Mr. Cobb, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee had examined and found truly enrolled a bill of the following title, viz: H. R. 116. An act in relation to university lands in Washington Territory. When The Speaker signed the same. On motion of Mr. Windom, by unanimous consent, the Committee of the Whole House was discharged from the further consideration of the joint resolution (H. Res. 38) directing the Secretary of the Interior to pay to the Chippewa, Ottawa, and Pottawatomie Indians residing in Michigan, the sum of one hundred and ninety-two thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars; and the House proceeded to its consideration. Ordered, That it be engrossed and read a third time. Being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time and passed. Mr. Windom moved that the vote last taken be reconsidered, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; which latter motion was agreed to. Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate in the said joint resolution. Mr. Hooper, by unanimous consent, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported a bill (H. R. 333) to provide a national currency, secured by a pledge of United States stocks, and to provide for the circulation and redemption thereof; which was read a first and second time, its further consideration postponed until Wednesday, the 23d instant, after the morning hour, and by unanimous consent made a special order for that time, and from day to day thereafter until disposed of, and ordered to be printed. A message in writing was received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Nicolay, his private secretary; which was handed in at the Speaker's table; also a message notifying the House that he did, on the 11th instant, approve and sign a bill of the following title, viz: H. R. 296. An act for the benefit of John Dickson, of Illinois. Mr. Cobb, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that the com mittee had examined and found truly enrolled a bill of the following title, viz: H. R. 156. An act to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the fiscal year ending the 30th of June, 1864, and for other purposes. When The Speaker signed the same. Notices were given, under the rule, of motions for leave to introduce bills as follows, viz: By Mr. Ward: A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to purchase a suitable building in the city of New York for the courts of the United States and public offices; Also, a bill to aid in the establishment of a line of ocean steamships between the city of New York and Southampton, and other European ports, for the promotion of American commerce. On motion of Mr. Stevens, by unanimous consent, the House proceeded to the consideration of business on the Speaker's table. When The joint resolution of the House (H. Res. 37) to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to anticipate the payment of interest on the public debt, with the amendments of the Senate thereto, was taken up. Pending the question on the said amendments, After debate, Mr. Cobb, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee did, on the 11th instant, present to the President of the United States bills of the following titles, viz: S. 30. An act to establish a uniform system of ambulances in the armies of the United States; and S. 69. An act to constitute Parkersburg, in the State of West Virginia, a port of delivery. The Speaker, by unanimous consent, laid before the House the following message this day received from the President of the United States, viz: To the Senate and House of Representatives: I transmit to Congress a copy of a treaty between the United States and Great Britain for the final settlement of the claims of the Hudson's Bay and Puget's Sound Agricultural Companies, concluded on the 1st of July last, the ratifications of which were exchanged in this city on the 5th instant, and recommend an appropriation to carry into effect the first, second, and third articles thereof. WASHINGTON, March 14, 1864. The same having been read, ABRAHAM LINCOLN. Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and printed. And then, On motion of Mr. Stevens, at 4 o'clock and 25 minutes p. m., the House adjourned. TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 1864. The following petitions, memorials, and other papers, were laid upon the Clerk's table, under the 131st rule of the House: By Mr. Perham: The petition of Mary S. Accadi-heretofore referred February 14, 1862; which was referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. Dumont: The petition of acting chief engineers in the navy, praying for the rank and pay of chief engineers; which was referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. By Mr. Stevens: The memorial of D. H. Hall, praying for the release of a judgment; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. Hale: The petition of Horace E. Demick, praying compensation for gun carriages taken by the government; which was referred to the Committee of Claims. By Mr. Hooper: The memorial of Daniel J. Browne; which was referred to the Committee of Claims. By Mr. Dumont: The memorial of certain paymasters' clerks, United States army, praying for an increased compensation; which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, the memorial of certain paymasters of the army, praying that the pay of their clerks may be increased; which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. By Mr. Jenckes: The memorial of Edward Greene Arnold, relative to volunteer officers in the navy; which was referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs By Mr. Fenton: The remonstrance of Hall, Southwick & Co. and others, against the extension of Goodyear's patent; which was referred to the Committee on Patents. By Mr. Blow: The memorial of Eli Thayer and others, praying for the confiscation of the property of all rebels, &c.; which was referred to the Committtee on the Judiciary. By Mr. Law: The petition of brewers of the State of Indiana, praying for the adjustment of the duty on fermented malt beverages; which was referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. By Mr. Schenck: The memorial of Maximilian Rosenberg, late volunteer aid on General Frémont's staff, praying compensation for his services; Also, the memorial of T. Worthington, praying for pay and allowances as colonel of volunteers; which were referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. By Mr. Kelley: The memorial of citizens of the State of Pennsylvania, praying for increased mail facilities between the cities of New York and Philadelphia; which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. The Speaker, by unanimous consent, laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 4th of February last, calling for the report, &c., of the advisory board appointed under the act of July 16, 1862, to establish and equalize the grades of line officers of the United States navy; which was referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. The House having, by unanimous consent, proceeded to the consideration of business on the Speaker's table for reference only, The concurrent resolution of the Senate referring the case of Charles P. Curtis, jr., to the Court of Claims was read and referred to the Committee of Claims. The bill of the House (H. R. 50) making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department during the fiscal year ending the 30th of June, 1865, with the amendments of the Senate thereto, was taken up and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Bills and a joint resolution of the following titles were then taken up, read a first and second time, and severally referred as follows, viz: S. 139. An act for the relief of Margaret M. Stafford, widow of Reuben Stafford, of Coshocton county, Ohio, to the Committee on Invalid Pensions; S. 48. An act for the relief of B. C. Bailey, to the Committee of Claims; S. 125. An act to encourage immigration, to the Select Committee on Immigration; S. 142. An act for the relief of the owners of the French ship "La Manche," to the Committee of Ways and Means; S. 126. An act to amend an act to incorporate the inhabitants of the city of Washington, passed May 15, 1820, to the Committee for the District of Columbia; S. Res. 31. Joint resolution authorizing the issue of a register to the steamer "Mohawk," to the Committee on Commerce; S. 53. An act for the relief of Henry P. Blanchard, to the Committee on Foreign Affairs; S. 112. An act for the relief of the heirs of Almond D. Fisk, deceased, to the Committee on Patents; and S. 31. An act making a grant of lands to the Lake Superior and Mississippi Railroad Company, in the State of Minnesota, to aid in the construction of the railroad of said company from St. Paul to Lake Superior, to the Committee on Public Lands. A message from the Senate, by Mr. Forney, their Secretary: Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed a bill of this house of the following title, viz: H. R. 34. An act making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the year ending June 30, 1865, with amendments; in which I am directed to ask the concurrence of this house. On motion of Mr. Alley, by unanimous consent, the bill of the Senate, (S. 158,) in addition to an act to amend the laws relating to the Post Office Department, approved March 3, 1863, was taken from the Speaker's table and read a first and second time. Pending the question on its third reading, After debate, Ordered, That it be read a third time. It was accordingly read the third time and passed. Mr. Alley moved that the vote last taken be reconsidered, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; which latter motion was agreed to. Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate with the passage of the said bill. Mr. Cobb, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee had examined and found truly enrolled a bill of the following title, viz: S. 120. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes, and to preserve peace on the frontiers," approved June 30, 1834. When The Speaker signed the same. Mr. Cobb, from the same committee, reported that the committee did, on the 14th instant, present to the President of the United States bills of the following titles, viz: S. 1. An act granting a pension to John L. Burns, of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania; H. R. 116. An act in relation to university lands in Washington Territory; and H. R. 156. An act to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the fiscal year ending the 30th of June, 1864, and for other purposes. A message in writing was received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Nicolay, his private secretary, which was handed in at the Speaker's table; also a message notifying the House that he did, on the 14th instant, approve and sign bills of the following titles, viz: H. R. 116. An act in relation to university lands in Washington Territory; and H. R. 156. An act to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the fiscal year ending the 30th of June, 1864, and for other pur poses. Mr. Morrill, by unanimous consent, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported a bill (H. R. 335) to establish an assay office at Carson City, Nevada Territory, and an assay office at Portland, Oregon; which was read a first and second time, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Harrington, by unanimous consent, submitted the following preamble and resolution; which were read, considered, and agreed to, viz: Whereas, on the morning of the 12th of March, 1864, the remains of a deceased veteran soldier of a Pennsylvania regiment were found in the canal in the city of Washington, D. C., and were, before eight o'clock a. m. of that day, removed from the mud and water to the bank of the canal, and about one hundred feet from the corner of 3d street and Missouri avenue, and in plain view of passers by; and whereas the face and breast of the corps were covered over with a dirty and ragged straw mat; and whereas a coroner's inquest was held on the body on the morning of the same day; and whereas the body of the decased was left lying in that condition in the sun, unwatched, uncovered, and liable to mutilation all of that day and until after night: Therefore, Resolved, That the Committee for the District of Columbia are directed to inquire and report to this house who is responsible for this gross neglect and horrid indecency towards the remains of a deceased soldier. Mr. Dawes, from the Committee of Elections, to whom was referred the resolution submitted on the 8th instant, by Mr. Mallory, providing "that John S. Sleeper, of Massachusetts, be allowed the mileage and pay that he would be entitled to had he been a member of Congress," reported the same with an amendment thereto, viz: Strike out all after the word "Resolved" and insert: "That there be paid out of the contingent fund of the House to John S. Sleeper, who has been contesting the right of Alexander H. Rice to a seat in this house as a representative from the third district of Massachusetts, the sum of seven hundred and fifty dollars, in full for all time spent and expenses incurred in prosecuting said contest." Pending the question on the said amendment, Mr. Stevens moved that the resolution and pending amendment be laid on the table. And the question being put, It was decided in the affirmative, { Yeas The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Robert C. Schenck Mr. William G. Steele So the resolution and amendment were laid on the table. Lorenzo D. M. Sweat Mr. Ellihu B. Washburne moved that the vote last taken be reconsidered, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; which latter motion was agreed to. |