counsel for the defense of poor people in the courts of the United States, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. Dorsey: A bill (S. 511) authorizing the Arkansas River Transfer Railway Company to construct a bridge across the Arkansas River; to the Committee on Commerce. By Mr. Dorsey: A bill (S. 512) in relation to the Pacific Railroads; to the Committee on Railroads. By Mr. Dorsey: A bill (S.513) to provide for appeals from the district courts of the United States held at Fort Smith, in the western district of Arkansas, and at Helena, in the eastern district of Arkansas, to the circuit court of the United States held at Little Rock, in said State, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. Davis, of Illinois: A bill (S. 514) to promote immigration to the United States, and for the protection of immigrants; to the Committee on Commerce. By Mr. Spencer: A bill (S. 515) for the relief of Mrs. Laura S. Cowles; A bill (516) for the relief of Mrs. Laura S. Cowles; and A bill (S. 517) for the relief of Mrs. Martha C. Erford; to the Committee on Claims. By Mr. Spencer: A bill (S. 518) for the relief of William Smitha; to the Committee on Claims. By Mr. Spencer: A bill (S. 519) to extend, facilitate, and cheapen land and water transportation of freights and passengers, and to promote industry and labor without further appropriation of public property or increase of public debt; to the Committee on Railroads. By Mr. Booth: A bill (S. 520) to authorize the claimants to certain lands in Santa Barbara County, California, to submit their claims to the United States district court for that State for adjudication; to the Committee on Private Land-Claims. By Mr. Booth: A bill (S. 521) for the relief of James D. Sarven; to the Committee on Patents. By Mr. Hoar: A bill (S. 522) for the relief of Ira Gill; to the Committee on Patents. By Mr. Windom: A bill (S. 523) for the relief of William C. Dɔdge ; and A bill (S. 524) for the relief of Jabez H. Gill; to the Committee on Patents. By Mr. Windom: A bill (S. 525) for the restoration of wages in the Government Printing Office; to the Committee on Printing. By Mr. Plumb: A bill (S. 526) granting a pension to James McDonald; to the Committee on Pensions. By Mr. Whyte: A bill (S. 527) granting a pension to Morris B. Slosson; to the Committee on Pensions. By Mr. McMillan: A bill (S. 528) to authorize the Worthington and Sioux Falls Railroad Company to extend its road into the Territory of Dakota to the village of Sioux Falls; to the Committee on Railroads. Mr. Hereford submitted the following resolution; which was considered, by unanimous consent, and agreed to: Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury be directed to inform the Senate of the amount of the government bonds sold since March 4, 1861, giving the amounts of each issue, with its date, thus sold, the net amounts received from the sale of each issue, and the currency in which the same was paid. Also the amount paid any syndicate, person, or persons for placing the same on the market or for purchasing the same, and in what currency they were paid. Mr. Mitchell submitted the following resolution; which was considered, by unanimous consent, and agreed to: Resolved, That the Secretary of the Interior be directed to transmit to the Senate a copy of the report of Indian Inspector Watkins, recom. mending the establishment of a large Indian reservation or territory in the Colville country for the use and occupation of a portion or all reservation Indians now on the various reservations in the State of Oregon and in the Territories of Washington and Idaho, together with such recommendations as the Secretary of the Interior may deem proper to make in reference to such proposition. Mr. Kellogg submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Privileges aud Elections: Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate be, and he is hereby, directed to pay out of the contingent fund of the Senate full compensasation and mileage as Senators to John Ray and William L. McMillen for the unexpired term of William P. Kellogg in the Forty second Congress. On motion by Mr. Kellogg, Ordered, That the petition of Isaac Bloom, on the files of the Senate, be referred to the Committee on Claims. On motion by Mr. Thurman, The Senate proceeded to consider the resolution yesterday submitted by him instructing the Committee on Military Affairs to inquire into the expediency of increasing the annual appropriation for the militia of the several States, and of providing for the settlement of certain warclaims of the State of Ohio; and The resolution having been amended on the motion of Mr. Thurman, the motion of Mr. Edmunds, and the motion of Mr. Dawes, was agreed to as amended, as follows: Resolved, That the Committee on Military Affairs are hereby instructed to inquire whether any, and, if any, what, legislation is necessary or expedient for the following purposes: First. To increase the annual appropriation for arming and equipping the militia of the States and Territories to correspond with the increase in population since the passage of the act of A. D. 1808, such increase to take immediate effect. Second. To enable the proper accounting-officer to take up for settlement and to settle the twentieth (20th) installment of the Ohio warclaims, referred to in the governor's letter. Third. To authorize the proper officer to credit this State with the difference between what the arms drawn by Governor Tod were charged at and what they were sold for. And whether bills for the settlement of items two and three, if reported, should be so drawn as to allow the State to draw ordnance and ordnance stores, camp and garrison equipage, cooking-utensils, overcoats, blankets, &c., in liquidation of any balance due the State, such stores being necessary to properly arm and equip the national guard for service and camp duty; and that said committee make the same inquiry respecting the war claims and credits of the other States of the Union that furnished troops in aid of the government during the late rebellion; and that said Committee report by bill or otherwise. Mr. Thurman presented a letter of the governor of Ohio, recommend. ing legislation in relation to the subjects referred to in the foregoing resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. 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 December 6, 1877, relative to the payment of certain bonds of the United States; and On motion by Mr. Matthews that the Senate postpone the consideration of the resolution and proceed to the consideration of the resolution submitted by Mr. Voorhees December 13, 1877, as follows: 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; It was determined in the affirmative; and The Senate proceeded to consider the said resolution; and, After debate, Ordered, That the further consideration of the resolution be postponed to to-morrow. The Senate resumed the consideration of the resolution submitted by Mr. Matthews; and, On motion by Mr. Hamlin, at 3 o'clock and 10 minutes p. m., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1878. Mr. Kernan presented a petition of citizens of Dansville, New York, praying an amendment to the pension law so as to dispense with the services of examining surgeons and examining boards; which was referred to the Committee on Pensions. Mr. Withers presented a resolution of the legislature of Virginia, in favor of a reduction of the tax on tobacco; which was 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, or the passage of any law that does not limit it as a legal tender. Ordered, That it lie on the table. Mr. Blaine presented a memorial of Cherokee delegates, remonstrating against the passage of the bill (S. 107) to enable Indians to become citizens of the United States. Ordered, That it lie on the table. Mr. Hoar presented a petition of citizens of Massachusetts, praying an amendment to the Constitution, investing women with the right of suffrage; which was referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections. Mr. Anthony presented a memorial of citizens of Rhode Island, 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; which was referred to the Committee on Finance. Mr. Howe presented a petition of citizens of Wisconsin, 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. Dorsey presented a petition of citizens of the District of Columbia, praying an amendment to the Constitution, prohibiting the several States from disfranchising citizens on account of sex; which was referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections. Mr. Beck presented the petition of Samuel H. Chew, of Fayette County, Kentucky, praying compensation for property taken and appro priated by United States military forces during the late civil war; which was referred to the Committee on Claims. Mr. Eustis, from the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, to whom was referred the petition of J. H. Merrill, reported adversely thereon; and The report was agreed to. Mr. Sargent, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (S. 493) to provide for the removal of the Naval Observatory, reported it with amendments and submitted a report (No. 33) thereon. 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. 529) to organize the Territory of Oklakoma, and to guarantee to the civilized and semi-civilized tribes of Indians living therein a republican form of government; to the Committee on Territories. By Mr. Dorsey: A bill (S. 530) for the relief of Alexander Davis; to the Committee on Claims. By Mr. Withers: A bill (S. 531) to annul and re-enact section 571 of the Revised Statutes of the United States in relation to certain district courts; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. Davis, of Illinois: A bill (S. 532) to incorporate the Suburban Railway Company of Washington, in the District of Columbia; to the Committee on the District of Columbia. By Mr. Cameron, of Wisconsin: A bill (S. 533) to restore the case of W. R. Glover and Thomas W. Mather against the United States, in the Court of Claims, to the docket for trial; to the Committee on Claims. By Mr. Merrimon: A bill (S. 534) for the relief of Henry D. Cooley; the Committee on Claims. By Mr. Plumb: A bill (S. 535) granting an increase of pension to Theodore Gardner; to the Committee on Claims. Mr. Hamlin obtained leave to bring in a joint resolution (S. 15) filling an existing vacancy in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution; which was read a first and second time, by unanimous consent. On motion by Mr. Mitchell, Ordered, That the petition and papers of P. A. Owen, on the files of the Senate, be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. 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 December 6, 1877, and modified by him to read as follows: Whereas by the act entitled "An act to strengthen the public credit," approved March 18, 1869, it was provided and declared that the faith of the United States was thereby solemnly pledged to the payment in coin or its equivalent of all the interest-bearing obligations of the United States, except in cases where the law authorizing the issue of such obligations had expressly provided that the same might be paid in lawful money or other currency than gold and silver, and Whereas all the bonds of the United States authorized to be issued by the act entitled "An act to authorize the refunding of the national debt," approved July 14, 1870, by the terms of said act were declared to be redeemable in coin of the then present standard value, bearing interest payable semi-annually in such coin; and Whereas all bonds of the United States authorized to be issued under the act entitled "An act to provide for the resumption of specie payments," approved January 14, 1875, are required to be of the descrip tion of bonds of the United States described in the said act of Congress approved July 14, 1870, entitled "An act to authorize the refunding of the national debt;" and Whereas, at the date of the passage of said act of Congress last aforesaid, to wit, the 14th day of July, 1870, the coin of the United States of standard value of that date included silver dollars of the weight of 4123 grains each, declared by the act approved January 18, 1837, entitled "An act supplementary to the act entitled 'An act establishing a mint and regulating the coins of the United States,"" to be a legal tender of payment, according to their nominal value, for any sums whatever: Therefore, Be it resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring therein), That all the bonds of the United States issued or authorized to be issued under the said acts of Congress herein before recited are payable, principal and interest, at the option of the Government of the United States, in silver dollars, of the coinage of the United States, containing 412 grains each of standard silver; and that to restore to its coinage such silver coins as a legal tender in payment of said bonds, principal and interest, is not in violation of the public faith nor in derogation of the rights of the public creditor; and The question being on the motion of Mr. Morrill to refer the resolution to the Committee on the Judiciary, Yeas. It was determined in the negative, Nays.. On motion by Mr. Matthews, .19 .31 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present, Those who voted in the affirmtive are, Messrs. Anthony, Barnum, Bayard, Blaine, Butler, Conkling, Dawes, Eaton, Edmunds, Hamlin, Hoar, Kernan, McPherson, Mitchell, Morrill, Paddock, Rollins, Sargent, Wadleigh. Those who voted in the negative are, Messrs. Armstrong, Beck, Booth, Cameron of Pennsylvania, Cameron of Wisconsin, Cockrell, Coke, Conover, Davis of Illinois, Dorsey, Ferry, Grover, Harris, Hereford, Howe, Johnston, Kirkwood, McCreery, McMillan, Matthews, Maxey, Merrimon, Morgan, Plumb, Ransom, Saulsbury, Saunders, Spencer, Teller, Voorhees, Withers. So the motion was not agreed to. The question recurring on the amendment proposed by Mr. Conkling December 10, 1877, viz, strike out the words "the House of Representatives concurring," and in lieu thereof insert the words and House of Rep resentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, After debate, Ordered, That the further consideration of the resolution be postponed to Friday next at one o'clock. Mr. Cockrell announced the death of the Honorable Lewis V. Bogy, a Senator from the State of Missouri, which occurred during the recess of Congress, September 20, 1877, and submitted the following resolutions; which were considered, by unanimous consent, and unanimously agreed to: Resolved, That the Senate has received with profound sorrow the announcement of the death of the Honorable Lewis V. Bogy, late a Senator of the United States from the State of Missouri. Resolved, That, as a mark of respect to the memory of the Honorable Lewis V. Bogy, the business of the Senate be now suspended, that his former associates may pay proper tribute to his public and private virtues. Resolved, That, as a further mark of respect for the memory of the |