Ordered, That the said bill be committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Kennedy, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee have examined an enrolled resolution of the Senate (No. 17) for the relief of Peter Gorman, and found the same to be truly enrolled: when The Speaker signed the said resolution. A message from the Senate, by Mr. Dickins, their Secretary: Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed a resolution (No. 14) for the relief of Putney & Riddle, and a bill (No. 196) entitled "An act in relation to the July term of the circuit and district courts in the district of Ohio:" 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 on the 30th June, 1847, and for other purposes, had come to no resolution thereon. Mr. Cobb offered the following resolution: the Resolved, That all debate in the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union on the said bill (No. 50) shall cease at one o'clock tomorrow, (if the committee shall not sooner come to a conclusion upon same;) and the committee shall then proceed to vote on such amendments as may be pending or offered to the same, and shall then report it to the House, with such amendments as may have been agreed to by the committee. The said resolution was read: when Mr. George S. Houston moved to amend the same by striking out the words "one o'clock to-morrow," and inserting, in lieu thereof, "four o'clock to-day," and moved the previous question. Mr. Ashmun moved, at twenty minutes past 2 o'clock, that the House adjourn: which motion was disagreed to. Mr. Winthrop moved that the resolution be laid upon the table. And the question being put, SYeas, It was decided in the negative, Nays, 1222 72 92 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Mr. John Quincy Adams Lemuel H. Arnold George Ashmun Joshua F. Bell John Blanchard Mr. Cornelius Darragh Columbus Delano Mr. Henry W. Hilliard Elias B. Holmes Mr. Bannon G. Thibodeaux Benjamin Thompson Joseph Vance Robert C. Winthrop Mr. Joseph Morris So the House refused to lay the said resolution upon the table. The previous question was then seconded; and the main question was ordered and put, viz: Will the House agree to the said amendment moved by Mr. Houston? Mr. Stephen Adams Archibald Atkinson Thomas H. Bayly Francis A. Cunningham George C. Dromgoole Mr. George Fries William F. Giles John H. Lumpkin Mr. John D. McCrate Barclay Martin Joseph Morris Moses Norris William W. Payne Those who voted in the negative are Mr. Amos Abbott John Quincy Adams Paul Dillingham, jr. Solomon Foot Joshua R. Giddings James Graham Mr. Martin Grover So the amendment was not agreed to. Mr. Isaac Parish George Rathbun Julius Rockwell Alexander H. Stephens Bannon G. Thibodeaux Benjamin Thompson Robert Toombs William M. Tred way Andrew Trumbo Robert C. Winthrop The question was put, Will the House agree to the said resolution? Mr. McKay moved that the rules be suspended, and that the House resolve itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union: when, On motion of Mr. Stephens, the House, at fifty-five minutes past 2 o'clock, p. m., adjourned until to-morrow, at 11 o'clock, a. m. WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 1846. On motion of Mr. Haralson, (by unanimous consent,) it was Resolved, That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, requested to communicate to this House all the official despatches which may have been received from General Taylor, commanding the army of occupation on the Rio Grande, relating to the battles of the 8th and 9th instant. A message from the Senate, by Mr. Dickins, their Secretary: Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed bills of the following titles, viz: 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 Missis sippi and Alabama south of the thirty-first degree of north latitude, and between the Mississippi and Perdido rivers;" and 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:" 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 on the 30th June, 1847, and for other purposes, had come to no resolution thereon. A message was received from the President of the United States, by J. Knox Walker, his private secretary; which was read, and is as follows: To the House of Representatives: In compliance with the request contained in the resolution of the House of Representatives of this date, I transmit copies of all the official despatches which have been received from General Taylor, commanding the army of occupation on the Rio Grande, relating to the battles of the 8th and 9th instant. WASHINGTON, May 27, 1846. JAMES K. POLK. Ordered, That the said message be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Mr. Schenck moved, at fifteen minutes past 3 o'clock, that the House adjourn. And the question being put, Yeas, It was decided in the negative, Nays, 81 97 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 Joseph H. Anderson Daniel M. Barringer Mr. Paul Dillingham, jr. James Dixon Mr. Joseph R. Ingersoll James H. Johnson Mr. Stephen Adams Archibald Atkinson James B. Bowlin Jacob Brinkerhoff John F. Collin Albert Constable Francis A. Cunningham Mr. Edwin H. Ewing So the House refused to adjourn. Mr. Samuel F. Vinton Robert C. Winthrop Mr. John P. Martin David A. Starkweather Mr. Haralson, (by leave,) from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported a bill (No. 451) to provide certain military tactics for the use of the volunteers authorized to be called into the service of the United States by the act approved 13th May, 1846: which was read a first and second time, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Ashmun moved, at twenty-four minutes past 3 o'clock, that the House adjourn: which motion was disagreed to. 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 on the 30th June, 1847, and for other purposes, had come to no resolution thereon. And then, on motion of Mr. Vinton, the House, at eight minutes past 4 o'clock, p. m., adjourned until to-morrow, at 11 o'clock, a. m.. |