GEORGIA

ALABAMA..

LOUISIANA.

OHIO...

KENTUCKY.

TENNESSEE

J. W. Clift.
Nelson Tift.

W. P. Edwards.
Samuel F. Gove.
C. H. Prince.
P. M. B. Young.

Francis W. Kellogg.
Benjamin W. Norris.
John B. Callis.
Thomas Haughey.

J. Hale Sypher.
Joseph P. Newsham.
Michael Vidal.

Benjamin Eggleston.
Samuel F. Cary.

Robert C. Schenck.
William Lawrence.
William Mungen.
Reader W. Clarke.

John Beatty.
Ralph P. Buckland.
James M. Ashley.

Philadelph Van Trump.

Columbus Delano.

Martin Welker.
Tobias A. Plants.
John A. Bingham.
Ephraim R. Eckley.
Rufus P. Spalding.
James A. Garfield.
Lawrence S. Trimble.
J. Proctor Knott.
Thomas L. Jones.
James B. Beck.

George M. Adams.

Samuel McKee.

Roderick R. Butler.

Horace Maynard.
William B. Stokes.

James Mullins.

John Trimble.

Samuel M. Arnell.

William E. Niblack.

Michael C. Kerr.

INDIANA.

Morton C. Hunter.

George W. Julian.
John Coburn.
Henry D. Washburn.
Godlove S. Orth.
Schuyler Colfax.
William Williams.
John P. C. Shanks.

ILLINOIS.

Norman B. Judd.

John F. Farnsworth.
Ellihu B. Washburne.
Ebon C. Ingersoll.

Burton C. Cook.

Shelby M. Cullom.

Lewis W. Ross.

MISSOURI.

ARKANSAS.

MICHIGAN.

FLORIDA..

IOWA...

WISCONSIN.

CALIFORNIA..

MINNESOTA.

OREGON.

KANSAS.

WEST VIRGINIA..

NEBRASKA...

Albert G. Burr.

Samuel S. Marshall.
Jehu Baker.

James R. McCormick.
Joseph J. Gravely.
Robert T. Van Horn.
Benjamin F. Loan.
John F. Benjamin.
George W. Anderson.
.Thomas Boles.

Fernando C. Beaman.
Charles Upson.

Austin Blair.

Thomas W. Ferry.

John F. Driggs.

Charles M. Hamilton.

James F. Wilson.
Hiram Price.

William B. Allison.
William Loughridge.

Halbert E. Paine.
Benjamin F. Hopkins.

Amasa Cobb.
Charles A. Eldridge.
Cadwalader C. Washburn

Samuel B. Axtell.
William Higby.

William Windom.

Ignatius Donnelly.

.Rufus Mallory.

Sidney Clarke.

Chester D. Hubbard.

Bethuel M. Kitchen.

Daniel Polsley.

.John Taffe.

The following delegates also appeared and took their seats, viz:
From the Territory of New Mexico, Charles P. Clever;

From the Territory of Washington, Alvan Flanders;
From the Territory of Colorado, George M. Chilcott;
From the Territory of Arizona, Coles Bashford;

From the Territory of Montana, James M. Cavanaugh.

Oliver J. Dickey, a member elect from the State of Pennsylvania, in the place of Thaddeus Stevens, deceased; S. Newton Pettis, a member

elect from the same State, in the place of Darwin A. Finney, deceased; and John H. Stover, a member elect from the State of Missouri, in the place of Joseph W. McClurg, resigned, also appeared, and having taken the oath required by the Constitution of the United States and the act of July 2, 1862, took their seats in the House.

Mr. Ellihu B. Washburne submitted the following resolutions; which were severally read, considered, and agreed to, viz:

Resolved, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate that a quorum of the House of Representatives has assembled and is now ready to proceed to business.

Resolved, That a committee of three be appointed on the part of the House, to join such committee as may be appointed on the part of the Senate, to wait on the President of the United States and to inform him that a quorum of the two houses is now in session, and that Congress is ready to receive any communication he may be pleased to make.

The Speaker appointed Mr. Ellihu B. Washburne, Mr. Garfield, and Mr. Brooks, the committee on the part of the House under the latter resolution.

Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate therewith.

The following memorial and petitions were laid upon the Clerk's table, under the rule:

By Mr. Ellihu B. Washburne: The petition of citizens of the State of Illinois, praying for the repeal of the stamp tax on cigars and tobacco. By the Speaker: A petition of similar import from citizens of the State" of Indiana.

Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.

By Mr. Hulburd: The petition of citizens of the State of New York, praying for the erection of a dam across one of the channels of the St. Lawrence river.

By Mr. Ellihu B. Washburne: The petition of the New York and Virginia Steamship Company, praying for the return of certain tonnage duties erroneously paid.

Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee on Commerce.

By the Speaker: The petition of Mrs. James Hinds, of Arkansas, praying that the salary of her husband until the close of Congress may be paid to her; which was referred to the Committee on Accounts.

By Mr. Julian: Five petitions from citizens of the District of Columbia, praying for the right of suffrage to women; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. Ferry: The memorial of Abraham Jacobs, praying compensation for carrying the mail from Puebla and Trinidad, Colorado, from April, 1867, to June, 1868; which was referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.

By the Speaker: The petition of Commodore James Boyle, United States navy, praying compensation due his father, lately deceased, for services as acting Secretary of the Navy; which was referred to the Committee of Claims.

By Mr. Schenck: The petition of Arthur W. Irving, bugler company C, 104th regiment New York volunteers, praying for a pension.

By Mr. Perham: The petition of Clarissa K. Grant, praying for a pension.

Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

By Mr. Eliot: The petition of citizens of the State of Virginia, pray

ing for the continuance of the Freedmen's Bureau in that State; which was referred to the Committee on Freedmen's Affairs.

By Mr. Maynard: The petition of William H. Burns, H. W. Holdway, S. P. McConnell, and Charles R. Vance, citizens of Scott county, Virginia, praying for relief from political disabilities.

By Mr. Bingham: The petitions of Williams C. Wickham, S. B. Wright, John W. Burton, R. S. Burton, J. H. Smith, Robert Bolling, J. W. McKinsey, and Thomas M. Kembrough, all of the State of Virginia, praying for relief from political disabilities.

Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee on Reconstruction.

By Mr. Schenck: The petition of certain officers of the army, praying for the passage of a bill entitled "An act to equalize and fix the pay of officers of the army;" which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

By Mr. Morrell: The petition of John and Elizabeth Goodman, praying for a pension on account of the services of their son Charles B. Goodman; which was referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. : The petition of Thomas Thoroughman and others, praying for the relief of W. M. Stafford; which was referred to the Committee of Claims.

By Mr. Tift: The petition of J. R. McNeal, James M. Granberry, and Thomas J. Roberts, of Quitman county, Georgia, praying for relief from political disability; which was referred to the Committee on Reconstruction.

The Speaker laid before the House the certificate, by the governor of the State of Georgia, of the election of John A. Wimpy, as a member of the House from the sixth congressional district of the State of Georgia. The same having been read,

Mr. Brooks presented the certificate, by the major general commanding, of the election of John H. Cristy as a member of the House from the same district.

When

On motion of Mr. Brooks, under the operation of the previous question, the said certificates were referred to the Committee of Elections.

Mr. Brooks moved that the vote last taken be reconsidered, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; which latter motion was agreed to.

Mr. Spalding gave notice, under the rule, of his intention to move for leave to introduce bills of the following titles, viz:

A bill for the relief of Alexander W. McCormick.

A bill providing for the speedy resumption of specie payments by the United States government.

A message from the Senate, by Mr. Gorham, their Secretary: Mr. Speaker: I am directed by the Senate to inform the House that a quorum of the Senate has assembled and is ready to proceed to business. The Senate have adopted a resolution providing for the appointment of a committee, to join such committee as may be appointed by the House, to wait upon the President of the United States and inform him that a quorum of each house has assembled, and that Congress is ready to receive any communication he may be pleased to make, and have appointed Mr. Dixon and Mr. Hendricks the committee on their part.

Mr. Maynard presented the credentials of Thomas A. Hamilton as a member elect from the State of Tennessee, for the State at large; which were referred to the Committee of Elections.