extent of the pension roll on the 1st day of December, 1882; and having been amended on the motion of Mr. Beck, the resolution as amended was agreed to as follows: Resolved, That the Commissioner of Pensions be instructed to inform the Senate The amount of the annual pension roll on the 1st day of December, 1882. The number of applications for pensions pending on the 1st day of December, 1882. The number of rejected applications on file December 1, 1882, and whether the same are subject to re-examination. The amount already paid for arrears of pensions. The probable amount yet to be paid for arrears of pensions under existing provisions of law. The probable amount of the annual pension roll when pending cases shall have been adjudicated. The amount which would be added to the annual pension roll by the increase of pensions already granted as provided by House bill 1410, now pending in the Senate. The probable number of pending cases which would be affected by such increase and the probable addition to the annual pension roll thereby. The number of pensions already granted rated between $8 and $18 as cases of fractional equivalent disabilities, showing the number and annual value of each class. The amount which would be added to the annual pension roll by increasing such pensions in proportion to the increase provided by House bill 1410 for pensions rated at $18 per month. The probable amount which would be added to the annual pension roll if such proportional increase should be applied to cases now pending in which the rate of pensions will be from $8 to $18. Number of pensions granted for deafness, total and less than total, with rate for each class, and annual value of same. Number of pensions granted for impaired eyesight less than total blindness, rate for each class, and annual value of same. What proportion of pensions rated at $18 per month, other than for loss of limbs, were granted on applications for increase, and whether the proportion of such increased pensions to the whole number of invalid pensions is increasing or diminishing. And the Commissioner is further instructed, without delaying the information called for above, to transmit to the Senate, as soon as practi cable, a list of names of all persons borne on the pension rolls, and of all claimants for pensions, classified according to their post-office addresses by States and counties; the amount paid annually to each, and giving the date when those on the rolls were placed there. The following message was received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Pruden, his secretary: To the Senate and House of Representatives: I transmit herewith, for the consideration of Congress, a communication from the Secretary of War, inclosing one from the commanding general, Department of the Missouri, indorsed by the division commander, urging the advisability of prompt action in the matter of perfecting the title to the site of Fort Bliss, Texas. Accompanying also is a copy of Senate Executive Document No. 96 Forty-seventh Congress, first session, which presents fully the facts in the case as well as the character of the legislation necessary to secure to the United States proper title to the land in question. The Secretary of War expresses his concurrence in the views of the military authorities as to the importance of this subject and urges that the requisite legislation be had by Congress at its present session. CHESTER A. ARTHUR. — EXECUTIVE MANSION, December 1882. Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and printed. The Senate proceeded to consider, as in Committee of the Whole, the bill (H. R. 700) for the relief of the State National Bank of Boston, Massachusetts; and, On motion by Mr. Hoar, Ordered, That the said bill be recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary. The Senate proceeded to consider, as in Committee of the Whole, the joint resolution (S. 44) authorizing the payment of a portion of the Virginius indemnity fund to the mother of General W. A. C. Ryan; and the reported amendment having been agreed to, the resolution was reported to the Senate and the amendment was concurred in. Ordered, That the resolution be engrossed and read a third time. Resolved. That it pass, and that the title thereof be as aforesaid. Ordered, That the Secretary request the concurrence of the House of Representatives therein. The Senate proceeded to consider, as in Committee of the Whole, the bill (S. 137) for the relief of William Schuchardt, United States commercial agent at Piedras Negras, Mexico; and no amendment being made, it was reported to the Senate. Ordered, That it be engrossed and read a third time. The said bill was read the third time. Resolved, That it pass, and that the title thereof be as aforesaid. Ordered, That the Secretary request the concurrence of the House of Representatives therein. The Senate proceeded to consider, as in Committee of the Whole, the bill (H. R. 54) for the relief of Charles A. Luke; and no amendment being made, it was reported to the Senate. Ordered, That it pass to a third reading. The said bill was read the third time. Resolved, That it pass. Ordered, That the Secretary notify the House of Representatives thereof. The Senate proceeded to consider, as in Committee of the Whole, the bill (S. 1342) authorizing the trustees of the Isherwood estate to amend a certain plan of subdivision of said estate recorded in the land records of the District of Columbia; and the reported amendment having been agreed to, the bill was reported to the Senate and the amendment was concurred in. Ordered, That it be engrossed and read a third time. The said bill was read the third time. Resolved, That it pass, and that the title thereof be as aforesaid. Ordered, That the Secretary request the concurrence of the House of Representatives therein. The Senate proceeded to consider, as in Committee of the Whole, the bill (S. 561) for the relief of Robert Stodart Wyld; and having been amended on the motion of Mr. Edmunds, the bill was reported to the Senate and the amendments were concurred in. Ordered, That the bill be engrossed and read a third time. The said bill was read the third time. Resolved, That it pass, and that the title thereof be as aforesaid. Ordered, That the Secretary request the concurrence of the House of Representatives therein. The hour of one o'clock having arrived, the President pro tempore laid before the Senate the special order of the Senate for this day, viz, the bill (S. 1382) to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the United States; and The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the said bill. The question being on the amendment proposed by Mr. Hoar, On motion by Mr. Cameron, of Pennsylvania, The Senate proceeded to the consleration of executive business; and After the consideration of executive business the doors were opened, and, On motion by Mr. Ingalls, at 4 o'clock p. m., The Senate adjourned. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1882. Mr. M. C. Butler, from the State of South Carolina, and Mr. John I. Mitchell, from the State of Pennsylvania, attended. The President pro tempore laid before the Senate a letter of the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting in answer to a resolution of the Senate of July 3, 1882, a detailed account of the Indian civilization fund; which was referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Petitions, praying that increased pensions be granted to those who lost a limb in the military or naval service of the United States, were presented as follows: By Mr. Voorhees: A petition of citizens of Indiana. By Mr. Cameron of Wisconsin: A petition of citizens of Wisconsin. By Mr. McDill: A petition of citizens of Iowa. By Mr. Chilcott: A petition of citizens of Colorado. By Mr. Miller of N. Y.: Several petitions of citizens of New York. Mr. Miller, of N. Y., presented a petition of citizens of New York praying that a rebate be allowed equal to the amount of any reduction of tax which may be made on tobacco, cigars and cigarettes, which was referred to the Committee on Finance. On motion by Mr. Platt, Ordered, That there be printed the usual number of copies of the bill (S. 1238) to regulate practice in patent suits. On motion by Mr. Anthony: Ordered, That the Committee on Pensions be discharged from the further consideration of the bill (S. 2181) granting a pension to Charles H. Kellen, and that it be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Mr. Anthony, from the Committee on Printing, to whom was referred the joint resolution (H. R. 292) relative to the printing of the annual re ports of the Commissioner of Agriculture for the years 1881 and 1882, reported it without amendment. The Senate proceeded, by unanimous consent, to consider the said res olution as in Committee of the Whole, and no amendment being made, it was reported to the Senate. Ordered, That it pass to a third reading. The said resolution was read the third time. Resolved, That it pass. Ordered, That the Secretary notify the House of Representatives thereof. Mr. Anthony, from the Committee on Printing, to whom was referred the resolution submitted by Mr. Morrill on the 5th instant to print 20,000 copies of the report of the Tariff Commission, reported it with an amendment. The Senate proceeded, by unanimous consent, to consider the said resolution; and the reported amendment having been amended on the motion of Mr. Cockrell and the motion of Mr. Sherman, the amendment as amended was then agreed to, and the resolution as amended was agreed to, as follows: Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That 21,200 copies of the report of the Tariff Commission, with the testimony and accompanying papers, be printed and bound immediately, under the direction of the Joint Committee on Public Printing, 14,000 copies for the use of the House of Representatives, 7,000 for the use of the Senate, and 200 for the use of the Tariff Commission; and in addition 12,000 copies of the report, unbound, for immediate distribution, 4,000 for the use of the Senate and 8,000 for the use of the House of Representatives. Leave having been obtained, bills and a joint resolution were introduced, read the first and second times by unanimous consent, and referred as follows: By Mr. Johnston: A bill (S. 2203) to authorize the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company to extend its road to a point on the lands of the United States at Fortress Monroe; and A bill (S. 2204) giving the approval of Congress to agreements entered into on the 16th of November, 1871, and the 23d of January, 1872, and the 5th day of February, 1872, between the Secretary of War and Joseph Segar and C. C. Willard; to the Committee on Military Affairs. By Mr. Brown: A bill (S. 2205) to repeal an act entitled "An act to provide internal revenue to support the government, to pay interest on the public debt, and for other purposes," passed the 30th day of June, 1864, and to repeal all laws and parts of laws enlarging, extending, or amendatory of the same; to the Committee on Finance. By Mr. Harris: A joint resolution (S. 113) authorizing the engineer in charge of the Washington Monument to pay to certain stone-cutters and laborers certain wages withheld from them; to the Committee on the District of Columbia. Mr. Yest submitted the following resolution; which was considered, by unanimous consent, and agreed to: Resolved, That the Secretary of the Interior be directed to transmit to the Senate copies of any contracts entered into by the Interior Department in regard to leasing the Yellowstone National Park, or any part of said park, to any person or company, with the privilege of erecting hotels, constructing telegraph lines, and running stages therein, together such with other information as to the condition and management of said park as he may think important. Mr. Jonas submitted the following resolution; which was considered, by unanimous consent, and agreed to: Resolved, That the Secretary of War be directed to furnish the Senate with the estimates of the Mississippi River Commission for the work of improving the Mississippi River during the next fiscal year. A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. McPherson, its Clerk: Mr. President: The House of Representatives has passed a bill (H. R. 110) to refund to the State of Georgia certain money expended by said State for the common defense in 1777, in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate. The House of Representatives has passed the following resolution, in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate: Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That 20,000 copies of the report of the Tariff Commission be printed, 14,000 for the use of the House of Representatives and 6,000 for the use of the Senate. The bill H. R. 110 this day received from the House of Representatives for concurrence, was read the first and second times, by unanimous consent, and referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims. The resolution this day received from the House of Representatives for concurrence, to print 20,000 copies of the report of the Tariff Commission, was read and referred to the Committee on Printing. Mr. Blair entered a motion to reconsider the vote of the Senate on the passage of the resolution calling for certain information in relation to the amount and extent of the pension roll on the 1st day of December, 1882. On motion by Mr. Beck, The Senate proceeded to consider the resolution submitted by him on the 5th instant, relating to political assessments. On motion by Mr. Hale to amend the resolution, After debate, Ordered, That the further consideration of the said resolution be postponed to to-morrow, and that the same be reprinted, with the proposed amendment, for the use of the Senate. The Senate proceeded to consider, as in Committee of the Whole, the bill (H. R. 2871) to provide for the extension of the Capitol, North O Street and South Washington Railway. On motion by Mr. Ingalls to recommit the said bill to the Committee on the District of Columbia, The yeas and nays being desired by one fifth of the Senators present, Those who voted in the affirmative are, Messrs. Anthony, Bayard, Cockrell, Coke, Davis of Illinois, Davis of West Virginia, Edmunds, Harrison, Hawley, Ingalls, Morrill, Platt, Windom. Those who voted in the negative are, Messrs. Allison, Barrow, Beck, Blair, Brown, Call, Camden, Cameron of Wisconsin, Chilcott, Conger, Frye, Garland, George, Gorman, Groome, Grover, Hale, Harris, Hill, Jackson, Johnston, Jonas, Jones of Florida, Kellogg, Lapham, Logan, McDill, McMillan, Maxey, Miller of California, Miller of New York, Pendleton, Pugh, Rollins, Saunders, |