favor of an amendment of the several acts authorizing the construction of the Northern Pacific Railway, the Oregon and California Railway, and the Oregon Central Railway, and granting certain public lands in aid thereof, so as to authorize the sale of said lands at the usual minimum rates and in quantities of quarter-section to any actual settler, and that said State may be authorized to select the lands granted her by the several acts of Congress at the minimum rate of $1.25 per acre; which was referred to the Committee on Railroads.

On motion by Mr. Burnside,

Ordered, That the Committee on Pensions be discharged from the further consideration of the petition of Elizabeth Wirt Goldsborough, and that the petitioner have leave to withdraw her petition and papers. On motion by Mr. McCreery,

Ordered, That Alexander M. Mayo have leave to withdraw from the files of the Senate his petition and papers.

Mr. Harris, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, to whom were referred the amendments of the House of Representatives to the bill of the Senate (S. 412) to punish embezzlement in the District of Columbia and to protect the records of said District, and for other purposes, reported them with a recommendation that the Senate agree thereto.

The Senate proceeded to consider the report; and

Resolved, That the Senate agree to the amendments of the House of Representatives to the said bill.

Ordered, That the Secretary notify the House of Representatives thereof.

Mr. Anthony, from the Committee on Printing, to whom were referred the amendments of the House of Representatives to the bill (S. 461) to further regulate the purchase of material for the public printing and binding, reported it with a recommendation that the Senate agree thereto.

The Senate proceeded to consider the report; and

Resolved, That the Senate agree to the amendment of the House of Representatives to the said bill.

Ordered, That the Secretary notify the House of Representatives thereof.

Mr. Anthony, from the Committee on Printing, to whom was referred the resolution, submitted by Mr. Mitchell on the 25th instant, to print extra copies of Senate bill No. 238, reported it with an amendment.

The Senate proceeded to consider the resolution; and the reported amendments having been agreed to, the resolution was agreed to as follows:

Resloved, That one thousand additional copies of Senate bill No. 238, providing for an extension of the Northern Pacific Railroad, be printed for the use of the Senate.

Mr. Rollins, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, to whom was referred the bill (S. 349) to authorize the commissioners of the District of Columbia to refund a certain tax erroneously collected, reported it with amendments.

On motion by Mr. Harris,

Ordered, That the Committee on the District of Columbia be discharged from the further consideration of the bill (S. 319) for the relief of the Metropolitan Police force of the District of Columbia, and that it be referred to the Committee on Claims.

Mr. Dorsey, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, to whom was referred the petition of citizens of the District of Columbia, praying

an investigation into the law protecting dealers in the sale of intoxicating liquors, reported adversely thereon, and

The report was agreed to.

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

By Mr. Plumb: A bill (S. 609) providing for the disposition of the public timber and timbered lands of the United States; to the Committee on the Public Lands.

By Mr. Plumb: A bill (S. 610) to amend an act making appropriations for the support of the Army for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1876, and for other purposes, passed March 3, 1875; to the Committee on Military Affairs.

By Mr. Dorsey: A bill (S. 611) to extend the charter of the Franklin Insurance Company of the city of Washington; to the Committee on the District of Columbia.

By Mr. Dorsey: A bill (S. 612) for the relief of John A. Torrence; to the Committee on Public Lands.

By Mr. Burnside: A bill (S. 613) to repeal section two of an act entitled "An act for the relief of General Samuel W. Crawford, and to fix the rank and pay of retired officers of the Army," approved March 3, 1875; to the Committee on Military Affairs.

By Mr. Harris: A bill (S. 614) for the relief of M. Janet Burleson; and A bill (S. 615) for the relief of the estate of Mrs. Elizabeth Patterson; to the Committee on Claims.

By Mr. Chaffee: A bill (S. 616) to establish certain post roads in the State of Colorado; to the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads. By Mr. Eaton: A bill (S. 617) granting a pension to Florence V. Moore; to the Committee on Pensions.

By Mr. Jones, of Florida: A bill (S. 618) for the relief of Frank P. Hay. wood, senior; and

A bill (S. 619) for the relief of Frank P. Haywood, junior, and Minnie M. Haywood, minors, by Frank P. Haywood, senior, guardian; to the Committee on Claims.

By Mr. Ingalls: A bill (S. 620) to amend section 3 of an act entitled “An act authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River upon the military reservation at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas," approved July 20, 1868; to the Committee on Military Affairs.

By Mr. Ingalls: A bill (S. 621) granting an increase of pension to George Prince; to the Committee on Pensions.

By Mr. Ingalls: A bill (S. 622) to reimburse the States of Kansas, Texas, Nebraska, and Colorado for expenses incurred by said States for the United States, in repelling invasions and suppressing Indian hostilities; to the Committee on Claims.

Mr. Hamlin submitted the following resolution; which was considered, by unanimous consent, and agreed to:

Resolved, That the Secretary of War be instructed to commuicate to the Senate any report and plans of Penobscot River, at Bangor, Maine, made by the engineer in charge since the last annual report of the Secretary.

On motion by Mr. McDonald,

The Senate proceeded to consider, as in Committee of the Whole, the bill (H. R. 2013) to remove the political disabilities of Charles L. Scott, of Wilcox County, Alabama; and no amendment being made, it was reported to the Senate.

Ordered, That it pass to a third reading.

The said bill was read a third time.

Resolved (two-thirds of the Senators present agreeing thereto), That it pass.

Ordered, That the Secretary notify the House of Representatives thereof.

On motion by Mr. Spencer,

The Senate proceeded to consider, as in Committee of the Whole, the bill (H. R. 2479) for the removal of obstructions from the Mississippi, Missouri, Arkansas, and Red Rivers, and for the preservation of the public property; and no amendment being made, it was reported to the Senate.

Ordered, That it pass to a third reading.

The said bill was read the third time.

Resolved, That it pass.

Ordered, That the Secretary notify the House of Representatives thereof.

The Vice-President announced that the morning hour had expired, and called up the unfinished business of the Senate at its last adjournment, viz, the bill (H. R. 1093) to authorize the free coinage of the standard silver dollar, and to restore its legal-tender character; and

The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the said bill; and,

Pending debate,

On motion by Mr. Allison, at 4 o'clock and 20 minutes p. m.,
The Senate adjourned.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1878.

Memorials, remonstrating against any action 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. Howe: A memorial of citizens of Wisconsin.

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

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

Petitions, praying the appointment of a commission to investigate the traffic in intoxicating liquors, were presented as follows:

By Mr. Hoar: A petition of the Unitarian Church of Northampton, Massachusetts.

By Mr. Allison: A petition of citizens of Iowa.

By Mr. McMillan: A petition of Good Templars of Minnesota.

By Mr. Cameron, of Wiscousin: A petition of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Clinton, Wisconsin.

By Mr. McDonald: A petition of citizens of Indiana.

By Mr. Howe: A petition of Good Templars of Clinton, Wisconsin. By Mr. Dawes: A petition of the Congregational Church of Waltham, Massachusetts.

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

Mr. Paddock presented a petition of a committee appointed by the American Nurserymen's Association, praying the appointment of a commission to visit the different countries of Europe to investigate the subject of forestry; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Mr. Ferry presented a memorial of citizens of Michigan, remonstrating against a reduction of the rates of duty on imported wools; which was referred to the Committee on Finance.

Mr. Ferry presented a memorial of citizens of Michigan, remonstrat

ing against any legislation affecting the duties on imports which is not based upon a thorough preliminary investigation of details; which was referred to the Committee on Finance.

Petitions, praying an amendment to the Constitution prohibiting the several States from disfranchising citizens of the United States on account of sex, were presented as follows:

By Mr. Paddock: A petition of citizens of Nebraska.

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

Ordered, That they be referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections.

Mr. Armstrong presented the petition of William H. Cornell, late acting assistant third engineer on the United States steamer Winnebago, praying to be paid his share of prize-money arising from captures made by said steamer during the late war; which was referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

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. Ferry: Three memorials of citizens of Michigan.

By Mr. Edmunds: A memorial of citizens of Vermont.

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

By Mr. Morrill: A memorial of citizens of Vermont.

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

Mr. Gordon presented resolutions adopted at a meeting of citizens of Floyd County, Georgia, in favor of the repeal of the so-called resumption act and the bankrupt law, and in favor of the remonetization of silver, making it a legal-tender, and for the unlimited coinage of silver; which were referred to the Committee on Finance.

Mr. Paddock presented resolutions of the board of commissioners of Knox County, Nebraska, remonstrating against the passage of the bill (S. 403) to enable the Santee Sioux Indians to acquire titles to homesteads in that county, and in favor of the removal of said Indians to the Sioux Indian reservation in Dakota Territory; which were referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

Mr. Gordon presented a petition of the Presbyterian Church of Dahlonega, Georgia, praying compensation for damages alleged to have been done their church-building by United States troops in 1865; which was referred to the Committee on Claims.

Mr. Gordon presented a petition of citizens of Georgia, praying a change in the mail-route No. 15319 from Battle Ground, in Johnson County, to Mount Vernon, in Montgomery County, in that State; which was referred to the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads.

Mr. McDonald presented a petition of citizens of Indiana, praying an extension of the patent granted to James D. Sarvin for improvement in carriage wheels; which was referred to the Committee on Patents.

Mr. Wadleigh presented additional papers in relation to the application of Edmund R. Batchelder to be restored to the pension-rolls; which were referred to the Committee on Pensions.

Mr. Dorsey presented the petition of Catharine Chase Sprague, daughter of the late Salmon P. Chase, praying the passage of a law authoriz ing the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to abate a certain portion of the taxes and interest, and penalties thereon, on certain real estate situated in said District and owned by her late father; which was referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia.

Mr. Howe presented a petition of W. F. Marchant and others, United States storekeepers of the first collection-district of Wisconsin, praying

the restoration of their former compensation of five dollars per diem; which was referred to the Committee on Finance.

Mr. Edmunds presented petitions praying an amendment to the pension-laws, extending the time of limitation for obtaining pensions to July 4, 1880, as follows:

A petition of Milo A. Everest.

A petition of Jane Hall.

A petition of Rose McNally.

A petition of P. F. Lucia.

A petition of citizens of Vermont.

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

Mr. Windom presented a petition of citizens of the United States, praying the establishment of an uniform rate of duty on all grades of sugar and melado imported, without reference to color or quality; which was referred to the Committee on Finance.

Mr. Teller presented a petition of Wolff and Brown, praying compensa. tion for horses pressed into service for the use of the militia in Colorado Territory in 1865; which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

On motion by Mr. Merrimon,

Ordered, That the petition and papers of Sidney S. McLane, on the files of the Senate, be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. On motion by Mr. Paddock,

Ordered, That C. H. Frederick have leave to withdraw from the files of the Senate his petition and papers.

Mr. Howe, from the Committee on the Library, to whom was referred the joint resolution (H. R. 83) accepting a painting tendered to Congress by Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson, reported it without amendment.

The Senate proceeded, by unanimous consent, to consider the said resolution; and no amendment being made, it was reported to the Senate.

Ordered, That it pass to a third reading.

The said resolution was read the third time.
On the question, Shall the resolution pass?

Yeas.

It was determined in the affirmative,Nays..

On motion of Mr. Allison,

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The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present, Those who voted in the affirmative are,

Messrs. Allison, Anthony, Armstrong, Bailey, Barnum, Beck, Blaine, Burnside, Butler, Cameron of Pennsylvania, Cameron of Wisconsin, Christiancy, Cockrell, Davis of Illinois, Dawes, Dorsey, Eustis, Ferry, Grover, Hamlin, Hereford, Hoar, Howe, Ingalls, Jones of Nevada, Kirkwood, McDonald, McMillan, Matthews, Maxey, Mitchell, Morrill, Paddock, Plumb, Ransom, Rollins, Sargent, Saunders, Spencer, Thurman, Wadleigh, Windom, Withers.

Those who voted in the negative are,

Messrs. Coke, Dennis, Edmunds, Hill, McCreery, Morgan, Whyte. So it was

Resolved, That the resolution pass.

Ordered, That the Secretary notify the House of Representatives thereof.

Mr. Sargent, from the Committee on Printing, to whom was referred the motion to print additional copies of the report of the Librarian of Congress, reported the following resolution; which was considered by unanimous consent and agreed to: