Kirkscey, Thomas W. Grimes, Wade H. Stephens, John Wells, (colored,) John Stapler, (colored,) and James Mellenry, (colored,) who have been released by order of General George G. Meade, on condition that they would each give security in the sum of $2,500 that they would cach report and appear before the military authorities of the United States, at such time and place as the commanding officer of the third military district may direct. Now, then, if any of the said parties, so released, shall fail to appear and report to the military authorities of the United States, at such time and place as the commanding officer of the third military district may direct, and the parties to this bond shall pay the sum of $2,500 for each and every one of said persons so released who may fail to appear and report as aforesaid, then this bond to be null and void; else, to remain in full force and virtue. R. J. MOSES. Notary Public. Mr. BUTLER, of Massachusetts. As this resolution relates to the same subject as the one just referred, I move that it also be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. The motion was agreed to.

Witnessed by

RIGHTS OF AMERICAN CITIZENS ABROAD.

The next business in order was the following preamble and resolution, submitted by Mr. VAN WYCK on the 17th of June, and laid on the table for future debate:

Whereas foreign nations should not be allowed to raise the question whether American citizenship was acquired by birth or adoption, the rights of citizenship being the same to all citizens; and whereas this Republic has pledged its faith to persons of all nations that residence, renunciation of former allegiance, and compliance with our laws make them citizens here, and the honor of the nation is pledged that such promise be redeemed, no matter whence came the citizen or however powerful the nation that denies it; and whereas Great Britain has, in defiance of the law of nations, a portion of her own history, and the results of the war of 1812, lately established in her courts the dogma once a subject always a subject, and has in repeated instances refused to recognize the rights of American citizens by denying them the privilege of mixed juries, treating as subjects of her realm many of our citizens who had periled life in defense of this Government during the war of the rebellion, in some cases arresting and imprisoning for words spoken in this country: Therefore,

Resolved, That the President of the United States immediately demand from any foreign country who may have imprisoned American citizens for words spoken in this country acknowledgment as complete and ample as was made by this Government in apology for the arrest of Mason and Slidell; and if such apology is denied he report the fact to Congress for its action; also, that he demand reparation in all cases where American citizens have been treated as subjects of a foreign Power. And that to all such persons now imprisoned the rights herein claimed shall be granted; and that he report to this House what he has done, if anything to secure such rights and redress the wrongs above set forth.

Mr. BUTLER, of Massachusetts. The gentleman from New York [Mr. VAN WYCK] is not now present. I move that the resolution be laid on the table for the present. The motion was agreed to.

BRIDGES OVER THE OHIO.

The next business in order was the consideration of a joint resolution (H. R. No 305) in respect to the construction of bridges over the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, introduced by Mr. RAUM, on the 22d of June.

The question was upon ordering the joint resolution to be engrossed and read a third time.

The joint resolution, which was read, provides that hereafter all bridges to be constructed and in process of construction over the Ohio and Mississippi rivers shall be made with unbroken and continuous spans; and that the span of any such bridge covering the main channel of the river shall be five hundred feet in length in the clear.

Mr. RAUM. I move to amend the joint resolution by striking out all after the resolv. ing clause and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

That from and after the passage of this resolution all bridges to be constructed, and now in process of construction over the Ohio river, shall be made with unbroken and continuous span, and shall not be of less elevation than fifty feet above extreme high water as understood at the point of location, measuring for such elevation to the lowest part of such bridge at the center of the span; nor shall the span of any such bridges covering the main channel of said river be less than five hundred feet in length in the clear, and the piers of said bridges shall be parallel with the current of the river: Provided, That nothing contained in the foregoing resolution shall be construed to apply to the bridge in process of construction over the Ohio river at the falls of said river.

I suppose this subject has been examined by nearly all the members of the House. The great importance of securing the navigation of the Ohio river, and, in fact, of all our western rivers, is a question to which we should all direct our attention. While I would be glad || to offer some observations in reference to the importance of passing this resolution now, still as there are but a few minutes of the morning hour left, I will move the previous question.

Mr. SCHENCK. Will the gentleman allow me to move to amend this resolution by inserting the words "Mississippi and Missouri?" so that it may apply to all those three rivers.

Mr. RAUM. I would prefer to have the Ohio river stand upon its own merits. Mr. SCHENCK. On its own bottom, I suppose.

Mr. RAUM. Yes; I want to see the question tested on the Ohio river alone.

Mr. DELANO. Why did the gentleman make his resolution originally apply to the Mississippi and Ohio rivers?

Mr. RAUM. I drafted this resolution originally for the Ohio river alone. At the solicitation of some of my friends I inserted the word "Mississippi." Finding, however, that that would raise considerable opposition, I have offered this substitute.

Mr. SCHENCK. I did not suggest my amendment out of any opposition to the joint resolution.

Mr. RAUM. I call the previous question on the substitute.

The SPEAKER. The Chair will state that this joint resolution having been reached during the morning hour on Monday, if the pre vious question is ordered it will be disposed of to-day. If the previous question is not seconded, it will go over until Monday next at the expiration of this morning hour.

Mr. SCHENCK. If the previous question shall be voted down, I suppose the joint resolution will be amendable?

The SPEAKER. It will.

Mr. MOORHEAD. This resolution conforms to a report which I understand has been agreed upon by the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.

Mr. PILE. Will the gentleman yield to me for two minutes?

Mr. RAUM. I will yield to the gentleman for two minutes.

Mr. PILE. I desire to say that it is not necessary, and it would be a great injury to the commerce of the Missouri river to apply this restriction to it. I hope it will not be done for the reason the fleets of barges cannot be towed up the Missouri river. The current of the river is so strong that it is difficult for a heavily laden boat to stem the current. Unless a slack-water navigation should be established on the Missouri river (which is not contemplated, and never will be done) there is no necessity for a provision requiring bridges across that river to be five hundred feet span, for the simple reason that no fleets of barges requiring such a span can ever navigate that river. Nor is there any necessity for such a provision with regard to the Mississippi river above the city of Keokuk. The fleets of barges navigating the river above that point can readily pass through a span of three hundred or three hundred and fifty feet. I think, however, there is an urgent necessity for a provision of this kind with reference to the Ohio river, and also with reference to the Mississippi river at and below the city of Keokuk. I hope the gentleman from Illinois [Mr. RAUM] will yield for an amendment making the provisions of the resolution applicable to the Mississippi river at and below the city of Keokuk.

Mr. RAUM. I prefer not to yield for that amendment. I wish the Ohio river to stand on its own merits. I demand the previous question on the substitute.

On seconding the previous question there were-ayes 35, noes 20; no quorum voting.

The SPEAKER, under the rule, ordered tellers; and appointed Mr. RAUM and Mr. GAR

FIELD.

Mr. PILE. I desire to ask a parliamentary question. If the previous question be sustained, cannot the resolution be afterward amended by unanimous consent so as to apply to the Mississippi river at and below the city of Keokuk?

The SPEAKER. If the previous question should be sustained, it will exhaust itself upon the substitute. The question will then be upon ordering the joint resolution to be engrossed and read the third time; and it will then be open for amendment, unless the House should order the previous question.

The House divided; and the tellers reported— ayes sixty-four, noes not counted.

So the previous question was seconded. The main question was ordered, which was upon agreeing to the substitute.

The substitute was agreed to.

Mr. SCHENCK. I have a proposition which I do not know to be pertinent, but I ask that it may be read for information."

Mr. RAUM. I do not yield for that. I call for the previous question.

On seconding the previous question, there were-ayes 46, noes 31; no quorum voting.

The SPEAKER, under the rule, ordered tellers; and appointed Mr. PRICE and Mr. STONE.

The House divided; and the tellers reportedayes 71, noes 33.

So the previous question was seconded.

The main question was ordered; and under the operation thereof the joint resolution, as amended, was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time; and being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time.

Mr. GARFIELD. I call for the yeas and nays on the passage of the joint resolution. The yeas and nays were ordered.

The question was taken; and it was decided in the affirmative-yeas 80, nays 23, not voting 92; as follows:

YEAS-Messrs. Anderson, Arnell, Bailey, Banks, Beatty, Benjamin, Blair, Boles, Bromwell, Cake, Cobb, Coburn, Cullom, Dawes, Driggs, Ela, Eliot, Farnsworth, Ferry, Halsey, Hamilton, Hawkins, Higby, Hinds, Hopkins, Chester D. Hubbard, Hunter. Ingersoll, Julian, Kelley, Kelsey, Kitchen, Koontz, George V. Lawrence, William Lawrence, Loan, Logan, Loughridge, Lynch, Mallory, Marvin, Maynard, McCarthy, McClurg, Mercur, Miller, Moore, Moorhead,Mullins, Nunn, O'Neill, Paine, Perham, Peters, Pike, Pile, Plants, Poland, Price, Raum, Roots Schenck, Shanks, Smith, Spalding, Aaron F. Stevens, Stokes, Taylor, Thomas, Trowbridge, Twichell, Upson, Burt Van Horn, Robert T. Van Horn, Cadwalader C. Washburn, Elihu B. Washburne, Henry D. Washburn, Thomas Williams, William Williams, and Woodbridge-80.

NAYS-Messrs. Allison, Ames, James M. Ashley, Baker, Baldwin, Boutwell, Benjamin F. Butler, Sidney Clarke, Delano, Donnelly, Garfield, Hooper, Hulburd, Jenckes, Judd, Orth, Pomeroy, Sawyer, Stewart, Stone, William B. Washburn, James F. Wilson, and Windom-23.

NOT VOTING-Messrs. Adams, Archer, Delos R. Ashley, Axtell, Barnes, Barnum, Beaman, Beck, Benton, Bingham, Blaine, Boyer, Brooks, Broomall, Buckland, Burr, Roderick R. Butler, Cary, Chanler, Churchill, Reader W. Clarke, Cook, Cornell, Covode, Dixon, Dodge, Eckley, Eggleston, Eldridge, Ferriss, Fields, Finney, Fox, Getz, Glossbrenner, Golladay, Gravely, Griswold, Grover, Haight, Harding, Hill, Holman, Hotchkiss, Asahel W. Hubbard, Richard D. Hubbard, Humphrey, Johnson, Jones. Kerr, Ketcham, Knott, Laflin, Lincoln, Marshall, McCormick, McCullough, McKee, Morrell, Morrissey, Mungen, Myers, Newcomb, Niblack, Nicholson, Phelps, Polsley, Pruyn, Randall, Robertson, Robinson, Ross, Scofield, Selye, Shellabarger, Sitgreaves, Starkweather, Thaddeus Stevens, Taber, Taffe, John Trimble, Lawrence S. Trimble, Van Aernam, Van Auken, Van Trump, Van Wyck, Ward, Welker, John T. Wilson, Stephen F. Wilson, Wood, and Woodward-92.

So the joint resolution was passed.

Mr. RAUM moved to reconsider the vote by which the joint resolution was passed; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table.

The latter motion was agreed to.

The title was amended so as to read as follows: "A joint resolution in reference to the construction of bridges over the Ohio river.

MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE.

A message was received from the Senate, by Mr. BURCH, one of its clerks, requesting the return of House bill No. 554, making a grant of land to the State of Minnesota to aid in the

improvement of the navigation of the Mississippi river, which passed the Senate July 3, with an amendment.

It also announced that the Senate had passed without amendment bills of the House of the following titles:

A bill (H. R. No. 445) for the relief of Timothy Lyden, of Parkersburg, West Virginia;

A bill (H. R. No. 1069) for the relief of Charles B. Tanner, late first lieutenant sixtyninth Pennsylvania volunteers; and

A bill (H. R. No. 1325) for the relief of Benjamin B. French, late Commissioner of Public Buildings.

It also announced that the Senate had passed bills of the House of the following titles, with amendments, in which the concurrence of the House was requested:

A bill (H. R. No. 1068) to provide for certain claims against the Department of Agri

culture; and

A bill (H. R. No. 869) prescribing an oath of office to be taken by persons from whom legal disabilities shall have been removed.

It also announced that the Senate had passed bills of the following titles, in which the concurrence of the House was requested:

A bill (S. No. 102) providing for the forma tion of corporations, and regulating the same in the District of Columbia;

A bill (S. No. 355) authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Missouri river, upon the military reservation at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas;

A bill (S. No. 550) for the relief of Robert Ford:

A bill (S. No. 491) to provide for the appointment of a recorder of deeds in the District of Columbia;

A bill (S. No. 535) to reward the services of Matthew Low, of Nassau, New Providence;

A bill (S. No. 555) authorizing the allowance of the claim of the State of Minnesota to lands for the support of a State university; and A bill (S. No. 236) in addition to the act entitled "An act to incorporate the Washington, Alexandria, and Georgetown Steam-Packet Company.

It also announced that a message had been received from the President of the United States, that he had, on the 25th of June, 1868, approved and signed the following bills:

An act (S. No. 426) for the relief of Thomas Crossley;

An act (S. No. 184) granting a pension to Mrs. Ann Corcoran;

An act (S. No. 450) relative to filing reports of railroad companies;

An act (S. No. 425) granting a pension to George Bennett;

An act (S. No. 280) granting a pension to Michael Hennessy, of Platte county, Missouri; An act (S. No. 164) to provide for appeals from the Court of Claims, and for other purposes;

An act (S. No. 377) to change the times of holding the district and circuit courts of the United States in the several districts in the State of Tennessee;

An act (S. No. 216) to amend an act entitled "An act granting lands to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Central Pacific railroad in California, to Portland, in Oregon; and

A joint resolution (S. R. No. 134) authorizing a change of mail service between Fort Abercrombie and Helena.

The message also announced that the bill (S. No. 534) relating to contested elections in the city of Washington, Distict of Columbia, having been presented to the President of the United States on the 16th of June, 1868, and not having been approved by him or returned to the Senate, in which it originated, within ten days, (Sundays excepted,) had become a law under the Constitution of the United States.

AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION. The SPEAKER laid before the House a letter from the Governor of North Carolina, in40TH CONG. 2D SESS.-No. 236,

closing the ratification by the State Legislature of the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States; which was referred to the Committee on Reconstruction, and ordered to be printed.

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN.

The SPEAKER also laid before the House a memorial of the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin, in relation to the official position of the military officer detailed for military instruction at said university; which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

CREDENTIALS OF NORTH CAROLINA MEMBERS.

Mr. PAINE. I rise to a question of privilege. I have here the credentials of five of the members-elect from the State of North

Carolina, to wit: John R. French, of the first district; Oliver H. Dockey, of the third; John T. Deweese, of the fourth; Nathaniel Boyden, of the sixth; and Alexander H. Jones, of the seventh. I send them to the Clerk's desk, and of Elections. move that they be referred to the Committee

The credentials were accordingly referred to the Committee of Elections.

GRANT OF LAND TO MINNESOTA.

The SPEAKER. The Senate have asked for the return of the Senate amendments to House bill No. 554, making a grant of land to the State of Minnesota to aid in the improve. ment of the navigation of the Mississippi river. No objection being made, the amendments were returned to the Senate.

REMOVAL OF LEGAL DISABILITIES.

Mr. DAWES. I ask unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's table a bill which has just come from the Senate (H. R. No. 869) to prescribe an oath of office to be taken by persons from whom legal disabilities shall have been removed, for the purpose of moving to concur in the amendments of the Senate with an amendment.

No objection being made, the amendments of the Senate were taken up for consideration and were reported as follows:

In line three strike out "has" and insert "have." In line seven, after the word "thereon," insert the words "instead of the oath prescribed by the act of July 2, 1862."

Mr. DAWES. I move that the House concur in the amendments with an amendment striking out the words "and no other," because there are general officers to whom a prescribed oath is necessary after all.

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The amendments of the Senate, as amended, were concurred in.

Mr. DAWES moved to reconsider the vote just taken; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table.

The latter motion was agreed to.

TREATY WITH THE CHOCTAWS.

Mr. WINDOM, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported back a bill (H. R. No. 1195) to carry into effect certain treaty stipu lations with the Choctaw nation or tribe of Indians; which was ordered to be printed with the accompanying report, and recommitted to the committee.

RESUMPTION OF SPECIE PAYMENTS.

Mr. LYNCH, by unanimous consent, from the Committee on Banking and Currency, reported a bill (H. R. No. 1364) to provide for a gradual resumption of specie payments; which was read a first and second time.

Mr. LYNCH. I move that the bill be printed, postponed, and made the special order for the second Tuesday in December next.

Mr. BUTLER, of Massachusetts, objected, but subsequently withdrew his objection; and the bill was ordered to be printed, postponed, and made the special order for the second Tuesday in December next.

Mr. LYNCH moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was postponed and made the special order; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table. The latter motion was agreed to.

ANTHONY BUCHER.

Mr. MAYNARD. I demand the regular order.

The SPEAKER. The morning hour has now commenced, and the Committee of Claims, according to the order of the House, is entitled to this morning hour.

The House resumed the consideration of the bill (H. R. No. 1326) for the relief of Anthony Bucher, reported from the Committee of Claims by Mr. HARDING, and pending at the expiration of the last morning hour.

The bill was read. It authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to investigate, and if, in his opinion, it shall appear proper, issue to Anthony Bucher a Treasury note for fifty dollars, to supply such a note as shall appear to have been destroyed by fire, and belonging to him, in the summer of 1867.

The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time; and being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time.

The question being put on the passage of the bill, there were-ayes 36, noes 16; no quorum voting.

Mr. WASHBURN, of Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker, there are not more than one or two gentlemen, I apprehend, who will vote against this bill if they understand it. In this case the fact that the remains of the bills were identified is not disputed. But in transporting them to Washington the remains of the fifty-dollar bill became so much broken up that when they got to the Department the officers there could identify the three five dollar bills, so that they issued three to take the places of those destroyed, but could only identify parts of the fifty-dollar bill, and not enough to authorize them to issue a new bill in place of it. The committee examined all the evidence in the case. The bill belonged to the wife of a poor soldier, and had been sent home by him while in the service. The evidence shows that the bill was identified by witnesses after the fire, but in transportation it got so broken up that the Department did not see fit to issue a new bill. Under the circumstances we report that fifty dollars be allowed in this case. In no case has the committee reported favorably on such a claim where they had not evidence that the bill destroyed had been identified. Under these circumstances no person can object to allowing relief.

The bill was passed.

Mr. WASHBURN, of Massachusetts, moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was reconsider be laid on the table. passed; and also moved that the motion to

The latter motion was agreed to.

H. D. M'KINNEY.

Mr. WASHBURN, of Massachusetts, from the Committee of Claims, reported back, with the recommendation that it do not pass, the bill (S. No. 476) for the relief of H. D. McKinney; and the same was laid on the table. ADVERSE REPORTS.

Mr. WASHBURN, of Massachusetts, from the same committee, reported adversely on the petition of Mary E. Low; and the same was laid on the table.

Mr. MERCUR, from the same committee, reported adversely on the petitions of R. E. Fennell, of Frankfort, Kentucky, and T. W. Campbell; and the same were laid on the table.

MARK HOWARD.

Mr. MERCUR, from the same committee, reported back with an amendment in the nature of a substitute the bill (H. R. No. 39) authorizing the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to settle and adjust the accounts of Mark Howard, as collector of internal revenue, first district of Connecticut.

The substitute was read, as follows:

That the Commissioner of Internal Revenue be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to adjust and settle the accounts of Mark Howard as collector of the first revenue district of Connecticut, in conformity with the revenue laws in force at the time he was collector of said district.

The substitute was agreed to.

The bill was then ordered to be engrossed and read a third time; and being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time, and passed.

Mr. MERCUR moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table.

The latter motion was agreed to.

PAY OF VOLUNTEERS.

Mr. COBB, from the same committee, reported back, with the recommendation that it do pass, the joint resolution (H. R. No. 299) for the relief of certain honorably discharged soldiers of the volunteer forces of the Union Army.

The joint resolution was read. It provides that the third section of an act of Congress entitled "An act to increase the pay of the privates in the regular Army and in the volunteer service of the United States, and for other purposes," approved August 6, 1861, shall be construed to mean that every private of volunteers entitled under and by virtue of the proclamations of the President and the General Orders of the War Department, Nos. 15 and 25, dated respectively May 4 and May 25, 1861, issued in accordance therewith, prior to July 22, 1861, the date of the passage of the act entitled "An act to authorize the employment of volunteers to aid in enforcing the laws and protecting public property," shall be entitled to, and be paid, the allowance of $100 provided by said general orders in all cases where said privates were honorably discharged or mustered out of service by competent authority.

Mr. WASHBURN, of Massachusetts. I did not expect that my colleague on the committee would report that bill to-day. It is not a private bill. I hope he will withdraw it until the committee is called for public bills.

Mr. COBB. I understood that this morning hour was given to the Committee of Claims without reservation or restriction.

The SPEAKER. The morning hour of Friday, to which the Committee of Claims was entitled for reports of a private nature, was postponed until to-day. The Committee of Claims were entitled to two morning hours for private business, one of them being the morning hour of Friday last, and it was postponed until to-day.

Mr. GARFIELD. I hope that bill will be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Mr. COBB. I ask unanimous consent to have the bill considered at this time.

Mr. GARFIELD. I move that the bill be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

The SPEAKER. The gentleman must waive his objection to the present consideration of this bill, in order that it may be before the House to be referred.

Mr. GARFIELD. I object to the present consideration of this bill.

Mr. COBB. Then I give notice that on all proper occasions I will press this bill upon the consideration of the House. I think the Committee on Military Affairs might see that this is a simple act of justice, carrying out the procla mations of the President of the United States, and the orders of the War Department made in strict pursuance of those proclamations. But the objection being made, that act of justice must be foregone for the present.

Mr. GARFIELD. I do not know what the bill is; but it seems to me that it should go to the Committee on Military Affairs.

Mr. COBB. In reply to that I will say that I offered this as an amendment to the bounty bill which was reported from the Committee on Military Affairs. The gentleman from Ohio [Mr. GARFIELD] suggested that if I would have it and the papers accompanying it printed in the Globe the Committee on Military Affairs would have an opportunity to examine it, and would be ready to pronounce upon it.

MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE.

one of its Clerks, announced that the Senate had passed a bill, in which the concurrence of the House was requested, of the following title:

A bill (S. No. 417) to amend an act entitled "An act proposing to the State of Texas the establishment of her northern and western boundaries, the relinquishment by the said State of all territory claimed by her exterior to said boundaries, and of all her claims upon the United States, and to establish a territorial government for New Mexico."

CAPTAIN THOMAS W. MILLER.

Mr. COBB, from the Committee of Claims, reported a bill (H. R. No. 1365) for the relief of Captain Thomas W. Miller; which was read a first and second time.

The question was upon ordering the bill to be engrossed and read a third time.

The bill, which was read at length, directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay to Captain Thomas W. Miller, late captain and acting aid to Brigadier General L. Cutler, late of the Army of the Potomac, the sum of $529 88, in full for military services from the 13th of May to the 7th of August, 1863, inclusive, and for private horse killed in action at the battle of Gettysburg.

Mr. COBB. I call the previous question. Mr. BENJAMIN. Let the report be read. The report was read.

Mr. BENJAMIN. I have no objection to this bill, except the portion of it that provides for the payment of the horse. I believe the Government has not yet entered upon the policy of paying for all the horses killed or lost during the war, and which belonged to private parties. I think we should hesitate before making this an isolated case.

Mr. COBB. I cannot yield for discussion now. I insist upon the call for the previous question.

The previous question was seconded and the main question ordered.

The bill was then ordered to be engrossed and read a third time; and being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time, and passed.

Mr. COBB moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table.

The latter motion was agreed to.

N. A. SHUTTLEWORTH.

Mr. COBB, from the Committee of Claims, also reported back, with a recommendation that the same do pass, House bill No. 284, for the relief of N. A. Shuttleworth, of Harrison county, West Virginia.

The question was upon ordering the bill to be engrossed and read a third time.

The bill, which was read at length, directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay to N. A. Shuttleworth, of Harrison county, West Virginia, late captain of third regiment of Virginia volunteers, the sum of $550 65, to reimburse him for the same amount paid by him for the transportation of recruits in 1861.

Mr. COBB. I call the previous question. The previous question was seconded and the main question ordered.

The bill was then ordered to be engrossed and read a third time; and being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time, and passed.

Mr. COBB moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table. The latter motion was agreed to.

HEIRS OF JAMES S. PORTER.

Mr. COBB, from the Committee of Claims, also reported back, with a recommendation that the same do pass, House bill No. 255, for the relief of the heirs of James S. Porter, late of Hancock county, West Virginia.

The question was upon ordering the bill to be engrossed and read a third time.

county, West Virginia, the sum of $895 70, to reimburse them for a like amount of money paid by James S. Porter, in equipping company I, of the first regiment Virginia volunteers, three months' service.

Mr. BLAIR. Is there a report in this case? Mr. COBB. There is a report.

Mr. BLAIR. I ask that the report be read. The report was read.

Mr. PRICE. I desire to ask the gentleman from Wisconsin [Mr. COBB] a single question. I presume the State of West Virginia has never paid this account; but has it not paid parties who have made advances of money of a similar character?

Mr. COBB. I am not well enough informed on that point to answer the gentleman. 1 presume the gentleman from West Virginia [Mr. HUBBARD] can answer the inquiry.

Mr. HUBBARD, of West Virginia. To the best of my knowledge the State of West Virginia has not paid accounts of this kind, that is, claims for this particular three months' ser

vice.

Mr. COBB. This is precisely the same kind of disbursements for which a number of the loyal States (my own State and that of the gentleman from Iowa among the number) were reimbursed by the Federal Government.

Mr. PRICE. Yes, but with this difference: my own State, and I presume that of the gentleman from Wisconsin, had settled with the parties who advanced money, and then came to the General Government for reimbursement of those payments. That was the reason I asked why the State of West Virginia had not settled with parties having claims of this char

acter?

Mr. COBB. The only answer to that question is to be found in the anomalous condition claims accrued. of things in West Virginia at the time these

The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time; and being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time, and passed.

Mr. COBB moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table.

The latter motion was agreed to.

J. M. WRIGHT AND OTHERS. Mr. STOKES, from the Committee of Claims, reported adversely upon the petition of J. M. Wright and others, praying reimbursement to the representatives of Brigadier General George Wright, United States Army, for $6,500 in Government bonds, alleged to have been lost by shipwreck; which was laid on the table.

KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY.

Mr. STOKES also, from the Committee of Claims, reported adversely upon the claim of the Kentucky University at Lexington, Kentucky, for reimbursement for the destruction by fire of the medical college attached to the university, while used by the United States as a hospital; which was laid on the table.

MRS. SARAHII HUTCHINS.

Mr. STOKES also, from the Committee of Claims, reported adversely upon the claim of Mrs. Sarah Hutchins, for reimbursement for property destroyed by the United States Army.

ENROLLED BILL SIGNED.

Mr. HOPKINS, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee had examined and found truly enrolled a bill (S. No. 505) to amend section five of an act entitled "An act concerning the registering and recording of ships or vessels," approved December 31, 1792; when the Speaker signed the

same.

CAPTAIN A. G. OLIVER.

Mr. STOKES, from the Committee of Claims. reported a bill (H. R. No. 1366) for the relief of Captain A. G. Oliver; which was read a first and second time.

The bill authorizes and directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay to Captain A. G. Oliver,

out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $2,010, the amount of Government funds stolen from him the 13th of May, 1864.

Mr. BENJAMIN. I make the point of order that this bill, being an appropriation bill, must be referred to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union.

Mr. STOKES. I ask the gentleman from Missouri [Mr. BENJAMIN] to withdraw that point for a moment and let the report be read. A number of cases of a similar character to this have been acted upon favorably by this House during the present Congress.

Mr. BENJAMIN. We have no proper opportunity to examine, amend, or debate these bills in the House; and I think they should go to the Committee of the Whole in accordance with the rule.

The SPEAKER. The point of order necessarily refers the bill to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. It will, with the report, be ordered to be printed.

SAMUEL TIBBETTS.

Mr. STOKES, from the same committee, reported back House bill No. 396, for the relief of Samuel Tibbetts, with the recommendation that it do not pass.

The bill authorizes and directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated the sum of $200, being for money paid by Mr. Tibbetts for the entry of land on which he had before entered a land warrant, and which land warrant before the patent issued had been lost by the officers of the land office.

Mr. BENJAMIN. I should like to have some explanation of that bill.

Mr. STOKES. I will explain it in a few moments. Mr. Tibbetts first entered a land warrant upon a certain portion of land, one hundred and sixty acres, but he was afterward informed by the Commissioner of the General Land Office that the land warrant was defective. He then purchased two land warrants for eighty acres each and entered one hundred and sixty acres with them. The duplicate certificate he furnished, and it is in possession of the House. The origrinal certificate was never returned to the Commissioner of the General Land Office. Consequently, when he was called upon to issue a patent for the land he could not do it because the original certificate had not been returned. Tibbetts sold the land to Smith; but Smith, on applying for the grant, was informed that the grant could not be made until $200 were paid. Smith paid $200. Tibbetts refunded $200, and he was recommended to come to Congress for relief. It is a plain case, and the committee have therefore reported a bill for his relief.

Mr. BENJAMIN. It is a plain case, I think, that the bill ought not to pass. He has the right to the land warrants under the law, and he has his remedy in recovering them.

Mr. STOKES. I will reply to the gentleman from Missouri, that if Mr. Tibbetts had lost the land warrants he could then have gone and obtained new ones. But, sir, he never lost the land warrants. He entered them at the land office. The agent at the land office himself proves that Tibbetts did enter the land with two land warrants, but that by some mishap the certificate was never returned to the General Land Office. The Commissioner, therefore, declared that under the law he cannot do otherwise than take the $200. If Tibbetts had lost the land warrants then there is no doubt he would have his remedy.

Mr. BENJAMIN. Does the gentleman say that these land warrants have been lost?

Mr. STOKES, No, sir; they were entered upon the land at the time, two land warrants for eighty acres each, but the certificate was never returned to the Commissioner of the General Land Office. For that reason he cannot obtain relief at any other place than Congress.

Mr. BENJAMIN. The general law provides a remedy for all these things.

Mr. STOKES. I had the law and examined it carefully; and, sir, the Commissioner of the General Land Office agrees he cannot get relief except from Congress.

Mr. DELANO. I hope this bill will not pass without further explanation.

case.

Mr. STOKES. I think it is a perfectly clear In the first place Mr. Tibbetts entered one hundred and sixty acres of land with a land warrant, but the Commissioner of the General Land Office informed him there was some defect about the land warrant. He then purchased two land warrants of eighty acres each, and entered them at the Des Moines land office. He received his certificate, but the original certificate was never returned to the General Land Office. Tibbetts sold to Smith, but when Smith came to apply for a patent the Commissioner told him it could not be given until the return of the original certificate.

Mr. DELANO. Are the land warrants still in existence, or have they been canceled? Mr. STOKES. They were entered at the

Land Office.

Mr. WASHBURNE, of Illinois. Is there any controversy between the parties? Mr. STOKES. No, sir.

Mr. DELANO. If the land warrants are not canceled are they still in existence?

Mr. STOKES. The duplicate certificates of entry will prevent their ever being entered upon any other land. This man is entitled to relief; and I demand the previous question.

The previous question was seconded and the main question ordered; and under the operation thereof the bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time; and being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time, and passed.

Mr. STOKES, from the same committee, reported a bill (H. R. No. 1367) for the relief of George Kaiser; which was read a first and second time.

The bill directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay to the applicant $181 50 for labor and material furnished in building a hospital at Parkersburg, West Virginia, in 1861.

Mr. STOKES. I move the previous question.

The previous question was seconded and the main question ordered; and under the operation thereof the bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time; and being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time, and passed.

Mr. STOKES moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table.

The latter motion was agreed to.

CHARLES C. O'NEILL.

Mr. WASHBURN, of Massachusetts, from the Committee of Claims, reported adversely on the bill (H. R. No. 477) for the relief of

Charles C. O'Neill; which was laid on the table.

JAMES HOOPER.

Mr. WASHBURN, of Massachusetts, from the same committee, moved to take up from the Private Calendar the bill (S. No. 436) for the relief of James Hooper.

The motion was agreed to.

The bill was read. It directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay to James Hooper the sum of $16,000, being the value of his vessel, the bark General Berry, which was captured and destroyed at sea on the 9th day of July, 1864, while in the military service of the United States, by the rebel steamer Florida.

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Mr. WASHBURN, of Massachusetts. wish to say that this claim was before the Committee of Claims of the last Congress, received a very thorough examination by the chairman, [Mr. DELANO,] was reported by the committee, and passed the House almost unanimously, but for want of time it did not pass the Senate. The bill which comes before the House now has passed the Senate, has been before the Committee of Claims, and has been passed upon by them.

Mr. WASHBURNE, of Illinois. I would like to have enunciated the principle upon which these claims are to be paid.

Mr. WASHBURN, of Massachusetts. The law provides that when a vessel in the Government employ has been destroyed by the enemy the Government shall pay for it. In this case the vessel went from New York to Fortress Monroe and was attacked by the Florida and destroyed. It was not supposed at the time that there was any danger. Provision was made in the contract by which the vessel was chartered that war risks only from Fortress Monroe up the James river should be taken by the Government. When the parties saw that, they demurred, and said they understood the Government was to take the war risk all the way. The quartermaster said there was no war risk to Fortress Monroe, and never was; but if there was any difficulty he supposed the Government would settle it. The party accordingly accepted the contract, and it was entered upon the charter in that way. But being entered in that way the settlement of the claim was refused. This is the only instance of the kind. In regard to all other vessels that passed from New York to Fortress Monroe a settlement was made on the ground that there were war risks given.

Mr. DELANO. I desire to ask the gentleman whether the officers who rejected the account did not say that they did it on technical grounds, admitting that the claim was a merritorious one and recommending legislation on the subject?

Mr. WASHBURN, of Massachusetts. Yes, sir, they recommended the passage of a bill to meet the case. I demand the previous question. The previous question was seconded and the the main question ordered.

The bill was ordered to be read a third time, and was accordingly read the third time, and passed.

Mr. WASHBURN, of Massachusetts, moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table. The latter motion was agreed to.

CAPTURE OF JEFFERSON DAVIS.

Mr. WASHBURN, of Massachusetts, from the Committee of Claims, reported back the bill (H. R. No. 1277) to provide for the distribution of the reward offered by the President of the United States for the capture of Jefferson Davis.

Mr. UPSON. That bill makes an appropri ation, and I think it should be referred to a Committee of the Whole House.

The SPEAKER. If the gentleman makes that point, the Clerk will read the bill in full, and the Chair will see if it contains an appropriation.

Mr. UPSON. I do. I desire to have the matter debated somewhat.

The Clerk proceeded to read the bill, as follows:

Be it enaoted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the reward of $100,000 offered for the capture of Jefferson Davis by the President of the United States in his proclamation of May 2, 1865, shall be paid as follows: to James H. Wilson, of the State of Illinois, late major general of volunteers, $3,000; to Benjamin D. Pritchard, of the State of Michigan, late fieutenant colonel of the fourth Michigan cavalry, $3,000; to Hemy Haruden, of the State of Wisconsin, late lieutenant colonel of the first Wisconsin cavalry, $3,000; to Joseph A. O. Yeoman, of the State of Iowa, late captain of the first Ohio cavalry, $3,000; and to the following officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates, in proportion to the monthly pay proper to which they were respectively entitled by law in the grades which they held at the time of said

head, Myers, Nunn, O'Neill, Paine, Perham, Peters, Pile, Plants, Poland, Pomeroy, Price, Raum, Roots, Sawyer. Schenck, Shanks, Smith, Stewart, Stokes, Taffe, Taylor, Thomas, Twichell, Burt Van Horn, Robert T. Van Horn, Cadwalader C. Washburn, Elibu B. Washburne, Henry D. Washburn, William B. Washburn, William Williams, James F. Wilson, and Windom-81.

NAYS-Messrs. Anderson, Benjamin, Blair, Benjamin F. Butler, Driggs, Ela, Ferry, Grover, William Lawrence. Loan, Mallory, Maynard, McClurg, Moore, Mullins, Orth, Spalding, Stone, Trowbridge, and Upson-20.

NOT VOTING-Messrs. Adams, Archer, Arnell, James M. Ashley, Axtell, Barnes, Barnum. Beaman, Beck, Bingham, Blaine, Boyer, Brooks, Broomall, Buckland, Burr, Roderick R. Butler, Cary, Chanler, Reader W. Clarke, Coburn, Cook, Cornell, Covode, Dixon, Dodge, Eckley, Eggleston, Eldridge, Ferriss, Fields, Finney, Fox, Garfield, Getz, Glossbrenner, Golladay, Gravely, Haight, Halsey, Harding, Hill, Holman. Hotchkiss, Asahel W. Hubbard, Richard D. D. Hubbard, Humphrey, Johnson, Jones, Kerr, Ketcham, Knott, Laflin, Lincoln. Marshall, McCormick, McCullough, McKee, Morrell, Morrissey, Mungen, Newcomb, Niblack. Nicholson, Phelps, Pike, Polsley, Pruyn, Randall, Robertson, Robinson, Ross, Scofield, Selye, Shellabarger, Sitgreaves, Starkweather, Aaron F. Stevens, Thaddeus Stevens, Taber, John Trimble, Lawrence S. Trimble, Van Aernam, Van Auken, Van Trump, Van Wyck, Ward, Weiker, Thomas Williams, John T. Wilson, Stephen F. Wilson, Wood, Woodbridge, and Woodward-94.

So (two thirds voting in the affirmative) the rules were suspended and the bill was before

the House.

The SPEAKER. The morning hour has expired, and the bill goes over until the next morning hour for private bills.

IRON-CLADS.

Mr. WASHBURN, of Massachusetts. Well, if the gentleman from Michigan [Mr. UPSON] wishes to make that motion and take the responsibility of defeating the bill, the Committee of Claims have no feeling about it. I simply wish to state that the committee acted upon this bill at the last Congress and were unanimous in their report, and the committee of this Congress are also unanimous in their report. It is a question that we have had a good deal of trouble about, and we should like to have the House dispose of it. But if the House sees fit to reject the bill, or if the gentleman from Michigan-who is as much interested as any member of the House-tary Affairs, and ordered to be printed. wishes to move to lay it on the table or to send it to the Committee of the Whole on the Private Calendar or to destroy it in any manner, I am perfectly willing he should do so.

Mr. UPSON. My object is to have the matter fairly understood by the House and debated. The SPEAKER. The Chair would state that the bill is not before the House. The point of order made by the gentleman from Michigan [Mr. UPSON] has referred the bill to the Committee of the Whole on the Private Calendar.

Mr. WASHBURNE, of Illinois. I move to suspend the rules for the purpose of considering the bill in the House. I think it ought to

pass.

Mr. WASHBURN, of Massachusetts. I am willing to allow the gentleman from Michigan [Mr. UPSON] time to discuss the bill.

Mr. UPSON. Well, but the gentleman's time is limited, and my colleagues desire to be heard on this question as well as myself.

The question was put on the motion to suspend the rules, and there were-ayes 50, noes 19; no quorum voting.

Mr. WASHBURN, of Massachusetts. I hope gentlemen will allow the bill to come before the House, and if they are not satisfied with it let it be voted down.

Mr. WASHBURNE, of Illinois. I call for tellers on the motion to suspend the rules.

Tellers were ordered; and Messrs. WASHBURNE, of Illinois, and UPSON were appointed. The House divided; and the tellers reported-ayes 71, noes 28.

Before the result was announced,

Mr. BLAIR called for the yeas and nays on suspending the rules.

The yeas and nays were ordered.

The question was again taken; and it was decided in the affirmative-yeas 81, nays 20, not voting 94; as follows:

YEAS-Messrs. Allison, Ames, Delos R. Ashley, Bailey, Baker, Baldwin, Banks, Beatty, Benton, Boles. Boutwell, Bromwell, Cake, Churchill, Sidney Clarke, Cobb, Cullom, Dawes, Delano, Donnelly, Eliot, Farnsworth, Griswold, Hamilton, Hawkins, Higby, Hinds, Hooper, Hopkins, Chester D. Hubbard, Hulburd, Hunter, Ingersoll, Jenckes, Judd, Julian, Kelley, Kelsey, Kitchen, Koontz, George V. Lawrence, Logan, Loughridge, Lynch, Marvin, McCarthy, Mercur, Miller. Moor

The SPEAKER, by unanimous consent. laid before the House a communication from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, in compliance with House resolution of the 2d instant, the report of Captain James B. Eads on the iron-clads of Europe and this country; which was referred to the Committee on Mili

Mr. PILE submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Printing, under the law:

Resolved, That there be printed for the use of the House three thousand copies of the report and drawings of Captain James B. Eads on the iron-clads of Europe and this country, and five hundred copies for the use of the Navy Department.

MRS. NANCY WEEKS.

The SPEAKER. There is a single pension bill on the Speaker's table, for the relief of the widow of a revolutionary soldier. The Chair would ask unanimous consent to have the Senate amendments to that bill disposed of at this time.

The amendments of the Senate to House bill No. 453, increasing the pension of Nancy Weeks, widow of Francis Weeks, were then taken from the Speaker's table.

Mr. LOGAN. I move that the amendments of the Senate be concurred in.

Mr. MAYNARD. I do not like to suspend the case of the old lady, but I think

The SPEAKER. The Chair will withdraw the request he made to have this bill considered now, not desiring to take up the time of the House. The Chair supposed there would be no objection to it, the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions being in favor of it.

Mr. MAYNARD. I withdraw the point I was going to make.

The amendments of the Senate were then concurred in:

Mr. LOAN moved to reconsider the vote by which the amendments of the Senate were concurred in; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table. The latter motion was agreed to.

men who are absent, I would rather not take up the deficiency appropriation bill now.

The SPEAKER. The deficiency bill will not come up until after the Senate amendments to the legislative and executive appropriation bill have been disposed of. Mr. STEVENS, of Pennsylvania. Let the deficiency bill go over till next Thursday or Friday.

Mr. WASHBURNE, of Illinois. I take it the House will concur in the action of the Committee of the Whole upon the Senate amendments to the legislative appropriation bill.

Mr. MOORHEAD. I move that the rules be suspended, and that the House resolve itself into Committee of the Whole upon the tariff bill.

Mr. WASHBURNE, of Illinois. I believe I have the floor. I insist upon the regular order.

LEGISLATIVE, ETC., APPROPRIATION BILL. The SPEAKER. The first business in order is the consideration of the report of the Committee of the Whole upon the amendments of the Senate to House bill No. 605, making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the year ending the 30th of June, 1869. The Committee of the Whole recommend concurreuce in some of the Senate amendments, nonconcurrence in others, and concurrence in some with amendments.

Mr. WASHBURNE, of Illinois. I move that the action of the Committee of the Whole be concurred in; and upon that motion I call for the previous question.

The previous question was seconded and the main question ordered.

The question was upon concurring in the action of the Committee of the Whole.

Mr. STEVENS, of Pennsylvania. Upon that question I call for the yeas and nays. The question was taken upon ordering the yeas and nays; and there were twelve in the affirmative.

So (one fifth not voting in the affirmative) the yeas and nays were not ordered.

The report of the Committee of the Whole was then concurred in.

Mr. WASHBURNE, of Illinois. I move to reconsider the vote just taken; and I also move that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table.

The latter motion was agreed to.

Mr. WASHBURNE, of Illinois. I move that a committee of conference be asked upon the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on this bill.

The motion was agreed to.

REPRESENTATIVES FROM NORTH CAROLINA.

Mr. DAWES. The Committee of Elections, to whom were referred the credentials of Hon. John R. French, claiming to be elected a representative from the first congressional district of North Carolina; Hon. John T. Deweese, claiming to be elected a representative from the fourth district of North Carolina, and Hon. Alexander H. Jones, claiming to be elected a representative from the sev enth district of North Carolina, have instructed me to report that they find the credentials in due form of law; that nothing has appeared before the committee touching the qualifications of these gentlemen to hold the offices which they claim; and the committee report a recommendation that they be sworn in. The report of the committee was agreed to. Mr. DAWES moved to reconsider the vote by which the report was agreed to; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table.

The latter motion was agreed to.

Messrs. JOHN R. FRENCH, JOHN T. DEWEESE and ALEXANDER H. JONES presented themselves at the Speaker's desk, and were duly qualified by taking the oath prescribed by law.

RESTRICTIONS ON AMERICAN COMMERCE.

Mr. KELLEY, by unanimous consent, sub