On Military Affairs.-Mr. Wilson, chairman; Mr. Sprague, Mr. Cameron, Mr. Morton, Mr. Thayer, Mr. Abbott, and Mr. Doolittle.

On Naval Affairs.-Mr. Grimes, chairman; Mr. Anthony, Mr. Cragin, Mr. Nye, Mr. Frelinghuysen, Mr. Drake, and Mr. Hendricks.

On the Judiciary.—Mr. Trumbull, chairman; Mr. Stewart, Mr. Frelinghuysen, Mr. Edmunds, Mr. Conkling, Mr. Rice, and Mr. Hendricks.

On Post Offices and Post Roads.-Mr. Ramsey, chairman; Mr. Conness, Mr. Pomeroy, Mr. Van Winkle, Mr. McDonald, Mr. Welch, and Mr. Dixon.

On Public Lands.-Mr. Pomeroy, chairman; Mr. Stewart, Mr. Williams, Mr. Tipton, Mr. Osborn, Mr. Warner, and Mr. Hendricks.

On Private Land Claims.-Mr. Williams, chairman; Mr. Ferry, Mr. Sawyer, Mr. Kellogg, and Mr. Bayard.

On Indian Affairs.-Mr. Henderson, chairman; Mr. Morrill of Maine, Mr. Ross, Mr. Corbett, Mr. Thayer, Mr. Buckalew, and Mr. Doolittle. On Pensions.-Mr. Van Winkle, chairman; Mr. Edmunds, Mr. Fowler, Mr. Tipton, Mr. Spencer, Mr. Sawyer, and Mr. Davis.

On Revolutionary Claims.—Mr. Nye, chairman; Mr. Chandler, Mr. Pool, Mr. Patterson of Tennessee, and Mr. Saulsbury.

On Claims.-Mr. Howe, chairman; Mr. Willey, Mr. Frelinghuysen, Mr. Howard, Mr. Cole, Mr. Robertson, and Mr. Davis.

On the District of Columbia.-Mr. Harlan, chairman; Mr. Sumner, Mr. Patterson of New Hampshire, Mr. Rice, Mr. Harris, Mr. Patterson of Tennessee, and Mr. Vickers.

On Patents and the Patent Office.-Mr. Willey, chairman; Mr. Thayer, Mr. Ferry, Mr. Osborn, and Mr. Norton.

On Public Buildings and Grounds.-Mr. Fessenden, chairman; Mr. Trumbull, Mr. Ferry, Mr. Davis, and Mr. Whyte.

On Territories.-Mr. Yates, chairman; Mr. Nye, Mr. Cragin, Mr. Fowler, Mr. McDonald, Mr. McCreery, and Mr. Norton.

On the Pacific Railroad.—Mr. Howard, chairman; Mr. Sherman, Mr. Morgan, Mr. Conness, Mr. Ramsey, Mr. Stewart, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Harlan, and Mr. Drake.

On Mines and Mining.-Mr. Conness, chairman; Mr. Chandler, Mr. Anthony, Mr. Yates, Mr. Ross, Mr. Saulsbury, and Mr. Whyte.

On the Revision of the Laws of the United States.-Mr. Conkling, chairman; Mr. Sumner, Mr. Cole, Mr. Pool, and Mr. Bayard.

To Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate.-Mr. Cragin, chairman; Mr. Morrill of Vermont, and Mr. Buckalew.

On Printing.-Mr. Anthony, chairman; Mr. Harris, and Mr. Whyte. On the Library.-Mr. Morgan, chairman; Mr. Howe, and Mr. Fessenden. On Enrolled Bills.-Mr. Ross, chairman; Mr. Patterson of New Hampshire, and Mr. Dixon.

On Engrossed Bills.-Mr. Fowler, chairman; Mr. Sumner, and Mr. Norton.

Select Committee on Railroads in the States.-Mr. Sherman, chairman; Mr. Chandler, Mr. Sumner, Mr. Buckalew, Mr. Ramsey, Mr. Stewart, and Mr. Vickers.

Select Committee to inquire whether improper or corrupt means have been used, or attempted to be used, to influence the votes of members of the Senate in the trial of the impeachment of the President.-Mr. Buckalew, chairman; Mr. Morrill, of Maine, Mr. Chandler, Mr. Stewart, and Mr. Thayer.

Joint Committee on Retrenchment, on the part of the Senate.-Mr. Edmunds, chairman; Mr. Williams, Mr. Patterson, of New Hampshire, and Mr. Buckalew.

Joint Committee to Revise and Fix the Pay of the Officers of the two

Houses, on the part of the Senate.-Mr. Fessenden, chairman; Mr. Sherman, and Mr. Buckalew.

Mr. Rice submitted the following resolution for consideration : Resolved, That the Committee on the Pacific Railroad be increased by adding two members thereto.

The Senate proceeded to consider, as in Committee of the Whole, the following bills and joint resolutions:

S. 650. A bill to enforce the several provisions of the Constitution abolishing slavery, declaring the immunities of citizens, and guaranteeing a republican form of government, by securing the elective franchise to citizens deprived of it by reason of race, color, or previous condition. S. 651. A bill to establish a uniform rule of naturalization, and to repeal the acts heretofore passed on that subject.

S. 653. A bill to amend an act entitled “An act to establish a uniform system of naturalization," approved April 14, 1802, and to repeal all acts inconsistent herewith.

S. 654. A bill to regulate proceedings for the naturalization of aliens. S. 656. A bill to remove political disabilities.

S. 659. A bill to relieve from legal and political disabilities certain persons engaged in the late rebellion.

S. 662. A bill to carry out the reconstruction acts of the State of Georgia.

S. 179. Joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

S. 184. Joint resolution for the removal of political disabilities.

Ordered, That the foregoing bills and joint resolutions be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

The Senate proceeded to consider, as in Committee of the Whole, the following bill and joint resolutions:

S. 661. A bill for the relief of Lieutenant Colonel John W. Davidson, of the United States army.

S. 181. Joint resolution in relation to the grades of general and lieutenant general in the army and admiral and vice-admiral in the navy.

S. 182. Joint resolution extending the operations of the Freedmen's Bureau for a limited period in certain States.

Ordered, That the said bill and joint resolutions be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

The Senate proceeded to consider, as in Committee of the Whole, the following bills and joint resolutions:

H. R. 1276. An act for the sale of the Hot Springs reservation in Arkansas

H. R. 1460. An act regulating the duties on imported copper and copper ores.

H. R. 1482. An act to restore the Bureau of Indian Affairs to the Department of War.

S. 655. A bill granting pension to Paulina Jones, of Greene county, Tennessee.

S. 657. A bill abolishing the franking privilege.

S. 660. A bill to aid in the construction of the Oregon branch of the Pacific railroad.

S. 178. Joint resolution tendering sympathy and best wishes to the people of Spain.

S. 185. Joint resolution for the relief of William B. Whiting, a captain, formerly a commander, in the navy of the United States, on the reserved list.

Ordered, That the bill H. R. 1276 be referred to the Committee on

Private Land Claims; that the bill H. R. 1460 be referred to the Committee on Finance; that the bill H. R. 1482 be referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs; that the bill S. 655 be referred to the Committee on Pensions; that the bill S. 657 be referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads; that the bill S. 660 be referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad; that the joint resolution S. 178 be referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and that the joint resolution S. 185 be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

On motion by Mr. Drake,

Ordered, That the petition and papers of John W. Davidson on the files of the Senate be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

Mr. Ferry presented the petition of the Shore Line Railway Company, praying the passage of an act authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Connecticut river by said company; which was referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads.

Mr. Ferry presented the petition of the New Haven, Middletown, and Willimantic Railroad Company, praying that the bridge across the Connecticut river, to be constructed by said company, be declared a lawful structure and a post road for the passage of the mails of the United States; which was referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads.

Mr. Fessenden presented the petition of E. H. Gray and others, praying an appropriation for the relief of the poor and destitute in the District of Columbia; which was referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia.

Mr. Willey presented papers relating to the claim of R. W. Dawson to compensation for timber taken by order of Major General J. D. Cox, of the United States army, for the erection of a bridge over the Pocotaligo river in July, 1861; which were referred to the Committee on Claims.

Mr. Vickers presented the memorial of William Cornell Jewett, in relation to an alleged proposed vote of censure against the Hon. Reverdy Johnson, minister to England; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Mr. Ramsey asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in a bill (S. 663) granting lands to aid in the construction of a railroad from St. Paul, Minnesota, to the Missouri river; which was read the first and second times, by unanimous consent, referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed.

Mr. Cole asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in a bill (S. 664) to provide for the paving of Pennsylvania avenue; which was read the first and second times, by unanimous consent, referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed.

Mr. Wilson asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in a bill (S. 665) to repeal section six of the act entitled "An act making appropriations for the support of the army for the year ending June 30, 1868," approved March 2, 1867; which was read the first and second times, by unanimous consent, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

Mr. Conness asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in a bill (S. 666) fixing the compensation for labor performed for the government of the United States; which was read the first and second times by unanimous consent.

Ordered, That it lie on the table and be printed.

Mr. Chandler asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in a bill (S. 667) to enable the Holly, Wayne and Monroe Railway

Company, in the State of Michigan, to have the subscription to its capital stock stamped, and the stamps already affixed and to be affixed to be duly cancelled; which was read the first and second times, by unanimous consent, and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Mr. Harris asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in a bill (S. 668) to authorize the paving of a portion of Pennsylvania avenue and Fifteenth street west, in the city of Washington, with the Nicolson pavement; which was read the first and second times, by unanimous consent, referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed.

Mr. Sherman asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in a bill (S. 669) to incorporate the National Junction Railway Company; which was read the first and second times, by unanimous consent, referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed.

Mr. Ramsey asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in a joint resolution (S. 186) declaratory and amendatory of the act entitled "An act to provide for an American line of mail and emigrant passenger steamships between New York and one or more European ports," passed July 27, 1868; which was read the first and second times, by unanimous consent, referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed.

The President pro tempore laid before the Senate a report of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in obedience to law, a tabular statement showing, so far as the accounts of superintendent and agents have been received, up to June 30, 1868, the disbursement of funds appropriated for incidental, contingent, and miscellaneous purposes for the year ended June 30, 1868; which was read.

Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered, That the petition of S. C. Mayberry, praying that the election of President and Vice-President may be by ballot, presented December 8; and the petition of citizens of Maine and of citizens of Massachusetts, presented December 9, in favor of extending the right of suffrage to. women, be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Ordered, That the petition of Frank C. Darling, of Douglas county, Minnesota, presented December 7, and the letter of the chief clerk of the Court of Claims, communicating a statement of the judgments of that court for the past year, presented December 8, be referred to the Committee on Claims.

Ordered, That the petitions of citizens of Minnesota, presented December 7 and 8, praying for the establishment of mail routes, be referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads.

Ordered, That the petition of Virgil C. Gilman, praying that a pension. be granted to Daniel B. Lewis; and the memorial of George Given, praying to be allowed a pension, both presented December 9, be referred to the Committee on Pensions.

Ordered, That the memorial of citizens of Virginia, remonstrating against the discontinuance of the Freedmen's Bureau, presented December 7, and the petition of officers of the army, praying increased compensation, presented December 8, be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

Ordered, That the petition of men and women of the United States, praying the right of suffrage for women in the District of Columbia, presented December 7, be referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia.

Ordered, That the letter of the Secretary of the Interior,, relating to

the Yancton Sioux Indians in Dakota, laid before the Senate December 8, be referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

Ordered, That the letter of the Commisssioner of Patents, communicating a statement of the expenditures of the Patent Office from July 20 to November 30, 1868, and of moneys received from July 1 to November 30, 1868, laid before the Senate December 8, be referred to the Committee on Patents.

Mr. Patterson, of New Hampshire, submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Printing:

Resolved, That the Superintendent of Public Printing be, and he is hereby, authorized to print 1,500 copies of the report of the Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, with its appendix, for the use of the institution.

The Senate proceeded to consider, as in Committee of the Whole, the joint resolution (S. 183) to extend the provisions of the act of July 4, 1864, limiting the jurisdiction of the Court of Claims to the loyal citizens of the States of Louisiana and Arkansas; and having been amended,

On motion by Mr. Warner,

Ordered, That the said resolution be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. McPherson, its Clerk:

Mr. President: The House of Representatives has passed the following bills of the Senate:

S. 186. An act providing for the sale of the lands, tenements, and water privileges belonging to the United States, at and near Harper's Ferry, in the county of Jefferson, West Virginia.

S. 658. An act to relieve from disabilities Franklin J. Moses, a citizen of South Carolina;

And

It has passed the following bills and joint resolution, in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate:

H. R. 1484. An act to relieve from disabilities Franklin J. Moses, of South Carolina.

H. R. 1485. An act providing for an election in Virginia.

H. R. 372. Joint resolution directing the sale of the steamer Atlantic. On motion by Mr. Sherman,

Ordered, That the credentials of Joshua Hill, a senator elect from the State of Georgia, together with the letter of the governor of the State of Georgia, in relation to the execution of the laws known as the reconstruction laws, and the memorial of the representatives of the colored voters of Georgia in convention assembled, in relation to the expulsion of certain members from the legislature of that State, be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

On motion by Mr. Patterson, of Tennessee,

Ordered, That the memorial of citizens of Tennessee for an appropriation by Congress for the improvement of the Tennessee river be referred to the Committee on Commerce.

The bill (H. R. 1485) and joint resolution (H. R. 372) last received from the House of Representatives for concurrence were severally read the first and second times by unanimous consent.

Ordered, That the bill (H. R. 1485) be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and that the joint resolution (H. R. 372) be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

The bill (H. R. 1484) to relieve from disabilities Franklin J. Moses, of South Carolina, was read the first and second times, by unanimous con