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consideration of the bill of the House (H. R. 1460) regulating the duties on imported copper and copper ores-the pending question being on its passage.

On motion of Mr. Schenck, at 2 o'clock and 35 minutes p. m., the House adjourned.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1868.

The following additional members appeared, viz:
From the State of New Jersey: Charles Sitgreaves.
From the State of Delaware: John A. Nicholson,

From the State of New York: Burt Van Horn and Charles H. Van Wyck.

From the State of North Carolina: John T. Deweese.

From the State of New Hampshire: Jacob Benton.

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

By Mr. Myers: The petition of letter-carriers in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, post office, praying for an increase of their salaries. By Mr. O'Neill: A petition of similar import.

By Mr. Speaker: The petition of Wm. C. H. Waddell, relative to a reduction in the cost of inter-oceanic postage.

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

By Mr. Nicholson: The petition of William S. Chapman, praying for an extension of his patent; which was referred to the Committee on Patents.

By Mr. Moorhead: The memorial of George Given, a soldier of the war of 1812, praying for a pension; which was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions.

By Mr. Archer: The petition of W. Cornell Jewett, praying for delib eration before resorting to threatening measures against England; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

By Mr. Perham: The petition of Lewis E. McLaughlin, praying for arrears of pension; which was referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

By Mr. Whittemore: The memorial of Andrew Ramsey, a citizen of South Carolina, praying for the removal of political disability; which was referred to the Committee on Reconstruction.

By Mr. Ketcham: The petition of officers of the army, praying for additional pay; which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. By Mr. Burr: The remonstrance of citizens of the State of Illinois. against any modification of the tariff on wool.

By Mr. Beaman: The petition of citizens of the State of Michigan, praying for action on the "civil service bill."

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

By Mr. Scofield: The petition of discharged soldiers of the State of Michigan, praying for bounty land; which was referred to the Committee on Public Lands.

By Mr. Ingersoll: The petition of Pinkney and brother, of Peoria, State of Illinois, praying for amendment of the law taxing tobacco.

By Mr. Schenck: The petition of citizens of the United States, praying for the remission of duties on certain articles to be imported for an Irish fair.

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

By Mr. Spalding: The petition of A. M. Edwards, praying for a pension.

By Mr. McKee: The petition of John Vice, praying for a pension. Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

By Mr. Perham: The petition of Charles H. Cobb, jr., praying for bounty.

By Mr. Schenck: The petition of the inmates of the Soldiers' Home, in the District of Columbia, praying that they may be allowed to draw their pensions, which are withheld.

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

By Mr. Sitgreaves: The petition of the widow of Captain J. G. Mitchell, praying for grant of lands discovered and settled by him in Alaska.

By Mr. Shanks: The petition of Captain G. H. Bonebrake-hereto fore referred, January 19, 1868.

By Mr. Bingham: The memorial and evidence of John Milone, postmaster at Uhricksville, State of Ohio, praying for relief.

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

By Mr. Francis Thomas: The petition of citizens of the State of Maryland, praying for a republican form of government; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. Burr: The petition of George Smith, praying for a pension; Also, the petition of Scott J. Halferty, for the same;

Also, the petition of Margaret Parker, widow of Leynard Parker, for the same;

Also, the petition of Mary A. Casterviler, widow of John Casterviler, for the same;

Also, the petition of Elizabeth Morley, mother of Isaac G. Morley, for the same;

Also, the petition of Mary Miller, widow of Henry Miller, for the same; Also, the petition of Catharine M. Brown, mother of George Brown, for the same;

Also, the petition of Lucy Bennett, mother of John L. Bennett, for the same;

Also, the petition of Melissa Andrews, widow of Joseph Andrews, for the same;

Also, the petition of John McClusky, for the same;
Also, the petition of Aaron T. Macklin, for the same;
Also, the petition of George Dunn, for the same;
Also, the petition of Samuel A. Topley, for the same;
Also, the petition of Adolphus Hall, for the same;
Also, the petition of Peter Beard, for the same;

Also, the petition of Charlotte Ochner, widow of Louis Ochner, praying for the same.

By Mr. Van Aernam: The petition of Margaret K. Judd, for the same; Also, the petition of Mrs. S. E. Harmon, widow of James Harmon, for the same.

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

By Mr. Boutwell: The memorial of Polly B. Howe, relative to the extension of the Howe patent; which was referred to the Committee on Patents.

Also, the petition of Abraham Primmer, praying for the continuance of the Freedmen's Bureau in the State of Virginia; which was referred to the Committee on Freedmen's Affairs.

By Mr. O'Neill: The memorial of the Philadelphia Board of Underwriters, State of Pennsylvania, praying for the erection of a light-house on the Atlantic coast of New Jersey; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce.

The Speaker announced as the regular order of business the consideration of the bill of the House (H. R. 1460) regulating the duties on imported copper and copper ore.

The question being on its passage, was put,

Yeas

And determined in the affirmative, Nays...
Not voting..

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

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So the bill was passed.

Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate therein. Mr. Schenck moved that the vote on the passage of the said bill be reconsidered, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; which latter motion was agreed to.

The Speaker, by unanimous consent, laid before the House the following executive communications:

1. The annual report of the Secretary of the Treasury for the year 1868; which was referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.

II. A letter from the chief clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting, in compliance with the act of June 25, 1868, a statement of the judg ments rendered by that court during the past year; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.

III. A letter from the Surgeon General of the United States army, reporting contracts made by him for the care, support, and treatment of sixty transient paupers in the city of Washington, in accordance with the act of July 27, 1868; which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.

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IV. A letter from the Commissioner of Patents, transmitting a detailed account of the receipts and expenditures of his office from July 20, 1868, to December 1, 1868, in compliance with the act of July 20, 1868; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

V. A letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, with a letter from P. H. Conger, agent for the Yancton Sioux Indians, in Dakota, relative to their destitute condition, and of the tribes of the upper Missouri; which was referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

The Speaker also presented additional testimony in the case of the contested election of Simeon Jones vs. James Mann, from the State of Louisiana; which was referred to the Committee of Elections.

The Speaker also presented a memorial from members of the legislature of the State of Georgia in relation to the state of affairs in that body; which was referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed.

The Speaker also presented a letter from the secretary of state of the State of Oregon, transmitting resolutions of the general assembly of that State reflecting upon the course of the senators of that State in the Senate of the United States, and requesting them to resign their office; which was read, and in relation thereto Mr. E. B. Washburne submitted the following resolution:

Resolved, That the paper just read be returned to the presiding officers of both branches of the Oregon legislature, the same being scandalous, impertinent, and indecorous.

Mr. E. B. Washburne demanded the previous question on the pas sage of the said resolution, which was seconded.

The question recurring, Shall the main question be now put?

Yeas..
Not voting

It was decided in the affirmative, Nays

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35

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

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The question recurring on the passage of the resolution,

It was put, and decided in the affirmative.

So the resolution was agreed to.

Mr. E. B. Washburne moved that the vote on agreeing to the resolu tion be reconsidered, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; which latter motion was agreed to.

The Speaker also, by unanimous consent, presented the following executive communications:

A letter from the Comptroller of the Currency, transmitting his annual report; which was referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed.

A letter from the Treasurer of the United States, transmitting quarterly reports of receipts and expenditures for the years 1865 and 1866; which was referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.

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

Resolved, That the Secretary of War be instructed to inform this house, if not incompatible with the public service, what amount of

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