Nathaniel B. Smithers, Delaware; Charles Upson, of Michigan; James S. Brown, of Wisconsin.

Committee of Ways and Means.-Thaddeus Stevens, of Pennsylvania; Justin S. Morrill, of Vermont; George H. Pendleton, of Ohio; Reuben E. Fenton, of New York; Samuel Hooper, of Massachusetts; Robert Mallory, of Kentucky; Henry T. Blow, of Missouri; John A. Kasson, of Iowa; Henry G. Stebbins, of New York.

Committee of Claims-James T. Hale, of Pennsylvania; William S. Holman, of Indiana; Edwin H. Webster, of Maryland; James M. Ashley, of Ohio; William J. Allen, of Illinois; Giles W. Hotchkiss, of New York; William G. Brown, of West Virginia; John V. L. Pruyn, of New York; Alexander Long, of Ohio.

Committee on Commerce.-Ellihu B. Washburne, of Illinois; Thomas D. Eliot, of Massachusetts; Elijah Ward, of New York; Nathan F. Dixon, of Rhode Island; John A. J. Creswell, of Maryland; Nehemiah Perry, of New Jersey; Charles O'Neill, of Pennsylvania; John W. Longyear, of Michigan; Wells A. Hutchins, of Ohio.

Committee on Public Lands.-George W. Julian, of Indiana; James E. English, of Connecticut; William Higby, of California; William B. Allison, of Iowa; William H. Wadsworth, of Kentucky; Ithamar C. Sloan, of Wisconsin; Fernando Wood of New York; John F. Driggs, of Michigan; Samuel F. Miller, of New York.

Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.-John B. Alley, of Massachusetts; Jesse O. Norton, of Illinois; Aaron Harding, of Kentucky; Ignatius Donnelly, of Minnesota; James G. Blaine, of Maine; James Brooks, of New York; Cornelius Cole, of California; Josiah B. Grinnell, of Iowa; William E. Finck, of Ohio.

Committee for the District of Columbia--Owen Lovejoy, of Illinois; Ebenezer Dumont, of Indiana; John B. Steele, of New York; Lucien Anderson, of Kentucky; James W. Patterson, of New Hampshire; James R. Morris, of Ohio; Thomas T. Davis, of New York; Henry W. Tracy, of Pennsylvania; Ezra Wheeler, of Wisconsin.

Committee on the Judiciary.-James F. Wilson, of Iowa; George S. Boutwell, of Massachusetts; Francis Kernan, of New York; Francis Thomas, of Maryland; Thomas Williams, of Pennsylvania; Austin A. King, of Missouri; Frederick E. Woodbridge, of Vermont; Daniel Morris, of New York; George Bliss, of Ohio.

Committee on Revolutionary Claims.--Hiram Price, of Iowa; John D. Stiles, of Pennsylvania; Jesse O. Norton, of Illinois; Martin Kalbfleisch, of New York; Oakes Ames, of Massachusetts; Charles A. Eldridge, of Wisconsin; Ebenezer Dumont, of Indiana; William Johnson, of Ohio; John G. Scott, of Missouri.

Committee on Public Expenditures.-Calvin T. Hulburd, of New York; John M. Broomall, of Pennsylvania; Francis C. Le Blond, of Ohio; George W. Julian, of Indiana; Jesse Lazear, of Pennsylvania; Jacob B. Blair, of West Virginia; Edward H. Rollins, of New Hampshire; Andrew J. Rogers, of New Jersey; Charles M. Harris, of Illinois.

Committee on Private Land Claims.-M. Russell Thayer, of Pennsylvania; Giles W. Hotchkiss, of New York; Anthony L. Knapp, of Illinois; Daniel W. Gooch, of Massachusetts; John O'Neill, of Ohio; Charles H. Wingfield, of New York; Ephraim R. Eckley, of Ohio; Lorenzo D. M. Sweat, of Maine; Henry W. Harrington, of Indiana.

Committee on Manufactures.-James K. Moorhead, of Pennsylvania; Orlando Kellogg, of New York; Sydenham E. Ancona, of Pennsylvania; Isaac N. Arnold, of Illinois; Freeman Clarke, of New York; Chilton A. White, of

Ohio; Oakes Ames, of Massachusetts; John F. Starr, of New Jersey; Benjamin G. Harris, of Maryland.

Committee on Agriculture.-Brutus J. Clay, of Kentucky; Kellian V. Whaley, of West Virginia; Joseph Baily, of Pennsylvania; Calvin T. Hulburd, of New York; John Law, of Indiana; William D. Kelly, of Pennsylvania; Sidney Perham, of Maine; Augustus C. Baldwin, of Michigan; George Middleton, of New Jersey.

Committee on Indian Affairs.-William Windom, of Minnesota; Walter D. McIndoe, of Wisconsin; James C. Allen, of Illinois; John R. McBride, of Oregon; A. Carter Wilder, of Kansas; Homer A. Nelson, of New York; Sempronius H. Boyd, of Missouri; Thomas B. Shannon, of California; Charles Denison, of Pennsylvania.

Committee on Military Affairs.-Robert C. Schenck, of Ohio; John F. Farnsworth, of Illinois; George H. Yeaman, of Kentucky: James A. Garfield of Ohio; Benjamin F. Loan, of Missouri; Moses F. Odell, of New York; Henry C. Deming, of Connecticut; Francis W. Kellogg, of Michigan; Archibald McAllister, of Pennsylvania.

Committee on the Militia.-Robert B. Van Valkenburgh, of New York; Green Clay Smith, of Kentucky; Sydenham E. Ancona, of Pennsylvania; Edwin H. Webster, of Maryland; Orlando Kellogg, of New York; William R. Morrison, of Illinois; James G. Blaine, of Maine; Amasa Cobb, of Wisconsin; John F. McKinney, of Ohio.

Committee on Naval Affairs.-Alexander H. Rice, of Massachusetts; James K. Moorhead, of Pennsylvania; John A. Griswold, of New York; Frederick A. Pike, of Maine; William D. Kelly, of Pennsylvania; James S. Rollins, of Missouri; Rufus P. Spalding, of Ohio; Augustus Brandegee, of Connecticut; Joseph K. Edgerton, of Indiana.

Committee on Foreign Affairs.-Henry Winter Davis, of Maryland; Daniel W. Gooch, of Massachusetts; Samuel Cox, of Ohio; Theodore M. Pomeroy, of New York; Godlove S. Orth, of Indiana; William H. Randall, of Kentucky; John L. Dawson, of Pennsylvania; Asahel W. Hubbard, of Iowa; John T. Stuart, of Illinois.

Committee on the Territories.-James M. Ashley, of Ohio; Fernando C. Beaman, of Michigan; James A. Cravens, of Indiana; Owen Lovejoy, of Illinois; John H. Rice, of Maine; Henry Grider, of Kentucky; James M. Marvin, of New York; Joseph W. McClurg, of Missouri; Philip Johnson, of Pennsylvania.

Committee on Revolutionary Pensions.-Dewitt C. Littlejohn, of New York; John Law, of Indiana; Walter D. McIndoe, of Wisconsin; Anson Herrick, of New York; Rufus P. Spalding, of Ohio; John R. Eden, of Illinois; Brutus J. Clay, of Kentucky; Daniel Marcy, of New Hampshire; Alexander H. Coffroth, of Pennsylvania.

Committee on Invalid Pensions.-Kellian V. Whaley, of West Virginia; Benjamin Wood, of New York; Sidney Perham, of Maine; James F. McDowell, of Indiana; William B. Washburn, of Massachusetts; William H. Miller, of Pennsylvania; Freeman Clarke, of New York; Lewis W. Ross, of Tilinois; J. A. J. Creswell, of Maryland.

Committee on Roads and Canals.-Isaac N. Arnold, of Illinois; Dewitt C. Littlejohn, of New York; William A. Hall, of Missouri; Fernando C. Beaman, of Michigan; William B. Washburn, of Massachusetts; Elijah Ward, of New York; Ephraim R. Eckley, of Ohio; William B. Allison, of Iowa; Myer Strouse, of Pennsylvania.

Committee on Patents.-Thomas A. Jenckes, of Rhode Island; Leonard Myers, of Pennsylvania; Warren P. Noble, of Ohio; John H. Hubbard, of Connecticut; John W. Chanler, of New York.

Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds.-John H. Rice, of Maine;

Jacob B. Blair, of West Virginia; Samuel J. Randall, of Pennsylvania; John F. Starr, of New Jersey; William Radford, of New York.

Committee on Revisal and Unfinished Business.-Sempronius H. Boyd, of Missouri; Homer A. Nelson, of New York; John F. McKinney, of Ohio; Charles Upson, of Michigan; James C. Allen, of Illinois.

Committee on Mileage.-James C. Robinson, of Illinois; Augustus Frank, of New York; Amos Myers, of Pennsylvania; Benjamin Wood, of New York; Joseph W. White, of Ohio.

Committee on Accounts.-Edward H. Rollins, of New Hampshire; John M. Broomall, of Pennsylvania; William G. Steele, of New Jersey; Ambrose W. Clark, of New York; John R. Eden, of Illinois.

Committee on Erpenditures in the State Department.-Frederick A. Pike, of Maine; James C. Robinson, of Illinois; Robert B. Van Valkenburgh, of New York; John D. Stiles, of Pennsylvania; James E. English, of Connecticut. Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department.-Amos Myers, of Pennsylvania; Martin Kalbfleisch, of New York; Joseph W. White, of Ohio; Thomas D. Eliot, of Massachusetts; James W. Patterson, of New Hampshire.

Committee on Expenditures in the War Department.-Henry C. Deming, of Connecticut; John B. Steele, of New York; Charles M. Harris, of Illinois; Ithamar C. Sloan, of Wisconsin; Glenni W. Scofield, of Pennsylvania.

Committee on Erpenditures in the Navy Department.-Portus Baxter, of Vermont; William Higby, of California; Anson Herrick, of New York; Daniel Marcy, of New Hampshire; Henry W. Tracy, of Pennsylvania.

Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department.-Theodore M. Pomeroy, of New York; Chilton A. White, of Ohio; Leonard Myers, of Pennsylvania; William A. Hall, of Missouri; John H. Hubbard, of Connecticut.

Committee on Expenditures in the Interior Department.-Thomas B. Shannon, of California; George Middleton, of New Jersey; Alexander H. Coffroth, of Pennsylvania; Ignatius Donnelly, of Minnesota; Augustus C. Baldwin, of Michigan.

Committee on the Expenditures on the Public Buildings.-John W. Longyear, of Michigan: Jesse Lazear, of Pennsylvania; John D. Baldwin, of Massachusetts; William Johnson, of Ohio; Augustus Brandegee, of Connect

icut.

Joint Committee on the Library.-Augustus Frank, of New York; Ellihu B. Washburne, of Illinois; William H. Wadsworth, of Kentucky.

Joint Committee on Printing.-Ambrose W. Clark, of New York; Joseph Baily, of Pennsylvania; John D. Baldwin, of Massachusetts.

Joint Committee on Enrolled Bills.-Amasa Cobb, of Wisconsin; William G. Steele, of New Jersey.

The Speaker having proceeded, as the regular order of business, to call the States and Territories for bills on leave, for reference only,

Mr. Morrill introduced a joint resolution (H. Res. 2) authorizing the President of the United States to give to the government of Great Britain the notice required for the termination of the reciprocity treaty of the 5th of June, A. D. 1854; which was read a first and second time.

Mr. Morrill moved that it be referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.

Pending which,

Mr. Morrill moved the previous question; and the House refused to second the same.

The question then recurring on the motion to refer,

Mr Ward moved to amend the same by striking out the words " of Ways and Means," and inserting in lieu thereof the words "on Commerce;" which motion was agreed to.

The motion of Mr. Morrill, as amended, was then agreed to.

Bills and joint resolutions, on leave, were further introduced, read a first and second time, and referred as follows, viz:

By Mr. Eliot: A bill (H. R. 1) to establish a bureau of emancipation; which was referred to a select committee, to consist of nine members, and ordered to be printed.

By Mr. Dawes: A bill (H. R. 2) for the election of representatives in Congress from the States of Tennessee and Louisiana; which was referred to the Committee of Elections and ordered to be printed.

Mr. Brandegee, by unanimous consent, presented joint resolutions of the State of Connecticut, in regard to a modification of the conscription law, so as to equalize the burden of draft on town organizations; which were referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.

By Mr. Ward: A joint resolution (H. Res. 3) to authorize the appointment of Commissioners to negotiate a new treaty with the British government for the British Provinces of North America, based upon the true principles of reciprocity; also, a joint resolution (H. Res. 4) directing the Secretary of the Treasury to furnish a semi-monthly statement of the financial condition of the government during each session of Congress, and monthly during the recess; which were severally referred to the Committee on Commerce and the former ordered to be printed.

By Mr. Ancona: A bill (H. R. 3) granting a pension to Charles M. Pott; which was referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions; and

A bill (H. R. 4) for the relief of the heirs-at-law of the Major late William E. Henry; which was referred to the Committee of Claims.

By Mr. William H. Miller: A joint resolution (H. Res. 5) to compensate the crew of the United States steamer "Monitor" for clothing and property lost in the public service; which was referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

By Mr. Stevens: A bill (H. R. 5) granting public lands to the People's Pacific Railroad Company to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line to the Pacific coast by the northern route; which was referred to a select committee to consist of thirteen members.

By Mr. Stevens: A bill (H. R. 6) to fix the pay of colored officers, soldiers, chaplains, and musicians; which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs;

Also, a bill (H. R. 7) to repeal joint resolution 63, approved July 17, 1862; and

A bill (H. R. 8) to repeal the fugitive slave act, approved February 12, 1793, and the act amendatory thereto, approved September 18, 1850; which were severally referred to the Committee on the Judiciary;

Also, a bill (H. R. 9) to fix the time for holding elections for representatives in Congress, and to enable soldiers in the service of the United States to vote for said officers; which was referred to the Committee of Elections. By Mr. Spalding: A bill (H. R. 10) to amend the act entitled "An act for enrolling and calling out the national forces, and for other purposes," approved March 3, 1863; which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.

By Mr. Ashley: A bill (H. R. 11) 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; which was referred to the Committee on the Territories;

Also, a bill (H R. 12) to amend the confiscation act, and for other purposes; and

A bill (H. R. 13) to repeal the fugitive slave act of 1850, and all acts and parts of acts for the rendition of fugitive slaves; and

A bill (H. R. 14) to provide for submitting to the several States a proposition to amend the national Constitution, prohibiting slavery or involuntary servitude in all the States, and in the Territories now owned or which may hereafter be acquired by the United States;

which were severally referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed;

Also, a bill (H. R. 144) to enable the people of Nebraska 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; and

A bill (H. R. 15) to provide a temporary government for the Territory of Montana;

which were severally referred to the Committee on the Territories;

Also, a joint resolution (H. Res. 6) to authorize the enlistment of colored citizens in the rebellious districts; which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.

By Mr. Yeaman: A bill (H. R. 16) to amend an act to establish a court for the investigation of claims against the United States, approved February 24, 1855, and to amend subsequent acts concerning said court; and

A joint resolution (H. Res. 7) concerning the restoration of the civil authority of certain States, and of the United States, within regions once under the control of the existing rebellion;

which were severally referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. Mallory: A bill (H. R. 17) to amend an act entitled "An act to establish certain post roads;" which was referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals.

By Mr. Holman: A bill (H. R. 18) to repeal so much of the 13th section of an act entitled "An act for enrolling and calling out the national forces, and for other purposes," approved March 3, 1863, as authorizes exemption from military service by the payment of three hundred dollars, and for other purposes; which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

Also, a bill (H. R. 19) for the relief of the county of Dearborn, Indiana, and of Hamilton county, Ohio; which was referred to the Committee of Claims. By Mr. Julian: A bill (H. R. 20) respecting fugitives from labor and repealing certain acts relative thereto; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. Lovejoy: A bill (H. R. 21) to give effect to the declaration of independence, and also to certain provisions of the Constitution of the United States; and

A bill (H. R. 22) to protect freedmen, and to punish any one for re-enslaving them;

which were severally referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. Arnold: A bill (H. R. 23) to repeal so much of an act entitled "An act for enrolling and calling out the national forces, and for other purposes," as authorizes the discharge of a person drafted on payment of three hundred dollars; which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs;

Also, a bill (H. R. 24) to aid the President of the United States to carry into immediate execution the proclamation of emancipation, of January 1, 1863, and prohibiting the holding of certain persons as slaves in all that portion of the United States designated therein; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary;

Also, a bill (H. R. 25) declaring the assent of Congress to an act of the legislature of the State of Illinois, authorizing certain piers and water works in Lake Michigan; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce.

By Mr. Ellihu B. Washburne: A bill (H. R 26) reviving the grade of lieutenant general in the United States army; which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.