1 ing indemnity for improvements on lands which are now included in the Pawnee Indian reservation; which was referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Mr. Singleton, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. R. 412) graduating the price of certain lands in the State of Mississippi; which was read a first and second time, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. On motion of Mr. De Witt C. Leach, by unanimous consent, Ordered, That the Committee of the Whole House be discharged from the further consideration of the report of the Court of Claims, No. 162, in the case of Arthur Edwards and others, and that the papers in the case be referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Mr. Boteler, by unanimous consent, introduced bills of the following titles, viz: H. R. 413. A bill to provide for the construction of a railroad and telegraph communication from a point on the Mississippi river, south of latitude thirty-seven, to the Pacific ocean; and H. R. 414. A bill for the construction of a bridge over the Potomac river, at Georgetown; which were severally read a first and second time, and referred as H. R. 413, to the select committee on the Pacific railroad. On motion of Mr. Buffinton, by unanimous consent, Ordered, That the Committee of the Whole House be discharged from the further consideration of the report of the Court of Claims, No. 246, in the case of the heirs of Joshua Eddy, and that the same be referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims. On motion of Mr. Kilgore, by unanimous consent, Ordered, That the Committee for the District of Columbia be discharged from the further consideration of joint resolutions of the mayor and council of the city of Washington, relative to the improvement of the navigation of the Potomac, and that the same be referred to the Committee on Commerce. Mr. De Jarnette, by unanimous consent, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the legal representatives of Daniel Bedinger, deceased, reported a bill (H. R. 415) for their relief; which bill was read a first and second time, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. On motion of Mr. De Jarnette, by unanimous consent, Ordered, That the Committee on Revolutionary Claims be discharged from the further consideration of the petition of A. G. Neal, and that the same be referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions. Notices were given, under the rule of motions, for leave to introduce bills, as follows, viz: By Mr. Logan: A bill to authorize the holding of the circuit and district courts of the United States for the southern district of Illinois at the city of Cairo. By Mr. Kunkel: A bill making an appropriation for repairing the custom-house of the United States at the port of Baltimore. The House having resumed, as the regular order of business, the consideration of the report of the Committee of Elections, in the case of Amor J. Williamson vs. Daniel E. Sickles; the pending question being on the resolution reported from the said committee After debate, Mr. Dawes moved the previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered to be put. Mr. Branch moved that the whole subject be laid on the table. Pending which, On motion of Mr. Branch, by unanimous consent, Ordered, That there be a call of the House. Mr. Briggs moved, at 4 o'clock and 10 minutes p. m., that the House adjourn; which motion was disagreed to. The roll having been called, the following named members failed to answer to their names, viz: Mr. Charles F. Adams, Mr. Garnett B. Adrain, Mr. John B. Alley, Mr. John Y. Brown, Mr. Anson Burlingame, Mr. Silas M. Burroughs, Mr. Charles Case, Mr. Horace F. Clark, Mr. Sherrard Clemens, Mr. Clark B. Cochrane, Mr. Thomas Corwin, Mr. Thomas G. Davidson, Mr. H. Winter Davis, Mr. John G. Davis, Mr. William H. Dimmick, Mr. Alfred Ely, Mr. Chapin Hall, Mr. J. Morrison Harris, Mr. John Hickman, Mr. William Howard, Mr. Lawrence M. Keitt, Mr. Jacob M. Kunkel, Mr. Charles H. Larrabee, Mr. Shelton F. Leake, Mr. Henry C. Longnecker, Mr. Robert Mallory, Mr. Elbert S. Martin, Mr. John McQueen, Mr. Laban T. Moore, Mr. Isaac N. Morris, Mr. George H. Pendleton, Mr. John H. Reynolds, Mr. Jetur R. Riggs, Mr.Albert Rust, Mr. Elbridge G. Spaulding, Mr. James A. Stallworth, Mr. Thaddeus Stevens, Mr. Thomas C. Theaker, Mr. James H. Thomas, Mr. Zebulon B. Vance, Mr. Charles H. Van Wyck, Mr. Edward Wade, Mr. Edwin H. Webster, and Mr. James Wilson. By unanimous consent all further proceedings in the call were dispensed with. The question then recurred on the motion of Mr. Branch to lay the whole subject on the table. Pending which, Mr. Bonham moved, at 4 o'clock and 30 minutes p. m., that the House adjourn; which motion was disagreed to. The question then recurred on the motion of Mr. Branch. It was decided in the negative, Yeas. .... Nays... .... 80 94 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. William Allen I homas L. Anderson John D. Ashmore Mr. William T. Avery Mr. J. R. Barrett Thomas S. Bocock Mr. Green Adams Cyrus Aldrich William C. Anderson James M. Ashley Charles L. Beale John A. Bingham Mr. James H. Graham Galusha A. Grow Mr. John U. Pettit Albert G. Porter Cydnor B. Tompkins E. P. Walton Cadwalader C. Washburn William Windom So the House refused to lay the subject on the table. The question then recurring on the resolution reported from the Committee of Elections, Mr. Reuben Davis moved, at 4 o'clock and 50 minutes p. m., that the House adjourn. And the question being put, 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 Charles L. Beale Mr. James H. Graham Galusha A. Grow So the House refused to adjourn. Mr. W. Porcher Miles John S. Millson Mr John J. Perry John U. Pettit The question again recurring on the said resolution, It was read as follows, viz: Resolved, That A. J. Williamson, contesting the right of Hon. Daniel E. Sickles to a seat in this House as a representative from the third district of New York, be, and he is hereby, required to serve upon. the said Sickles, within ten days after the passage of this resolution, a particular statement of the grounds of said contest; and that the said Sickles be, and he is hereby, required to serve upon the said Williamson his answer thereto in twenty days thereafter; and that both parties be allowed sixty days next after the service of said answer to take testimony in support of their several allegations and denials before some justice of the supreme court of the State of New York, but in all other respects in the manner prescribed in the act of February 19, 1851. And the question being put, Will the House agree thereto? Yeas... It was decided in the affirmative, {Nas The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Mr. Green Adams Cyrus Aldrich William C. Anderson Mr. Ezra B. French Mr. Albert G. Porter Emory B. Pottle Cadwalader C. Washburn William Windom Mr. William S. Holman John A. McClernand John J. McRae John S. Millson |