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Rsosd That the Committee on the Post ohee and Post
Roads inquire into the exPediency OF establishing mail
from PttShrd In lke county CarOltOn IL Green
county, In the State Of illinois.
REVOLUTIONARY PENSIONS.
Mr.. ORDER offered the following resolutions;
Rsio.d That the Committee Revolutionary Pensions
Be instructed to report bill authorizing the widows Of
dictionary oncsn and soldiers. VINO married AFTER
1884 aud before 100 to draw IensoRs according to the
laws the sub ecs Of for the beneht
VI the widows Of said officers and soldiers married previous
to 1874
Mr. BRoADHEAD suggested that the resolution
should be amended not to be imperative, but
to direct an inquiry into the exPediency of such a
Mr.. J. q. ADAMS said the subject had been
long time before the House, and he hoped that the
resolution would pass In the form Of instructions to
reports bill.
resolution al tnis ume:,,,,r,
And Mr.. BRINKERHoFF indicated his in
tention 10 debate IT,
So the resolution lies over.
SANDY BAT AND LINN HARBoR.
On motion Of Mr.. d. p KING,
Rssorsd, That the Committee on Commerce be nStrucsd
to consider the skPedency OF reporting pro ratons Tor
protection Of Lynn hurboT.
On motion Of Mr.. STANTON,
RrfOipsd That the Committee Naval Affairs be in
structed TO inquire into the eSPedency Of eorgsnI
the bur OF the Navy De aameni to have separate
bureau Of ordnance and also OF autobiography, with
| liberty to report b. bill or otherwise.
On motion OF Mr.. WENTWORTH,
RssOr,d That the Committee on the Post Once and Post
Roads be instructed inquire into tn propTi Of relcy
ing Martin o. slSer from certain restrictions posed
upon him ia relation TO bidding for mail contracts
And that the Committee Military Ahair be requested
10 inquire into the abb ty Of the fort at Mackinsc
Of defehdng the and the TOW In said
lake. whether there Is now any point at which svsssel Of
war could ell be built and whether on the thousand
mi Dl lax
capable OF shelterng such vessel in the very
sudden and severe gales which are incident to SAID lake
And that the Committee Naval Affairs be requested to
c aSDe INTO the Of eot
Michigan to the Mississippi river to render the navy
depot at Memphis available for the defence OF said and
also into the exPedsncy Of constructing naval depot at
Chicago.
ANEW HALL OF REPREsESTArIvEs.
On motion of Mr.. OWEN, il was
R,sOtsd That the Committee Public Buildings be in
Sspo an sdd aS Rhsh .S oonas 40 ne% s
chamber OF Representatives the present chamber to be
bary to be appropriated as Supreme Court room; with
leave to report by bill or otherwise
FoRrrIcATioNs AT eEsEsEL RIVER.
Mr.. E. B. HOLMES moved the following reso-
luton:
R,sO,d That the Committee Military Affairs be in
able Notifications for military station the mouth
Of the Genesee river In the State OF New or and that
n. MARINE HOSPITAL AT ST. LOUIS.
On motion of Mr.. RELFE,
Rtsor,d That the Committee Commerce be instructed
10 inquire into the cxpediency OF providing for the estab
shment OF marine hospital at the city OF ST Louis Mis-
souri, selected by the board Of surgeons
appointed to make selections under the provisions Of the
act OF Sd March, 1881.
CINCINNATI, coyINoroH, AND NEWPORT.
Mr.. TIBBATTS, on leave given, introduced
bill of the following title: "A bill making an appro-
prIaton for the improvement of the harbor at the
city of Cincinnati and the construction of a chan
nel-way between the same and the cities Of Coving-
ton and Newport, to render the accessible the
military depot, and for the protection of the public
properly the latter place..
The dill having been read first time by its title,
Objection was made by Mr.. s. ADAMS, and in
other quarters
Whercupoo the SPEAKER (Mr. LINN BOrD pro
tenn SAID thar the question would be, " Shall this
bI bc rejected -
After some unmPorant conversation,
MIR. IIBBAlTS asked the yeas and nays, but
withdrew the demand.
Mr.. STEWART renewed the demand, and the
yeas and nays were ordered.
WAereupon the question Shall this bill be re-
jectou:" taken, AID decided in the negative as
follows:
lEAs--MessrS. Stephen Adams, Atkinson, Barringer
msa Reuben chap p Clarke, cotS. Gsom psne
Dillingham;, Doohin Dockery, Ellsworth Graham, Gro.
HARRISON, p. Holmes George 8.
Houston Edmund W. HUBBARD Hungeriord, Hunter, james
II. Johnson, Joseph Johnson, Andrew Johnson George
Crate Mckay John r. Martin Barclay Martin Sonlton,
Niven Payne Price, Reid, Ritter Seldom, Leonard II.
Simms, simpson Truman Smith Strong Jacob Thompson,
Iroadway, Williams, Woodward, Woodwork, and Yost-
NAYs-atessrs. Abbott John Quincy Adams, Arnold
Ashmun, Baker James Black, blanchard Boyd, Brin.
keThof Brodhead, Milton Brown, William Brown But
fngon william w Campbell, Cnthcart, John @. Chap.
man, Chapman. Cooke Cranston, Crozier Culver Cum.
Minis Cunningham Garrett Davis Jefferson Davis, Deiano
ing Garyin Gentry, Giliings, Giles, Goodyear, Gordon
Order, Grnncll, Hampton Harper Henley herric Elias
son, Washington Hunt James B. Hunt Chas. j. InEcr
soil, Joseph r Ingersoll Daniel P King, Thos Butler
Dowell McGaughey, Mcrenry, McIlvainc, Marsh, Nor
ris, Owen, Parish, Perr Petit Pollock Rathbun Relic
Russell sawtelle, Sawyer, schenck Seaman Severance
Albert Smith Caleb b. Smith, Robert Smith stanton,
Benjamin Thompson, Thurman, Tibbats, Tlien, Trum.
DO Vance, ynton; Wentworth, white. wimot winthrop,
Wood, Woodruff, Wright Yell, and Young-lOe
So the House decided that the bill should moi be
rejected.
And it then received it's second reading;
And, on motion, referred to the Committee on
Commerce, and ordered to be printed.
FREMoHT's REPORT.
Mr.. G. w. JONES offered the following resolu-
ton
Rsor,d That the clerk Of this House be- and he berebv
is directed to distribute the extra copies Of L. Frrmonts
reports ordered to be printed BY the last House amongst
members oil the present House.
1.-THE resolution having been read,
Mr.. J. demanded the previous question.
MIR. McHENRI submitted an inquiry having
reference to the order Of this proceeding under n
motion ofsuspension to receive such resolutions az
would not give rise to debate; but the Speaker hay
ing explained that, under the uniform decisions or
former years, it was in order for the mover of a
resolution 10 submit a contemporaneous demand for
the previous question. Mr. Nell did NOT nursne
the point Of order further but expressed the hone
that the resolution would not be adopted
And the question being taken on the demand for
the previous question, the vote stood ayes 40. noes
49, (no quorum yoting)
pointed.
And the question being again taken, the afirma.
tive vote, which stood ayes 60.
And the noes having 'given it up" there was a
second 10 the demand for the previous question.