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By unanimous consent, leave of absence was granted to Mr. Sitgreaves to the 8th of January next.

Mr. Benjamin, at 3 o'clock p. m., moved that the House adjourn.
And the question being put,

It was decided in the negative,

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Nays..
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The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are

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So the House refused to adjourn.

Mr. Thomas L. Jones

George W. Julian
Francis W. Kellogg
Bethuel M. Kitch- n
William S. Lincoln
Benjamin F. Loan
John Lynch
Horace Maynard
Dennis McCarthy
James R. McCormick
Samuel McKee

Ulysses Mercur
George F. Miller
William Moore
Daniel J. Morrell
William Mungen
Carman A. Newcomb
J. P. Newsham
Benjamin W. Norris
Charles O'Neill
Sidney Perham
John A. Peters
S. Newton Pettis
Frederick A. Pike
Hiram Price
C. H. Prince
William H. Robertson
Lewis W. Ross

Mr. Abner C. Harding
Asahel W. Hubbard
Richard D. Hubbard
Addison H. Laflin
Israel G. Lash
John A. Logan
Hiram McCullough
James K. Moorhead
John Morrissey
Leonard Myers
John A. Nicholson
David A. Nunn

Mr. Philetus Sawyer

Glenni W. Scofield
Rufus P. Spalding
William B. Stokes
Frederick Stone
Stephen Taber
John Taffe
Caleb N. Taylor
Charles Upson
Philadelph Van Trump
Martin Welker
Stephen F. Wilson
Fernando Wood.
George W. Woodward

Mr. Robert C. Schenck
Lewis Selye

John P. C. Shanks
Charles Sitgreaves
Worthington C. Smith
H. H. Starkweather
Aaron F. Stevens
Thomas E. Stewart
John H Stover
J. H. Sypher
Nelson Tift

John Trimble

Lawrence S. Trimble
Ginery Twichell
Henry Van Aernam
Burt Van Horn
Charles H. Van Wyck
Michael Vidal

Hamilton Ward
Henry D. Washburn
William B. Washburn
B. F. Whittemore
William Williams
James F. Wilson
John T. Wilson
William Windom
Fred'k E. Woodbridge
P. M. B. Young.

Mr. Charles W. Pierce
Theodore M. Pomeroy
Gre-n B. Raum
Logan H. Roots
Samuel Shellabarger
Francis Thomas
Row'd E. Trowbridge
Daniel M. Van Auken
Robert T. Van Horn
Cadwal'r C. Washburn
Ellihu B. Washburne
Thomas Williams.

The question then recurring on the motion of Mr. Van Aernam to

reconsider,

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Yeas.

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So the vote to lay the resolution on the table was reconsidered. The question then recurred on the motion of Mr. Van Trump to lay the said resolution on the table; and being put, was decided in the negative.

The question then recurring, Will the House agree to the resolution of Mr. Ross?

Mr. Ross moved the previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered, and under the operation thereof the said resolution was agreed to.

On motion of Mr. Cook, by unanimous consent,

Ordered, That leave be given to withdraw the papers filed in the 38th Congress in support of the claim of E. W. Crandall, the same being required as evidence in the trial of a cause in the circuit court of the United States at Chicago.

The House then, in pursuance of the order adopted, proceeded to the drawing of seats in the manner therein provided;

And the drawing having been concluded,

Mr. Cake, from the Committee on Printing, reported a resolution, which was, by unanimous consent, amended and agreed to, as follows: Resolved, That five hundred extra copies of the House bill No. 1349 be printed for the use of the House; the same to be printed on bill paper, with the numbering of the lines to correspond with those of the last print.

The Speaker, by unanimous consent, was authorized to designate a member to act as Speaker pro tempore for the session of Monday next, in case of his absence.

On motion of Mr. E. B. Washburne, by unanimous consent, Ordered, That when the House adjourn on Friday next it adjourn to Monday, 21st instant, and that on the last mentioned day there be no session for business.

On motion of Mr. Jenckes, by unanimous consent,

Ordered, That House bill No. 948, to regulate the civil service of the United States, be reprinted.

And then, on motion of Mr. Pile, the House, at 4 o'clock and 15 minntes p. m., adjourned.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1868.

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

By Mr. Bingham: The memorial of E. Kenney, praying compensation for the use of his real property by the United States military authorities; which was referred to the Committee of Claims.

Also, the memorial of Joseph Allen, Michael Burke, William Mulhall, William Cairns, William Kelley, Owen Kelly, Jacob Madert, Peter Har vey, John T. McAnally, and Henry Ives, clerks, messengers, and watchmen in the War Department, praying for relief; which was referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

By Mr. Starkweather: The petition of Nancy Parkhurst, praying for a pension;

By Mr. Schenck: The petition of Joseph Fiedler, praying for a pension.

Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

By Mr. Garfield: The petition of William Hart and W. J. Redstrake, relative to the management of the Howard University; which was referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia.

By Mr. Scofield: The petition of discharged soldiers of Pennsylvania, praying for the passage of the act granting them public lands for homesteads; which was referred to the Committee on the Public Lands.

By Mr. Welker: The petition of Lafayette Ward, praying compensation for "Ward's Mail Bag Catcher," now used by the government; By Mr. Julian: The petition of citizens of the State of Iowa, praying for the establishment of a mail route from Milroy to Rushville.

Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.

By Mr. Dawes: Two petitions of citizens of Springfield, Massachusetts, employed in the United States armory, relative to the eight-hour law; which were referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. Burt Van Horn: The petition of citizens of the State of New

York, praying for the revision of the naturalization laws; which was referred to the Committee on the Revision of the Laws.

By Mr. Eliot: The petition of Thomas Cole Anderson, of Louisiana, praying for relief of political disability;

Also, a petition of similar import from William H. Haskell, of Louisi

ana.

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

By Mr. Allison: Three petitions from citizens of the State of Iowa, praying for a modification of the tax on whiskey and tobacco;

By Mr. James M. Ashley: A petition of similar import from citizens of the State of Ohio:

By Mr. Judd: A petition of similar import from citizens of the State of Illinois.

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

By Mr. Francis Thomas: The petition of a number of citizens of Maryland, praying for a republican form of government; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Mr. Stephen F. Wilson, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee had examined and found truly enrolled a joint resolution of the following title, viz:

H. Res. 375. Joint resolution donating condemned cannon for the erection of a monument to Major General Kearney;

When

The Speaker signed the same.

Mr. Dickey rose and announced the death of Thaddeus Stevens, a member of the House from the State of Pennsylvania.

After remarks upon the life and public services of the deceased,

Mr. Dickey submitted the following resolutions, which were read, considered and agreed to, viz:

Resolved, That this house has heard with deep regret of the death of the honorable Thaddeus Stevens, a member of this house from the State of Pennsylvania.

Resolved, That as a testimony of respect to the memory of this distinguished statesman, the officers and members of this house will wear the usual badge of mourning for the space of thirty days.

Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be transmitted to the family of the deceased by the Clerk.

Resolved, That this house, as a further mark of respect to the memory of the deceased, do now adjourn.

And thereupon,

The House adjourned.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1868.

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

By Mr. Garfield: The petition of C. Phelps, for pension to the minor heirs of Dewitt C. Morton, 41st Ohio volunteers;

By Mr. Flanders: The petition of Margaret Archibald, praying for a pension; By Mr. The petitions of John E. Schmidt, 12th New York cavalry, Theophilus Jones, father of George Jones, 86th New York vol unteers, and Margaret Fox, widow of Matthias Fox, 147th Pennsylvania volunteers, praying for pensions;

By Mr. Baldwin: The petition of Mrs. Susan E. Alger, of Worcester, Massachusetts, praying for a pension;

By Mr. Spalding: The petition of Mary B. Fowler, of Cleveland, Ohio, praying for additional pension;

By Mr. Cullom: The petition of Dr. Berthold Hahn, of Springfield, Illinois, praying for a pension;

Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

By Mr. Garfield: The memorial of Norman Wiard, relative to amendments of the steamboat law; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce.

By Mr. Pettis: The petition of citizens of Clarion county, Pennsyl vania, praying for the establishment of mail routes from Parker Station to Carlsville; also from Shaws Sand to Custards; which were referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.

By Mr. Beck: The petition of citizens of the State of Kentucky, praying for a change in the duty on cigars and tobacco;

By Mr. Niblack: A petition of similar import from citizens of the State of Indiana;

By Mr. Ferriss: The petition of the citizens of the State of New York, praying for an increase of the duty on flax;

By Mr. Bailey: The petition of B. H. Wright, praying for the restitution of a succession tax illegally assessed upon him.

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

By Mr. Eliot: The petition of Andrew Jones and other citizens of North Carolina, praying for the continuance of the Freedmen's Bureau; which was referred to the Committee on Freedmen's Affairs.

By Mr. Maynard: The petition of James P. Strother, heretofore referred May 28, 1866;

By Mr. Whittemore: The petition of Jesse H. Griffin, assistant assessor 2d collection district of Georgia, praying for relief;

By Mr. Callis: A memorial from the judge of probate, county commissioners, and other citizens of Marshall county, Alabama, praying for an appropriation to rebuild the court-house at Greensville, Alabama, destroyed by the army.

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

By Mr. Pettis: A proposition from Thornton Smith to pave Pennsyl vania avenue with "Smith's Concrete Patent Pavement;" which was referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia.

By Mr. Kelley: Two petitions from citizens of the State of Pennsyl vania, praying for universal suffrage; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. Boutwell: The petition of David Smith and James McGarrish, praying for an alteration of the bounty laws; which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

The Speaker, by unanimous consent, laid before the House resolutions of the legislature of the State of Oregon, which were referred as follows, viz:

1. Asking aid in the construction of the Columbia River and Hillsboro' railroad, to the Committee on the Public Lands.

2. Asking aid for the Oregon and Washington Navigation Improvement Company, to the Committee on Roads and Canals.

3. Asking aid in the construction of a railroad from the Willamette

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