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House Journal--FRIDAY, February 6, 1874.

The following memorials, petitions, and other papers were laid on the
Clerk's desk, under the rule, and referred as follows:
By Mr. Archer: The petition of the heirs of Wm. C. Brashears,
deceased, for payment of the sum due him as a lieutenant in the Texan
navy, to the Committee on Naval Affairs.
By Mr. Ashe: The petition of the Monroe Station Sunday-school, of
Union County, North Carolina, for the payment of the claim of the
Southern Methodist Publishing House at Nashville, Tennessee, to the
Committee on War-Claims.
By Mr. Roderick R. Butler: The petition of Margaret E. Cogburn, for a
pension, to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.
By Mr. Dobbins: The petition of David Klein, for compensation for use
by the Government of his invention for moving armies and Army
supplies over navigable streams, to the Committee on Claims.
By Mr. Dunnell: The petition of Anna W. Osborn, for a pension;
By Mr. Gunckel: The petition of James W. Chapman, for a pension;
Also, the petition of John P. McKenna, for a pension;
to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.
By Mr. Joseph R. Hawley: The petition of the president and faculty of
Amherst College, for the return to the Japanese government of the
balance of the Japanese indemnity fund, to be applied to the purposes
of education among the people of Japan, to the Committee on Education
and Labor.
By Mr. Kellogg: The petition of George Fink, for relief;
By Mr. Lamar: Papers relating to the claim of the heirs of Colonel
David Hopkins, deceased;
to the Committee on War-Claims.
By Mr. Luttrell: The petition of John Bidwell and others, of
California, for the establishment of a post-route from Chico to Big
Meadows, in California, to the Committee on the Post-Office and
Post-Roads.
Also, the petition of Samuel Ambrose and others, citizens and
businees men of Crescent City, California, for an appropriation for
the construction of a breakwater at Crescent City, to the Committee
on Commerce.
By Mr. McJunkin: The petition of citizens of Sharpsburgh,
Pennsylvania, for the repeal of the second section of the act of June
6, 1872, which reduced certain duties 10 per cent, to the Committee
on Ways and Means.
Mr. O'Brien: Papers relating to the claims of Edmund Wolf and
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others, for damages sustained by the burning of their property at
Wrightsville, York County, Pennsylvania, June 30, 1863, by order of
Major-General Couch, commanding United States forces, to the
Committee on War-Claims.
By Mr. O'Neill: The petition of Martha J. Coston, for compensation
for the use by the Government of inventions of her deceased husband,
Benjamin F. Coston;
Also, papers relating to the claim of William Wheeler Hubbell;
to the Committee on Naval Affairs.
By Mr. Parsons: The petition of Lydia Benjamin, for a pension, to the
Committee on Invalid pensions.
By Mr. Sawyer: The petition of William L. Williams & Co. and others,
of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, for the repeal of the stamp-tax on medcines,
to the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. Schumacker: The petition of citizens of Brooklyn, New York,
for the appointment of a commission of inquiry concerning the liquor
traffic, to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. Speer: The petition of Francis B. Stewart, postmaster at
Altoona, Pennsylvania, for relief for loss by robbery of
postage-stamps, to the Committee on Claims.
By Mr. Sprague: The petition of Bryan Tyson, for amendments to the
law granting pensions to soldiers of the war of 1812 and their
widows, to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions and War of 1812.
By Mr. Starkweather: The petition of Elizabeth Copeland, for arrears
of pension;
Also, the petition of Nancy Parkhurst, for a pension;
By Mr. Thornburgh: The petition of Millie Staples, for a pension;
to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.
Also, the petition of R. N. Hood, late first lieutenant and adjutant
of Second Tennessee Cavalry, for arrears of pay, to the Committee on
Military Affairs.
Mr. Potter, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. R. 1767) to
change the name of the steamboat Kitty Strang; which was read a first
and second time, ordered to be printed, and referred to the Committee
on Commerce.
The Speaker having proceeded, as the regular order of business, to
call the committees for reports of a private nature,
Mr. Coburn, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported a bill
(H. R. 1768) for the relief of Ephraim P. Showalter, accompanied by
report in writing thereon; which bill was read a first and second
time, and, with the report, was ordered to be printed and committed
to a Committee of the Whole House.
Mr. Coburn, from the same committee, reported a bill (H. R. 1769) for
the relief of Colonel Daniel McClure, assistant paymaster-general,
accompanied by a report in writing thereon; which bill was read a
first and second time.
Ordered, That it be engrossed and read a third time.
Being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time and passed.
Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate
therein.
Mr. Gunckel, from the same committee, reported a joint resolution (H.
Res. 53) authorizing the issue of clothing to certain enlisted men of
the Army, accompanied by a report in writing thereon; which joint
resolution was read a first and second time, ordered to be printed,
and committed to a Committee of the Whole House.
Mr. Nesmith, from the same committee, to which were referred bills of
the House of the following titles, viz:
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H. R. 363. A bill for the relief of Lucius A. Rountree;
H. R. 368. A bill for the relief of James Long;
reported the same without amendment, accompanied by reports in
writing thereon.
Ordered, That the said bills, with the reports, be printed and
committed to a Committee of the Whole House.
Mr. Joseph R. Hawley, from the same committee, to which was referred
the petition of George H. Herring, made an adverse report in writing
thereon.
Ordered, That the report be printed and that the petition be laid
upon the table.
Mr. Hunton, from the same committee, to which was referred the joint
resolution of the South Carolina legislature, requesting a grant of
the use of the Government building, at Charleston, to a militia
company, made an adverse report in writing thereon.
Ordered, That the report be printed and that the resolution be laid
upon the table.
Mr. Hunton, from the same committee, reported a bill (H. R. 1779) for
the relief of William E. Childs, accompanied by a report in writing
thereon; which bill was read a first and second time.
Ordered, That the bill and report be printed and committed to a
Committee of the Whole House.
Mr. Hunton, from the same Committee, to which was referred the
petition of J. W. Ulrich, made an adverse report in writing thereon.
Ordered, That the report be printed, and the petition be laid upon
the table.
Mr. Hunton, from the same committee, to which was referred the bill
of the House (H. R. 1003) to authorize and direct the Secretary of
War to change the name of John Rziha, captain of the Fourth Regiment
of Infantry of the Army of the United States, on the register, rolls,
and records of the Army, to John Laube de Lauberfels, reported the
same without amendment, accompanied by a report in writing thereon.
Ordered, That the bill be engrossed and read a third time.
Being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time and passed.
Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate
therein.
On motion of Mr. Hunton, the said committee were discharged from the
further consideration of the petition of Enoch Burnett, and the same
was referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.
Mr. Pierce M. B. Young, from the same committee, to which was
referred the bill of the House (H. R. 498) to settle the accounts of
Captain A. B. Dyer, reported the same without amendment, accompanied
by a report in writing thereon.
Ordered, That the bill and report be printed and committed to a
Committee of the Whole House.
Mr. John B. Hawley, from the same committee, to which was referred
the bill of the House (H. R. 345) to relieve certain persons therein
named, late members of Company K, Fifty-eighth Regiment Illinois
Volunteer Infantry, reported the same without amendment, accompanied
by a report in writing thereon.
Ordered, That the bill be engrossed and read a third time.
Being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time and passed.
Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate
therein.
Mr. Thornburgh, from the same committee, to which was referred the
bill of the House (H. R. 622) for the relief of John N. Newman, late
an acting first lieutenant of Company B, Ninth Tennessee Volunteer
Cavalry,
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reported the same without amendment, accompanied by a report in
writing thereon.
Ordered, That the bill and report be printed and committed to
Committee of the Whole House.
Mr. Thornburgh, from the same committee, reported bills of the
following titles, viz:
H. R. 1770. A bill for the relief of Jonathan L. Mann, late a
chaplain in the volunteer service of the Army;
H. R. 1771. A bill for the relief of Rice M. Brown, late a soldier of
the Mexican war;
H. R. 1772. A bill for the relief of William N. Williams, late a
second lieutenant of Indiana Volunteers;
accompanied by reports in writing thereon; which bills were severally
read a first and second time, and, with the reports, were ordered to
be printed and committed to a Committee of the Whole House.
Mr. Albright, from the same committee, to which was referred the
memorial of George H. Hickman, made an adverse report in writing
thereon.
Ordered, That the report be printed and the petition be laid upon the
table.
Mr. Albright, from the same committee, reported bills of the
following titles, viz:
H. R. 1773. A bill for the relief of Samuel E. Rankin;
H. R. 1774. A bill for the relief of Matthias Whitehead;
H. R. 1775. A bill for the relief of Foster A. Hixson, late a
paymaster in the United States Army;
accompanied by reports in writing thereon; which bills were severally
read a first and second time, and, with the reports, ordered to be
printed and committed to a Committee of the Whole House.
On motion of Mr. Albright, the said committee were discharged from
the further consideration of the petition of Benjamin S. Weller, and
the same was referred to the Committee on War-Claims.
Also, from the petition of John Mailicoat, and the same was referred
to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.
Mr. MacDougall, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported a
bill (H. R. 1776) for the relief of George Yount, late second
lieutenant Company I, Third Missouri Volunteer Infantry, accompanied
by a report in writing thereon; which bill was read a first and
second time, and, with the report, was ordered to be printed and
committed to a Committee of the Whole House.
Mr. Donnan, from the same committee, to which were referred bills of
the House of the following titles, reported the same without
amendment, accompanied by reports in writing thereon, viz:
H. R. 725. A bill for the relief of James C. Livingston, late a
private in Company E, Third Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry.
H. R. 1313. A bill for the relief of Alexander Burtch.
Ordered, That the bills be committed to a Committee of the Whole
House, and, with the reports, printed.
Mr. Donnan, from the same committee, to which was referred a bill of
the House of the following title, made an adverse report in writing
thereon, viz:
H. R. 910. A bill for the relief of Lieutenant H. A. Kelly, late a
first lieutenant of the Eighth Tennessee Cavalry.
Ordered, That the report be printed and that the bill be laid upon
the table.
Mr. Donnan, from the same committee, reported a bill (H. R. 1777)
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for the relief of Matthew Woodruff, of Clarke County, Missouri, late
first sergeant of Company G, Twenty-first Regiment Missouri Volunteer
Infantry, from the charge of desertion, and to grant him an honorable
discharge from the service, &c., accompanied by a report in writing
thereon; which bill was read a first and second time, committed to a
Committee of the Whole House, and, with the report, ordered to be
printed.
Mr. Donnan, from the same committee, to which was referred the bill
of the House (H. R. 133) for the relief of Simeon J. Thompson, late
an acting second lieutenant Company B, Seventy-ninth Regiment of
Indiana Volunteers, reported the same with a recommendation that it
do not pass.
Ordered, That the bill be committed to a Committee of the Whole
House.
Mr. Donnan, from the same committee, to which was referred the
petition of Frank Y. Commager, made an adverse report in writing
thereon.
Ordered, That the report be printed and the petition be laid upon the
table.
Mr. Coburn, from the same committee, reported a bill (H. R. 1778)
granting the right of way for a railroad from the wharf of the
Baltimore Steam-Packet Company, at Old Point Comfort, Elizabeth City
County, Virginia, to Mill Creek Bridge, in the same county,
accompanied by a report in writing thereon.
The House having proceeded to its consideration,
Amendments submitted by Mr. Willard, Mr. Coburn, and Mr. Potter were
severally agreed to.
Ordered, That the bill be engrossed and read a third time.
Being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time and passed.
By unanimous consent, the title was amended by striking out the words
the right of way, and inserting in lieu thereof the word
permission.
Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate in the
said bill.
On motion of Mr. Benjamin F. Butler, the Committee on the Judiciary
were discharged from the further consideration of the bill of the
House No. 1462, and the same was referred to the Committee on Indian
Affairs.
On motion of Mr. Lawson, the said committee were discharged from the
further consideration of a memorial relative to the cooly trade, and
the same was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor.
Mr. Lawson, by unanimous consent, from the Committee on Indian
Affairs, to which was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 420) to
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to discharge certain
obligations of the United States to the Upper and Lower bands of
Sioux Indians, reported the same without amendment, accompanied by a
report in writing thereon.
Ordered, That the report be printed and the bill be recommitted to
the said committee.
On motion of Mr. McCrary, by unanimous consent,
Ordered, That the bill of the House No. 1585 be reprinted.
On motion of Mr. John B. Hawley, by unanimous consent, the Committee
on Claims were discharged from the further consideration of the bills
of the House numbered respectively H. R. 812, H. R. 845, H. R. 938,
H. R. 1262, H. R. 1274, H. R. 1566, H. R. 1634; the petitions of
Calvin Post, R. M. Denning, Mary E. Seay, Jacob S. Lowery and
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George A. Gray, Frederick W. Posthaff, and W. B. Bayless, and the
same were referred to the Committee on War-Claims.
On motion of Mr. John B. Hawley, by unanimous consent, the said
committee were discharged from the further consideration of the
petitions of Ruth A. Mariner and Mrs. Caroline McGhee, and the same
were referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.
On motion of Mr. Monroe, by unanimous consent,
Ordered, That the vote whereby the bill of the House (H. R. 1444) for
the relief of Strawberry Plains High School, East Tennessee, was
yesterday ordered to be laid upon the table, be reconsidered.
Ordered, That the said bill be referred to the Committee on
War-Claims.
Messages in writing were received from the President of the United
States, by Mr. Babcock, his private secretary; which were handed in
at the Speaker's table.
Also, that he did on the 4th instant approve and sign a bill of the
following title, viz:
H. R. 798. An act to establish certain post-routes.
Subsequently,
The Speaker laid the said messages before the House; which were
severally read, ordered to be printed, with the accompanying papers,
and referred as follows, viz:
To the House of Representatives:
I transmit to the House of Representatives, in answer to their
resolution of the 16th ultimo, a report from the Secretary of State,
with accompanying papers.
U. S. GRANT.
Washington, February 6, 1874.
to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
To the Senate and House of Representatives:
I transmit herewith a copy of a communication dated the 22d ultimo,
received from the governor of the State of New York, in which it is
announced that, in accordance with the invitation of Congress as
expressed in the act approved July 2, 1864, that State now presents
for acceptance a bronze statute of George Clinton, deceased, one of
its distinguished citizens.
U. S. GRANT.
Washington, February 6, 1874.
to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds.
A message from the Senate, by Mr. Sympson, one of their clerks:
Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed, without amendment, bills of the
House of the following titles, viz:
H. R. 1400. An act for the relief of William H. Vesey.
H. R. 1168. An act to amend the act entitled An act to provide for
the removal of the Flathead and other Indians from the Bitter Root
Valley, in the Territory of Montana, approved June 5, 1872.
The Senate have passed bills of the following titles, viz:
S. 14. An act in relation to bounties;
S. 68. An act for the relief of Hiram Prather, late
lieutenant-colonel of the Sixth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry;
S. 16. An act supplementary to the act entitled An act to promote
the development of the mining resources of the United States,
approved May 10, 1872;
in which I am directed to ask the concurrence of the House.
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The President pro tempore of the Senate has appointed Mr. Morrill, of
Maine, a member of the Joint Select Committee to inquire into the
affairs of the government of the District of Columbia, in place of
Mr. Frelinghuysen, excused.
The President of the United States has notified the Senate that he
did on the 4th instant approve and sign a bill of the following
title, viz:
S. 89. An act in relation to the lines of telegraph connecting the
Capitol with the various Departments of the Government.
Mr. Henry R. Harris, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported
that the committee had examined and found truly enrolled bills of the
following titles, viz:
H. R. 1400. An act for the relief of William H. Vesey;
H. R. 1168. An act to amend the act entitled An act to provide for
the removal of the Flathead and other Indians from the Bitter Root
Valley, in the Territory of Montana, approved June 5, 1872;
When,
The Speaker signed the same.
The Speaker, by unanimous consent, laid before the House executive
communications as follows, viz:
I. A letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting the
transcript of the land-grant to Antonio Chaves; which was referred to
the Committee on Private Land-Claims.
II. A letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in reference to
the operation of the eight-hour law; which was referred to the
Committee on Education and Labor and ordered to be printed.
III. A letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a
resolution of the House of December 17, 1873, transmitting a
statement of the amount of duties collected on all the goods, wares,
and merchandise specified and provided for in the act of June 6,
1872; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and
ordered to be printed.
IV. A letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting the
transcript of private land-claim of the town of Ojo Caliente, in Rio
Arriba County, New Mexico; which was referred to to the Committee on
Private Land-Claims.
On motion of Mr. John B. Hawley, the House resolved itself into a
Committee of the Whole House; and after some time spent therein the
Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Kasson reported that the committee
having had under consideration the private calendar, had directed him
to report bills of the House of the following titles, viz:
H. R. 1402. A bill granting a pension to John A. Fisher.
H. R. 1403. A bill granting a pension to John Baker.
H. R. 510. A bill granting a pension to Thomas R. Hardwick.
H. R. 1404. A bill for the relief of William F. Kerr.
H. R. 1405. A bill for the relief of Victor Mylius, of Macoupin
County, Illinois.
H. R. 154. A bill for the relief of William Stoddard, late assistant
quartermaster United States volunteers.
H. R. 1562. A bill for the relief of Jacob Parmerter, re-imbursing
him for defending a suit brought against him for an official act.
H. R. 1574. A bill for the relief of Richard H. Dutton, postmaster at
Cavendish, Vermont.
H. R. 1575. A bill for the relief of Richard H. Swift.
H. R. 1576. A bill for the relief of Reuel B. Fuller, of Wilton,
Maine.
H. R. 1577. A bill for the relief of Susan L. Galloway.
H. R. 1578. A bill for the relief of Martin Kalbfleisch's sons.
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H. R. 1579. A bill for the relief of Joseph J. Petri.
And that the committee had directed him to report a bill of the
Senate of the following title, viz:
S. 194. An act in relation to the monument erected to the memory of
the Chevalier de Ternay.
The House having proceeded to the consideration of the said bills of
the House, the bills numbered respectively 1402, 1403, 510, 1404,
1405, 154, 1562, 1574, 1575, 1576, 1577, 1578 were ordered to be
engrossed and read a third time.
Being engrossed, they were accordingly read the third time and
passed.
Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate
therein.
Mr. Robert S. Hale moved, at 4 o'clock and 35 minutes p. m., that the
House adjourn; which motion was disagreed to.
The House having proceeded to the consideration of the bill of the
House (H. R. 1579) for the relief of Joseph J. Petri,
Pending the question on its engrossment,
Mr. Potter moved, at 4 o'clock and 40 minutes p. m., that the House
adjourn; which motion was disagreed to.
Mr. Donnan moved that the bill be laid upon the table; which motion
was disagreed to.
Ordered, That the bill be engrossed and read a third time.
Being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time and passed.
Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate
therein.
The House having proceeded to the consideration of the bill of the
Senate (S. 194) in relation to a monument erected to the memory of
the Chevalier de Ternay,
Ordered, That it be read a third time.
It was accordingly read the third time and passed.
Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate therewith.
Mr. Holman moved that when the House adjourns to-day it shall adjourn
to meet on Monday next; which motion was agreed to.
Subsequently,
On motion of Mr. Holman, by unanimous consent,
Ordered, That the House will hold a session to-morrow for debate
only, as in the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the
Union.
By unanimous consent, leave of absence was granted as follows, viz:
To Mr. Potter, for five days;
To Mr. Orth, indefinitely;
To Mr. Elliott and Mr. Cain, for two weeks.
And then,
On motion of Mr. Speer, at 4 o'clock and 55 minutes p. m., the House adjourned.

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