Mr. Moorhead moved that the consideration of all pending orders in Committee of the Whole be postponed until the tariff bill is disposed of. Pending which, Mr. Benjamin F. Butler moved that the House proceed to the consideration of the business on the Speaker's table; And the question being put, It was decided in the affirmative, The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are The concurrent resolution of the Senate providing for the appointment of a joint committee on the civil service in the several departments for the 41st Congress was then taken up, and under the operation of the previous question concurred in. Mr. Schenck 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 concurrence of the House in the said resolution. On motion by Mr. Benjamin F. Butler, the rules having been suspended for that purpose, the bill of the Senate (S. 693) for the temporary relief of the poor and destitute people in the District of Columbia was taken up and read a first and second time. Pending the question on its third reading, Mr. Butler moved the previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered to be put; When Mr. McKee moved that the bill be laid on the table. Pending which, Mr. McKee moved, at 4 o'clock p. m., that the House adjourn; which motion was disagreed to. The question then recurred on the motion to lay on the table; Yeas 40 104 78 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 bill on the table. The bill was then ordered to be read a third time. It was accordingly read the third time and passed. Mr. David A. Nunn William H. Robertson Hamilton Ward Mr. Green B. Raum Logan H. Roots Mr. Lewis W. Ross Samuel Shellabarger Fernando Wood. Mr. Butler 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. By unanimous consent, leave of absence for the rest of the day was granted to Mr. Pruyn. By unanimous consent, leave was granted for the withdrawal from the files of the House as follows, viz: By Mr. A. H. Jones, the petition of ex-United States soldiers of the 2d regiment North Carolina mounted infantry; by Mr. Holman, the papers in the case of O. P. Cobb and others; said petition and papers to be presented in the Senate. The Speaker, by unanimous consent, laid before the House the following executive communications, viz: I. A letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a copy of a circular address to the architects of the United States relative to the new War Department building, and asking an appropriation of $6,000 for payment of premiums awarded. II. A letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relating to the contract with Vinnie Ream for a life-size statue of the late President Lincoln. Ordered, That said letters be referred to the Committee on Appropriations. A message from the Senate, by Mr. Hamlin, one of their clerks: Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed a joint resolution of the following title, viz: S. R. 204. Joint resolution relating to the Department of the Inte rior; in which I am directed to ask the concurrence of the House. Mr. Schenck moved that the rules be suspended, so as to enable the House to take up and consider the bill of the House (H. R. 1460) regulating the duty on imported copper and copper ores, with the amendments of the Senate thereto. Pending which, On motion of Mr. Benjamin, at 4 o'clock and 20 minutes p. m., the House adjourned. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1869. The following memorials, petitions, and other papers, were laid on the Clerk's table, under the rules: By Mr. Blaine: The petition of Patrick Ryan, late of company F, 5th Rhode Island volunteers, praying for a pension. By Mr. Maynard: The petition of Nancy Patton, praying for an invalid pension. By Mr. Perham: The petition of Charity Banks, praying for an invalid pension. Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. Marvin: Two memorials from citizens of the State of New York, praying for pensions to surviving soldiers of the war of 1812; which were referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions. By Mr. Phelps: The memorial of the legal representatives of Richard Hall, deceased, praying compensation for losses sustained during the late war with Great Britain; which was referred to the Committee of Claims. By Mr. Niblack: Joint resolutions of the Indiana legislature, relative to the harbor at Michigan City; which were referred to the Committee on Appropriations. By Mr. Cullom: The petition of citizens of the State of Illinois, praying for the passage of the civil service bill; which was referred to the Committee on Retrenchment. By Mr. Ketcham: The petition of Thaddeus J. Murphy, praying for relief; which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. By Mr. Shanks: The petition of William B. Shelton, Thomas W. Scott, Samuel Zoller, Philip Teotz, H. Thompson, F. W. Reece, Philip Winkle, praying for arrears of pension; which was referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. Farnsworth: The petition of officers of the 8th United States infantry, praying for increased pay. By Mr. John T. Wilson: Additional papers in support of House reslution No. 1827. Ordered, That the said petitions and papers be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. By Mr. Moore: The petition and memorial of sugar refiners in the United States; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce. By Mr. Beck: The petition of distillers in Frankfort, Kentucky, praying for a modification of the internal revenue act; which was referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. By Mr. Cadwalader C. Washburn: The petition of citizens of the State of Wisconsin, praying for a grant of land to open a wagon road from Bayfield to Chippewa Falls; which was referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. By Mr. Delano: The petition of citizens of the State of Ohio, praying Congress to extend the invalid pension laws to the war of 1812; which was referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. Koontz: The petition of John L. Hurt, praying for relief from political disability. By Mr. Lash: A petition of similar import from M. B. Tate, a citizen of North Carolina. By Mr. Maynard: A petition of similar import from John K. Yerger, of Mississippi. Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee on Reconstruction. By Mr. Moore: The petition of citizens of the State of Connecticut engaged in the coasting trade, praying for relief; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce. Mr. Perham, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, to which was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 1741) granting an increase of pension to Emily B. Bidwell, widow of Brigadier General Daniel D. Bidwell, and to Sarahı Hackleman, widow of Brigadier General Pleasant A. Hackleman, 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. Mr. Holman 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 bill. Mr. Shanks, by unanimous consent, introduced a joint resolution (H. Res. 436) directing the Secretary of the Treasury in all cases where the United States has aided in constructing railroads to withhold bonds suf ficient to secure the construction of said road as a first-class railroad, in |