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Mr. John W. Crisfield
George W. Dunlap
James E. English
Philip B. Fouke
Bradley F. Granger
Henry Grider
William A. Hall
Aaron Harding
William S. Holman
Philip Johnson
Anthony L Knapp
Jesse Lazear
Robert Mallory

Mr. Henry May

John W. Menzies
Warren P. Noble
Elijah H. Norton
Robert H. Nugen
Moses F. Odell
George H. Pendleton
Nehemiah Perry
Thomas L. Price
William A. Richardson
George K. Shiel
Edward H. Smith

Mr. John B. Steele
William G. Steele
John D. Stiles
Benjamin F. Thomas
Francis Thomas
Clement L. Vallandigham
Chauncey Vibbard
Chilton A. White
Charles A. Wickliffe
George C. Woodruff
Hendrick B. Wright
George H. Yeaman.

So the resolution and pending amendment were laid on the table. Mr. Olin moved that the vote last taken be reconsidered; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; which latter motion was agreed to.

Mr. Yeaman submitted the following resolution; which was read, considered, and agreed to, viz:

Resolved, That the Committee on Military Affairs be instructed to inquire and report what legislation, if any, is needed to better provide for the comfort and health of sick and wounded soldiers, and whether the establishment of separate commissary and quartermasters' departments for this special service would attain the end more thoroughly and economically than can otherwise be done, with leave to report by bill or otherwise.

Mr. Hutchins submitted the following resolution, viz:

Resolved, That the Committee on Military Affairs be instructed to inquire into the propriety of dispensing with the Military Academy at West Point, and, instead of it, of aiding in the endowment of military schools or of encouraging military education under the control of the several States.

The same having been read,

Mr. Wickliffe moved that it be laid on the table; which motion was disagreed to.

The question then recurred on the resolution.
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Mr. Cyrus Aldrich

William J. Allen
John B. Alley
Sydenham E. Ancona

Joseph Baily

Charles J. Biddle

John A. Bingham
Jacob B. Blair
Samuel S. Blair
William G. Brown
James Buffinton
Alfred A. Burnham
Charles B. Calvert
Jacob P. Chamberlain
Andrew J. Clements
Erastus Corning
Samuel S. Cox
James A. Cravens
John W. Crisfield
John J. Crittenden
Charles Delano
George W. Dunlap
W. McKee Dunn
Thomas M. Edwards
Alfred Ely

James E. English

Mr. George P. Fisher

Philip B. Fouke
Daniel W. Gooch
John N. Goodwin
Bradley F. Granger
Henry Grider
Edward Haight
William A. Hall
Aaron Harding
John Hickman
Samuel Hooper
Valentine B Horton
Philip Johnson
Anthony L. Knapp
John Law

Cornelius L. L. Leary
Dwight Loomis
Edward McPherson
Robert Mallory
Horace Maynard
John W. Menzies
James K. Moorhead
Justin S. Morrill
John T. Nixon
Elijah H. Norton

Robert H. Nugen

So the resolution was disagreed to.

Mr. William A. Wheeler
James F. Wilson.

Mr. Moses F. Odell
Abrah m B. Olin
Nehemiah Perry
Albert G. Porter
'Thomas L. Price

William A. Richardson
James C. Robinson
Aaron A. Sargent
Joseph Segar
William P. Sheffield
George K. Shiel
Edward H. Smith
Elbridge G. Spaulding

John B. Steele
William G. Steele
John D. Stiles
Benjamin F. Thomas
Francis Thomas
Charles R. Train
Carey A. Trimble

Clement L. Vallandigham
Chauncey Vibbard
Chilton A. White

Charles A. Wickliffe

Samuel T. Worcester

Hendrick B. Wright.

A message in writing was received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Nicolay, his private secretary, which was handed in at the Speaker's table.

Mr. Hutchins submitted the following resolution; which was read and referred to the Committee on Printing, viz:

Resolved. That twenty thousand copies of the President's message and the foreign correspondence be published in one volume; that ten thousand copies of the President's message and the reports of the secretaries of the various departments proper be published in a separate volume; and that five thousand copies of the message and accompanying documents be published.

Mr. William G. Brown submitted the following resolution, viz:

Resolved, That the Committee on Military Affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of making an appropriation to aid the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company in repairing their road and in rebuilding the bridges recently destroyed by the southern troops. The same having been read,

On motion of Mr. Lovejoy,

Ordered, That it be laid on the table.

Mr. Lovejoy moved that the vote last taken be reconsidered, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; which latter motion was agreed to.

Mr. Patton submitted the following preamble and resolution; which were read, considered, and agreed to, viz:

Whereas it is reported that many abuses exist in connexion with the administration of Camp Convalescent, near Alexandria, and until they are corrected the health and lives of thousands of our brave soldiers there stationed will continue to be endangered: Therefore be it

Resolved, That the joint committee on the conduct of the war be directed to inquire and report upon the foregoing, with such recommendations as they may deem requisite.

Mr. Wright submitted the following resolution, viz:

Resolved, That the members and delegates of this House be allowed at this session the same sum for stationery and newspapers as is usually allowed at short sessions of Congress, and that the Sergeant-at-arms be directed to pay the usual mileage to the members of this House for the present session.

The same having been read,

On motion of Mr. Frederick A. Conkling, Ordered, That it be laid on the table.

Mr. Hickman submitted the following resolution; which was read, considered, and agreed to, viz:

Resolved, That the members and delegates of this House be allowed at this session the same sum for newspapers as is usually allowed at short sessions of Congress.

Mr. Stevens submitted the following resolutions; which were read, ordered to be printed, and their further consideration postponed until Tuesday, the 16th instant, viz:

Resolved, That this Union must be and remain one and indivisible forever.

Resolved, That if any person in the employment of the United States, in either the legislative or executive branch, should propose to make peace, or should accept or advise the acceptance of any such proposition, on any other basis than the integrity and entire unity of the United States and their territories as they existed at the time of the rebellion, he will be guilty of a high crime.

Resolved, That this government can never accept the mediation or permit the intervention of any foreign nation during this rebellion in our domestic affairs.

Resolved, That no two governments can ever be permitted to exist within the territory now belonging to the United States, and which acknowledged their jurisdiction at the time of the insurrection.

Mr. Ashley, as a question of privilege, submitted the following preamble and resolution; which were read, considered, and, under the operation of the previous question, agreed to, viz: Whereas charges derogatory to the character and standing of a representative are made in the Toledo Daily Blade and other newspapers published in the tenth congressional district of Ohio, in connexion with certain letters written by Hon. J. M. Ashley to Hon. F. M. Case, touching his application and appointment as sur

veyor general of the Territory of Colorado, of the date of February 2, 1861, March 12, March 16, March 18, and March 19, 1862, and published in said papers of September last: Therefore be itResolved, That a committee of five be appointed for the purpose of investigating the truth of the charges above referred to, and instructed to inquire into the whole subject-matter, with power to send for persons and papers, to examine witnesses on oath or affirmation, and to employ a stenographer at the usual rate of compensation, with leave to report at any time.

On motion of Mr. Stevens, the vote by which it was ordered that when the House adjourns it adjourn until Monday next, was reconsidered.

The question then recurred on the motion to adjourn over,

And being put, it was decided in the negative.

The Speaker, by unanimous consent, laid before the House the following message, this day received from the President of the United States, viz:

To the Senate and House of Representatives:

On the 3d of November, 1861, a collision took place off the coast of Cuba between the United States war steamer San Jacinto and the French brig Jules et Marie, resulting in serious damage to the latter. The obligation of this government to make amends therefor could not be questioned if the injury resulted from any fault on the part of the San Jacinto. With a view to ascertain this, the subject was referred to a commission of United States and French naval officers at New York, with a naval officer of Italy as an arbiter. The conclusion arrived at was, that the collision was occasioned by the failure. of the San Jacinto seasonably to reverse her engine. It then became necessary to ascertain the amount of indemnification due to the injured party. The United States consul general at Havana was consequently instructed to confer with the consul of France on this point, and they have determined that the sum of nine thousand five hundred dollars is an equitable allowance under the circumstances. I recommend an appropriation of this sum for the benefit of the owners of the Jules et Marie.

A copy of the letter of Mr. Schufeldt, the consul general of the United States at Havana, to the Secretary of State on the, subject is herewith transmitted.

WASHINGTON, December 3, 1862.

The same having been read,

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Mr. Washburne moved that it be referred to the Committee on Commerce, and printed.

Pending which,

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Mr. Gooch moved to amend the said motion by striking out the word Commerce," and inserting in lieu thereof the words Foreign Affairs; which motion was agreed to.

The motion of Mr. Washburne, as amended, was then agreed to.

Mr. Clark, from the Committee on Printing, reported the following resolution; which was read, considered, and agreed to, viz:

Resolved, That five thousand copies of the report of Colonel J. D. Webster to the Secretary of War on the project of a ship canal from the Mississippi to Lake Michigan, and which was communicated to this House by the President, be printed for the use of the House. A message from the Senate, by Mr. Forney, their Secretary: Mr. Speaker: I am directed by the Senate to communicate to this House a copy of their proceedings upon the announcement of the death of the honorable John R. Thomson, late a senator from the State of New Jersey.

The same having been read,

After remarks upon the life and public services of the deceased, Mr. Nixon submitted the following resolutions; which were read, considered, and agreed to, viz:

Resolved, That the House of Representatives of the United States has received with profound sorrow the intelligence of the death of the honorable John R. Thomson.

Resolved, That the members and officers of the House of Representatives will wear the usual badge of mourning for thirty days, as a testimony of the respect that the House entertains for the memory of the deceased.

Resolved, That the proceedings of this House, in relation to the death of the honorable John R. Thomson, be communicated to the family of the deceased by the Clerk.

Resolved, That, as a further mark of respect to his memory, this House do now adjourn.

And the House accordingly adjourned.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1862.

Another member appeared, viz:

From the State of Indiana, Daniel W. Voorhees.

The Speaker, by unanimous consent, laid before the House a copy of the laws of the Territory of Nevada, passed at the first regular session of the legislative assembly; which was referred to the Committee on the Territories.

Mr. Clark, from the Committee on Printing, to whom the subject was referred, reported the following resolution; which was read, considered, and agreed to:

Resolved, That twenty thousand copies of the President's message and the foreign correspondence be published in one volume; that ten thousand copies of the President's message and the reports of the secretaries of the various departments proper be published in a separate volume; and that five thousand copies of the message and accompanying documents be published.

The Speaker having proceeded, as the regular order of business, to call the committees for reports,

On motion of Mr. Mallory,

Ordered, That the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads

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