Washington sentinel., 1853-12-14
House Of Representatives.


House Of Representatives.
The SPEAKER laid before the House com
munication from the Secretary of the Interior
made in compliance with the law Of May 1920
transmitting accounts Of the balances OF appropr
ations made for the service of that department al
several periods. Laid upon the table and ordered
10 be printed.
HOUSE LIBRARIAN.
Mr.. MAURICE moved a reconsideration Of the
vote by which the House, yesterday, rejected tn.
resolution, offered by Mr.. BAYLY, providing fol
the election Of an officer, to be called the Librarian
Mr.. HIBBARD moved that the motion be laid
upon the table. b
Mr.. BAYLY demanded the yeas and nays, which
were ordered.
Mr.. CAMPBELL, Of Ohio INQUIRED whether. 4
the House should refuse TO lay the motion 10 re
consider upon the table, il would be debatabe.
The SPEAKER replied in the affirmative
MIR. CAMPBELL expressed the hope that the
pending motion would prevail
The question having been taken, the motion tc
reconsider was laid on the table-yeas 97 nays o.
Mr.. BAYLY. Is il laid on the table /?
The SPEAKER. It is.
Mr.. BAYLY. give up.
CONTESTED ELECTION
Mr.. STANTON, of Kentucky, presented paper.
in relation to the contested election case from
New Mexico; which We're referred to the Com
mittee of Elections. TGen. Lane contests the seat
of Mr.. Gallegos.
Mr.. HOUSTON submitted the following reso
luton:
thorized to employ clerk at compensation not to
fifteen hundred dollars per annum.
Mr.. HOUSTON explained the reasons for sub
mtting the resolution in this form and after de
bate, in which several gentlemen participated, il
was laid upon the table--yeas LOG, nays 93
BINDING.
Mr.. MURRAY, from the Committee on Printing
reported resolution, that when additional num-
bers OF executive documents shall be ordered to
be printed, and their size amounts to two hundred
pages they shall be bound under the direction oI
the Committee on Printing. Il was agreed to.
PACIFIC RAILROAD.
The House resumed the consideration of the
following resolution offered yesterday by Mr..
WASHBURNE, of Illinois:
Resoiced That incidental to- and indispensable for
the Congress Of the United States to provide for
common defence and general welfare s the power TO
States for the purpose facilitating the transportation Of
the mails and the munitions Of war.
The question having been taken, the resolution
was laid upon the tabe-yeas lis, nays rs, as fol-
lows:
YEAS--Messrs. Abercrombie. Aiken, David j.
Bailey, Thomas II. Bayly, Barksdae, Becher, Ben
ton, Bliss Bocock Boyce, Breckinrdge, Brooks,
Chamberlain, Chastain, Chrisman, Churchwcll,
Chngman, Cobb, Colquit, Craige, Curtis, John G.
Davis, Dent, De Witt, Disney, Dowdell, Drum,
Dunbar, Durham, Eddy, Edgenon, English, Ewing,
Faulkner, Fenton, Florence, Fuller, Gamble,
Goode, Green, Greenwood, Grow, Sampson w.
harris, Wiley z. Harris, Hastings, Hem, Hibbard,
Hillyer, Houston, Hughes, lngersol Johnson,
Daniel 1. Jones, George w. Jones, keitt Kid
Well, kntredge, kurtz, Lamb, Lane, Letcher,
Lilly, Lindsley, McNar, Mcqueen, Mace, Macy,
Maxwell, May blayall, Smith Miller Mson,
MORRISON Murray, Nichols, Noble, Andrew Oliver,
UT, Packer Peck, Peckham, Bishop Perkins
Philips, Powell, Pratt, Reese, Thomas Ri,cbev.
Robins, Rogers, Ruflin, Seward Seymour, Shan
non. Shaw, Shower, Simmons, Singleton, Skelton
william H. Smyth, George w. Smith, Snodgrass
Alexander II. Stephens, Hes,or L. Stevens,
Straub David Stuart, John j. Taylor, Trout, Vail
nansanf, Walker, Walsh, Warren, Westbrook,
wheeler, Witte, Daniel b. Wright, and Hendrick
B. Wright-l1S
NAfS-James G. Allen, Willis Allen, Ball, Ben
son. bissell, Bngg, Lewis ID. Campbell, Carpenter,
Carnthers, Chandler, Chase, Clark, Cook, Corwin,
COLON, Dawson, Dick, Dickinson, Eastman, Ed
mands, Ellison, Etheridge, Farlay, Flager, Frank
I'm, GiddIngs, Aaron Harlan, Harrison, Haven,
Hester, Hill, Howe, Hunt, Kerr, Knox, Latham,
Lindley McCulloch, McDougnl, Maiteson, Mau-
rice, Meacham, Middlcswarth, John G. Miller,
Morgan, Norton, Mordecai Oliver, Parker, PEN
nlngton, John Perkins, jr, Prnge, Puryear, Ready,
Richardson, David Richie, Russell, Sabin, Sage,
Sapp, Samuel A. Smith, Frederick p. Stanton,
Richard II. Stanton, Andrew Stuart, John l..
Taylor, Tracy, Tweed, Upham, Wade, WaIbridge,
Elhhu B Washburne, Israel Washburn, Jr Wells,