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The Vice-President announced that the morning hour had expired, and called up the unfinished business of the Senate at its adjournment yesterday, viz, the resolution submitted by Mr. Matthews relative to the payment of certain bonds of the United States; and

The Senate resumed the consideration of the said resolution; and, The question being on the motion of Mr. Morrill to refer the resolution to the Committee on the Judiciary,

After debate,

On motion by Mr. Allison that the Senate proceed to the consideration of executive business,

It was determined in the affirmative,

Yeas...
Nays...

44

20

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

Messrs. Allison, Anthony, Bayard, Blaine, Booth, Burnside, Cameron of Pennsylvania, Chaffee, Coke, Conkling, Conover, Davis of Illinois, Dawes, Dennis, Dorsey, Eaton, Edmunds, Garland, Hamlin, Hill, Howe, Ingalls, Johnston, Jones of Nevada, Kellogg, Kernan, Kirkwood, Lamar, McMillan, Merrimon, Mitchell, Morrill, Oglesby, Paddock, Patterson, Rollins, Sargent, Saulsbury, Saunders, Spencer, Teller, Voorhees, Wad leigh, Whyte.

Those who voted in the negative are,

Messrs. Bailey, Barnum, Beck, Cameron of Wisconsin, Christiancy, Cockrell, Davis of West Virginia, Gordon, Grover, Hereford, Hoar, Jones of Florida, McCreery, McDonald, Matthews, Maxey, Morgan, Thurman, Wallace, Withers.

So the motion was agreed to; and

The Senate proceeded to the consideration of executive business; and After the consideration of executive business the doors were opened. A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Adams, its Clerk.

Mr. President: The House of Representatives insists upon its amendments to certain amendments of the Senate to the bill of the House (H. R. 1526) to provide for deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1878, and for prior years, and for other purposes; and it insists upon its disagreement to other amendments of the Senate to the said bill. It agrees to the conference asked by the Senate on the disagreeing votes of the two houses thereon, and has appointed Mr. Singleton, Mr. Atkins, and Mr. Hale managers at the same on its part.

The Senate resumed the consideration of executive business; and After the further consideration of executive business the doors were opened, and,

On motion by Mr. Teller, at 8 o'clock and 5 minutes, p. m.,
The Senate adjourned.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1877.

Mr. Booth presented a resolution of the Chamber of Commerce of San Francisco, California, in favor of an appropriation for the erection of a building suitable for a post-office in that city; which was referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds.

Mr. Conover presented the petition of Mary Leggett, widow of Robert Leggett, deceased, late lieutenant-colonel of the Tenth Regiment of Con

necticut Volunteers, praying to be allowed a pension; which was referred to the Committee on Pensions.

Mr. McMillan presented a petition of citizens of Minnesota, praying the establishment of a post-route from Pine City to Marshland, in that State; which was referred to the Committee on Post Offices and PostRoads.

Mr. Cameron, of Wisconsin, presented the petition of David T. Corbin, praying that his right to a seat in the Senate as Senator from South Carolina may be inquired into and determined, by the Senate, upon its merits.

Ordered, That it lie on the table.

Mr. Dennis presented the petition of Sarah B. F. Mayo, widow of Isaac Mayo, deceased, late a captain in the United States Navy, praying to be allowed a pension; which was referred to the Committee on Pensions. Mr. Spencer presented a memorial of citizens of Washington, District of Columbia, remonstrating against the laying of a single or double track in connection with the Capitol, North O street and South Washington Railroad on C street between First and Seventh streets North west in said city; which was referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. Mr. Dennis presented the petition of Charles Collins, postmaster at Berlin, Worcester County, Maryland, praying to be relieved from liabil ities for the amount of certain postage-stamps alleged to have been stolen from his office on the night of November 23, 1877; which was referred to the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads.

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 promote the restoration of general prosperity, were presented as follows:

By Mr. Matthews: Two memorials of citizens of Ohio.
By Mr. Johnston: A memorial of citizens of Virginia.

By Mr. Ferry: Three memorials of citizens of Michigan.

By Mr. Bailey: A memorial of citizens of Tennessee.

By Mr. Burnside: Two memorials of citizens of Rhode Island.

By Mr. Maxey: A memorial of citizens of Texas.

By Mr. McCreery: Two memorials of citizens of Kentucky. By Mr. Dawes: Three memorials of citizens of Massachusetts. By Mr. Booth: A memorial of citizens of California. Ordered, That they be referred to the Committee on Finance. Mr. Booth presented a memorial of citizens of San Benito and Monterey Counties, California, residing along the line of the proposed route of the Southern Pacific Railroad, remonstrating against any change being made in the said route; which was referred to the Committee on Public Lands.

Mr. Voorhees presented a petition of citizens of Indiana, praying the appointment of a commission to inquire into the traffic in alcoholic liquors; which was referred to the Committee on Finance.

Petitions, praying to be allowed the right of suffrage, were presented as follows:

By Mr. Conkling: A petition of Lillie Devereux Blake.

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

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

Mr. Kirkwood presented a petition of citizens of Iowa, praying the ap. pointment of a commission to inquire into the traffic in intoxicating liquors; which was referred to the Committee on Finance.

On motion by Mr. Paddock,

Ordered, That the petitions of citizens of Nebraska, relating to the holding of one or more terms of the United States circuit and district courts at Lincoln, Nebraska, on the files of the Senate be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Mr. Ferry, from the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 1637) to establish post-routes in the several States herein named, reported it with amendments.

Mr. Harris, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, to whom was referred the bill (S. 412) to protect the records of the District of Columbia, reported it with an amendment.

The Senate proceeded, by unanimous consent, to consider the said bill as in Committee of the Whole; and the reported amendment having been agreed to, the bill was reported to the Senate and the amendment concurred in.

Ordered, That the bill be engrossed and read a third time.

The said bill was read the third time.

Resolved, That it pass, and that the title be amended to read, “An act to punish embezzlement in the District of Columbia, and to protect the records of said District, and for other purposes."

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

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

By Mr. Dawes: A bill (S. 458) to authorize and equip an expedition to the Arctic Seas; to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

By Mr. Oglesby: A bill (S. 459) to establish a post-route in Illinois; to the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads.

By Mr. Conover: A bill (S. 460) granting a pension to Mary Leggett; to the Committee on Pensions.

By Mr. Paddock: A joint resolution (S. 10) directing the Secretary of the Treasury to deliver to the Smithsonian Institution certain canceled plates of fractional currency, to be held as objects of interest; to the Committee on Finance.

By Mr. Anthony: A bill (S. 461) to further regulate the purchase of material for the public printing and binding; to the Committee on Printing.

Mr. Voorhees submitted the following resolution for consideration; which was ordered to be printed:

Resolved, That it is of the highest importance that the financial credit of the government be maintained, and in order to do so the government itself, in all its departments, should, in good faith, keep all its contracts and obligations entered into with its own citizens.

On motion by Mr. Davis, of West Virginia, the Senate proceeded to consider the resolution yesterday submitted by him, calling upon the Secretary of War for a report as to the condition and number of militia enrolled in the several States; and

The resolution was agreed to.

The bill H. R. 2115 yesterday received from the House of Representatives for concurrence was read the first and second times, by unaninous consent, and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

Mr. Anthony, from the Committee on Printing, to whom was referred the bill (S. 461) to further regulate the purchase of material for the publie printing and binding, 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 be engrossed and read a third time.

The said bill was read the third time, by unanimous consent.
Resolved, That it pass, and that the title thereof be as aforesaid.

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

The Vice-President announced that the morning hour had expired, and called up the unfinished business of the Senate at its adjournment yesterday, viz, the resolution submitted by Mr. Matthews, relative to the payment of certain bonds of the United States; and

The Senate resumed the consideration of the said resolution; and, The question being on the motion of Mr. Morrill to refer the resolu tion to the Committee on the Judiciary,

After debate,

On motion by Mr. Allison,

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. Conover, at 6 o'clock and 50 minutes p. m.,
The Senate adjourned.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1877.

Mr. M. C. Butler, from the State of South Carolina, attended. The Vice-President laid before the Senate a letter of the Secretary of the Interior, recommending an amendment to the Revised Statutes in relation to payment allowed by law for the publishing of advertisements for the Interior Department; which was referred to the Committee on Civil Service and Retrenchment and ordered to be printed.

Mr. Spencer presented the petition of Ira Lampley, minor heir of John M. Lampley, deceased, praying compensation for property taken and used by the United States troops during the late civil war; which was referred to the Committee on Claims.

Mr. Cameron, of Pennsylvania, presented a memorial of George W. Taylor, praying such legislation as will protect our home industries, and to adhere to the laws relative to currency, finance, and resumption; which was referred to the Committee on Finance.

Mr. Spencer presented the petition of Alexander G. Smith, of Alabama, praying compensation for certain property taken and used by United States troops in 1865; which was referred to the Committee on Claims.

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

By Mr. Conkling: Eight memorials of citizens of New York.

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

By Mr. Edmunds: Three memorials of citizens of Vermont.

By Mr. Camerou, of Pennsylvania: Forty-three memorials of citizens of Pennsylvania.

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

Mr. Dorsey presented a petition of citizens of New Mexico, praying the removal of certain bands of the Ute and Apache Indians to their

permanent reservation in Western Colorado; which was referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

Mr. Hoar presented a petition of citizens of Massachusetts, praying the establishment of a metric system of weights and measures after a date to be fixed by law; which was referred to the Committee on Finance.

Mr. Hoar presented a petition of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Massachusetts, praying the appointment of a commission to inquire into the traffic in alcoholic liquors; which was referred to the Committee ou Finance.

Mr. Grover presented a petition of citizens of Oregon, praying an extension of time for the completion of the main line of the Northern Pacific Railroad, and for the repeal of the north branch grant, substi tuting it upon the Portland, Salt Lake and South Pass line; which was referred to the Committee on Railroads.

Mr. Sargent presented the petition of Sarah L. Knox, praying to be vested with the right of suffrage; which was referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections.

Mr. Cameron, of Pennsylvania, presented a memorial of insurance companies, merchants, and others of Philadelphia, praying the re-establishment of a legation of the United States at Bogota, in the United States of Colombia, and the appointment of a representative thereat; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Mr. Cameron, of Pennsylvania, presented a petition of citizens of Penn sylvania, praying the passage of the bill for the remonetization of silver; which was referred to the Committee on Finance.

Mr. Hoar presented a petition of merchants of Boston, Massachusetts, praying to have refunded them out of the unexpended balance of the Geneva awards the amount of certain extra rates of insurance called war premiums paid to insurance companies who have been indemnified for their losses out of the said Geneva awards; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Petitions, praying the enactment of a pension-law which will recognize the claims of many applicants for pensions who are now, as is alleged, debarred of their right to make application by the limitations in the present law, were presented, as follows:

By Mr. Hoar: A petition of citizens of Massachusetts.

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

By Mr. Cameron, of Pennsylvania: A petition of citizens of Pennsyl

vania.

By Mr. Ferry: A petition of citizens of Michigan.

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

Mr. Sargent, from the Committee on Appropriations, to whom was referred the joint resolution (H. R. 58) fixing the date on which the payment of the twenty-one clerks to committees of the House of Representatives, who are paid during the session only, shall begin, reported it without amendment.

The Senate proceeded, by unanimous consent, to consider the said resolution 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 resolution was read the third time.

Resolved, That it pass.

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

Mr. Kernan, from the Committee on Finance, to whom was.referred

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