A joint resolution (H. R. No. 133) relative to the attempted assassination of the Emperor of Russia-to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Hulburd, James M. Humphrey, Jenekes, Johnson, Jones, Kelso, Kerr, Loan, Marvin, McIndoe, Moorhead, Myers, Newell, Niblack, Nicholson, Noell, Patterson, Pomeroy, Price, Radford, William H. Randall, Ritter, Rogers, Schenck, Shanklin, Sloan, Starr, Taber, Thayer, John L. Thomas, Trimble, Ward, William B. Washburn, Wentworth, Whaley, Woodbridge, and Wright-59.

So the joint resolution was passed unanimously.

EXECUTIVE SESSION,

Mr. GRIMES. I now renew the motion that the Senate proceed to the consideration of executive business.

The motion was agreed to; and after two hours spent in executive session, the doors were reopened, and the Senate adjourned.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
FRIDAY, May 4, 1866.

The House met at twelve o'clock m. Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. C. B. BOYNTON. The Journal of yesterday was read and approved.

CORRECTION.

Mr. UPSON. I rise to a correction of the Journal of Wednesday, as well as of the Globe. I find myself recorded on the passage of the Army bill as absent and not voting. I was present and voted in the negative. I have just learned of the error, or would have asked to have the correction made yesterday.

The Journal was corrected accordingly.

EMPEROR OF RUSSIA.

Mr. STEVENS. I ask the unanimous consent of the House to introduce a joint resolution relative to the recent attempted assassination of the Emperor of Russia.

The resolution was read, and is as follows: Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Congress of the United States of America has learned with deep regret the attempt made upon the life of the Emperor of Russia by an enemy of emancipation. The Congress send their greeting to his Imperial Majesty and to the Russian nation, and congratulate the twenty million serfs upon the providential escape from danger of the sovereign to whose head and heart they owe the blessings of their freedom.

There was no objection.

The joint resolution was read a first and second time, ordered to be engrossed and read a third time; and being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time.

Mr. STEVENS demanded the previous question.

The previous question was seconded and the main question ordered.

Mr. GRINNELL demanded the yeas and

nays.

The House divided; and there were-ayes 17, noes 43.

Mr. ANCONA demanded tellers.

Tellers were ordered; and Messrs. GRINNELL and ANCONA were appointed.

The House was again divided; and the tellers reported-ayes twenty-nine, more than one fifth of those present.

So the yeas and nays were ordered. The question was taken; and it was decided in the affirmative-yeas 124, nays 0, not voting 59; as follows:

YEAS-Messrs. Alley, Allison, Ancona, Anderson, Delos R. Ashley, James M. Ashley, Baker, Baldwin, Banks, Barker, Baxter, Beaman, Benjamin, Bidwell, Bingham, Blow, Boutwell, Boyer, Brandegee, Bromwell, Broomall, Buckland, Bundy, Chanler, Reader W. Clarke, Sidney Clarke, Cobb, Coffroth, Conkling, Cook, Cullom, Dawson, Defrees, Deming, Denison, Dixon, Dodge, Donnelly, Driggs, Eckley, Eldridge, Eliot, Farquhar, Ferry, Finck, Garfield, Glossbrenner, Grinnell, Griswold, Abner C. Harding, Hart, Henderson, Higby, Holmes, Hooper, Hotchkiss, Asahel W. Hubbard, Chester D. Hubbard, James R. Hubbell, James Humphrey, Ingersoll, Julian, Kasson, Kelley, Ketcham, Kuykendall, Laflin, Latham, George V. Lawrence, William Lawrence, Le Blond, Longyear, Lynch, Marshall, Marston, McClurg, McCullough, McKee, McRuer, Mercur, Miller, Morrill, Morris, Moulton, O'Neill, Orth, Paine, Perham, Phelps, Pike, Plants, Samuel J. Randall, Raymond, Alexander II. Rice, John H. Rice, Rollins. Ross, Rousseau, Sawyer, Scofield, Shellabarger, Sitgreaves, Smith, Spalding, Stevens, Stilwell, Strouse, Taylor, Francis Thomas, Thornton, Trowbridge, Upson, Van Aernam, Burt Van Horn, Robert T. Van Horn, Warner, Elihu B. Washburne, Henry D. Washburn, Welker, Williams, James F. Wilson, Stephen F. Wilson, Windom, and Winfield-124. NAYS-0.

NOT VOTING-Messrs. Ames. Bergen, Blaine, Culver, Darling, Davis, Dawes, Delano, Dumont, Eggleston, Farnsworth, Goodyear, Grider, Hale, Aaron Harding, Harris, Hayes, Hill, Hogan, Demas Hubbard, John H. Hubbard, Edwin N. Hubbell,

During the roll-call,

Mr. ANCONA stated that, in deference to wishes of friends, he would change his vote, and vote in the affirmative, although against his own conviction of propriety.

The vote was then announced as above recorded.

Mr. STEVENS moved to reconsider the vote by which the joint resolution was passed; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table.

The latter motion was agreed to.

INTERNAL REVENUE BILL.

Mr. MORRILL. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the internal revenue bill, as modified by the Committee of Ways and Means, with additions including further subjects, and with errors corrected, may be ordered to be reprinted, and that as reprinted, it shall be taken up on Monday next.

It was ordered accordingly.

Mr. ANCONA. I would inquire whether this will include the extra copies ordered some days since; if not, whether the same number of copies of the corrections should not be printed.

Mr. MORRILL. It will not extend to the extra copies, because those are already printed.

Mr. ANCONA. But a small portion of them, I believe. I suggest an amendment, that it embrace the extra copies remaining that have not been printed.

Mr. MORRILL. I think they have all been printed, but I see no objection.

Mr. CHANLER. I move that the same number of extra copies of the corrected bill be issued. It is very necessary that this bill should be distributed among our constituents.

The SPEAKER. That goes to the Committee on Printing under the law.

MILITARY AND NAVAL APPOINTMENTS. Mr. PAINE. I ask unanimous consent to introduce for present action a joint resolution which I am sure will commend itself to the justice of every member of the House so that there will be no objection. It is in relation to the ages at which young men who have served in the Army or Navy during the late rebellion shall be eligible to appointment to the Military and Naval Academies. A provision relating to the Military Academy was embodied in the Army bill which has recently been before the House. I awaited the result of the action of the House on that bill before offering this resolution. But inasmuch as it may be some time and before final action is had on that measure, cases are arising daily, and many must arise" before the 1st of July next, so that this meas. ure will be of practical importance to the country, I sincerely hope the House will now take action upon it.

Mr. WASHBURNE, of Illinois. I will object to it if it gives rise to discussion, not otherwise.

The joint resolution was read. It provides that those who have performed meritorious service in the United States Army as officers or enlisted men, for a period of not less than two years during the late rebellion, shall be eligible to appointment to the United States Military Academy until twenty-four years of age, and to the Naval Academy until twenty-one years of and all persons who have performed such service for a period of less than two years shall be eligible to appointment to the Military Academy until twenty-three years of age, and to the Naval Academy until twenty years of age.

age;

Mr. RANDALL, of Pennsylvania. I object unless the gentleman will agree to put in the word "white."

Mr. PAINE. That amounts to an objection to the introduction of the resolution.

CORRECTIONS OF THE JOURNAL.

Mr. ALLISON. I see by reference to the Globe that my name is not recorded upon the final vote on the bill to admit the State of Colorado. I voted in the negative. I ask to have the Journal corrected accordingly.

The SPEAKER. The correction will be made.

Mr. VAN HORN, of New York. I am recorded as not having voted on the admission of Colorado. I voted in the affirmative.

The SPEAKER. The Journal will be corrected accordingly.

Mr. PERHAM. I am also recorded as not voting on the passage of that bill. I voted in the negative.

The correction will be

The SPEAKER. made.

CHANGE OF REFERENCE.

On motion of Mr. INGERSOLL, by unanimous consent, the Committee for the District of Columbia was discharged from the further consideration of bill of the House No. 404, to amend an act entitled "An act to incorporate the Guardian Society, and provide for reforming juvenile offenders in the District of Columbia;' also, an act entitled "An act granting certain privileges to the Guardian Society of the District of Columbia ;" and the same were referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds.

HABEAS CORPUS.

Mr. COOK. I am instructed by the committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the habeas corpus bill to make a report, which I ask to have read.

The report was read, and is as follows: The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses of Congress on the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H. R. No.238) to amend an act entitled "An act relating to habeas corpus and regulating judicial proceedings in certain cases," approved March 3, 1863, having met, after full and free conference have agreed to recommend, and do recommend, to their respective Houses as follows:

That the House of Representatives concur in the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and seventh amendments of the Senate.

That the House of Representatives concur in the sixth amendment of the Senate, with an amendment, as follows: strike out all after the word "act" in tho fourth line of said amendment.

DANIEL CLARK, LYMAN TRUMBULL, Managers on the part of the Senate. BURTON C. COOK, SAMUEL MCKEE, Managers on the part of the House.

Mr. COOK. I demand the previous question on the report.

The previous question was seconded and the main question ordered.

Mr. ELDRIDGE demanded the yeas and nays on the adoption of the report.

Mr. ANCONA called for tellers on the yeas and nays.

Tellers were not ordered.

The yeas and nays were not ordered. The report of the committee of conference was agreed to.

Mr. COOK moved to reconsider the vote by which the report was agreed to; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table.

The latter motion was agreed to.
ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED.

Mr. TROWBRIDGE, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee

The bill was read a first and second time. It directs the Secretary of the Interior to issue to Frederick Berlin, as the assignee of the heirs-at-law of Peter Hess, deceased, a military land-warrant for forty acres of land in lieu of military land-warrant No. 17,308, heretofore issued to Peter Hess, deceased, in his life-time, but which was not located.

The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time; and being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time and passed.

Mr. ECKLEY moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table.

The latter motion was agreed to.

SURVEYOR GENERAL FOR IDAHO.

Mr. ECKLEY, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported back House bill No. 391, to create the office of surveyor general in Idaho Territory.

The question was upon ordering the bill to be engrossed and read a third time.

The bill was read. It provides that the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall be authorized to appoint a surveyor general for the Territory of Idaho, who shall be allowed an annual salary of $3,000, with the same power, authority, and duties as those provided by law for the surveyor general of Oregon; and to have a proper allowance for clerk hire, office rent, and fuel, not exceeding that allowed by law to the surveyor general of Oregon, the office to be located at Boise City, Idaho Territory.

Mr. UPSON. I would inquire of the gentleman from Ohio, [Mr. ECKLEY,] what is the ordinary salary of a surveyor general of a new Territory?

Mr. ECKLEY. The salary of the surveyor general of each of the two districts out of which this is made is $3,000 a year.

Mr. UPSON. I know that the salary of the surveyor general of the Territory of Dakota was $2,000 a year; whether there was or not much land there capable of being surveyed. Mr. ECKLEY. I do not know how that

39TH CONG. 1ST SESS.-No. 150.

SOSCOL RANCH, CALIFORNIA.

Mr. McRUER, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported back House bill No. 260, to amend an act of Congress entitled "An act to grant the right of preemption to certain pur; chasers on the Soscol ranch, in California," with a recommendation that it do not pass; and moved that the same be laid on the table. The motion was agreed to.

ISSUING OF LAND PATENTS.

Mr. McRUER, from the Committee on Public Lands, also reported back House bill No. 67, to authorize the issue of patents for lands in certain cases, with a recommendation that it do not pass; and moved that the same be laid on the table.

The motion was agreed to.

LAND TITLES IN BENICIA, CALIFORNIA. Mr. McRUER, from the Committee on Public Lands, also reported a bill to quiet the title to certain lands within the corporate limits of the city of Benicia, California.

The bill was read a first and second time. The question was upon ordering the bill to be engrossed and read a third time.

The bill was read in full. It provides that the right and title of the United States to the lands situated within the corporate limits of the dy of Benicia, California, as defined in the act incorporating said city, passed by the Legislature of the State of California April 24, 1851, shall be relinquished and granted to that city upon trust that so much of said lands as is in the bona fide occupancy of parties by themselves or their assignees upon the passage of this act shall be conveyed to such parties by the city; provided that this relinquishment and grant shall not extend to lands occupied by the United States as a military depot, or to lands heretofore reserved by the United States for public purposes; that this grant shall not interfere with or prejudice any valid adverse right or claim, if such exist, to any part of said land, or preclude a judicial examination and adjustment thereof; and provided further, that said city shall pay into the Treasury of the United States, at the office of the sub-Treasurer at San Francisco, for the land the title to which is hereby granted and relinquished, at the rate of $125 per acre, within one year of the return to the General Land Office at Washington of an approved plat of the exterior limits of said city in connection with the lines of the public

surveys.

Mr. CHANLER. I would ask the gentleman from California [Mr. MCRUER] if the value of land in the city of Benicia is only $1 25 an

the property purchased was private property; and it is deemed an act of justice that they should have the right to enter their lands at the rate of $1 25 per acre, and get a title from the United States.

acre.

Mr. McRUER. I will state to the gentleman from New York [Mr. CHANLER] that the city of Benicia was built upon what was considered private land. It was upon what is termed the Soscol ranch, the title to which was confirmed by the land commissioners appointed by Congress to examine land claims in California. That decision was afterward confirmed by the United States district court of California. But after a succession of years, upon an appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States, the decision was reversed, and the original Mexican grant rejected upon what are considered to be technical grounds. Therefore the parties who seek the right to purchase this land from the United States at $1 25 per acre, have already paid various prices for it, some of them perhaps as high as $1,000 per acre, and even higher. These individuals have made purchases in good faith, and have paid a valuable consideration. upon the belief that

I think there can be no objection to the passage of the bill, and I demand the previous question.

Mr. ECKLEY. I trust the gentleman will withdraw for one moment the call for the previous question, as I desire to strike out the last proviso of the bill.

I trust that that amend

Mr. BIDWELL. ment will be made.

Mr. McRUER. I withdraw the call for the

previous question, and yield to the gentleman from Ohio, [Mr. ECKLEY.]

Mr. ECKLEY. I move to amend by striking out the following:

And provided further, That the said city shall pay into the Treasury of the United States, at the office of the sub-Treasurer at San Francisco, for the land the title to which is hereby granted and relinquished, at the rate of $1 25 per acre within one year of the return to the General Land Office at Washington of a private plat of the exterior limits of said city, in connection with the lines of the public surveys.

Mr. McRUER. I have no objection to that, if there is no opposition to it on the part of the House. I consider it an act of equity to the residents of the city of Benicia ; but I desire that the passage of the bill shall not be prejudiced for the sake of this small sum of money.

Mr. ECKLEY. I think there will be no objection to the amendment.

Mr. BIDWELL. I trust there will be no opposition to the amendment.

Mr. McRUER. I now renew the demand for the previous question.

The previous question was seconded and the main question ordered; and under the operation thereof the amendment of Mr. EcKLEY was agreed to.

engrossed and read a third time; and being The bill, as amended, was ordered to be engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time and passed.

Mr. McRUER moved to reconsider the vote that the motion to reconsider be laid on the by which the bill was passed; and also moved

table.

The latter motion was agreed to.

BENICIA, CALIFORNIA.

Mr. McRUER, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported back House bill No. 269, entitled "An act for the relief of citizens of Benicia, in Solano county, State of California,' with a recommendation that it do not pass; and moved that the same be laid on the table. The motion was agreed to.

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A. L. GOODRICH AND N. CORNISH. Mr. McRUER, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, reported back a joint resolution (H. R. No. 77) for the relief of Ambrose L. Goodrich and Nathan Cornish.

The joint resolution, which was read, provides that the Postmaster General be author ized to audit and settle, as to him may appear just and equitable, the demand of Ambrose L. Goodrich and Nathan Cornish for carrying the United States mail on route 16001, from Boise City to Idaho City, in the Territory of Idaho, from the 5th day of July, 1864, until the 1st day of July, 1865.

The joint resolution was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time; and being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time and passed.

Mr. McRUER moved to reconsider the vote by which the joint resolution was passed; and also moved that the motion to reconsider bo laid on the table.

The latter motion was agreed to.

WELLINGTON AND DORSEY.

Mr. McRUER, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, reported back Senate bill No. 210, for the relief of Wellington & Dorsey, with a recommendation that it do not pass; and moved that the same be laid on the table.

The motion was agreed to.

engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time and passed.

qualified of all may be ineligible for the appointments to be made before the 1st of next July on account of age. A case of that kind may occur in my own district.

Mr. WASHBURNE, of Illinois. I suggest to my friend that he ask leave for the committee to report at any time.

Mr. SCHENCK. I promise him that it shall be reported back within three days, if the House will allow.

On motion of Mr. WELKER, the title was amended so as to read, "An act to incorporate the National Theological Institute."

Mr. WELKER moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed and the title amended; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table.

The latter motion was agreed to.

LEVY COURT OF WASHINGTON COUNTY. Mr. INGERSOLL, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, reported back bill of the Senate No 90, enlarging the powers of the levy court of the county of Washington, in the District of Columbia, with the recommendation that it do pass.

The bill empowers the levy court of the county of Washington, in the District of Columbia, to declare and locate as public highways such roads known and used as "military roads" in the District of Columbia during the rebellion, as the court may deem advisable.

Mr. INGERSOLL. It makes provision that the damages be assessed by a jury of twelve citizens of the vicinage, and the money is to be paid before the use of the road is entered on. Mr. WILSON, of Iowa. From what source do they get the fund from which to pay the damages?

Mr. INGERSOLL. From the fund raised by the county taxes out of the county treasury. No part of it comes out of the Government funds.

Mr. McCULLOUGH, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill to authorize the extension, construction, and use by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company of a railroad from between Knoxville and the Monocacy Junction into and within the District of Columbia; which was read a first and second time, and referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia.

It provides further, that the damages which the owners of land may sustain shall be assessed as provided for in section three of the act of Congress approved July 1, 1812, "conferring certain powers on the levy court for the county of Washington, in the District of Columbia." Mr. WILSON, of Iowa. I

GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY.

Mr. DEMING called for the regular order of business.

gentleman from Illinois what would ask the The SPEAKER. The first business in order

of 1812 makes for the payment of the damages when assessed.

is the consideration of House bill No. 3, reported back from the Committee on Military Affairs with an amendment, ordered to be printed, and the further consideration postponed to Tuesday, the 17th day of April, and made a special order after the morning hour.

The bill was read. The first section provides that the grade of "General of the Army of the United States" be, and the same is hereby, revived; and the President is hereby authorized, whenever he shall deem it expedient, to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a General of the Army of the United States, to be selected from among those officers in the military service of the United States most distinguished for courage, skill, and ability, who being commissioned as General may be authorized, under the direction and during the pleasure of the President, to command the armies of the United States.

The bill was ordered to a third reading; and it was accordingly read the third time and passed.

Mr. INGERSOLL moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table.

The latter motion was agreed to.

REFORM SCHOOL IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Mr. BALDWIN, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, reported back, with sundry amendments, bill of the House No. 379, to establish in the District of Columbia a reform school for boys.

The bill was read.

The SPEAKER. The morning hour has expired, and the bill goes over.

MILITARY ACADEMY APPOINTMENTS.

Mr. PAINE. I have so modified the joint resolution which I offered this morning that the gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. RANDALL] has withdrawn his objection, and I now ask unanimous consent to introduce it.

The joint resolution, as modified, was read, as follows:

Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives, &c., That all persons who have performed meritorious services as officers or enlisted men in the Army of the United States for a period of not less than two years during the late rebellion, shall, if possessing the other qualifications now preser bed by law, be eligible to be appointed to the Military Academy of the United States until twenty-four years of age; and all persons who have performed such services for a period of less than two years shall, if possessing the other qualifications now prescribed by law, be eligible to appointment to said Military Academy until twenty-three years of age.

No objection being made, the joint resolution was received and read a first and second time.

Mr. GARFIELD. The appointments are not to be made until the 1st of July.

Mr. SCHENCK's motion was agreed to; and the joint resolution was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

Mr. SCHENCK. I move that the joint resolution be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. I like it as far as it goes, but I think it ought to go further.

Mr. PAINE. The only objection I have to the reference is, that unless this joint resolu tion is soon passed, candidates who are best

By unanimous consent, leave was granted to the committee to report it back at any time.

BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD.

The second section provides that the pay and emoluments of the General commissioned as hereinbefore provided shall be increased one half in amount, whether in money or in kind,

over and above the amount allowed to a lieutenant general; and the said General may appoint upon his staff such number of aids, not exceeding six, as he may judge proper, who shall have the rank, pay, and emoluments of a colonel of cavalry; and the chief of staff to the Lieutenant General shall, during the existence of this act, be the chief of staff to the General. The third section provides that whenever any general shall have been appointed and commis sioned under the provisions of this act, if thereafter the office shall become vacant, this act shall thereupon expire and remain no longer in force.

The amendment reported by the Committee on Military Affairs was read, as follows:

Strike out all of section two, after the enacting clause, and the whole of section three, and insert the following in lieu thereof:

That the pay proper of the General shall be $400 per month, and his allowances in all other respects shall be the same as were allowed to the Lieutenant General by the second section of the act approved February 29, 1864, entitled "An act reviving the grade of lieutenant general in the United States Army," and the said General may select for his chief of staff a brigadier general from among the officers of the Army holding that rank; and may appoint upon his staff such number of aids, not exceeding six, as he may judge proper, who shall each have the rank, pay, and emoluments of a colonel of cavalry.

The question was upon agreeing to the amend

by the committee decreases very materially the pay provided by the bill originally referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. It makes the pay of general but $130 per month, or $1,560 per year, more than that of lieutenant general; and if the gentleman had waited a few moments he would have heard the explanation of all the provisions of the bill which I propose to give the House.

Mr. LE BLOND. I should be glad to hear the reasons for the increase of pay.

Mr. DEMING. I call the previous question. upon the amendment of the Committee on Military Affairs.

The previous question was seconded and the main question ordered; and under the operation thereof the amendment was agreed to.

The question was upon ordering the bill, as amended, to be engrossed and read a third time. Mr. STEVENS. Will the gentleman permit me to offer an amendment?

ment.

Mr. LE BLOND. I would inquire of the gentleman from Connecticut [Mr. DEMING] whether the amendment proposed by the Military Committee increases the pay of the officers of the Army above what it was during the war. Mr. DEMING. The amendment proposed

The question was upon the amendment proposed by Mr. STEVENS.

Mr. DEMING. Mr. Speaker, the bill, as amended upon recommendation of the Committee on Military Affairs, is so plain in its provisions and in its purpose that it hardly requires a formal explanation, and I certainly should not enter into one on this occasion except for certain objections made to me in private conversation which indicate that members nisapprehend not only the limitations of this amended bill but also the previous legislation of Congress upon the grade of general.

The bill, as amended, creates the grade of general as a permanent part of the military establishment of this country. It provides also for his allowances, his staff, and his pay. The allowances in this bill to a general and the staff are precisely those which are provided in the bill creating the grade of lieutenant general. The pay proper, that is to say, the money pay, of the General is increased by this bill over that of a lieutenant general from $270 per month, which is now the pay of a lieutenant general, to $400 per month; thereby increasing the pay of a general over that of a lieutenant general $130 per month, or $1,560 per year.

The monthly receipts of the Lieutenant General now, from all sources under the act creating the office, are $1,340. The monthly receipts of the General from all sources under this bill will be $1,470-making the increased pay of the General over that of the Lieutenant General, as I have already stated, $130 per month. The yearly receipts of the Lieutenant General from all sources, including allowances, commutations, rations, forage, and every thing, are $16,080 per annum. The yearly receipts of the General from all sources, under this bill, will be $17,640, an increase of $1,560 per annum in favor of the General over the Lieutenant General. And this is the sole increase of pay or emoluments or allowances or rations or any thing else proposed by the bill which I am instructed to report.

In the second session of the Fifth Congress,