lish Portland, in the State of Oregon, and Leavenworth, in the State of Kansas, ports of delivery, reported the same without amendment. Ordered, That the said bill be read a third time. It was accordingly read the third time and passed. Mr. Wilder 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 acquaint the Senate with the passage of the said bill. Mr. Julian, by unanimous consent, from the Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the joint resolution of the Senate (S. Res. 38) explanatory of the tenth section of an act to reduce the expenses of the survey and sale of the public lands in the United States, approved May 30, 1862, reported the same without amendment. Ordered, That it be read a third time. It was accordingly read the third time and passed. Mr. Julian 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 acquaint the Senate with the concurrence of the House in the said joint resolution. On motion of Mr. Julian, by unanimous consent, the bill of the Senate (S. 264) for the disposal of coal lands and of town property in the public domain was taken from the Speaker's table, read three times, and passed. Mr. Julian moved that the vote last taken be reconsidered, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; which latt r motion was agreed to. Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate with the passage of the said bill. On motion of Mr. Noble, by unanimous consent, the Committee of the Whole House was discharged from the further consideration of the bill of the House (H. R. 203) for the relief of Jacob Weber, and the House proceeded to consider the same. Ordered, That the bill be engrossed and read a third time. Being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time and passed. Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate in the said bill On motion of Mr. Ellihu B. Washburne, by unanimous consent, the bill of the Senate (S. 302) to encourage and facilitate telegraphic communication between the eastern and western continents was taken from the Speaker's table and read a first and second time. Pending the question on its third reading, Mr. Washburne submitted an amendment to the last section; which was agreed to. Ordered, That the bill 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. A message from the Senate, by Mr. Forney, their Secretary: Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed bills of this house of the following titles, viz : H. R. 559. An act to quiet the titles to lands within the rancho Laguna de Santos Callé, in the State of California; without amendment; and H. R. 549. An act further to regulate and provide for the enrolling and calling out of the national forces, and for other purposes; with amendments, in which it requests the concurrence of this house. The Senate insist on their amendments, disagreed to by the House, to the bill of the House (H. R. 527) entitled An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the government for the year 1865, and for other purposes; disagree to the amendments of the House to their amendments to the said bill; agree to the conference asked by the House on the disagreeing votes of the two houses thereon, and have appointed Mr. Sherman, Mr. Cowan, and Mr. Ramsay the said committee on their part. Mr. William B. Washburn, by unanimous consent, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, to whom was referred the bill of the Senate (S. 122) for the relief of Mary A. Baker, widow of Brigadier General E. D. Baker, reported the same with a recommendation that it do not pass. After debate, Pending the question on its third reading, Mr. William B. Washburn moved the previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered, and under the operation thereof the bill was ordered to be read a third time. It was accordingly read the third time. On motion by Mr. Allison, Ordered, That it be laid on the table. Mr. William B. Washburn 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. William B. Washburn, from the same committee, to whom were referred bills of the Senate of the following titles, viz: S. 2. An act granting a pension to Ellen M. Whipple, widow of the late Major General Amiel H. Whipple, of the United States army; and S. 44. An act granting a pension to the widow of the late Major General Hiram G Berry; reported the same, severally, with a recommendation that they do not pass. On motion of Mr. Washburn, the said bills were laid on the table. Mr. Washburn moved that the votes last taken on the said bills be reconsidered, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; which latter motion was agreed to. Mr. Cobb, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee had examined and found truly enrolled a bill of the following title, viz: H. R. 446. An act to regulate prize proceedings and the distribution of prize money, and for other purposes; When The Speaker signed the same. On motion of Mr. William J. Allen, by unanimous consent, leave was granted for the withdrawal from the files of the House of the papers in the case of Israel Deming. Mr. William G. Steele, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee had examined and found truly enrolled bills and a joint resolution of the following titles, viz: H. R. 435. An act concerning certain locations of lands in the State of Missouri; H. R. 442. An act to authorize the President of the United States to ne gotiate with certain Indians of Middle Oregon for a relinquishment of certain rights secured to them by treaty; H. R. 255. An act granting certain privileges to the Guardian Society of the District of Columbia; H. Res. 93. Joint resolution to authorize the Postmaster General to extend the contract with the Overland Mail Company; and H. R. 522. An act to amend the charter of the Washington and George town Railroad Company; When The Speaker signed the same. Mr. Boutwell, by unanimous consent, submitted the following resolution; which was read and referred to the Committee on Printing, viz: Resolved, That ten thousand copies of an act to provide internal revenue to support the government, to pay interest on the public debt, and for other purposes, be printed for the use of the Office of Internal Revenue. Mr. Julian, by unanimous conseut, from the Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the bill of the Senate (S. 233) making an additional grant of lands to the State of Kansas to aid in the construction of railroad and telegraph lines, reported the same without amendment. Pending the question on its third reading, Mr. Holman submitted an amendment to the bill; which was agreed to. Ordered, That the bill be read a third time. It was accordingly read the third time and passed. Mr. Julian 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. On motion of Mr. Alexander H. Rice, by unanimous consent, the bill of the House (H. R. 470) to authorize assimilated rank to be given to the warrant officers of the United States navy, and for other purposes, with the amendment of the Senate thereto, was taken up and the said amendment agreed to. Mr. Alexander H. Rice 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 acquaint the Senate with the concurrence of the House in the said amendment. The bill of the House (H. R. 466) for the relief of the widow of C. A. Haun, with the amendment of the Senate thereto, pending at the adjournment yes terday, was taken up and the said amendment agreed to. Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate therewith. On motion of Mr. Schenck, by unanimous consent, joint resolutions and a bill of the Senate of the following titles, viz: S. Res. 58. Joint resolution in relation to the professors of the Military Academy at West Point; S. Res. 43. Joint resolution authorizing the settlement of the accounts of the late Captain Daniel Hebard, of the United States volunteers; and S. 286. An act to prohibit the discharge of persons from liability to military duty by reason of the payment of money, and for other purposes; were severally read a first and second time and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. On motion of Mr. Ellihu B. Washburne, by unanimous consent, the bill of the Senate (S. 322) to change the name of the steamboat "Magnet," of Buffalo, to "Home," was taken from the Speaker's table, read a first and second time, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. 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. On motion of Mr. Schenck, by unanimous consent, leave was granted for the withdrawal from the files of the House of the papers in the case of Maximilian Rosenberg. On motion of Mr. Wilson, by unanimous consent, the bill of the Senate (S. 37) entitled "An act to prevent officers of the army and navy, and other persons engaged in the military and naval service of the United States, from interfering in elections in the States, was taken from the Speaker's table, read a first and second time, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. On motion of Mr. Hale, by unanimous consent, the joint resolution. (H. Res. 39) for the relief of Alexander Cross, with the amendment of the Senate thereto, was taken up and the said amendment agreed to. Mr. Hale 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 acquaint the Senate with the concurrence of the House in the said amendment. The Speaker, by unanimous consent, laid before the House communications. as follows, viz: I. From the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting accounts of Indian agents for southern superintendency, under act of March 3, 1863; II. From the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the House of May 16, 1864, a copy of the proceedings of the court-martial which tried Commodore Charles Wilkes; III. From the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, in compliance with a. resolution of the House of May 17, 1864, a copy of the proceedings of the court of inquiry in the case of Commodore Charles Wilkes; which were severally laid on the table and ordered to be printed. On motion of Mr. Perham, by unanimous consent, Ordered, That the Committee on Invalid Pensions be discharged from the further consideration of the papers in the case of Rufus L. Harvey, and that the same be laid on the table. Mr. Perham, by unanimous consent, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported a bill (H. R. 567) granting a pension to Elizabeth B. Leppien, accompanied by a report in writing thereon; which bill was read a first and second time. Ordered, That it be engrossed and read a third time. Being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time and passed. Mr. Perham 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. On motion of Mr. Griswold, by unanimous consent, the bill of the Senate (S. 273) to compensate the officers and crew of the iron-clad gunboat Essex for the destruction of the rebel ram Arkansas was taken from the Speaker's table, read three times, and passed. Mr. Griswold 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 acquaint the Senate with the passage of the said bill. Mr. Smith, by unanimous consent, submitted the following resolution; which was read and referred to the Committee of Elections, viz: Resolved, That the Clerk of the House be directed to pay, out of the con tingent fund of the House, to Messrs. Rogers, Johnson, and Jacks, as claimants for seats on this floor as members of the thirty-eighth Congress from the State of Arkansas, the usual mileage and monthly pay from the time their credentials were presented. Mr. Dawes moved a reconsideration of the vote by which the said resolu tion was referred; which motion was passed over for the present. The Speaker having announced as the regular order of business the bill of the House (H. R. 518) "to provide for the construction of railway communication between the cities of Washington and New York, and to constitute the same a public highway and a military road and postal route of the United States," heretofore reported from the Select Committee on a New Route from Washington to New York, On motion of Mr. Alley, Ordered, That the said bill be printed and recommitted to the said committee. The Speaker next proceeded to call the committees for reports; When Mr. Garfield, from the Select Committee on the Treasury Investigation, submitted a report in writing; which was laid on the table and ordered to be printed. By unanimous consent, leave was granted to the minority of the said committee to submit their views, the same to be printed. Mr. Garfield, from the same committee, reported the following resolution; which was read, considered, and agreed to, viz: Resolved, That the Select Committee on the Treasury Investigation be excused from the further consideration of that part of the subject referred to them relating to the trade regulations on the western waters, and that the subject be referred for investigation to the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War. Mr. Pruyn, by unanimous consent, from the Committee of Claims, reported a bill (H. R. 568) for the relief of T. T. Garrard and others, accompanied by a report in writing thereon; which bill was read a first and second time, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and the bill and report ordered to be printed. Mr. Holman, from the same committee, reported a bill (H. R. 569) for the relief of John Williams, accompanied by a report in writing thereon; which bill was read a first and second time. Ordered, That it be engrossed and read a third time. Being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time and passed. Mr. Holman 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. Donnelly, by unanimous consent, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to whom was referred the joint resolution of the Senate (S. Res. 40) for the relief of Carlisle Doble, reported the same without amendment. Ordered, That it be read a third time. It was accordingly read the third time and passed. Mr Donnelly 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 acquaint the Senate with the concurrence of the House in the said joint resolution. |