By Mr. Noell: A bill to confirm certain entries of land therein named. The Speaker having stated the question to be on agreeing to the amendment just reported from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to the bill of the House H. R. 216—

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

When

Mr. Sydenham Moore, by unanimous consent, from the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the bill of the Court of Claims (H. R. C. C. 96) for the relief of William Geiger, with the report of the said court thereon, reported the said bill without amendment. Ordered, That the bill be committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and that the bill and report be printed.

On motion of Mr. Dunn, by unanimous consent,

Ordered, That the Committee on Roads and Canals be discharged from the further consideration of the petition of W. B. Swormstedt and others, asking an appropriation to enable E. B. Bishop to test more fully his "machine for deepening the channels of rivers and harbors," and that the same be referred to the Committee on Commerce.

And then,

On motion of Mr. Branch, at 4 o'clock and 15 minutes p. m., the House adjourned.

FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 1860.

The following petitions and memorials were laid upon the Clerk's table, under the 24th rule of the House, to wit:

By Mr. Sherman: The petition of citizens of the State of Ohio, for the extinction of slavery in the District of Columbia;

Also, the petition of citizens of the State of Ohio, for the repeal of the fugitive slave law;

Also, the petition of citizens of the State of Ohio, relative to the foreign slave trade.

By Mr. Pendleton: The petition of Thomas C. Ware, asking compensation for services as attorney in the Martha Washington case.

By Mr. Scott. The petition of Tully R. Wise, praying for compensation as United States district attorney for the northern district of California;

Also, the petition of Tully R. Wise, praying the passage of a law by Congress relative to the estate of Joseph L. Folsom.

Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. Boyce: The petition of John McCully, praying titles to certain public lands, or compensation in lieu thereof.

By Mr. William Stewart: The petition of L. Neal Morgan and Mary Neal Taylor, heirs of Reuben Neal, praying compensation for land mislocated in the New Madrid district, in the State of Missouri.

Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims.

By Mr. Christopher Robinson: The memorial of William Littlefield, praying for the establishment of a marine hospital at Newport, in the State of Rhode Island.

By Mr. Gartrell: Two memorials of the mayor, city council, citi zens, and merchants of Atlanta, Georgia, praying Congress to establish that city a port of delivery.

Ordered, That the said memorials be referred to the Committee on Commerce.

By Mr. Blake: The petition of George G. Durham, praying compensation as temporary clerk in the Department of the Interior.

By Mr. De Jarnette: The memorial of F. Wood, praying remuneration for losses sustained by the seizure and detention of his goods by the United States government.

Ordered, That the said petition and memorial be referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

By Mr. Covode: The memorial of Henry Wentling, praying compensation for boarding soldiers during the war of 1812.

By Mr. Brayton: The petition of T. S. Everett, praying three months' extra pay for military services.

By Mr. Anderson: The petition of John B. Bowman, asking for a sale of the property belonging to the United States at Harrodsburg, in the State of Kentucky.

By Mr. Rice: The petition of the New England Association of Soldiers of the war of 1812, praying pensions for services in said war. Ordered, That the said memorial and petitions be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

By Mr. Jackson: The petition of citizens of the State of Georgia, praying pensions to soldiers of the war of 1812.

By Mr. Etheridge: The memorial of Samuel Winn-heretofore referred December 8, 1856.

By Mr. Brabson: The petition of William Walker-heretofore referred January 25, 1858.

Ordered, That the said petitions and memorial be referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions.

By Mr. Miles: The petition of the heirs of John De Treville-heretofore referred January 2, 1838; which was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims.

By Mr. Ferry: The memorial of the administrators of Amable Boileau, praying half pay under resolve of October 21, 1780, and for bounty land for services in the war of the revolution; which was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims.

By Mr. Green Adams: The memorial of William Estill-heretofore referred May 3, 1858; which was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims.

By Mr. Thomas: The memorial of the members of the legislature of the State of Tennessee, in behalf of Mrs. Jane Venable-heretofore referred March 9, 1858.

By Mr. Moorhead: The petition of William G. Moorhead-heretofore referred March 3, 1858.

By Mr. Boyce: The petition of citizens of the State of Ohio, praying for a treaty with Great Britain for the delivery of fugitive slaves escaped into Canada.

Ordered, That the said memorial and petitions be referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

By Mr. Farnsworth: The memorial of citizens of the State of Illinois, praying an appropriation for the repairs of the works and piers, and for dredging the mouth of the harbor at Chicago, in said State; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce.

By Mr. Ely: The petition of Samuel P. Pitts-heretofore referred January 6, 1858.

By Mr. Covode: The memorial of the heirs of P. P. Hull, praying compensation for taking the census in the State of California. Ordered, That the said petition and memorial be referred to the Committee of Claims.

By Mr. Lovejoy: The memorial of F. A. Soule, J. W. Jones, and W. G. Coffin, praying protection to citizens of one State travelling or sojourning in another State; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. Eliot: The memorial of W. P. Rathbone, in behalf of the widow and heirs of Caleb Wood-heretofore referred January 15, 1818.

By Mr. Tappan: The petition of the heirs of Simon Smith-heretofore referred December 12, 1854.

By Mr. Brayton: The petition of Samuel Graves, praying pension for services rendered in the war of 1812.

By Mr. Perry: The petition of James Welch-heretofore referred February 19, 1858.

Ordered, That the said memorial and petitions be referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

By Mr. Carey: The petition of citizens of the State of Ohio; praying for a mail-route from Republic to Clyde.

By Mr. Reynolds: The memorial of Absalom Anderson, praying compensation for carrying the British mail.

Ordered, That the said petition and memorial be referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.

By Mr. Ely: The petition of Elizabeth and Maria Swart, heirs of Adam Swart heretofore referred January 15, 1859; which was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions;

Also, the petition of Sarah Post-heretofore referred February 19, 1856; which was referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions; Also, the petition of the heirs of John Fonda-heretofore referred January 25, 1858; which was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims.

A message from the Senate, by Mr. Dickins, their Secretary: Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed bills and a resolution of the following titles, viz:

S. 26. An act to extend the provisions of "An act to enable the

State of Arkansas and other States to reclaim the swamp lands within their limits" to Minnesota and Oregon, and for other purposes;

S. 55. An act for the relief of Telman Leak;

S. 215. An act to amend the provisions of the 56th section of "An act to regulate the collection of duties on imports and tonnage," approved the 2d day of March, 1799;

S. Res. 4. A resolution to allow credit to certain disbursing officers therein mentioned;

in which I am directed to ask the concurrence of this House.

The Speaker, by unanimous consent, laid before the House execu tive communications as follows, viz:

I. A letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the expenditures of appropriations for the discharge of miscellaneous claims not otherwise provided for and paid at the treasury during the last fiscal year; which was laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.

II. A letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, in com pliance with a resolution of the House of the 16th ultimo, reports of the board of officers ordered to examine into the abuses of the navy yards.

Ordered, That the said letter and accompanying documents be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and, together with the evi dence to be transmitted, printed.

III. A letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a transcript of the Army Register for 1859; which was laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.

The Speaker having announced as the business first in order the bill of the House (H. R. 216) making appropriations for fulfilling treaty stipulations with the Ponca Indians, and with certain bands of Indians in the State of Oregon and Territory of Washington, for the year ending June 30, 1860, reported yesterday from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union with an amendment, and on which the main question was ordered to be put

The said amendment was agreed to, and the bill ordered to be engrossed and read a third time.

Being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time, and, under the operation of the previous question, passed.

Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate therein.

Mr. Phelps moved that the vote by which the said bill was passed be reconsidered, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table; which latter motion was agreed to.

Mr. Train, by unanimous consent, submitted the following resolu tion; which was read, considered, and agreed to, viz:

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Interior be requested to furnish to the House of Representatives the report of the Art Commissioners and the accompanying documents made to the President of the United States.

Mr. Winslow, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. R. 232)

for the relief of William D. Moseley; which was read a first and second time, and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

On motion of Mr. Taylor, by unanimous consent,

Ordered, That a pending bill before the Committee on the Judiciary "to provide for expatriation, &c. and to restrain the citizens of the United States from entering into the military or naval service of foreign States or from taking any part in hostilities carried on between them, or within their several limits, and for other purposes," together with certain notes of old and new acts in relation to that subject, be printed.

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

Mr. Hutchins, from the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the legal representatives of five deceased clerks in the Philadelphia custom-house, reported a bill (H. R. 233) for their relief, accompanied by a report in writing thereon; which bill was read a first and second time, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and the bill and report ordered to be printed.

Mr. Ely, from the same committee, to whom was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 16) for the relief of the heirs of Lot Hall, reported the same without amendment, accompanied by a report in writing thereon.

Ordered, That the said bill be committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and that the bill and report be printed.

Mr. John G. Davis, from the Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the petition of Thomas Atkinson, of Parke county, Indiania, made a report thereon, accompanied by a bill (H. R. 234) for his relief; which bill was read a first and second time, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for tomorrow, and the bill and report ordered to be printed.

Mr. John G. Davis, from the same committee, to whom was referred the petition of congressional township No. 2 north, of range No. 9 west, of the fourth principal meridian, in Adams county, State of Illinois, reported a bill (H. R. 235) for its relief; which was read a first and second time, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed.

Mr. Lovejoy, from the same committee, to whom was referred the petition of John Dixon, reported a bill (H. R. 236) for his relief; which was read a first and second time, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed.

Mr. Lovejoy, from the same committee, to whom was referred the petition of Anthony Schlander, reported a bill (H. R. 237) for his relief; which was read a first and second time.

Pending the question on its engrossment,

Mr. Stanton moved that it be committed to a Committee of the Whole House.