradition of criminals.

S. 584. An act relating to the time for finding indictments in the courts of the United States in the late rebel States.

S. 753. An act to provide for the execution of judgments in capital

cases.

S. 722. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to provide a national currency secured by a pledge of United States bonds, and to provide for the circulation and redemption thereof," by extending certain penal

ties to accessories.

S. 711. An act relating to the Metropolitan Railroad Company.

S. 810. An act to regulate elections in Washington and Idaho Territories.

S. 612. An act relating to the proof of wills in the District of Columbia.

S. 167. An act granting lands to the State of Oregon to aid in the construction of a military wagon road from the navigable waters of Coos bay to Roseburg, in said State.

S. 712. An act to define the fees of recorder of deeds and to provide for the appointment of a warden of the jail in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

S. 949. An act granting a pension to Mrs. Lydia W. Ford.
S. 941. An act granting a pension to Benjamin C. Stone.

S. 910. An act granting a pension to the children of Martin N. Slocum, deceased.

S. 906. An act granting a pension to Elizabeth Clarke.

S. 904. An act granting a pension to Benjamin T. Raines, of Indiana. S. 903. An act granting a pension to Horace Peck, of Charlton, Massachusetts.

S. 665. An act respecting the organization of militia in the State of North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, and Arkansas.

S. 942. An act granting a pension to Sarah E. Haines.

S. 219. Joint resolution giving the assent of the United States to the construction of the Newport and Cincinnati bridge.

S. 217. Joint resolution for printing tlte medical and surgical history of the rebellion.

S. 231. Joint resolution providing for the reporting and publication of the debates in Congress.

S. 200. Joint resolution reappointing Louis Agassiz a regent of the Smithsonian Institute.

S. 238. Joint resolution extending the time for the completion of the first twenty miles of the Cairo and Fulton railroad.

S. 195. Joint resolution requiring the Commissioner of the General Land Office to transfer certain money.

S. 239. Joint resolution more efficiently to protect the fur seal in Alaska.

S. 896. An act confirming certain purchases of land in the Ionia district, Michigan, made by Charles H. Rodd and Andrew J. Campeau. S. 860. An act for the relief of Wright Duryea.

S. 871. An act to authorize the transfer of lands granted to the Union Pacific Railway Company, eastern division, between Denver and the point of its connection with the Union Pacific railroad, to the Denver Pacific Railroad and Telegraph Company, and to expedite the completion of railroads to Denver, in the Territory of Colorado.

S. 729. An act to provide for the execution in the District of Columbia of commissions issued by the courts of the States and Territories of the United States or of foreign nations, and for taking depositions to be issued in such cases.

S. 679. An act to amend an act entitled "An act granting lands to the State of Oregon to aid in the construction of a wagon road from Eugene City to the eastern boundary of said State."

S. 862. An act amendatory of the act providing for the sale of the arsenal grounds at St. Louis and Liberty, Missouri, and for other purposes, approved July 25, 1868.

A message was received from the President of the United States by Mr. Moore, his private secretary, notifying the House that he did this day approve and sign bills and joint resolutions of the following titles, viz:

H. R. 2006. An act to establish certain post roads.

H. R. 1808. An act making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1870.

H. R. 1803. An act making appropriations for the support of the army for the year ending June 30, 1870, and for other purposes.

H. R. 1881. An act regulating the reports of national banking associations.

H. R. 1911. An act making appropriations to supply deficiencies in

the appropriations for the service of the government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1869, and for other purposes.

H. R. 1672. An act making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the government for the year ending the 30th of June, 1870.

H. R. 2007. An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the government for the year ending June 30, 1870, and for other

purposes.

H. R. 425. An act for the relief of Mary A. Filler.

H. R. 1867. An act for the relief of the Illinois Iron and Bolt Company.

H. R. 2009. An act to authorize the Secretary of War to place at the disposal of the National Lincoln Monument Association, at Springfield, Illinois, damaged and captured ordnance.

H. R. 1279. An act in relation to additional bounties, and for other purposes.

H. R. 1758. An act to incorporate the Masonic Mutual Relief Association, of the District of Columbia.

H. R. 1063. An act for the relief of Henry Barricklow.

H. R. 1973. An act in reference to certifying checks by national banks.

H. R. 1879. An act for the relief of certain companies of scouts and guides organized in Alabama.

H. R. 1344. An act to confirm certain private land claims in the Territory of New Mexico.

H. R. 1830. An act granting a pension to Madge K. Guthrie and Robert B. Guthrie.

H. R. 1928. An act granting a pension to Lemuel Bartholow.

H. R. 1041. An act granting the right of way to the Walla-Walla and Columbia River Railroad Company, and for other purposes.

H. R. 1804. An act to establish a bridge across the East river between the cities of Brooklyn and New York, in the State of New York, a post road.

H. R. 568. An act explanatory of the act entitled "An act declaring the title to land warrants in certain cases."

H. R. 1989. An act for the relief of Peter McGough, collector of internal revenue and disbursing agent twentieth district, Pennsylvania. H. R. 1570. An act making appropriations for the consular and diplomatic expenses of the government for the year ending June 30, 1870. H. R. Î12. An act relating to captures made by Admiral Farragut's fleet in the Mississippi river, in May, 1862.

H. R. 1327. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to exempt certain manufactures from internal tax, and for other purposes," approved March 31, 1868.

H. R. 1877. An act for the relief of the heirs and legal representatives of Charles C. Cook, deceased.

H. R. 1204. An act to confirm certain land claims in the State of Missouri.

H. R. 596. An act granting a pension to Mary A. Davis, widow of William E. Davis, a private of the 18th regiment of Indiana volunteers, in the war of 1861.

H. R. 468. Joint resolution authorizing the Union Pacific railway, eastern division, to change its name to the Kansas Pacific Railway Company.

H. R. 466. Joint resolution donating condemned cannon and muskets to the McPherson monument.