ELECTION CONTEST- CESSNA VS MEYERS. The SPEAKER laid before the House testimony in the contested-election case of Cessna vs. Meyers, from the sixteenth district of Pennsylvania; which was referred to the Committee of Elections when appointed.

ELECTION CONTEST-GOODING VS. WILSON.

The SPEAKER also laid before the House testimony in the contested-election case of Gooding vs. Wilson, from the fourth district of Indiana; which was referred to the Committee of Elections when appointed.

ELECTION CONTEST-MORRIS VS. HANDLEY.

The SPEAKER also laid before the House testimony in the contested-election case of Morris vs. Handley, from the third district of Alabama; which was referred to the Committee of Elections when appointed.

ELECTION CONTEST- -NIBLACK VS. WALL. The SPEAKER also laid before the House testimony in the contested-election case of Niblack vs. Wall, from the State of Florida; which was referred to the Committee of Elections when appointed.

ELECTION CONTEST-M'KENZIE VS. BRAXTON.

The SPEAKER also laid before the House testimony in the contested-election case of McKenzie vs. Braxton, from the seventh district of Virginia; which was referred to the Committee of Elections when appointed.

ELECTION CONTEST-MAXWELL VS. HOOPER.

The SPEAKER also laid before the House testimony in the contested-election case of Maxwell vs. Hooper, from the Territory of Utah; which was referred to the Committee of Elections when appointed.

BURLEIGH VS. ARMSTRONG.

The SPEAKER also laid before the House testimony in the contested-election case of Burleigh vs. Armstrong, from the Territory of Dakota; which was referred to the Committee of Elections when appointed.

ADJOURNMENT.

Mr. PERCE. I move that the House do now adjourn.

The question was put; and there were-ayes 84, noes 72.

Mr. FARNSWORTH called for the yeas and

nays.

The yeas and nays were ordered.

The question was taken; and it was decided in the affirmative-yeas 125, nays 73, not voting 24; as follows:

YEAS-Messrs. Acker, Adams, Ambler, Archer, Arthur. Banks, Beck, Bigby, Biggs, Bird, Austin Blair, Braxton, Bright, Buckley, Burdett, Benjamin F. Butler, Caldwell, Clarke, Cobb, Comingo, Conger, Crebs, Creely. Crossland, Darrall, Davis, Dawes, Dickey, Dox, Du Bose, Duell, Duke, Elliott, Forker, Henry D. Foster, Getz, Griffith, Hanks, Harmer, Harper, George E. Harris, Havens, Hays, John W. Hazleton, Hereford, Holman, Hooper, Kelley, Kendall, Ketcham, Killinger, Lamison, Lansing, Leach, Manson, Maynard, McGrew, McHenry, McJunkin, McNeely, Mercur, Merriam, Merrick, Benjamin F. Meyers, Morey, Morgan, Morphis, Leonard Myers, Negley, Niblack, Palmer, Parker, Peck, Perce. Aaron F. Perry, Eli Perry, Péters, Poland, Porter, Potter, Price, Prindle, Rainey, Randall, Read, John M. Rice, Ritchie, Ellis H. Roberts, Rusk, Sawyer, Scofield, Seeley, Sheldon, Shellabarger, Shober, Slocum, John A. Smith, Worthington C. Smith, Snyder, R. Milton Speer, Thomas J. Speer, Stevens, Stoughton, Stowell, Swann, Sypher, Thomas, Washington Townsend, Tuthill, Twichell, Upson, Vaughan. Voorhees, Waddell, Wakeman, Walden, Walls, Warren, Wheeler, Whiteley, Willard, Williams of Indiana, Williams of New York, John T. Wilson, and Wood-125.

NAYS-Messrs. Beatty, James G. Blair, George M. Brooks, Buffinton, Burchard, Roderick R. Butler, Campbell, Coburn, Cotton, Cox, Critcher, De Large, Donnan, Dunnell, Eames, Eldridge, Farnsworth, Finkelnburg, Charles Foster, Frye, Garrett, Golladay, Hale, Halsey, John T. Harris, Hawley, Hay, Hill, Hoar, Kerr, King, Kinsella, Lamport, Lewis, Lowe, Lynch, Marshall, McClelland, McCormick, McCrary, McIntyre, McKinney, Mitchell, Monroe, Moore, Orr, Packard, Packer, Pendleton, Platt, Edward Y. Rice, William R. Roberts, Roosevelt, Shanks, Sherwood, Shoemaker, Slater, Sloss, Horace B. Smith, Sprague, Stevenson, Storm, Taffe, Terry, Dwight Townsend, Tyner, Van Trump, Wal

PETITIONS, ETC.

IN SENATE. THURSDAY, March 9, 1871. Prayer by Rev. J. P. NEWMAN, D. D. The Journal of the proceedings of Tuesday last was read and approved.

PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS.

Mr. SUMNER. I present the petition of C. P. Sullivan, jr., of South Carolina, praying that some action be taken to put an end to the political troubles in the South. I move its reference to the select Committee on Alleged Outrages in Southern States.

The motion was agreed to.

Mr. SUMNER. I also present two petitions asking for a general disarmament throughout the world, and also for the repeal of the war clauses of the Constitution of the United States. If these petitioners confined themselves to the first prayer, I should ask the reference of the petitions to the Committee on Foreign Relations, but as they propose an amendment to the Constitution, under the usage of the Senate, I think it would be proper that they should go to the Committee on the Judiciary. At the proper time, therefore, I shall ask that they have that designation.

The VICE PRESIDENT. The petitions will lie on the table for the present, to be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary when appointed.

Mr. WILSON presented the petition of Mrs. Mary A. Ripley, praying compensation for services as a nurse in the Army during the late war; which was ordered to lie on the table.

He also presented the petition of John B. Wolf and Jacob H. Brown, praying compen sation for horses taken for the use of the Army in Colorado, in the year 1865; which was ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. HARLAN presented a letter of the Secretary of the Interior, and also a letter

of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, calling attention to the condition of the Black Bob band of Shawnee Indians in Kansas; which was ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. SCHURZ presented the memorial of Lewis Wieser, praying for the erection of a bureau in the Department of the Interior in connection with the Patent Office, to be known as the bureau of industry; which was ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. HAMLIN presented a petition of citizens of the District of Columbia, praying an amendment to the act to authorize the paving and sewerage of M street, Washington, providing that the assessments be made in the same manner as authorized by the act to provide a government for the District of Columbia; which was ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. CALDWELL presented the memorial of settlers on the Osage diminished reserve in Howard county, Kansas, praying for the passage of a law granting them the right to hold and enter their lands in accordance with the legal subdivisions of survey; which was ordered to lie on the table.

He also presented the memorial of S. N. Wood, a citizen of Kansas, setting forth a series of outrages perpetrated by Indian savages in northwestern Texas, and praying for the inauguration of a new Indian policy; which was ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. SAWYER presented the petition of D. S. S. Lockwood, praying compensation for a horse and buggy taken by an officer of the Army at Charleston in the year 1865; which was ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. PRATT presented a petition of citizens of Indiana, praying that a pension be granted to Theodore S. Compant; which was ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. BOREMAN presented the petition of D. D. Smith, praying compensation for the destruction of property by United States troops in the year 1861; which was ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. FERRY, of Connecticut, presented papers in relation to the claim of John E. Wheeler, for arrears of pay as an officer in the Army; which were ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. CRAGIN presented a memorial of Carlton A. Uber, assistant engineer United States Navy, praying that he may have the retired pay fixed by law for the grade he now holds; which was ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. LEWIS presented a petition of members of the bar, of Danville, Virginia, indorsed by the United States judge and district attorney, praying an amendment of the act to divide the State of Virginia into two judicial districts; which was ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. SCOTT presented the petition of Keturah Cole, praying the reissue to her of certain fivetwenty bonds mutilated by mildew; which was ordered to lie on the table.

PAPERS WITHDRAWN.

On motion of Mr. HARLAN, it was

Ordered, That T. Bruquier and Goewey, who claim compensation for subsistence furnished for the protection of Fort Union, in 1866 and 1867, have leave to withdraw their petition and papers from the files of the Senate.

BILLS INTRODUCED.

Mr. SHERMAN asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to introduce a bill (S. No. 76) to facilitate commerce between the United States and China, Japan, and the countries of Asia; which was read twice by its title, and ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.

Mr. BROWNLOW asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to introduce a bill (S. No. 77) for the relief of Colonel George W. Kirk; which was read twice by its title, and ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.

Mr. WEST asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to introduce a bill (S. No. 78) to authorize the President of the United States to reëstablish the Monroe land district in the State of Louisiana; which was read

twice by its title, and ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.

read twice by its title, and ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.

Mr. FERRY, of Connecticut, asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to intro

Mr. HARLAN asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to introduce a bill (S. No. 80) to ratify and carry into effect the constitution and form of government for the Indian Territory adopted December 20, A. D. 1870, at Ockmulgee, by the general council of said Territory, held by the authority of the Gov ernment of the United States; which was read twice by its title, and ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.

Mr. STEWART asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to introduce a bill (S. No. 81) defining swamp and overflowed lands; which was read twice by its title, and ordered | to lie on the table, and be printed.

Mr. BLAIR asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to introduce a bill (S. No. 82) for the relief of Tinsley, Van Horn & Co., Glenn, Overall & Clark, and J. N. Henderson & Co., of Louisiana, Missouri; which was read twice by its title, and ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.

Mr. CASSERLY asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to introduce a bill (S. No. 83) granting the right of way and lands in aid of the construction of a canal for irrigating and other purposes in the county of El Dorado and other counties in the State of California; which was read twice by its title.

Mr. CASSERLY. I wish to state in regard to this bill that it is of the same general nature with one which I introduced at the last Congress I have not examined it, however, and probably it will require some amendments. I shall ask to have it referred to the Committee on Public Lands whenever that committee shall be appointed, and in the mean time I move that it be printed for greater convenience, and lie on the table.

The motion was agreed to.

Mr. WILSON asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to introduce a bill (S. No. 84) relative to a harbor of refuge and breakwater at the entrance of the Cape Cod shipcanal; which was read twice by its title, and ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.

Mr. CARPENTER asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to introduce a bill (S. No. 85) to further the administration of justice; which was read twice by its title, and ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.

Mr. MORRILL, of Vermont, asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to intro duce a bill (S. No. 86) relating to the resignation of judges of courts of the United States; which was read twice by its title.

Mr. MORRILL, of Vermont. This bill was considered in the Committee on the Judiciary at the last session, and if it meets the approval of the members of that committee I ask for its present consideration.

Mr. HAMLIN. I object.

ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.

Mr. FERRY, of Michigan, asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to introduce a bill (S. No. 91) to provide for a building for United States courts, post office, pension and internal revenue offices at Grand Rap ids, Michigan; which was read twice by its title, and ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.

Mr. POOL asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to introduce a bill (S. No. 92) to amend an act entitled "An act to remove the charge of desertion from certain soldiers of the thirteenth Tennessee cavalry," approyed April 10, 1869; which was read twice by its title, and ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.

Mr. SCOTT asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to introduce a bill (S. No. 93) granting the right of way to certain rail. roads in the Territory of Colorado; which was read twice by its title, and ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.

Mr. SCOTT also asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to introduce a bill (S. No. 94) for the relief of Miss Keturah Cole; which was read twice by its title, and ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.

Mr. PRATT asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to introduce a bill (S. No. 95) for the relief of Minerva Lewis, as administratrix of the estate of Ezekiel Lewis, deceased; which was read twice by its title, and ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.

Mr. PRATT also asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to introduce a bill (S. No. 96) for the relief of Cowan & Dickin son, of Knoxville, Tennessee; which was read twice by its title, and ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.

Mr. PRATT also asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to introduce a bill (S. No. 97) for the relief of William Henry Otis; which was read twice by its title, and ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.

Mr. POOL asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to introduce a bill (S. No. 98) for the relief of Lieutenant John Shelton; which was read twice by its title, and ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.

Mr. SUMNER asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to introduce a bill (S. No. 99) supplementary to an act entitled "An act to protect all citizens of the United States in their civil rights, and to furnish the means for their vindication," passed April 9, 1866; which was read twice by its title.

Mr. SUMNER. This bill has already been twice reported adversely upon by the Committee on the Judiciary. I think, therefore, it will not be advisable to refer it again to that committee. It is a very important bill; nothing more important could be submitted to the Senate; and I submit that Congress ought to act upon it before we go home. No resolution of

Mr. CRAGIN asked, and by unanimous con. sent obtained, leave to introduce a bill (S. No. 87) for the relief of Carlton A. Uber; which was read twice by its title, and ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.

Mr. LEWIS asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to introduce a bill (S. No. 88) to amend an act entitled "An act to divide the State of Virginia into two judicial dis tricts;" which was read twice by its title, and ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.

Mr. LEWIS also asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to introduce a bill (S. No. 89) to create a port of delivery at Potomac, Virginia, and for other purposes; which was

I now hold in my hand, or something equiva. lent to it, becomes a law.

Mr. HAMLIN. What is the title of the bill? Mr. SUMNER. The Senator from Maine asks me what the title of the bill is. I will read him the title, and also the first section. It is entitled "A bill supplementary to an act entitled 'An act to protect all citizens of the United States in their civil rights, and to fur nish the means for their vindication,' passed April 9, 1866." In other words, this bill is supplementary to what is known as the civil rights act; and the first section is as follows:

That all citizens of the United States, without distinction of race, color, or previous condition of servitude, are entitled to the equal and impartial enjoyment of any accommodation, advantage, facil

ity, or privilege furnished by common carriers, whether on land or water; by inn-keepers; by licensed owners, managers, or lessees of theaters or other places of public amusement; by trustees, commissioners, superintendents, teachers, or other officers of common schools and other public institutions of learning, the same being supported or authorized by law; by trustees or officers of church organizations, cemetery associations, and benevolent institutions incorporated by national or State authority; and this right shall not be denied or abridged on any pretense of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

That proposition is simple. In this bill there are penalties for its enforcement. Why should any one here hesitate to make this a law? It is in conformity with the Declaration of Independence and with the Constitution of the United States, neither of which knows any. thing of the word "white." And now, sir, allow me to say that you cannot expect repose in this country, you ought not to expect it, until all citizens are really equal before the law. Why, sir, you know well that the Senator from Mississippi, who sat at our right only the other day, (Mr. Revels,) cannot travel to his home as you can without being insulted on account of his color. And, Mr. Vice President, has he not the same rights before the law that you have? Should you enjoy in any car a privilege which the late Senator from Mississippi should not enjoy? And yet you know his rights in the cars are not secured to him; you know that he is exposed to insult. So long as this endures, how can you expect the colored population of this country to place trust in our Government? Government insults them so long as it refrains from giving them protection in these rights of equality.

Now, sir, I call attention to this bill, and give notice that I shall do what I can to press it to a vote. Senators may vote it down; they may take that responsibility; but I shall take mine, God willing. I believe that our colored fellow-citizens are exposed to outrage which the Congress of the United States can arrest; and so long as Congress fails to arrest this outrage the Republican party, with which I am associated, with whose welfare and success I am identified, must necessarily suffer. How can the Republican party turn to their colored fellow-citizens for their votes when they leave them to be insulted, as they are now, whenever they travel upon a railway or enter a hotel? Sir, I give notice that I shall press this bill to

a vote.

The VICE PRESIDENT. The bill will lie on the table for the present.

Mr. SUMNER. I move that it be printed. The motion was agreed to.

Mr. SUMNER asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to introduce a bill (S. No. 100) to provide for the adjustment and satisfaction of claims of American citizens for spoliations committed by the French prior to the 31st day of July, 1801; which was read twice by its title.

Mr. SUMNER. At the proper time I shall move the reference of this bill to the Commit. tee on Foreign Relations. It is a bill very familiar in this Chamber. The parties in in terest have waited long for justice, and it seems to me the time has at last arrived when they ought to receive it. This bill during the present session of Congress should be pressed to a final decision. I move that for the present it lie on the table, and be printed. The motion was agreed to.

Mr. HAMLIN asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to introduce a bill (S. No. 101) to amend the act approved June 21, 1870, for the improvement of M street, in the city of Washington; which was read twice by its title, and ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.

Mr. HAMLIN also asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to introduce a bill (S. No. 102) to provide for the transportation of the mails between the United States and Europe, and for other purposes; which was

read twice by its title, and ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.

Mr. BUCKINGHAM asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to introduce a bill (S. No. 103) for the relief of Henry N. Galpin, postmaster at Berlin, Connecticut; which was read twice by its title, and ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.

Mr. BUCKINGHAM also asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to introduce a bill (S. No. 104) for the relief of Joseph Lanman; which was read twice by its title, and ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.

Mr. LOGAN asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to introduce a bill (S. No. 105) for the relief of J. Milton Best; which was read twice by its title, and ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.

Mr. LOGAN also asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to introduce a bill (S. No. 106) to authorize the people of New Mexico to form a constitution and State government previous to their admission into the United States as a State, with the name of Lincoln, on an equal footing with the original States; which was read twice by its title, and ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.

Mr. LOGAN also asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to introduce a bill (S. No. 107) for the relief of George C. Bestor; which was read twice by its title, and ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.

Mr. LOGAN also asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to introduce a bill (S. No. 108) declaring the true construction of section two of the act of March 3, 1857, enti tled "An act to settle certain accounts between the United States and the State of Mississippi and other States;" which was read twice by its title, and ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.

Mr. TIPTON asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to introduce a bill (S. No. 109) extending the jurisdiction of the Commissioner of the General Land Office in cases of applications for the cancellation of homestead entries; which was read twice by its title, and ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.

Mr. TIPTON also asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to introduce a bill (S. No. 110) granting lands to aid in the construction of a railroad from Brownville and Lincoln, in the State of Nebraska, to Denver, Colorado Territory; which was read twice by its title, and ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.

Mr. NYE asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to introduce a bill (S. No. 111) to aid the Mediterranean and Oriental Steam Navigation Company of New York to establish an American line of iron steamships for opening direct trade between the United States and southern Europe, for carrying the mails of the United States, and for promoting immigration into the southern States of the Union; which was read twice by its title, and ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.

Mr. NYE also asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to introduce a bill (S. No. 112) incorporating branches of the Texas Pacific Railway Company under the name and style of the North Carolina Extension Rail way Company; which was read twice by its title, and ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.

Mr. KELLOGG asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to introduce a bill (S. No. 113) to create Shreveport, in the State of Louisiana, a port of delivery; which was read twice by its title, and ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.

Mr. KELLOGG also asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to introduce a bill (S. No. 114) to incorporate the Shreve port and Red River Improvement Company; which was read twice by its title, and ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.

Mr. KELLOGG also asked, and by unanimous-consent obtained, leave to introduce a

bill (S. No. 115) reviving a grant of lands heretofore made to the North Louisiana and Texas railroad; which was read twice by its title, and ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.

Mr. CORBETT asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to introduce a bill (S. No. 116) concerning the compensation of the collector of customs for the district of Willamette, in the State of Oregon; which was read twice by its title, and ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.

Mr. CORBETT also asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to introduce a bill (S. No. 117) to provide for the segregation and survey of the swamp and overflowed lands in the State of Oregon, and to put the State in possession of the same; which was read twice by its title, and ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.

Mr. CORBETT also asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to introduce a bill (S. No. 118) to incorporate the Japan Steam Navigation Company; which was read twice by its title, and ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.

Mr. ANTHONY asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to introduce a bill (S. No. 119) to further regulate the publication of the specifications and drawings of the Patent Office; which was read twice by its title.

Mr. ANTHONY. This bill is to remedy an omission in the legislative appropriation bill of a provision which was placed upon the bill at the request and on the motion of the Committee on Patents, and which also met the approbation of the Committee on Printing. When the legislative appropriation bill came to be considered in conference, it was the opin ion of the Committee on Appropriations that a part of this provision was surplusage and it was stricken out. I think the committee struck out more than they intended to strike out. I ask for the present consideration of this bill. I will explain it, and then I think it will meet the entire approbation of the Senate.

The VICE PRESIDENT. The Senator from Rhode Island asks unanimous consent to proceed to the consideration of the bill introduced by him, which he states is to correct an error in an appropriation bill. It will be read at length, subject to objection.

The Chief Clerk read the bill. It provides that if, in the judgment of the joint Committee on Printing, the provisions of the joint resolution providing for publishing specifications and drawings of the Patent Office, ap. proved January 11, 1871, can be performed under the direction of the Commissioner of Patents more advantageously than in the manner provided in that resolution, it shall be so done. The price of printed copies of specifications and drawings of patents, when uncertified, is to be determined by the Commissioner of Patents, ten cents being fixed as the minimum and fifty cents as the maximum; and certified copies are to be sold at the price fixed by the patent act of 1870.

The VICE PRESIDENT. Is there objection to the present consideration of the bill?

Mr. RAMSEY. I rather think that bill ought to lie over one day at least. The VICE PRESIDENT. from Minnesota objects.

The Senator

Mr. ANTHONY. I did not mean to say that this bill was to correct an error in the appropriation bill, but that the Committee on Appropriations considered that the insertion of this provision in that bill was an error, that it was surplusage; but in striking out the purpose for which the appropriation was made they struck out two provisions which I consider important. One is that if, in the opinion of the joint Committee on Printing, this work can be better done by the Commissioner of Patents they shall have the right to delegate it to him after the contracts have been made. It is a kind of work-engraving, &c.-that is constantly occurring, and should be subjected to

constant inspection, an inspection which the Committee on Printing really cannot undertake; and it may require a meeting of the joint Committee on Printing here during the recess. It will require one meeting anyhow, and it may require two or three, and it will be almost impossible to get a quorum. However, I will let the bill lie over, and the Senator from Ver. mont [Mr. EDMUNDS] can look at it. The VICE PRESIDENT. The bill will lie

over.

COMPILATION OF LAND LAWS.

Mr. NYE. I offer the following resolution of inquiry, and ask for its present consideration:

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, requested to prepare and furnish to the Senate, at earliest convenience, his opinion of the expediency of providing for the appointment of a competent practical person who, from personal observation, &c., shall prepare a report relative to each of the land States and Territories, showing the general character of the topography of each, its climate, summer and winter temperatures, rain and snow-falls, soil and products, grasses, timber, and prairie; the coal, iron, lead, copper, and precious metals, workable area and development of same; the amount of Government and railroad lands for sale, their prices; the general land market; the number of miles of railroad and navigable streams; the distance and cost of travel from the principal seaports to the capital of each State and Territory; the amount and kinds of manufactures and commerce; the school system and branches of education taught; the cost of fences and dwelling-houses of three, four, five, and six rooms for settlers; of breaking, clearing, and fencing new lands, and the cost of labor; the facilities for transporting the products to market, its cost, with the location, distance, and extent of markets; and a compilation of the homestead, preemption, and other laws relative to the acquirement of public lands and other valuable facts, forming the whole into a complete hand-book for the information, guidance, and direction of emigrants from Europe who desire to settle on the public lands, as well as emigrants from the eastern States, and for providing for the translation of this report into several of the languages of Europe, and of distributing it throughout our country and Europe for general information.

The VICE PRESIDENT. Is there objec tion to the present consideration of the resolution?

Mr. HARLAN. Is this a resolution of

inquiry merely?

The VICE PRESIDENT. It is a resolution "that the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, requested to prepare and furnish to the Senate, at earliest convenience, his opinion of the expediency of providing for the appointment."

Mr. HARLAN. If it is left to his discretion I have no objection.

Mr. FENTON. I suggest that the resolution lie over one day; there is no special haste for its consideration.

The VICE PRESIDENT. Objection being made to the present consideration of the resolution, it will lie over one day. As it is to go over, does the Senator from Nevada wish to have it printed.

Mr. NYE. Yes, sir; I move that it be printed?

The motion was agreed to.

ELECTION OF CHAPLAIN.

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

Resolved, That Rev. J. P. Newman be, and he is hereby, appointed Chaplain for the Senate for the Forty-Second Congress.

CINCINNATI AND SOUTHERN RAILWAY. Mr. POMEROY. I move that the Senate do now adjourn. I think we have got through our business for to-day.

Mr. SHERMAN. Before that is done, I wish to have the railroad bill I introduced the other day read a second time.

Mr. POMEROY. I withdraw the motion. The VICE PRESIDENT. The Senator from Ohio moves that the Senate proceed to the consideration of the bill introduced by him in regard to the Cincinnati and Southern Rail

the second time by its title, in order that it may be in a condition to be referred when the committees are appointed.

Mr. DAVIS, of Kentucky. I hope it will not be read now.

Mr. SHERMAN. I simply desire to have it read by its title the second time, so that it may be referred to the Committee on Commerce when organized. I will say to the Senator from Kentucky that I do not intend to press the bill beyond the ordinary parliament ary rules. Those interested against the bill of course will have an opportunity to appear before the committee; and when it comes before the Senate there will be ample time for its discussion.

Mr. DAVIS, of Kentucky. I have no objection to the bill being read and referred when the committees are organized.

Mr. SHERMAN. If the Senator has no objection to its being read the second time and referred to-morrow, that will answer my pur. pose.

Mr. DAVIS, of Kentucky. being read until to-morrow.

I object to its

The VICE PRESIDENT. The Chair will present the bill for its second reading

Mr. SHERMAN. No; I am willing not to have it read until to-morrow, as the Senator from Kentucky makes no objection to its then being read and referred.

Mr. POMEROY. I renew the motion that the Senate adjourn.

The VICE PRESIDENT. Before putting the question on that motion, the Chair desires to state to the Senate that he is compelled to be absent from the city to-morrow. The Senate will therefore be required, at its meeting to-morrow, to elect a President pro tempore. The Senator from Kansas moves that the Senate adjourn.

The motion was agreed to; and (at twelve o'clock and forty minutes p. m.) the Senate adjourned.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
THURSDAY, March 9, 1871.

The House met at twelve o'clock m. Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. J. G. BUTLER, D. D. The Journal of Tuesday last was read and approved.

MINTS, COINAGE, ETC.

Mr. KELLEY, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. R. No. 5) revising the laws relative to the mints, assay offices, and coinage of the United States; which was read a first and second time, ordered to be printed, and to be referred to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures when appointed.

REMOVAL OF POLITICAL DISABILITIES.

Mr. BECK, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. R. No. 6) for the removal of all legal and political disabilities imposed by the third section of the fourteenth article of amendments to the Constitution of the United States; which was read a first and second time, ordered to be printed, and to be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary when appointed.

ELECTION CONTEST-MAXWELL VS. HOOPER.

Mr. BLAIR, of Michigan, presented the memorial of George R. Maxwell, contesting the seat of William H. Hooper, as Delegate from the Territory of Utah; which was ordered to be referred to the Committee of Elections when appointed.

ORDER OF BUSINESS.

Mr. FARNSWORTH. I call for the regular order of business.

The SPEAKER. There being no committees to which to refer bills if introduced, the first business in order will be the call of States, beginning with the State of Maine, for resolutions, &c., for consideration at this time.

REPEAL OF DUTY ON SALT.

to repeal the duty on salt; which was read a first and second time.

The question was upon ordering the bill to be engrossed and read a third time.

The bill, which was read, provides that from and after the passage of this act salt shall be placed on the free list, and no further impost duties shall be collected upon the same.

Mr. WOOD. I ask the gentleman to allow me to move an amendment to his bill to repeal also the duty on coal.

Mr. HALE. That is a separate matter, which I will offer immediately after this bill shall have been referred to the Committee of the Whole. I shall, on the first opportunity, move to go into Committee of the Whole to consider both measures.

Mr. COX. If it is sent to the Committee of the Whole it will be killed, as it was killed in the last Congress. We had better consider

it now.

Mr. WOOD. Let it be considered in the House as in Committee of the Whole.

Mr. FARNSWORTH. Is it not necessary, under the rules, that this bill shall receive its first consideration in Committee of the Whole?

The SPEAKER. It is, if objection is made to its consideration in the House at this time. Mr. BLAIR, of Michigan. I object. The bill was accordingly referred to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union.

REPEAL OF DUTY ON COAL.

Mr. HALE also introduced a joint resolution (H. R. No. 2) to repeal the duty on coal; which was read a first and second time.

be engrossed and read a third time. The question was upon ordering the bill to

The joint resolution, which was read, provides that from and after the passage of this joint resolution no tax or duty shall be levied or collected upon any foreign coal introduced into the United States.

Mr. McGREW. I object to this joint resolution being considered in the House at this time.

The SPEAKER. It will be referred, under the rules, to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union.

ORDER OF BUSINESS.

Mr. COX. I move that the rules be suspended and the House now resolve itself into Committee of the Whole, for the purpose of considering the bill and joint resolution just referred to that committee.

The SPEAKER. That is the only business now in Committee of the Whole.

The question was taken upon going into Com. mittee of the Whole, and upon a division there were-ayes 85, noes 61.

Before the result of the vote was announced,
Mr. KELLEY called for tellers.
Tellers were ordered.

Mr. BECK. I call for the yeas and nays. We may as well order them at once, for we will have to come to that.

Mr. RANDALL. Is that in order, before the vote is taken by tellers, which have been ordered?

The SPEAKER. If the House shall order the yeas and nays, that will take precedence of the order for tellers.

The yeas and nays were ordered.

Mr. DICKEY. I move that the House now adjourn.

Mr. RANDALL. Pending that motion, I move that when the House adjourns to-day it be to meet on Monday next.

Mr. COX. I hope we will not adjourn until we have disposed of the tariff on coal and salt. Let us do that, and then we can go home satisfied.

Mr. DAWES. I hope my friend from Pennsylvania [Mr. RANDALL] will not now ask to have the House adjourn over till Monday. We may in a short time hear from the other branch on the subject of the final

Mr. RANDALL. The gentleman will see that the making of a motion to adjourn forces me to submit now the motion to adjourn

over.

Mr. DAWES. I think that if we wait hero a short time we may be able to fix a day for final adjournment.

Mr. RANDALL. I withdraw the motion. The question being taken on the motion to adjourn, there were-ayes 38, noes 91. Mr. DICKEY called for tellers. Tellers were not ordered.

Mr. DICKEY. I call for the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered.

The question was taken; and it was decided in the negative-yeas 53, nays 133, not voting 36, as follows:

YEAS-Messrs. Acker, Archer, Bird, Austin Blair, Braxton, Burdett, Benjamin F. Butler, Carroll, Clarke, Creely, Davis, Dickey, Duell, Henry D. Foster, Getz. Griffith, Halsey, Harmer, Harper, Hereford, Kelley, Kendall, Killinger, Lansing, Maynard, McClelland, McGrew, McJunkin, Mercur, Merriam, Morphis, Leonard Myers, Negley, Packer, Peck, Platt, Porter, Prindle, Randall, Ritchie, Ellis H. Roberts, Rogers, Scofield, Sherwood, Shoemaker, Snyder, R. Milton Speer, Stowell, St. John, Sutherland, Swann, Washington Townsend, and John T. Wilson-53.

NAYS-Messrs. Adams, Ambler, Arthur, Averill, Banks, Barber, Beatty, Beck, Bigby, Biggs, James G. Blair, Bright, George M. Brooks, Buckley, Buffinton, Burchard, Roderick R. Butler, Caldwell, Campbell, Cobb, Coburn, Comingo, Conger, Cook, Cotton, Cox, Crebs, Critcher, Crossland, Darrall, Dawes, De Large, Donnan, Dox, Du Bose, Dunnell, Eames, Eldridge. Ely, Farnsworth, Farwell, Finkelnburg, Charles Foster, Garrett, Golladay, Hale, Handley, Hanks, George E. Harris, John T. Harris, Hawley, Hay, Gerry W. Hazleton, John W. Hazleton, Hill, Hoar, Kerr, Kinsella, Lamison. Lamport, Lewis, Lowe, Lynch, Marshall, McCormick, McCrary, McHenry, McIntyre, McKinney, Benjamin F. Meyers, Mitchell, Monroe, Moore, Morey, Morgan, Niblack, Orr, Packard, Parker, Pendleton, Perce, Aaron F. Perry, Eli Perry, Poland, Potter, Price, Rainey, Read, Edward Y. Rice, John M. Rice, William R. Roberts, Robinson, Roosevelt, Sawyer, Seeley, Sessions, Shanks, Sheldon, Shellabarger, Shober, Slater, Sloss, John A. Smith, Thomas J. Speer, Sprague, Stevens. Stevenson, Storm, Stoughton, Sypher, Taffe, Terry, Dwight Townsend. Twichell, Tyner, Upson, Van Trump, Vaughan, Voorhees, Waddell, Wakeman, Walden, Waldron, Walls, Wells, Wheeler, Whiteley, Whitthorne, Willard, Williams of Indiana, Williams of New York, Jeremiah M. Wilson, and Wood-133.

NOT VOTING-Messrs. Ames, Barry, Bingham, James Brooks, Duke, Elliott, Forker, Frye, Garfield, Haldeman, Hambleton, Havens, Hays, Holman, Hooper, Ketcham, King, Leach, Manson, McKee, McNeely, Merrick, Palmer, Peters, Rusk, Slocum, H. Boardman Smith, Worthington C. Smith, Thomas, Turner, Tuthill, Wallace, Warren, Washburn, Winchester, and Young-36.

So the motion to adjourn was not agreed to. Mr. PACKER. I move that when the House adjourns to-day it adjourn to meet on next Saturday.

Mr. COX. I hope we shall have no more filibustering. We have had enough of that.

Mr. DAWES. I raise the question of order whether the motion of the gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. PACKER] is in order.

The SPEAKER. The Clerk will read Rule No. 104.

The Clerk read as follows:

"The House may at any time, by a vote of the majority of the members present, suspend the rules and orders for the purpose of going into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union." The SPEAKER. The Clerk will now read Rule No. 161.

The Clerk read as follows:

"Pending a motion to suspend the rules, the Speaker may entertain one motion that the Houso do now adjourn; but after the result thereon is announced he shall not entertain any other dilatory motion till the vote is taken on suspension."

The SPEAKER. The Chair sustains the point of order made by the gentleman from Massachusetts. The only question now pending is whether the House will resolve itself into Committee of the Whole, on which question the yeas and nays have been ordered.

Mr. ELDRIDGE. Is this a motion to suspend the rules for that purpose?

The SPEAKER. The House can never go into Committee of the Whole without a suspension of the rules. It is only by virtue of such suspension that other business can be overridden for the purpose of going into Com