Mr. William S. Holman Mr. John S. Millson William Millward John U. Pettit So the House refused to adjourn. Mr. William N. H. Smith Cydnor B. Tompkins The question then recurring on the demand for the previous question, Mr. Ruffin moved that the journal of yesterday be corrected by the insertion of his name, upon the last vote for Printer, for Mr. Glossbrenner. Pending which, Mr. Noell moved, at 4 o'clock and 20 minutes p. m., that the House adjourn. And the question being put, It was decided in the affirmative, {Noys 96 84 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. Green Adams Cyrus Aldrich Burton Craige Mr. James T. Hale Thomas C. Hindman Mr. Freeman H. Morse Mr. Charles F. Adams Garnett B. Adrain Thomas S. Bocock Mr. Thomas D. Eliot J. Morrison Harris So the motion was agreed to. And the House accordingly adjourned. Mr. James Wilson Mr. James K. Moorhead William N. H. Smith WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1860. The following petitions and memorials were laid upon the Clerk's table, under the 24th rule of the House, to wit: By Mr. Gurley: Three petitions of citizens of the State of Ohio, upon the subject of slavery; which were referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. Florence: The memorial of David Myerle, asking indemnity for losses sustained in his efforts to introduce the process of waterrotting hemp into the United States. By Mr. Eliot: The petition of citizens of the State of Massachusetts, praying relief to Daniel Smith for services rendered the United States government. By Mr. Barrett: The petition of Hull & Cozzens and John Naylorheretofore referred May 14, 1858. Ordered, That the said memorial and petitions be referred to the Committee of Claims. By Mr. Gartrell: The petition of the heirs of William York-heretofore referred January 7, 1836; which was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions. By Mr. Corwin: The petition of James Heudebert, praying addi tional compensation for services rendered as consul at Lyons; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. By Mr. Phelps: The memorial of the National Art Association, with respect to the art decorations for the public buildings; which was referred to the Committee on the Library. By Mr. Hindman: The petition of A. R. Potts-heretofore referred August 24, 1850; which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. By Mr. Barrett: The memorial of George McGunnegle-heretofore referred January 4, 1858; which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. By Mr. Florence: The petition of assistant engineers of the United States navy-heretofore referred March 16, 1858; which was referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. By Mr. Trimble: Four petitions of citizens of the State of Ohio, praying specific duties on imported iron. By Mr. Campbell: The petition of citizens of the State of Pennsyl vania, praying protection to American industry. By Mr. Corwin: The petition of citizens of the State of Ohio, praying specific duties on imported iron. Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. By Mr. Phelps: The memorial of the legislature of the State of Missouri, asking for a reduction in the price of government lands on the line of the southwest branch of the Pacific railroad. By Mr. Colfax: The petition of Nancy Andre, R. H. Wallace, and Maria Odell, asking authority to locate land warrant 28080, or the enactment of a general law continuing in operation the law under which it was granted. Ordered, That the said memorial and petition be referred to the Committee on Public Lands. By Mr. Irvine. The petition of Martha Marsh, widow of Ray Marsh, praying pension for services rendered in the war of 1812. By Mr. Florence: The memorial of William Roberts, praying pension for injuries sustained in the war of 1812. By Mr. Waldron: The memorial of Mary Douglass, heir and execu trix of Captain Robert Douglass, praying pension for services rendered in the war of the revolution. By Mr. Briggs: The petition of William Marsh, praying compensation for services rendered in the war of 1812. By Mr. English: The petition of James Denney-heretofore referred March 11, 1858; Also, the petition of William Walton, praying pension from September 29, 1825, to December 3, 1855, at the rate of four dollars per month. By Mr. Hughes: Two petitions of Mary Chase Barney, heir of Samuel Chase, praying pension for services rendered the United States government. By Mr. Irvine: The petition of citizens of the State of New York, praying pensions to officers and soldiers of the war of 1812. By Mr. Cooper: The memorial of Catherine Welding, widow of William Gamber, praying pension for services rendered in the war of the revolution. Ordered, That the said petitions and memorials be referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. Curtis: The petition of the Mississippi and Missouri railroad company-heretofore referred March 10, 1858. By Mr. Helmick: The petition of citizens of the State of Ohio, praying for a mail-route from Mount Vernon to Coshocton. Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. The Speaker, by unanimous consent, laid before the House additional evidence in the Kentucky contested election case of J. S. Chrisman vs. William C. Anderson; which was referred to the Committee of Elections, and ordered to be printed. On motion of Mr. Gartrell, by unanimous consent, Ordered, That the papers in the case of the heirs of William York be withdrawn from the files of the House and referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions. Mr. Parrott, by unanimous consent, presented joint resolutions of the legislative assembly of Kansas Territory, asking the admission of the State of Kansas into the Union; which were referred to the Committee on the Territories, and ordered to be printed. A message from the Senate, by Mr. Dickins, their Secretary: Mr. Speaker: I am directed to notify the House of the orders of the Senate to print certain documents. The Speaker having announced as the regular order of business the motion submitted by Mr. Ruffin, and pending when the House adjourned yesterday, viz: to correct the journal of Monday last, by the insertion of his name for Mr. Glossbrenner upon the last vote for Printer After debate, Mr. Ruffin moved the previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered, and under the operation thereof the said motion was agreed to. And the journal of Monday last was corrected accordingly. The Speaker thereupon announced as the regular order of business the election of a Printer. On motion of Mr. Barksdale, 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: Mr. James M. Ashley, Mr. Charles L. Beale, Mr. Milledge L. Bonham, Mr. John Y. Brown, John C. Burch, Mr. Silas M. Burroughs, Mr. Horace F. Clark, Mr. Clark B. Cochrane, Mr. Charles Delano, Mr. R. Holland Duell, Mr. Thomas M. Edwards, Mr. Reuben E. Fenton, Mr. Augustus Frank, Mr. Thomas Hardeman, jr., Mr. John B. Haskin, Mr. Lawrence M. Keitt, Mr. William S. Kenyon, Mr. Jacob M. Kunkel, Mr. Lucius Q. C. Lamar, Mr. Dwight Loomis, Mr. John A. McClernand, Mr. William Montgomery, Mr. Laban T. Moore, Mr. George W. Palmer, Mr. John F. Potter, Mr. Roger A. Pryor, Mr. Albert Rust, Mr. George W. Scranton, Mr. Thaddeus Stevens, Mr. James A. Stewart, Mr. Charles R. Train, Mr. William Vandever, Mr. Edward Wade, and Mr. Samuel H. Woodson. By unanimous consent, all further proceedings in the call were then dispensed with. Mr. Barksdale moved that the election of a Printer be postponed until to-morrow; which motion was disagreed to. The House then proceeded to vote viva voce the 17th time for Printer. When The following named members voted for THOMAS H. FORD, viz: Charles F. Adams, Cyrus Aldrich, John B. Alley, William C. Anderson, Elijah Babbitt, John A. Bingham, Samuel S. Blair, Harrison G. Blake, William D. Brayton, James Buffinton, Anson Burlingame, Alfred A. Burnham, Martin Butterfield, James H. Campbell, John Carey, Luther C. Carter, Charles Case, Schuyler Colfax, Thomas Corwin, John Covode, Samuel R. Curtis, Henry L. Dawes, W. McKee Dunn, Sidney Edgerton, Thomas M. Edwards, Thomas D. Eliot, Alfred Ely, John F. Farnsworth, Stephen C. Foster, Ezra B. French, Daniel W. Gooch, James H. Graham, Galusha A. Grow, John A. Gurley, James T. Hale, Chapin Hall, William Helmick, John Hickman, John Hutchins, William Irvine, Francis W. Kellogg, William Kellogg, David Kilgore, John W. Killinger, DeWitt C. Leach, M. Lindley Lee, Dwight Loomis, Owen Lovejoy, Gilman Marston, James B. McKean, Robert McKnight, Edward McPherson, William Millward, James K Moorhead, Justin S. Morrill, Edward Joy Morris, Freeman H. Morse, William Pennington, John U. Pettit, Albert G. Porter, Emory B. Pottle, Alexander H. Rice, Christopher Robinson, Homer E. Royce, John Schwartz, Charles B. Sedgwick, John Sherman, Daniel E. Somes, Elbridge G. Spaulding, Francis E. Spinner, Benjamin Stanton, William Stewart, Mason W. Tappan, Eli Thayer, Thomas C. Theaker, Cydnor B. Tompkins, Cary A. Trimble, John P. Verree, Henry Waldron, E. P. Walton, Cadwalader C. Washburn, Ellihu B. Washburne, Israel Washburn, jr., Alfred Wells, James Wilson, William Windom, John Woodruff. The following named members voted for ADAM J. GLOSSBRENNER, viz: William Allen, Thomas L. Anderson, John D. Ashmore, William T. Avery, William Barksdale, Thomas J. Barr, J. R. Barrett, Thomas S. Bocock, John E. Bouligny, Lawrence O'B. Branch, Henry C. Burnett, John B. Clark, David Clopton, Williamson R. W. Cobb, John Cochrane, George B. Cooper, Samuel S. Cox, James Craig, Burton Craige, Martin J. Crawford, Jabez L. M. Curry, Thomas G. Davidson, John G. Davis, Daniel C. De Jarnette, Henry A. Edmundson, William H. English, Thomas B. Florence, Lucius J. Gartrell, Andrew J. Hamilton, John T. Harris, George S. Hawkins, Joshua Hill, William S. Holman, George S. Houston, William Howard, George W. Hughes, James Jackson, Albert G. Jenkins, John J. Jones, John M. Landrum, James M. Leach, Shelton F. Leake, John A. Logan, Peter |