By Mr. Bashford: The petition of H. S. Washburn, praying compensation as captain of Arizona volunteers; which was referred to the Committee of Claims.

By Mr. Banks: The memorial of V. A. Witcher, of Tazewell Court House, Virginia, praying for relief from political disability; which was referred to the Committee on Reconstruction.

By Mr. Koontz: The petition of citizens of the State of Pennsylvania, praying for an increase of the tariff; which was referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.

The Speaker having proceeded, as the regular order of business, to call the States and Territories for bills on leave,

Bills and joint resolutions were introduced, read a first and second time, and referred as follows, viz:

By Mr. Peters: A bill (H. R. 1498) to provide for the defence of the northeastern frontier, to the Committee on Military Affairs.

By Mr. Ela: A bill (H. R. 1499) relating to pay, bounty, and pensions of non-residents, to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

By Mr. Poland: A bill (H. R. 1500) to repeal part of section 8 of an act passed August 3, 1861, to the Committee on Military Affairs.

By Mr. Smith: A bill (H. R. 1501) providing for payment for horses lost by certain officers in the service of the United States, to the same committee.

By Mr. Eliot: A bill (H. R. 1502) relating to freedmen's hospitals, to the Committee on Freedmen's Affairs and ordered to be printed.

By Mr. Banks: A joint resolution (H. Res. 377) instructing the Committee on Appropriations to consider the expediency of making an appropriation to carry into effect a provision of an act relating to pensions, to the Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. Churchill: A joint resolution (H. Res. 378) designating officers authorized to take evidence in cases of contested elections, and for other purposes, to the Committee of Elections.

By Mr. Robinson: A bill (H. R. 1503) to remove obstructions from the East river in the harbor of New York, to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.

By Mr. Stewart: A bill (H. R. 1504) to establish telegraph lines between Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington, to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed.

By Mr. Burt Van Horn: A bill (H. R. 1505) to authorize the Southern Maryland Railroad Company to enter the District of Columbia, to the Committee for the District of Columbia.

By Mr. Broomall: A bill (H. R. 1506) to incorporate the African College, to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.

By Mr. George V. Lawrence: A bill (H. R. 1507) authorizing the incorporation of certain railroad companies to construct railroads therein described or mentioned, to the Committee on Roads and Canals.

By Mr. Miller: A joint resolution (H. Res. 379) declaring that the principal of all bonds of the United States shall be paid in coin, to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed;

Also, a bill (H. R. 1509) authorizing the erection of a suitable post office building in the borough of Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads;

Also, a bill (H. R. 1508) to change post route No. 2243, in Union county, Pennsylvania, so as to go by way of Kelly Points, to the same committee. By Mr. O'Neill: A bill (H. R. 1510) supplementary to an act entitled "An act to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the

United States," approved March 2, 1867, to the Committee on the Revision of the Laws.

By Mr. Pettis: A bill (H. R. 1511) to provide for the paving of Pennsylvania avenue, to the Committee for the District of Columbia.

By Mr. Myers: A bill (H. R. 1512) granting a pension to James Smith, of Philadelphia, a soldier of the war of 1812, to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions.

By Mr. Whittemore: A bill (H. R. 1513) for the removal of disabilities of W. J. Mixson, a citizen of South Carolina, to the Committee on Reconstruction.

By Mr. Bowen: A bill (H. R. 1514) to relieve from disabilities certain citizens of South Carolina, to the same committee.

By Mr. Whittemore: A joint resolution (H. Res. 380) instructing the Committee of Elections to inquire into the elections of South Carolina, Georgia, and Louisiana, to the Committee on Reconstruction.

By Mr. Young: A bill (H. R. 1515) to relieve Nathan Land and J. A. Howard, of Barton county, Georgia, from legal and political disabilities, to the same committee.

By Mr. Kellogg: A bill (H. R. 1516) granting to the New Orleans, Mobile, and Chattanooga Railroad Company the right of way through the public lands of the United States, and for other purposes, to the Committee on the Public Lands.

By Mr. Norris: A bill (H. R. 1517) in relation to the appointment of midshipmen from the lately reconstructed States, to the Committee on Reconstruction.

By Mr. Callis: A bill (H. R. 1518) to relieve from legal and political disabilities certain persons therein named, citizens of Alabama, to the same committee.

By Mr. Buckly: A bill (H. R. 1519) providing that the State of Alabama may accept provisions of an act giving public lands for benefit of certain colleges within two years, to the Committee on the Public Lands. By Mr. Sypher: A bill (H. R. 1520) concerning the Mississippi and Mexican Gulf Ship Canal Company, asking an appropriation of $300,000, to the Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. Garfield: A bill (H. R. 1521) to legalize gold contracts, to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.

By Mr. Welker: A bill (H. R. 1522) to relieve from legal and political disabilities Winer Bethel, of Florida, engaged in the late rebellion, to the Committee on Reconstruction;

Also, a bill (H. R. 1523) to repeal the act entitled "An act to fix the times for the regular meetings of Congress," to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. James M. Ashley: A joint resolution (H. Res. 381) proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed;

Also, a bill (H. R. 1524) for the better protection of women of the District of Columbia, to the Committee for the District of Columbia.

By Mr. Plants: A bill (H. R. 1525) to divide the State of Ohio into three judicial districts and to provide for holding the district and circuit courts of the United States therein, to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.

By Mr. McKee: A bill (H. R. 1526) to establish a new judicial district in Kentucky, to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. Arnell: A bill (H. R. 1527) to re-grant certain lands in the State of Alabama to the Nashville and Decatur Railroad Company, to the Committee on the Public Lands.

By Mr. Williams: A bill (H. R. 1528) to suppress and punish persons who unlawfully vote or disturb, or otherwise unlawfully endeavor to control, those who are lawfully entitled to vote at any election in the United States, to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.

By Mr. R. R. Butler: A bill (H. R. 1529) for the relief of Emaline Hicks, of Tennessee, to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

By Mr. Julian: A bill (H. R. 1530) further to extend the right of suffrage in the District of Columbia, to the Committee for the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed;

Also, a bill (H. R. 1531) further to extend the right of suffrage in the Territories of the United States, to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed.

By Mr. Farnsworth: A bill (H. R. 1532) for the relief of James M. Hood, to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

By Mr. Ferry: A bill (H. R. 1533) donating for school purposes a lot of land and building thereon known as the "Old Indian Dormitory," in the village of Mackinac, Michigan, to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed.

By Mr. Loughridge: A bill (H. R. 1534) to grant a pension to Enoch Lytle, to the Committee on Invalid Pensions;

Also, a bill (H. R. 1535) for the relief of Henry N. Berry, a soldier of the 6th Iowa cavalry, to the Committee of Claims;

Also, a bill (H. R. 1536) to establish a post route from Centerville, Iowa, to Moulton, Iowa, to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads;

Also, a joint resolution (H. Res. 383) proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.

By Mr. Pile: A joint resolution (H. Res. 382) increasing the pension of Jerusha Page, widow of Captain Thomas Page, to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

By Mr. Paine: A bill (H. R. 1537) to repeal certain provisions of section six of an act entitled "An act making appropriations for the support of the army for the year ending June 30, 1868, and for other purposes," approved March 2, 1867, to the Committee on Reconstruction.

By Mr. Cavanaugh: A bill (H. R. 1538) to locate and establish an assay office in the Territory of Montana, to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures;

Also, a bill (H. R. 1539) for the relief of John S. Slater, to the Committee of Claims;

Also, a bill (H. R. 1540) for the relief of Benjamin Leroy, to the same committee;

Also, a bill (H. R. 1541) for the relief of William M. Stafford, to the same committee.

By Mr. Kerr: A bill (H. R. 1542) to regulate and limit the admiralty jurisdiction of the district courts of the United States in certain cases, to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.

By Mr. Corley: A bill (H. R. 1543) for the removal of the disabilities of Thomas J. Webb, of South Carolina, to the Committee on Reconstruction.

By Mr. Young: A bill (H. R. 1544) to relieve Karney A. Gaskill, of Fulton county, Georgia, from disabilities, to the Committee on Reconstruction.

By Mr. Sypher: A bill (H. R. 1545) to aid in the construction of the

New Orleans and Ship Island canal, to the Committee on the Public Lands.

Under this call joint resolutions and memorials of State legislatures were presented and referred as follows, viz:

By Mr. Mullins: Joint resolutions of the legislature of the State of Tennessee, in relation to the navigation of the Tennessee river, to the Committee on Commerce.

By Mr. Chester D. Hubbard: Joint resolutions of the legislature of the State of West Virginia, asking Congress to aid in the completion of the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad, to the Committee on Roads and Canals.

By Mr. Polsley: Joint resolutions of the legislature of the same State, asking Congress to pass a law incorporating the Washington and Cincinnati National Railroad Company, to the Committee on Commerce.

By Mr. Mallory: Joint memorial of the legislature of the State of Oregon, asking from Congress a grant of land along the line of a wagon road from Tillamook valley to the Portland road at Lafayette, Yam Hill county, in said State, to the Committee on the Public Lands;

Also, joint resolutions of the same legislature, relating to the appointment by Congress of a commission to investigate and take proof as to losses sustained by citizens of Oregon on account of Indian depredations since report of last commission, to the Committee on Indian Affairs; Also, joint resolutions of the same legislature, relating to granting and confirming unto the State of Oregon certain lands, to the Committee on the Public Lands;

Also, joint memorial of the same legislature, requesting the establishment of a mail route from the town of Roseburg, in Douglas county, to the Randolph post office, in Coos county, to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.

All the States and Territories having been called for bills on leave, The Speaker next proceeded to call for resolutions;

When

Mr. Arnell submitted the following preamble and resolution; which were read, considered, and under the operation of the previous question agreed to, viz:

Whereas Ku-Klux outrages continue to be practiced upon peaceable and law-abiding citizens of the United States in the State of Tennessee and elsewhere: Therefore,

Resolved, That the Committee on Reconstruction be, and is hereby, instructed to inquire carefully into this whole matter and to report to the House, by bill or otherwise, at the earliest day possible.

Mr. Arnell 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. Stokes introduced a joint resolution (H. Res. 384) granting additional compensation to certain employés in the civil service of the gov ernment at Washington; which was read a first and second time. Pending the question on its engrossment,

Mr. Stokes moved the previous question.

Pending which,

Mr. Benjamin moved that the resolution be laid on the table.
And the question being put,

Yeas..

It was decided in the affirmative, Nays

Not voting.

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73

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The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present,

Mr. Ellihu B. Washburne 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. Spalding, by unanimous consent, submitted the following concur rent resolution; which was read, referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed, viz:

Resolved, (the Senate concurring,) That Congress will not entertain any project that looks directly or indirectly to the repudiation of the debt of the United States; hence the Congress unhesitatingly abjures the proposition embraced in the executive message of applying the interest that shall hereafter be paid on the six per cent. bonds in liquidation of the principal sum named in said securities.

Mr. Stephen F. Wilson, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills,