the resolution of the House of the 19th December, 1867, calling on the Secretary of War for certain information; and the same were laid on the table.

On motion of Mr. Garfield, the Committee on Military Affairs were discharged from the further consideration of the papers in the cases of Dr. Seth W. Langdon, Mrs. H. L. Gates, widow of Brevet Brigadier William Gates, and Joel W. Cloudman; the bill of the House (H. R. 1655) to grant a portion of the military reservation at Fort Leavenworth to aid in the construction of a railroad and wagon bridge across the Missouri river; a bill (H. R. 1500) to repeal a part of section 8 of an act passed August 3, 1861; and a joint resolution (H. Res. 352) to furnish certain ordnance for a soldiers' monument at Pequannock, New Jersey; and the same were laid on the table.

Mr. Boyer, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported bills of the following titles, viz:

H. R. 1876. A bill for the relief of Samuel H. Moore; and

H. R. 1878. A bill for the relief of the heirs and legal representatives of Charles C. Cook, deceased;

which were severally read a first and second time.

Ordered, That they be engrossed and read a third time.

Being engrossed, they were accordingly read the third time and passed. Mr. Boyer moved that the votes on the passage of the said bills 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 bills.

Mr. Boyer, from the same committee, to which was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 1838) for the relief of William F. Scott, late adjutant 4th Iowa cavalry volunteers, reported the same without amendment. Ordered, That it be engrossed and read a third time.

Being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time and passed. Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate therein. Mr. Boyer, from the same committee, to which was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 9) authorizing John A. McLain, company B, 105th Pennsylvania volunteers, to receive three months' pay proper, reported the same with a recommendation that it do not pass, accompanied by a report in writing thereon.

Ordered, That the said bill be laid on the table, and that the report be printed in the Globe.

On motion of Mr. Boyer, the said committee were discharged from the further consideration of the petition of ten officers of North Carolina and Tennessee regiments in regard to three months' extra pay, the bill of the House (H. R. 597) in regard to the grant of three months' extra pay, the petitions of John Dean, the select and common councils of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and of Ferris Jacobs, jr.; and the same were laid on the table.

Mr. Raum, from the same committee, reported bills of the following titles, viz:

H. R. 1879. A bill for the relief of certain companies of scouts and guides organized in Alabama; and

H. R. 1878. A bill for the relief of George W. Short;

which were severally read a first and second time.

Ordered, That they be engrossed and read a third time.

Being engrossed, they were accordingly read the third time and passed. Mr. Raum moved that the votes on the passage of the said bills 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 bills.

Mr. Raum, from the same committee, to which was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 431) for the relief of Benjamin Malone, late additional paymaster in the army, reported the same with an amendment in the nature of a substitute therefor.

Pending the question on the said amendment,

After debate,

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

A message from the Senate, by Mr. Hamlin, one of their clerks: Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed bills of the House of the following titles, viz:

H. R. 1856. An act to establish a certain post road in the State of Connecticut; and

H. R. 1861. An act to establish a certain post road in the State of Connecticut;

severally without amendment.

The Senate have also passed a bill of the following title, viz:

S. 765. An act to give an additional term of the United States circuit court for the eastern district of Arkansas;

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

Mr. Holman, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee had examined and found truly enrolled bills of the following titles, viz:

H. R. 1343. An act to confirm the title to certain land to the pueblo of Santa Ana, in the Territory of New Mexico; and

H. R. 1809. An act making appropriations for the payment of salaries and contingent expenses of the Patent Office for January and February, 1869;

When

The Speaker signed the same.

Mr. Garfield, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to which was referred the joint resolution of the House (H. Res. 418) for the relief of John E. Reeside and his sub-contractor, reported the same without amendment.

Pending the question on its engrossment,
After debate,

Mr. Garfield moved the previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered, and under the operation thereof the said resolution was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time.

Being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time and passed. Mr. Garfield 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.

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

By unanimous consent, leave of absence for one week was granted to Mr. Archer.

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

I. A letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 4th instant, relative to the Delaware break

water; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.

II. A letter from the Secretary of the Interior in regard to temporary subsistence of the native population of the islands of St. Paul and St. George, Alaska; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

III. Resolutions of the constitutional convention of Texas, respecting a division of said State, and providing for the election of delegates to proceed to Washington; which were referred to the Committee on Reconstruction.

IV. Resolution of the legislature of the State of West Virginia, asking Congress to make a donation of lands to the West Virginia Central railway; which was referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Mr. Shanks, by unanimous consent, submitted the following resolu tion; which was read, considered, and agreed to, viz:

Resolved, That the resolution of the House authorizing the special committee on the treatment of prisoners of war and Union witnesses be revived to enable them to report; but this resolution shall not authorize any further expense of witnesses.

On motion of Mr. Roots, by unanimous consent, the bill of the Senate (S. 765) to give an additional term of the United States circuit court for the eastern district of Alabama was taken from the Speaker's table, read three times, and passed.

Mr. Roots 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.

Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate with the passage of the said bill.

Mr. Randall, by unanimous consent, presented the memorial of E. D. Harman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for a pension; which was referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

Mr. Randall 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. Samuel Hooper, by unanimous consent, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported a bill (H. R. 1882) to prohibit the further increase of the public debt, and for other purposes; which was read a first and second time, recommitted to the said committee, and ordered to be printed.

Mr. Hooper moved a reconsideration of the vote on recommitment; which motion was passed over for the present.

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

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury be requested to inform this house if the money arising from the proceeds of captured and abandoned property has been covered into the treasury in accordance with public resolution No. 22, approved March 30, 1868; and if not, to report what amount remains uncovered into the treasury, and in whose hands the same is now held.

Mr. Paine, from the Committee on Reconstruction, reported a bill (H. R. 1880) to relieve certain persons therein named from the legal and political disabilities imposed by the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States; which was read a first and second time, recommitted to the said committee, and ordered to be printed.

Mr. Samuel Hooper, by unanimous consent, from the Committee on Banking and Currency, reported a bill (H. R. 1881) regulating the reports

of national banking associations; which was read a first and second time, recommitted to the said committee, and ordered to be printed. On motion of Mr. Blaine,

Ordered, That the hour debate on the current items of the army appropriation bill shall cease in one minute after the consideration of the said bill is resumed.

On motion of Mr. Benjamin F. Butler, by unanimous consent, Ordered, That certain amendments proposed to be submitted by him to the army appropriation bill be printed.

Mr. Holman, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee had examined and found truly enrolled bills of the following titles, viz:

H. R. 1856. An act to establish a certain post road in the State of Connecticut; and

H. R. 1861. An act to establish a certain post road in the State of Connecticut;

When

The Speaker signed the same.

Mr. Stephen F. Wilson, from the same committee, reported that the committee had examined and found truly enrolled a bill of the following title, viz:

S. 609. An act transferring the duties of trustees of colored schools of Washington and Georgetown;

When

The Speaker signed the same.

On motion of Mr. Blaine, the House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union; and after some time spent therein the Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Ferry reported that the committee having had under consideration the special order, viz: H. R. 1803. A bill making appropriations for the support of the army for the year ending June 30, 1870, had come to no resolution thereon.

By unanimous consent, amendments proposed to be submitted by Mr. Garfield and Mr. Dodge respectively to the said bill were ordered to be printed.

The Speaker, by unanimous consent, laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of the Interior relative to a deficiency for expenses incurred by the Indian agent of the Arickaree, Gros Ventres, and Mandan tribes of Indians; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

Mr. Jenckes, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. R. 1883) to establish an uniform rule of naturalization throughout the United States; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on the Revision of the Laws, and ordered to be printed.

Mr. Brooks 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.

And then,

On motion of Mr. Robinson, at 4 o'clock and 40 minutes p. m., the House adjourned.

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1869.

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

By Mr. Ellihu B. Washburne: The petition from officers of the 8th regiment of United States infantry, praying for an increase of pay.

By Mr. Schenck: A petition of similar import from officers United

States army.

By Mr. Thomas: The petition of John B. Melvin, praying for additional bounty.

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

By Mr. Boutwell: The petition of Hannah M. Brown and William E. Bassett, praying for the extension of a patent for grain and hay harvester; which was referred to the Committee on Patents.

By Mr. Maynard: The petition of Martin B. Wood, a citizen of Virgi nia, praying for the removal of disabilities; which was referred to the Committee on Reconstruction.

By Mr. Thomas: The petition of James Plummer, praying for a pension; which was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions and the War of 1812.

By Mr. Schenck: The petition of Catherine Barney, praying for a pension; which was referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. Twichell: The petitions from sundry towns in the State of Massachusetts, relative to woman's suffrage; which were referred to the Committee on the Revision of the Laws.

By Mr. Thomas: The petition of citizens of the State of Maryland, remonstrating against the oyster law; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce.

By Mr. McCormick: The petition of citizens of the States of Missouri and Arkansas, praying for an extension of mail route No. 10618.

By Mr. Schenck: The petition of Adams, Jewett, and others, citizens of the State of Ohio, praying for the repeal of the franking privilege; Also, a petition of similar import from citizens of the same State. Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.

By Mr. Pettis: Three petitions from citizens of the State of Pennsylvania, praying for an amendment to the Constitution.

By Mr. Delano: A petition of similar import from citizens of the State of Ohio.

By Mr. Beatty: A petition of similar import from citizens of the same State.

By Mr. Moorhead: A memorial of similar import from citizens of the State of Pennsylvania.

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

By Mr. Stevens: The petition of William A. Parker, praying for restoration to the active list of the navy; which was referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

By Mr.

A petition of similar import; which was referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

By Mr. Kelley: The petition of William T. Clark, a citizen of Virginia, praying for relief from disabilities; which was referred to the Committee on Reconstruction.

By Mr. Twichell: The petition of John and George W. Prescott, praying for the extension of a patent; which was referred to the Committee on Patents.

By Mr. Beaman: The petition of the American Philosophical Society, praying for an appropriation for observations of the eclipse of the sun. By Mr. Miller: The memorial from citizens of the United States, praying for an appropriation in aid of the National Homestead at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.