The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-12-12

Maine; Starr Of New Jersey Iatha sS " o. Penn
s sa;s lie Blond Oh o"0' A'D u est W.
REVISED asa paFrssl son ~ Tows Sco seid Of
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Hamns5ire: Plants. Oh Oho Order, Of KentrcEv:
Knvtlemda1i ~ Illinois. y .Aol'u'Ay'
1ocoanss.- Rollins, Of New dHIampshre, Broomell,
ward Of New York. -, .-SI' " AAuA1n"'
COINAGE. We;okts and Measares-K, sson. Of Iowa.
Winfield, Of New York; Williams, of Pennsylvania;
,Erpendisurss " SsG mgoi Dspqrtnsns Pike, Of
vana Hnyt ~ Nav York: ~ fennsyi-
EFFECTIVENESS Of Treasury Deparfnassf1 Wapviw %
New York; Culver, Of Pennsylvania; Hill, Of Indi-
ona; Cuilom, =, az VA n a, OF Kentucky
Connecticnt: Sloan, Of Wiscons;n M;,ap as OF
syivania Hubbard, Of New York; Hubbsii, Of Ohio.
Erpenaitares q Tayy Departn.ent.-J. Humph-
Tsy 81 N Warner Of MouitOn Of
sylyarlia. - ->oAi''on' u enn-
Expenditures Of Post Office Department Baker. of
Illinois, Myers, Of pennsylvania; Darling, of New
A1Fxs ~ pnt Snio; hosers Of New York
Indiana Strouse, Of Pennsylvania: Repiamin Of
Missouri; Allison. Of Iowa; Mckee, Of Kentucky.
ErpendifIre re- On Public Buildings.-Longyear of
Mlcn,gath; 1ohs OF MASSACHUSETTS,; Dixon of
dan Of Kentucky = ennssisaniai W. a. nan-
d Joint Committee on Li6rary-Hayes, Of Ohio; KEEL
ley, Of Pennsyivama; Hubbard, Of New York. ,
W carTe os 0 o. Of New York.
Joint Committee on ka-oIisd III, ~ Toh ~ w.
consin; GIosbrenner, Of Pennsylvania. 3
Select Committee on RuIes. The Speaker; e. B.
mawson os or nnos Banks Of
Select Co,nttes ON R1nI,ant 1,. Tew aolAc
Rhode Island; Spaulding, Of Ohio; W. Thomas, Of
Maryland; Blow, Of Missouri; Lynch, of Maine;
Ia sIrs Of Illinois Alley, Of Massachusetts,
chusetts Kely Of Pennsyiyana ortS 81 II fndiana
Bingham, Of Ohio; Taylor, Of New York; Loan, Of
Missouri; Grinnell, of Iowa; Paine, of Wisconsin;
AaisnAll' u LIMOS. 5el q '
MI. Davis, asked to be, and was, relieved
nom serving on the Committee on the District
OF Columbia. .n faGif1A
Mr.. Jenckes OF Rhode Island, introduced
joint resolution proposing that the President
and Vice President of the United States shall
be elected by direct vote of the people Re-
fered to the Committee on the Judiciary ss
Mr.. Ward introduced a bill which was refer
red to the Committee on Military Affairs,
granting bounty land and money to United
States soldiers who served during the rebel
lion. The bill provides for giving bounty land
and money to all soldiers who enlisted prior to
June 18th, 1858, and have been honorably
discharged. The object Is to make the boun-
~ OF this class OF soldiers equal to that OF
those who subsequently enlisted. 1t also pro-
yides for the repeal OF the law which allowed
the former masters OF colored soldiers who en-
Isted, 70 receive tneir bounty. ~ SO
Mr.. Delano OF ONO, introduced JOINT reso-A
lution Ior an amendment 70 tne Constitutlon,
making y me duty OF eacn state 70 provide
TOT tne rlgnuul pursuis Oh happiness OF all ITS
nihapltanss, Witnous ulsc'hctton oi coior anu
race, heierred 70 the Commlttee on the Jul
o'clary, ..a -
M. Asnley Oh Ono, introduced Dill 10 de-
veiope ana reclaim me puonc lands requiring
HrlgatioH IN idaho, Coloraao, ARIZONA, Monta-
no ana Nevada. referred 10 the committee
' " Z u uSls L.anu y.
81: M. o.Svens VI aennsysania, mtloduceu
!Ii a C Lesoluuon proposing an amendment 70
I " sne n,Hsu o.a.es, uas a
au Sta.e Sna ne sgaamy appn-