By Mr. Morgan: Papers relating to the petitions of Timothy J. Hurlbut, Mary L Lebon, Daniel C. Putnam, and Martha W. Williamson, for pensions;

to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

Also, papers relating to the claim of the heirs of John A. Stevens, for property destroyed by the United States Army;

to the Committee on War-Claims.

Also, papers relating to the petition of James Smith, for additional pay as an officer in the United States Army;

Also, papers relating to the claim of Robert L. Hottel, for property lost while in the United States Army;

to the Committee on Military Affairs.

Also, papers relating to the claim of Josiah Cunningham, for pay for services rendered as deputy provost-marshal at Marshall, Missouri;

Also, papers relating to the claim of Samuel M. Phariss, to be reimbursed the amount paid for property bought at a sequestration sale, recovered of him by reason of a defect in the title to said property;

By Mr. O'Neill: Papers relating to the claim of the heirs of Richard W. Mead:

By Mr. Page: Papers relating to the claim of John M. and Sheperd Dorsey;

By Mr. Patterson: Papers relating to the petition of Josephine C. Owen, postmistress at Randolph, New York, to be relieved of all responsibility for the money and stamps belonging to the Government stolen from her;

to the Committee of Claims.

By Mr. Americus V. Rice: The petition of Thomas P. Kane, for an investigation of certain abuses and irregularities existing in the Pension Bureau of the Interior Department;

to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

By Mr. Riddle: Executive Document No. 35, second session Fortyfourth Congress, containing a list of 449 claims examined and allowed by the accounting-officers of the Treasury Department under the act of July 4, 1864;

to the Committee on War-Claims.

By Mr. Robbins: A paper relating to the establishment of a postroute between Rowan Mills and China Grove, North Carolina;

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

By Mr. Sampson: Papers relating to the petition of Simeon M. Preston, to be relieved from responsibility for the amounts embezzled by his deputies while he was collector of internal revenue;

to the Committee of Claims.

By Mr. Scales: Papers relating to the claim of the Pottawatomie Indians;

to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

By Mr. William E. Smith: A paper relating to the establishment of a post-route between Leary and Turner's Store, Calhoun County, Geor gia;

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

By Mr. John W. Stone: Papers relating to the petitions of John Langland and Emily E. Wheelock, for pensions;

to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

By Mr. Swann: The petition of Admiral Porter, Vice-Admiral Rowan, Rear Admiral John Rodgers, and other officers of the Navy, in behalf of the petition of Mrs. Elizabeth Wirt Goldsborough, widow of the late Rear Admiral Goldsborough, for a pension;

to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

By Mr. Martin I. Townsend Papers relating to the petition of William A. Mann, late acting assistant paymaster in the United States Navy, to be reimbursed for moneys belonging to the Government stolen from him;

to the Committee of Claims.

By unanimous consent, bills were introduced, read twice, ordered to be printed, and severally referred as follows, viz:

By Mr. Jere N. Williams: A bill (H. R. 1235) to donate to the State of Alabama one additional section of land for each township in the State for the benefit of public schools;

Also, a bill (H. R. 1236) providing for the issue of patents to citizens of the State of Alabama who entered public lands in said State, and for other purposes;

to the Committee on the Public Lands.

By Mr. Patterson: A bill (H. R. 1237) granting commutation to totally disabled soldiers in lieu of oue quarter section of public laud; to the Committee on Military Affairs.

Mr. Riddle, by unanimous consent, submitted the following resolu tion; which was referred to the Committee of Accounts, viz:

Resolved, That the Committee of Accounts inquire into the expedi ency of paying the folders of the House folding room for extra services performed by them from March 1, 1877, to November 1, 1877.

On motion of Mr. Atkins,

Ordered, That when the House resolves itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union on the Army appropriation bill general debate thereon be limited to two hours.

And then,

On motion of Mr. Atkins, the House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union; and after some time spent therein the Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Samuel S. Cox reported that the committee, having had under consideration the bill of the House No. 902, (Army appropriation bill,) had come to no resolution thereon.

Mr. Atkins moved that when the House next resolves itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union all debate on the pending paragraph be limited to ten minutes.

Pending which,

On motion of Mr. Mills, at 4 o'clock and 20 minutes p. m., the House adjourned.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1877.

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

By Mr. Cain: The petition of the Protestant Episcopal church of the parish of Saint Michael, in the city of Charleston, South Carolina, that certain duties paid on their church-bells be refunded;

to the Committee of Ways and Means.

By Mr. Carlisle: Papers relating to the claim of M. L. Broadwell, for two horses lost while in the United States service;

Also, papers relating to the claim of J. S. Frizell, for property destroyed by United States troops;

to the Committee on War-Claims.

Also, the petition of Dr. William H. Curran, for pay for services rendered as assistant surgeon, United States Army, before his muster into service;

to the Committee on Military Affairs.

By Mr. Crapo: The petition of George E. Saunders and 199 others, of Plymouth County, Massachusetts, that no unjust discrimination be made in fixing salaries of government employés;

to the Committee on Education and Labor.

By Mr. Horace Davis: Papers relating to the petition of C. N. Felton, assistant treasurer United States at San Francisco, California, to be reimbursed the amount paid by him on forged United States disbursingofficers' checks;

to the Committee of Claims.

By Mr. Felton: The petition of citizens of Gordon County, Georgia, for the amendment of the laws so as to extend the time for filing warclaims;

to the Committee on War-Claims.

By Mr. Glover: The petition of citizens of Marion County, Missouri, for the repeal of the act demonetizing silver, the repeal of the resumption act, and maintaining the volume of legal-tender notes to at least $400,000,000, aud making them a legal tender for all purposes;

to the Committee on Banking and Currency.

By Mr. Hardenbergh: The petition of the letter-carriers of Hoboken, New Jersey, for an increase of their salaries;

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

By Mr. Hartzell: Papers relating to the claim of Hugh Worthingtor, for pay for the steamer Eastport, captured by the Confederate and afterward recaptured by the Federal forces;

to the Committee on War-Claims.

By Mr. Abram S. Hewitt: The petition of citizens of New York, in favor of accepting the invitation to take part in the Paris exposition of 1878;

to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

By Mr. Hunton: The petitions of George S. Ayre, administrator; James Baldwin, John W. Conrad, E. J. Courad, Joseph Conrad, Philip Derry of Peter, Philip Derry, Lewis W. Derry; C. C. Gaver, administrator; Emma R. Moore, agent; Isaac S. Myers, George Neer, John Nisewaner, Jonas Potts, and Eli Tavenner, for compensation for stock driven off by order of General Sheridan;

to the Committee on War-Claims.

By Mr. Frank Jones: The petition of Mark H. Wentworth, administrator, that 2 per cent. additional interest be allowed upon the judgments awarded by the Commission of Alabama Claims;

to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. Lapham: Papers relating to the petition of Alonzo Snyder, for pay for amount expended by him in defending certain suits brought against him while an officer in the provost-marshal-general's department in the twenty-fifth district of New York;

to the Committee of Claims.

By Mr. Mackey: The petition of citizens of Clinton County, Pennsylvania, for the repeal of the resumption act of January, 1875; the abolition of all laws authorizing the intervention of national banks in furnishing the currency of the country; to make the notes issued by the government a legal tender for all debts, public and private; for the remonetization of silver and the taxation of the property and securities of the bondholders the same as the property of the laborer and mechanic; to the Committee on Banking and Currency.

By Mr. Martin: Papers relating to the claim of James Cummings, for lumber and cord-wood taken by the United States Army; to the Committee on War-Claims.

Also, papers relating to the petition of Sarah Wilson, for relief'; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Also, papers relating to the claim of Mrs. Sarah Wilson, for services rendered to the United States by her late husband;

to the Committee of Claims.

By Mr. Monroe: the petition of Henry Bruner, for a pension; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

By Mr. O'Neill: Memorial of the National Board of Trade, for appro priations for light-houses, the removal of wrecks and obstructions from navigable rivers, and for the assertion of the right of the government over all navigable waters of the country;

to the Committee on Commerce.

By Mr. Pollard: Papers relating to the petition of Jackson Lovenburg, late postmaster at Unionville, Missouri, for relief;

By Mr. Price: The petition of Amanda M. Cook, for compensation for property destroyed by Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians;

By Mr. Rainey: The petition of Sarah Morrison, administratrix, for compensation for damages occasioned to the property of Christian B. Morrison by the firing of experimental guns by United States officers from the battery near Fort Hamilton, New York;

to the Committee of Claims.

By Mr. William W. Rice: The petitions of M. N. Williams, F. A. Schriver, and Arnold Otto Meyer, that they be granted 2 per cent. additional interest on the judgments heretofore awarded by the Court of Commissioners of Alabama Claims;

to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. Schleicher: Papers relating to the claim of E. H. Hoppe, for services rendered and expenses incurred while special deputy United States marshal in arresting stage-robbers;

to the Committee of Claims.

Also, papers relating to the petition of the heirs of Ferdinand Cais, a citizen of France, that authority be conferred upon the Court of Claims to consider their claim;

to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Also, papers relating to the claim of Andrew Newman, for pay for a vessel lost while in the United States service;

to the Committee of Claims.

Also, papers relating to the claim of Mary E. Brackenridge;

to the Committee on War-Claims.

By Mr. A. Herr Smith: The petition of Levi Wike, for a pension; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

By Mr. Throckmorton: Papers relating to the claims of the heirs of Abel Lee, of John Jackson, and James M. Waid, for compensation for damages sustained by Indian depredations;

to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

By Mr. Vance: The petition of N. Bowen, J. W. Williams, and others, in behalf of the trustees of the Judson Female College, Hendersonville, North Carolina ;

to the Committee on Education and Labor.

By Mr. Walsh: Papers relating to the claims of Thomas M. Maccub. bin and James W. Anderson, for property taken by the United States Army;

to the Committee on War-Claims.

Also, papers relating to the petition of C. N. Walker, postmaster at Frostburg, Maryland, to be reimbursed an amount of money burned in the mail-car while in transit;

Also, papers relating to the petition of William McIndoe, postmaster at Lonaconing, Maryland, of similar import;

to the Committee of Claims.

Also, papers relating to the claim of the administrator of Samuel T. Anderson, of Baltimore;

to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

Also, the petition of George Hobbs, for a change of his Army record; to the Committee on Military Affairs.

Also, papers relating to the claim of the heirs of Nathaniel Heard, for pay for property destroyed by British soldiers during the Revolution;

to the Committee on War-Claims.

Also, the petition of Lewis Roderick, for a pension;

to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

Mr. Clymer, by unanimous consent, submitted the following resolution, viz:

Resolved, That the Rev. Dr. W. P. Harrison, of the State of Georgia, be, and he is hereby, elected Chaplain of the House of Representatives for the remainder of the term of the Forty-fifth Congress.

The House having proceeded to its consideration,

Mr. Foster moved to amend by striking out the name of W. P. Harrison and inserting the name of J. G. Butler; which amendment was not agreed to.

to.

The question then recurring on the resolution, the same was agreed

Mr. Clymer 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.

By unanimous consent, resolutions were submitted and referred as follows, viz:

By Mr. Luttrell :

Whereas charges of a serious character have been and are being made against the management of the navy-yard at Mare Island, California: Therefore,

Be it resolved, That the Committee on Naval Affairs be, and are hereby, instructed to examine into such charges; that all testimony and papers referring thereto be referred to said committee, and that said committee report to this House upon the question of the necessity or advisability of the appointment of a committee to investigate and report upon the same;

to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

By Mr. McMahon :

Resolved, That there shall be printed, for the use of the House, two thousand copies of the Digest for the second session of the present Congress;

to the Committee on Rules.

By unanimous consent, bills were introduced, read twice, ordered to be printed, and severally referred, as follows, viz:

By Mr. O'Neill: A bill (H. R. 1238) for the relief of Passed Assistant Paymaster Joseph T. Addicks, United States Navy;

to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

Also, a bill (H. R. 1239) for the relief of Mrs. Elizabeth Binney Cadwallader Hare, widow of George H. Hare, late a lieutenant in the United States Navy;

to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.