Resolved, That so much of said message and accompanying documents as relates to the expenditures in connexion with the Post Office Department be referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department. Resolved, That so much of said message and accompanying documents as relates to the militia be referred to the Committee on the Militia. Resolved, That so much of said message as relates to a Pacific railroad be referred to a special committee of thirteen, to be appointed by the Speaker, to which committee all documents and resolutions in relation to Pacific railroads shall be referred. Resolved, That so much of said message and accompanying documents as relates to roads and canals be referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Resolved, That so much of said message and accompanying documents as relates to any arrangement for the freed people be referred to the select committee of nine ordered by the House on the 14th instant. Resolved, That so much of the President's message as is contained in the proclamation, and as refers to the condition and treatment of the rebellious States, be referred to a special committee of nine, to be appointed by the Speaker. The same having been read, Mr. H. Winter Davis moved to amend the last resolution by striking out all after the word "Resolved," and inserting in lieu thereof the following, viz: "That so much of the President's message as relates to the duty of the United States to guarantee a republican form of government to the States in which the governments recognized by the United States have been abrogated or overthrown, be referred to a select committie of nine, to be named by the Speaker, which shall report the bills necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing guarantee." And the question being put, It was decided in the affirmative, {Nays.... The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. Alexander H. Rice Mr. Henry W. Harrington Anson Herrick Philip Johnson William Johnson Francis Kernan Austin A. King Mr. Cox moved further to amend the said resolution by adding at the end thereof the following, viz: Resolved, That the seven additional standing committees appointed under rules 102 and 103 be directed at once to perform the duties prescribed by said rules, and examine into the state of the accounts and expenditures of the several departments, respectively, submitted to them, and report particularly, as specified in rule No. 103, and further, that to carry into effect this resolution, the said committees have all the powers of committees of investigation." The same having been read, The question was put under the operation of the previous question specially moved thereon, And it was decided in the affirmative. Mr. Cox moved that the vote last taken be reconsidered, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; which latter motion was agreed to. Mr. Ellihu B. Washburne moved further to amend the said resolutions by adding at the end thereof the following, viz: Resolved, That so much of the President's message as refers to foreign emigration be referred to a special committee lo consist of five members.” The same having been read, Mr. Ellihu B. Washburne moved the, previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered, and under the operation thereof the said amendment and the said resolutions as amended were severally agreed to. Mr. Ellihu B. Washburne moved that the vote last taken be reconsidered, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; which latter motion was agreed to. The Speaker having proceeded to call the committees for reports, Mr. Boyd, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported the following resolution; which was read, considered, and agreed to, viz: Resolved, That the President of the United States be requested to furnish to Congress (if in his opinion it is compatible with public interest) a copy of the report of Major General Blunt (filed by Gilpatrick) on the matter of peculations from the government in subsistence, clothing, and transporting the refugee Indians. The call of the committees having been completed, The Speaker announced as next in order the following resolution, submitted yesterday by Mr. Cox, and laid over one day under the rule, viz: Resolved, That the Secretary of War be directed to communicate to this house the report made by Major General George B. McClellan, concerning the organization and operations of the army of the Potomac while under his command, and of all army operations while he was commander-in-chief. The same having been read, Mr. Cox moved the previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered, and under the operation thereof the said resolution was agreed to. Mr. Cox moved that the vote last taken be reconsidered, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; which latter motion was agreed to. Mr. Dawes presented the memorial of John S Sleeper, contesting the seat of Alexander H. Rice as a representative from the third congressional district of Massachusetts; which, together with all the papers on file touching the case, was referred to the Committee of Elections. The Speaker having resumed the call of the States for resolutions where it was suspended yesterday, Mr. James C. Allen submitted the following resolution; which was read, considered, and agreed to, viz: Resolved, That all public documents, of which extra copies have been ordered to be printed for distribution, and which have not been delivered to the persons entitled thereto under the resolution of the last House of Representatives, shall now be delivered by the officer having possession of the same to the representatives in this house of those districts whose former representatives, have not drawn the documents to which such districts were respectively entitled according to the rate of distribution established. Subsequently, Mr. Beaman moved a reconsideration of the vote by which the said resolution was agreed to. Pending which, On motion of Mr. James C. Allen, Ordered, That the motion to reconsider be laid on the table. Mr. Lovejoy submitted the following resolution, viz: Resolved, That the Committee for the District of Columbia be authorized to employ a clerk, with a compensation of four dollars per day during the time he is actually employed. The same having been read, Mr. Lovejoy moved the previous question. Pending which, Mr. Holman moved that the resolution be laid on the table; which motion was disagreed to. The question then recurring on the demand for the previous question, it was seconded and the main question ordered and put, viz: Will the House agree to the said resolution? Yeas And it was decided in the affirmative, {Xays.. The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. James C. Allen William J. Allen James G. Blaine Mr. Nathan F. Dixon John F. Driggs James A. Garfield Thomas A. Jenckes Mr. Austin A. King Mr. Sidney Perham 113 37 Frederick A. Pike Green Clay Smith Lorenzo D. M. Sweat Mr. Lovejoy moved that the vote last taken be reconsidered, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; which latter motion was agreed to. Mr. Farnsworth submitted the following resolution, viz: Resolved, That a select committee of five members be appointed by the Speaker of this house, to whom shall be referred all petitions or communications having reference to an increase of railway communication and facilities between New York city and Washington, and whose duty it shall be to consider and report upon that subject; and that said committee shall have power to report by bill or otherwise. The same having been read, Mr. Farnsworth moved the previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered to be put. When Mr. Brooks moved that the resolution be laid on the table. And the question being put, Yeas.... It was decided in the affirmative,ays... The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. James C. Allen Henry Winter Davis John R Eden Joseph K. Edgerton Charles A. Eldridge Mr. William E. Finck John Ganson Francis C. Le Blond Mr. Daniel Marcy Archibald McAllister George H. Pendleton Those who voted in the negative are— Mr. Sydenham E. Ancona Lucien Anderson John D. Baldwin Mr. Sempronius H. Boyd Augustus Brandegee Mr. Ebenezer Dumont Mr. James S. Rollins Robert C. Schenck 91 59 Green Clay Smith Mr. Asahel W. Hubbard Notices were given, under the rule, of motions for leave to introduce bills, as follows, viz: By Mr. Wilder: A bill to indemnify the citizens of Lawrence, Kansas, for loss sustained by reason of the destruction of property by Quantrell and his band of robbers in his late raid into Kansas. By Mr. Law: A bill granting bounty lands to certain officers and soldiers. who have been engaged in the military service of the United States in the war now progressing between the United States and the Confederate States" so called. By Mr. Pendleton: A bill to authorize the payment to the officers, scamen, and soldiers on the gunboat "Cincinnati" of their back pay and of compensation for their losses of money and clothing at the time of the sinking of said boat. By Mr. William B. Washburn: A bill for the relief of Sarah Whitney and Mary Huggerford, children of Huldah Butler. By Mr. Nelson: A bill to repeal the duties heretofore imposed on the importation of coal, and paper and paper envelopes. By Mr. Stevens: A bill for the relief of John E. Bouligney. By Mr. McClurg: A bill to provide for the deficiency in the appropriation for the pay of officers and men actually employed in the western department, or department of Missouri. By Mr. Windom: A bill to amend an act entitled "An act granting homesteads to actual settlers on the public domain, so as to extend the benefits of said act to soldiers in the service of the United States, and to provide greater facilities for compliance with the provisions of said act." By Mr. Spalding: A bill explanatory of section 12 of the enrolment act of March 3, 1863, which provides that the President, in assigning to the districts the number of men to be furnished therefrom, shall take into consideration "the number of volunteers and militia" furnished from the several States in which said districts are situated, and the period of the service. By Mr. Driggs: A bill to increase the pay of all private soldiers in the Union army to $18 per month, and that of all non-commissioned officers and musicians twenty-five per cent.; Also, a bill for an appropriation of land or money to build a military and post road from Saginaw to the Straits of Mackinaw, in the State of Michigan; Alse, a bill to improve the harbors on Lake Superior; Also, a bill to secure the safety of, and facilitate the carriage of, mails between the lower and upper peninsulas in the State of Michigan. And By Mr. George E. Cole: A bill to amend an act approved July 17, 1854, amendatory of an act entitled "An act to create the office of surveyor general of the public lands in Oregon," &c.; Also, a bill to amend an act donating public lands to the several States and Territories which may provide colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts, approved July 2, 1862. And then, On motion of Mr. Stevens, at 2 o'clock and 25 minutes p. m., the House adjourned. |