ferences by rational methods, and inasmuch as the differences between the United States authorities and the seceding States have resulted in a civil war, characterized by bitter hostility and extreme atrocity; and although the party in the seceded States are guilty of breaking the national unity and resisting the national authority: Yet,

Be it resolved, First. That while we make undiminished and increased exertions by our navy and army to maintain the integrity and stability of this government, the common laws of war, consisting of those maxims of humanity, moderation, and honor, which are a part of the international code, ought to be observed by both parties, and for a stronger reason than exists between two alien nations, inasmuch as the two parties have a common ancestry, history, prosperity, glory, government, and Union, and are now unhappily engaged in lacerating their common country. Second. That, resulting from these premises, while there ought to be left open, as between two alien nations, the same means for preventing the war being carried to outrageous extremities, there ought also to be left open some means for the restoration of peace and union. Third. That to this end-the restoration of peace and union on the basis of the Constitution-there be appointed a committee of one member from each State, who shall report to this House, at its next session, such amendments to the Constitution of the United States as shall assuage all grievances, and bring about a reconstruction of the national unity; and that for the preparation of such adjustment and the conference requisite for that. purpose, there be appointed a commission of seven citizens of the United States, consisting of Edward Everett, of Massachusetts, Franklin Pierce, of New Hampshire, Millard Fillmore, of New York, Reverdy Johnson, of Maryland, Martin Van Buren, of New York, Thomas Ewing, of Ohio, and James Guthrie, of Kentucky, who shall request from the so-called confederate States the appointment of a similar commission, and who shall meet and confer on the subject in the city of Louisville on the first Monday of September next. And that the committee appointed from this House notify said commissioners of their appointment and function, and report their action to the next session as an amendment of the Constitution of the United States to be proposed by Congress to the States for their ratification, according to the fifth article of said Constitution.

Pending which,

Mr. Roscoe Conkling moved, at 3 o'clock and 40 minutes p. m., that the House adjourn; which motion was disagreed to. The question then recurred on the motion of Mr. Cox;

And being put,

(Yeas

It was decided in the negative, Nays

Two-thirds not voting in favor thereof.

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The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are

Mr. William Allen
Sydenham E. Ancona
Joseph Baily
Henry C. Burnett

Mr. Charles B. Calvert

Samuel S. Cox

James A. Cravens
John W. Crisfield

Mr. John J. Crittenden

George W. Dunlap

Henry Grider
Edward Haight

Those who voted in the negative are

Mr. Cyrus Aldrich
John B. Alley
Isaac N. Arnold
James M. Ashley
Elijah Babbitt
Stephen Baker
Portus Baxter
Fernando C. Beaman
John A. Bingham
Francis P. Blair, jr.
Samuel S. Blair
Harrison G. Blake
James Buffinton
James H. Campbell
Jacob P. Chamberlain
Ambrose W. Clark
Schuyler Colfax
Frederick A Conkling
Roscoe Conkling
Martin F. Conway
John Covode
William P. Cutler
William Morris Davis
Henry L. Dawes
Charles Delano
Alexander S Diven
R. Holland Duell
Sidney Edgerton

Thomas M. Edwards

Mr. Thomas D. Eliot

Samuel C Fessenden
Richard Franchot
Augustus Frank
Daniel W. Gooch
John N. Goodwin
Bradley F. Granger
John A. Gurley
James T. Hale
Richard A. Harrison
Valentine B. Horton
John Hutchins
George W. Julian
William D. Kelley
Francis W. Kellogg
William Kellogg
William E. Lansing
Dwight Loomis
Owen Lovejoy
James B. McKean
Robert McKnight
Edward McPherson
James K. Moorhead
Anson P. Morrill
Justin S. Morrill
Abraham B. Olin
Frederick A. Pike
Theodore M. Pomeroy

So the House refused to suspend the rules.

Mr. William G. Steele
Clement L. Vallandigham

Daniel W. Voorhees
William H. Wadsworth
Edwin H. Webster
Chilton A. White
Charles A. Wickliffe
Benjamin Wood
George C. Woodruff.

Mr. Albert G. Porter
John F. Potter
Alexander H. Rice
John H. Rice
Albert G Riddle
Edward H. Rollins
Charles B. Sedgwick
John P. C. Shanks
William P. Sheffield
Samuel Shellabarger
Socrates N. Sherman
Elbridge G. Spaulding
Thaddeus Stevens
Benjamin F. Thomas
Charles R. Train
Rowland E. Trowbridge
Charles H. Upton
William Vandever
Charles H. Van Wyck
William Wall
John W. Wallace
Charles W. Walton
E P. Walton

Ellihu B. Washburne
Albert S. White
William Windom
Samuel T. Worcester
Hendrick B. Wright.

A message from the Senate, by Mr. Forney, their Secretary: Mr. Speaker: The Senate have disagreed to the report of the committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two houses on the bill of the Senate (S. 3) providing for the better organization of the military establishment, and ask a further conference with the House thereon; and have appointed Mr. Wilson, Mr. Sherman, and Mr. McDougal the managers on their part.

The Senate have agreed to the reports of the committees of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two houses on the bills of the Senate of the following titles, viz:

S. 20. An act authorizing the appointment of an Assistant Secretary of the Navy, and fixing the salary of the same, and for other purposes; and

S. 31. An act to increase the medical corps of the navy, and for other purposes.

The Senate have agreed to the amendments of this House to the

bill of the Senate (S. 24) authorizing the Secretary of War to reimburse volunteers for expenses incurred in employing regimental and other bands;

And have agreed to the amendment of the House to the bill of the Senate (S. 41) supplementary to an act entitled "An act to authorize a national loan, and for other purposes," with amendments; in which I am directed to ask the concurrence of this House.

On motion of Mr. Francis P. Blair, jr., by unanimous consent, the House further insisted on its amendment, disagreed to by the Senate, to the bill of the Senate (S. 3) providing for the better organization of the military establishment, and agreed to the further conference asked by the Senate on the disagreeing votes of the two houses thereon.

Ordered, That Mr. Francis P. Blair, jr., Mr. Kelley, and Mr. Jackson be the managers at the said conference on the part of the House.

Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate therewith.

Mr. Olin moved that the rules be suspended, so as to enable him to report from the Committee on Military Affairs a bill to increase the number of cadets in the Military Academy at West Point. Pending which,

Mr. Frank moved, at 4 o'clock p. m., that the House adjourn; which motion was disagreed to.

The question then recurring on the motion of Mr. Olin,

The yeas and nays were ordered thereon.

And then,

On motion of Mr. Wright, at 4 o'clock and 7 minutes p. m., the House adjourned.

TUESDAY, JULY 30, 1861.

The following petitions were laid upon the Clerk's table, under the twenty-fourth rule of the House, to wit:

By Mr. W. G. Steele: The petition of citizens of Hunterdon county, New Jersey, for a national convention.

By Mr. Van Horn: The petition of forty-three citizens of the State of New York, for the removal of slavery.

Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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

To the House of Representatives:

In answer to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 24th instant, asking the grounds, reasons, and evidence upon which the police commissioners of Baltimore were arrested, and are now detained as prisoners at Fort McHenry, I have to state that it is

judged to be incompatible with the public interest, at this time, to furnish the information called for by the resolution.

WASHINGTON, July 27, 1861.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Ordered, That the said message be laid on table and printed.

Mr. Colfax moved that the vote by which the said message was ordered to be printed be reconsidered, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; which latter motion was agreed to.

A message from the Senate, by Mr. Forney, their Secretary: Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed a bill of this House of the following title, viz:

H. R. 81. An act making an appropriation for the purchase of arms for the volunteers and regular troops of the United States, without amendment.

The Senate have also passed bills of the following titles, viz:

S. 52. An act to provide for the purchase of arms, ordnance, and ordnance stores;

S. 53. An act to prohibit the sale of spirituous liquors, and intoxicating drinks, in the District of Columbia, in certain cases; and

S. 54. An act requiring an oath of allegiance, and to support the Constitution of the United States, to be administered to certain persons in the civil service of the United States;

in which I am directed to ask the concurrence of this House.

The President of the United States has notified the Senate that he did, on the 29th instant, approve and sign a bill of the following title, viz:

S. 2. An act to increase the present military establishment of the United States.

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

Mr. Bingham, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 45) to define and punish certain conspiracies, with the amendment of the Senate thereto, reported the same, recommending concurrence in the said amendment. The amendment was then agreed to.

Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate therewith.

On motion of Mr. Spaulding,

Resolved, (the Senate concurring,) That the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of the Representatives be authorized to close the present session by adjourning their respective houses on Friday, the 2d day of August next, at 12 o'clock m.

Mr. Spaulding 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. Olin, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported a bill (H. R. 82) to increase the number of cadets in the Military Academy at West Point; which was read a first and second time.

Pending the question on its engrossment,

Mr. Olin moved the previous question.

Mr. Stevens moved that the bill be laid on the table.
And the question being put,

It was decided in the negative, {Neys

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 lay the bill on the table.

The question then recurring on the demand for the previous question, it was seconded and the main question ordered, and under the operation thereof the bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time.