On motion of Mr. Roderick R. Butler, the Committee on Military Affairs were discharged from the further consideration of the bill (S. 841) to place the name of Daniel H. Kelley upon the muster-roll of Company F, Second Tennessee Infantry; and the same was read a third time and passed. Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate therewith. On motion of Mr. Garfield, by unanimous consent, the bill of the Senate (S. 1331) to remove the political disabilities of Robert W. Johnson, formerly of Arkansas, was taken from the Speaker's table, read three times, and passed. The bill of the House (H. R. 3602) to remove the political disabilities of Thomas F. Fauntleroy and Charles H. Williamson, citizens of Virginia, with the amendment of the Senate thereto, was taken up, and the said amendment agreed to. Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate therewith. Mr. Jeremiah M. Wilson moved that the rules be suspended and the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union be discharged from the further consideration of the bill of the Senate (S. 88) for the better organization of the district courts of the United States within the State of Louisiana, and the same be passed; which motion was disagreed to, (two-thirds not voting in favor thereof.) By unanimous consent, resolutions were submitted, read, considered, and agreed to, as follows, viz : By Mr. Dawes: Resolved, That there be appointed a committee of three members, to join such committee of the Senate as they may appoint, to wait on the President of the United States and inform him if he has no further communication to make the two Houses are ready to adjourn. By Mr. Randall : Resolved, That the Clerk of the House be authorized and directed to pay out of the contingent fund of the House to the two employés of the hall folding-room their pay for the month of March. Mr. Pendleton, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee had examined and found truly enrolled bills of the following titles, viz: H. R. 4528. An act amendatory of the act approved March 3, 1873, entitled "An act authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at Saint Louis, in the State of Missouri ;" H. R. 2101. An act for the relief of the owners of the steamer Clara Dolsen; H. R. 4790. An act granting a pension to David Saulsbury; H. R. 4764. An act granting a pension to Sarah A. Woodruff; H. R. 157. Joint resolution authorizing the acceptance by Captain E. H. Wells, of the United States Navy, of the cross of the Legion of Honor conferred on him by the President of the French Republic; H. R. 3683. An act granting a pension to Melissa Rankin; H. R. 4746. An act authorizing the Second National Bank of Watkins, New York, and the Slater National Bank of North Providence, Rhode Island, to change their names; H. R. 2794. An act granting a pension to Elizabeth Wolf; H. R. 3362. An act for the relief of Mrs. Sarah B. Forest, widow of Lieutenant Dulaney N. Forest, late of the United States Navy; H. R. 3720. An act granting a pension to Charles C. Haight; H. R. 4449. Au act to amend an act entitled "An act to revive, with amendments, an act to incorporate the Medical Society of the District of Columbia," approved July 7, 1838; H. R. 4729. An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1876, and for other purposes; H. R. 4740. An act making appropriations for the repair, preservation, and completion of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes; H. R. 4782. An act granting a pension to Ansel Thayer, of Braintree, Massachusetts: H. R. 4866. An act for the relief of Major N. H. McLean, late of the Adjutant-General's Department, United States Army; H. R. 3641. An act to amend the act entitled "An act to incorporate the Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company;" H. R. 4692. An act making appropriations for the payment of claims reported allowed by the commissioners of claims under the act of Congress March 31, 1871; H. R. 3021. An act granting pensions to the widows, children, dependent mothers and fathers, and the orphan brothers and sisters of those soldiers who were murdered by guerrillas in Centralia, Missouri, in 1864. H. R. 3362. An act for the relief of Mrs. Sarah B. Forest, widow of Lieutenant Dulaney A. Forest, United States Navy; and H. R. 1628. An act for the relief of Montraville Patton, of Buncombe County, North Carolina; When The Speaker signed the same. A message from the Senate, by Mr. Gorham, their Secretary: Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed, without amendment, a bill of the House of the following title, viz: H. R. 3170. An act for the relief of John W. Marsh. The Senate have passed a bill of the House of the following title, viz: H. R. 3399. An act authorizing the sale of certain lands at Vincennes, Indiana; with amendments, in which I am directed to ask the concurrence of the House. On motion of Mr. Shoemaker, by unanimous consent, the bill of the Senate (S. 535) for the relief of the owners of the Haytian brig Margaretta, or their legal representatives, was taken up, read three times, and passed. Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate therewith. Mr. Lawrence moved that the rules be suspended, so as to dischargethe Committee on War-Claims from the further consideration of the bill of the Senate (S. 574) for the relief of Willis N. Arnold, and enable the House to pass the same; When the House refused to second the same. By unanimous consent, Ordered, That certain executive communications now on the Speaker's table be ordered to be printed and referred under the direction of the Speaker. Mr. Holman, by unanimous consent, presented the memorial of Angus Dean, upon the subject of jettees; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Mr. Phillips, by unanimous consent, presented the memorial of delegates of the Cherokee Nation; which was referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Mr. Maynard, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. R. 4869) to pay the telegraph operators of the Senate and House of Representatives; which was read a first and second time, ordered to be engrossed, read the third time, and passed. Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate therein. On motion of Mr. Niblack, by unanimous consent, the bill of the House (H. R. 3399) authorizing the sale of certain lands at Vincennes, Indiana, with the amendments of the Senate thereto, was taken up, and the said amendments agreed to. Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate therewith. A message from the Senate, by Mr. Sympson, one of their clerks : Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed, without amendment, a joint resolution and bill of the House of the following titles, viz: H. Res. 102. Joint resolution for the relief of Lowell A. Chamberlain. H. R. 2419. An act to provide for the construction of military roads in Arizona. The Speaker announced that he had appointed Mr. Dawes, Mr. Maynard, and Mr. Cox as the committee on the part of the House to wait upon the President of the United States. Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate therewith. Mr. Darrall, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee had examined and found truly enrolled bills of the following titles, viz: S. 831. An act for the relief of D. R. Haggard; S. 976. An act to promote economy and efficiency in the marine-hospital service; S. 324. An act for the relief of M. Von Entress Fuersteneck, late second lieutenant of the Sixty-eighth New York Volunteers; S. 757. An act to donate a certain portion of the military reservation of Fort Brady to school-district No. 1, in township of Sault Sainte Marie, and State of Michigan, for school purposes; and H. R. 4851. An act making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for fiscal years ending June 30, 1875, and prior years, and for other purposes; When The Speaker signed the same. On motion of Mr. Donnan, by unanimous consent, the concurrent resolution of the House in relation to the printing of the geological and geographical survey of the Territories, with the amendments of the Seuate thereto, was taken up, and the said amendments agreed to. Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate therewith. Mr. Hynes moved that the rules be suspended, so as to enable the House to pass the bill of the Senate (S. 1096) amendatory of the act entitled "An act in relation to the Hot Springs reservation in the State of Arkansas; And the House refused to second the same. Mr. Darrall, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee had examined and found truly enrolled bills of the following titles, viz: H. R. 4839. An act for the relief of Lydia Cruger, executrix of Moses Sheppard, deceased; H. R. 3602. An act to remove the political disabilities of Thomas T. Fountleroy; H. R. 4814. An act to relieve Charles H. Smith, M. D., of Richmond, Virginia, and James M. Hawes, of Covington, Kentucky, of all political disabilities; and H. R. 3891. An act relieving the political disabilities of Edward Booker, of Henry County, Virginia; When The Speaker signed the same. On motion of Mr. MacDougall, the Committee of the Whole House were discharged from the further consideration of the bill of the House (H. R. 815) for the relief of Almont Barnes; and the same was read the third time and passed. Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate therein. Mr. Albright, by unanimous consent, submitted the following resolution; which was read, considered, and agreed to, viz: Resolved, That the Clerk of the House of Representatives of the United States pay out of the contingent fund to the clerk of the Committees on Revolutionary Pensions and War of 1812, and of Coinage, Weights, and Measures, his salary from the beginning of the second session of the Forty-third Congress, he having rendered the services for such period, and no other person having been paid for the same. The Speaker announced that he had appointed Mr. Benjamin F. Butler, Mr. Hurlbut, and Mr. Creamer visitors to the West Point Military Academy. A message from the Senate, by Mr. Gorham, their Secretary: Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed, without amendment, bills of the House of the following titles, viz: H. R. 692. An act for the relief of William Chester. On motion of Mr. Garfield, by unanimous consent, Ordered, That the letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with the act of August 26, 1842, an account of the receipts and expenditures of the United States for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1872, be printed. The Speaker, by unanimous consent, laid before the House executive communications; which were severally referred as follows, viz: I. Letters from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting the claims of Leandro Martin, Seferino Trujillo, Wall Grayson, John S. Chisum, Alfred Reed; II. A letter from the same, transmitting a petition of the Osage Indians, relative to the proceeds of their lands in Kansas; to the Committee on Indian Affairs. III. A letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports of examinations and surveys of Rock Castle and Big Sandy Rivers, Kentucky, and Nassau River, Florida, to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. IV. A letter from the board of audit of the District of Columbia, transmitting, in compliance with the resolution of the House of December 22, 1874, certain statements, to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. V. Annual report of the board of managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. VI. A letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the names of clerks, &c., employed in the Department during the year ending December 31, 1874, to the Committee on Appropriations. A message from the Senate, by Mr. Gorham, their Secretary: Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed a bill of the House of the following title, viz: H. R. 1580. An act for the relief of the heirs of Asbury Dickins; with an amendment, in which I am directed to ask the concurrence of the House. Subsequently, By unanimous consent, the said amendment was agreed to. The Speaker, by unanimous consent, laid before the House a letter from Colonel O. E. Babcock, United States Army, engineer in charge of the public buildings and grounds, relative to the exclusion of private property from the statuary hall; which was referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. By unanimous consent, leave was granted for the withdrawal from the files of the House of papers in the following cases, viz: Martha J. Jamison, A. W. McCarty, C. J. Sands, John Campbell, B. S. Roberts, Peter M. Halwich, Emma Horton, A. W. Blair, George Weight, Thomas Haggett, James N. Paige, W. M. Wood, Stark & Co., Joseph Nock, Inman There, Mary L. Woolsey, J. H. Merrill, Thomas Malone, J. Dewling, Mead W. Bledsoe and George W. Harris, Will A. Short, John McHary, J. S. Lyon, Harriet S. Jandon, New Orleans Gas Company, Mechanics and Traders' Bank, Susan Willard, E. Brady. The Speaker, by unanimous consent, laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the rancho Panoche Grande; which was ordered to be laid upon the table and printed. The Speaker, by unanimous consent, laid before the House executive communications; which were severally referred as follows, viz: I. A letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting estimate of appro priation for Signal-Office observation and report of storms, &c.; II. A letter from the same, in relation to the damage done to the building corner F and Seventeenth streets by fire; to the Committee on Appropriations. III. A letter from the same, transmitting, in compliance with the act of February 22, 1867, a report of the inspector of national cemeteries for 1874, to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. IV. A letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting reports upon the private land-claims of Laurence Long's heirs and the legal representatives of Jacques St. Vrain; V. A letter from the same, transmitting a report upon the private land-claims of James E. Elam and wife, Louisiana Jockey Club, Mechanics' and Agricultural Fair Association, John W. Arrowsmith, James Howell, and Alphonse Miltenberger; to the Committee on Private Land-Claims. Mr. Darrall, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee had examined and found truly enrolled bills of the following titles, viz: H. R. 4769. An act granting a pension to Abraanna L. Dann; H. R. 3705. An act granting a pension to Arthur M. Lee, late first lieutenant Eighteenth Illinois Infantry; H. R. 4765. An act granting a pension to Emilia O. Black ; H. R. 2419. An act to provide for the construction of military roads in Arizona: a; H. R. 4447. An act to amend the act entitled "An act to incorporate the Masonic Mutual Relief Association of the District of Columbia," approved March 3, 1869; H. R. 3611. An act for the relief of Nelson Green; H. R. 3918. An act to relieve P. U. Murphy and John A. Brown, Alabama, of political disabilities; of H. R. 1054. An act granting a pension to Jefferson W. Davis, first lieutenant of Company F, Sixty-fourth Regiment New York Volunteers; |