of Lucretia B. Galloway, widow of John A. Galloway, late corporal seventh Missouri militia, to take effect from the passage of this act. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time; and being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time, and passed. Mr. BIRD moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table. The latter motion was agreed to. MINOR CHILDREN OF THOMAS OLIVER. Mr. BIRD also, from the same committee, reported a bill (H. R. No. 2451) granting a pension to John Oliver, Louisa Oliver, Robert Oliver, and Martha A. Oliver, only minor children of Thomas Oliver; which was read a first and second time. The bill, which was read, authorizes and directs the Secretary of the Interior to place upon the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the names of John Oliver, Louisa Oliver, Robert Oliver, and Martha A. Oliver, only minor children of Thomas Oliver, late private in fiftysixth regiment Illinois infantry volunteers, from the 6th of June, 1866, and the pension hereby granted is to be paid to John Murphy, guardian of said minor children. ABIGAIL STUKEY. Mr. BIRD also, from the same committee, reported a bill (H. R. No. 2452) granting a pension to Abigail Stukey; which was read a first and second time. The bill, which was read, directs the Secretary of the Interior to place upon the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Abigail Stukey, of of B Bingham, Monroe county, Ohio, at the rate of eight eight dollars per month, to take effect from the passage of this act. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time; and being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time, and passed. Mr. BIRD moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table. The latter motion was agreed to. ROSA WALLANER. Mr. BIRD also, from the same committee, reported a bill (H. R. No. 2453) granting a pension to Rosa Wallaner; which was read a first and second time. The bill, which was read, authorizes and directs the Secretary of the Interior to place upon the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Rosa Wallaner, minor child of Frederick Wallaner, late a private in company N, one hundred and ninety-eighth regiment PennsylMr. STOUGHTON. I would inquire of the gentleman from New Jersey [Mr. BIRD] why the petitioner does not receive a pension under the existing laws? Mr. MAYNARD. I suggest that the bill be amended so that the pension shall be paid to the guardian without stating the name, as the present guardian may die and another bevania volunteers. appointed. Mr. BIRD. I have no objection to that amendment. The amendment was agreed to. The bill, as amended, was ordered to be engrossed, and read a third time; and being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time, and passed. Mr. BIRD moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table. The latter motion was agreed to. Mr. TOWNSEND, of New York. I now move we adjourn, as there is no quorum. Mr. RANDALL. We have been working all evening without a quorum, and I hope we will not adjourn. Mr. TOWNSEND, of New York. I hope Mr. SPEER, of Pennsylvania. This evening and to-morrow evening have been set apart for the consideration of reports from the Committee on Invalid Pensions. That committee have had under consideration more bills than any other committee. When the House is willing to go on considering these reports, which have been carefully considered by the Committee on Invalid Pensions, I do not see why the gentleman from New York should insist on his motion to adjourn. Let us go on and finish the bills we have ready to report this evening. Mr. DOX. Is this motion debatable? Mr. SPEER, of Pennsylvania. The gentleman from New York can go home if he wants to. Mr. TOWNSEND, of New York. I am much obliged to the gentleman, but I prefer to remain here as long ong as the House is in session. Mr. SPEER, of Pennsylvania. It is of great importance to many poor crippled sol diers throughout the country that we should go on and complete this business. Mr. TOWNSEND, of New York. I insist on the motion to adjourn. Mr. SPEER, of Pennsylvania. My friend is a very patriotic gentleman, and I hope he will not insist on that motion. The question being taken on the motion to adjourn, it was disagreed to. Mr. BIRD. My recollection of the case is that this application was made by the guardian to the Commissioner, but from informalities in the affidavits the pension was rejected by the Department. Those informalities and irreguthe judgment of the Committee on larities, in Invalid Pensions, have been removed by subsequent affidavits establishing the case to our satisfaction. Mr. RANDALL. I would also state to the gentleman from Michigan [Mr. STOUGHTON] that I have examined this matter very fully, as the case is one which comes from my own section, and I am satisfied that this child is entitled to the pension. There was, as the gentleman from New Jersey has stated, some informality about the testimony. Mr. BIRD. There were irregularities in the testimony as supplied to the Department. Mr. HAZELTON, of Wisconsin. I suppose the time had elapsed within which application could be made to the Commissioner. Mr. BIRD. That was one of the points. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time; and being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time, and passed. Mr. BIRD moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table. The latter motion was agreed to. HETTIE Μ. ΚΕΡΝER. Mr. BIRD also, from the same committee, reported a bill (H. R. No. 2454) granting a pension to Hettie M. Kepner; which was read a first and second time. The bill, which was read, directs the Secretary of the Interior to place upon the pensionroll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Hettie M. Kepner, widow of Tobias B. Kepner, late a private in the third regiment Potomac home brigade, Maryland volunteers, and also the minor children of the said Tobias B. Kepner, to take effect from the 4th day of March, 1870. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time; and being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time, and passed. by which the bill was passed; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table. The latter motion was agreed to. JEROME E. PAMPELL. Mr. BIRD also, from the same committee, reported a bill (H. R. No. 2455) granting a pension to Jerome E. Pampell; which was read a first and second time. The bill, which was read, directs the Secretary of the Interior to place upon the pensionroll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Jerome E. Pampell, late a private in the third regiment of Maryland volunteers, to take effect from the passage of this act. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time; and being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time, and passed. Mr. BIRD moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table. The latter motion was agreed to. MARY C. GRIFFIN. Mr. MANSON, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported back, with the recommendation that it do pass, the bill (H. R. No. 2456) for the relief of Mary C. Griffin. The question was upon ordering the bill to be engrossed and read a third time. The bill, which was read, authorizes and directs the Secretary of the Interior to place upon the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Mary C. Griffin, widow of Daniel F. Griffin, late lieutenant colonel thirty-eighth regiment Indiana volunteers, at the rate of thirty dollars a month from and after the passage of this act. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time; and being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time, and passed. Mr. MANSON moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table. The latter motion was agreed to. SARAH S. COOPER. Mr. MANSON also, from the same committee, reported a bill (H. R. No. 2457) granting a pension to Sarah S. Cooper; which was read a first and second time. The question was on ordering the bill to be engrossed and read a third time. The bill directs the Secretary of the Interior to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Sarah S. Cooper, widow of Wickliffe Cooper, late major of the seventh regiment United States cavalry. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time; and being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time, and passed. Mr. MANSON moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table. The latter motion was agreed to. Mr. LAMPORT. I move that the House do now adjourn. Mr. MOORE. I desire to call the attention of members of the House to the fact that from the beginning of the session we have taken up just such cases as members of Congress have urged upon us, and have endeavored to accommodate every member of the House. Mr. WALLACE. Let me say that in addition to the claims now being put through, the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions have some which they desire to bring before the House. Mr. LAMPORT. I withdraw the motion. MARGARET BOYD AND OTHERS. Mr. MANSON also, from the same comMr. BIRD moved to reconsider the vote || mittee, reported a bill (H. R. No. 2458) grantThe bill was ordered to be engrossed and Il volunteers. ing a pension to Margaret Boyd, Rachel D. Mellvaine, and William L. McIlvaine; which was read a first and second time. The question was upon ordering the bill to be engrossed and read a third time. The bill, which was read, directs the Secretary of the Interior to place on the pensionroll, subject to the limitations and provisions of the pension laws, the names of Margaret Boyd, who is the widow of Samuel McIlvaine, late corporal of company D, tenth Indiana volunteers, Rachel D. McIlvaine, and William L. Mellvaine, to take effect from the time of the passage of the act. Mr. STOUGHTON. I would inquire how long these pensions are to run? Mr. HOLMAN. They are subject to the pension laws, which confine the pension of the widow to the period of widowhood. Mr. STOUGHTON. How as to the minors? Mr. HOLMAN. The age of sixteen is prescribed by the general pension law as the time when the pensions are to cease. Mr. STOUGHTON. And they are subject to the limitations of the general pension law? Mr. HOLMAN. Yes, sir. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time; and being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time, and passed. Mr. MANSON moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table. The latter motion was agreed to. MARGARET L. BYBEE. Mr. MANSON also, from the same committee, reported a bill (H. R. No. 2459) restoring to the pension-roll the name of Margaret L. Bybee; which was read a first and second time. The question was upon ordering the bill to be engrossed and read a third time. The bill, which was read, directs the Secretary of the Interior to restore to the pensionroll the name of Margaret L. Bybee, and pay her the same pension as was paid her previous to her name being stricken from the pensionroll. Mr. STOUGHTON. I would inquire of the gentleman how her name happened to be stricken off? Mr. MANSON. Because she was living in the city of Memphis during the war. She is the widow of Colonel William Anderson, and was in the South during the war. The Commissioner of Pensions refused to reinstate her on the roll from the fact that she refused to take the oath. She did not sympathize with the rebellion, but she had some sons in the rebel army. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time; and being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time, and passed. Mr. MANSON moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table. The latter motion was agreed to. JOHN A. CROZIER. Mr. MANSON also, from the same commit tee, reported a bill (H. R. No. 2460) granting a pension to John A. Crozier, of Indiana; which was read a first and second time. The question was upon ordering the bill to be engrossed and read a third time. The bill was read. It directs the Secretary of the Interior to Secretary place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of John A. Crozier, of Madison, Indiana, late second lieutenant ninth regiment Indiana volunteer minute men, who lost an arm in the service during the late civil war, to take effect from the passage of this act. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time; and being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time, and passed. Mr. MANSON moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table. The latter motion was agreed to. LORENZO D. HOGLE. Mr. MANSON also, from the same committee, reported a bill (H. R. No. 2461) granting a pension to Lorenzo D. Hogle; which was read a first and second time. The question was upon ordering the bill to be engrossed and read a third time. The bill, which was read, authorizes and directs the Secretary of the Interior to place upon the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Lorenzo D. Hogle, late acting assistant surgeon in the Army, from the passage of this act. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time; and being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time, and passed. Mr. MANSON moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table. The latter motion was agreed to. DEAN A. WILLS. Mr. MANSON also, from the same committee, reported a bill (H. R. No. 2462) granting a pension to Dean A. Wills, of Indiana; which was read a first and second time. The question was upon ordering the bill to be engrossed and read a third time. The bill, which was read, directs the Secretary of the Interior to place upon the pensionroll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Dean A. Wills, of Dearborn county, Indiana, infant son of James B. Wills, late a private in company A, seventh Indiana volunteers, and pay him a pension from the passage of this act. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time; and being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time, and passed. Mr. MANSON moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table. The latter motion was agreed to. ELLEN W. P. CARTER. Mr. MANSON also, from the same committee, reported a bill (H. R. No. 2463) granting a pension to Ellen W. P. Carter; which was read a first and second time. The question was on ordering the bill to be engrossed and read a third time. The bill directs the Secretary of the Interior to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension pension laws, the name of Ellen W. P. Carter, of Bradley county, Tennessee, and widow of F. A. Carter, at the rate of eight dollars per month, from the passage of this act. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time; and being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time, and passed. Mr. MANSON moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table. The latter motion was agreed to. EVAN JOHNSON. Mr. MANSON also, from the same committee, reported a bill (H. R. No. 2464) granting a pension to Evan Johnson; which was read a first and second time. The question was on ordering the bill to be engrossed and read a third time. The bill directs the Secretary of the Interior to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Evan Johnson, late a corporal of company I, forty-seventh regiment Illinois volunteers, to take effect from the passage of this act. read a third time; and being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time, and passed. Mr. MANSON moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table. The latter motion was agreed to. HILA A. COOKSY. Mr. MANSON also, from the same committee, reported a bill (H. R. No. 2465) granting a pension to Hila A. Cooksy; which was read a first and second time. The question was upon ordering the bill to be engrossed and read a third time. The bill was read. It directs the Secretary of the Interior to place upon the penson-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Hila A. Cooksy, widow of James C. Cooksy, late a private of the thirty-second regiment of Missouri volunteers, at the rate of eight dollars per month from the passage of this act. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time; and being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time, and passed. Mr. MANSON moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table. The latter motion was agreed to. ANGELICA HAMMOND. Mr. MANSON also, from the same committee, reported a bill (H. R. No. 2466) granting a pension to Angelica Hammond; which was read a first and second time. The question was upon ordering the bill to be engrossed and read a third time. The bill was read. It directs the Secretary of the Interior to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Angelica Hammond, widow of William Z. Hammond, late a private of company E, first Maryland cavalry volunteers, to take effect from the passage of this act. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time; and being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time, and passed. Mr. MANSON moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table. The latter motion was agreed to. ARDY A. AUTRY. Mr. MANSON also, from the same committee, reported a bill (H. R. No. 2467) granting a pension to Ardy A. Autry; which was read a first and second time. The bill directs the Secretary of the Interior to place upon the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Ardy A. Autry, widow of the late Abraham E. Autry, late a corporal in company K, thirty-seventh regiment Kentucky infantry, the pension to be at the rate of eight dollars a month from the passage of the act. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time; and being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time, and passed. Mr. MANSON moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table. The latter motion was agreed to. SAMUEL B. DAVIS. Mr. MANSON also, from the same committee reported a bill (H. R. No. 2468) granting a pension to Samuel B. Davis; which was read a first and second time. The bill directs the Secretary of the Interior to place upon the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Samuel B. Davis, late a corporal of company E, eighteenth regiment Indiana Mr. BARBER. I am sorry to disturb men when they are doing what they suppose to be a good work; but it strikes me that in all cases there ought to be some explanation showing why these parties cannot obtain pensions through the Pension Office, and showing also that they are meritorious cases. Mr. SPEER, of Pennsylvania. The gentleman can have an explanation by asking for it in any particular case. Mr. BARBER. Well, I would like to hear the report in this case. Mr. MAYNARD. I suppose the reports will all be printed, will they not? Mr. BARBER. I ask for the reading of the report in this case. Mr. MAYNARD. I suggest that we had better make a general order that in all these cases the written report shall be printed and go on record among our official documents. The SPEAKER pro tempore. That is a question for the House to determine. Mr. BARBER. I ask for the reading of the report in this case. Mr. MANSON. This is the only bill I have reported to night which is not accompanied with a written report. It is a good case-the case of a soldier who contracted disease in the Army, and is now very much afflictedbadly crippled. If the gentleman will look over the papers he will see that the case is a very excellent one. I thought it so clear that I did not deem it necessary to write a report upon it. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time; and being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time, and passed. Mr. MANSON moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table. The latter motion was agreed to. PETER BREWER. Mr. MANSON also, from the same committee, reported a bill (H. R. No. 2469) granting a pension to Peter Brewer; which was read a first and second time. The bill directs the Secretary of the Interior to place upon the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Peter Brewer, late a private in company F, twenty-ninth regiment Indiana infantry volunteers, the pension to take effect from the passage of the act. Mr. STOUGHTON. Why cannot this man be relieved under existing laws? Mr. MOORE. If he could have been we would not have reported favorably upon his Mr. TURNER, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported a bill (H. R. No. 2470) granting a pension to Robert H. Brown, of Adair county, Missouri; which was read a first and second time. The bill directs the Secretary of the Interior to place upon the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Robert H. Brown, late a sergeant in twenty-fifth regiment Illinois volunteers, the pension to commence from the passage of the act. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time; and being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time, and passed. by which the bill was passed; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table. The latter motion was agreed to. JOHN HEDDINGER. Mr. TURNER also, from the same Committee, reported a bill (H. R. No. 2471) granting a pension to John Heddinger; which was read a first and second time. The bill directs the Secretary of the Interior to place upon the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of John Heddinger, late boatswain's mate on the United States steamship Eutaw, the pension to be at the rate of ten dollars a month from the passage of the act. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time; and being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time, and passed. Mr. TURNER moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table. The latter motion was agreed to. Mr. STOUGHTON. If I understand the last case next but one, the soldier was on a furlough, and on the 4th of July had his hand injured by firing a cannon. I desire to ask the chairman of the Committee on Invalid Pensions if he intends to grant pensions in cases of that kind? If that be the rule, I will know what kind of cases to present. He was not wounded in the line of his duty. Mr. MOORE. I want to tell the gentleman from Michigan that the Committee on Invalid Pensions would not report favorably on any of these cases if there were not intrinsic merits to recommend them. I do not propose now to go into the details of cases which have been passed. If necessary I will make the motion to reconsider and lay upon the table in all these cases. The SPEAKER. The motion has been made in every case to reconsider and lay upon the table. And then, on motion of Mr. ACKER, (at ten o'clock and twenty minutes p. m.,) the House adjourned. PETITIONS. The following petitions were presented under the rule, and referred to the appropriate committees: By Mr. BIGBY: The petitions of Robert Hester, Richard F. Lyon, Thomas M. Daniel, William Grant, William D. Orr, Cicero H. Sutton, B. D. Thomasson, Benjamin Jones, and Eralbert W. Miller, citizens of Georgia, asking the removal of their political disabilities. By Mr. COX: The petition of George Wilkes and 97 others, citizens of New York city, against the further absorption of the public lands by railroad or other corporations, and to have the residue set apart for the exclusive use of actual settlers. By Mr. DUNNELL: The petition of D. L. How and 71 others, of Minnesota, asking for the passage of House bill No. 1378. By Mr. ELDREDGE: The petition of Thomas Weeks, for pay for services in the Mexican war. By Mr. MAYNARD: The petition of Gideon M. Hazen, of Knoxville, Tennessee, for reimbursement for cotton taken from him by the Union soldiers under General Burnside in the winter of 1863. By Mr. MCCLELLAND: The petition of Thomas McKean, A. E. McClees, Theodore Slater, McDaniel & Co., James C. Acheson, and 19 others, citizens of Washington county, Pennsylvania, praying the repeal of the special tax on the manufacture and sale of tobacco and cigars, and favoring a uniform tax of sixteen cents per pound on tobacco. By Mr. MOREY: The petition of C. E. Mr. TURNER moved to reconsider the vote || Duke, of Catahoula parish, Louisiana. By Mr. NEGLEY: The petition of Charles B. M Madden, asking the payment of officer's traveling expenses due him. By Mr. ORR: Petitions for mail routes in Iowa, from Eldora to State Center, Cherokee to Sibley, and West Side to Sac City. By Mr. PERRY, of New York: The petition of J. H. Ransom & Co., E. Wilson & Co., William Stott, William L. Warren, and others, of Albany, State of New York, remonstrating against any increase of the tariff on tin plates. By Mr. WHITTHORNE: The petition of Samuel R. Anderson for removal of his dis abilities. By Mr. WILSON, of Ohio: The petition of 56 citizens of Ironton, Ohio, praying the adoption by Congress of such measures as will bring the sufferings of the people of Persia before the public mind, and provide ways and means for collecting and distributing to the sufferers such charities as the benevolent may wish to bestow. POST ROUTE BILL INTRODUCED. The following was introduced under the rules, and referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads: By Mr. BIGBY: A bill to establish a post route from Elberton to Hartwell, in Georgia. IN SENATE. Prayer by Rev. J. G. BUTLER, D. D., Chaplain of the House of Representatives. The Secretary proceeded to read the Journal of yesterday's proceedings. Mr. MORTON. As there is much morning business to-day, I suggest, unless some Senator desires the reading of the Journal, that the reading be dispensed with. The VICE PRESIDENT. It requires unanimous consent. The Chair hears no objection, and the reading of the Journal will be dispensed with. ORDER OF BUSINESS. Mr. COLE. I desire to take up, subject to the morning business, the report of the conference committee on the legislative appropriation bill. I hope we shall be able to get through with it in the morning hour. The VICE PRESIDENT. The Senator from California asks unanimous consent that the report of the committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the legislative appropriation bill be taken up, subject to the morning business. The Chair hears no objection. Petitions are now in order. Mr. RAMSEY. I was going to ask the Senate to give me about fifteen minutes this morning to make some remarks on the postal talegraph bill, reported by me some weeks since. The VICE PRESIDENT. Pending the call for petitions, the Senator from Minnesota desires to take up a bill on which he wishes to speak for about fifteen minutes. Mr. MORTON. I rise to a privileged question. The VICE PRESIDENT. That is in the nature of an objection. SENATOR FROM NORTH CAROLINA. Mr. MORTON. The Committee on Privileges and Elections, to whom were referred the credentials of Hon. Matthew W. Ransom, for a seat as Senator from the State of North Carolina, beg leave to report that they find the credentials in proper form, and that Mr. Ransom is entitled to take his seat. The VICE PRESIDENT. If there be no objection, the Senate will now act upon that resolution. If there is objection, it requires unanimous consent for its consideration, the call still resting at petitions. The resolution was agreed to nem. con. The VICE PRESIDENT. If Mr. RANSOM is present he will advance to the chair of the Vice President and take the oaths of office. Mr. THURMAN. He is not here yet. [Subsequently Mr. THURMAN said:) Mr. President, I desire to announce the presence of Mr. RANSOM, Senator-elect from North Carolina. Mr. RANSOM then advanced to the Vice President's desk escorted by Mr. THURMAN; and the oaths prescribed by law having been administered to him, he took his seat in the Senate. Mr. THURMAN. I take the liberty of expressing the satisfaction that I am sure all will feel, that now, for the first time since 1861, every seat in this body is full; every State is represented. I think it is a matter that the country and the Senate may congratulate themselves upon. PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS. Mr. HAMLIN presented a memorial of a committee of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, in favor of establishing an observatory and maintaing a scientific corps for one year or more at one of the highest points of the Pacific railroad, and particularly at the eastern rim of the Utah basin; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Mr. SHERMAN presented a resolution of the Legislature of Ohio opposing a reduction of the tariff on imported wool; which was referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. He also presented a resolution of the Legis lature of Ohio relating to the construction of a ship-canal around the falls of Niagara within the territory of the United States; which was referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. He also presented a petition of citizens of Ohio, late soldiers in the United States Army, praying for the equalization of bounties and the grant of bounty land; which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Mr. COLE. I present a petition signed quite numerously by very influential business men in California, particularly in San Francisco, asking for the abolition of the duty on tallow. I move its reference to the Committee on Finance. The motion was agreed to. Mr. POMEROY presented a memorial of citizens of the United States, remonstrating against the extension of the A. B. Wilson patent on sewing machines; which was referred to the Committee on Patents. Mr. FENTON presented the petition of Owen McCauley, of Washington, District of Columbia, praying that the sum of $450 be paid to him, which he claims was withheld from him as part of his pension; which was referred to the Committee on Pensions. Mr. VICKERS presented the petition of Catharine Middleton, widow of John D. Middleton, a soldier in the war of 1812 and 1814, praying to be allowed a pension; which was referred to the Committee on Pensions. PAPERS WITHDRAWN. On motion of Mr. TIPTON, it was Ordered, That Mrs. Frances A. Moore have leave to withdraw her petition and papers from the files of the Senate. REPORTS OF COMMIITEES. Mr. CARPENTER. I submit a report from the Committee on Privileges and Elections, which I ask to have printed. It is a report upon the resolution sent to the Senate by the House of Representatives in regard to the respective powers of the two Houses as to revenue bills; and I move that three thousand extra copies of the report be printed for the use of the Senate. The VICE PRESIDENT. The Senator from Wisconsin, from the Committee on Privileges and Elections, reports upon the question in regard to revenue bills between the two Houses, which was referred to that committee. The report will be printed and laid on the table, and the motion to print three thousand extra copies will be referred to the Committee on Printing. Mr. BUCKINGHAM, from the Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. No. 2044) to authorize the appointment of shipping commissioners by the several circuit courts of the United States to superintend the shipping and discharge of seamen engaged in merchant ships belonging to the United States, and for the further protection of seamen, reported it with amendments. Mr. PRATT. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of William J. Way, praying payment for property alleged to have been seized by the Army of the United States, have directed me to report adversely upon it. The committee are not satisfied that Mr. Way was during the war a loyal citizen of the United States. It seems that he held the position of postmaster in Georgia during the existence of the rebellion; and furthermore, the claim is of a character which is cognizable by the southern claims commission, according to the testimony. The VICE PRESIDENT. The committee will be discharged from the further consider ation of the petition. on Mr. PRATT, from the Committee Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of A. W. Moss, praying compensation for services as a member of the military customhouse board at Nashville, Tennessee, in 1863, submitted a report, accompanied by a bill (S. No. 1021) for the relief of A. W. Moss. The bill was read and passed to a second reading, and the report was ordered to be printed. BILLS INTRODUCED. Mr. POMEROY asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to introduce a bill (S. No. 1022) relating to the claim of John B. Chapman; which was read twice by its title, referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Mr. RAMSEY asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to introduce a bill (S. No. 1023) granting the right of way through the public lands for the construction of a railroad and telegraph to the Utah, Idaho, and Montana Railroad Company; which was read twice by its title, referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad, and ordered to be printed. He also asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to introduce a bill (S. No.1024) for the relief of Amherst H. Wilder; which was read twice by its title, referred to the Committee on Claims, and ordered to be printed. LEGISLATIVE, ETC., APPROPRIATION BILL. The VICE PRESIDENT. The Senate resumes the consideration of the conference report of the two Houses on the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation bill, which was called up subject to the morning business, which is now concluded. The report was read, as follows: The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendments to the bill (H. R. No. 1060) making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the year ending June 30, 1873, and for other purposes, having met, after full and free conference have agreed to recommend, and do recommend, to their respective Houses as follows: That the Senate recede from their amendments numbered 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 35, 37, 45, 61, 62, 64, 68, 69, 70, 71, 73, 74, 75, and 78. That the House of Representatives recede from their disagreement to the amendments of the Senate numbered 13, 15, 18, 19, 33, 36, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 60, 63, 65, 72, 79, 80, 85, 86, 87, and 88, and agree to the same. That the Senate recede from their disagreement to the amendment of the House to the eighth amendment of the Senate, and agree to the same with an amendment, as follows: on page 6, line fifteen of the bill, strike out all after the word "fifty," down to the end of line sixteen, on the same page, and insert in lieu the following: "$3,422;" and the House agree to the same. That the Senate recede frein their twelfth amend ment, and agree to the two clauses therein contained, with the following amendment: on page 3, after line eighteen of the bill, add the following words: "formessenger to the Committee on Appropriations, $1.314;" and the House agree to the same. That the House recede from their amendment to the twenty-fifth amendment of the Senate, and agree to the same with the following amendment: strike out all after the word "after," in line two of said amendment, down to and including the word "Congress," in line three, and insert in lieu the following words: "the 4th day of March, 1875;" and the Senate agree to the same. That the House recede from their amendment to the thirty-fourth amendment of the Senate, and agree to said Senate amendment. That the Senate recede from their disagreement to the amendments of the House to the fifty-fifth, sixty-sixth, sixty-seventh, seventy-sixth, and eighty fourth amendments of the Senate, and agree to the same. two That the House recede from their disagreement to the seventy-seventh amendment of the Senate, and agree to the same with the following amendment: in lieu of the words proposed to be stricken out insert the following: "for one clerk of class four, two clerks of class two, one clerk of class one, and laborers, additional force in the money-order office, $7,240;" and the Senate agree to the same. That the House recede from their disagreement to the eighty-third amendment of the Senate, and agree to the same with the following amendment: strike out from the words proposed to be inserted in said amendment, where it first occurs, the word two," and insert in lieu thereof the word "four;" and the Senate agree to the same. That the House recede from their disagreement to the ninetieth amendment of the Senate, and agree to the same with the following amendment; in line four of said amendment strike out the word "fifty" and insert in lieu thereof the words "twenty-five;" and the Senate agree to the same. That the Senate recede from their disagreement to the amendment of the House to the ninety-second amendment of the Senate, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: substitute in lieu of the first clause of said House amendment the following: "that a commission, consisting of the Seeretary of the Interior, the chief engineer of the Army, and the officer in charge of public buildings and grounds, is hereby authorized and directed to examine and report to Congress prior to the second Monday of December next a plan by which the locomotive railroad track in front of the western entrance of the Capitol shall be removed, with due regard to the rights of all parties concerned, and by which proper connections with other railroads may be made;" and the House agree to the same. That the House recede from their disagreement to the ninety-third amendment of the Senate, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: substitute in lieu thereof the following: that from and after the 1st day of July, 1872, the annual salaries of the Second Comptroller, of the Register, and of the supervising architect of the Treasury Department shall be $4,000 each; and the annual salary of the chief justice of the Court of Claims shall be $5,000, and the annual salary of the associate judges of the said court shall be $4,500 each; and the annual salary of the chief justice of the supreme court of the District of Columbia shall be $5,000, and the annual salary of the associate judges of said court shall be $4,500 each; and a sum sufficient to carry into effect the provisions of this section to the end of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1873, is hereby appropriated;" and the Senate agree to the same. C. COLE, JUSTIN S. MORRILL, FREDERICK A. SAWYER, Managers on the part of the Senate. JAMES A. GARFIELD, F. CLARKE, WILLIAM E. NIBLACK, Managers on the part of the House. Mr. COLE. Inquiry was made the other day as to the disposition of the disagreeing votes of the two Houses. I am prepared to give an epitome of the action of the committee of conference on the votes of the two Houses. Committees of conference are appointed to adjust the disagreements that arise between the two Houses, and they are very often resorted to on bills of this nature, I mean appropriation bills. The differences in this instance have not been very numerous. The House of Representatives concurred in a very large number of the amendments proposed by the SenThose, however, upon which they disagreed came before the committee, and I may refer to them seriatim. ate. The eighth amendment, as they are numbered, relates to a clerk for the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and changes the whole amount appropriated in that paragraph by the amount of his salary. The Speaker desiring a private clerk, it was accorded to him by the conference committee. The twelfth amendment relates to the messengers of the House Committees on Appropriations and Ways and Means, from the disagreement to which the Senate recede, and it is amended by asking a messenger for the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, which is rendered necessary by the continued increase of the business of that committee and the want of some regular messenger, which we have felt very seriously. Mr. MORRILL, of Vermont. Lest a wrong impression should be taken from the words of the Senator from California, I will say that the Speaker of the House has always had this private clerk, but in the form of a messenger, and he has been paid out of the contingent fund. Instead of that this merely allows it in the proper form and under the designation of a clerk. Mr. COLE. The explanation made by my colleague on the conference committee, the Senator from Vermont, is a very proper one to make. I am very glad he thought of it and made the explanation to the Senate. The thirteenth amendment reduces the appropriation for furniture for the House from $17.000 to $10,000, which it is believed, on further inquiry, will be found sufficient for the next fiscal year. The compensation of the foremen of printing and binding in the office of the Congressional Printer was increased. That is a case of an increase of salary from $1,800 to $2,100. Then there were some watchmen provided for public squares and circles under the charge of Congress in the upper portion of the city, the necessity for the care of which was apparent to many members of Congress; so the Senate yielded, and they are provided for. There are some other amendments of minor importance relating to watchmen at the mint in New Orleans, and one relating to the depository at Tucson, which I need not go into. Next comes the compensation for designated depositaries, of $5,000, which not having been allowed for several years was stricken out by the conference committee. An appropriation of $20,000 for the mileage and expenses of the Legislature of Arizona Territory was allowed with a proviso that the contingent expenses should not exceed $400. The sixtieth amendment relates to the appropriation for the Interior Department, but does not change the total amount. The next amendment relates to a captain of the watch of the Interior Department being allowed, but the total amount is not increased for that Department. I skip over the amendment in relation to packing-boxes in the Interior Department, and the item for fitting up rooms and rent for the Pension Office, which is increased by about two thousand dollars in order to meet the extraordinary emergency of changing their business in part from the Patent Office building to the Seaton House. For casual repairs of the Interior Department building the sum is reduced from $15,000 to $10,000. The Paymaster General's clerical force is reduced so that the amount for the same is $4,000 less than was voted by the House, the House receding from their disagreement to the Senate amendment. The proposition to purchase the two squares adjoining the grounds in front of the Capitol was left in the bill as the House put it after the bill left this body and remains as it was, everybody, I believe, being familiar with the form of it, the amount being restricted to $400.000 for the purchase of the property. That sum is, I believe, in addition to what may be obtained from the sale of the buildings. The last subject is that relating to salaries. The amount of increased salaries that the Senate provided for judges and the assistants in various Executive Departments of the Government was very large. The House disagreed to that amendment, and the compromise that was agreed upon between the two Houses-it is in the nature of that-is to increase the salaries of three of the executive officers, the Register, the Second Comptroller, and the architect of the Treasury Department, from $3,000 each to $4,000. The salaries of the judges of the Court of Claims, of the judges of the supreme court of the District of Columbia, were increased in this way; the salary of the chief justice in each case to $5,000, and the salaries of the associate justices to $4,500. These are about all the changes that have been undertaken by the committee of confer ence. Mr. CONKLING. What was there in the original bill about the judges of this Dis The item for contingencies of the Land Office is reduced to $20,000 from $30,000, as it was in the bill. Then forty additional clerks for the Land Office were allowed by the conference committee, that clause having been put in by the House after the bill went back to that body, and after the Senate hadtrict? acted upon it. It has been represented as very essential, and the committee recommend that the Senate recede upon that point. Some little changes were made in reference to the assistant examiners in the Patent Office, but no change in the amount of the appropriation for that department follows. There are some changes in the phraseology of the act. The twenty-seventh and the twenty-eighth amendments were relative to putting in, in the same language as it occurred in the appropriation bill last year, provision for extra compensation to clerks in the Treasury. The bill provided such compensation, amounting to $22,500; and without changing the phraseology we allow the same amount as allowed this year. The amendment of the Senate changed the phraseology to meet, if possible, the case of the Register, which will be recol-House receding from its disagreement increas lected by referring to the debate in the Senate on that point. The twenty-ninth, thirtieth, and thirty-first amendments, from which the Senate recede, relate to the additional clerical force in the office of the Commissioner of Customs. The thirty-third amendment, in regard to which the House recede, relates to the additional compensation alleged to be in the form of earnings to the Register of the Treasury. The House receded from their clause and that provision is stricken out of the bill. Mr. POMEROY. How is it fixed now? Mr. COLE. I will come to that presently. The next amendment, the thirty-fourth, authorized the Secretary of the Treasury to employ not exceeding three persons to assist the regular officers in collecting taxes and dues which are withheld from the Treasury. The thirty-fifth amendment authorized the amount of $50,000 for the purchase of stationery for the Treasury Department. The thirty-sixth amendment allows $25,000 instead of $50,000 for furniture in the Treasury Department, the presumption being that that Department in these last years has been pretty well furnished, so that they can get along next year with half the sum that was found in the original bill. The next relates to the subject of fuel for the same Department, which, of course, is allowed in accordance with the estimates. The next four or five amendments merely detail the force in the independent Treasury at Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and St. Louis, prescribing the amount of compensation that is to be afforded to each of the persons employed in these several establishments, and is merely giving in detail the items of appropriation, without increasing the amount in either case. Under the head of the Bureau of Education, the Senate amendment was agreed to, the ing the appropriation by a small amount. The salary of the chemist in the Agricultural Department was fixed at the sum of $2,500 as it was in the original bill as it came to the Senate. Another disagreement between the two Houses related to the amount to be used for the purchase of seeds for the Agricultural Department. It was left at $50,000-the mean between the numbers of $40,000 and $60,000. The clerical force that was required in the money-order office of the Post Office Department was reduced somewhat, so that the total sum for the additional service was $7,840 in place of $9,880 as was claimed to be necessary by persons who had looked into the matter. I believe the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads indorsed the larger amount; but on consideration it was thought the amount first named would be sufficient to meet the emergency, and provide for the requisite force in that office. The next relates to some improvements and supplies for the Post Office Department, which are small items and not worth noticing in detail. In reference to the force in the War Department for the examination of the rebel archives, which has heretofore been paid out of the contingent fund for that Department, it was thought best to adopt the recommendation made by the House, which was based upon a document furnished by the Secretary of War, Executive Document No. 161, which sets forth in detail more fully than I could at this time the reasons why that force cannot be made specific and be detailed under the several heads that are found in the bill. I have not the form of the amend ment before me; but if any one desires it, it can be read from the bill at the desk. Mr. COLE. Nothing. Mr. CONKLING. I understand, the Senate having amended the bill by incorporating a provision in reference to judges in other places, and having said nothing about the judges in this District, the conference committee have put in the judges in this District in lieu of judges elsewhere, neither the House nor the Senate having made any provision about the judges in this District, and have left out of the bill provisions that were inserted in the Senate touching the salaries of judges elsewhere. Am I right in that? Mr. MORRILL, of Vermont. The conference committee found the bill making appropriations for all the district judges throughout the whole country, and the judges of the supreme court of this District occupy precisely the same position as the United States district judges in the several States. We struck out all those in the several States and included those in this District, for the sufficient reason that they had more business probably than any other judges in the whole country. Mr. CONKLING. I suppose the Senator from Vermont will have no objection to answering my question; perhaps he has answered it; but I should like to know whether I am right in supposing that neither House having put anything in the bill touching the supreme court judges of the District of Columbia, the conference committee have reported in the bill provisions touching those judges. Am I right so far? Mr. MORRILL, of Vermont. Well, it is a question whether they were included or not. It is a little doubtful. It seemed to be the opinion of some of the conferees that they were included, and of others that they were not, and of all that they ought to be included. Mr. CONKLING. May I inquire of the Senator, for information, under what phraseology was it the opinion of some of the conference committee that they were included ? By the description of "district judges?" Mr. MORRILL, of Vermont. Yes, sir. Mr. CONKLING. Then I amend my statement and understanding in this way: the Senate having raised the salary of district judges the country over, the conference committee, either because that language did not mean district judges, but did mean the supreme |