seventh congressional district of Virginia; which were referred to the Committee of Elections. Mr. Stevens, on leave, introduced a bill (H. R. 45) for the relief of John E. Bouligny, of Louisiana; which was read a first and second time and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Mr. Julian, on leave, introduced a bill (H. R. 46) to repeal portions of the act of Congress, approved March 2, 1807, relative to the coastwise slave trade; which was read a first and second time and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Mr. Holman, on leave, introduced a bill (H. R. 47) for the relief of William C. Walker and others; which was read a first and second time and referred to the Committee of Claims. Notices were given, under the rule, of motions for leave to introduce bills as follows, viz: By Mr. Bennet: A bill to provide for the development of the mineral resources of the United States and of the public domain; Also, a bill making an appropriation for a military road from Denver, in the Territory of Colorado, to Camp Crittenden, in the Territory of Utah; Also, a bill making appropriation for two military posts in the Territory of Colorado; Also, a bill to establish a post route from Denver, in the Territory of Colorado, to Bannack City, in the Territory of Idaho; Also, a bill modifying the law establishing the overland mail line, and requiring service thereon to be let in four sections. By Mr. Rogers: A bill to increase the pay of privates and non-commissioned officers of the army; Also, a joint resolution to refund and repay to the States, counties, townships, wards, cities, and municipal corporations all moneys paid by them, respectively, for bounties to volunteers in the Union army. By Mr. Brandegee: A bill amendatory of an act entitled "An act for enrolling and calling out the national forces, and for other purposes," so as to provide that clergymen and students preparing for the ministry, if drafted, shall be assigned to chaplain, hospital, or other non-combatant duty. By Mr. H. Winter Davis: A bill to require persons practicing law before the courts of the United States to take the oath of allegiance to the United States. By Mr. Ashley: A bill to authorize the appointment of two additional judges of the Supreme Court of the United States. Mr. G. Clay Smith submitted the following resolutions, viz: 1. Resolved, That as our country, and the very existence of the best goverument ever instituted by man, are imperilled by the most causeless and wicked rebellion that the world has seen, and believing, as we do, that the only hope of saving this country and preserving this government is by the power of the sword, we are for the most vigorous prosecution of the war until the Constitution and laws shall be enforced and obeyed in all parts of the United States; and to that end we oppose any armistice, or intervention, or mediation, or proposition for peace from any quarter, so long as there shall be found a rebel in arms against the government; and we ignore all party names, lines, and issues, and recognize but two parties in this war-patriots and traitors. 2. Resolved, That we hold it to be the duty of Congress to pass all necessary bills to supply men and money, and the duty of the people to render every aid in their power to the constituted authorities of the government in the crushing out of the rebellion, and in bringing the leaders thereof to condign punishment. 3. Resolved, That our thanks are tendered to our soldiers in the field for their gallantry in defending and upholding the flag of the Union, and defending the great principles dear to every American patriot. The same having been read, Mr. Smith moved the previous question; which was seconded, and the main question ordered to be put. A division of the question having been called for, The Speaker stated the question to be first on agreeing to the first in the series of resolutions. When, Mr. Ancona moved that the said resolution be laid on the table. It was decided in the negative, Nays... The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, 60 100 Lorenzo D. M. Sweat Chilton A. White Charles H. Winfield Mr. William H. Randall Ellibu B. Washburne resolution on the table. Mr. Stiles moved, at 2 o'clock and 33 minutes p. m., that the House adjourn; which motion was disagreed to. The question was then put, Will the House agree to the first resolution? And it was decided in the affirmative, {eas... The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Mr. John B. Alley William B. Allison Lucien Anderson Isaac N. Arnold Mr. James M. Ashley Mr. Henry T. Blow George S. Boutwell Mr. Ambrose W. Clark 94 65 The Speaker having announced as next in order the question on agreeing to the second in the said series of resolutions, The question was put thereon, (Yeas... And it was decided in the affirmative, Nay... The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Mr. John B. Alley William B. Allison Lucien Anderson Mr. Henry C. Deming Charles Denison Mr. Thomas A. Jenckes Jesse O. Norton Mr. Moses F. Odell Sidney Perham Nehemiah Perry 153 Frederick A. Pike Thomas B Shannon John T. Stuart M. Russell Thayer 1 So the second in the series of resolutions was agreed to. Charles H. Winfield George H. Yeaman. The question then being put on the third and last in the said series of resolutions, Yeas... It was decided in the affirmative, {es The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Mr. James C. Allen Augustus C. Baldwin Henry T. Blow Mr. Ebenezer Dumont Josiah B. Grinnell Anthony L. Knapp Jesse Lazear Mr. Francis C. Le Blond Benjamin G. Harris voted in the negative. 168 1 Mr. James C. Robinson R. B. VanValkenburgh Elihu B. Washburne So the third and last in the said series of resolutions was agreed to. On motion of Mr. Coffroth, at 3 o'clock and 20 minutes p. m., the House adjourned. MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1863. The following memorials, petitions, and other papers, were laid upon the Clerk's table, under the one hundred and thirty-first rule of the House: By Mr. John H. Rice: The petition of Julia A. Jameson, widow of Brigadier General Charles D. Jameson, praying for a pension; which was referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. Fenton: The papers in the case of B. Chamberlain for payment for lumber taken by the troops of the United States commanded by Colonel J. F. Harrison; which was referred to the Committee of Claims. By Mr. Denison: Four petitions of citizens of Susquehanna county, State of Pennsylvania, praying for the establishment of a mail route from Binghamton, New York, to Camptown, Pennsylvania; Also, two petitions of citizens of Bradford county, State of Pennsylvania, praying for the establishment of a mail route from Binghamton, New York, to Camptown, Pennsylvania; Also, the petition of citizens of Broome county, State of New York, praying for the establishment of a mail route from Binghamton, New York, to Camptown, Pennsylvania. Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. By Mr. Alexander H. Rice: The petition of Ann Sheyey, praying for a pension on account of the services of her step-son, who was killed at the battle of Gettysburg; which was referred to the Committee on Invalid Pen sions. By Mr. Lovejoy: The petition of John W. Clark, praying for compensation for a slave emancipated by the act of Congress of April 16, 1862; which was referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia. By Mr. Alley: The petition of citizens of the State of Massachusetts, praying for the establishment of an ambulance and hospital system. By Mr. Boutwell: The petition of citizens of the State of Massachusetts, praying for the payment of a bounty for services as volunteers for the term of nine months. By Mr. Alley: The petition of citizens of Essex county, State of Massachusetts, praying for the establishment of an ambulance and hospital corps in the army. By Mr. Gooch: The petition of citizens of Essex county, State of Massachusetts, praying for the establishment of an ambulance and hospital corps in the army; Also, the petition of citizens of the State of Massachusetts, praying for the payment of a bounty for services as volunteers for the term of nine months. By Mr. Ganson: The petition of citizens of the State of New York, praying for the payment of a bounty for services as volunteers for the term of nine months. Ordered, That said petitions be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. By Mr. Henry Winter Davis: The petition of Elizabeth Cole, widow of Levi Cole, deceased-heretofore referred April 25, 1860; which was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions. By Mr. Lovejoy: Three petitions of citizens of the State of Illinois, praying for the passage of an act of general emancipation to every slave in the United States; which were referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. John H. Rice: The petition of citizens of the city of Washington, District of Columbia, praying a grant to the Guardian Society of the District of Columbia, in perpetuity, of ten acres of land on the north side of B street south, and extending from 12th to 14th streets west, for the purposes of a House of Industry and a Widows' and Orphans' Home; which was referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. By Mr. Alexander H. Rice: The memorial of the president and directors of the South American Steamship Company, praying for a mail contract or subsidy for said company; which was referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. By Mr. Fenton: The petition of citizens of the State of New York, praying for the payment of a bounty to those volunteers who enlisted and served for the term of nine months. |