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mineral lands in the Territories; which was referred to the Committee on the Territories.

Also, the memorial of the assembly of Minnesota, asking Congress to repair the government bridge across the Blue Earth river, on the Minnesota and Big Sioux road; which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

Mr. Vallandigham gave notice, under the rule, of his intention to move for leave to introduce a bill and joint resolution, as follows, viz: A bill to amend the tax laws of 1861 and 1862; and

A joint resolution to amend the Constitution of the United States. The Speaker, by unanimous consent, laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting returns of registered seamen arriving in the several ports of entry of the United States during the year ending September 30, 1862; which was laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.

The Speaker having proceeded, as the regular order of business, to call the committees for reports

Mr. Hooper, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported a bill (H. R. 581) concerning judgments in certain suits brought by the United States; which 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. Hooper 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.

All the committees having been called-

The Speaker next proceeded to call the States and Territories for resolutions.

When

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

Resolved, That the Committee on Military Affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of reporting a bill increasing the pay of private soldiers in the army to fifteen dollars per month, and making such reduction in the salaries of officers of the army not actually engaged in active service in the field as may not impair the efficiency of the public service.

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

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Navy be directed to inform this house if any appointments of acting midshipmen have. been made, during the recess of Congress, to the Naval Academy, other than those made regularly under the law governing such appointments; and if so, by whom said appointments have been recommended and made, and by what authority; and if such appointments have been made, that he be directed to furnish this house with a list of the same, designating the States from which they have been appointed.

Mr. Sheffield submitted the following resolutions; which were severally read, considered, and agreed to, viz:

Resolved, That the Committee on Commerce be, and they are hereby, instructed to inquire into the expediency of repealing so much of the act approved May 20, 1862, supplemental to An act to provide for the collection of duties on imports, and for other purposes," as provides for the distribution of the proceeds of the penalties under the said act, and the act to which the same is supplemental, among officers of the customs and others, with leave to report by bill or otherwise.

Resolved, That the Committee of Ways and Means be, and they are hereby, instructed to consider the propriety of admitting cotton brought from foreign countries to be imported free of duty, with leave to report by bill or otherwise.

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

Resolved, That the Committee on Public Expenditures be instructed to examine into the expense of the General Land Office, and to report what reductions may be made therein consistently with the public interest.

Mr. Aldrich, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. R. 582) to annul and abrogate all treaties between the United States and certain bands of Sioux Indians, in Minnesota, and for the relief of the sufferers by the outrages and depredations committed by the said Indians; which was read a first and second time, and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

And then,

On motion of Mr. Washburne, at 12 o'clock and 45 minutes p. m., the House adjourned.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1862.

Several other members appeared, viz:

From the State of Massachusetts, Charles Delano.
From the State of New Jersey, Nehemiah Perry.

From the State of Pennsylvania, Thaddeus Stevens.

From the State of Kentucky, George W. Dunlap and Robert Mallory. From the State of Ohio, James M. Ashley and Samuel Shellabarger. From the State of Indiana, James A. Cravens and John P. C. Shanks. From the State of New York, Socrates N. Sherman.

The following memorials were laid upon the Clerk's table, under the rule:

By. Mr. Justin S. Morrill: The memorial of Edmund Lanier, a commander in the navy of the United States, representing that his name was improperly omitted in the list of officers recommended for future promotion by the action of the late advisory board; which was referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

By Mr. Frederick A. Conkling: The memorial of Zetta L. Turk, asking compensation for illegal interruption of a trading voyage to Matamoras;

Also, the memorial of Thomas H. Bowie, asking compensation for losses sustained by the seizure of his carriage and horses by the provost guard of Washington.

Ordered, That the said memorials be referred to the Committee of Claims.

The Speaker having, as the regular order of business, called the committees for reports, next proceeded to call the States and Territories for resolutions.

When

Mr. Calvert submitted the following resolutions; which were read, considered, and agreed to, viz:

Resolved, That the Commissioner of Patents be directed to inform this house what amount of the agricultural fund was expended from the 1st of January, 1862, to the time when the fund and books were transferred to the Commissioner of Agriculture, specifying the items of such expenditure; and also if any contracts had been made to be paid out of said fund which have not been satisfied; and if so, to what amount, to whom due, and for what purpose.

Resolved, That the Commissioner of Agriculture be directed to inform this house what amount of agricultural fund has been expended under his direction up to this time, specifying the items; and if any contracts are now outstanding and unpaid; and if so, to what amount and on what account.

Mr. Holman submitted a resolution, which he subsequently modified to read as follows, and which was considered and agreed to, viz: Resolved, That the Committee on Military Affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of reporting a bill so amending the fifth section of the act entitled "An act to authorize the employment of volunteers to aid in enforcing the laws and protecting the public property," approved July 22, 1861, as to allow to volunteers who have been or shall be honorably discharged on account of wounds or other disability arising from actual service such part of the bounty of one hundred dollars provided for in said section as shall be proportionate to the time of actual service.

And then,

On motion of Mr. Stevens, at 12 o'clock and 26 minutes p. m., the House adjourned.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1862.

Several other members appeared, viz:

From the State of Connecticut, Alfred A. Burnham.

From the State of Ohio, William P. Cutler and George H. Pendleton.

From the State of Illinois, James C. Robinson and William J. Allen. From the State of Maryland, Henry May.

From the State of New Hampshire, Gilman Marston.

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

By Mr. Holman: The petition of the widow of Daniel S. McCauley,

for compensation on account of services rendered by her husband abroad; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

By Mr. Sargent: The petition of Captain T. O. Selfridge, representing that his name was unfairly omitted in the list of officers recommended for promotion by the advisory board; which was referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

By Mr. Cox: The petition of citizens of Columbus, Ohio, asking for the enlargement of the Illinois and Michigan canal; which was referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals.

By Mr. Price: The memorial of Terry Schurlock-heretofore presented June 2, 1860; which was referred to the Committee of Claims. By Mr. Samuel C. Fessenden: Additional papers in relation to the claim of Charles O. Pitcher; which were referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia.

The Speaker having, as the regular order of business, called the committees for reports, next proceeded to call the States and Territories for resolutions.

When

Mr. Aldrich, on leave, introduced bills of the following titles, viz: H. R. 583. A bill to grant the proceeds of the sales of certain public lands to aid in the construction of a northern Pacific railroad; and H. R. 584. A bill reducing the rates of congressional mileage; which were severally read a first and second time, and referred as follows, viz:

H. R. 583, to the select committee on the Pacific railroad; and H. R. 584, to the Committee on Mileage.

On motion of Mr. Washburne,

Ordered, That when the House adjourns, it adjourn until Monday

next.

Mr. Richardson submitted the following resolution; which was read and referred to the Committee on Printing, viz:

Resolved, That 5,000 copies of the report of Colonel J. D. Webster, to the Secretary of War, on the project of a ship canal from the Mississippi to Lake Michigan, and which was communicated to this house by the President, be printed for the use of the House.

Mr. Wickliffe submitted the following resolution, viz:

Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary be instructed to inquire and report to this house upon the following subjects:

1. Under what law there has been appointed a military governor for the District of Columbia.

2. What powers does he possess or exercise, and by and under what law has he derived his powers.

3. What salary or compensation is paid him, and under what appropriation.

4. What is the entire annual expenses of such military governor, including all sums paid for quarters, guards, houses, and persons, and for house rent, servants, soldiers, and assistants under his control.

5. Whether the said officer of military governor has interfered with and obstructed the administration of justice and law by the civil or

judicial tribunals within the District of Columbia; state the cases and facts of such obstruction.

And if, in the opinion of the committee, such officer is not provided for by law, that they report a bill prohibiting his existence and the exercise of power by him.

The same having been read,

Mr. Wickliffe moved the previous question, and the House refused. to second the same.

Mr. Biddle submitted the following amendment, viz:

After the word "powers," at the end of the second inquiry, insert, "in the said District, or in the State of Pennsylvania, or in any other of the United States."

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Mr. Olin moved that the resolution and pending amendment be laid on the table.

And the question being put,

Yeas.

It was decided in the affirmative, {Nas

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

Mr. Cyrus Aldrich
John B. Alley
Isaac N. Arnold
James M. Ashley
Elijah Babbitt
Stephen Baker
Portus Baxter
Fernando C. Beaman
John A. Bingham
Jacob B. Blair
Samuel S. Blair

Harrison G. Blake

William G. Brown
James Buffinton

Alfred A. Burnham
Jacob P. Chamberlain
Ambrose W. Clark
Schuyler Colfax
Frederick A. Conkling
Roscoe Conkling
William P. Cutler
Wm. Morris Davis
Henry L. Dawes
R. Holland Duell
W. McKee Dunn
Sidney Edgerton
Thomas M. Edwards
Thomas D. Eliot
Alfred Ely

Mr. Reuben E. Fenton

Samuel C. Fessenden
Thomas A. D. Fessenden
George P. Fisher
Augustus Frank
Daniel W. Gooch
Edward Haight
James T. Hale
Richard A. Harrison
John Hickman
Valentine B. Horton
John Hutchins
George W. Julian
William D. Kelley
Francis W. Kellogg
William Kellogg
William E. Lansing
William E. Lehman
Dwight Loomis
Owen Lovejoy
Frederick F. Low
Edward McPherson
Horace Maynard
William Mitchell
James K. Moorhead
Justin S. Morrill
John T. Nixon
Abraham B. Olin

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Mr. John Patton

Theodore M. Pomeroy
Albert G. Porter
John H. Rice
Albert G. Riddle
Edward H. Rollins
Aaron A. Sargent
Charles B. Sedgwick
William P. Sheffield
Samuel Shellabarger
Socrates N. Sherman
A. Scott Sloan
Elbridge G. Spaulding
Thaddeus Stevens
Charles R. Train
Carey A. Trimble
Rowland E. Trowbridge
Burt Van Horn
Rob't B. Van Valkenburgh
Charles H. Van Wyck
John P. Verree
Amasa Walker
John W. Wallace
Ellihu B. Washburne
William A. Wheeler
Kellian V. Whaley
James F. Wilson
William Windom.

Mr. Erastus Corning

Samuel S. Cox
James A. Cravens

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