By Mr. Wadleigh: A petition of the Reform Club of Ashland, New Hampshire. By Mr. Davis, of Illinois: A petition of citizens of Peotone, Illinois. By Mr. Kernan: Two petitions of citizens of New York. By Mr. McMillan: A petition of citizens of Minnesota. By Mr. Conkling: Three petitions of citizens of New York. By Mr. Dawes: A petition of the Congregational church of Franklin, Massachusetts. By the Vice-President: A petition of citizens of New York. By Mr. Hoar: A petition of the Second Unitarian Society of Athol, Massachusetts. Ordered, That they be referred to the Committee on Finance. 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. Kernan: A memorial of citizens of New York. By Mr. Conkling: Two memorials of citizens of New York. Memorials, remonstrating against any change in the rates of duty on foreign imports, and against the restoration of duties on tea and coffee, were presented as follows: By Mr. McDonald: A memorial of citizens of Indiana. By Mr. Cameron, of Pennsylvania: Five memorials of citizens of Pennsylvania. By Mr. Matthews: A memorial of citizens of Ohio. By Mr. Conkling: Eight memorials of citizens of New York. Mr. Conkling presented a memorial of citizens of New York, remonstrating against an extension of E. N. Horsford's patent for an acid substitute for cream of tartar for culinary purposes; which was referred to the Committee on Patents. Mr. Kernan presented fifteen petitions of citizens of New York, praying the passage of the bill for the remonetization of silver, and in favor of the repeal of the so-called resumption; which were referred to the Committee on Finance. Petitions, praying a reduction in the rates of duty on imported linen goods, were presented as follows: By Mr. Bruce: A petition of merchants of New York. By Mr. Conkling: A petition of merchants of New York. Mr. McCreery presented the petition of Pierce B. Hawkins, of Kentucky, praying compensation for certain property seized and taken by the United States authorities during the late civil war; which was referred to the Committee on Claims. Mr. Chaffee presented a petition of citizens of the United States, praying the enforcement of the provisions of the act to aid in the construction of telegraph-lines, and to secure to the government the use of the same for postal, military, and other purposes, and for cheaper telegraphic facilities; which was referred to the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads. Mr. Withers presented the petition of Sophie Bockleman, praying to be allowed a pension; which was referred to the Committee on Pensions. Mr. Ferry presented a petition of the common council of Mackinac, Michigan, praying the right to purchase certain public lands in the Mackinac National Park for purposes of public burying-grounds and cemeteries; which was referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Mr. Ferry presented a memorial of citizens of Michigan, remonstrating against any reduction in the rates of duty on foreign wools; which was referred to the Committee on Finance. Mr. Ferry presented a memorial of citizens of Manistee, Michigan, praying an appropriation for the improvement of the harbor at that place; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce. Mr. Ferry presented arguments made before the Committee on PostOffices and Post-Roads on the subject of increased postal facilities in the Southern States, and the establishment of steamship mail-service with Central America, South America, and the West Indies; which were referred to the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads and ordered to be printed. Mr. McMillan presented a memorial of the legislature of Minnesota, in favor of an extension of time for the completion of the Northern Pacific Railroad; which was referred to the Committee on Railroads. Mr. Hamlin presented a petition of citizens of Maine, praying an ap propriation for the improvement of the navigation of the Penobscot River at Bangor, Maine; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce. Mr. Conkling presented the memorial of William C. H. Waddell, praying the establishment of a uniform rate of postage on mail-matter, printed or written, foreign and domestic, at one cent per ounce; which was referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post-Roads. Mr. Cameron, of Pennsylvania, presented a resolution of the city council of Erie, Pennsylvania, in favor of an increase in the efficiency of the life-saving station at that point; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce. Mr. Oglesby presented a memorial of citizens of Illinois, remonstrating against any reduction in the rates of duty on imported corks; which was referred to the Committee on Finance. Mr. Morrill presented a memorial of Horace Fairbanks, governor of Vermont, praying, on behalf of that State, an appropriation for the payment, to States entitled thereto, of the unpaid balances of actual expenses incurred by them respectively for enrolling, arming, equipping, and supplying troops to aid in the suppression of the late rebellion; which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Mr. Eaton presented a resolution of the legislature of Connecticut, remonstrating against the remonetization of silver and against an extension of the time for the resumption of specie payments. Ordered, That it lie on the table. Mr. Windom presented a resolution of the legislature of Minnesota, in favor of an appropriation for the improvement of the navigation of the Red River of the North; which was referred to the Committee on Com merce. Mr. Saunders presented a memorial of State officers and others, of Nebraska, praying an appropriation for the improvement of the navigation of the Missouri River at or near Omaha and Council Bluffs; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce. Memorials, remonstrating against any legislation affecting the duties. on imports which is not based upon a thorough investigation of details, were presented as follows: By Mr. Dawes: A memorial of citizens of Massachusetts. By Mr. Cameron, of Pennsylvania: A memorial of citizens of Pennsylvania. By Mr. McCreery: A memorial of citizens of Tennessee. Mr. Plumb presented the petition of Michael O'Brien, late first lieutenant First United States Artillery, praying to be restored to his former rank in the Army; which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Mr. Davis, of Illinois, presented resolutions of the Illinois Horticultural Society, in favor of the establishment of a department of agriculture, to be represented in the cabinet by an officer denominated as the Secretary of Agriculture; which were referred to the Committee on Agriculture. Memorials remonstrating against the passage of the bill for the remonetization of silver, were presented as follows: By Mr. Burnside: A memorial of the Board of Trade of Providence, Rhode Island. By Mr. Mitchell: A memorial of the Board of Trade of Portland, Oregon. By Mr. Grover: A memorial of the Board of Trade of Portland, Oregon. Ordered, That they lie on the table. Mr. Eaton presented a petition of citizens of Pennsylvania, praying an amendment to the bill for the remonetization of silver, making the silver coin to contain 430 grains of silver, and to be a legal tender in sums not exceeding twenty dollars. Ordered, That it lie on the table. Mr. Beck presented a petition of citizens of Kentucky, praying a reduction of the tax on manufactured tobacco; which was referred to the Committee on Finance. Mr. Conkling presented the petition of John. G. Morgan, praying to be allowed arrears of pension; which was referred to the Committee on Pensions. Mr. Plumb presented the petition of J. H. Pillsbury, postmaster at Manhattan, Kansas, praying to have refunded him certain moneys alleged to have been stolen from him, and which he has paid into the United States Treasury; which was referred to the Committee on PostOffices and Post-Roads. Mr. Booth presented a memorial of citizens of California, remonstrating against an extension of E. N. Horsford's patent for an acid substitute for cream of tartar for culinary purposes; which was referred to the Committee on Patents Mr. Dawes presented a memorial of citizens of Washington, District Columbia, praying the passage of a law requiring the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company to vacate its present depot and the streets and avenues occupied by them, and adopt some other route to said city, and remon strating against the exemption of said company from taxation, and praying that they be required to pay their just proportion of taxes; which was referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. Petitions, praying an amendment to the pension laws, extending the time of limitation for obtaining arrears of pension to July 4, 1880, were presented as follows: By Mr. Kernan: Eighteen petitions of citizens of New York. Mr. Burnside presented a resolution of the Providence Board of Trade, in favor of granting the application of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company for the transportation of the United States mails from. New York and San Francisco to the ports of the Sandwich Islands, Japan, and other foreign countries; which was referred to the Commit tee on Post Offices and Post-Roads. Mr. Christiancy presented a petition of citizens of Michigan, 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 Public Lands. Mr. Beck presented a memorial of the American Association of Breeders of Short-Horns, praying the abolition of duties on cattle other than thorough-bred imported into the United States from Canada; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Mr. Beck presented a resolution of the American Association of Breeders of Short-Horns, in favor of the appointment of a commission to devise a method of preventing the importation from foreign coun tries of contagious and other diseases among cattle; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture. Mr. Conover reported from the committee that on the 1st instant they presented to the President of the United States the following enrolled bills: S. 412. An act to punish embezzlement in the District of Columbia, and to protect the records of said District, and for other purposes. S. 461. An act to further regulate the purchase of material for the public printing and binding. Mr. Conkling, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 1454) to change the name of the "consulate at Omoa and Truxillo," reported it without amendment. The Senate proceeded, by unanimous consent, to consider the said bill as in Committee of the Whole; 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. Mr. Withers, from the Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of William B. Whiting, submitted a report (No. 52), accompanied by a bill (S. 647) granting a pension to William B. Whiting; which was read the first and second times, by unanimous consent. Mr. Cockrell, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (S. 89) for the relief of the officers and privates of the Fourth Arkansas Cavalry Volunteers, reported it without amendment, and that it ought not to pass. Mr. Withers, from the Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the bill (S. 198) amending the laws granting pensions to the soldiers of the war of 1812 and their widows, and for other purposes, reported it without amendment, and that it ought not to pass. Mr. Withers, from the Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the bill (S. 323) granting a pension to the widow of the late Commodore Benjamin J. Totten, United States Navy, reported it without amendmrnt, and that it ought not to pass, and submitted a report (No. 51) thereon. The Senate proceeded to consider the said bills (S. 89, S. 198, S. 323) 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. 573) for the relief of the officers and privates of the Fourth Arkansas Cavalry Volunteers, reported it without amendment. Mr. Plumb, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (S. 82) for the relief of Gustav A. Hesselberger, reported it with amendments, and submitted a report (No. 49) thereon. Mr. Withers, from the Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the bill (S. 17) amending the laws granting pensions to the soldiers and sailors of the war of 1812 and their widows, reported it with amend ments, and submitted a report (No. 50) thereon. Mr. Withers, from the Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the bill (S. 413) to increase the pension of Laurena C. P. Haskins, reported it without amendment, and submitted an adverse report (No. 53) thereon. Mr. Cockrell, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 1104) for the relief of John Pulford, reported it with an amendment, and submitted a report (No. 54) thereon. Mr. Davis, of Illinois, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill (S. 58) to prevent abuses of the mileage of district attorneys of the United States, reported it with an amendment. Mr. Kernan, from the Committee on Finance, to whom was recommitted the bill (H. R. 1891) for the relief of the Eagle and Phoenix Manufacturing Company of Columbus, Georgia, reported it with amend ments. Mr. Merrimon, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, to whom was referred the bill (S. 542) to provide for the conveyance of the low grounds in the city of Washington, under the provisions of the act of Congress, chapter 96, approved May 7, 1822, reported it with an amendment. Mr. Maxey, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 694) for the relief of William H. Needham, late second lieutenant of Company D, Twenty-second Regiment Iowa Infantry Volunteers, reported it without amendment, and submitted a report (No. 55) thereon. Mr. Maxey, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (S. 104) amending section 1661, title 16 (The Militia), of the Revised Statutes of the United States, reported it with amendments, and submitted a report (No. 56) thereon. Mr. Maxey, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 1142) for the relief of Charles W. Wood, late of Company E, first battalion, Thirteenth Regiment of United States Infantry, reported it without amendment, and submitted a report (No. 57) thereon. Mr. Booth, from the Committee on Patents, to whom was referred the bill (S. 148) to confirm the term, for the period of seventeen years from the date of its original grant, of the patent of Thomas A. Weston, reported it with an amendment, and submitted a report (No. 58) thereon. Mr. Howe, from the Committee on the Library, to whom was referred So much of the President's message as recommends that suitable provision be made for the accommodation of the library of Congress, reported a bill (S. 648) to constitute a commission to consider and report |