have been usurped or overthrown, a republican form of government, was recommitted to the Select Committee on the Rebellious States.

Pending which,

Mr. Davis moved the previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered, and under the operation thereof the motion to reconsider was agreed to.

The question then recurred on the motion to recommit;

And being put, it was decided in the negative.

The question then recurred on the engrossment of the bill.
Pending which,

After debate,

On motion of Mr. H. Winter Davis, by unanimous consent,

Ordered, That its further consideration be postponed until after the bank bill (H. R. 333) is disposed of, at which time, and from day to day thereafter after the morning hour, until disposed of, it shall be considered as a special order.

Mr. Jayne gave notice, under the rule, of his intention to move for leave to introduce a bill donating lands to the Territory of Dakota, to aid in the construction of a railroad from the western boundary of the State of Minnesota, through the Territory of Dakota, to the gold mines of Idaho Territory. And then,

On motion of Mr. John H. Rice, at 3 o'clock and 48 minutes p. m., the House adjourned.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 1864.

The following petitions, memorial, and other papers, were laid upon the Clerk's table, under the 131st rule of the House:

By Mr. Ellihu B. Washburne: Petition from women of the United States, for the emancipation of slaves; which was referred to the Select Committee on Emancipation.

By Mr. Webster: Petition of R. J. Laudin, asking increase of contract price for mail-bags furnished the Post Office Department; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. Ellihu B. Washburne: Petition of J. H. Snowden and others, asking the establishment of a mail-route from Moro to Prairie City, in Madison county, Illinois; which was referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.

By Mr. Jacob B. Blair: Remonstrance from merchants of New York against the extension of Charles Goodyear's vulcanizing patent; which was referred to the Committee on Patents.

By Mr. H. Winter Davis: Remonstrance of William A. House & Co., and others, citizens of Baltimore, against the Goodyear patent extension; which was referred to the Committee on Patents.

By Mr. Odell: Petition of M. S. Beach, proprietor of the New York Sun newspaper, for the remission of the income tax of three per cent. for one day; the receipts being appropriated by Mr. Beach to the Sanitary Fair; which was referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.

By Mr. Stevens: Memorial of messengers, watchmen, and laborers in the several departments of the government for increase of pay; which was referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.

Mr. Dawson, by unanimous consent, submitted the following resolution; which was read, considered, and agreed to, viz:

Resolved, That there be paid, out of the contingent fund of this house, to the mother of Thaddeus Morrice, a sum equal to his salary to the end of the present session of Congress; also his proper funeral expenses.

Mr. Dawson moved that the vote last taken be reconsidered, and also

moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; which latter motion was agreed to

On motion of Mr. Fenton, by unanimous consent, leave of absence from the House was granted to him for ten days from Monday next

The Speaker, by unanimous consent, laid before the House a letter from the Commissioner of Patents, transmitting the annual report of that office for the year 1863; which was laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Mr. Ellihu B. Washburne moved that 100,000 copies extra of the said report be printed; which motion was referred to the Committee on Printing. Mr. Wilder, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. R. 357) to grant to the State of Kansas lands for school purposes in lieu of school lands before taken for other purposes; which was read a first and second time and referred to the Committee on Public Lands.

Mr. Spalding, by unanimous consent, submitted the following resolution; which was read, considered, and agreed to, viz:

Resolved, That the Committee of Ways and Means be instructed to inquire into the expediency of imposing adequate duties upon all wool imported. from foreign countries after the first day of July, 1864; and that said committee report by bill or otherwise.

On motion of Mr. Garfield, by unanimous consent,

Ordered, That the Committee on Military Affairs be discharged from the further consideration of the memorial of Edward De Reu, and that the same be laid on the table.

On motion of Mr. Samuel F. Miller, by unanimous consent,

Ordered, That the Committee on Public Lands be discharged from the further consideration of the bill of the House (H. R 102) to provide for a geological survey of the Territory of New Mexico and Arizona, and that the same be laid on the table.

After remarks submitted, by unanimous consent, by Mr. McClurg,

Mr. Francis P. Blair, jr., as a question of privilege, submitted the following resolution, viz:

Resolved, That a select committee of three members be appointed by the Speaker, with power to send for persons and papers and investigate the charge made by Hon. J. W. McClurg, of Missouri, against F. P. Blair, jr., from said State, of violating the laws in the matter of an alleged liquor speculation.

The same having been read,

Mr. Stevens submitted the following amendment, viz:

Add at the end thereof: "and to inquire into the genuineness or falsity of the alleged order for the purchase of liquor, bearing date June 3, 1863." And the question being put, Will the House agree thereto?

It was decided in the affirmative.

On motion of Mr. Garfield, the resolution was further amended by striking out after the name of "F. P. Blair, jr.," the word "from," and inserting in lieu thereof the words: "a member of the House of Representatives from the first district of."

The said resolution as amended was then agreed to.

Mr. F. P. Blair, jr., moved that the vote last taken be reconsidered, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table.

The Speaker appointed Mr. Higby, Mr. Clay, and Mr. Pruyn the said committee.

On motion of Mr. Wilson, by unanimous consent,

Ordered, That the Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from the further consideration of sundry memorials for the impeachment of Hon. A. G. Miller, judge of the district court of Wisconsin, and that the same be laid on the table.

A message from the Senate, by Mr. Forney, their Secretary:

Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed a joint resolution of the following title, viz:

S. Res. 37. Joint resolution for the payment of expenses incurred by the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War;

in which I am directed to ask the concurrence of this house.

The President of the United States has notified the Senate that he did, on the 21st instant, approve and sign bills of the following titles, viz:

S. 60. An act amendatory of the homestead law and for other purposes; S. 96. An act to enable the people of Nevada to form a constitution and State government, and for the admission of such State into the Union on an equal footing with the original States;

S. 97. An act to enable the people of Colorado to form a constitution and state government, and for the admission of such State into the Union on an equal footing with the original States.

Mr. Cobb, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that the Committee had examined and found truly enrolled bills of the following titles, viz: H. R. 299. An act to provide for carrying the mails from the United States to foreign ports, and for other purposes; and

S. 25. An act to authorize the President to negotiate a treaty with the Klamath, Modoc and other Indian tribes in southeastern Oregon;

When,

The Speaker signed the same.

The House then resumed, as the regular order of business, the consideratiou of the bill of the House (H. R. 307) to declare certain roads military and post roads and to regulate commerce, heretofore reported from the Committee on Military Affairs, the pending question being on its engrossment. After debate,

The morning hour having expired,

The Speaker announced as the special order the bill of the House (H. R. 333) to provide a national currency secured by a pledge of United States stocks, and to provide for the circulation and redemption thereof;

And the House proceeded to its consideration.

Pending the question on its engrossment,

Mr. Cobb, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee did, on the 22d instant, present to the President of the United States a bill of the following title, viz:

S. 142. An act for the relief of the owners of the French ship "La Manche.” On motion of Mr. Pendleton, by unanimous consent,

Ordered, That the bill of the House No. 333 be committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, to be considered until disposed of, in preference to all other special orders now pending in Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.

On motion of Mr. Stevens, 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. Brandegee reported that the committee having had under consideration the special order, viz: H. R. 333, to provide a national currency secured by a pledge of United States stocks, and to provide for the circulation and redemption thereof, had come to no resolution thereon.

And then,

On motion of Mr. Spalding, at 4 o'clock and 15 minutes p. m., the House adjourned.

THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 1864.

The following petitions and memorials were laid upon the Clerk's table under the 131st rule of the House:

By Mr. Augustus C. Baldwin: The petition of Benjamin Follett, cashier of First National Bank of Ypsilanti, Michigan, and others, relative to plan of redemption of bills; which was referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.

By Mr. Pomeroy: The petition of Mathias Hutchins and 219 other citizens of Cayuga county, New York, for the abolition of slavery throughout the United States, and to prohibit its future existence by constitutional amendment; which was referred to the Select Committee on Emancipation.

By Mr. Ashley: The petition of 231 citizens of Fulton county, Ohio, for mail route from Delta, Fulton county, Ohio, to Adrian, Michigan; which was referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads;

Also, the petition of William M. Jones and others, of the city of Toledo, praying for a canal around the Falls of Niagara; which was referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals.

By Mr. Augustus C. Baldwin: The petition of C. Joslin and others, of Ypsilanti, Michigan, for a ship canal around the Falls of Niagara; which was referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals.

By Mr. Cravens: The memorial of the mayor and common council of the city of Jeffersonville, Indiana, recommending the falls of the Ohio river as a good site for a western armory and navy yard; which was referred to the Select Committee on a Western Armory.

By Mr. Ambrose W. Clark: The petition of Mrs. Catharine Miles, for her deceased husband's pension; which was referred to the Committee on Invalid

Pensions.

By Mr. Ward: The petition of S. Draper and others, in favor of a vote of thanks to Commodore W. D. Porter, his officers and crew, of the United States gunboat Essex, for the destruction of the rebel ram Arkansas; which was referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

By Mr. Odell: The memorial of Samuel Colman, for pay and emolument due his son William, in the United States service; which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

By Mr. Kelley The memorial of the National Club of Philadelphia, praying Congress to establish a military system by which all citizens shall be classified for military duty and substitution be avoided; which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

By Mr. Garfield: The memorial of citizens of Cleveland, Ohio, in relation to the national finances; which was referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.

By Mr. Donnelly: The memorial of the legislature of the State of Minnesota, for an increase of pension to army and navy pensioners; which was referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions;

Also, the memorial of the legislature of Minnesota, for an additional grant of lands to the Southern Minnesota railroad; which was referred to the Committee on Public Lands.

By Mr. Moorhead: The memorial of Julius Le Moyne, John H. Ewing, and other officers of a convention of wool-growers held in Washington, Pennsylvania, praying for an increase of duty upon foreign wool; which was referred to the Committee on Manufactures.

By Mr. Eliot: The petition of Benjamin Worth and others, of Edgartown, Massachusetts, holders of United States bonds, and of other persons, not holders, praying for a repeal of the law exempting government bonds from State taxation; which was referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.

Mr. Ellihu B. Washburne, by unanimous consent, from the Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the joint resolution of the Senate (S. Res. 31) authorizing the issue of a register to the steamer "Mohawk," reported the same with an amendment.

The House having proceeded to its consideration,

The said amendment was agreed to, and the resolution was ordered to be read a third time.

It was accordingly read the third time and passed.

Mr. Ellihu B. Washburne moved that the vote last taken be reconsidered, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; which latter motion was agreed to.

Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate in the said amendment.

Mr. Blaine, by unanimous consent, submitted the following resolution; which was read, considered, and agreed to, viz:

Resolved, That the Judiciary Committee be directed to inquire into the expediency of proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States by striking out the fifth clause of section nine, article one, which forbids the laying of a tax on articles exported from any State.

Mr. Wilson, by unanimous consent, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 306) to amend an act entitled "An act prescribing the times and places for holding terms of the circuit court for the districts of Iowa, Minnesota, and Kansas," approved January 13, 1863, reported the same without amendment.

The House having proceeded to its consideration,

Ordered, That the bill be engrossed and read a third time.

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

Mr. Wilson moved that the vote last taken be reconsidered, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; which latter motion was agreed to.

Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate in said bill.

Mr. James R. Morris, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. R. 358) supplementary to an act entitled "An act to create a metropolitan police district of the District of Columbia, and to establish a police therefor," approved July 16, 1862, and for other purposes; which was read a first and second time and referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia.

Mr. Moorhead, by unanimous consent, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported a joint resolution (H. Res. 51) relative to the claim and letlers patent of Wm. Wheeler Hubbell; which was read a first and second time, recommitted to the said committee, and ordered to be printed.

Mr. Whaley, by unanimous consent, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported a bill (H. R. 359) supplementary to an act entitled “An act to grant pensions," approved July 14, 1862; which was read a first and second time, ordered to be printed, and by unanimous consent recommitted to the said committee with leave to report at any time.

On motion of Mr. Kasson, by unanimous consent, the bill of the House (H. R. 40) making appropriations for the consular and diplomatic expenses of the government for the year ending 30th June, 1865, with the amendments of the Senate thereto, was taken up and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.

On motion of Mr. Kasson, by unanimous consent, the bill of the Senate (S. 183) in amendment of an act entitled "An act relating to foreign coins, and the coinage of cents at the mint of the United States," approved February 21, 1857, was taken from the Speaker's table, read a first and second