Mr. Maxey presented a petition of citizens of Texas, praying the establishment of a post-route from Trio Town to McKinney's Store, in that State; which was referred to the Committee on Post-Offices and PostRoads.

Mr. Ferry presented the petition of Horace A. Stone, of Battle Creek, Michigan, praying an extension of his patent for an improvement in the manufacture of cheese; which was referred to the Committee on Patents.

Memorial, remonstrating against any reduction in the rates of duty upon foreign imports, and against the restoration of duties on tea and coffee, were presented as follows:

By Mr. Cameron, of Pennsylvania: Four memorials of citizens of Pennsylvania.

By Mr. White: A memorial of citizens of Maryland.

By Mr. Rollins: A memorial of citizens of New Hampshire.

By Mr. Matthews: Two memorials of citizens of Ohio.

By Mr. Conkling: A memorial of citizens of New York.

By Mr. Wadleigh: A memorial of citizens of New Hampshire.
Ordered, That they be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Mr. McMillan presented a petition of citizens of Minnesota, praying the establishment of a post-route from Benson to White Bear Centre, in that State; which was referred to the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads.

Mr. Mitchell presented several petitions of citizens of Oregon, praying an extension of time for the completion of the Northern Pacific Railroad, and for aid in the construction of the Portland, Salt Lake and South Pass Railroad; which were referred to the Committee on Railroads.

Mr. Booth presented two memorials of citizens of California, remonstrating against any extension of time being made for the completion of the Southern Pacific Railroad; which were referred to the Committee on Railroads.

Mr. Plumb presented a memorial of J. K. McLean, praying compensation for services rendered as postmaster at Florence, Kansas; which was referred to the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads.

Petitions, praying the remonetization of silver, and for the repeal of the act providing for the resumption of specie payments January 1, 1879; were presented as follows:

By Mr. Conkling: Ten petitions of citizens of New York.

By Mr. Kernan: Nine petitions of citizens of New York.
Ordered, That they be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Mr. Coukling presented papers in relation to the application of Major Benjamin P. Runkle to be restored to the retired-list of the Army; which were, with the papers on the files of the Senate, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Mr. Hoar presented a petition of citizens of Massachusetts, praying the passage of a law providing that hereafter no portion of the public lands shall be either sold or given away to individuals or corporations, and that a certain portion thereof, as prescribed in the homestead bill, may be set apart to actual settlers, for which an annual rental shall be paid; which was referred to the Committee on Finance.

Mr. Booth presented a petition of citizens of Arizona, praying the passage of a law for the protection of their interests in Mexican landgrants in that Territory; which was referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims.

Mr. Paddock presented thirty-one petitions of citizens of the United States, praying the passage of a law to amend the statutes in relation

to the immediate transportation of imported merchandise; which were referred to the Committee ou Commerce.

Mr. Dorsey presented six petitions of citizens of Hot Springs, Arkansas, praying an amendment to the act of March 3, 1877, in relation to the Hot Springs reservation, so as to authorize them to present their applications to the commissioners appointed under said act for the purchase of certain grounds, and improvements made thereon, as other lessees are allowed to do; which were referred to the Committee on Public Lands.

Mr. Conkling presented papers relating to the application of Edwin M. Hart for relief from liability for loss of moneys alleged to have been abstracted from him wbile a paymaster in the Navy; which were referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

On motion of Mr. Hamlin,

Ordered, That the report of the select committee appointed to investigate the subject of Chinese immigration be referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

On motion by Mr. Sargent,

Ordered, That the petition of citizens of San Francisco relative to the subject of Chinese immigration, on the files of the Senate, be referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Mr. Morrill, from the Committee on Finance, to whom were referred the following bills, reported them with amendments:

S. 265. A bill to remit taxes on insolvent savings banks.

H. R. 542. An act to change the location and name of the Miners' National Bank of Braidwood, Illinois.

Mr. Maxey, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 376) for the payment to the officers and soldiers of the Mexican war of the three months' extra pay provided for by the act of July 19, 1848, reported it with an amendment, and submitted a report (No. 37) thereon.

Mr. Maxey, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (S. 252) for the relief of W. D. Rollyson, reported it without amendment, and submitted an adverse report (No. 36) thereon.

Mr. Burnside, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (S. 505) for the relief of Henry Romeyn, reported it without amendment, and that it ought not to pass.

The Senate proceeded to consider the said bills (S. 252 and S. 505) as in Committee of the Whole; and no amendment being made, they were reported to the Senate.

Ordered, That they be postponed indefinitely.

Mr. Cockrell, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (S. 217) for the relief of John A. Shaw, reported it without amendment, and submitted a report (No. 38) thereon.

On motion by Mr. McDonald,

Ordered, That the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds be discharged from the further consideration of the bill (S. 564) to establish a mint for the coinage of gold and silver at Indianapolis, in the State of Indiana, and appropriating certain government grounds and buildings to the use of the same, as also money for the purchase of the necessary machinery, and that it be referred to the Committee on Fi

nance.

Leave having been obtained, bills were introduced, read the first and second times by unanimous consent, and referred as follows:

By Mr. Dorsey: A bill (S. 573) for the relief of the officers and privates of the Fourth Arkansas Cavalry Volunteers; to the Committee on Military Affairs.

By Mr. Dawes: A bill (S. 574) to authorize the taking of certain parcels of land for the Congressional Library, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds.

By Mr. McMillan: A bill (S. 575) to establish a post route in Minnesota; to the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads.

By Mr. Paddock: A bill (S. 576) to amend the statutes in relation to immediate transportation of imported merchandise; to the Committee on Commerce.

By Mr. Harris: A bill (S. 577) to provide for the appointment of a district judge for the western district of Tennessee; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. Conkling: A bill (S. 578) for the relief of Edwin M. Hart; to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

By Mr. Mitchell: A bill (S. 579) making an appropriation for the survey of the waters of the Pacific Ocean at Cape Foulweather, in the State of Oregon, with a view of determining the practicability and cost of constructing a harbor of refuge at that point; and

A bill (S. 580) providing for the survey of Alsea River and Harbor, and buoying the same; to the Committee on Commerce.

By Mr. Mitchell: A bill (S. 881) for the improvement of the military wagon-road from Scottsburg, Oregon, to Camp Stewart, Oregon; to the Committee on Military Affairs.

By Mr. Plumb: A bill (S. 582) providing for the payment of counselfees in Osage ceded-land suits; to the Committee on Indian Affairs. By Mr. Plumb: A bill (S. 583) for the relief of J. K. McLean; to the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads.

By Mr. Butler: A bill (S. 584) to repeal section 3412 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, the same being section 122 of the national bank act; to the Committee on Finance.

By Mr. Burnside: A bill (S. 585) to amend section 2763 of the Revised Statutes, in relation to the employment of boats by collectors of customs; to the Committee on Commerce.

In pursuance of notice heretofore given, Mr. Hamlin submitted the following resolutions:

Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That the thanks of Congress be presented to the governor, and through him to the people of the State of Maine, for the statue of William King, whose name is so honorably identified with the early history of that State.

Resolved, That this work of art is accepted in the name of the nation, and assigned a place in the old hall of the House of Representatives, already set aside by act of Congress for statues of eminent citizens, and that a copy of this resolution, signed by the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, be transmitted to the governor of the State of Maine.

The Senate proceeded, by unanimous consent, to consider the said resolutions; and

The resolutions were unanimously agreed to.

Ordered, That the Secretary request the concurrence of the House of Representatives therein.

On motion by Mr. Davis, of Illinois,

The Senate proceeded to the consideration of executive business; and, After the consideration of executive business, the doors were opened; and,

On motion by Mr. Windom, at 4 o'clock and 35 minutes p. m.,
The Senate adjourned.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1878.

Mr. Cockrell presented the petition of Mrs. Erna J. Crain, praying to be allowed the pension, bounty, and pay alleged to be due her father, George Smith, late a private in Company G, Ninety-fourth Illinois Vol. unteers; which was referred to the Committee on Pensions.

Mr. Eaton presented a petition of Professor Newton and others, of Yale College, New Haven, praying the passage of a law for the removal of the Naval Observatory to a better locality, and to secure to it a fire. proof building.

Ordered, That it lie on the table.

Memorials, remonstrating against any action being taken concerning a revision of tariff duties until after it shall have been ascertained by official inquiry that such action would best promote general prosperity, were presented, as follows:

By Mr. Thurman: Two memorials of citizens of Ohio.

By Mr. Cameron, of Pennsylvania: A memorial of citizens of Pennsylvania.

Ordered, That they be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Memorials, remonstrating against any reduction in the rates of duty on foreign imports, and against the restoration of duties on tea and coffee, were presented, as follows:

By Mr. Hamlin: A memorial of citizens of Maine.
By Mr. Matthews: A memorial of citizens of Ohio.

By Mr. Oglesby: A memorial of citizens of Illinois.

By Mr. Randolph: Three memorials of citizens of New Jersey.

By Mr. Cameron, of Pennsylvania: Two memorials of citizens of Pennsylvania.

By Mr. Dawes: Three memorials of citizens of Massachusetts.
By Mr. Beck: A memorial of citizens of Kentucky.

By Mr. Davis, of Illinois: A memorial of citizens of Illinois.

By Mr. Kirkwood: A memorial of citizens of Iowa.

Ordered, That they be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Mr. Kirkwood presented a memorial of citizens of Iowa, remonstrating against the passage of the bill for the remonetization of silver; which was referred to the Committee on Finance.

Mr. Dawes presented a memorial of citizens of Massachusetts, in favor of a return to specie payments as now provided by law, and maintaining gold as the only legal-tender money; which was referred to the Committee on Finance.

Mr. Kernan presented nine petitions of citizens of New York, praying the passage of the bill for the remonetization of silver and for the repeal of the so-called resumption act; which were referred to the Committee on Finance.

Mr. Cameron, of Pennsylvania, presented a memorial of citizens of Pennsylvania, remonstrating against any legislation affecting or chang ing the present duty on imported corks; which was referred to the Committee on Finance.

Mr. Wallace presented a petition of citizens of Pennsylvania, praying the recognition of their claims for pensions, who are, as they allege, sufferers by the limitation of an unwise pension law; which was referred to the Committee on Pensions.

Mr. Sargent presented numerous petitions of citizens of California, praying that aid be granted in the construction and completion of the Texas Pacific Railroad; which were referred to the Committee on Railroads.

Mr. Morgan presented a memorial of a committee appointed by a convention of the people of the Tennessee Valley, praying an appropriation for the improvement of the navigation of the Tennessee River; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce.

The following message was received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Rogers, his secretary:

To the Senate of the United States :

In answer to the resolution of the Senate of November 16, 1877, I transmit reports made to me by the Attorney-General and the Secretary of the Navy. R. B. HAYES.

EXECUTIVE MANSION,

January 23, 1878.

The message was read.

Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.

On motion by Mr. Morrill,

Ordered, That the Committee on Finance be discharged from the further consideration of the petition of citizens of Massachusetts in relation to the future disposition of the public lands, and that it be referred to the Committee on Public Lands.

A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Adams, its Clerk:

Mr. President: The House of Representatives has passed, without amendment, the joint resolution of the Senate (S. 15) filling an existing vacancy in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

The House of Representatives has passed the following bill and joint resolution, in which it requests the concurrence of the Seuate:

H. R. 1989. An act to authorize Spencer F. Baird, assistant secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, to receive from the King of Sweden a diploma and medal, constituting him a member of the Norwegian Order of Saint Olaf, the same being a literary and scientific organization.

H. R. 47. Joint resolution authorizing Rear-Admiral John J. Almy, United States Navy, to accept a decoration from the King of the Hawaiian Islands.

The bill and joint resolution last received from the House of Representatives for concurrence were read the first and second times, by unanimons consent, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Mr. Edmunds, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 2013) to remove the political disabilities of Charles L. Scott, of Wilcox County, Alabama, reported it without amendment. Mr. Cockrell, from the Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the bill (S. 33) for the relief of R. W. Corbin and others, reported it with an amendment, and submitted a report (No. 42) thereon.

Mr. Plumb, from the Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the bill (S. 196) to further define the rights of persons with respect to homestead entries on the public domain, reported it without amendment, and submitted a report (No. 43) thereon.

Mr. Hereford, from the Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the bill (S. 101) for the relief of Susan J. Berry, reported it without amendment, and submitted an adverse report (No. 41) thereon.

Mr. Harris, from the Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the bill (S. 256) for the relief of Israel Yount, reported it without amend ment, and submitted an adverse report (No. 39) thereon.