Be it resolved, That the Judiciary Committee be, and hereby is, instructed to inquire into the allegations aforesaid, and ascertain by what authority the said General Schenck exercises a power to regulate or interfere with the privileges of divine worship, and also to arrest and detain as a prisoner the said minister of the gospel, as aforesaid; and further, that said committee be instructed to report upon the same at an early day.

And the question being put,

It was decided in the negative-two-thirds not voting in favor thereof.

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

Mr. Speaker: The President of the United States has notified the Senate that he did this day approve and sign bills and joint resolutions of the following titles, viz:

S. 506. An act to prevent and punish frauds upon the revenue, to provide for the more certain and speedy collection of claims in favor of the United States, and for other purposes;

S. 393. An act concerning letters of marque, prizes, and prize goods; S. 574. An act supplementary to an act entitled "An act for the relief of persons for damages sustained by reason of depredations and injuries by certain bands of Sioux Indians," approved February 16, 1863;

S. 532. An act to define the powers and duties of the levy court of the county of Washington, District of Columbia, in regard to roads, and for other purposes;

S. 359. An act to reorganize the courts in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes;

S. 546. An act for the relief of Margaret L. Stevens, widow of Brigadier General Isaac I. Stevens;

S. Res. 117. Joint resolution giving the thanks of Congress to Major General William S. Rosecrans, and the officers and men under his command, for their gallantry and good conduct in the battle of Murfreesborough, Tennessee;

S. Res. 132. Joint resolution to enable the Secretary of the Treasury to obtain the title to certain property in the city of Denver, Colorado Territory, for the purposes of the branch mint located in said place;

S. 545. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to further promote the efficiency of the navy, approved December 21, 1861, and for other purposes;"

S. 554. An act to carry into effect the convention between the United States and the republic of Peru, signed at Lima on the 12th of January, 1863, for the settlement of claims;

S. 355. An act for increasing the revenue by reservation and sale of town sites on public lands;

S. 555. An act to incorporate the National Academy of Sciences; S. 577. An act further to regulate proceedings in prize cases, and to amend various acts of Congress in relation thereto;

S. Res. 123. Joint resolution to expedite the printing of the President's message and accompanying documents;

S. Res. 130. Joint resolution to compensate the crew of the United States steamer Monitor for clothing and other property lost in the public service;

S. Res. 137. Joint resolution in relation to property devised to the people of the United States by Captain Uriah P. Levy, deceased; and

S. 231. An act amendatory of an act entitled "An act to provide for the care and preservation of the works constructed by the United States for bringing the Potomac water into the cities of Washington and Georgetown, for the supply of said water for all governmental purposes, and for the uses and benefit of the inhabitants of said cities."

Mr. Stevens, from the committee appointed to wait on the Presi dent of the United States, reported that the committee had discharged the duties imposed upon them, and that the President had informed them that he had no further communications to make to Congress. The hour of 12 o'clock m. having arrived,

Mr. Speaker Grow rose, and addressed the House as follows, viz: Before performing the duty enjoined by the Constitution, permit me to tender my grateful acknowledgments for the uniform kindness and co-operation received at your hands. In discharging the duties to which you assigned me, if aught has occurred, in word or deed, to wound the feelings of any, attribute it to errors of the head rather than intentions of the heart, and let it be forgotten in the assurance that I shall recall our past intercourse only with pride and pleasure. We met as legislators of the republic on the threshold of its most important era. Its sunshine of almost half a century was for the first time darkened with clouds. Grim-visaged war stalked through the land, which it has since drenched in blood. While grappling in a death struggle with this hydra-headed monster of civil discord, you have, by your labors, contributed not a little to the advancement of the industrial interests and promotion of the greatness and glory of the country. Few Congresses, if any, will hold a prouder position in its future. Though we separate with darkness lowering over the horizon, behind the clouds is the sun still shining. It seems to be a part of the plans of Divine Providence that every marked advance in civilization must begin amid the carnage of the battle-field. the Marathons and through the Thermopylæs of the world's history liberty has carved out her victories, and the race has marched on to higher and nobler destinies. As the lightnings of heaven rend and destroy only to purify and reinvigorate, so freedom's cannon furrows the fields of decaying empires, and seeds them anew with human gore, from which springs a more vigorous race to guard the hopes and cherish the rights of mankind. The boom of cannon on the plains of Lexington shook a continent, and bore an obscure militia. colonel from the shades of Mount Vernon to the highest pinnacle of earthly glory, to stand forever on that proud pedestal, peerless among men, while it called STARK from his granite hills, PUTNAM from his plough, and GREENE from his blacksmith's forge, to immortal fame. The iron hail beating on the walls of Sumter again shakes a

continent; and the genius of history is recording the names of those born not to die. The country's martyrs in this hour of its trial will live forever. Their tombs will be the hearts of the great and good of all time; their monuments the granite hills of a nation rejoicing in freedom. Whether the night of our adversity is to be long or short, there can be no doubt of the final dawn of a glorious day; for such is the physical geography of the continent that between the gulf and the lakes there can be but one nationality. No matter what changes may be wrought in its social organization, its territorial limits will continue the same. The traditions of the past and the hopes of the future have crystallized in the American heart the fixed resolve of "one Union, one country, and one destiny" from ocean to ocean. No human power can change that destiny any more than it can stay the tide of the father of waters, as it rolls from the mountains to the sea.

"Freedom's battle once begun

Bequeathed from bleeding sire to soń,
Though baffled oft is ever won."

Better one war, though it costs countless lives and untold treasure, than a dismembered Union, with its endless border conflicts and final anarchy and ruin. If the people between the gulf and the lakes cannot live together in peace as one nation, they certainly cannot as two. This war, then, must, in the nature of things, be prosecuted till the last armed rebel is subdued, and the flag of our fathers is respected on every foot of American soil.

Gentlemen, invoking on you and our common country the blessings of Divine Providence, and wishing you each and all a long and happy life-not in the unmeaning compliment of the day, but in sincerity and truth-I declare the House of Representatives of the thirtyseventh Congress adjourned sine die.

APPENDIX.

STANDING RULES AND ORDERS

FOR CONDUCTING BUSINESS IN

THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES During the 3d session of the 37th Congress.

TOUCHING THE DUTY OF THE SPEAKER.

1. He shall take the chair every day precisely at the hour to which the House shall have adjourned on the preceding day; shall immediately call the members to order; and, on the appearance of a quorum, shall cause the journal of the preceding day to be read.—April 7,

1789.

2. He shall preserve order and decorum; may speak to points of order in preference to other members, rising from his seat for that purpose; and shall decide questions of order, subject to an appeal to the House by any two members-April 7, 1789; on which appeal no member shall speak more than once, unless by leave of the House.December 23, 1811.

3. He shall rise to put a question, but may state it sitting.—Aprīl 7, 1789.

4. Questions shall be distinctly put in this form, to wit: "As many as are of opinion that (as the question may be) say Ay,'' and after the affirmative voice is expressed, "As many as are of the contrary opin ion, say No." If the Speaker doubt, or a division be called for, the House shall decide; those in the affirmative of the question shall first rise from their seats, and afterwards those in the negative. If the Speaker still doubt, or a count be required by at least one-fifth of a quorum of the members, the Speaker shall name two members, one from each side, to tell the members in the affirmative and negative; which being reported, he shall rise and state the decision to the House.-March 16, 1860.

5. The Speaker shall examine and correct the journal before it is read. He shall have a general direction of the Hall, and the unappropriated rooms in that part of the Capitol assigned to the House shall be subject to his order and disposal until the further order of the House. He shall have a right to name any member to perform the duties of the Chair, but such substitution shall not extend beyond an adjournment.-December 23, 1811, and May 26, 1824.