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XLth OON6REDS.-SecOnd Session.
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saseA WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.
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The following bills were introduced:
By Mr.. Williams, of Ind. To pay the bal>
ance Of bounty 70 non-commissioned officers
honorably mustered out.
By Mr.. Julian. To AZ the time for e1aa-
ton Of Delegates and Represeutst.yes to
dTK9 Aa~h., To ibbut Ind Bonded
warehouse system. "a
By Mr.. Hooper, of Mass. To prevent The
eSasI1s eS ] money q 2Dyhlss not author, sae
lied BY law. ,N's
BY Mr.. Hubbard, of N. Y To facilitate
the resumption Of specie payment.
By Mr.. Hubbard, Of Iowa. To amend h0
actof May 2lst, 1864, granting lands to Iows
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idaho.
ALI appropriately referred. assl
Nr. BENJAMIN offered . resolution reciting
that the President in his Annual Message had
seen ct. in utter disregard Of the popular
will, as expressed in the election Of members
Is2i! i!IdfS{8IE E,is3 Es3 sdsss
Of the late Rebel States to Rebel hands, ana
abandon th-s loyal element there to the willtE
HfRfSaIsfl&eiiessI - =. lEs21 ,..%: sss;
. retrograde step from its advanced position, ),
in promoting the cause of equal rights, nor to
deviate from its fxad purpose OF protecting
all psnsfee4r@eere le< ta&s that there is
No. Hnt, ! ftatt IL II
rebellious States is being successfully accon>
plished, on q. firm and spduziag heais and
4 1EAo COED TApAeA AAshy kr6exuBtfuc.
non acts should be repealed. ~
/ Mr.. Kerr moved to Lay tae resolution aad
preamble on the table.
/ Negatived; yeas 50; nays 112
The resolution was then adopted. Yeas
112; nays 32-a strictly party vote.
Nr{ pAMes lpt 9dnEH n BAL Mchange the
time 6f holding II tie anlta1 meeting Of the
stockholders of the Union Pacific Railroad
Company from the Grst Wednesday in Octoll
bsf to the first Wednesday after the 4th of
March, and to enable them to fix the place OIL
meeting at Washington, Boston, Phiiadel..
koufsiof New York. Passed,
| NJ. WsGhhupaa of IN afiied 10 get in an
amendment restricting the rates to be paid for
passengers and freight.
t2&l IL H1Gsif r. Il Il ] aeessia9 as 10
that, in the Judgment Of The House, all tss
! Indebtedness of the nation ought to be paid
in exact accordance sith the Act of Congressl
creating it, but not otherwise; that is to saw,
all loans enacted to be paid in gold to be 90
paid, end all loans noy 50 enacted to bs ppyassf
tt6b liz bcld, ID be hAd n lawdl II ohey Il the |
United States.
Rules not suspended--yeas 55, nays So
and the resolution not received
Mr.. Blaine offered a resolution instructing
the Committee on Naval Affairs to repo1}
nanuhscefs rsan4 a;sAseGibNyad il tbs
psy7, By reducing tie foreign squadron 10 ths !
number Of ships and guns which were in the
service before thssv.r. Adopted.
Mr.. Maynard introduced bills to proyidi{
for the better establishment Of certain claim1
Iasa so pfeiias llSsloas oadS M soiaEsr not no;
mustered into the service. Appropriately
referred.
Mr.. Wood asked leave to offer resolution
declaring that the House reserves to itself the
right TO judge Of the necessity and propriety
of making dSbursemeats efths pudk kc money,
without fefefencSto any actioh of The Press
dent and Senate, in the acquisition Of territo-f
ry, under that clause of the ConstitutionE
which vests in them the power To- makAfRdat- T
les y with III ioTsigns gs9saios snsa.ioss,
not received.
The Speaker presented message from the
President, transmitting copies Of The napers a s
relating to the trial Of Albert Rusk of Indi~
ana in New Olleaus, and stating that no ac-
ton tftkeacase has yet been 'taken hy the
President. The message was referred 10 the
HTke Ga srs5ss:s.'os ,he rApers 81 hlAo. |.
retary of War ad iaserisa, that the crime was
most fearful and brutal one; that this was
The 6ot4rhl lndef 1 initiearya ryasousr6;Ssiou un-
der the demonstrations acts, and the sentence
should be carried into elect. : ~
a message Was also received from The Sec. !
lsase 49, ~ hftl6n tU a.
Claim of the Safe Of bys-fss uaiAy sup
p''sc 1,.lssls 4. lsbia., I.;;,saII.,;n.
the comqsnicaiion Of the. 2lst, which recop-
'Aen.d ~ increase of . per cent. q The
Referred to the Committee on Retrepca!
meat ss: Ssssss--s 81 SgNs1y1T'S''l
"a Cha Eenss went into Oommiftee az thal
Whole, Mr.. Broomall in the Chair, and con-
~hicbsppsosrissss i. .sss sas Sile. Ds, d..
bate it was reported back to the House, which
attached eAsATa7 to 70, an fxMe&llssht
IiyNes ~ R4rcent. additiosfnl 70 n civil EN-,
ployees in Washington whose compensation
are under $4,000, buts~s men tabled by IS
to 63. Il
'4ksrdvassS5 vii ~Ss sfsAih inffbd6eea sud
passed Without i @ tAe provision fes aaaitional
MI. Hubbard Of West Virxiaia asked lsase
70 ofer l resolution, that the Retrenchment
Committee reconsider the expediency ofare-l
dYci4g he spAy, pf members Of Conersas loI
81 200 and ten cents mileage, hit NJ, Hsbyl
objected.
Adjournel sfss4sy .S1s
XII. yxST I'll /
Mr. Wllaof introduced resolution 10 GxI
the eompsasaGsoa q Diploshaiic Ind Consq.
laEe cerav nd deess 1eit aatiees sasiur
.s4sAA HeslGnailg the- $1,000 niuisAs,
p'assl q - 81 a~a.ssa-
II. Yaass introdecsd : bill to amend tAs