By Mr. Maynard: The petition of Mary J. Pearson, praying for a pension.

Ordered, That the said petitions and memorial be referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

By Mr. Schenck: The petition of Thomas Worthington, a citizen of the State of Ohio, praying for additional compensation for supplying water to troops at Camp Dennison, in said State.

By Mr. Haughey: The petition of Thomas Haughey, praying for relief. Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee of Claims.

By Mr. Plants: The petition of citizens of the State of Ohio, praying for the establishment of a mail route from Beverly to Moscow Mills, in the said State.

By Mr. Kerr: The petition of Abraham Lasher, praying for an additional post route in the State of Indiana.

Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.

By Mr. Shellabarger: The petition of citizens of the State of Ohio, praying for the amendment of the naturalization laws; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. Arnell: The memorial of John M. Hickey, praying for the removal of disabilities.

By Mr. Clift: The resolutions of a mass meeting of colored citizens of Savannah, Georgia.

Ordered, That the said memorial and resolutions be referred to the Committee on Reconstruction.

By the Speaker: The remonstrance of C. M. Clay, United States minister to Russia, protesting against an appropriation for J. Curtin, secretary of the said legation; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. Golladay: The petition of citizens of the State of Kentucky, relative to the Northern Pacific railroad; which was referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad.

By the Speaker: The memorial and resolutions of the board of supervisors of Dubuque county, State of Iowa, relative to the free navigation of the St. Lawrence; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce. By Mr.- Two petitions of liquor and tobacco dealers of San Francisco, California, relative to the reduction of the taxes.

By Mr. Nelson: The petition of citizens of Augusta, Georgia, of a similar import.

By Mr. Chilcott: The petition of citizens of Colorado, of a similar import.

By Mr. Wood: The remonstrance of merchants and others of Albany, State of New York, against an increase of duty on steel.

By Mr. Schenck: The memorial of the Melbourne Slate Company of Melbourne, Canada, praying for a reduction of the tariff on slate;

Also, the memorial of James B. Craig, a citizen of the State of New York, praying for the relief of certain importers.

Ordered, That the said petitions, remonstrance, and memorials be referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.

By Mr. Lawrence S. Trimble: The petition of Henry Houston, praying for the removal of disabilities; which was referred to the Committee on Reconstruction.

By Mr. Whittemore: The petition of Mary Morgan and others, of the District of Columbia, praying compensation for rice taken by United

States soldiers in February, 1865; which was referred to the Committee of Claims.

By Mr. Aaron F. Stevens: The petition of Sarah M. Dove, praying for a pension; which was referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. Kelley: The petition of the Female Anti-slavery Society of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, praying for an amendment to the Constitution.

By Mr. Julian: The petition of citizens of the State of New York, of a similar import.

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

By Mr. Halsey: The petition of Peter P. Batte, of the State of Georgia, praying for the removal of disabilities; which was referred to the Committee on Reconstruction.

By Mr. Miller: The papers in the case of Charles Maus; which were referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions and the War of 1812. By Mr. Moore: The petition of masters and owners of vessels of the State of Massachusetts, praying for protection; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce..

By the Speaker: The petition of Professor V. J. Hasper, praying that the salary of the President be raised to one million of dollars per year, and the Vice-President to half a million of dollars per year; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. Julian: The petition of citizens of the State of New York, praying for an amendment to the Constitution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr.

The memorial of J. C. Bland and others, citizens of the State of California, relative to further legislation on the public lands in township 7 south, range 1 west, of the Mt. Diablo meridian; which was referred to the Committee on the Public Lands.

By Mr. Peters: The petition of Thomas Pool, praying for a pension. By Mr. The petition of William J. Patton, praying for an increase of pension.

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

The Speaker announced as the business first in order the call of States and Territories for bills and joint resolutions for reference.

Under which call bills and joint resolutions were introduced, read a first and second time, and referred as follows:

By Mr. Perham: A bill (H. R. 1862) relating to the operations of the pension laws, and for other purposes, to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed.

By Mr. Poland: A bill (H. R. 1683) providing for the issue of United States bonds, for retiring United States notes, and for a free system of national banking, to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed;

Also, a bill (H. R. 1684) allowing the defendant in criminal cases to testify, to the Committee on the Revision of the Laws and ordered to be printed;

Also, a bill (H. R. 1685) to repeal section two of an act passed February 13, 1862, entitled "An act making an appropriation for completing the defences of Washington, and for other purposes," to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.

By Mr. B. F. Butler: A bill (H. R. 1686) relating to church property in the late rebellious States, to the Committee on Reconstruction.

By Mr. Banks: A bill (H. R. 1687) to prevent the alienation to foreign

ers of grants or privileges from the United States, to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.

By Mr. Eliot: A bill (H. R. 1688) to regulate and protect the fur seal trade at the islands of St. Paul's and St. George, in the Territory of Alaska, to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.

By Mr. B. Van Horn: A bill (H. R. 1689) for the construction of lines of telegraph between Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington, under the direction of the Post Office Department, to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. By Mr. Wood: A bill (H. R. 1690) to repeal "An act to incorporate the National Life Insurance Company of the United States of America," approved July 25, 1868, to the Committee for the District of Columbia. By Mr. Barnes: A bill (H. R. 1691) to prevent loaning money upon United States legal-tender notes, to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed;

Also, a bill (H. R. 1692) to prevent banks of issue from paying interest upon deposits, to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed.

By Mr. Brooks: A bill (H. R. 1693) to amend an act entitled "An act to exempt certain manufactures from internal tax, and for other purposes," approved March 31, 1868, to the Committee of Ways and Means. By Mr. Koontz: A bill (H. R. 1694) granting a pension to Christina Armel, to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

By Mr. Miller: A bill (H. R. 1695) granting a pension to Charles Maus of Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions and the War of 1812.

By Mr. Stone: A bill (H. R. 1696) to establish certain post roads in the State of Maryland, to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.

By Mr. Boyden: A bill (H. R. 1697) to amend the internal tax law approved July 20, 1868, to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.

By Mr. Dockery: A bill (H. R. 1698) to establish certain post routes in North Carolina, to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. By Mr. Young: A bill (H. R. 1699) to relieve J. J. Morrison, T. A. Ward, Daniel Pittman, and Thomas Hooper, of the State of Georgia, from legal and political disabilities, to the Committee on Reconstruction. By Mr. Prince: A bill (H. R. 1700) for extending to certain citizens of certain States the privileges of an act entitled "An act making appropriations and to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1867, and for other purposes," approved March 2, 1867, to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed.

By Mr. Tift: A bill (H. R. 1701) to amend the seventh section of the "Act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the government for the year ending June 30, 1868, and for other purposes," approved March 2, 1867, to the Committee on the Revision of the Laws;

Also, a bill (H. R. 1702) in amendment of an act entitled "An act in amendment of an act entitled 'An act to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the United States,' approved March 2, 1867," to the Committee on the Revision of the Laws.

By Mr. Callis: A joint resolution (H. Res. 408) to provide for the appointment of a special committee for the investigation of certain outrages committed on loyal citizens of Alabama by the Ku-Klux Klan, to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed.

By Mr. Kellogg: A joint resolution (H. Res. 409) directing the Secre

tary of the Treasury to sell no more gold bonds at present, to the Committee of Ways and Means.

By Mr. Norris: A bill (H. R. 1703) granting to the Eufaula, Opelika, Oxford and Gunterville Railroad Company the right of way through the public lands of the United States, and lands for the purpose of aiding in the construction of the railroad of said company, to the Committee on the Public Lands;

Also, a bill (H. R. 1704) securing certain rights to the lately reconstructed States, to the Committee on Reconstruction.

By Mr. Sypher: A bill (H. R. 1705) to enable the State of Louisiana to receive the public lands donated to that State by the act for the benefit of agricultural colleges, &c., and for other purposes, to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed.

By Mr. Bingham: A bill (H. R. 1706) to admit the State of Mississippi to representation in Congress, to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed.

By Mr. Welker: A bill (H. R. 1707) to incorporate the Butchers' Benevolent Association of the District of Columbia, to the Committee for the District of Columbia.

By Mr. Garfield: A bill (H. R. 1708) to fix the number of brigadier generals in the army, to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.

By Mr. Arnell: A bill (H. R. 1709) to facilitate the payment of bounties to colored soldiers, to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.

By Mr. Stokes: A bill (H. R. 1710) for the relief of Major Francis M. McKee, of Smith county, Tennessee, to the Committee of Claims.

By Mr. Shanks: A bill (H. R. 1711) to distribute the number and rank of government employés among the several districts and territories, to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed;

Also, a bill (H. R. 1712) for the relief of Robert Ford, to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

By Mr. Niblack: A bill (H. R. 1713) to establish a certain post route in Indiana, to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.

By Mr. Julian: A bill (H. R. 1714) to close the land system in certain States, to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed; Also, a bill (H. R. 1715) to incorporate the national homestead associ ation, to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. By Mr. Kerr: A bill (H. R. 1716) to relieve from all legal and political disabilities John H. Christy, of Georgia, to the Committee on Reconstruction;

Also, a bill (H. R. 1717) to establish an additional post route in Indiana, to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.

By Mr. Newcomb: A bill (H. R. 1718) to place the name of Rosanna Minger on the pension list, to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

By Mr. Boles: A bill (H. R. 1719) granting a pension to Mrs. Nancy Reed, of Pike county, Arkansas, to the Committee on Invalid Pensions; Also, a bill (H. R. 1720) to relieve from legal and political disabilities certain persons engaged in the late rebellion, to the Committee on Reconstruction;

Also, a bill (H. R. 1721) to aid in the construction of the Arkansas and Pacific railroad, to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed.

By Mr. J. T. Elliott: A bill (H. R. 1722) to increase the pension of

Captain William J. Patton, late of company K, 4th Arkansas cavalry, to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

By Mr. Ferry: A bill (H. R. 1723) to reorganize and increase the efficiency of the grade of mate, in the United States navy, to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

By Mr. Upson: A bill (H. R. 1724) making appropriations for certain harbors in the State of Michigan, to the Committee on Commerce.

By Mr. J. F. Wilson: A bill (H. R. 1725) to amend the judicial system of the United States, to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.

By Mr. Windom: A bill (H. R. 1726) additional to an act granting lands to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from Lake Superior to Puget sound on the Pacific coast, by the northern road, to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad.

By Mr. S. Clarke: A bill (H. R. 1727) authorizing the appointment of a commissioner and the settlement of the claims of citizens of Kansas, to the Committee of Claims, and with accompanying papers, ordered to be printed.

By Mr. D. R. Ashley: A bill (H. R. 1728) to amend an act entitled "An act granting lands to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Central Pacific railroad, in California, to Portland, in Oregon," approved July 25, 1866, to the Committee on the Public Lands. By Mr. Taffe: A bill (H. R. 1729) to establish a post route in the State of Nebraska, to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. By Mr. Clever: A bill (H. R. 1730) to incorporate an educational university in Santa Fé, Territory of New Mexico, to the Committee on Education and Labor and ordered to be printed.

By Mr. Kavanagh: A bill (H. R. 1731) to authorize James Gallaher and his associates to construct and maintain a bridge across the Missouri river at the three forks of the same, in the Territory of Montana, to the Committee on Roads and Canals.

By Mr. Schenck: A joint resolution (H. Res. 410) for the relief of Thomas Worthington of Ohio, to the Committee of Claims.

By Mr. Arnell: A bill (H. R. 1732) to provide for the representation of the District of Columbia in the Congress of the United States, to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. W. Lawrence: A bill (H. R. 1733) to limit the franking privilege, to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.

By Mr. T. L. Jones: A joint resolution (H. Res. 411) directing the United States Coast Survey to co-operate in the geological surveys of States, to the Committee on Mines and Mining.

By Mr. Deweese: A bill (H. R. 1734) for the relief of Caroline Bowman, of the county of Greene and State of Tennessee, widow of Sparling Bowman, to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

By Mr. Griswold: A bill (H. R. 1735) for the relief of Rev. D. Hillhouse Buel, to the Committee of Claims.

By Mr. R. R. Butler: A bill (H. R. 1736) for the relief of Malinda Harmon, to the Committee on Invalid Pensions;

Also, a bill (H. R. 1737) granting a pension to Luemelia Pangle of Tennessee, to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

By Mr. Barnes: A joint resolution (H. Res. 412) to compel national banks to make statements six times a year at previous dates, to the Committee on Banking and Currency.

The call having been concluded, the Speaker announced as the next business in order, the call of the States and Territories for resolutions, When,