deceased, the members of the Senate will wear the usual badge of mourning for thirty days.

Resolved, That the Secretary communicate these resolutions to the House of Representatives.

After addresses by Mr. Cockrell, Mr. Maxey, Mr. Christiancy, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Kernan, Mr. Merrimon, Mr. Sargent, and Mr. Armstrong, On motion by Mr. Armstrong, as a further mark of respect to the memory of the deceased,

The Senate adjourned.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1878.

The Vice-President laid before the Senate a letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a draught of a bill, prepared by the Solicitor of the Treasury, for the punishment of persons having in possession dies, molds, &c., for manufacturing counterfeit coin; which was referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed.

The Vice-President laid before the Senate a letter of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in obedience to law, a list of property belonging to the United States in his possession.

Ordered, That it lie on the table and be printed.

The Vice-President laid before the Senate a letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, showing the progress made in the survey of the Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific coasts for the year ended June 30, 1877.

Ordered, That it lie on the table and be printed.

The Vice-President laid before the Senate the twenty-fifth annual report of the Public Printer; which was referred to the Committee on Printing and ordered to be printed.

Mr. Kirkwood presented additional papers in relation to the application of T. A. Walker to be reimbursed the amount of certain moneys paid by him for clerk hire while acting as register of the United States land office at Des Moines, Iowa; which, with the petition and papers on the files of the Senate, were referred to the Committee on Claims.

Mr. Christiancy presented a petition of citizens of Michigan, praying the repeal of the bankrupt law; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Mr. Cameron, of Pennsylvania, presented a memorial of citizens of Pennsylvania, 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. Christiancy presented a petition of citizens of Michigan, praying to be allowed arrears of pensions; which was referred to the Committee on Pensions.

Mr. Hoar presented two memorials of citizens of Massachusetts, remonstrating against any reduction of the rates of duty on imports, and against the restoration of the duties on tea and coffee; which were referred to the Committee on Finance.

Mr. Cameron, of Wisconsin, presented a resolution of the legislature of Wisconsin, in favor of an appropriation for the erection of a lighthouse and fog-signal on Stannard's Rock, in Lake Superior; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce.

Mr. Cameron, of Wisconsin, presented a resolution of the legislature of Wisconsin, in favor of a survey of Wolf River from Lake Poygan to

the mouth of the Red River; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce.

Mr. Cameron, of Wisconsin, presented a resolution of the legislature. of Wisconsin, in favor of the passage of a law for the right of way and a grant of land for railroad purposes, to aid in the construction of a railroad through Northern Wisconsin; which was referred to the Com. mittee on Railroads.

Mr. Bailey presented the petition of Nancy E. McClelland, praying to be allowed a pension; which was referred to the Committee on Pensions.

Mr. Dawes presented a memorial of M. D. and A. W. Hodge, of North Adams, Massachusetts, remonstrating against the extension of the patent of E. N. Horsford for pulverulent acid for raising bread; which was referred to the Committee on Patents.

Mr. Kernan presented a petition of citizens of Oneida County, New York, in behalf of Colonel Peter Claesgens, of Utica, New York, praying that he be allowed a pension; which was referred to the Committee on Pensions.

Mr. Barnum presented a petition of citizens of New Haven, Connecticut, praying the repeal of the charter of the National Capital Insurauce Company of Washington, District of Columbia; which was referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia.

Mr. Eustis presented a memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of New Orleans, Louisiana, in favor of the establishment of a steam postalservice between that port and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and also between New Orleans and other foreign ports of this continent south of that city; which was referred to the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads. Mr. Matthews presented a petition of citizens of the District of Columbia, praying an investigation into the law protecting dealers in the sale of intoxicating liquors; which was referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia.

Mr. Rollins presented the petiton of Naval Constructor Theodore D. Wilson, United States Navy, praying to have issued to him a new commission as naval constructor, to date April 15, 1871; which was referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

On motion by Mr. Jones, of Nevada,

Ordered, That John M. Dorsey and William F. Shepheard have leave to withdraw their petition from the files of the Senate.

Mr. Ferry, from the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads, to whom was referred the petition of J. F. Andrews, reported adversely

thereon.

Mr. Maxey, from the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads, to whom was referred the petition of William Moss, submitted an adverse report (No. 34) thereon; which was agreed to.

Mr. Edmunds, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of William W. Handlin, submitted an adverse report (No. 35) thereon; which was agreed to.

Mr. Wadleigh presented the views of the late Oliver P. Morton, so far as they had been prepared at the time of his death, on the character, extent, and effect of Chinese immigration to the United States; Mr. Morton having, as a member of the committee appointed to investigate that subject, obtained leave to submit the same February 27, 1877, to accompany the report of the committee (No. 689, Forty-fourth Congress). Ordered, That they be referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and be printed.

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

By Mr. Howe: A bill (S. 536) to punish the forcible obstruction of inter-State commerce by railway; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. Rollins: A bill (S. 537) for the relief of Naval Constructor Theodore D. Wilson, of the Navy; to the Committee on Naval Affairs. By Mr. Saunders: A bill (S. 538) extending the swamp-land act to the States of Nebraska and Kansas; to the Committee on Public Lands. By Mr. Ferry: A bill (S. 539) providing for the classification of mailmatter and rates of postage thereon; to the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads.

By Mr. Kirkwood: A bill (S. 540) for the relief of Thomas A. Walker; to the Committee on Claims.

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

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate be, and he is hereby, authorized to cause to be bound at the Government Printing Office one copy of any public document desired by any Senator for his personal

use.

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

Mr. President: The House of Representatives has passed the following bills and joint resolution, in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate:

H. R. 114. An act to provide for the stamping of unstamped instru

ments.

H. R. 1074. An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at or near Glasgow, Missouri.

H. R. 789. An act to appropriate money for the purchase of a law library for the Territory of Dakota.

H. R. 1201. An act making an appropriation for the purchase of a law library for the use of the courts and the United States officers in the Territory of Wyoming.

H. R. 1474. An act further to suspend the operations of section 5574 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, title 72, in relation to guano islands.

H. R. 1918. An act for the relief of Milton B. Cushing, paymaster United States Navy.

H. R. 2479. An act for the removal of obstructions from the Mississippi, Missouri, Arkansas, and Red Rivers, and for the preservation of the public property.

II. R. 2481. An act to retrocede to the Commonwealth of Kentucky jurisdiction to try and punish offenders, except in certain cases, for crimes and misdemeanors committed within the limits of the tract of land lying near the town of Harrodsburg, in Mercer County, in said State, purchased by the United States from Christopher and Theresa Graham.

H. R. 83. Joint resolution accepting a painting tendered by Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson.

The Speaker of the House of Representatives having signed an enrolled bill (H. R. 2142), I am directed to bring it to the Senate for the signature of its President.

Mr. Conover reported from the committee that they had examined and found duly enrolled the bill (H. R. 2142) to authorize and direct the Secretary of State to affix the great seal of the United States to a document therein stated.

The Vice-President signed the enrolled bill (H. R. 2142) last reported to have been examined, and it was delivered to the committee to be presented to the President of the United States.

The Senate proceeded to consider, as in Committee of the Whole, the following bill and joint resolution; and no amendment being made, they were reported to the Senate:

S. 484. A bill to authorize the construction of a bridge abutment and approach within the Fort Riley military reservation.

S. 15. Joint resolution filling an existing vacancy in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

Ordered, That they be engrossed and read a third time.

The said bill and resolution were read the third time.

Resolved, That they pass, and that the titles thereof be as aforesaid. Ordered, That the Secretary request the concurrence of the House of Representatives therein.

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

Resolved, That from an earnest desire to show every mark of respect to the memory of the Honorable Oliver P. Morton, late a Senator of the United States from the State of Indiana, and to manifest the high estimate entertained of his eminent public services, his distinguished patriotism, and his usefulness as a citizen, the business of the Senate be now suspended, that the friends and associates of the deceased Senator may pay fitting tribute to his public and private virtues.

Mr. McDonald then submitted the following resolutions:

Resolved, That a widespread and public sorrow on the announcement of his death attested the profound sense of the loss which the whole country has sustained.

Resolved, That, as a mark of respect for the memory of Mr. Morton, the members of the Senate will go into mourning by wearing crape upon the left arm for thirty days.

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate communicate these resolutions to the House of Representatives.

Resolved, That as an additional mark of respect for the memory of the deceased Senator, the Senate do now adjourn.

The Senate proceeded to consider the resolutions; and,

After addresses by Mr. McDonald, Mr. Edmunds, Mr. Thurman, Mr. Conkling, Mr. Burnside, Mr. Morgan, Mr. Booth, Mr. Anthony, Mr. Wadleigh, Mr. Mitchell, Mr. Paddock, Mr. Bruce, and Mr. Voorhees, The resolutions were unanimously agreed to; and,

The Senate adjourned.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 1878.

The bills and joint resolution yesterday received from the House of Representatives for concurrence were severally read the first and second times, by unanimous consent.

Ordered, That the bills H. R. 114 and H. R. 2481 be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary; that the bills H. R. 789 and H. R. 1201 be referred to the Committee on Territories; that the bills H. R. 1074 and and H. R. 2479 be referred to the Committee on Commerce; that the bill H. R. 1474 be referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations; that the bill H. R. 1918 be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs; and that the joint resolution H. R. 83 be referred to the Committee on the Library.

The Vice-President laid before the Senate a letter of the Secretary of

War, transmitting, for the information of the Committee on Commerce, a report of Major G. Weitzel, Corps of Engineers, on the superintendence, management, and repair of the Louisville and Portland Canal for the year ending December 31, 1877; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.

The Vice-President laid before the Senate a letter of the AttorneyGeneral, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 7, 1877, a list of all criminal prosecutions commenced in the courts of the United States in the district of South Carolina since January 1, 1876, for offenses against the lives, property, and civil rights of any person, with the names of the alleged offenders, and a statement of the disposition of such prosecutions and the dates thereof; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferry presented a memorial of the Michigan State Grange, praying an appropriation for the construction of a ship-canal across the lower peninsula of Michigan; which was referred to the Committee on Com

merce.

Mr. Cameron, of Pennsylvania, presented a petition of Philip and Thomas Collins, of Philadelphia, praying the restoration of diplomatic relations with Bolivia; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Mr. Cameron, of Pennsylvania, presented a petition of the daughters of Henry E. Muhlenberg, deceased, late a collector of internal revenue for the ninth district of Pennsylvania, praying to have refunded them the amount of certain moneys alleged to have been embezzled from their father by a clerk in his office; which was referred to the Committee on Claims.

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. Wallace: Seven memorials of citizens of Pennsylvania.
By Mr. Barnum: Two memorials of citizens of Connecticut.
Ordered, That they be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Mr. Cameron, of Wisconsin, presented a memorial of the legislature of Wisconsin, in favor of an appropriation to aid in the survey of the Saint Croix River; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce. Mr. Grover presented a petition of citizens of Oregon, praying an extension of time for the completion of the Northern Pacific Railroad; which was referred to the Committee on Railroads.

Mr. Mitchell presented a petition of citizens of Oregon, praying an appropriation for the improvement of the Coquille River in that State; which was referred to Committee on Commerce.

Mr. Cameron, of Pennsylvania, presented a memorial of citizens of Pennsylvania, remonstrating against any change in the tariff laws reducing the rates of duty on foreign goods, and against the restoration of the duties on tea and coffee; which was referred to the Committee on Finance.

Petitions, praying the recognition of their claims for pensions of persons who are, as they allege, sufferers by the limitation of an unjust pension law, were presented as follows:

By Mr. Wallace: A petition of citizens of Pennsylvania.

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

By Mr. Whyte: A petition of citizens of Maryland.

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

Mr. Wallace presented a memorial cf the Board of Trade of Phila