So the said resolution was disagreed to. Charles L. Scott Cadwalader C. Washburn Mr. James M. Quarles James H. Thomas Samuel H. Woodson. Mr. Burnett moved that the vote last taken be reconsidered, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table. It was decided in the affirmative, {Nays 86 74 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Mr. Charles F. Adams Green Adams William Allen Mr. Thomas L. Anderson William C. Anderson Charles L. Beale William W. Boyce Mr. Lawrence O'B. Branch George Briggs Francis M. Bristow 1 Mr. Stephen C. Foster Mr. Thomas Ruffin Albert Rust Charles B. Sedgwick William N. H. Smith James Wilson Mr. William Millward William Montgomery Thomas C. Theaker Charles R. Train Carey A Trimble Cadwalader C. Washburn William Windom. So the motion to reconsider was laid on the table. The Speaker, by unanimous consent, laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 26th ultimo, calling for information relative to a contract for the performance of certain labor at the public stores in the city of New York; which was referred to the select committee heretofore appointed on that subject, and ordered to be printed. The Speaker having announced as the regular order of business the bill of the House (H. R. 510) to provide for the ascertainment and satisfaction of claims of American citizens for spoliations committed by the French prior to the 31st day of July, 1801-heretofore re ported from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and postponed until this day, On motion of Mr. Corwin, Ordered, That its further consideration be postponed until Wednesday, the 9th day of May next. The Speaker having announced as the business next in order the resolution of the House (H. Res. 22) in relation to the public printing-heretofore reported from the Committee on Public Expenditures, and made the special order for this day Ordered, That its further consideration be postponed until Wednesday, the 25th day of April instant, after the expiration of the morning hour. The Speaker then announced as the business next in order the bill of the Senate (S. 84) to facilitate communication between the Atlantic and Pacific States by electric telegraph-heretofore reported from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads with sundry amendments. After debate, Mr. Helmick submitted an amendment to the said amendments. On motion of Mr. H. Winter Davis, 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. Israel Washburn, jr., reported that the committee having, according to order, had the state of the Union generally under consideration, and particularly the bill of the House (H. R. 338) to provide for the pay. ment of outstanding treasury notes, to authorize a loan, to regulate and fix the duties on imports, and for other purposes, had come to no resolution thereon. A message from the Senate, by Mr. Hickey, their Chief Clerk: Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed a bill of this House of the following title, viz: H. R. 31. An act for the relief of Charles Knap; without amendment. The Senate have agreed to the amendment of this House to the bill of the Senate (S. 78) for the relief of Francis Hüttmann. The President of the United States has notified the Senate that he did, on the 11th instant, approve and sign bills of the following titles, viz: S. 71. An act for the relief of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions; S. 136. An act for the relief of Thomas Fillebrown; S. 233. An act for the relief of Alice Hunt, widow of Thomas Hunt: S. 250. An act for the relief of Kate D. Taylor, widow of the late Brevet Captain Oliver H. P. Taylor. I am also directed to notify the House of the order of the Senate to print a certain document. And then, On motion of Mr. Leake, at 5 o'clock and 35 minutes p. m., the House adjourned. FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1860. The following petitions and memorials were laid upon the Clerk's table, under the 24th rule of the House, to wit: By Mr. Henry W. Davis: The petition of the heirs of the late Archibald Henderson, praying for relief; which was referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. By Mr. Dawes: The petition of Samuel Hull, praying for a pension; which was referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. Florence: The petition of William Bryan--heretofore referred January 11, 1849; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. Reagan: The petition of Joel Williams-heretofore referred January 15, 1859; which was referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. Phelps: The petition of William L. Jenkins and others, citizens of the State of Missouri, praying for the confirmation of certain entries of land in said State; which was referred to the Committee on Public Lands. By Mr. Eliot: The memorial of the Boston Board of Trade and the president of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, praying that the Superintendent of the Coast Survey be authorized to send astronomers to observe the solar eclipse of July 10; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce. By Mr. William Kellogg: The petition of citizens of the State of Illinois, praying for specific duties on articles of fine pottery ware; which was referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. By Mr. E. Joy Morris: The memorial of the American Philosophical Society, relative to a government expedition for the observation of the eclipse of the sun in July next; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce. By Mr. Woodruff: The petition of citizens of the State of Connecticut, praying for an iron spindle on rocks at the harbor of Clinton, in said State; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce. Mr. Davidson, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee had examined and found truly enrolled bills of the following titles, viz: H. R. 31. An act for the relief of Charles Knap; S. 78. An act for the relief of Francis Hüttmann; S. 306. An act to settle the titles to lands along the boundary line between the States of Georgia and Florida; When The Speaker signed the same. Mr. Nixon, by unanimous consent, submitted the following resolution; which was read, considered, and agreed to, viz: Resolved, That the chaplains of the Senate and House of Representatives for the time being be entitled to admission to the floor of the House. 1 On motion of Mr. Dunn, by unanimous consent, Ordered, That the Committee on Roads and Canals be discharged from the further consideration of the petitions of citizens of Kansas Territory, praying for a grant of lands for railroad purposes, and that the same be referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Mr. Ely, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. R. 621) to amend an act entitied "An act to promote the progress of the useful arts, and to repeal all acts and parts of acts heretofore made for that purpose," approved July 4, 1836; which was read a first and second time, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Mr. Kilgore, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. R. 622) to authorize notaries public in the District of Columbia to take acknowledgments of deeds for the conveyance of real or personal estate therein; which bill was read a first and second time, and referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia. On motion of Mr. Pendleton, by unanimous consent, Resolved, That the Judiciary Committee be instructed to inquire into the expediency of amending the laws regulating the taking of depositions in the courts of the United States, so as to provide that in all cases notice of the time and place shall be served upon the opposite party or his attorney; and also into the expediency of providing that in criminal cases, when the defendant is acquitted, the fees of witnesses called by him, and other costs incurred by him, shall be paid by the United States. Mr. Moorhead, by unanimous consent, from the Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the resolution of the Senate (S. Res. 4) to allow credit to certain disbursing officers therein mentioned, reported the same without amendment. Pending the question on its third reading, Mr. Moorhead moved the previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered, and under the operation thereof the said resolution was ordered to be read a third time. It was accordingly read a third time and, under the operation of the previous question, passed. Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate therewith. Mr. Florence moved that the vote by which the said resolution was passed be reconsidered, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; which latter motion was agreed to. The Speaker, by unanimous consent, laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the House of the 26th ultimo, a statement of the number of officers, privates, &c., who served for a period of six months and upwards in the war of 1812; which was laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. On motion of Mr. Branch, by unanimous consent, Ordered, That leave be granted for the withdrawal from the files of the House of the papers in the case of Richard D. Jones for the purpose of reference to one of the executive departments. The said papers were thereupon delivered to Mr. Branch. |