The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1863-12-15

| 1orR; bfoomal, OF pennsylvania; LeBlond,
of Ohio; Julian, OF Iowa; Lazear, of Pennsyl-
yania; Blair, OF Western Virginia; Rollins, of
| New Hampshire; Rogers, OF New jersey:
| Harris, Of Illinois.
Prtcdie Land Clo;ns-Thayer, of Pennsyl-
vania Schcnck, of Ohio; Farnsworth, of lii
nois; leaman, Of Kentucky; Garfield, Of
Ohio: Loan, of Missouri; Odell, of New York :;
! DemfnlnG, of Connecticut; Kellogg, of Mich
igan; McAllistcr, of Pennsylvania; Webster,
OF Maryland; Morrison, OF California; Blaine,
of Maine; Cobb, OF Wisconsin; Mckinney, of
| Ohio
Roads all Caaols-Arnold of Illinois;
| Littletohn, OF New York; Hall, of Maine !;
| Beaman, Of Michigan; Washburne, of Massa-
chusetts; Ward, of New York; Eckey, of
Ohio; Allison Iowa; Struse, of Pennsylvania.
Pensions-Jencks, of Rhode Island Leonard
! Myers, of Pennsylvania; Noble,o of Ohio; Hub
bard, of Connecticut; Chambers, of New York
Ndral 1.fdirS-Ricc, of Massachusetts;
Moorehead, Of Penns yvana; Griswold, OF
| New York; Pike, of Maine; Kelly, of Penn
! sylvania; Rollins, of Missouri Spaulding, Of
Ohio; Brandage, OF Connecticut; Edgerton, Of
! Indiana.
Foreign 4fai1s-H. Winter Davis, of Mary
land; Gooch, OF Massachusetts; Cox, Of Ohio;
| Pomeroy, OF New York; Ortll, of Indiana;
Randall, of Kentucky; Dawson, of Pennsylya-
mia; Hubbard, of Iowa; Stuart, Of Illinois !;
Hotchkiss, OF New York; Knapp, of Illinois;
| G0och, of Massachusetts; O'Niell, of Ohio;
Winfield, of New York; Eckley, of Ohio;
Sweat, of Maine; Harrington, of Indiana.
| Mdnuactures-Moo of Pennsylva-
mia; Kellogg, of New York; Ancona, OF Penn
sylvania; Arnold, of Illinois; Freeman Clarke,
of New York: Cheeton A. White, of Ohio; ;
| Amcs, of Massachusetts Starr, of New Jersey !:
| Harris OF Maryland.
.igricuture-Clay, of Kentucky; Whaley,
Of Virginia; Bayley, OF Pennsylvania; Hub
bard, OF New York; Law, of Indiana; Kelly,
of Pennsylvania; Perham, of Maine; Baldwin,
of Michigan; Middleton, of New Jersey.
Indian 4furs-Windom, of Minnesota;
McIndoe, of Wisconsin; Jas. c. Alien, OF
| sas; Nelson, OF New York; Boyde, of Mis-
| souri,; Shannon, Of California; Dennison, of
| Pennsylvania.
Military Afairs-Schenck, of Ohio
Territories-Ashley, of Ohio; Beainan, of
Michigan; Cravens, of Iowa; Lovejoy,, Of
Illinois; Rice of Maine; Grier, of Kentucky;
Marvin, of New York; McClury, of Missouri;
johnson, OF Pennsylvania.
Revolutionary PeRstons-Littlejohn, of New
York Low, of Indiana; McIndoe, of Wisconsin;
Hcrrick, of New York; Spauding, of Ohio
Eden, Of Illinois: Clay, of kentacky; Marcy,
| ofNew Hampshire; Coffroth of Pennsylvania.
| Lnralid Peasions-W haley, of West Vir-
ginia Benz. Wood, of New York Perham,
of Maine; Mcdowell, of Iowa; Washburne, Of
Massachusetts,; Miller, of Pennsylvania; Free
| man Clark, of New York; Ross, of Illinois
| Creswell, of Maryland.
Public Buildings and Grounds-Rice, of
Maine; Blair, Of West Virginia; Randall, of
| Pennsylvania; Starr, of New Jersey: Brad
| ford, OF New York.
| Rccised and Unfinished Busiaess-Boyd, of
Missouri; Nelson, of New York; Mckinney,
of Ohio: Epson, OF Michigan; j. c. Allen, Of
| Illinois.
| New York; Amos Myers, of Pennsylvania:
Benz. Wood, of New York; J. w. White, OF
Ohio.
accounts - Rollins, of New Hampshire;
| Brama, Of Pennsylvania; Steele of New Jer-
sey; II. NJ. Clarke, of New York; Eden, of
| Illinois.
Expenditures Of State Department-Pike,
| Of Maine, Robinson, of Illinois; Van Yalken-
| burg, of New York; Stiles, of Pennsylvania.
| Expenditures Of Treasury Department.
Amos Myers, OF Pennsylvania; KalbAeisch, of
New Jersey; j. W. White, Of Ohio; Elliot, of
Massachusetts; Patterson, of New Hamp-
| shire.
Expenditures OF the Var Department.
Deming, OF Connecticut; Steele, of New York:
Harris, of Illinois; Sloan, of Wisconsin;
Schofeld Of Pennsylvania.
1 fIpeHuttuTes ~ Nuoy OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
| ter, of Vermont; Highly, of California; Her.
rick, Of New York; Marcy, OF New Hamp-
shire; Tracy, OF Pennsylvania.
| Expenditures Of Post Office Departments
| Pomoroy, of New \ ork; c. A. White, of Ohio.
Leonard Myers, OF Pennsylvania; Hall, of
Missouri; Hubbard, OF Connecticut.
| Expenditures of Interior Department -
Shannon, of California; Middleton, of New
| Jersey; Geofiroth, of Pennsylvania; Donnel-
| ly, of Minnesota; Baldwin, of Michigan.
| Expenditures on Public Buitdinqs-Long-
year, of Michigan; Lozear, of Pennsylvania;
Baldwin, of Massachusetts,; johnson, Of Ohio;
l Brandeger, of Connecticut.
Librory-Frank, of New York; Washburne.
| of Illinois; Wadsworth, of Kentucky.
Priating-A. w. Clark, of New York; Bal.
ley, of Pennsylvania; Baldwin, of Massachu-
| sets.
Enrolled Bals-Cobb, of Missouri; Steele,
| of New jersey.
A large number of bills and resolutions on
numerous subjects were introduced and re-
| ferred.
Fernando Wood offered resolution provid-
ing for the appointment of Commissioner to
| Richmond. with the view of arranging for the
termination of the bloody, destructive and in
human war, and securing peace under the
| Constitution, on terms OF justice and equality.
Mr.. Washburne, of Illinois, moved to table it.
| Carried. Yeas 9S, nays 3d.
Mr.. Morrill, introduced joint resolution
authorizing the President TO give the govern
ment Of Great Britain the notice required, for
| the termination of the reciprocal treaty of
| June 9Th, 1854. Referred TO committee on
| Commerce.
A joint resolution was introduced for the
| appointment OF Il Commissioner to negotiate
| new treaty Of reciprocity with Great Britain
for the British Provinces of North America.
| Referred to committee on Commerce.
Mr.. Eliot, of Massachusetts, introduced
bill to established bureau of Emancipation.
Referred to select committee.
Mr.. Dawes, of Massachusetts, introduced
bill providing for the election of Representa-
| tires from the States of Tennessee and Louis
| lana. Referred to committee on Elections.
Mr.. Yeoman introduced a bill tor the resto-
ration of civil authority in such States as are
not under the control Of the rebellion. Refer
| red TO the Judiciary committee.
| Mr.. Loyejoy introduced a bill providing that
all persons held in slavery in the States and
Territories shall be declared free.
Mr.. Arnold introduced bill to aid the
President to carry out the immediate execu-
| ton of the Emancipation Proclamation, and
prohibiting the reinstatement OF persons des-
| ignated therein. Referred to the Judiciary
| committee.
Mr.. Wilson introduced bill TO amend the
constitution, declaring slavery incompatible
| with free government.
Fernando Wood INTRODUCED resolution to
| the effect that