Salmons, agent, &c., for compensation for property taken, and of John M. Elder, for property destroyed, by the United States Army; to the Committee on War Claims. By Mr. Herbert: The petition of A. P. Woods, a laborer of the House of Representatives, that his compensation be equalized with that of other laborers who discharge similar duties; to the Committee of Accounts. By Mr. Manning: The petitions of C. Shields and W. E. Tomlinson, for compensation for property taken by the United States Army; to the Committee on War-Claims. By Mr. O'Neill: Memorial of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, suggesting the superiority of American manufactured quinine, and that American chemical manufactures generally be relieved from the heavy taxes now imposed; By Mr. Schleicher: The petition of citizens of Texas, to make San Antonio, Texas, a port of entry and to establish a bonded warehouse; to the Committee of Ways and Means. Also, memorial of the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway Company, for aid to extend their railway to the Rio Grande; to the Committee on Railways and Canals. By Mr. Joseph C. Stone: Papers relating to the claim of S. T. Marshall, for beef-cattle furnished the United States Army; to the Committee of Claims. By Mr. Throckmorton: The petition of Governor B. F. Overton, Josiah Brown, and J. Anderson, that the Chickasaw Nation be paid the amount due them from the United States; to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Also, papers relating to the claim of Charles Baskerville and Henry B. Whitfield, for cotton sold under duress to the confederate government; By Mr. Vance: Papers relating to the claim of William N. Morrison, of North Carolina, for supplies furnished the United States Army; By Mr. Alpheus S. Williams: Paper relating to the claims of William Bell, Solomon D. Sessions, and Mary P. Irby, for cotton seized by United States officials after June 30, 1865; to the Committee on War-Claims. By Mr. Charles G. Williams: The petition of the business men of Whitewater, Wisconsin, for the repeal of the bankrupt law; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. Benjamin A. Willis: Papers relating to the petition of Mary Wilkes for a pension; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. Wood: The petition of Henry Erben, commander United States Navy, that an investigation be made as to whether the resolution relating to the examination of officers for promotion has been complied with in his case, and for relief; to the Committee on Naval Affairs. By Mr. Young: The petition of Mary and James Boro, for the payment of rent and damages to property by the United States Army; to the Committee on War-Claims. The Speaker announced as the regular order of business the consideration of the bill (H. R. 805) to repeal the third section of the act entitled "An act to provide for the resumption of specie payments." After debate. The main question having been ordered to be put on the bill and pending amendments, The House proceeded to the consideration of the said amendments; When the amendment, in the nature of a substitute, submitted by Mr. Fort was agreed to, as follows, viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the following: That all that portion of the act approved January 14, 1875, entitled "An act to provide for the resumption of specie payments," which reads as follows, to wit: "And whenever and so often as circulating notes shall be issued to any such banking association, so increasing its capital or circulat ing notes, or so newly organized as aforesaid, it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to redeem the legal tender United States notes in excess only of $300,000,000, to the amount of 80 per cent. of the sum of national bank notes so issued to any such banking association as aforesaid, and to continue such redemption as such circulating notes are issued until there shall be outstanding the sum of $300,000,000 of such legal-tender United States notes, and no more. And on and after the 1st day of January, A. D. 1879, the Secretary of the Treasury shall redeem, in coin, the United States legal-tender notes then outstanding, on their presentation for redemption at the office of the assistant treasurer of the United States in the city of New York, in sums of not less than $50. And to enable the Secretary of the Treasury to prepare and provide for the redemption in this act authorized or required, he is authorized to use any surplus revenue, from time to time, in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, and to issue, sell, and dispose of, at not less than par, in coin, either of the descriptions of bonds of the United States described in the act of Congress approved July 14, 1870, entitled 'An act to authorize the refunding of the national debt,' with like qualities, privileges, and exemptions, to the extent necessary to carry this act into full effect, and to use the proceeds thereof for the purposes aforesaid," be, and the same is hereby, repealed. Ordered, That the title to the said bill be amended so as to read as follows, viz: A bill to repeal all that part of the act approved January 14, 1875, known as the resumption act, which authorized the Secretary of the Treasury to dispose of United States bonds and redeem and cancel the greenback cur rency. The amendment submitted by Mr. Hubbell having been read, as follows, viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the following: That so much of section 3 of an act to provide for resumption of specie payments approved January 14, 1875, as provides for the redemption in coin by the United States of all legal-tender notes outstanding on the 1st day of January, 1879, embraced in the clause of said section of said act in the language following, to wit: "And on and after the 1st day of January, A. D. 1879, the Secretary of the Treasury shall redeem in coin the United States legal-tender notes then outstanding, on their presentation for redemp tion at the office of the assistant treasurer of the United States in the city of New York, in sums of not less than $50," shall be so construed as not to authorize or require the Secretary of the Treasury to retire and cancel said notes redeemed as aforesaid, but to authorize and require said Secretary to deposit said notes in the Treasury of the United States, whereupon said notes shall be paid out, at par value, in discharge of all claims and demands against the United States or in exchange for coin; and said notes shall, as heretofore, continue to be a legal tender, and on and after January 1, 1879, shall be receivable, at their face value, in payment of all dues to the govern ment, and for all debts, except where coin payment is stipulated by contract or statute; and all provisions of law in conflict with this act are hereby repealed. Amend the title so as to read: A bill to declare the construction of so much of section 3 of an act entitled "An act to provide for the resumption of specie payments," approved January 14, 1875, as provides for the redemp tion of the United States legal tender notes outstanding on the 1st day of January, 1879, and to amend the said act of January 14, 1875, and other acts; The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those in who voted the affirmative are Mr. William Aldrich William J. Bacon Omar D. Conger Jacob D. Cox William W. Crapo Mr. Horace Davis Chapman Freeman Alfred C. Harmer Mr. John S. Jones Joseph Jorgensen Those who voted in tho negative are― Mr. J. D. C. Atkins John H. Baker James W. Covert Mr. Anthony Eickhoff J. B. Elam Russell Errett Aug. A. Hardenbergh James Taylor Jones Mr. Charles H. Joyce Anson G. McCook William A. Phillips Mr. Llewellyn Powers John T. Wait Lewis F. Watson Frank Welch Harry White Alpheus S. Williams Richard Williams Edwin Willits Mr. E. W. Robertson Milton S. Robinson Miles Ross Thomas Ryan William F. Sapp Milton Sayler Alfred M. Scales Charles M. Shelley Otho R. Singleton William F. Slemons William E. Smith William A. J. Sparks William M. Springer Walter L. Steele William S. Stenger Alex. H. Stephens Thomas Swann John M. Thompson J. W. Throckmorton Thomas F. Tipton Richd. W. Townshend John R. Tucker Thomas Turner Jacob Turney Robert B. Vance Nelson H.Van Vorhes Alfred M. Waddell Amendments submitted by Mr. Pound, Mr. Jacob D. Cox, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Abram S. Hewitt, Mr. Eden, Mr. Chittenden, Mr. Keifer, Mr. Deering, and Mr. Aldrich were severally disagreed to. The amendment submitted by Mr. Stenger having been read, as follows, viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the following: That the resumption day clause in section 3 of an act entitled "An act to provide for the resumption of specie payments," approved January 14, 1875, which clause is in the following words, to wit: "On and after the 1st day of January, A. D. 1879, the Secretary of the Treasury shall redeem in coin the United States legal tender notes then outstanding, on their presentation for redemption at the office of the assistant treasurer of the United States in the city of New York, in sums of not less than $50,” be, and the same is hereby, repealed; Amend the title so as read: A bill to repeal the resumption-day clause in the resumption act of 1875; The question was put, Will the House agree thereto ? And it was decided in the negative, Yeas 16 231 44 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are The amendments submitted by Mr. Rush Clark, Mr. Patterson, and Mr. Benjamin A. Willis were not agreed to. Mr. Fort moved to reconsider the vote by which the amendment in the nature of a substitute, submitted by him, was agreed to, and moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; which latter, motion was agreed to. The amendment submitted by Mr. Morrison, as an additional section, was not agreed to. The amendment submitted by Mr. Ward, as an additional section, having been read, as follows, viz: SEC. Nothing in this act contained shall be construed to affect the payment of debts due on said 1st day of January, 1879, for wages of labor, or ang debts that may become due after the date aforesaid for wages of labor. But all such debts due on said date, or to become due thereafter, for wages of labor as aforesaid, shall be legally payable only in such coin or notes as shall be by the laws of the United States severally a legal tender, without limitation as to amount, for the payment of all debts, public and private, including duties on imports; The question was put, And it was decided in the negative, The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are |