By Mr. Hunter: A bill (H. R. 1778) for the relief of Augustin Holtzman and Louisa Holtzman, his wife, of Indiana, and for other purposes, to the Committee of Claims;

Also, a bill (H. R. 1779) for the relief of John C. McQuiston and Jeremiah D. Skeen, of Indiana, and for other purposes, to the Committee on Military Affairs.

By Mr. Coburn: A bill (H. R. 1780) for the relief of Charles Richards, to the Committee of Claims.

By Mr. Cullom: A joint resolution (H. Res. 419) in relation to printing the collection of the proceedings at the soldiers' graves in May last, to the Committee on Printing.

By Mr. Cook: A bill (H. R. 1781) to increase the pension of William H. H. Alden, to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

By Mr. Burr: A bill (H. R. 1782) to authorize the registry of schooner, Carasso Marino, to the Committee on Commerce.

By Mr. Gravely: A bill (H. R. 1783) for the relief of John Gothard, guardian of minor child of John A. Gothard, late of company D, 8th Missouri State militia cavalry, to the Committee on Invalid Pensions;

Also, a bill (H. R. 1784) to amend "An act granting lands to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the States of Missouri and Arkansas to the Pacific ocean," approved July 27, 1866, and to facilitate the early construction of the Atlantic and Pacific railroad, the Texas Pacific railroad, the Union Pacific railway, eastern division, the Southern Continental railroad, and the Southern Pacific railroad, (of California,) to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad.

By Mr. Roots: A bill (H. R. 1785) to perfect and complete railroad and telegraph communication with the Pacific ocean, to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad.

By Mr. Ferry: A bill (H. R. 1786) to restore pensions to soldiers employed in the civil service and withheld prior to June 6, 1866, to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

By Mr. Upson: A bill (H. R. 1787) increasing the pension of Abigail Reynolds, widow of Benoni Reynolds, a soldier of the revolutionary war, to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions and the War of 1812.

By Mr. Driggs: A joint resolution (H. Res. 420) authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to issue American registers to the bark." Mary Jane" and the bark "Cambria," to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.

By Mr. J. F. Wilson: A bill (H. R. 1788) to amend an act to reorganize the courts of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes, approved March 3, 1863, to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.

By Mr. Price: A bill (H. R. 1789) to authorize the construction of a railroad from Davenport, in the State of Iowa, to Topeka, in the State of Kansas, to the Committee on Roads and Canals and ordered to be printed.

By Mr. Taffe: A joint resolution (H. Res. 421) explanatory of "An act to authorize the selection of school districts in lieu of the sixteenth sections within the twelve miles square reservation, State of Alabama,” to the Committee on the Public Lands;

Also, a bill (H. R. 1790) granting land to aid in the construction of a railroad from Sioux City, Iowa, to Columbus, Nebraska, to the Com. mittee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed.

By Mr. Flanders: A bill (H. R. 1791) authorizing the counties of WallaWalla, Klickitat, Skamania, and Clarke, Washington Territory, to aid in

the construction of the Columbia river railroad, to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed.

By Mr. Chilcot: A joint resolution (H. Res. 424) relative to depredations committed by the Sioux, Cheyenne, Arapaho, and Kiowa Indians on the western frontier settlements, to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.

By Mr. Hollbrook: A bill (H. R. 1792) establishing post roads in the Territory of Idaho, to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. By Mr. Robinson: A joint resolution (H. Res. 422) protesting against the ratification of the treaty for the settlement of the Alabama claims, to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.

By Mr. Corley: A joint resolution (H. Res. 423) for the better protection of loyal men at the south, to the Committee on Reconstruction;

Also, a bill (H. R. 1793) to remove the political disabilities of James M. Martin, a citizen of South Carolina, to the Committee on Reconstruc tion.

By Mr. Prince: A bill (H. R. 1794) to incorporate the Southern Express Company, to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. By Mr. Eliot: A bill (H. R. 1795) to create a department of Indian affairs and to provide for the consolidation, civilization, and government of the Indian tribes, to the Committee on Indian Affairs and with the accompanying papers to be printed.

By Mr. McKee: A bill (H. R. 1796) to amend an act entitled "An act to protect all persons in the United States in their civil rights and to furnish the means of their vindication," approved April 9, 1866, and to provide for its effectual enforcement, to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.

By Mr. Robertson: A bill (H. R. 1797) to relieve the sureties of Otis A. Whitehead, additional paymaster, from liability, to the Committee on Military Affairs.

By Mr. Griswold: A bill (H. R. 1798) to authorize a postal contract for the conveyance of the European mails with Francis Skiddy and others, to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.

By Mr. D. R. Ashley: A bill (H. R. 1799) to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from Boise, in Idaho Territory, to the Humboldt river, to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed.

Under the said call there were also presented joint and concurrent resolutions of State legislatures; which were read and referred as follows, viz:

By Mr. Kellogg: A joint resolution of the legislature of Alabama, respecting national aid for the internal improvement of the State of Alabama, to the Committee on Commerce;

Also, a memorial and joint resolution of the general assembly of the said State, relative to a grant of land for railroad purposes, to the Committee on the Public Lands;

Also, a joint memorial of the said general assembly, for aid in opening Warrior river to steam navigation, to the Committee on Commerce. By Mr. S. Clarke: Concurrent resolutions of the legislature of the State of Kansas, memorializing Congress in favor of the transfer of the conduct of Indian affairs from the Interior to the War Department, to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

The call having been concluded, the Speaker announced the next business in order the call of the States and Territories for resolutions, commencing where the call left off on Monday last, with the State of Indiana; When

Mr. Shanks submitted the following preamble and resolution: Whereas representatives from the States of Louisiana and Tennessee were admitted to seats and paid for the full Congress within a few days of the close of the thirty-seventh Congress, while those States were represented in the confederate congress, and while the representatives from Tennessee were admitted to seats and paid in full for the thirtyninth Congress at nearly the same period in said Congress that the State of Arkansas was admitted to representation in the present Congress: Therefore,

Be it resolved, That the members of this house from the State of Arkansas be paid for the full term of the fortieth Congress; and that the heirs of James Hinds be paid the amount that would be due to him to the date of his death, and his successor be paid from that date. The same having been read,

Mr. Shanks demanded the previous question on agreeing thereto.
Pending which,

Mr. E. B. Washburne moved that the resolution be laid on the table;
And the question being put,

It was decided in the negative,

Yeas
Nays.
Not voting

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 resolution on the table.

The question recurring, on the demand for the previous question, the House refused to second the same;

Mr. Maynard moved that the resolution be referred to the Committee on Reconstruction.

Pending which motion,

Mr. Maynard demanded the previous question; which was seconded.
And the question recurring, Shall the main question be now put?
It was put

And decided in the affirmative, Nays

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

Mr. Samuel Hooper

Asahel W. Hubbard
Calvin T. Hulburd
James A. Johnson
Bethuel M Kitchen
George V. Lawrence
John A. Logan

William Loughridge

Mr. Samuel S. Marshall

William Moore
John Morrissey
William Mungen
Leonard Myers
Carman A. Newcomb
David A. Nunn
S. Newton Pettis

Mr. Frederick A. Pike
Theodore M. Pomeroy
John V. L. Pruyn
William E. Robinson
Logan H. Roots
Lewis Selye

Charles Sitgreaves
Thomas E. Stewart

Mr. J. H. Sypher

Stephen Taber
Cal-b N. Taylor
Nelson Tift
Burt Van Horn
Charles H. Van Wyck
Cadwal'r C. Washburn
Fernando Wood.

The question then recurring on the motion of Mr. Maynard to refer the resolution to the Committee on Reconstruction, it was put and decided in the affirmative.

So the resolution was referred to the Committee on Reconstruction. The morning hour having expired,

The Speaker announced as the business in order the motion of Mr. Boutwell to reconsider the vote whereby the bill of the House (H. R. 1667) to secure equal privileges and immunities to citizens of the United States, and to enforce the provisions of the fourteenth of the amendments to the Constitution, was recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary; which was pending at the hour of adjournment on Saturday 23d instant.

Pending which,

On motion of Mr. Boutwell,

Ordered, That the further consideration of the said motion be postponed to Wednesday, 27th instant, immediately after the reading of the journal.

The Speaker, by unanimous consent, laid before the House a letter from the governor of the State of Indiana, transmitting report of the sales made by that State of the land scrip received from the United States under the act of July 2, 1862, relative to agricultural colleges, and of the appropriation of the proceeds of such sales; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture and ordered to be printed.

Also, a letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 23d instant, in relation to buildings or premises in the city of Washington, held and accepted by the Department of the Interior, "under lease or rent;" which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.

A message from the Senate, by Mr. Hamlin, one of their clerks: Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed a bill (S. 667) to enable the Holly, Wayne and Monroe Railway Company, in the State of Michigan, to have the subscription to its capital stock duly stamped; also,

A joint resolution (S. R. 203) donating cannon for a monument to the memory of the late President Lincoln;

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

The Senate have agreed to the amendments of the House of Representatives to the joint resolution of the Senate (S. R. 173) respecting the provisional governments of Virginia and Texas;

with amendments, in which I am also directed to ask the concurrence of the House of Representatives.

Mr. McCullough, by unanimous consent, submitted the following resolutions; which were read, considered, and agreed to:

Resolved, That the Commissioner of Internal Revenue inform this house at an early day at what rate he has fixed the fees of gaugers for gauging and inspecting liquors under the act of Congress approved July 20, 1864, section fifty-three; and whether he has authorized the gaugers to charge by the package or gallon; and whether the rate so fixed has been made uniform throughout the United States.

Resolved, That the Commissioner of Internal Revenue further inform