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also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; which latter motion was agreed to.

The morning hour having commenced, the Speaker announced as the business in order the call of committees for reports, commencing with the Committee on the Territories.

Pending which,

The Speaker, by unanimous consent, laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with the request of the Committee of Elections, a return of the vote by which the late James Mann was elected to Congress from the second district of Louisiana; which was referred to the Committee of Elections.

By unanimous consent, leave was granted to Mr. Windom to withdraw from the files of the 37th Congress the petition and papers in the claim of L. Alcan; and to Mr. Arnell, the papers in the case of the Winchester and Alabama railroad, now before the Committee of Claims.

Mr. Farnsworth, by unanimous consent, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to which was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 1549) to restrict and regulate the franking privilege, reported the same with a substitute therefor; which was recommitted to the said committee and ordered to be printed.

Mr. E. B. Washburne moved that the vote by which the said bill and substitute was recommitted be reconsidered; which motion was passed over for the present.

A message from the Senate, by Mr. Hamlin, one of their clerks :

Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed, without amendment, the bill of the House (H. R. 967) 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;

Also, with an amendment, the bill of the House (H. R. 1261) amendatory of an act entitled "An act relating to habeas corpus, and regulating judicial proceedings in certain cases;" in which amendment I am directed to ask the concurrence of the House of Representatives.

The Senate have also passed a joint resolution (S. R. 194) authorizing the transfer of certain appropriations heretofore made for the public printing, binding, and engraving; in which I am directed to ask the concurrence of the House of Representatives.

Mr. J. M. Ashley, from the Committee on the Territories, reported a bill (H. R. 1681) to provide a temporary government for the Territory of Alaska; which was read a first and second time.

Pending the question on the engrossment of the said bill,

Mr. Eliot moved to amend the same by striking out the seventh section.

Mr. J. M. Ashley moved the previous question on the bill and amendment.

Pending which,

Mr. E. B. Washburne moved that the bill and the amendment be laid on the table; which motion was agreed to.

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

The morning hour having expired,

The Speaker announced as the next business in order, the special order, being the consideration of the bill of the House (H. R. 1364) to provide for the gradual resumption of specie payments, introduced by

Mr. Lynch, and made the special order for the second Tuesday, instant, after the morning hour;

When,

Mr. C. D. Hubbard moved to postpone the said bill to Saturday, 16th instant, after the morning hour; which motion was agreed to, and the bill as a special order postponed accordingly.

The Speaker announced as the next business in order the special order, being the consideration of the bill of the House (H. R. 1202) to provide for the construction of a ship canal around the Falls of Niagara, which was reported from the Committee on Roads and Canals, and made the special order for the second Tuesday, instant, after the morning hour. Pending the question on the engrossment of the said bill,

The Speaker, by unanimous consent, laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting letter of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, with estimates of appropriation for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various bands of Ute Indians; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. By unanimous consent, leave was granted to Mr. Peters to withdraw from the files of the House the private papers of James A. Drew, which were filed upon his petition to the 38th Congress and not acted on, relating to a claim under the Ashburton treaty.

On motion of Mr. Cullum, leave of absence indefinitely was granted to Mr. Orth.

Mr. S. F. Wilson, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee had examined and found truly enrolled the bill of the House (H. R. 967) 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;

When

The Speaker signed the same.

On motion of Mr. Humphrey, by unanimous consent,

Ordered, That a substitute proposed to be offered by him for the bill (H. R. 1202) to provide for the construction of a ship canal around the Falls of Niagara be printed.

The question recurring on the engrossment of the last-named bill, Mr. Benjamin, at 4 o'clock p. m., moved that the House adjourn; which motion was disagreed to.

The House then, on motion of Mr. E. B. Washburne, resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union; and after some time spent therein the Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. B. Van Horn reported that the committee having had, according to order, the condition of the Union generally under consideration, and particularly the annual message of the President of the United States for the year 1867, had come to no resolution thereon ;]

When,

On motion of Mr. Cullom,

The House, at 4 o'clock and 25 minutes p. m., adjourned.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1869.

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

By Mr. Morrell: The petition of Mary Aurand, praying for a pension;
Also, the petition of Elizabeth Radigan, praying for a pension;
Also, the petition of John A. Parker, praying for a pension.

By Mr. Lynch: The petition of Isaac Bickford, praying for a pension; Also, the petition of Lorenzo Day, praying for a pension.

By Mr. Lincoln: The petition of Catherine Duffy, praying for a pension. By Mr. Perham: The petition of John S. Burress, praying for a pension. Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

By Mr. Schenck: The petition of Commodore Charles Steedman, United States navy, praying for relief.

By Mr. Blaine: The petition of Charles H. Campbell, praying for relief. Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee of Claims. By Mr. Brooks: The memorial of the New York Chamber of Commerce, praying that the Newfoundland and London Telegraph Company may land its submarine cable upon the shores of the United States; which was referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. By Mr. Moore: The petition of owners and masters of vessels of Baltimore, State of Maryland, praying for protection; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce.

By Mr. Brooks: The memorial of C. Hansen, a citizen of the State of New York, relative to the "Holstein ship canal;" which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

By Mr. Hill: The petition of Robert B. Clark and others, citizens of the State of New Jersey, praying for the revision of the naturalization laws; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. McKee The petition of Dupuy & Co., citizens of the State of Kentucky, praying for a revision of the revenue laws.

By Mr. Schenck: The petition of the Ohio Chiccory Company, praying for an increase of duty on chiccory.

By Mr. Brooks: The petition of H. J. Hopkins and others, citizens of the State of New York, against an increase of duty on steel.

By Mr. Lynch: The petition of T. C. Hersey, praying for an amendment of the tariff on sugars.

By Mr. -: The petition of citizens of the State of Pennsylvania, relative to the revenue laws.

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

On motion of Mr. O'Neill, by unanimous consent,

Ordered, That the Committee on Commerce be discharged from the further consideration of the bill of the House (H. R. 1559) giving the consent of the United States to the erection of a bridge across the Delaware river between Philadelphia and Camden, and that it be referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals.

The Speaker announced, as the first business in order, the consideration of the bill of the House (H. R. 1202) to provide for the construction of a ship canal around the Falls of Niagara, which was under consideration at the hour of adjournment yesterday;

When

Mr. Windom moved that the same be postponed till after the morning hour.

Pending which,

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

The question recurring on the motion of Mr. Windom, it was decided in the affirmative.

So the bill was postponed till after the morning hour.

Mr. E. B. Washburne moved that the vote by which the consideration of the bill was postponed be reconsidered.

After debate,

Mr. E. B. Washburne moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; which motion was agreed to.

The morning hour having commenced, the Speaker announced as the business in order the call of committees for reports, commencing where the call rested yesterday, with the Committee on the Territories; When

Mr. J. M. Ashley, from the Committee on the Territories, to which was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 1625) to extend the boundaries of the States of Nevada, Minnesota, and Nebraska, and the Territories of Colorado, Montana, and Wyoming, reported the same with suudry amendments.

The question being, Will the House agree to the amendments? On motion of Mr. J. M. Ashley, by unanimous consent, Ordered, That the further consideration of the bill be postponed till Thursday, 28th instant, after the morning hour, and made a special order. from day to day till disposed of.

Mr. J. M. Ashley, from the Committee on the Territories, to which was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 1041) granting the right of way to the Walla-Walla and Columbia River Railroad Company, and for other purposes, reported the same with amendments.

Pending the question on agreeing to the amendments,

Mr. Delano moved to amend the bill by adding a proviso to the last section thereof; which was agreed to.

The amendments of the Committee on the Territories having been also agreed to, it was, under the operation of the previous question, Ordered, That the bill be engrossed and read a third time.

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

Not being engrossed, it was then ordered to be laid on the Speaker's table.

Mr. J. M. Ashley, from the Committee on the Territories, to which was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 1624) to preserve the purity of elections in the several organized Territories of the United States, reported the same with an amendment thereto in the nature of a substitute.

Pending the question on agreeing to the substitute,

Mr. Mullins moved an amendment thereto;

When,

The morning hour having expired,

The Speaker announced as the business next in order the consideration of the bill of the House (H. R. 1202) to provide for the construction of a ship canal around the Falls of Niagara.

Pending the question on the engrossment of the bill,

Mr. J. M. Ashley moved that the vote by which the bill of the House (H. R. 1041) granting the right of way to the Walla Walla and Columbia River Railroad Company, and for other purposes, was ordered to be engrossed, be reconsidered; which motion was passed over for the present.

On motion of Mr. J. M. Ashley, by unanimous consent, Ordered, That the Committee on the Territories be discharged from the further consideration of the bill of the House (H. R. 1591) repealing an act passed by the legislature of Washington Territory, relating to pilots and pilot regulations, and that the same be referred to the Committee on Commerce.

Mr. Cook, from the Committee of Elections, to which were referred the

papers in the case of William F. Switzler against George W. Anderson for the right to a seat as representative from the ninth congressional district of Missouri, submitted a report in writing thereon, accompanied by the following resolutions:

Resolved, That George W. Anderson is not entitled to a seat in this house as a representative from the ninth congressional district of Missouri.

Resolved, That William F. Switzler is entitled to a seat in this house • as a representative from the ninth congressional district of Missouri. Ordered, That the report be laid on the table and be printed.

The Speaker appointed Mr. Glossbrenner a member of the committee to escort the remains of the late Hon. Darwin A. Finney to his late residence in Pennsylvania, in place of Mr. Dawes who was unable to serve.

On motion of Mr. Eliot, by unanimous consent,

Ordered, That the evidence taken by the Committee on Commerce respecting the advances by the city of Milwaukee for the harbor of Milwaukee, be printed for the use of the committee.

The Speaker, by unanimous consent, laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 6th instant, relative to postponing the time of the discontinuance of the offices of superintendent of exports and drawbacks at the port of New York and other ports of the United States; which was referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. By unanimous consent, leave of absence was granted to Mr. Eckley for one week.

Pending the question on the engrossment of the bill to provide for the construction of the Niagara ship canal, (H. R. 1202,)

Mr. B. F. Butler moved to proceed to the consideration of business on the Speaker's table;

Pending which,

On motion of Mr. Spalding,

The House, at 4 o'clock and 50 minutes p. m., adjourned.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1869.

Another delegate appeared at the session of to-day, viz:
From the Territory of Dakota, Walter A. Burleigh.

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

By Mr. Grover: The petition of J. M. Wright and others heretofore referred January 11, 1868.

By Mr. Harding: The memorial of the citizens of Quincy, State of Illinois, relative to the tax on cigars.

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

By Mr. Bromwell: The petition of John H. McQuown, praying allowance of salary and commutation for services rendered as surgeon of volunteers; which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

By Mr. Garfield: The petition of department clerks, praying for an increase of compensation; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. 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. Moore: The petition of owners and masters of vessels of the

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