Mr. Amos Abbott John Quincy Adams Lemuel H. Arnold Daniel M. Barringer Joseph Buffington Columbus Delano George Fries Mr. William S. Garvin Mr. Richard F. Simpson Mr. Alexander Ramsey Robert C. Schenck Bannon G. Thibodeaux Robert C. Winthrop Timothy Pillsbury James Pollock Jacob S. Yost. So the said vote was reconsidered: and The question recurred, Will the House agree to the said amendment? And being put, It was decided in the negative, Nays, 90 102 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. Joseph E. Edsall James B. Hunt Mr. Timothy Jenkins Lewis C. Levin Those who voted in the negative are Mr. Stephen Adams Joseph H. Anderson Thomas H. Bayly James A. Black James B. Bowlin William H. Brockenbrough William G. Brown Armistead Burt Charles W. Cathcart Augustus A. Chapman John D. Cummins George C. Dromgoole Robert P. Dunlap James J. Faran Mr. Orlando B. Ficklin Samuel Gordon So the said amendment was rejected. Mr. Robert C. Schenck Bannon G. Thibodeaux Robert C. Winthrop Mr. Archibald C. Niven William W. Payne Bradford R. Wood The said bill was then ordered to be engrossed, and read a third time to-day. And the bill being engrossed, was accordingly read the third time: when Mr. Boyd 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, Yeas, Nays, 193 2 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. Amos Abbott James A. Black John Blanchard James B. Bowlin Linn Boyd Jacob Brinkerhoff William H. Brockenbrough Mr. George Fries William S. Garvin Hannibal Hamlin John F. Collin Albert Constable Owen D. Leib Mr. Moses Norris Robert Dale Owen Robert W. Roberts Albert Smith Caleb B. Smith David A. Starkweather Stephen Strong Bannon G. Thibodeaux William P. Thomasson Benjamin Thompson Samuel F. Vinton So the said bill was passed. Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate in the said bill. Mr. Wheaton, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee have examined an enrolled resolution from the Senate (No. 27) to correct a clerical error in the act approved June 6, 1846, "for the relief of the legal representatives of George Duval, a Cherokee Indian," and found the same truly enrolled: when The Speaker signed the said resolution. Mr. Wheaton, from the same committee, reported that the committee did this day present to the President of the United States the bill from the Senate (No. 120) entitled "An act making alterations in the pay depart. ment of the army." Mr. McKay moved that the House resolve itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. And the question being put, It was decided in the affirmative, Yeas, 120 87 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 James B. Bowlin Jacob Brinkerhoff John F. Collin Albert Constable Alvan Cullom Francis A. Cunningham Mr. Charles Goodyear Samuel Gordon Hannibal Hamlin Mr. Moses Norris Robert Dale Owen Robert Smith Frederick P. Stanton Hezekiah Williams David Wilmot Bradford R. Wood Those who voted in the negative are Mr. Amos Abbott John Quincy Adams Lemuel H. Arnold Daniel M. Barringer John Blanchard William W. Campbell Henry D. Foster Mr. William S. Garvin Meredith P. Gentry Washington Hunt Mr. John Ritter Julius Rockwell Robert C. Schenck George Sykes Bannon G. Thibodeaux Robert C. Winthrop 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. Cobb reported that the committee having, according to order, had the state of the Union generally under consideration, particularly the bill (No. 384) reducing the duty on imports, and for other purposes, had come to no resolution thereon. A message from the Senate, by Mr. Machen, their chief clerk: Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed a bill (No. 54) entitled “An act for the relief of Nathaniel Phillips:" in which I am directed to ask the concurrence of the House. The Senate insists on its disagreement to the amendments of the House to the bill from the Senate (No. 185) entitled "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," and asks a conference upon the disagreeing votes of the two houses on the said amendments; and has appointed Mr. Dix, Mr. Westcott, and Mr. Mangum, managers at the conference on the part of the Senate. And then he withdrew. And thereupon the said bill (No. 54) was read a first and second time, and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. The House proceeded to the consideration of the said amendments to the bill from the Senate (No. 185:) when it was Resolved, That the House further insist on its amendments, disagreed to by the Senate, to the said bill (No. 185,) and agree to the conference asked by the Senate thereon, and that managers be appointed to conduct said conference on the part of the House. Mr. Haralson, Mr. Boyd, and Mr. White, were appointed the said man agers. Ordered, That the Clerk notify the Senate thereof. |