Also, a bill (H. R. 384) granting a pension to Mary E. Campbell; to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions.

Also, a bill (H. R. 385) for the relief of George W. Twidwell, of Smith County, Tennessee;

Also, a bill (H. R. 386) for the relief of Thomas White, of Maury County, Tennessee;

to the Committee on War-Claims.

Also, a bill (H. R. 387) for the relief of William Truett, late of Company H, Fifth Tennessee Cavalry, United States Volunteers;

Also, a bill (H. R. 388) for the relief of William Roylston, late private Company D, First Regiment Tennessee Light Artillery;

to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

By Mr. Thornburgh: A bill (H. R. 389) to equalize the bounties of soldiers who served in the late war for the Union;

to the Committee on Military Affairs.

Also, a bill (H. R. 390) making appropriations to improve the navigation of tributary streams of the Tennessee River;

to the Committee on Commerce.

Also, a bill (H. R. 391) for the relief of Hardin Scaggs, of Maynardville, Tennessee, for supplies furnished the Federal Army during the late rebellion;

to the Committee on War-Claims.

Also, a bill (H. R. 392) for the relief of Mrs. Mary D. Williams, widow of W. W. Williams, late a private in Company B, Second Tennessee Infantry;

to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

Also, a bill (H. R. 393) for the relief of Luther M. Blackman;

to the Committee on Military Affairs.

Also, a bill (H. R. 394) granting a pension to the heirs of Horace A. Chambers;

to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

Also, a bill (H. R. 395) for the relief of William A. Rucker, late second lieutenant Company B, Third Regiment North Carolina Volunteers; to the Committee on Military Affairs.

A so, a bill (H. R. 396) for the relief of George W. Dice;

to the Committee on War-Claims.

By Mr. Atkins: A bill (H. R. 397) to improve the navigation of the Tennessee River;

to the Committee on Commerce.

Also, a bill (H. R. 398) authorizing the sale of leaf-tobacco in limited quantities;

to the Committee of Ways and Means.

Also, a bill (H. R. 399) to repeal the first and third sections of the resumption law;

to the Committee on Banking and Currency.

By Mr. House: A bill (H. R. 400) to make appropriation for continuing the improvement of Cumberland River;

to the Committee on Commerce.

Also, a bill (H. R. 401) to allow producers of leaf-tobacco to sell the same by retail to consumers free of tax;

to the Committee of Ways and Means.

Also, a bill (H. R. 402) for the relief of Duncan Marr, of Montgomery County, Tennessee;

to the Committee on War-Claims.

By Mr. Dibrell: A bill (H. R. 403) to continue the work on the Tennessee River at Muscle Shoals;

Also, a bill (H. R. 404) to continue the improvement on the Hiawassee River;

to the Committee on Commerce.

Also, a bill (H. R. 405) fixing exemptions on judgments in favor of the United States;

to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Also, a bill (H. R. 406) repealing the tax on tobacco in the hands of the producer:

to the Committee of Ways and Means.

Also, a bill (H. R. 407) grauting a pension to James P. Thompson, of McMinnville, Tennessee;

A'so, a bill (H. R. 408) granting a pension to Moses Cunningham, of McMinn County, Tennessee;

to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions.

Also, a bill (H. R. 409) for the relief of James Clift, late captain Fifth Tennessee Cavalry;

to the Committee on Military Affairs.

Also, a bill (H. R. 410) to compensate State and county officers for services rendered under writs of habeas corpus from United States courts;

Also, a bill (H. R. 411) to establish a district and circuit court at Chattanooga, Tennessee;

to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Also, a bill (H. R. 412) to reduce the expense of collecting customs; to the Committee on Public Expenditures.

Also, a bill (H. R. 413) for the relief of distillers of small capacity; to the Committee of Ways and Means.

Also, a bill (H. R. 414) for the relief of W. S. Burgess and others, of Tennessee;

to the Committee of Claims.

Also, a bill (H. R. 415) for the relief of J. M. Bragg and others, of Tennessee:

Also, a bill (H. R. 416) for the relief of J. J. Cummings, of Tennessee; Also, a bill (H. R. 417) for the relief of H. L. and J. M. Carrick, of Tennessee;

Also, a bill (H. R. 418) for the relief of B. F. Martin, of Tennessee; Also, a bill (H. R. 419) for the relief of Smith I. Walling, of Tennessee;

Also, a bill (H. R. 420) to refund to Asa Faulkner, of Tennessee, the proceeds of cotton seized by United States Army;

Also, a bill (H. R. 421) to pay A. Kelly, of Marion County, Tennessee, for services on a military commission;

Also, a bill, (H. R. 422) for the relief of the heirs of James W. Eastwood, deceased, of Warran County, Tennessee;

to the Committee on War-Claims.

Also, a bill, (H. R. 423) for the relief of William Bullard, of De Kalb County, Tennessee, late private Company B, Fourth Regiment Mounted Infantry Volunteers;

to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

By Mr. Young: A bill (H. R. 424) to incorporate the Barataria Ship Canal Company;

to the Committee on Commerce.

Also, a bill (H. R. 425) for the relief of Edward T. Freeman, of Memphis, Tennessee;

to the Committee of Claims.

Also, a bill (H. R. 426) for the relief of Jesse J. Busby, of Memphis, Tennessee;

Also, a bill, (H. R. 427) for the relief of Mrs. Julia Elliott, widow and administratrix of Newell D. Elliott, deceased, late of the city of Memphis, in the State of Tennessee;

Also, a bill (H. R. 428) to provide for refunding internal revenue tax illegally collected;

Also, a bill (H. R. 429) for the relief of Mrs. Mary P. Bradford, of Shelby County, Tennessee;

to the Committee on War-Claims.

By Mr. William P. Caldwell: A bill (H. R. 430) for the relief of John Clinton, postmaster at Brownsville, Tennessee;

to the Committee of Claims.

By Mr. Hamilton: A bill (H. R. 431) to provide for the holding of terms of the district and circuit courts of the United States at Fort Wayne, Indiana;

to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Also, a bill (H. R. 432) for the relief of Jethro M. Boyd, of Indiana; to the Committee on Military Affairs.

Also, a bill (H. R. 433) to reimburse the States for expenses incurred in the late rebellion;

to the Committee on War-Claims.

Also, a joint resolution of the legislature of the State of Indiana, instructing Senators and Representatives in Congress from that State to endeavor to secure the passage of a law to equalize pensions;

to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

By Mr. Cobb: A bill (H. R. 434) for the relief of Arthur W. Gray, a surgeon in the Twenty-fourth Regiment of Indiana Volunteer Infantry in the late rebellion;

to the Committee on Military Affairs.

Also, a bill (H. R. 435) providing for the withdrawal of the nationalbank currency and the issuing of five hundred millions of non-interestbearing Treasury notes to supply the place of said national-bank cur rency, and making said Treasury notes a legal tender for all sums, public and private, except when by the terms of the contract it is expressly provided otherwise; and repealing the third section of the act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for the resumption of specie payments," approved January 14, 1875, and providing for coinage of gold and silver bullion and fixing the standard thereof, and making all silver coin of the same standard a legal tender;

to the Committee on Banking and Currency.

By Mr. Fuller: A bill (H. R. 436) granting a pension to Adam Stinson;

to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

Also, a bill (H. R. 437) to repeal section 3229 of the Revised Statutes of the United States;

to the Committee of Ways and Means.

Also, a bill (H. R. 438) to repeal the act for the resumption of specie payments;

to the Committee on Banking and Currency.

Also, a bill (H. R. 439) granting a pension to Jonathan R. Slman; to the Committee on Invalid Pensious.

Also, a bill (H. R. 440) to repeal the bankrupt law;

Also, a bill (H. R. 441) to establish the southern district of Indiana, and to provide for the holding of circuit and district courts therein; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. Hunter: A bill (H. R. 442) to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to purchase silver bullion and cause the same to be

coined, as well as the silver bullion of citizens of the United States, into silver dollars; and making said silver dollars, when coined, a full legal tender for all debts, public and private, within the United States, including duties on imports and interest on the public debt, excepting obligations heretofore entered into and made payable in gold, such obligations last named to be paid in gold; and repealing all acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith;

to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures.

Also, a bill (H. R. 443) to provide the mode for the election of certain officers of the United States and to prevent frauds in such elections; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Also, a bill (H. R. 444) to fix the legal rate of interest on national money throughout the United States at not exceeding six per centum per annum, and affixing penalties for its violation;

to the Committee on Banking and Currency.

Also, a bill (H. R. 445) to equalize the bounties of soldiers who served in the late war for the Union;

to the Committee on Military Affairs.

Also, a bill (H. R. 446) authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to reissue all United States notes, commonly called greenbacks, which have been redeemed under the act known as the resumption act, and pay them out on the public debt;

to the Committee of Ways and Means.

Also, a bill (H. R. 447) to authorize and equip an expedition to the Arctic Seas;

to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

Also, a bill (H. R. 448) for the relief of William J. Alexander, of Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana;

to the Committee on War-Claims.

Also, a bill (H. R. 449) for the relief of Colonel Bernard F. Mullen, of Terre Haute, Indiana;

to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

Also, a bill (H. R. 450) for the relief of John F. Sutherlin & Brother, of Parke County, Indiana;

to the Committee of Ways and Means.

Also, a bill (H. R. 451) for the relief of Alvin B. Casebeer, of Vermillion County, Indiana;

to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

By Mr. John H. Baker: A bill (H. R. 452) to provide for the coining of silver dollars, to make the same a legal tender, and to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to issue notes of the United States redeemable in silver coin to depositors of silver bullion, and to provide for coining the same;

to the Committee on Banking and Currency.

Also, a bill (H. R. 453) to limit the liability to action for damages of purchasers of articles where manufacture and sale infringe a patent; to the Committee on Patents.

Also, a bill (H. R. 454) granting a pension to Ludwig Ueber, late a private, unassigned, in Thirty-seventh Regiment of Indiana Volunteer Infantry;

to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

Also, a bill (H. R. 455) to direct the Secretary of War to remove the charge of desertion now standing against John Haines, and to grant him an honorable discharge;

to the Committee on Military Affairs.

Also, a bill (H. R. 456) granting a pension to Robert R. Widney; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

Also, a bill (H. R. 457) to make duties on imports to the amount of one-fourth part thereof payable in legal-tender notes of the United States, and to provide for the disbursement of the same;

to the Committee of Ways and Means.

By Mr. Sexton: A bill (H. R. 458) giving the Court of Claims jurisdiction to hear and determine the claim of William T. Pate and Silas Q. Howe;

Also, a bill (H. R. 459) for the relief of Gallus Kerchner;

to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. Calkins: A bill (H. R. 460) for the relief of discharged United States soldiers whose final discharge papers have been lost or destroyed; Also, a bill (H. R. 461) for the relief of Peter Scouden, late a corporal of K Company, Twelfth Indiana Volunteer Cavalry, a resident of White County, Indiana ;

to the Committee on Military Affairs;

Also, a bill (H. R. 462) to amend part of chapter 105 of an act entitled "An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1878, and for other purposes;"

to the Committee on Printing.

By Mr. Browne: A bill (H. R. 463) to amend section 3280, Title XXXV, Revised Statutes of the United States;

to the Committee of Ways and Means.

Also, a bill (H. R. 464) granting a pension to James C. Bates, of Randolph County, Indiana;

Also, a bill (H. R. 465) granting a pension to Martha A. Jones, of Wayne County, Indiana;

By Mr. Michael D. White: A bill (II. R. 466) granting a pension to Mrs. Nancy Simmons;

to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

Also, a joint resolution of the legislature of Indiana, asking Congress to restore certain persons to the roll of the Army ;

to the Committee on Military Affairs.

By Mr. Bicknell: A bill (H. R. 467) restoring the name of Thomas Crawford, a soldier of the Mexican war, to the pension-roll;

to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

Also, a bill (H. R. 468) for the relief of Susan C. Vance;

Also, a bill (H. R. 469) for the relief of Bartholomew Agricultural Society of the State of Indiana;

to the Committee on War-Claims.

Also, a bill (H. R. 470) granting a pension to Selar B. Decker, late a contract nurse in hospital No. 7, of Louisville, Kentucky;

Also, a bill (H. R. 471) granting a pension to Martha J. Robinson, widow of James H. Robinson;

Also, a bill (H. R. 472) for the relief of Thomas Wilson;

to the Committee on Military Affairs.

By Mr. Hanna: A bill (H. R. 473) granting a pension to Rebecca C. Reich, widow of Gideon S. Reich, of Indianapolis, Indiana;

Also, a bill (H. R. 474) granting a pension to Lewis E. Campbell, Company K, Twenty-first Indiana Heavy Artillery;

Also, a bill (H. R. 475) granting a pension to William Black, late a private in Company K, First Indiana Heavy Artillery;

Also, a bill (H. R. 476) granting a pension to Joab Albertson, of Company K, Twenty-first Regiment Indiana Volunteers;