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the renander be discharged from the service Ofhs Unite
states"
Mr.. HAMLIN moved that tho House insist o
its amendment.
Mr.. HARRISON moved that the House rsesds.
Mr.. HAMLlN briefly explained his reasons f.
the vote he would give. lie was willing TO yot
any force that the public exigences might require
but he wished that the bill that created tina
force should provide for its dismissal whenever III
emergency that called II into existence should hay
passed away.
question.
There was second, and the main question (or
rsesdiag) ordered to be now taken.
Mr. IlBBATTS asked he yeas and nays whlch
were ordered and, being taken, resulted as iolio"S
YEAS Messrs Stephen Adams, Arnold AshmSn par
ringer BsdGger Bell James BlaGk csmOSs
John o. Chapman Cooke Colamer CranSton Crozler
Culver. Dsrgaa, DaIpgh Dslsno poekeryl Dr0mgSole
Hampton, HARRISON Harper Hsrrek L. B. Holmes
Isaac L, Holmes John w Houston S. d Hubbard, Hud
Leib Lewis Long James Mcdowell, McGsughey, Me
Henry, Mcyaine, Marsh, Barclay Martin Miller Nose
ley, Pendleton Psbury, Pollock, Ramsey, Rathbun
Julius Rockwell John A Rockwell, Runk, schenck sea
man seldom Severance, simpson, Albert smith Caleb
Thompson, Jacob Thompson, Towns rrumbo, Vance
Vlnon Wick. winthrop, Woodward, Wright fsncey
and Eoung-S4.
NAYsSNlessrs. John Quincy Adams, Atkinson Benton
Bgg', James Black, Bowlin Boyd William O. Brown
Burlington, John H. Campbell, Reuben Chapman, Chase
CLARKE Cobb, Collin, Cullom, Cummins, Cunningham
Daniel De Mott Dobbn, Douglass Edssll Ellsworth
Ertman, FsPn, Fickln, Fries Gavin Giddings Gordon
Hou,oa Edmund W, Hubbard HungerlOrd, James b, Hunt
jenkins, James II. Johnson, Andrew Johnson, q. w
Jones seaborn Jones Kennedy P King Lumpkin Msclay
Mclean McCloland, SlcClernand Mcconnell McCrate
Joseph J. Mcdowell, Mckay, John Martin Morris Mou
ion' N'Ven Norris, Owen Parish Payne PeTriil Perry
Sawyer Scammon, Alexander d. Sims, Leonard II Sims
Thomas smith, staIkweather, st. John, Strong Sykes
IamaE hp.n kl,afts dyvay wantu Wh4a
ton, White, Williams, Wood, WOODWORK andfost-92
So the House refused to rtesds.
And determined to insist on its amendment
The question being concurring in the amend.
ment Of the Senate, striking out tho following pro-
vlso:
the passage OF this act, officer IN the army OF the
United states not actually engaged IN prosecuting or
aiding carrying on hosities against the public enemy
snail be entitled receive more than eight Tatohs per day
o. cOmmutauon therefor"
Mr.. GORDON moved that the House insist on
its amendment; and demanded the previous ques-
non.
Mr.. TIBBATTS moved that the House rscsde
Mr.. THOMAS SMITH asked the yeas and
nays on the latter motion; which were ordered
and, being taken, resulted as follows:
TEAs-Messrs. John Quincy Adams, stephen Adams
ArnolL Ashnun, BayIy, Bell, Biggs Burlington, Burt
man Iolltner, Lrans'on CroLier Culver Dargan oar.
rish Jefferson DAVIS, Dockery, Dromgoole JohR II.
aNlu-, ElNlu H. Ewing FOOT, GENTRY, bFhnahi hHinp'
'or Marslson, Harper Isaac Z Holmes John W Houston
Hudson, Washington Hunt kaufman, Daniel P. King
'homa' Du'ier hng Leske, Leib, Lewis, Long, Nc.
rate, James Mcdowell, McGlughey, McHenry, Me.
IlyHne Mckay, Marsh. MilleH Moselry Owen, Perry
'ouoch Ramsey, Ra;hbun, julius Rockwell John 4
rockwell, Runk Seaman, Seldom, Caleb b. smith, stan
ton stewart strohm, Thomasson, Benjamin Thompson,
jas Oh Thompson Thurman, Tibbatts Trumbo, Vinton,
White Winthrop Woodward, Wright, Yancy and Young
.NYss-Me'sr; Anderson, Atkinson, Benton, James
Black, James Black, Bowlin, Boyd, Brodhead Milton
Brown, William @. Brown, Csthcart, Reuben Chapman
Chase Cdke Cobb Cooke. Collin Cullom Cummins Gun.
bingham Daniel De Mott, Dillingham;, Dobbin Douglass,
Ed.a Erdman Faran Ficklin Fries Garyn Giles, Gordon
liamln, Harmanson Henley, HerTick hoge, Hopkins,
ford, James D Hunt jenkins Andrew Johnson, George
w Jones, seabon Jones Kennedy, Preston King Lump,
Ian Maciay MCLEAN, McClelland, McClernand, McCon
neli John +. Martin, Barclay Martin Morris, Moulton
Nvcn Norris P0rsh Payne, Perrll Phelps Reid Relic
httrr. Roberts, RUSSELL sawteIe, sawyer scammon,
saith Robert Smith, Starkw Gather, St. John, Strong
James Thompson. Tredway, Wentworth Wheaton, Wick.
Williams, Woodwork, and Yost-9O.
So the House refused to recede.
And determined to insist.
The House also insisted on the following amend
ment:
"SEr 10. qdbs il further enacted, That when any Officer
ofthe army shall make requson upon the executive Of
service Of the United States shall be the duty Of the Off
to communicate TO the said executive copy OF much
OF his instructions contain the authority under which he
acts, and all calls otherwise made shall be disregarded
DANIEL.
THE SECRET SERVICE FUND
Mr.. SCHENCK rose, he said, to a question of
privilege
Mr.. s., from the select committee, heretofore ap-
pointed under the following resolution:
Rs,ored That a select committee of five members be ap-
pointed to inquire how the seal Of confidence imposed by
law heretofore uniformly preserved in relation to the
Pendue of said fund has to be broken and how
the said CHARLIE INGERoLL has obtained the information
hlrh he hag In tn
h and through whose agency such information has been
procured whether by the act Of said INcERoLL himself
by any officer of any department OF this government
and that the said committee have to send for
and papers and that they report to this House
practicable tAe result of their investigation.
Rose to present, under the unanimous instruc-
tons of the committee, report.
Mr.. HOPKINS suggested that, as the member
concerned in the report Mr.. c. J. lNGERsoLL was
absent, it would be better to defer its presentation
for few days. That gentleman, Mr.. H under
stood, had been called home by family affection
and had left the city last evening.
Mr. DOBBIN said, that the gentleman who was
referred in the report knew that it would probably
come in; and he (Mr. D. was sure that the gentle
man had no objection to It's being presented and
printed
Mr.. SCHENCK presented the report, and called
for the reading of the resolution with which it con-
cudcd.
Mr.. BRODHEAD called for the reading of the
report.
The resolution read.
Mr. JOHN A. ROCKWELL repeated the call Of
Mr. BRoDHEAD for the reading of the report.
The report and resolution were then read as fol-
lows:
The select committee, appointed to inquire as to
the violation of "he seal of confidence of the State
Department and how information was obtained by
CHARLES J. lNcERsoLL from secret papers and ac-
counts IN that department which the President had
declined to communicate to this House in answer to
resolution and request Of the House,
REPORT:
That Immediately after their appointment they
proceeded to make the investigation required by the
order of the House, and have been assiduously
gagged since in the discharge of the duty assign
ed them. They have applied to all supposed proper
sources of information, and have examined all the
witnesses who were likely to be able to throw any
light upon the subject of their inquiry and the result
OF their labors has been mass Of testimony, which
they now produce to the House.
After much consideration the committee have
concluded to present the evidence which they have
collected, without any expression of their opinion in
regard to what is established by it. Whatever