Mr. Johnson moved that the bill be laid on the table; which motion was disagreed to.

The question then recurring on agreeing to the substitute as amended, it was put, and decided in the affirmative.

So the substitute, as amended, was agreed to.

Ordered, That the bill be engrossed and read a third time.

Being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time and passed. Mr. Farnsworth moved that the vote by which the bill was passed be reconsidered, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; which latter motion was agreed to.

Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate in the said bill.

Mr. Farnsworth, from the Committee on Reconstruction, reported a bill (H. R. 1746) for the removal of certain disabilities from persons therein named; which was read a first and second time.

Ordered, That the bill be engrossed and read a third time.

Being engrossed,

It was accordingly read the third time, and under the operation of the previous question passed, two-thirds of the members voting in favor thereof.

Mr. Farnsworth moved that the vote by which the bill was passed 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. Hamlin, one of their clerks:

Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed, with an amendment, the bill of the House (H. R. 1460) regulating the duties on imported copper and copper ores; in which I am directed to ask the concurrence of the House of Representatives.

The Senate insist on their amendments to the bill of the House (H. R. 1558) to amend an act entitled "An act to prescribe the mode of obtaining evidence in case of contested elections," approved February 19, 1851, and agree to the request of the House of Representatives for a conference on the disagreeing votes of the two houses on the said bill. Ordered, That Mr. Conkling, Mr. Frelinghuysen, and Mr. Vickers, be the conferees on the part of the Senate.

The morning hour having commenced, the Speaker announced the business in order, the calling of committees for reports, commencing with the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions and the War of 1812; When

Mr. Julian, by unanimous consent, submitted the following resolution; which was read, considered, and agreed to:

Resolved, That the Committee of Ways and Means be instructed to inquire into the expediency of providing by law that existing contracts, and those which may hereafter be made, may be adjusted and paid in gold, on the basis of the relative value of gold and United States notes.

Mr. Chandler moved that the vote by which the resolution was agreed to be reconsidered, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; which latter motion was agreed to.

Mr. Miller, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions and the War of 1812, submitted a report in writing, accompanied by a bill (H. R. 1745) for the relief of the estate of Isaac Phillips, deceased, who was a private in the revolutionary war; which was read a first and second time.

Being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time and passed. Mr. Miller further, from the said committee, to which was referred the bill of the Senate (S. 569) granting relief to Lois Clark, reported the same without amendment.

Ordered, That the said bill be committed to the Committee of the Whole.

Mr. Miller further, from the said committee, to which was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 1695) granting a pension to Charles Maus, of Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, reported the same without amendment, accompanied by a report in writing.

Ordered, That the said bill be engrossed and read a third time.

Being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time and passed. Mr. Miller moved that the votes by which the last three named bills were severally passed be reconsidered, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; which latter motion was agreed to.

On motion of Mr. Miller,

Ordered, That the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions and the War of 1812 be discharged from the further consideration of the bill of the House (H. R. 195) to provide pensions for certain officers and soldiers of the United States who served in the war of 1812, in the Mexican war, and in the Indian wars up to and including the Black Hawk war, and for other purposes; and that the same be laid on the table.

On motion of Mr. Miller,

Ordered, That the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions and the War of 1812 be discharged from the further consideration of the following bill and papers, and that the same be laid on the table:

1. H. R. 216. Allowing pensions to soldiers or the widows of soldiers of the war of 1812.

2. The petition of M. P. Shoek, praying for a pension to John Butler. 3. The petition of John Grubb, C. Voits, and William Triplett, of Loudon county, Virginia. soldiers of the war of 1812, praying the passage of a pension law for the benefit of the soldiers of 1812.

4. The petition of citizens of Lehigh county, Pennsylvania, for a general pension law for the benefit of surviving soldiers and widows of the soldiers of the war of 1812.

Mr. Miller, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions and the War of 1812, to which was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 721) to increase the pension of Amos Armstrong, who was wounded in the battle of Queenstown, during the war of 1812, reported the same with an amendment, accompanied by a report in writing.

The amendment of the committee having been agreed to, by unanimous consent,

Ordered, That the said bill be engrossed and read a third time. Being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time and passed. Mr. Miller moved that the vote by which the said bill was passed be reconsidered, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; which latter motion was agreed to.

Mr. Archer, by unanimous consent, presented the memorial of Isaiah

Dewling, praying that he may be allowed a reasonable subsistence from the pension fund of the United States navy; which was referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs,

On motion of Mr. Mullins,

Ordered, That the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions and the War of 1812 be discharged from the further consideration of the petitions of Allen McLane and James Whaley, of Pennsylvania, and that the same be laid on the table.

Mr. Mullins, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions and the War of 1812, submitted a report in writing, accompanied by a bill (H. R. 1747) granting a pension to George Givens, a soldier of the war of 1812; which was read a first and second time.

Ordered, That the bill be engrossed and read a third time.

Being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time and passed. Mr. Mullins further, from the said committee, submitted a report in writing, accompanied by a bill (H. R.1748) granting a pension to William Adams, a soldier of the war of 1812; which was read a first and second time.

The question being on the engrossment of the said bill,

Mr. Upson moved that the bill be recommitted to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions and the War of 1812; which motion was disagreed to.

The question recurring on engrossment,

Mr. Mullins moved the previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered.

Pending the question on the engrossment of the said bill, on motion by Mr. Upson, by unanimous consent, the said bill was amended. Ordered, That the said bill be engrossed and read a third time. Being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time and passed. Mr. Mullins, from the said committee, further submitted a report in writing, accompanied by a bill (H. R. 1749) granting a pension to Daniel Hauser, citizen of North Carolina and a soldier of the war of 1812. Ordered, That the said bill be engrossed and read a third time. Being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time and passed. Mr. Mullins moved that the votes by which the last three named bills were severally passed be reconsidered, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; which latter motion was agreed to.

A message was received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Moore, his private secretary, informing the House that he had, on the 14th instant, approved and signed the following bills and a joint resolu tion of the House:

H. R. 1537. An act to repeal certain provisions of section six of an act entitled "An act making appropriations for the support of the army for the year ending June 30, 1868, and for other purposes," approved March 2, 1867.

H. Res. 388. Joint resolution explanatory of the act to create an additional land office in the State of Minnesota, approved July 25, 1868.

H. R. 1673. An act to relieve William H. Bagley, of Wake county, North Carolina.

H. R. 967. An act to provide for the removal of the remains of Hon. W. T. Coggeshall, late minister of the United States at Ecuador, to the United States.

On motion of Mr. J. M. Ashley, by unanimous consent, Ordered, That the proposed substitute of the Committee on Mines and Mining for the bill of the House (H. R. 1657) to aid in ascertaining the value of public lands containing mineral lodes, and for the endowment of a

national school of mines, be printed for the use of the House, and be printed also in the Daily Globe.

Mr. Niblack, by unanimous consent, submitted the following resolution; which was read, considered, and agreed to:

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Interior be directed to communicate to this house, at as early a day as practicable, either during the present or the next Congress, a list of all lands in Knox county, Indiana, which may be entered as public lands, or to which the title has not passed from the United States, with a particular description of each particular tract, as far as practicable, together with the aggregate amount of land, estimated in acres.

The Speaker, by unanimous consent, laid before the House the following executive communications; which were referred as stated, viz:

I. A letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting letter from the director of the mint, with draughts of bills relative to various branch mints, &c., to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Meas

ures.

II. A letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 16th ultimo, stating what reductions can be made in the number of officers and employés in that department, to the Committee on Appropriations.

III. A letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting letter from the Surgeon General of the army relative to the amount necessary for the support of transient paupers of the city of Washington during the year ending June 30, 1870, to the Committee on Appropriations.

IV. A letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, in compliance with the act of August 26, 1842, a detailed statement of the expenditure of the contingent fund of the Navy Department and bureaus and the southwest executive building for the year ending June 30, 1868, to the Committee on Expenditures of the Navy Department and ordered to be printed.

V. A letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting communication from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, with estimates of appropriation required to carry into effect the act of Congress of July 27, 1868, for taking census of North Carolina Cherokee Indians, to the Committee on Appropriations.

VI. A letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting communication from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs relative to outstanding indebtedness on account of Indian service in California, to the Committee on Appropriations.

VII. A letter from the Secretary of War, recommending the passage of a law repealing the 61st Article of War, which recommendation is concurred in by the General of the army, to the Committee on Military Affairs.

The Speaker also, by unanimous consent, laid before the House a preamble and resolution of the Texas constitutional convention respecting the Indians of the frontier of Texas; which was referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

Mr. Benton, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. R. 1750) for the relief of Eliza Dodge, Mary Wheeler, Zilpah Store, Harvey S. Chamberlain, Chauncey R. Barry, and Eliza J. Crawford; which was read a first and second time and referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Mr. Garfield, by unanimous consent, submitted a resolution; which was read, considered, and agreed to, as follows, viz:

Resolved, That a select committee of seven be appointed to inquire and report to the House what legislation is necessary to provide for

taking the ninth census, as provided by the Constitution; and said committee have leave to report at any time by bill or otherwise.

Mr. Garfield moved that the vote by which the resolution was agreed to be reconsidered, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; which latter motion was agreed to.

Mr. Schenck moved that the vote by which the bill of the House (H. R. 1744) to strengthen the public credit, and relating to contracts for the payment of coin, was referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, be reconsidered; which motion was passed over for the present. The morning hour having expired, the Speaker announced as the business in order the consideration of the bill of the Senate (S. 570) for a grant of land granting the right of way over the public lands to the Denver Pacific Railway and Telegraph Company, and for other purposes. Pending the question on the amendment of Mr. Price to the said bill, Mr. Logan submitted a substitute for the bill; which was ordered to be printed.

After debate,

The House, on motion of Mr. Kerr, at 4 o'clock and 35 minutes p. m., adjourned.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1869.

Another member appeared to-day, viz:

From the State of Florida, Charles M. Hamilton.

The following memorials, petitions, and other papers, were laid upon the Clerk's table, under the rules:

By Mr. Perham: The petition of Charles Frederick, praying for a pension; which was referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

By Mr. Van Aernam: The additional evidence in the case of John M. Harris; which was referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

By Mr. Niblack: The memorial of Jacob C. Youngman, praying compensation for expenses incurred in recruiting.

By Mr. Shellabarger: The petition of J. A. Cook, a citizen of the State of Ohio, praying compensation for property used during the war. By Mr. Van Aernam: The petition of R. L. Patterson, praying compensation for property taken and used by the United States army in Virginia.

Ordered, That the said memorial and petitions be referred to the Committee of Claims.

By Mr. Pruyn: The petition of James F. Patterson, of Virginia, praying for the removal of disabilities; which was referred to the Committee on Reconstruction.

By Mr. Julian: Two petitions of citizens of the State of New York relative to suffrage;

Also, the petition of citizens of the State of Nebraska, of a similar import.

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

By Mr. Eliot: The memorial of Josiah Quincy, and others, citizens of the State of Massachusetts, praying for an appropriation for the pres ervation of the harbor of Boston and Provincetown; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce.

By Mr. Stewart: The petition of criers of the circuit and district courts of the State of New York, praying for an increase of compensation; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. Thomas: The petition of citizens of the State of Maryland relative to the tax on tobacco.