So the said motion was disagreed to.

On motion of Mr. Gartrell, leave of absence was granted to him for the remainder of the day.

The Sergeant-at arms having appeared at the bar, having in custody Messrs. Barr, Stanton, Stallworth, and Edgerton

The said members were severally arraigned, and Messrs. Barr. Stanton, and Edgerton were excused for their non-attendance, and ordered to pay costs.

Mr. Stallworth was excused for his non-attendance, and leave of absence granted him for the remainder of the day.

The Sergeant-at-arms again appeared at the bar, having in custody Messrs. Conkling, Adrain, John B. Clark, and Charles D. MartinThe said members having been severally arraigned, it was

Ordered, That they be excused for non-attendance on payment of costs.

Mr. Branch moved that further proceedings in the call be dispensed with; which motion was disagreed to.

On motion of Mr. Marston,

Ordered, That Mr. Tappan be excused for non-attendance.

The Sergeant-at-arms again appeared, having in custody Messrs. Peyton, Phelps, and Noell.

The said members having been severally arraigned, they were excused for their non-attendance on payment of costs.

The Sergeant-at-arms again appeared, having in custody Messrs. Wilson, Rice, Fouke, Pryor, and Pettit.

The said members having been severally arraigned,

Mr. Wilson was excused for his non-attendance, and leave of absence granted him for the remainder of the day;

And Messrs. Rice, Fouke, Pryor, and Pettit were severally excused for their non-attendance on the payment of costs.

The Sergeant-at-arms again appeared at the bar, having in custody Messrs. Burch, Burnham. Cox, Ferry, Haskin, Nixon, Olin, Reynolds, and Train.

Before the arraignment of the said members,

Mr. Branch moved that all further proceedings in the call be dispensed with; which motion was disagreed to.

Mr. Adrain moved, at 9 o'clock p. m., that the House adjourn; which motion was disagreed to.

And then,

On motion of Mr. Sherman, all further proceedings in the call were dispensed with.

Mr. Sherman moved that the House resolve itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.

Pending which,

Mr. Houston moved, at 9 o'clock and 5 minutes p. m., that the House adjourn; which motion was disagreed to.

Mr. Conkling moved that there be a call of the House.

Pending which,

Mr. Florence moved, at 9 o'clock and 12 minutes p. m., that the House adjourn; which motion was disagreed to.

The question then recurred on the motion of Mr. Conkling;

And peing put, it was decided in the negative.

Mr. Florence moved, at 9 o'clock and 15 minutes p. m., that the House adjourn; which motion was disagreed to.

Mr. Florence moved that there be a call of the House; which motion was disagreed to.

The question then recurred on the motion of Mr. Sherman;
And being put, it was decided in the affirmative.

The House accordingly 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. Etheridge 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. 501) making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the government for the year ending the 30th of June, 1861, had directed him to report the same with sundry amendments.

The Speaker having stated the question to be on agreeing to the said amendments.

Mr. Sherman submitted an additional amendment, viz: Strike out the appropriation for the United States Capitol extension.

Pending which,

Mr. Sherman moved the previous question.
Pending which,

Mr. Florence made the point of order that, by reason of the haste and precipitancy of the chairman of the Committee of the Whole, he was denied his rights as a member, and that the said bill was improperly reported.

The Speaker pro tempore (Mr. Colfax) overruled the said point of

order.

From this decision of the Chair Mr. Florence appealed.

Pending which,

On motion of Mr. Ruffin,

Ordered, That the appeal be laid upon the table.

The question then recurring on the demand for the previous question, it was seconded and the main question ordered to be put.

And then,

On motion of Mr. Sherman, at 9 o'clock and 30 minutes p. m., the House adjourned.

THURSDAY MAY 24, 1860.

Before the journal of yesterday was read,

No quorum being present,

On motion of Mr. Davidson,

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:

Charles F. Adams, James M. Ashley, John D. Ashmore, William T. Avery, William Barksdale, J. R. Barrett, Charles L. Beale, John A. Bingham, Harrison G. Blake, Thomas S. Bocock, Milledge L. Bonham, John E. Bouligny, William W. Boyce, Reese B. Brabson, George Briggs, John Y. Brown, Anson Burlingame, Alfred A. Burnham, Silas M. Burroughs, James H. Campbell, Horace F. Clark, John B. Clark, Sherrard Clemens, John Cochrane, Roscoe Conkling, George B. Cooper, Thomas Corwin, John Covode, Samuel S. Cox, Burton Craige, Jabez L. M. Curry, Reuben Davis, Daniel C. De Jarnette, Charles Delano, William H. Dimmick, R. Holland Duell, W. McKee Dunn, Alfred Ely, William H. English, John F. Farnsworth, Thomas B. Florence, Philip B. Fouke, Augustus Frank, Muscoe R. H. Garnett, John A. Gilmer, Daniel W. Gooch, James H. Graham, James T. Hale, Chapin Hall, John B. Haskin, Robert Hatton, John Hickman, Joshua Hill, Thomas C. Hindman, Charles B. Hoard, Albert G. Jenkins, John J. Jones, Lawrence M. Keitt, William Kellogg, William S. Kenyon, Jacob M. Kunkel, Lucius Q. C. Lamar, Charles H. Larrabee, Shelton. F. Leake, John A. Logan, Henry C. Longnecker, Dwight Loomis, Peter E. Love, Charles D. Martin, Elbert S. Martin, John A. McClernand, John J. McRae, W. Porcher Miles, Sydenham Moore, Isaac N. Morris, John T. Nixon, Abraham B. Olin, George W. Palmer, Samuel O. Peyton, Albert G. Porter, Roger A. Pryor, John H. Reynolds, Christopher Robinson, James C. Robinson, Albert Rust, George W. Scranton, Daniel E. Sickles, William E. Simms, Otho R. Singleton, William Smith, William N. H. Smith, Daniel E. Somes, Elbridge G Spaulding, James A. Stallworth, Benjamin Stanton, Thaddeus Stevens, John W. Stevenson, Mason W. Tappan, Cydnor B. Tompkins, Charles R. Train, Carey A. Trimble, Clement L. Vallandigham, Zebulon B. Vance, William Vandever, Henry Waldron, Cadwalader C. Washburn, Israel Washburn, jr., William G. Whiteley, James Wilson, William Windom, Warren Winslow, and Samuel H. Woodson.

And then,

By unanimous consent, all further proceedings in the call were dispensed with.

The following petitions, memorials, and other papers, were laid upon the Clerk's table, under the 24th rule of the House, to wit:

By Mr. Davidson: The petition of Wiley Young, praying for a pension on account of services during the war of 1812; which was referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

Also, the petition of the heirs of Oliver Pollock, praying for the payment of certain bills of exchange drawn by George Rogers Clarke on the State of Virginia for the support of the Illinois expedition; which was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims.

By Mr. Christopher Robinson: The memorial of Joseph Smith and others, of the State of Rhode Island, asking that Seekonk river be staked and buoyed; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce.

By Mr. Theaker: The memorial and accompanying papers of Robert

Stewart, praying for bounty land and pension for services in the war of 1812; which were referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, the petition of the heirs of Edie Stewart-heretofore referred December 18, 1857; which was referred to the Committee on Public Lands.

On motion of Mr. Carter, by unanimous consent, bills on the Speaker's table were taken up as follows, viz:

H. R. 328. An act for the relief of Peay & Ayliffe, with the amendments of the Senate thereto.

Ordered, That the said bill and amendments be referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.

H. R. 239. An act for the relief of George F. Brott, with the amendment of the Senate thereto.

Ordered, That the said amendment be concurred in.

Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate therewith.

H. R. 523. An act extending the charter incorporating the "German Benevolent Society" of Washington city, in the District of Columbia, approved July 27, 1842; with an amendment of the Senate thereto.

Ordered, That the said bill and amendment be referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia.

Bills of the Senate of the following titles, viz:

S. 43. An act for the relief of Solomon Wadsworth;

S. 385. An act to incorporate the proprietors of Prospect Hill Cemetery;

S. 426. An act to dissolve the "Washington's Manual Labor School and Male Orphan Asylum Society of the District of Columbia," and to authorize the transfer of its effects to the "Columbia Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind;"

S. 202. An act to reimburse the corporation of Georgetown, in the District of Columbia, a sum of money advanced towards the construction of the Little Falls bridge;

were severally read a first and second time, and referred as follows, viz:

S. 43, to the Committee on Public Lands.

S. 385, 426, and 202, to the Committee for the District of Columbia. Mr. Stanton, by unanimous consent, withdrew the motion heretofore submitted by him to reconsider the vote by which the bill of the House (H. R. 217) making appropriations for the construction, preservation and repairs of certain fortifications, and other works of defence, for the year ending June 30, 1861, was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.

On motion of Mr. Hatton, by unanimous consent,

Ordered, That a communication addressed to him as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department, from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting certain papers touching the expenses of the late expedition to Paraguay, be printed, and referred to the said committee.

Mr. Carter, by unanimous consent, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, reported bills of the following titles, viz:

H. R. 766. A bill to incorporate the Guardian Society and reform juvenile offenders in the District of Columbia;

H. R. 767. A bill to incorporate the American Pharmaceutical Association in Washington, city in the District of Columbia;

which were severally read a first and second time, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed.

Mr. Hughes, by unanimous consent, from a minority of the same committee, reported bills of the following titles, viz:

H. R. 768. A bill to authorize the construction of railways in the cities of Washington and Georgetown, and the extension, construction and use of the Metropolitan railroad into and within the District of Columbia;

H. R. 769. A bill to appropriate annually for ten years the sum of twenty thousand dollars for erecting a monument to George Washington at the seat of the federal government;

accompanied by the views of the minority of said committee in each case; which bills were severally read a first and second time, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and the bills and views of the minority ordered to be printed. Mr. Theaker, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee had examined and found truly enrolled bills of the following titles, viz:

H. R. 695. An act for the relief of Asenath M. Elliott, widow of Captain Edward G. Elliott;

H. R. 702. An act making appropriations for the construction of certain military roads in the Territory of Washington;

S. 299. An act to increase and regulate the pay of the navy of the United States.

When

The Speaker signed the same.

Mr. Barr, by unanimous consent, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, reported a bill (H. R. 770) incorporating the Catholic Beneficial Total Abstinence Association of the District of Columbia; which was read a first and second time, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed.

Mr. Morse, by unanimous consent, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported a bill (H. R. 771) to carry into effect a conditional contract for the purchase of coal, accompanied by a report in writing thereon; which bill was read a first and second time, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and the bill and report ordered to be printed.

Ordered, That leave be granted to Mr. Sedgwick to submit the views of a minority of the said committee on the said bill, and that the same be printed.

Mr. Branch moved that the vote by which the said bill was committed be reconsidered, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; which latter motion was agreed to.