of the House of Representatives for the Forthy-ninth Congress of the Columbia Hospital for Women and Lying-in Asylum, under authority of the act of Congress approved June 10, 1872. Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate therewith. The Speaker also, by unanimous consent, announced the following appointments on committees: Mr. B. F. Shively, of Indiana, in place of Mr. Charles Shelley, on Committee on the District of Columbia. Mr. James W. Reid, of North Carolina, on Committee on Levees and Improvements of Mississippi River, in place of Mr. Jonathan Chace. Mr. Samuel H. Miller moved a call of the House; on which motion the yeas and nays were ordered; Pending which, Mr. Dunham moved that Mr. Anderson be excused from voting on the said motion for a call of the House, And the question being put, viz, Shall Mr. Anderson be excused from voting on the said question? It was decided in the negative. Yeas. Not voting 39 152 183 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are— So the House refused to excuse Mr. Anderson from voting on the said motion. The question recurring on the motion for a call of the House, It was decided in the negative, Nays... Yeas .... Not voting 53 141 130 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are EFLE Francis B. Brewer Budd Connolly Dixon Ellwood David B. Henderson Holmes Keifer Charles R..Skinner Smalls Hiram Y. Smith Spooner John D. White Mr. Holman Jeffords Greenleaf Halsell James H. Jones James K. Jones Kleiner Lawrence Cullen Curtin Hammond Davidson Hardeman Lowndes H. Davis Hardy Deuster Harmer Dibrell Caldwell Felix Campbell James E. Campbell Dockery William H. Hatch Goldsmith W. Hewitt Hill Hitt Le Fevre Lore Lowry Lyman McAdoo McMillin Matson So the motion for a call of the House was not agreed to. Ordered, That the Clerk request the Senate to return to the House of Representatives, for correction of an error in the message to the Senate of the action of the House thereon, the bill of the House (H. R. 8138) making appropriations for the service of the Post-Office Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1886, and for other purposes. Mr. William F. Rogers, by unanimous consent, from the Committee on Printing, to which was referred the following resolution, reported the same without amendment, viz: Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That there be printed at the Government Printing Office 5,000 copies of the report of Captain M. A. Healey, United States Revenue Marine, upon the cruise of the revenue steamer Corwin in the Arctic Ocean in the year 1884, and its accompanying documents and illustrations, of which 1,000 copies shall be for the use of the Senate, 2,000 for the use of the House, and 2,000 for the use of the Treasury Department. The House baving proceeded to its consideration, the said resolution was read and agreed to. Mr. Rogers moved to reconsider the vote last taken, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; which latter motion was agreed to. Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate in the said resolution. Mr. Samuel H. Miller, as a privileged question, moved to reconsider the vote by which the House refused to order a call of the House; Pending which, Mr. Dunham moved to lay the said motion to reconsider on the table; And the question being put, It was decided in the affirmative Yeas Nays. 151 54 119 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are— So the said motion to reconsider was laid on the table. A message from the Senate, by Mr. McCook, their Secretary: Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed without amendment bills of the House of the following titles, viz: H. R. 8183. An act to remove the political disabilities of W. H. Murdaugh, of Virginia. H. R. 754. An act for the relief of Nathan H. Dunphe, of Bridgewater, in the State of Massachusetts. H. R. 8102. An act to give assent of Congress for the construction of a railroad bridge by the East and Middle Tennessee Railroad Company over the Cumberland and Caney Fork Rivers. I am directed by the Senate to return to the House of Representatives, in compliance with its request, the bill of the House (H. R. 8138) making appropriations for the service of the Post-Office Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1886, and for other purposes, with amendments of the Senate thereto. At the suggestion of the Speaker, by unanimous consent, it was Ordered, That the said bill and amendments of the Senate be returned to the Senate with the corrected statement that the House agrees to the conference asked by the Senate on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the said amendments, with the same conferrees previously appointed. Mr. Neece, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee had examined and found duly enrolled bills of the House of the following titles, viz: H. R. 7785. An act making appropriations for the payment of invalid and other pensions of the United States for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1886, and for other purposes; H. R. 754. An act for the relief of Nathan H. Dunphe, of Bridgewater, in the State of Massachusetts; When The Speaker signed the same. Mr. Samuel H. Miller moved a call of the House, And the question being put, It was decided in the negative, Yeas 44 .147 133 The yeas and nays being desired by one fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are |