Naval School, vacancies, &c.; which was referred to the Committee. on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. On motion of Mr. George W. Jones, by unanimous consent, Ordered, That 15,000 copies extra of the annual report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the state of the finances be printed. The Speaker having announced as the business first in order the resolution submitted by Mr. Sollers, and pending when the House adjourned yesterday, and upon which the main question was ordered to be put, The same was read, as follows, viz: Resolved, That the President of the United States inform this House, if not incompatible with the public interest, what was the object or objects of the meeting or conference of the American ministers at Ostend, and whether the said meeting or conference was held in obedience to instructions from the Secretary of State; what the said instructions were, and what was the result of the said meeting or conference. Mr. Chastain moved that the resolution be laid on the table. It was decided in the negative,{ S Yeas. 72 90 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. Willis Allen Thomas H. Bayly John C. Breckinridge Elijah W. Chastain James S. Chrisman Williamson R. W. Cobb William O. Goode Mr. Frederick W. Green Alfred B. Greenwood Thomas A. Hendricks Mr. James L. Orr John S. Phelps Philip Phillips James T. Pratt William A. Richardson George Read Riddle Mr. Edward Dickinson Mr. John R. Franklin John Z. Goodrich John Scott Harrison John Letcher James J. Lindley John McCulloch Orsamus B. Matteson Mr. James Meacham Ner Middleswarth Mr. George A. Simmons William R. Smith Nathan T. Stratton Benjamin B. Thurston Andrew Tracy Charles W. Upham So the House refused to lay the resolution on the table. The question then recurred on agreeing to the resolution. Mr. Skelton moved that the vote by which the House yesterday refused to refer the same to the Committee on Foreign Affairs be reconsidered. Pending which, Mr. Ellihu B. Washburne moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table. And the question being put on the latter motion, Yeas. It was decided in the negative, {Nays 84 89 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. Edward Ball Mr. John R. Franklin John Z. Goodrich Orsamus B. Matteson Mr. Edwin B. Morgan Benjamin Pringle Mr. Willis Allen Thomas S. Bocock James S. Chrisman Thomas L. Clingman Thomas J. D. Fuller Mr. Frederick W. Green Alfred B. Greenwood Smith Miller Edson B. Olds James L. Orr Mr. Israel Washburn, jr. Mr. Bishop Perkins William A. Richardson George W. Smyth John J. Taylor Edward A. Warren John Wentworth Theodoric R. Westbrook William H. Witte Hendrick B. Wright. So the House refused to lay upon the table the motion to recon sider. The question then recurred on the motion to reconsider. And being put, It was decided in the affirmative, {Nays... 93 83 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. James C. Allen Willis Allen Thomas S. Bocock Elijah W. Chastain Samuel Clark Thomas L. Clingman Williamson R. W. Cobb Alfred H. Colquitt Mr. Burton Craige John G. Davis Mr. William T. Hamilton Sampson W. Harris George Hastings Thomas A. Hendricks Bernhart Henn Harry Hibbard Mr Edward Ball Nathaniel P. Banks, jr. Francis M. Bristow Ben Edwards Grey Mr. Galusha A. Grow Aaron Harlan John Scott Harrison Orsamus B. Matteson So the motion to reconsider was agreed to. Thereupon, Mr. Charles Skelton George W. Smyth Edward A. Warren Mr. Charles Ready Samuel L. Russell William R. Sapp Benjamin B. Thurston Andrew Tracy Charles W. Upham Edward Wade Hiram Walbridge The question was again put, Shall the said resolution be referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs? Yeas..... And it was decided in the affirmative, Nays... The yeas 92 83 and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. James C. Allen Willis Allen Mr. Thomas S. Bocock John C. Breckinridge Thomas L. Clingman Mr. Alfred H. Colquitt Burton Craige Mr. Edward Ball Nathaniel P. Banks, jr. Francis M. Bristow Lewis D. Campbell Ben Edwards Grey Mr. Galusha A. Grow Aaron Harlan John Scott Harrison Orsamus B. Matteson Mr. Peter Rowe Origen S. Seymour William R. Smith George W. Smyth Edward A. Warren Mr. Charles Ready David A. Reese George A. Simmons Benjamin B. Thurston Andrew Tracy Charles W. Upham Hiram Walbridge So the resolution was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. A message from the Senate, by Mr. Machen, their chief clerk: Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed a bill of the House of the following title, viz: H. R. 418. A bill for the relief of Enoch S. More without amendment. The Senate have agreed to the amendment of the House to the bill (S. 126) entitled "An act to relinquish to the State of Wisconsin the lands reserved for salt springs therein." |