New York, New York; Newport and Claremont, New Hampshire, for the adoption of Dana Bickford's plan of international coinage; the petition of F. A. P. Barnwell, for the use of the metric system of weights by the Post-Office Department; a paper from S. D. Horton, opposing the silver bill of the Forty-fourth Congress; a letter from H. R. Linderman, director of the United States Mint, with reference to an experimental fiftydollar gold coin; resolutions of the legislature of Wisconsin and of the Chamber of Commerce of New York, relative to silver coinage. to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures. By Mr. Amos Townsend: The petition of citizens of Ohio, for an increase of the salaries of letter-carriers in Cleveland ; to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. By Mr. Waddell: The petition of W. F. Atkinson, for property taken by the United States Army; to the Committee on War-Claims. By Mr. Michael D. White: The petition of R. E. Bryant, for compensation for services rendered as an officer in the United States Army; to the Committee on Military Affairs. By Mr. Welch: The petition of the letter-carriers of Omaha, Nebraska, for an increrse of their salaries; to the Committee on the Post Office and Post-Roads. By Mr. Wood: The petition of the refiners and exporters of sugars in the city of New York, that the drawback rates may be fixed by law; to the Committee of Ways and Means. Mr. Atkins, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported a bill (H. R. 902) making appropriations for the support of the Army for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1878; which was read twice, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Atkins moved to reconsider the vote last 'taken, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; which latter motion was agreed to. Mr. Vance, by unanimous consent, submitted the following resolution; which was read, considered, and agreed to, viz: Resolved, That the Secretary of the Interior be requested to furnish this House with information as to whether any legislation is necessary in order to provide for the preservation of models or parts of models saved from the late fire at the Patent Office. Mr. Luttrell, by unanimous consent, presented a memorial of the National Association of Mexican Veterans; which was ordered to be printed in the Record and referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Mr. Banks, by unanimous consent, presented the petition of the mayor and other officers of the city of Lynn, in Massachusetts, approving the system of letter-carriers; and also, of 1,000 citizens of said city, of sim ilar character; and also, asking for an increase of the compensation of the letter-carriers; which was referred to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. Mr. Banning, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. R. 903) to fix the pay of letter carriers, and to repeal section 3866 of the Revised Statutes of the United States; which was read twice, referred to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads, and ordered to be printed. The regular order being demanded, the Speaker announced the regular order of business to be the call of committees for reports of a private nature; When, Mr. Banning, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the request of Mr. McKenzie, for leave to withdraw from the files of the House the discharges from the United States Army of Robert R. Davis and James C. Bacon, reported the same with a favorable recommendation. Ordered, That leave be granted for the withdrawal of the said papers. Mr. Roberts, from the Committee of Accounts, submitted the following report, viz: The Committee of Accounts, to whom was referred the following resolution "Resolved, That the Committee of Accounts be, and they are hereby, instructed to designate the committees of this House which are entitled to clerks under the act of March 3, 1877, and report to this House"respectfully state that they have considered said resolution, and desig nate the following committees as entitled to clerks, in the manner hereinafter indicated: 1. To the Committee of Elections, a clerk. 2. To the Committee on Banking and Currency, a clerk, who shall also act as clerk to the Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department. 3. To the Committee on Commerce, a clerk. 4. To the Committee on the Post Office and Post-Roads, a clerk. 5. To the Committee for the District of Columbia, a clerk. 6. To the Committee on the Judiciary, a clerk. 7. To the Committee on Indian Affairs, a clerk. 8. To the Committee on Education and Labor, a clerk, who shall also act as clerk to the Committee on Expenditures in the State Department and to the Committee on the Mississippi Levees. 9. To the Committee on Manufactures and the Committee on Agriculture and to the Committee on the Militia, jointly, a clerk. 10. To the Committee on Naval Affairs, a clerk. 11. To the Committee on Military Affairs, clerk. 12. To the Committee on Foreign Affairs, a clerk. 13. To the Committee on the Territories, a clerk, who shall also act as clerk to the Committee on Mines and Mining. 14. To the Committee on Private Land Claims, a clerk, who shall also act as clerk to the Committee on Public Expenditures. 15. To the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, jointly, a clerk. 16. To the Committee on Patents, a clerk. 17. To the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, a clerk, who shall also act as clerk to the Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings and to the Committee on Expenditures in the Interior Depart ment. 18. To the Committee of Accounts, a clerk, who shall also act as clerk to the Committee on Mileage. 19. To the Joint Committee on Printing, a clerk, who shall also act as clerk to the Committee on Expenditures in the Post-Office Department and to the Committee on Reform in the Civil Service. 20. To the Committee on the Revision of the Laws of the United States, a clerk, who shall also act as clerk to the Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department. 21. To the Committee on Railways and Canals, a clerk, who shall also act as clerk to the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Justice and to the Committee on Expenditures in the War Department. The same having been read, Mr. Hooker, submitted the following amendment, viz: Amend by inserting, "a clerk for the Committee on the Library." Mr. Roberts demanded the previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered, And being put, Will the house agree to the said amendment? It was decided in the negative. Mr. Samuel S. Cox, by unanimous consent, submitted the following amendment, which was agreed to, viz: "the clerk of the Committee on Manufactures and Agriculture, and on the Militia, be also clerk to the Committee on the Library." The main question was then put, viz: Will the House agree to the said resolution as amended, And it was decided in the affirmative. Mr. Roberts moved to reconsider the vote last taken, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; which latter motion was agreed to. The call of committees was then resumed and concluded. The Speaker announced as the business next in order, the unfinished business of yesterday's morning hour, viz, the bill of the House (H. R. 805) to repeal the third section of the act entitled "An act to provide for the resumption of specie payments," the pending question being the motion of Mr. Ewing to recommit the bill to the Committee on Banking and Currency. Mr. Conger made the point of order that this being private-bill day the said bill could not be considered, and moved that the House resolve itself into a Committee of the Whole House. The Speaker overruled the point of order, on the ground that there was no private calendar and that the unfinished business of the previous morning hour was first in order. The House accordingly proceeded to the consideration of the said bill, When Mr. Ewing withdrew the motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on Banking and Currency. Mr. Fort submitted an amendment in the nature of a substitute: Mr. Ewing demanded the previous question on the bill and pending' amendment; Pending which, Mr. Hale moved that the same do lie on the table. And the question being put, It was decided in the negative, Yeas 107 140 43 e-fifth of the members present, The yeas and nays being desired Mr. William Aldrich William J. Bacon Mark S. Brewer James F. Briggs Horatio C. Burchard Theodore W. Burdick Milton A. Candler Mr. Lucien B. Caswell Mr. Benjamin T. Eames Simeon B. Chittenden William Claffin Anthony Eickhoff Mr. Abram S. Hewitt Frank Hiscock Frank Jones John S. Jones Charles H. Joyce Mr. D. Wyatt Aiken Robt. H. M. Davidson Mr. Geo. G. Dibrell Those not voting Mr. William H. Baker Rush Clark Francis D. Collins H. L Dickey Thomas M. Gunter Alfred C. Harmer are Mr. Beverly B. Donglas Jeremiah W. Dwight Mr. John F. House Eppa Hunton Mr. George M. Landers Mr. William Ward Lewis F. Watson Mr. William M. Robbins Jacob Turney Robert B. Vance Nelson H.Van Vorhes Gilbert C. Walker Mr. Robert Smalls Milton 1. Southard So the House refused to table the said bill and amendment. When The morning hour expired. Mr. Atkins, as a privileged question, submitted the following resolution, viz: Resolved, That when the House adjourns to-morrow it adjourn to meet on Wednesday next. And the question being put, Will the House agree to the said resolution? It was decided in the negative, Yeas.... 83 158 49 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. D. Wyatt Aiken William Aldrich Thomas T. Crittenden Mr. Lorenzo Danford Robt. H. M. Davidson E. John Ellis Aug. A. Hardenbergh Mr. Charles H. Joyce Auburn L. Pridemore Thomas B. Reed Mr. Thomas Swann Mr. Americus V. Rice Robert B. Vance Nelson H. Van Vorhes Gilbert C. Walker Frank Welch Michael D. White Edwin Willets Charles G. Williams So the House refused to adjourn over. Robert Smalls Milton I. Southard Mr. Clymer moved that when the House adjourn to-day it be to meet on Monday next; which motion was not agreed to. Mr. Hanna submitted the following resolutions, viz: Resolved, In view of the sad intelligence of the death of Oliver P. Morton, late a distinguished Senator in the Congress of the United States from the State of Indiana, the Speaker of this House, as a mark of respect for the memory of a man whose death is the nation's loss, do |