have appointed Mr. Howe, Mr. Morrill, and Mr. Buckalew the committee of conference on the part of the Senate.

The Speaker then proceeded, as the business next in order, to call the States and Territories for resolutions.

When

Mr. Cox withdrew the resolution submitted by him, and pending when the call was suspended on Monday last, in regard to the report of General George W. Morgan.

Mr. Pendleton submitted the following resolution; which was read, considered, and agreed to, viz:

Resolved, That the select committee, to whom was referred the bill to admit members of the Cabinet to seats on the floor of the House, be continued during the present Congress.

Mr. James R. Morris submitted the following resolution; which was read, and, debate arising thereon, laid over under the rule, viz:

Resolved, That the Committee for the District of Columbia be instructed to inquire into the expediency of reporting a bill providing that all juvenile offenders convicted of crimes in said District shall be sentenced to the house of correction outside of the District, which, after sixty days' notice shall have been given by the Secretary of the Interior in some newspaper in each of the principal cities of the United States, shall agree to keep them at the least expense to the government.

Mr. Thomas submitted the following resolution; which was read, considered, and agreed to, viz:

Resolved, That the Committee on Commerce be instructed to inquire into the expediency of making an appropriation to deepen the channel of the Potomac river from the Long bridge to the wharves of Georgetown, so as to open an outlet for the trade of the Chesapeake and Ohio canal, in place of the Alexandria canal, the aqueduct of which has been seized and appropri ated to the use of the quartermaster's department of the government of the United States.

Mr. Brandegee introduced a joint resolution (H. Res. 86) for the relief of the contractors for the machinery of the side-wheel gunboats known as double-enders; which was read a first and second time and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

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

Resolved, That the Secretary of War be requested, as soon as practicable, to furnish to this house the names, rank, and date of commission of all aides de-camp, commonly called additional aides-de-camp, who were in the military service of the United States March 31, 1864, and who have been appointed by authority of the act approved August 5, 1861, entitled "An act supplementary to an act entitled 'An act to increase the present military estab lishment of the United States,"" approved July 19, 1861, and been continued in service under authority of section 19 of the act approved July 17, 1862, entitled "An act to define the pay and emoluments of certain officers of the army, and for other purposes," together with the name of the major general for whom each additional aide-de-camp was appointed, the name of the major general or other officer under whom he was serving on the last day of March, 1864, the nature of the duty performed by each such additional aid at that date, and the place where performed.

Mr. Thomas T. Davis also submitted the following resolution; which was read, considered, and agreed to, viz:

Resolved, That the Committee for the District of Columbia be instructed to inquire into the present condition of the Washington National Monument Society; to ascertain the amount of funds collected for the association since

its last report; the amount expended for the construction of the monument, and the amount expended and paid for salaries since said report, to the respective officers of the company; and also, in what manner the funds on hand are invested or kept; and that said committee be authorized to make any other inquiries which they may think best, and also to send, if necessary, for books and papers and witnesses, and that they report to the House.

Mr. Ancona submitted the following resolution; which was read and laid over under the rule, viz:

Resolved, That the Secretary of War be directed to inform the House what notice has been given to the people of the quota due and required from the sub-district, after the credits for veterans re-enlisted, and for volunteers under the various calls for troops, have been ascertained and deducted.

The Speaker having announced as next in order the resolution submitted on Monday last by Mr. Grinnell, and laid over, under the rule, in regard to the "World" and "Journal of Commerce" newspapers,

Mr. Grinnell withdrew the same.

A message was received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Nicolay, his private secretary, notifying the House that he did, on the 25th instant, approve and sign bills of the following titles, viz:

H. R. 272. An act for the relief of Julia A. Ames.

H. R. 407. An act authorizing the establishment of ocean mail steamship service between the United States and Brazil; and

H. R. 432. An act for the relief of the citizens of Denver, in the Territory of Colorado.

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

Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed bills of the following titles, viz: S. 291. An act to amend an act entitled "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;" S. 199. An act relating to the compensation of pension agents; and S. 288. An act to amend an act for the relief of Solomon Wadsworth; in which I am directed to ask the concurrence of this house.

The Speaker having announced as the business next in order the resolution in regard to the present war, submitted on the 16th of December last by Mr James S. Rollins, and laid over on account of debate arising thereon— the pending question being on the motion of Mr. Morrill to refer the same to a select committee,

After debate,

Mr. Rollins having modified the resolution by striking out the word "substantially," where it occurs in the 8th line,

And

Mr. Morrill having modified the motion submitted by him as follows, viz: That the resolution be referred to the Select Committee on the Rebellious States,

Mr. Rollins moved the previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered to be put.

When

Mr. Fernando Wood moved that the resolution be laid on the table.
And the question being put,

Yeas

It was decided in the negative, Nays..

The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are

Mr. William B. Allison

Oakes Ames

Lucien Anderson
Isaac N. Arnold

Mr. John D. Baldwin
Augustus Braudegee
John A. J. Creswell
Thomas T. Davis

Mr. Henry L. Dawes

Ignatius Donnelly
Thomas D. Eliot
John F. Farnsworth

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Mr. James A. Garfield
Josiah B. Grinnell
Asahel W. Hubbard
John H. Hubbard

So the House refused to lay the resolution on the table.
The question was then put on the motion to refer.

And it was decided in the affirmative,Nays.

The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are

So the resolution was referred to the Select Committee on the Rebellions States.

Mr. Morrill 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.

Mr. Ellihu B. Washburne, (the rules having been suspended for that purpose,) from the Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 450) to provide for the repair and preservation of certain public works of the United States, reported the same without amendment, and the House proceeded to its consideration.

Pending the question on its engrossment,

Mr. Washburne moved the previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered, and under the operation thereof the bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time.

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

Mr. 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 bill.

Mr. Schenck moved that the rules be suspended, so as to enable him to report from the Committee on Military Affairs, and the House to consider, the bill of the House (H. R. 429) to provide for the more speedy punishment of guerillas, and for other purposes.

And the question being put,

Yeas

It was decided in the negative, Nays

Two-thirds not voting in favor thereof.

The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are

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Thomas B. Shannon
Green Clay Smith
Nathaniel B. Smithers
Rufus P. Spalding
M. Russell Thayer
Francis Thomas
Henry W. Tracy
Charles Upson

R. B. Van Valkenburgh
Ellihu B. Washburne
William B. Washburn
Edwin H. Webster
Kellian V. Whaley
Thomas Williams
A. Carter Wilder
James F. Wilson
William Windom
Fred'ck E. Woodbridge.

Mr. James S. Rollins
Lewis W. Ross

John G. Scott
John B. Steele
William G. Steele

John D. Stiles

Lorenzo D. M. Sweat

William H.Wadsworth

Chilton A. White
Fernando Wood.

Mr. Cobb, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that the com

mittee had examined and found truly enrolled bills of the following titles, viz:

S. 65. An act to provide for the payment of the claims of Peruvian citizens under the convention between the United States and Peru of the 12th of January, 1863; and

S. 248. An act in relation to franked matter;

When

The Speaker signed the same.

On motion of Mr. Dawes, by unanimous consent, the joint resolution of the House (S. Res. 57) to amend the charter of the city of Washington was taken from the Speaker's table, read a first and second time, and referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia.

Mr. English, (the rules having been suspended for that purpose,) from the Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 469) extending the time for the completion of the Marquette and Ontonagon railroad, of the State of Michigan, reported the same without amendment.

Pending the question on its engrossment,

Mr. English moved the previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered, and under the operation thereof the bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time.

Being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time.

The question then being ou its passage,

Mr. English moved the previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered to be put.

When

Mr. Sloan moved that the bill be laid on the table; which motion was disagreed to.

The question then recurring on its passage,

The bill was passed.

Mr. English 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

bill.

Mr. Smithers called up and the House resumed the consideration of the report of the Committee of Elections in the case of John H. McHenry, jr., vs. George H. Yeaman, from the State of Kentucky-the pending question being on the following resolution accompanying the said report, viz:

Resolved, That George H. Yeaman is entitled to a seat in this house as the representative from the second congressional district of Kentucky in the thirty-eighth Congress.

After debate,

Mr. Smithers moved the previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered and put, viz: Will the House agree to the said resolution? (Yeas.

And it was decided in the affirmative, {Nays

The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are

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