THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1846. Bills and a resolution from the Senate of the following titles, viz: No. 185. An act supplemental to an act entitled "An act providing for the prosecution of the existing war between the United States and the republic of Mexico, and for other purposes;" No. 88. An act to amend the act approved June 17, 1844, entitled "An act to provide for the adjustment of land claims within the States of Missouri, Arkansas, and Louisiana, and in those parts of the States of Mississippi and Alabama south of the thirty-first degree of north latitude, and between the Mississippi and Perdido rivers;" No. 14. A resolution for the relief of Putney & Riddle; were severally read a first and second time, and referredNo. 185. To the Committee on Military Affairs. No. 88. To the Committee on Public Lands. No. 14. To the Committee of Claims. The bill from the Senate (No. 196) entitled "An act in relation to the July term of the circuit and district courts in the district of Ohio," was ordered to be read a third time to day. And, thereupon, It was accordingly read the third time, and passed. Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate therewith. Mr. Hopkins, (by leave,) from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to which was referred the bill from the Senate (No. 148) entitled "An act establishing certain post routes, and for other purposes," reported the same with an amendment. The question was stated, Will the House agree to the said amendment? when Mr. Stephen Adams moved the previous question, which was seconded; and the main question was ordered and put, and the said amendment was agreed to, and ordered to be engrossed: and the bill Ordered, To be read a third time to-day. The said amendment being engrossed, The said bill was accordingly read the third time; and the question was stated, Shall it pass? when Mr. Hopkins moved the previous question, which was seconded; and the main question was ordered and put, viz: Shall the bill pass? And decided in the affirmative. Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate therewith. Mr. Stephen Adams moved that the vote upon the passage of the said bill be reconsidered. Mr. Hopkins moved that the said motion to reconsider be laid upon the table: which motion was agreed to. On motion of Mr. McClernand, Ordered, That leave be given to withdraw the papers in the case of George Ramey and Thomas T. January. And the said papers were accordingly delivered to the Hon. Mr. McClernand. On motion of Mr. Haralson, Ordered, That the Committee on Military Affairs be discharged from the consideration of the message from the President of the United States, (transmitted to the House yesterday,) containing copies of official des patches from General Taylor relative to the battles of the 8th and 9th instant; and that it be committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. A message from the Senate, by Mr. Dickins, their Secretary: Mr. Speaker: The Senate have concurred in the amendment of the House to the bill of the Senate (No. 148) entitled "An act establishing certain post routes, and for other purposes." They have passed a bill (No. 166) entitled "An act for the relief of Azenath Canney:" in which I am directed to ask the concurrence of the House. And then he withdrew. On motion of Mr. McKay, 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. Hopkins reported that the committee having, according to order, had the state of the Union generally under consideration, particularly the bill (No. 50) making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of government for the year ending 30th June, 1847, and for other purposes, had directed him to report the said bill with amendments. The House proceeded to the consideration of the said bill; the question being on agreeing to the said amendments: when Mr. George W. Jones moved to amend the said bill by striking out the words "and meteorologist," in the 180th line, and the word "three," in the 181st line, and inserting, in lieu of the word three, the word "one." Mr. Jones moved the previous question. Mr. Winthrop raised the question of order, that a motion to amend the original bill is not in order until the amendments reported from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union shall have been acted on. The Speaker decided that the proposition to amend the original bill was in order, but that the question must be first taken on the amendments of the committee, and then on the amendment proposed to the original bill. From this decision Mr. McHenry appealed. And the question being put, Shall the decision of the Chair stand as the judgment of the House?" It was decided in the affirmative. So the decision of the Chair stands as the judgment of the House. The previous question was then seconded, and the main question was ordered and put, and the first, second, and third of the said amendments reported from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union were agreed to. The fourth amendment was read as follows, viz: Insert after the 437th line the following: "to supply deficiencies in the fund for the relief of sick and disabled seamen, twenty-five thousand dollars." And the question being put, Will the House agree thereto? It was decided in the affirmative, S Yeas, 103 79 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are— Mr. Amos Abbott John Quincy Adams Mr. Henry Bedinger Joseph Grinnell Mr. Hannibal Hamlin Those who voted in the negative are Mr. Stephen Adams Joseph H. Anderson Charles S. Benton James Black James A. Black William H. Brockenbrough Augustus A. Chapman John S. Chipman Orlando B. Ficklin Mr. Henry D. Foster So the said amendment was agreed to. The fifth amendment was then read as follows: Mr. James Pollock William P. Thomasson Hezekiah Williams Mr. Moses Norris Robert Dale Owen R. Barnwell Rhett Strike out the following clause, being the 438th and the 439th lines of the printed bill: "For the erection and completion of marine hospitals at Pittsburg, Natchez, Louisville, Paducah, and Cleveland, fifty thousand dollars. (This clause was amended in Committee of the Whole House by inserting therein the words Natchez and Paducah; after which, the committee directed the entire clause to be struck out.) And the question being put, Will the House concur with the committee in striking out the said clause? SYeas, 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. Stephen Adams Joseph H. Anderson James A. Black William H. Brockenbrough Mr. Orlando B. Ficklin Robert M. T. Hunter Those who voted in the negative are Mr. Amos Abbott Mr. Solomon Foot John Quincy Adams 1 Joseph Grinnell James G. Hampton Alexander Harper Thomas J. Henley Richard P. Herrick Henry W. Hilliard Elias B. Holmes John W. Houston Samuel D. Hubbard Charles Hudson Washington Hunt Charles J. Ingersoll Joseph R. Ingersoll Daniel P. King Abner Lewis Edward Long Robert McClelland Joseph J. McDowell John H. McHenry Mr. John P. Martin Barclay Martin Hezekiah Williams Mr. Abraham R. McIlvaine David A. Starkweather Andrew Stewart John Strohm William P. Thomasson 90 87 The sixth, seventh, and agreed to: and Joseph Vance Mr. Robert C. Winthrop Bryan R. Young eighth of the said amendments were then The ninth amendment was read, as follows, viz: "That from and after the end of this present session of Congress the mileage allowed and paid to Senators and Representatives in Congress and Delegates from Territories shall be 40 cents per mile for the first 200 miles; 35 cents for each mile above 200, and not over 300; 30 cents for each mile above 300, and not over 400; and 25 cents per mile for any distance over 400 miles: Provided, That the aggregate mileage allowed to any Senator, Representative, or Delegate in any one session of Congress, shall, in no case, exceed $750." And the question being put, Will the House agree to the said amendment? It was decided in the affirmative, Yeas, 124 59 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. Amos Abbott Joseph H. Anderson Daniel M. Barringer Joshua F. Bell Charles S. Benton Asa Biggs James Black Erastus D. Culver Francis A. Cunningham John De Mott James Dixon James C. Dobbin Mr. James Graham Henry Grider Mr. Mace Moulton Moses Norris David A. Starkweather William P. Thomasson Joseph A. Woodward |