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Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, 1871-1872
MONDAY, January 15, 1871.

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Another member appeared, viz:

From the State of New York, James Brooks.

The following memorials, petitions, and other papers were laid upon the Clerk's table, under the rule, and referred as follows:

By Mr. McHenry: A petition for the benefit of the Daviess County Agricultural and Mechanical Association, heretofore referred, April 18, 1870;
By Mr. Beck: The memorial of R. R. Bolling, United States depositary at Louisville, Kentucky, heretofore referred, January 13, 1870;
to the Committee of Claims.
By Mr. Coghlan: Papers, decrees, and stipulation in Buri Buri and Veselacion Ranchos, in the State of California, heretofore referred, to the Committee on Private Land Claims.

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By Mr. Hoar: The memorial of Charles T. Jackson, M. D., of Massachusetts, concerning the discovery of anæsthetic agents, to the Committee on Military Affairs.
By Mr. Poland: The original papers in the claim of Benjamin L. Brittin, heretofore referred;
By Mr. Beatty: The petition of Captain H. C. Dunn, asking pay for two horses lost in the service of the United States, heretofore referred, January 5, 1871;
By Mr. Chipman: The petition of John Holloran, praying for relief;
By Mr. Palmer: Communication from Captain Samuel Adams, relative to the exploration of the Colorado River and its tributaries;
By Mr. Strong: The petition of E. W. Whitaker, late postmaster at Hartford, Connecticut, for reimbursement on account of defalcation of money-order clerk;
By Mr. Beck: A petition for the relief of the Kentucky Mechanical and Agricultural Association, heretofore referred, January 24, 1870;
to the Committee of Claims.
By Mr. Sloss: The petition of U. L. Jones, president, and Henry St. Paul, secretary, of the board of swamp and overflowed land agents, of the State of Alabama, to the Committee on the Public Lands.
By Mr. Willard: The petition of I. D. Cummings, of Vermont, for relief;
By Mr. G. M. Brooks: The petition of Mary O. Neill, widow of Thomas O. Neill, major, praying for compensation for horse and equipments captured by the enemy;
to the Committee of Claims.
By Mr. G. E. Harris: The petition of citizens of Mississippi, for refunding of taxes paid on cotton in the years 1865, '66, '67;
By Mr. Hancock: The petition of Stanley Cooper, and Sarah Cooper his wife, praying for compensation for the use of her property by the United States in the construction of Fort Richardson, in Texas;
Also, the petition of Nancy M. Bean, praying for compensation of similar import;
By Mr. Houghton: Two petitions of merchants of San Francisco, California, asking for a modification of the duties on rice;
By Mr. Sargent: Papers relative to duty on rice;
By Mr. Farwell: The petition of Becker and Kopsell, praying for relief;
By Mr. Duke: The petition of citizens of Virginia, asking for a uniform tax on all tobacco;
By Mr. H. B. Smith: The petition of citizens of New York, of similar import;
to the Committee of Ways and Means.
By Mr. Chipman: Memorial of Dr. Hall, William Gunton, and others, of Washington, D. C., for damages to property on Pennsylvania avenue, heretofore referred, February 18, 1871, to the Committee on the District, of Columbia.
By Mr. Benjamin F. Butler: Memorial relating to woman suffrage, to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Also, memorial of the Dismal Swamp Canal Company, to the Committee on Railways and Canals.
By Mr. Parker: The petition of pensioners of New Hampshire, praying for payment of pensions through postmasters, to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.
By Mr. Frye: The petition of citizens of Maine, praying for change

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of pension law, to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions and War of 1812.
By Mr. Farwell: The petition of citizens of Chicago, Illinois, asking for a branch mint to be established in said city;
By Mr. Sargent: Memorial of citizens of San Francisco, California, relative to a defect in the coinage system of the United States;
to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures.
By Mr. --: The petition of Thomas Simms, late second lieutenant in the Seventy-sixth Regiment, New York Volunteers, praying compensation for four months' services as lieutenant, to the Committee of Claims.
By Mr. --: The petition of Joseph Dyer, praying for a pension;
Also, the petition of Manoah Pratt and others, in support of the same;
to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions and War of 1812.
By Mr. Garrett: The petition of Francis M. Simes, praying for the removal of his political disabilities;
By Mr. Peters: The memorial of Judge Asher Ware, of Maine, praying for relief;
By Mr. Garrett: The petition of F. J. Paine, for the removal of political disabilities;
By Mr. Dox: The petition of T. J. Burton, for the removal of the political disabilities of Bartlett Owens;
By Mr. Morey: The petition of citizens of Louisiana, asking for the re-establishment of the United States district court for the northern district of Louisiana;
to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. Starkweather: The petition of Richard M. Green, praying for compensation for use of his patent link-bending machine;
By Mr. Rogers: The petition of John W. Moore, chief engineer, United States Navy, praying that he may be advanced six numbers on the list of chief engineers;
to the Committee on Naval Affairs.
By Mr. Sprague: The petition of citizens of Ohio, for payment of indemnity for French spoliations, to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
By Mr. Roderick R. Butler: The petition of White Morgan, of Tennessee, for payment for supplies furnished to the Federal Army;
By Mr. Kerr: The memorial of citizens of Kansas, Cherokee County, relative to the condition of society in said county;
By Mr. Wheeler: The petition of the soldiers and officers who served in the Army of the United States, praying for aid and assistance to settle on the quarter-section of homestead land granted by the act of July 15, 1870;
By Mr. Ambler: The petition of one hundred and twenty-five Union soldiers of Ohio, praying for the passage of a law granting bounty-land warrants for one hundred and sixty-acres to all honorably discharged soldiers;
By Mr. Benjamin F. Butler: Memorial of the Ladies' Union Relief Association, of New York, for an amendment of the law to allow honorably discharged soldiers burial in the national cemeteries;
By Mr. Donnan: The petition of citizens of Iowa, praying for bountyland, &c.;
By Mr. Walden: The petition of Lieutenant J. W. Holiday, late of Company B, Eighth Iowa Volunteer Cavalry, asking pay as such officer to the Committee on Military Affairs.

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By Mr. Kellogg: The petition of Simeon Savage, for extension of patent;
By Mr. Banks: Memorial of Levi Bissell, for renewal of patent for trucks for locomotive engines;
to the Committee on Patents.
By Mr. Stoughton: The petition of citizens of Michigan, asking for an appropriation for the harbor at St. Joseph, Michigan;
By Mr. Wells: The petitions of citizens of Missouri, Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Minnesota, praying for relief from the present steamboat law;
By Mr. Hambleton: The petition of citizens of Cecil County, Maryland, relative to the headwaters of Chesapeake Bay, near the village of North East;
to the Committee on Commerce.
By Mr. R. Milton Speer: The petition of citizens of Pennsylvania, praying for uniform tax on manufactured tobacco;
By Mr. Lamport: The petitions of citizens of New York, of similar import;
By Mr. Benjamin F. Butler: The petition of ship-owners and importers of Massachusetts, praying for the removal of duty on saltpeter;
By Mr. George E. Harris: The petition of citizens of New York, for tariff reform;
By Mr. H. Boardman Smith: The petition of citizens of New York, for tariff reform;
to the Committee of Ways and Means.
By Mr. Garfield: The petition of pensioners of Ohio, asking payment of pensions through postmasters;
By Mr. Donnan: The petition of pensioners of Iowa, of similar import;
By Mr. Tyner: The petition of pensioners of Indiana, of similar import;
By Mr. Cotton: The petition of pensioners of Iowa, of similar import;
By Mr. Haven: The petition of soldiers of Missouri, of similar import;
By Mr. Chipman: The petition of Julian Hibbert, of Washington County, in the District of Columbia, praying for a pension;
By Mr. Beveridge: The petition of John Watson, late private in Company H, Seventy-second Illinois Volunteers, asking for a pension;
By Mr. Wakeman: The petition of John Weinmann, late private, Company G, Sixty-eighth New York Volunteers, praying for arrears of pension;
to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.
By Mr. Randall: The petition of Charles Lynch, late private, Company F, Fifty-fourth Pennsylvania Volunteers, praying for a pension;
By Mr. Walden: The petition of C. N. Lockwood, praying for arrears of pension;
By Mr. Wakeman: The petition of Gottlieb Sterr, late private, Company H, Twentieth New York Volunteers, for arrears of pension;
By Mr. Eames: The petition of Mary A. Diamond, dependent mother of Thomas Diamond, praying for a pension;
By Mr. Roderick R. Butler: The petition of Mary Mitchell, mother of James Mitchell, late a soldier in the Union Army, praying for a pension;
to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.
By Mr. John M. Rice: The petition of the soldiers of the war of 1812, asking an increase of pension, to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions and War of 1812.

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By Mr. Benjamin F. Meyers: The petition of Edward Tucker. late private, Company F, Second Regiment Maryland Volunteer Infantry, praying for a pension;
By Mr. Eames: The petition of Elias Whiting, father of Abijah A. Whiting, deceased, praying for arrears of pension;
By Mr. Stoughton: The petition of Sarah E. Martin, widow of Samuel Martin, late private, Company I, Eighty-ninth Indians; Volunteers, asking for a pension;
By Mr. Eldridge: The petition of pensioners of Wisconsin, praying for payment of pensions through postmasters;
to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.
By Mr. Benjamin F. Meyers: The petition of citizens of Pennsylvania, late soldiers of the United States Army, praying for the passage of a more liberal soldiers' homestead law, to the Committee on the Public Lands.
By Mr. Mercur: The petition of citizens of Jefferson County, Ohio praying for the passage of a law giving to all honorably discharged soldiers and marines who served in the Union Army during the late war a bounty of $8 33 per month, to the Committee on Military Affairs.
By Mr. Dox: The memorial of citizens of Alabama, praying for tariff reform;
By Mr. McNeely: The petition of citizens of Illinois, praying for a uniform tax on all manufactured tobacco;
By Mr. --: The petition of citizens of Syracuse, New York, praying for the repeal of the tax on savings-banks;
By Mr. McKee: The petition of citizens of Franklin County, Mississippi, asking that the cotton tax be refunded;
By Mr. Buffinton: The petition of citizens of Nantucket, Massachusetts, praying for the repeal of the tax on savings-banks:
By Mr. Cox: The petition of citizens of New York City, of similar import;
Also, the petition of citizens of New York, of similar import;
By Mr. Barnum: The petition of citizens of Bridgeport, Connecticut, of similar import;
Also, the petition of citizens of Hartford, Connecticut, praying for a uniform tax on all descriptions of tobacco;
By Mr. Ames: The petition of citizens of Quincy, Massachusetts, praying for the repeal of the tax on savings-banks;
Also, the petition of citizens of South Weymouth, Massachusetts, of similar import;
to the Committee of Ways and Means.
By Mr. Chipman: The petition of the Sisters of St. John's Sisterhood of St. John's Hospital for Children, praying an appropriation to purchase or erect a building for an infirmary or hospital in the District of Columbia, to the Committee on Appropriations.
Also, paper relative to public property in Washington, District of Columbia, to the Committee for the District of Columbia.
By Mr. Haldeman: The petition of citizens of Pennsylvania, praying that store-keepers to distilleries be dispensed with, to the Committee of Ways and Means.
By Mr. Chipman: The petition of employés in the Departments in Washington, District of Columbia, relative to assignment of pay, to the Committee on Revision of the Laws.
By. Mr. Shellabarger: The petition of H. B. Wilson, relative to granting land-titles, to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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By Mr. Farwell: The petition of Fannie E. Leet Williams, relative to French spoliations claims, to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
By Mr. Walden: The petition of citizens of Iowa, praying for the benefits of the homestead act without actual settlement and cultivation of the lands, to the Committee on the Public Lands.
By Mr. Coghlan: A petition to establish certain mail-routes in the State of California;
By Mr. Sloss: A petition to establish a post-road from Tuscumbia to Newburgh, in Alabama;
to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads.
By Mr. H. Boardman Smith: A petition to establish a post-road between Cayuta and Van Ettenville, in New York;
By Mr. Handley: A petition to establish a post-route from Ashland to Rockford, in Alabama;
Also, a post-route from Dudeville to Dudleyville, in Alabama;
By Mr. Prindle: A petition to establish a post-route from Downsville to Hankins, in New York;
By Mr. Willard: A petition to establish a mail-route from Whiting to Castleton, in the State of Vermont;
By Mr. Davis: A petition to establish a post-route from Rathebone to Arnoldsburgh, in West Virginia;
By Mr. Vaughan: The petition of citizens of Tennessee, praying the extension of the mail-line connecting Jackson with Brownsville;
By Mr. Peters: The petition of citizens of Bangor, Maine, in relation to the sale of stamped envelopes;
By Mr. Vaughan: A petition of the Chamber of Commerce of the city of Memphis, Tennessee, asking for an increased compensation for letter-carriers;
By Mr. H. Boardman Smith: The petition of citizens of New York, relative to stamped letter-envelopes;
By Mr. Farnsworth: Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of Memphis, Tennessee, asking for increase of pay of letter-carriers;
By Mr. Dunnell: Four petitions to establish post-routes in Minnesota and Iowa;

to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads.

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

Bills were introduced, read a first and second time, ordered to be printed, and referred as follows, viz:

By Mr. Peters: A bill (H. R. 899) allowing respondents in criminal cases in courts of the United States to testify in their own behalf, to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. Frye: A bill (H. R. 900) for the relief of Elijah R. Merrill, to the Committee of Claims.
Also, a bill (H. R. 901) for the relief of James Murphy, to the Committee on Military Affairs.

Also, a bill (H. R. 902) providing for the repair, heating, and furnishing the United States court-house and post-office at Bath, Maine, to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds.
By Mr. Hale: A bill (H. R. 903) for the relief of George A. Stevens, of the United States Navy, to the Committee on Naval Affairs.
By Mr. Hibbard: A bill (H. R. 901) for the relief of Charles P. S. Wardwell, to the Committee on Patents.
By Mr. Benjamin F. Butler: A bill (H. R. 905) to remove the legal and political disabilities incurred during the late rebellion, and for other purposes;

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Also a bill (H. R. 906) for the removal of certain causes to the United States court;
to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Also, a bill (H. R. 907) to regulate brevets in the Army, to the Committee on Military Affairs.

Also, a bill (H. R. 908) to repeal several acts relating to tenure of civil offices, to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. Kellogg: A bill (H. R. 909) to repeal the stamp duty or tax on matches, to the Committee of Ways and Means,
By Mr. Starkweather: A bill (H. R. 910) to incorporate the Southern Express Company;
Also, a bilI (H. R. 911) to regulate the admission of pupils into the Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb;
to the Committee for the District of Columbia.

Also, a bill (H. R. 912) for the relief of Charles H. Mallony & Co., to the Committee of Claims.

Also, a bill (H. R. 913) for the payment of Richard M. Green for the use of his patent by the Government, to the Committee on Naval Affairs.
By Mr. Barnum; A bill (H. R. 914) for the improvement of the harbors of Bridgeport and Westport, Connecticut, to the Committee on Commerce.
By Mr. Slocum: A bill (H. R. 915) authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to purchase a bust of the late Admiral Farragut and place the same in the Capitol, to the Committee on Naval Affairs.
Also, a bill (H. R. 916) for the relief of Charles J. Sands, late United States marshal of the United States consular court at Chian-Kiang, China, to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
By Mr. Freeman Clarke: A bill (H. R. 917) to provide a currency of coin and paper of equal and uniform value throughout the United States, to the Committee on Banking and Currency.
By Mr. Duell: A bill (H. R. 918) for the relief of Thomas Simms, late a lieutenant in the Seventy-sixth Regiment, New York Volunteers, to the Committee on Military Affairs.
Also, a bill (H. R. 919) granting a pension to Joseph Dyer, of Onondaga County, New York, a soldier of the war of 1812, to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions and the War of 1812.
By Mr. H. Boardman Smith: A bill (H. R. 920) to provide for the construction of a national railroad between the cities of New York and Chicago, to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Also, a bill (H. R. 921) granting a pension to Sarah E. King, widow of Lieutenant William H. King, Tenth United States Infantry;

Also a bill (H. R. 922) granting an arrearage of pension to Isabella Crandall;
By Mr. Lansing: A bill (H. R. 923) to place the name of John M. Watson on the pension-list of soldiers of 1812, to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions and War of 1812.
Also, a bill (H. R. 924) for the relief of Sarah S. Trapp, executrix of William Trapp, deceased, to the Committee on Patents.

Also, a bill (H. R. 925) for the relief of Charles H. Carpenter, of New Haven, New York, to the Committee of Claims.
By Mr. Ketcham: A bill (H. R. 926) to secure homesteads to actual settlers on the public domain, to the Committee on the Public Lands.
By Mr. Carroll: A bill (H. R. 927) to grant a pension to Herman J. Ehle, of New York, to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.
By Mr. Halsey: A bill (H. R. 928) to provide for the erection of a

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building suitable for use as a post-office, and for the accommodation of United States internal revenue officials, and other Government purposes, at Jersey City, New Jersey, to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds.
By Mr. Mercur: A bill (H. R. 929) to admit free of duty all tea and coffee imported into the United States on and after the first day of July next, to the Committee of Ways and Means.
By Mr. Scofield.: A bill (H. R. 930) to promote the securing of efficient seamen for the Navy of the United States, to the Committee on Naval Affairs.
Also, a bill (H. R. 931) supplementary to "An act granting pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the war of 1812 and the widows of deceased soldiers," approved February 14, 1871, to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions and the War of 1812.
By Mr. Washington Townsend: A bill (H. R. 932) to authorize the payment of the half-pay of Captain John Davis, a revolutionary officer, to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims.
Also, a bill (H. R. 933) to authorize William C. Jardine to make application to the Commissioner of Patents for the issue of a patent for improvement brake and rest for carts, to the Committee on Patents.
By Mr. Benjamin F. Meyers: A bill (H. R. 934) to secure homesteads to persons who served in the Army and Navy of the United States during the war of the rebellion, to the Committee on Public Lands.
Also, a bill (H. R. 935) for the relief of Edward Tucker, late private, Company F, Second Regiment of Maryland Volunteer Infantry, to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.
By Mr. Sherwood: A bill (H. R. 936) to provide for the deposit of one copy of all specifications and drawings of patents issued subsequent to the 30th of June, 1869, in the office of the deputy clerk of the United States court for the western district of Pennsylvania, at Williamsport, to the Committee on the Revision of the Laws.
By Mr. McClelland: A bill (H. R. 937) to restore George M. Book to the active list of the Navy of the United States, to the Committee on Naval Affairs.
By Mr. Packer: A bill (H. R. 938) for the relief of James B. Thompson, captain, Company F, One hundred and ninetieth Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers, to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.
By Mr. Negley: A bill (H. R. 939) authorizing the Secretary of War to sell the grounds and tenements in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, now used as United States quartermaster's depot, to the Committee on Military Affairs.
Also, a bill (H. R. 940) relating to the removal of causes from State courts into the courts of the United States, to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Also, a bill (H. R. 941) appropriating money for the purchase of a suitable site and erecting a building thereon in the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to be used for a court-house, custom-house, post-office, United States marshal's office, steamboat inspector's office, internal revenue, and all other Federal offices that may be necessary;

Also, a bill (H. R. 942) authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to purchase a site and erect a suitable building to be used as a marine hospital, to be located at the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania;
to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds.

Also, a bill (H. R. 943) appropriating money for the improvement of navigation in the Ohio River, under the direction of the Secretary of War;

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Also, a bill (H. R. 944) appropriating money for the improvement of the Monongahela River, beginning at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania;
to the Committee on Commerce.

Also, a bill (H. R. 945) for the relief of certain citizens of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania;
By Mr. Duke: A joint resolution from the legislature of the State of Virginia, asking Congress to remove all disabilities imposed by the third section of the fourteenth article of amendments to the Constitution of the United State, as recommended by the President;
to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. Randall: A bill (H. R. 946) to regulate the manner of closing up the affairs of the Fourth National Bank, in the city of Philadelphia, to the Committee on Banking and Currency.
By Mr. Duke: A bill (H. R. 947) fixing a uniform rate of tax of sixteen cents per pound on all manufactured tobacco entering the marker, to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Also, a bill (H. R. 948) granting a pension to Thomas Lewis, to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions and War of 1812.
By Mr. Wallace: A bill (H. R. 949) for the benefit of schools in South Carolina, to the Committee on the Public Lands.
Also, a bill (H. R. 950) extending the provisions of the pension law approved February 14, 1871, to certain other widows of soldiers and sailors of the war of 1812, to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions and War of 1812.
By Mr. Price: A bill (H. R. 951) to remove the legal and political disabilities of S. P. Thurmond, J. P. Simmons, John England. N. F. Howard, Dennis Hyde, J. A. R. Hawks, C. D. McCutcheon, James M. Mobley, and F. R. Trammell, citizens of Georgia;
By Mr. McIntyre: A bill (H. R. 952) for the relief of Samuel B. Spencer;
to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Also, a bill (H. R. 953) authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to pay certain claims arising from the seizure and conversion, to the use of the United States, of private personal property after the 30th day of June, 1864, to the Committee on Appropriations.

Also, a bill (H. R. 954) to appropriate money to the Georgia Infirmary, of the city of Savannah, State of Georgia, to the Committee on Freedmen's Affairs.

Also, a joint resolution (H. Res. 73) proposing amendments to the Constitution of the United States, to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. Whiteley: A bill (H. R. 955) to assign certain cannon to the national cemetery at Andersonville, in the State of Georgia;
By Mr. Sloss: A bill (H. R. 956) granting public lands in the States of Alabama and Mississippi to the Columbus, Fayette and Decatur Railroad Company, to aid in the construction of a railroad to be built from Columbus, Mississippi, to Decatur, Alabama;
to the Committee on the Public Lands.
By Mr. Dox: A bill (H. R. 957) to remove the political disabilities of Samuel R. McSpadden and Bartlett Owens, of the State of Alabama, to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. Turner: A bill (H. R. 958) for the relief of St. Paul's (Episcopal) church, Selma: Alabama, to the Committee of Claims.
By Mr. McKee: A bill (H. R. 959) to provide for the better and more uniform settlement of certain claims against the United States, to the Committee of Claims.
By Mr. Morey: A bill (H. R. 960) appropriating one hundred and fifty

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thousand dollars for the erection of suitable buildings for the accommodation of the post office department at Shreveport, Louisiana, to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds.
By Mr. Monroe: A bill (H. R. 961) to amend the law which requires consular officers of the United States to collect three months' extra wages upon the discharge of seamen, to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
By Mr. Stevenson: A bill (H. R. 962) to complete a water-highway from tide-water, on the James River, to the Ohio River, at the month of the Kanawha, to the Committee on Commerce.
By Mr. Ambler: A bill (H. R. 963) to amend the thirty-third section of the patent act, to the Committee on Patents.
By Mr. John T. Wilson: A bill (H. R. 904) granting a pension to Amelia A. Smith;
By Mr. Sprague: A bill (H. R. 935) granting a pension to Sarah Evans, mother of L. G. Evans, late sergeant, Company K, Twenty-first United States Infantry;
to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.
By Mr. Beck: A bill (H. R. 966) prohibiting and annulling all contracts made with any officials of any of the Departments of the Government for services rendered by them for any person relative to any claim or demand against the United States, either while the person is in office or for two years thereafter, to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. Adams: A bill (H. R. 967) construing the joint resolution of Congress approved July 26, 1866, entitled "Joint resolution for the relief of certain officers of the Army," to the Committee on Military Affairs.
By Mr. Roderick R. Butler: A bill (H. R. 968) granting a pension to Margaret J. Cogburn, widow of Hiram J. Cogburn, late private, Company F, Second Tennessee Volunteer Infantry, to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.
By Mr. Vaughan: A bill (H. R. 969) to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River, at Memphis, Tennessee, to the Committee on Railways and Canals.
By Mr. Garrett: A bill (H. R. 970) to repeal all laws requiring a tax to be assessed and collected on distilleries, distilled spirits, and manufactured tobacco, to the Committee of Ways and Means.
By Mr. Maynard: A bill (H. R. 971) to amend certain acts therein named, to the Committee of Claims.
By Mr. Coburn: A bill (H. R. 972) to provide for the pay of the election officers appointed by the judges of the circuit courts of the United States in cities having upward of 20,000 inhabitants, to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Also, a bill (H. R. 973) to provide that no pensions be allowed for wounds or disabilities hereafter incurred except in cases where such wounds or disabilities were contracted in actual hostile service against the public enemy, to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.
By Mr. Packard: A bill (H. R. 974) making an appropriation for a harbor of refuge at Michigan City, Indiana, to the Committee on Commerce.
By Mr. Jeremiah M. Wilson: A bill (H. R. 975) for the relief of the family of Peter H. Cookers, deceased, to the Committee of Claims.
By Mr. Shanks: A bill (H. R. 976) for the relief of Armstive Good-low, to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.
Also, a bill (H. R. 977) authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to issue a patent to the Presbyterian Board of Missions for 320 acres of

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land set apart by Kickapoo treaty of 1862, to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
By Mr. Voorhees: A bill (H. R. 978) in reference to income tax collected from officers under State government;
Also, a joint resolution (H. Res. 74) referring the claim of the heirs and legal representatives of Colonel Francis Vigo, deceased, to the Court of Claims for adjustment;
to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. Kerr: A bill (H. R. 979) to prevent the payment of moieties to informers, and to require the proceeds of all fines, penalties, and forfeitures under the internal revenue and customs laws to be paid into the Treasury, and for other purposes, to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Also, a bill (H. R. 980) for the relief of Birdsall J. Perrigo, to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. Holman: A bill (H. R. 981) granting a pension to Augusta Fox;
By Mr. Beveridge: A bill (H. R. 982) granting a pension to John Watson, private, Company H, Twenty-second Regiment of illinois Volunteers;
to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.
By Mr. Crebs: A bill (H. R. 983) to aid in building a soldiers' monument at Mound City, Illinois, to the Committee on Military Affairs.
By Mr. Farnsworth: A bill (H. R. 984) for the relief of Francis A. Eastman, postmaster at Chicago, Illinois; to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads.
Also, a bill (H. R. 985) for the relief of George S. Gustin, late a private of Company D, Seventy-fourth Regiment of Illinois Volunteer infantry, to the Committee on Military Affairs.
By Mr. Hay: A bill (H. R. 986) to reduce the tax on snuff and tobacco, to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Also, a bill (H. R. 987) to equalize bounties of soldiers who served in the late war for the Union, to the Committee on Military Affairs.

Also, a bill (H. R. 988) to abolish bonded warehouses for the storage of manufactured tobacco and snuff, to the Committee of Ways and Means.

Also, a bill (H. R. 989) making an appropriation for the preservation and improvement of the harbor at the city of Alton, in the State of Illinois, to the Committee on Commerce.
By Mr. Hawley: A bill (H. R. 990) granting a pension to Juliet E. Hall;
By Mr. Moore: A bill (H. R. 991) providing for the relief of certain invalid pensioners;
to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.
By Mr. Finkelnburg: A bill (H. R. 992) concerning the manner of making final proof under the homestead law, to the Committee on the Public Lands.
Also, a bill (H. R. 993) to grant a pension to Armstrong O'Hara, late private, Company F, Forty-seventh Missouri Volunteers;

Also a bill (H. H. 994) granting a pension to Robert S. Moore;
to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

Also, a bill (H. R. 995) amending an act to reduce internal taxes, and for other purposes, approved July 14, 1870, to the Committee of Ways and Means.
By Mr. King: A bill (H. R. 996) for the relief of Wm. H. Moss,

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Allan T. Jamison, and William L. Terry, of Clarksville, Pike County, Missouri, to the Committee of Claims.
By Mr. James G. Blair: A bill (H. R. 997) giving the consent of the United States to the erection of a bridge across the Mississippi River at Canton, Missouri, to the Committee on Commerce.
By Mr. James R. McCormick: A bill (H. R. 998) to aid in the construction of the Cape Girardeau and State Line Railroad, in the State of Missouri;
Also, a bill (H. R. 999) to extend the time for completing the Saint Louis and Iron Mountain Railroad, in the State of Missouri, and for other purposes;

Also, a bill (H. R. 1000) granting funds to aid in the construction of the Saint James and Little Rock Railroad;
severally to the Committee on Public Lands.
By Mr. Havens: A bill (H. R. 1001) for the relief of James A. McCulloh, late collector of the fifth district of Missouri, to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Also, a bill (H. R. 1002) to cancel a bond, and for other purposes, to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads.
By Mr. Snyder: A bill (H. R. 1003) for the relief of the Memphis and Little Rock Railroad Company, to the Committee of Claims.
Also, a bill (H. R. 1004) for the removal of disabilities, to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. Hanks: A bill (H. R. 1005) granting the right of way through the public lands of the United States in Arkansas to the Missouri, Arkansas, and Louisiana Railroad and Telegraph Company, to the Committee on Public Lands.
By Mr. Conger: A bill (H. R. 1006) to promote immigration to the United States;
By Mr. Herndon: A bill (H. R. 1007) to establish the collection district of Sabine Pass, and to create Orange and Beaumont, in the collection district of Sabine Pass, Texas, ports of delivery;
to the Committee on Commerce.
By Mr. Hancock: A bili (H R. 1008) granting a pension to Mary Ann Montgomery;
By Mr. Donnan: A bill (H. R. 1009) granting arrears of pension to Axef S. Howard;
to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.
By Mr. Orr: A bill (H. R. 1010) to authorize the President of the United States to ascertain the value of certain lands in the State of Iowa, north of the Raccoon Fork of the Des Moines River, held by settlers under the preemption and homestead laws of the United States, and, subsequent to the settlement thereof, determined by the Supreme Court of the United States to be Des Moines River improvement lands;
Also, a bill (H. R. 1011) to aid in the construction of the Sioux City and Pembina Railway;
to the Committee on the Public Lands.
By Mr. Palmer: A bill (H. R. 1012) to pay Samuel Adams for services rendered in exploring the Colorado River and its tributaries, to the Committee of Claims.
By Mr. Walden: A bill (H. R. 1013) for the relief of J. W. Holiday, to the Committee on Military Affairs.
Also, a bill (H. R. 1014) to grant arrears of pension to Charles U. Lockwood, to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.
By Mr. Rusk: A bill (H. R. 1015) to authorize the West Wisconsin

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Railway Company to keep and maintain a bridge for railway purposes across Lake Saint Croix, at the city of Hudson, in the State of Wisconsin, to the Committee on Commerce.
By Mr. Sargent: A bill (H. R. 1016) to promote the development of the mining resources of the United States, to the Committee on Mines and Mining.
Also a bill (H. R. 1017) to prevent and punish the obstruction of the administration of justice in the courts of the United States. to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Also, a bill (H. R. 1018) amendatory of existing laws relative to the silver coins of the United States, to the Committee on Coinage, Weights. and Measures.

Also, a bill (H. R. 1019) to confirm to James M. Hutchins his preemption claim in the Yosemite Valley, in the State of California:

Also, a bill (H. R. 1020) to dedicate the public agricultural lands in the State of California to homestead and pre-emption purposes;

Also, a bill (H. R. 1021) for the relief of pre-emption settlers in the State of California;

Also, a bill (H. R. 1022) for the relief of aged or infirm pre-emption settlers;

Also, a bill (H. R. 1023) authorizing joint entry by pre-emption settlers, and for other purposes;
By Mr. Houghton: A bill (H. R. 1024) for the relief of Thomas B. Valentine:
to the Committee on Public Lands.
By Mr. Coghlan: A bill (H. R. 1025) to define the terms of civil offices, to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. Dunnell: A bill (H. R. 1026) to create an additional land district in the State of Minnesota;
Also, a bill (H. R. 1027) to perfect navigation on the Mississippi River;
severally to the Committee on the Public Lands.
By Mr. Taffe: A bill (H. R. 1028) to amend an act entitled "An act relating to members of Congress, heads of Departments. and other officers of the Governments" approved June 11, 1864, to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Also a bill (H. R. 1029) to abolish the office of superintendent of Indian affairs, to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
By Mr. Garfielde: A bill (H. R. 1030) to regulate elections in Washington and Idaho Territories, to the Committee on the Territories.
By Mr. Chaffee: A bill (H. R. 1031) for the relief of Anson Rudd, to the Committee on Private Land Claims.
Also, a bill (H. R. 1032) withdrawing a certain tract of land from entry and sale in Colorado Territory, and for other purposes, to the Committee on the Public Lands.
By Mr. Armstrong: A bill (H. R. 1033) to provide arms for the Dakota National Guards, to the Committee on Military Affairs.

All the States and Territories having been called for bills and joint resolutions, on leave,

The Speaker announced the next business in order, being the bill of the House H. R. 878, the pending question being, when the morning hour of Monday last expired, upon the motion of Mr. Dawes to refer the said bill to the Committee of Ways and Means.

After debate,

The morning hour expired.

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By unanimous consent, bills and joint resolutions were introduced, read a first and second time, and referred as follows:

By Mr. Hereford: A bill (H. R. 1034) making an appropriation for locking and damming the Great Kanawha River, West Virginia, to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Also, a bill (H. R. 1035) to repeal joint resolution approved March 2, 1867, to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
By Mr. Davis: A bill (H. R. 1036) to establish a marine hospital at the city of Parkersburgh, in the county of Wood, in the State of West Virginia, to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Also, a bill (H. R. 1037) to authorize the Commissioner of Pensions to issue to Charles H. Day, late a first lieutenant in Company D, Second Regiment, West Virginia Volunteers, in lieu of the certificate now held by him, a pension-certificate for a full pension as first lieutenant, to date from the 30th June, 1865, to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed.
By Mr. Cox: A bill (H. R. 1038) to allow American registry to foreign-built vessels &c., to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
By Mr. Ritchie: A bill (H. R. 1039) to donate a small parcel of land near Cumberland, Maryland, to the Laboring Sons of that community for a burial-ground, to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
By Mr. Lamison: A bill (H. R. 1040) for the relief of Robert McMurry, second lieutenant of the Sixty-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry;
By Mr. Coburn: A bill (H. R. 1041) to provide for the issue of duplicate checks by disbursing officers of the War Department;
to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
By Mr. Eldridge: A bill (H. R. 1042) making appropriations for the improvement of the harbors of Sheboygan and Port Washington, to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.

Mr. Perce from the Committee on Education and Labor, by unanimous consent, reported a bill (H. R. 1043) to establish an educational fund, and to apply the proceeds of the public lands to the education of the people; which was ordered to be printed and recommitted to the said committee.

By unanimous consent, bills and joint resolutions were further introduced, read a first and second time, and referred as follows:

By Mr. William T. Clark: A bill (H. R. 1044) to reimburse the State of Texas for moneys expended in enrolling, equipping, and provisioning the "Ranger" forces to aid the Government of the United States in protecting the frontier from incursions of hostile Indian tribes from the republic of Mexico and Territories of the United States, to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Also, a bill (H. R. 1045) to divide the State of Texas into two judicial districts, to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
By Mr. Strong: A bill (H. R. 1046) for the relief of Lucius F. Wadsworth, to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed.
By Mr. Chipman: A bill (H. R. 1047) to fix salary of members of Board of Health, to the Committee for the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed.
By Mr. McCrary: A bill (H. R. 1048) supplemental to, and amendatory of, an act entitled "An act to prescribe the mode of obtaining evidence in cases of contested elections, to the Committee on Elections and ordered to be printed.

Mr. Negley, the rules having been suspended for that purpose, introduced

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a bill (H. R. 1049) to establish a port of entry and delivery at the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; which was read a first and second time.

Ordered, That it be engrossed and read a third time.

Being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time and passed.

Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate therein.

Mr. Dawes moved that the rules be suspended so as to enable him to submit, and the House to agree to, the following resolution, viz:

Resolved, That a select committee of four be appointed, whose duty it shall be to inquire into the origin and character of the difficulties which have arisen between the government and officials of the State of Louisiana and United States officials in said State, and their conduct growing out of the same, and to report the same to this House, with such recommendation as they may deem expedient; that said committee be authorized for that purpose to employ a clerk and stenographer, to send for persons and papers, to take testimony under oath, to hold their sessions in this city or elsewhere, as they may deem necessary, the expenses of said committee to be paid out of the contingent fund of the House of Representatives;

And the question being put,

It was decided in the affirmative,
Yeas ... 144
Nays ... 58
Not voting ... 37

two-thirds voting in favor thereof.

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

Those who voted in the affirmative are--

Mr. Jacob A. Ambler
Oakes Ames
Stevenson Archer
John T. Averill
J. Allen Barber
William H. Barnum
Henry W. Barry
John Beatty
John A. Bingham
Austin Blair
George M. Brooks
Charles W. Buckley
James Buffinton
Horatio C. Burchard
Samuel S. Burdett
Benjamin F. Butler
Robert P. Caldwell
William T. Clarke
John Coburn
John M. Coghlan
Abram Comingo
Omar D. Conger
John C. Connor
Aylett R. Cotton
Samuel S. Cox
Chester B. Darrall
Henry L. Dawes
Oliver J. Dickey
William G. Donnan
R. Holland Duell
Mark H. Dunnell
Benjamin T. Eames
John F. Farnsworth
Charles B. Farwell
G. A. Finkelnburg
Charles Foster
Mr. Wilder D. Foster
William P. Frye
James A. Garfield
J. Lawrence Getz
Milo Goodrich
Samuel Griffith
Richard J. Haldeman
Eugene Hale
George A. Halsey
John Hancock
James M. Hanks
James C. Harper
George E. Harris
Harrison E. Havens
John B. Hawley
John B. Hay
Gerry W. Hazelton
John W. Hazelton
John Hill
George F. Hoar
William S. Holman
Samuel Hooper
Sherman O. Houghton
William D. Kelley
Stephen W. Kellogg
John H. Ketcham
John W. Killinger
Thomas Kinsella
William H. Lamport
William E. Lansing
James M. Leach
David P. Lowe
John Lynch
Mahlon D. Manson
Samuel S. Marshall
Horace Maynard
Mr. William McClelland
George W. McCrary
James C. McGrew
Ebenezer McJunkin
George C. McKee
Ulysses Mercur
Clinton L. Merriam
William M. Merrick
James Monroe
James S. Negley
Jackson Orr
Jasper Packard
John B. Packer
Frank W. Palmer
Isaac C. Parker
Erasmus D. Peck
James M. Pendleton
Legrand W. Perce
John A. Peters
Luke P. Poland
Charles H. Porter
Elizur H. Prindle
Joseph H. Rainey
Samuel J. Randall
Edward Y. Rice
John Ritchie
Ellis H. Roberts
William R. Roberts
John Rogers
Robert B. Roosevelt
Jeremiah M. Rusk
Aaron A. Sargent
Philetus Sawyer
Glenni W. Scofield
John E. Seeley
Walter L. Sessions
Mr. John P. C. Shanks
Samuel Shellabarger
Lazarus D. Shoemaker
H. Boardman Smith
John A. Smith
Worthington C. Smith
Oliver P. Snyder
R. Milton Speer
Thomas J. Speer
William P. Sprague
H. H. Starkweather
Bradford N. Stevens
Job E. Stevenson
John B. Storm
William L. Stoughton
William H. H. Stowell
Julius L. Strong
Jabez G. Sutherland
J. Hale Sypher
Washing'n Townsend
Benjamin S. Turner
Joseph H. Tuthill
James N. Tyner
William H. Upson
William W. Vaughan
Daniel W. Voorhees
Seth Wakeman
Madison M. Walden
Henry Waldron
Alexander S. Wallace
William A. Wheeler
Richard H. Whiteley
Charles W. Willard
Wm. Williams, Ind.
Jeremiah M. Wilson
John T. Wilson.

Those who voted in the negative are--

Mr. Ephraim L. Acker
William E. Arthur
James B. Beck
Benjamin T. Biggs
John T. Bird
James G. Blair
Elliott M. Braxton
Mr. John M. Bright
James Brooks
John M. Carroll
John M. Crebs
John Critcher
Edward Crossland
John J. Davis
Mr. Peter M. Dox
Dudley M. DuBose
Richard T. W. Duke
Charles A. Eldridge
Smith Ely, jr.
Samuel C. Forker
Abraham E. Garrett
Mr. Edward I. Golladay
Samuel Hambleton
William A. Handley
John T. Harris
Frank Hereford
William S. Herndon
Ellory A. Hibbard

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Mr. Michael C. Kerr
Andrew King
Charles N. Lamison
Joseph H. Lewis
James R. McCormick
Henry D. McHenry
A. T. McIntyre
T. W. McNeely
Mr. Benjamin F. Meyers
George W. Morgan
William E. Niblack
Hosea W. Parker
Clarkson N. Potter
William P. Price
William B. Read
John M. Rice
Mr. Henry Sherwood
James H. Slater
Henry W. Slocum
Joseph H. Sloss
Thomas Swann
William Terry
P. Van Trump
Mr. Alfred M. Waddell
Joseph M. Warren
Erastus Wells
W. C. Whitthorne
Wm. Williams, N. Y.
Boyd Winchester
Fernando Wood.

Those not voting are--

Mr. George M. Adams
Nathaniel P. Banks
Samuel N. Bell
John L. Beveridge
John S. Bigby
Roderick R. Butler
Lewis D. Campbell
Freeman Clarke
Clinton L. Cobb
John V. Creely
Mr. Robert C. De Large
John Edwards
Robert B. Elliott
Henry D. Foster
Alfred C. Harmer
Charles Hays
Charles W. Kendall
John F. McKinney
Alexander Mitchell
Mr. Jesse H. Moore
Frank Morey
Joseph L. Morphis
Leonard Myers
Aaron F. Perry
Eli Perry
James H. Platt, jr.
James C. Robinson
Lionel A. Sheldon
Mr. Francis E. Shober
Henry Snapp
Charles St. John
John Taffe
Charles R. Thomas
Dwight Townsend
Ginery Twichell
Josiah T. Walls
Pierce M. B. Young.

So the said resolution was agreed to.

Mr. Seeley, by unanimous consent, presented the remonstrance of Dan Talmadge's Sons against the repeal or reduction of the duties on rice; which was referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.

Mr. Acker moved that the rules be suspended so as to enable him to introduce, and the House to pass, a bill to remove legal and political disabilities, and to grant general amnesty;

And the question being put,

It was decided in the negative,
Yeas ... 106
Nays ... 93
Not voting ... 40

two-thirds not voting in favor thereof.

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

Those who voted in the affirmative are--

Mr. Ephraim L. Acker
George M. Adams
Stevenson Archer
William E. Arthur
William H. Barnum
Henry W. Barry
James B. Beck
Samuel N. Bell
Benjamin T. Biggs
John T. Bird
Austin Blair
Elliott M. Braxton
John M. Bright
James Brooks
Charles W. Buckley
Robert P. Caldwell
John M. Carroll
Abram Comingo
John C. Connor
Samuel S. Cox
John M. Crebs
John Critcher
Edward Crossland
John J. Davis
William G. Donnan
Peter M. Dox
Dudley M. DuBose
Mr. Richard T. W. Duke
Charles A. Eldridge
Smith Ely, jr.
John F. Farnsworth
Charles B. Farwell
G. A. Finkelnburg
Samuel C. Forker
Wilder D. Foster
Abraham E. Garrett
J. Lawrence Getz
Edward I. Golladay
Samuel Griffith
Richard J. Haldeman
Samuel Hambleton
John Hancock
William A. Handley
James M. Hanks
James C. Harper
George E. Harris
John T. Harris
John B. Hay
Frank Hereford
William S. Herndon
Ellery A. Hibbard
William S. Holman
Michael C. Kerr
Andrew King
Mr. Thomas Kinsella
Charles N. Lamison
James M. Leach
Joseph H. Lewis
Mahlon D. Manson
Samuel S. Marshall
William McClelland
James R. McCormick
Henry D. McHenry
A. T. McIntyre
George C. McKee
T. W. McNeely
William M. Merrick
Benjamin F. Meyers
Alexander Mitchell
Frank Morey
George W. Morgan
William E. Niblack
Hosea W. Parker
Clarkson N. Potter
William P. Price
Samuel J. Randall
William B. Read
Edward Y. Rice
John M. Rice
John Ritchie
Mr. William R. Roberts
Robert B. Roosevelt
Lionel A. Sheldon
Henry Sherwood
James H. Slater
Henry W. Slocum
Joseph H. Sloss
R. Milton Speer
Thomas J. Speer
Bradford N. Stevens
John B. Storm
Jabez G. Sutherland
Thomas Swann
William Terry
Benjamin S. Turner
Joseph H. Tuthill
P. Van Trump
William W. Vaughan
Daniel W. Voorhees
Alfred M. Waddell
Joseph M. Warren
Erastus Wells
W. C. Whitthorne
Wm. Williams, N. Y.
Boyd Winchester
Fernando Wood.

Those who voted in the negative are--

Mr. Jacob A. Ambler
Oakes Ames
John T. Averill
J. Allen Barber
John Beatty
John A. Bingham
George M. Brooks
James Buffinton
Horatio C. Burchard
Samuel S. Burdett
Roderick R. Butler
Mr. William T. Clarke
John Coburn
Omar D. Conger
Aylett R. Cotton
Henry L. Dawes
Oliver J. Dickey
R. Holland Duell
Mark H. Dunnell
Benjamin T. Eames
Charles Foster
William P. Frye
Mr. James A. Garfield
Eugene Hale
George A. Halsey
Harrison E. Havens
John B. Hawley
Gerry W. Hazelton
John W. Hazelton
John Hill
George F. Hoar
Samuel Hooper
Sherman O. Houghton
Mr. William D. Kelley
John H. Ketcham
John W. Killinger
William H. Lamport
William E. Lansing
David P. Lowe
John Lynch
Horace Maynard
George W. McCrary
James C. McGrew
Ebenezer McJunkin
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Mr. Ulysses Mercur
Clinton L. Merriam
James Monroe
Leonard Myers
James S. Negley
Jackson Orr
Jasper Packard
John B. Packer
Frank W. Palmer
Isaac C. Parker
Erasmus D. Peck
James M. Pendleton
John A. Peters
Mr. Luke P. Poland
Charles H. Porter
Joseph H. Rainey
Ellis H. Roberts
Jeremiah M. Rusk
Philetus Sawyer
Glenni W. Scofield
John E Seeley
Walter L. Sessions
John P. C. Shanks
Samuel Shellabarger
Lazarus D. Shoemaker
Mr. H. Boardman Smith
John A. Smith
Oliver P. Snyder
William P. Sprague
H. H. Starkweather
Job E. Stevenson
William L. Stoughton
Julius L. Strong
John Taffe
Charles R. Thomas
Washing'n Townsend
Ginery Twichell
Mr. James N. Tyner
William H. Upson
Seth Wakeman
Madison M. Walden
Henry Waldron
Alexander S. Wallace
Josiah T. Walls
William A. Wheeler
Charles W. Willard
Wm. Williams, Ind.
Jeremiah M. Wilson
John T. Wilson.

Those not voting are--

Mr. Nathaniel P. Banks
John L. Beveridge
John S. Bigby
James G. Blair
Benjamin F. Butler
Lewis D. Campbell
Freeman Clarke
Clinton L. Cobb
John M. Coghlan
John V. Creely
Mr. Chester B. Darrall
Robert C. De Large
John Edwards
Robert B. Elliott
Henry D. Foster
Milo Goodrich
Alfred C. Harmer
Charles Hays
Stephen W. Kellogg
Charles W. Kendall
Mr. John F. McKinney
Jesse H. Moore
Joseph L. Morphis
Legrand W. Perce
Eli Perry
Aaron F. Perry
James H. Platt, jr.
Elizur H. Prindle
James C. Robinson
John Rogers
Mr. Aaron A. Sargent
Francis E. Shober
Worthington C. Smith
Henry Snapp
William H. H. Stowell
Charles St. John
J. Hale Sypher
Dwight Townsend
Richard H. Whiteley
Pierce M. B. Young.

So the House refused to suspend the rules.

Mr. Dawes moved that the rules be suspended so as to enable him to introduce, and the House to pass, a bill to remove political disabilities;

And the question being put,

It was decided in the negative,
Yeas ... 132
Nays ... 70
Not voting ... 37

two-thirds not voting in favor thereof.

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

Those who voted in the affirmative are--

Mr. Ephraim L. Acker
George M. Adams
Stevenson Archer
William E. Arthur
Nathaniel P. Banks
Henry W. Barry
James B. Beck
Samuel N. Bell
John L. Beveridge
Benjamin T. Biggs
John T. Bird
Austin Blair
Elliott M. Braxton
John M. Bright
George M. Brooks
James Brooks
Charles W. Buckley
Samuel S. Burdett
Robert P. Caldwell
John M. Carroll
William T. Clarke
John M. Coghlan
Abram Comingo
John C. Connor
Samuel S. Cox
John M. Crebs
John Critcher
Edward Crossland
Chester B. Darrall
John J. Davis
Henry L. Dawes
William G. Donnan
Peter M. Dox
Mr. Dudley M. DuBose
Richard T. W. Duke
John Edwards
Charles A. Eldridge
Smith Ely, jr.
John F. Farnsworth
Charles B. Farwell
G. A. Finkelnburg
Samuel C. Forker
Charles Foster
Wilder D. Foster
James A. Garfield
Abraham E. Garrett
J. Lawrence Getz
Edward I. Golladay
Richard J. Haldeman
Eugene Hale
George A. Halsey
Samuel Hambleton
John Hancock
William A. Handley
James M. Hanks
James C. Harper
George E. Harris
John T. Harris
John B. Hay
Frank Hereford
William S. Herndon
Ellery A. Hibbard
John Hill
William S. Holman
Sherman O. Houghton
Stephen W. Kellogg
Mr. Michael C. Kerr
John H. Ketcham
Andrew King
Thomas Kinsella
Charles N. Lamison
James M. Leach
Joseph H. Lewis
Mahlon D. Manson
Samuel S. Marshall
William McClelland
James R. McCormick
Henry D. McHenry
A. T. McIntyre
George C. McKee
T. W. McNeely
William M. Merrick
Benjamin F. Meyers
Alexander Mitchell
Frank Morey
George W. Morgan
James S. Negley
William E. Niblack
Hosea W. Parker
Aaron F. Perry
Eli Perry
John A. Peters
Clarkson N. Potter
William P. Price
Samuel J. Randall
William B. Read
Edward Y. Rice
John M. Rice
John Ritchie
Mr. William R. Roberts
John Rogers
Robert B. Roosevelt
Lionel A. Sheldon
Henry Sherwood
Lazarus D. Shoemaker
James W. Slater
Henry W. Slocum
Joseph H. Sloss
Worthington C. Smith
R. Milton Speer
Thomas J. Speer
Bradford N. Stevens
Job E. Stevenson
John B. Storm
Jabez G. Sutherland
Thomas Swann
William Terry
Charles R. Thomas
Benjamin S. Turner
Joseph H. Tuthill
Ginery Twichell
P. Van Trump
William W. Vaughan
Daniel W. Voorhees
Alfred M. Waddell
Seth Wakeman
Joseph M. Warren
Erastus Wells
W. C. Whitthorne
Wm. Williams, N. Y.
Boyd Winchester
Fernando Wood.

Those who voted in the negative are--

Mr. Jacob A. Ambler
J. Allen Barber
John Beatty
John A. Bingham
James Buffinton
Horatio C. Burchard
Benjamin F. Butler
Mr. Roderick R. Butler
John Coburn
Omar D Conger
Aylett R. Cotton
R. Holland Duell
Mark H. Dunnell
Benjamin T. Eames
Mr. William P. Frye
Milo Goodrich
John B. Hawley
Gerry W. Hazelton
John W. Hazelton
Samuel Hooper
William D. Kelley
Mr. John W. Killinger
William H. Lamport
David P. Lowe
John Lynch
Horace Maynard
George W. McCrary
James C. McGrew

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Mr. Ebenezer McJunkin
Ulysses Mercur
Clinton L. Merriam
James Monroe
Leonard Myers
Jackson Orr
Jasper Packard
John B. Packer
Frank W. Palmer
Erasmus D. Peck
James M. Pendleton
Mr. Charles H. Porter
Elizur H. Prindle
Joseph H. Rainey
Ellis H. Roberts
Jeremiah M. Rusk
Philetus Sawyer
John E. Seeley
Walter L. Sessions
John P. C. Shanks
Samuel Shellabarger
H. Boardman Smith
Mr. John A. Smith
Henry Snapp
Oliver P. Snyder
William P. Sprague
H. H. Starkweather
William L. Stoughton
Julius L. Strong
John Taffe
Washing'n Townsend
James N. Tyner
Mr. William H. Upson
Madison M. Walden
Henry Waldron
Alexander S. Wallace
Josiah T. Walls
William A. Wheeler
Charles W. Willard
Wm. Williams, Ind.
Jeremiah M. Wilson
John T. Wilson.

Those not voting are--

Mr. Oakes Ames
John T. Averill
William H. Barnum
John S. Bigby
James G. Blair
Lewis D. Campbell
Freeman Clarke
Clinton L. Cobb
John V. Greely
Robert C. De Large
Mr. Oliver J. Dickey
Robert B. Elliott
Henry D. Foster
Samuel Griffith
Alfred C. Harmer
Harrison E. Havens
Charles Hays
George F. Hoar
Charles W. Kendall
Mr. William E. Lansing
John F. McKinney
Jesse H. Moore
Joseph L. Morphis
Isaac C. Parker
Legrand W. Perce
James H. Platt, jr.
Luke P. Poland
James C. Robinson
Mr. Aaron A. Sargent
Glenni W. Scofield
Francis E. Shober
William H. H. Stowell
Charles St. John
J. Hale Sypher
Dwight Townsend
Richard H. Whiteley
Pierce M. B. Young.

So the House refused to suspend the rules.

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

Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed a bill of the following title, viz:

S. 449. An act authorizing the issue of clothing to certain enlisted men of Company B, Fourteenth Regiment of Infantry;

in which I am directed to ask the concurrence of the House.

Mr. Hale moved that the rules be suspended so as to enable him to introduce, and the House to pass, a bill for the removal of legal and political disabilities imposed by the third section of the fourteenth article of amendmentS to the Constitution of the United States;

And the question being put,

It was decided in the affirmative,
Yeas ... 171
Nays ... 31
Not voting ... 37

two-thirds voting in favor thereof.

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

Those who voted in the affirmative are--

Mr. Ephraim L. Acker
Oakes Ames
Stevenson Archer
William E. Arthur
Nathaniel P. Banks
J. Allen Barber
William H. Barnum
Henry W. Barry
James B. Beck
Samuel N. Bell
John L. Beveridge
Benjamin T. Biggs
John A. Bingham
John T. Bird
Austin Blair
James G. Blair
Elliott M. Braxton
John M. Bright
George M. Brooks
James Brooks
Charles W. Buckley
Horatio C. Burchard
Samuel S. Burdett
Robert P. Caldwell
John M. Carroll
William T. Clarke
John M. Coghlan
Abram Comingo
John C. Connor
Aylett R. Cotton
John M. Crebs
John Critcher
Mr. Edward Crossland
Chester R. Darrall
John J. Davis
Henry L. Dawes
Oliver J. Dickey
William G. Donnan
Peter M. Dox
Dudley M. DuBose
R. Holland Duell
Richard T. W. Duke
Benjamin T. Eames
John Edwards
Charles A. Eldridge
Smith Ely, jr.
Charles B. Farwell
G. A. Finkelnburg
Samuel C. Forker
Charles Foster
Wilder D. Foster
William P. Frye
James A. Garfield
Abraham E. Garrett
J. Lawrence Getz
Edward I. Golladay
Samuel Griffith
R. J. Haldeman
Eugene Hale
George A. Halsey
Samuel Hambleton
John Hancock
William A. Handley
James M. Hanks
Mr. James C. Harper
George E. Harris
John T. Harris
John B. Hawley
John B. Hay
Gerry W. Hazelton
John W. Hazelton
Frank Hereford
William S. Herndon
Ellery A. Hibbard
John Hill
William S. Holman
Samuel Hooper
Sherman O. Houghton
William D. Kelley
Stephen W. Kellogg
Michael C. Kerr
John H. Ketcham
Andrew King
Thomas Kinsella
Charles N. Lamison
William H. Lamport
James M. Leach
Joseph H. Lewis
John Lynch
Mahlon D. Manson
Samuel S. Marshall
William McClelland
James R. McCormick
James C. McGrew
Henry D. McHenry
A. T. McIntyre
Mr. George C. McKee
T. W. McNeely
Clinton L. Merriam
William M. Merrick
Benjamin F. Meyers
Alexander Mitchell
James Monroe
Frank Morey
George W. Morgan
Leonard Myers
William E. Niblack
Hosea W. Parker
Isaac C. Parker
Erasmus D. Peck
James M. Pendleton
Aaron F. Perry
Luke P. Poland
Clarkson N. Potter
William P. Price
Elizur H. Prindle
Samuel J. Randall
William B. Read
Edward Y. Rice
John M. Rice
John Ritchie
Ellis H. Roberts
William R. Roberts
Robert B. Roosevelt
Philetus Sawyer
Glenni W. Scotfield
Walter L. Sessions
Lionel A. Sheldon

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Mr. Samuel Shellabarger
Henry Sherwood
Lazarus D. Shoemaker
James H. Slater
Henry H. Slocum
Joseph H. Sloss
H. Boardman Smith
John A. Smith
Worthington C. Smith
Henry Snapp
Oliver P. Snyder
Mr. R. Milton Speer
Thomas J. Speer
H. H. Starkweather
Bradford N. Stevens
Job E. Stevenson
John B. Storm
Julius L. Strong
Jabez G. Sutherland
Thomas Swann
J. Hale Sypher
William Terry
Mr. Charles R. Thomas
Benjamin S. Turner
Joseph H. Tuthill
Ginery Twichell
William H. Upson
P. Van Trump
William W. Vaughan
Daniel W. Voorhees
Alfred M. Waddell
Seth Wakeman
Alexander S. Wallace
Mr. Joseph M. Warren
Erastus Wells
William A. Wheeler
Richard H. Whiteley
W. C. Whitthorne
Charles W. Willard
Wm. Williams, N. Y.
John T. Wilson
Boyd Winchester
Fernando Wood.

Those who voted in the negative are--

Mr. Jacob A. Ambler
John Beatty
James Buflinton
John Coburn
Omar D. Conger
Mark H. Dunnell
Milo Goodrich
George F. Hoar
Mr. John W. Killinger
William E. Lansing
David P. Lowe
Horace Maynard
George W. McCrary
Ebenezer McJunkin
Ulysses Mercur
Jackson Orr
Mr. Jasper Packard
John B. Packer
Frank W. Palmer
Charles H. Porter
Joseph H. Rainey
Jeremiah M. Rusk
John E. Seeley
John P. C. Shanks
Mr. William P. Sprague
John Taffe
Washing'n Townsend
James N. Tyner
Henry Waldron
Josiah T. Walls
Jeremiah M. Wilson.

Those not voting are--

Mr. George M. Adams
John T. Averill
John S. Bigby
Benjamin F. Butler
Roderick R. Butler
Lewis D. Campbell
Freeman Clarke
Clinton L. Cobb
Samuel S. Cox
John V. Creely
Mr. Robert C. De Large
Robert B. Elliott
John F. Farnsworth
Henry D. Foster
Alfred C. Harmer
Harrison E. Havens
Charles Hays
Charles W. Kendall
John F. McKinney
Mr. Jesse H. Moore
Joseph L. Morphis
James S. Negley
Legrand W. Perce
Eli Perry
John A. Peters
James H. Platt, jr.
James C Robinson
John Rogers
Mr. Aaron A. Sargent
Francis E. Shober
William L. Stoughton
William H. H. Stowell
Charles St. John
Dwight Townsend
Madison M. Walden
Wm. Williams, Ind.
Pierce M. B. Young.

So the rules were suspended, and the said bill (H. R. 1050) was passed.

Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate therein.

Mr. John T. Harris, the rules having been suspended for that purpose, introduced a bill (H. R. 1051) to change the times for holding circuit and district courts of the United States for the western district of Virginia; which was read a first and second time.

Ordered, That it be engrossed and read a third time.

Being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time and passed.

Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate therein.

By unanimous consent, bills were introduced, read a first and second time, and referred as follows, viz:

By Mr. Bingham: A bill (H. R. 1054) to regulate the salary of the consul at Tien-Tsin, to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
By Mr. Gerry W. Hazelton: A bill (H. R. 1052) for the relief of Joseph Parkins, to the Committee of Claims.
By Mr. Archer: A bill (H. R. 1053) for the relief of certain officers of the Army who were dropped, furloughed, or retired under the act of February 28, 1855, to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

Mr. Cox, by unanimous consent, submitted the following resolution; which was read, considered, and agreed to, viz:

Resolved, That the President, if not incompatible with the public interest, communicate to this House any unpublished correspondence between the British government and our own relating to the release of the Fenian prisoner, William G. Halpine.

Mr. Kerr, by unanimous consent, submitted the following resolution; which was read and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, viz:

Resolved, That there be appointed by the Speaker a select committee of three members of the House, with full power to send for persons and papers, whose duty it shall be to ascertain and ropert whether the military force of the United States, now stationed in Cherokee County, Kansas, is necessary to maintain the public peace and order, or to enforce the laws in said county, and whether the same is not productive of much

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injury to the best interests of the people of said county, and whether the public welfare does riot demand that said force be at once withdrawn therefrom.

Mr. Holman moved that the rules be suspended so as to enable him to introduce, and the House to pass, a bill to extend the time for presenting claims for additional bounties;

Pending which,

On motion of Mr. Peters, at 3 o'clock and 15 minutes p. m., the House adjourned.

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Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, 1871-1872
MONDAY, January 15, 1871.