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(in whose ability and integrity I have the utmost confidence) upon a hmried examination thinks they are, I presume there will be no objection to the passage of th~ bill. But w_e de ire an opport~ty to 

look into tho e orders. I will therefore YJ.eld the floor to a motion to 

adjomn if there be no objection. 

The SPEAKER. If the gentleman from Indiana should conclude 

to withdraw his motion to reconsider, that will pass the bill. 

The gentleman from Michigan [:Mr. CONGER] asks unanimous con- sent that the only remaining bill reported from tho Committee of the 

Whole on the Private Calendar, a bill (H. R. No. 1774) for the relief 

of Matthias Whitehead, be taken up and acted on at this time. · Mr. M.A.YN.A.RD. I object. I am perfectly willing the matter should 

be acted on when it comes up in its order. 

The substance of these orders was stated in the report of the Committee on Military .Affairs. 

Mr. ELDREDGE. I insist on the motion to adjourn. 

DAVID R. DILLON. 

On motion of Mr. YOUNG, of Geocgia, by unanimous consent, leave was granted for the withdrawal from the files of the House of the 

papers in the case of David R. Dillon. 

Mr. FORT stated that his colleague, Mr. MORRISON, was unavoidably 

absent from the session to-day, being confined to his room by illness. 

Mr. ELDREDGE. I move the House adjourn. 

The House divided, and there were-ayes 61, noes 49. 

Mr. HOLMAN demanded tellers. 

Tellers were ordered, and the Speaker appointed Mr. HOLMAN and 

Mr. ~fAYNARD. 

The House again divided; and the tellers reported-ayes 70, noe 48. 

So the motion was agreed to ; and the House (at five minutes to five 

o'clock p . m.) adjourned until Tuesday next. · 

PETITIONS, ETC. 

The following memorials, petitions, and other papers were presented 

at the Clerk's desk, under the rule, and referred as stated: 

By Mr. BARBER: The petition of W. B. Baxter and others, druggists, of Grant County, Wi cousin·, for the repeal of the stamp tax on medicines, to the Committee on Ways and Means. 

By Mr. CORWIN: The petition of citizens of Peru, illinois, that 

theN orthwestern Railroad Company may be required to permit trains 

from other roads to use the bri<lge at Clinton, Iowa, upon fair terms, 

to the Committee on Commerce. 

.A.lso, the petition of citizens of La Salle, Illinois, of similar import, 

to the Committee on Commerce. 

By Mr. E..A.MES: The petition of Ebenezer S. Chee ebro, of Bristol, 

Rhode Island, for al'fears and increase of pension, to the Committee 

on Invalid Pen ions. 

By Mr. ELDREDGE: Paper relating to the application of B. G. 

Welch, of Fond <lu Lac, Wisconsin, for relief for the loss by fire of 300 

in United States Treasury notes, to the Committee on Claims. 

By Mr. F .A.R"WELL: The petition of Margaret Patterson, for a pension, and for pay due her decea ed son, William J. Patterson, to the 

Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

By Mr. FIELD: The memorial of theW ayne County Medical Society, 

of Michigan, relati.ve to rank and promotion in the Medical Corps of 

the Army, to the Committee on Military .Affairs. 

By Mr. McKEE : The petition of William Cameron, for the payment 

of the French spoliation claims, to the Committee on Foreign .Affairs. 

By Mr. ORTH: The petition of citizens of Warren County, Indiana, 

for free banking and increase of currency, to the Committee on Bankin()" and Currency. ]3y Mr. POLAND: The petition of Luman Case, of Bristol, Vermont, 

for a pension, to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions and War 

of 1 12. 

By Mr. SHANKS : Paper relating to the claim of Philip Pendleton, 

late paymaster United States .Army, to the Committee on Military 

.Affairs. 

By Mr. SHELDON: The petition of H. M. Whittemore, for payment 

for occupation by the United States of a building belonging to him in 

Indianola, Texas, to the Committee on War Claim . By Mr. SMITH, of New York: The petition of citizens of Steuben 

County, New York, and Tioga County, Pennsylvania, for a post-route 

between Addison, New York, and Nelson, Tio~a County, Pennsylvania, to the Committee on the Post-Office and .t'os1r.Roads. 

By Mr. WILBER: The petition of hop-growers of Otsego County, 

New York, for an increase of duty on hops, to the Committee on Ways 

and Means. 

IN SENATE. 

MoNDAY, February 23, 187 4. 

Prayer by Rev. E. D. OWEN, of Washington, D. C. 

The PRESIDENT pro tentpm·e. The Secretary will read the J om- nal of the proceedings of Friday last. 

Mr. ANTHONY. Mr. President, the country celebrates to-day the 

birth of the ~rande t character in its hi tory. I has not been cus- tomary, I believe, for the Senate w sit, UI)..le s at the short session, 

or when uncommonly pressed with business, upon the birthday of 

Washington, which occurred yesterday, and is commemorated to-day. 

I move, therefore, that the Senate do now adjourn. 

The PRE IDE:NT pro tempore.. The Senator from Rhode Island moves that out of respect to the Father of his Country the Senate do now adjourn. 

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

IN SENATE. 

TUESDAY, February 24, 1874. 

Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. BYRON SUNDERLAND, D. D. 

The Jomnal of yesterday's proceedings was read and approved. 

EXECUTIVE COl\1MU1\'ICATIO ~s . 

The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a letter of 

the Secretary of \Var, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of 

the Senate of the 5th instant, a report of the Chief of Engineers as to 

the condition of the breakwater at DuLuth, and the amount necessary 

to put the same in repair; which, on motion of Mr. RAMSEY, was referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. He also laid before the Senate a letter from the Secretary of the 

Interior, tran mitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate 

of the 27th ultimo, information in relation t-o the treaty of February 

22, 1855, with the Chippewa Indians, and the proceedings Ullder the 

act of June 8, 18i2, entitled "An act to perfect certain land titles 

therein described;" which was referred to the Committee on Printing. 

PETITIO.r S AND I!EMORIALS. 

The PRESIDENT pro ternpore presented the memorial of Bradly & 

Metcalf, an<l many others, merchants and manufacturers of Milwaukee, Wiscon in, remonstrating against any expansion or inflation of 

the currency· which was referred to the Committee on Finance. 

The PRESIDENT pro tmnpore. The Chair also presents a memorial 

of the 'Wiscon in Leather Company, Cramer, Aikens & Cramer, .A.. M. 

Thomson, and many other citizen of filwaukee, which is brief, and 

the Chair will read it: 

Your memorialists, citizens of the city of Milwaukee, in the State of Wisconsin, 

respectfully petition -that the national ban king act be so amended as to forbid all 

banks from paying or receiving interest on balances ; to require all banks to keep 

their own reserves and surplus in their own vaults, thereby preventing the accu- mulation of the funds of the rountry in one center, and cansmg it of necessity to be 

loaned for the wildest speculative pn.rpo es, to the great injury of all legitimate 

business; also, toforbiu all banks malting any on demand or call loans, for the reason that no legitimate buRiness can be oonuuctetl on money borrowed on call, and that 

all such loans are made only for speculative purposes and for wild stock-gamblin~, 

thereby demoralizing our finances and diverting money from the uses for which 1t 

was intended, to wit, the conducting the legitimate busine s of the country; and 

your petitioners will ever pray. 

The memorial will be referred to the Committee on Finance. 

Mr. HOWE. Is that a petition signed by a single firm t 

The PRESIDENT pro tempm·e. 0, no; it is signed by many. It is 

signed by the Wit>consin Leather Company, Cramer, .Aikens & Cramer, 

Hon. A. :M. Thorn on, Smith & Chandler, F . F . Adams & Co., .A.. Dahl- man & Co., Timothy Dore, John Plankington, and a large number of 

the most prominent and influential business men, merchants and manu- factmers, of Mil waukee. 

Mr. HOWE. Those are very respectable names. The PRESIDENT p1·o t-empore. T)le memorial will be referred to 

the Committee on Finance. 

Mr. SCOTT presented resolutions of the select and common councils 

of Philadelphia, approved February 20, 1874, protesting against the 

passage of the act authorizing the lease of the Old Lazaretto site on Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, for a powder magazine; which were referred to the Committee on Military Affairs . 

fr. R.A.M.SEY presented a joint resolution of the Legislature of the 

State of Minnesota, in relation to the sale of timber on the school and 

swamp lands embraced in the Red Lake and the Leech Lake Indian 

reservations in that State; which was referred to the Committee on Public Lands. · He also pre en ted the petition of a number of letter-carriers of Boston and other cities in New England, prayin~ for an increase of com- pensation; which was referred to the Comm1ttee on Post-Offices and 

Post-Roads. He also pre en ted a joint resolution of the Legislatme of the State 

of Minne ota, in favor of a post-route in the counties of Lyon, Yellow 

Medicine). aml Lac qui Parle; which was referred to the Committee on Post-uffices and Post-Roads. 

Mr. HAMILTON, of Texas, presented the petition of M.argaret .A.. 

Hoffner, widow of Richard J. Hoffner, late acting master United 

States Navy, asking to be allowed a pension; which was referred to 

the Committee on Pensions. 

:Mr. EDMUNDS presented a memorial of citizens of Chatham 

County, North Carolina, remonstrating auainst the passage of the 

bill providing for detaching Chatham an'a other count.ies from the 

westeru judicial district of that State,. and adding them to the ea-st- ern judicial district· of he same State; which was referred to the 

Committee on the Judiciary.