votes of the two houses on the bill of the House (H. R. 659) to provide ways and means for the support of the government, submitted the following report, viz: "The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two houses on the amendments to the bill (H. R. No. 659) to provide ways and means for the support of the government. having met, after full and free conference have agreed to recommend, and do recommend, to their respective houses, as follows: "That the House recede from their disagreement to the 12th, 13th, 22d, and 25th amendments of the Senate, and agree to the same. That the Senate recede from their disagreement to the amendment of the House to the 1st amendment of the Senate, and agree to the same. That the Senate recede from their disagreement to the amendment of the House to the 20th amendment of the Senate, and agree to the same. "That the Senate recede from their 6th, 9th, and 10th amendments to the second section of the bill, and agree to amend the same as follows: Strike out all after the word 'That,' in the first line, to the end of the second section, with all the amendments thereto, and in lieu thereof insert the following, and the House agree to the same, namely: the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to issue, on the credit of the United States, four hundred millions of dollars in treasury notes, payable at the pleasure of the United States, or at such time or times, not exceeding three years from date, as may be found most beneficial to the public interests, and bearing interest at a rate not exceeding six per centum per annum, payable at periods expressed on the face of said treasury notes; and the interest on the said treasury notes, and on certificates of indebtedness and deposit hereafter issued, shall be paid in lawful money. The treasury notes thus issued shall be of such denomination as the Secretary shall direct, not less than ten dollars, and may be disposed of on the best terms that can be obtained, or may be paid to any creditor of the United States willing to receive the same at par. And said treasury notes may be made a legal tender to the same extent as United States notes for their face value, excluding interest, or they may be made exchangeable, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, by the holder thereof at the treasury in the city of Washington, or at the office of any assistant treasurer or depositary designated for that purpose, for United States notes equal in amount to the treasury notes offered for exchange, together with the interest accrued and due thereon at the date of interest payment next preceding such exchange. And in lieu of any amount of said treasury notes thus exchanged or redeemed, or paid at maturity, the Secretary may issue an equal amount of other treasury notes; and the treasury notes so exchanged, redeemed, or paid shall be cancelled and destroyed as the Secretary may direct. In order to secure certain and prompt exchanges of United States notes for treasury notes when required as above provided, the Secretary shall have power to issue United States notes to the amount of one hundred and fifty millions of dollars, which may be used, if necessary, for such exchanges; but no part of the United States notes authorized by this section shall be issued for or applied to any other purpose than said exchanges; and whenever any amount shall have been so issued and applied, the same shall be replaced as soon as practicable from the sales of treasury notes for United States notes.' "And the committee have been unable to agree upon the 23d amendment of the Senate. "Managers on the part of the House of Representatives "THADDEUS STEVENS. "JUSTIN S. MORRILL. "C. A. TRIMBLE. "Managers on the part of the Senate "W. P. FESSENDEN. The same having been read, Mr. Stevens moved the previous question; which was seconded, and the main question ordered and put, viz: Will the House agree thereto? And it was decided in the affirmative, Yeas Nays 72 68 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present. Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. Cyrus Aldrich Isaac N. Arnold Mr. Reuben E. Fenton Samuel C. Fessenden Mr. Anson P. Morrill Mr. Roscoe Conkling So the said report was agreed to. Mr. Socrates N. Sherman Benjamin F. Thomas Clement L. Vallandigham William H. Wadsworth Elijah Ward Kellian V. Whaley Mr. Washburne moved that the House further insist upon its disagreement to the Senate's 23d amendment to the said bill, and ask a further conference with the Senate on the disagreeing votes of the two houses thereon. Pending which, Mr. Washburne moved the previous question; which was seconded, and the main question ordered and put, viz: Will the House further insist upon its disagreement to the Senate's 23d amendment to the said bill? And it was decided in the affirmative, {Nays 97 7 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. Cyrus Aldrich Isaac N. Arnold Ordered, That the House further insist upon its disagreement to the Senate's 23d amendment to the said bill, and ask a further conference, with the Senate on the disagreeing votes of the two houses thereon. Ordered, That Mr. Washburne, Mr. Dawes, and Mr. Spaulding be the managers at the further conference on the part of the House. Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate therewith, and also acquaint the Senate with the concurrence of the House in the said report of the committee of conference. The hour of 4 p. m. having arrived during the roll-call upon the said vote, as soon as the vote was announced the House took a recess until 7 o'clock p. m. AFTER THE RECESS. Mr. Johnson, by unanimous consent, submitted the following reso lution; which was read, considered, and agreed to, viz: Resolved, That the Committee for the District of Columbia be instructed to inquire into the expediency of draining by culvert, dredging, or in some other way so improving the Washington canal that it may be cleansed and the health of the city preserved, and that they report by bill or otherwise. Mr. Pike moved a reconsideration of the vote by which the report of the committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two houses on the bill of the House (H. R. 659) to provide ways and means for the support of the government, was agreed to. Pending which, Mr. Bingham moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table. Pending which, On motion of Mr. Washburne, Ordered, That there be a call of the House. The roll having been called, the following named members having failed to answer to their names, viz: John B. Alley, Elijah Babbitt, Charles J. Biddle, Jacob B. Blair, Samuel S. Blair, George W. Bridges, Charles B. Calvert, James H. Campbell, Ambrose W. Clark, Andrew J. Clements, George T. Cobb, Frederick A. Conkling, Martin F. Conway, Erastus Corning, John Covode, Samuel S. Cox, James A. Cravens, John J. Crittenden, Henry L. Dawes, Charles Delano, Isaac C. Delaplaine, Alexander S. Diven, R. Holland Duell, W. McKee Dunn, Sidney Edgerton, Thomas M. Edwards, Thomas D. Eliot, Alfred Ely, Samuel C. Fessenden, Benjamin F. Flanders, Henry Grider, John A. Gurley, John Hickman, William S. Holman, William D. Kelley, Francis W. Kellogg, William Kellogg, James E. Kerrigan, William E. Lansing, Cornelius L. L. Leary, William E. Lehman, Owen Lovejoy, Walter D. McIndoe, Robert McKnight, Robert Mallory, Gilbert Marston, Horace Maynard, William Mitchell, Anson P. Morrill, Warren P. Noble, John W. Noell, Moses F. Odell, John S. Phelps, Theodore M. Pomeroy, John F. Potter, Albert G. Riddle, Charles B. Sedgwick, Joseph Segar, John P. C. Shanks, Samuel Shellabarger, Socrates N. Sherman, John B. Steele, Charles R. Train, Carey A. Trimble, William Vandever, Burt Van Horn, Robert B. Van Valkenburgh, Chauncey Vibbard, Daniel W. Voorhees, William Wall, John W. Wallace, E. P. Walton, Edwin H. Webster, Kellian V. Whaley, Samuel T. Worcester, and Hendrick B. Wright, On motion of Mr. Bingham, Ordered, That all further proceedings in the call be dispensed with. The question then recurred on the motion of Mr. Bingham to lay on the table the motion to reconsider the vote by which the report of the committee of conference on the bill of the House, No. 659, was agreed to. And being put, It was decided in the affirmative, {Xays.. 63 49 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are |