XXXVIII CONGRESS. FIRST REGULAR SESSION; CONVENED MONDAY, DECEMBER 7th, 1863. JOHN W. FORNEY, of Pennsylvania, Secretary. Republicans and Unconditional Unionist, (R.) 36; Conditional Unionist, (U.) 5; Democrats, (D) 9; Total 50. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. SCHUYLER COLFAX, of South Bend, Indiana, Speaker. EDWARD MCPHERSON, of Gettysburg, Penn., Clerk. ILLINOIS. .Chicago 1. ISAAC N. ARNOLD, (R.). 2. JOHN F. FARNSWORTH, (R)....St. Charles 3. ELIHU B. WASHBURN. (R.)................ Galena 4. CHARLES M. HARRIS, (D.)........Oquawka 5. OWEN LOVEJOY. (R.)....... 6. JESSE O. NORTON, (R.)........... 7. JOHN R. EDEN, (D.)............ 8. JOHN T. STUART, (D.)............. 9. LEWIS W. Ross, (D.)....... 10. ANTHONY L. KNAPP, (D.).. 11. JAMES C. ROBINSON, (D.).. Princeton .....Joliet Sullivan ..Springfield ..Canton ........Jerseyville ...Marshall 12 WILLIAM R. MORRISON, (D)............ Waterloo 13. WILLIAM J. ALLEN, (D.)......... ..... Marion JAMES C. ALLEN, (At large D.)......... Palestine INDIANA. 1. JOHN LAW, (D.*)................. .Evansville 2. JAMES A. CRAVENS, (D.)...........Hardinsburg 3. HENRY W. HARRINGTON, (D.).........Madison Aurora ...Centreville 4. WILLIAM S. HOLMAN, (D.*). IOWA. 1. JAMES F. WILSON, (R.*)........ 2 HIRAM PRICE, (R.).......... Lafayette Fairfield 3. WILLIAM B. ALLISON, (R.)...............Dubuque 4. J. B. GRINNELL (R)....... 5. JOHN A. KASSON, (R.)................... Des Moines 6. A. W. HUBBARD. (R.). KANSAS. A. CARTER WILDER, (R.)................Leavenworth KENTUCKY. 1. LUCIEN ANDERSON, (R.).... 3. HENRY GRIDER, (B.)... Mayfield 2. GEORGE H. YEAMAN, (B.*). Owensboro ........Bowling Green Greensburg ....La Grange ..............Covington ....Lexington 5. ROBERT MALLORY, (B.).. 6. GREEN CLAY SMITH, (R.) 1. FRANCIS P_BLAIR, JR.. (B.*)........St. Louis ........Richinond NEW HAMPSHIRE. .....Portsmouth 1. DANIEL MARCY, (D)....... NEW JERSEY. 1. JOHN F. STARR, (R.).......... .Camden .......Allentown .....Somerville Newton .............................................Newark 1. SAMUEL J. RANDALL. (D.).........Philadelphia 2. CHARLES O'NEILL, (R)...... .Philadelphia 8. LEONARD MYERS, (R.)... Philadelphia 4 WILLIAM D. KELLY, (R.)........... Philadelphia 5. M. RUSSELL THAYER, (R.).......Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia. 6. JOHN D. STILES. (D.*)................ .Allentown 7. JOHN M. BROOMALL, (R.)......................................................Chester 8. SYDENHAM E. ANCONA, (D.*)... ...Reading 9. THADDEUS STEVENS, (R**)... Lancaster 10. MYERS STROUSE, (D.)... 11. PHILIP JOHNSON, (D.*).. 12. CHARLES DENNISON, (D.).......... Wilkesbarre 13. HENRY W. TRACY, (R.). .....Standing Stone 11. WILLIAM H MILLER, (D.)...........Harrisburg 15. JOSEPH BAILY, (D).*).... Easton Newport 16. ALEXANDER H COFFROTH, (D.)......Somerset 17. ARCHIBALD MCALLISTER, (D.) Springfield Furnace 18. JAMES T. HALE, (R.*)..............................................................Bellefonte 19. GLENNI W. SCOFIELD, (R.)................ Warren 20. AMOS MYERS. (R.). 21. JOHN L.. DAWSON, (D)... ...Clarion .Brownsville 22 JAMES K MOORHEAD, ( R.* ). ...... ....Pittsburg 23. THOMAS WILLIAMS, (R.)..................Pittsburg 24. JESSE LAZEAR, (D.*). ......................................... Waynesburg NEVADA. GORDON N. MOTT, (R.)........................ Carson City NEW MEXICO. FRANCISCO PEREA, (R.).. UTAH. ............Sante F S., February 24, 1864. Mr. SHERMAN asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to introduce a bill (S. No. 132) to amend an act entitled "An act to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri river tothe Pacific ocean, and to secure to the Government the use of the same for postal, military, and other purposes," approved July 1. 1862; which was read twice by its title. Mr. SHERMAN. I wish to state that this bill was prepared by a committee representing the various interests of the different branches of the Pacific Railroad Company. I introduce the bill at their request, without committing myself at all either to its general principles or its details. It is rather a petition present by them in the form of a bill to be submitted to the committee for its action. I move its reference to the committee on the Pacific railroad, and I also ask that it be printed. The VICE PRESIDENT. It will be so referred: and the order to print will be made, if there be no objection. S. March 3, 1864. PACIFIC RAILROAD. Mr. HOWARD. The Committee on the Pacific Railroad have instructed me to move that the bill (S. No. 135) to amend an act entitled An act to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri river to the Pacific ocean, and to secure to the Government the use of the same for postal, military, and other purposes," passed July 1, 1862, be printed. The bill has not yet been printed, and the committee desire to have it printed for their convenience in examining it. The motion was agreed to. Mr. HOWARD. The same committee have instructed me to report back to the Senate the bill (S. No. 11) granting public lands to the People's Pacific Railroad Company, to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraphic line to the Pacific coast by the northern route, and to recommend that it do not pass. The recommendation, however, is founded entirely on the circumstance that the bill which I now report back is based upon a State charter granted by the State of Maine. The committee think it not right to act upon a State charter in so large a concern. Mr. POMEROY. I ask the consent of the Senate to submit an amendment to a bill which is now before the select committee on the Pacific railroad, which I desire to have printed in order that the committee may consider it in connection with the bill. It is an amendment to the bill (S. No. 132) to amend an act entitled "An act to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri river to the Pacific ocean, and to secure to the Government the use of the same for postal, military, and other purposes," approved July 1, 1862. I ask that the amendment be printed and referred to the select committee on the Pacific railroad. The VICE PRESIDENT. It will be so referred, and the order to print will be made, if there be no objection. S. March 10, 1864. AMENDMENT OF PACIFIC RAILROAD BILL. Mr. LANE, of Kansas, submitted the following resolution; which was considered by unanimous consent, and agreed to: Resolved, That the Committee on the Pacific Railroad be instructed to consider the subject of amending the Pacific railroad bill as follows: 1. Making Topeka the western terminus of the Atchison branch of said road. 2. Aiding the company organized under the authority of the State of Kansas in extending the Hannibal and St. Joseph railroad westward through Kansas to intersect the Pacific road at a point directly west of Marysville, in Kansas. 3. Aiding the construction of a railroad from Wyandotte through the eastern teir of counties of the State of Kansas to intersect the Leavenworth, Lawrence, and Galveston Bay road where said last-mentioned road crosses the Neosho river. Mr. LANE, of Kansas. resolution be printed. The motion was agreed to. I move that the H. R., March 16, 1864. PACIFIC RAILROAD. Mr. PRICE, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill for an act to amend an act entitled "An act to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri river to the Pacific ocean, and to secure to the Government the use of the same for postal, military, and other purposes," approved July 1, 1862; which was read a first and second time, and referred to the last committee on the subject. |