WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 1871.

The following memorials, petitions, and other papers were laid on the Clerk's table, under the rules, and referred as follows:

By Mr. Peck: The petition of citizens of Wood County, Ohio, praying for land bounties to soldiers and sailors of the late war, to the Committee on Military Affairs.

By Mr. E. H. Roberts: The petition of citizens of Oneida County, New York, soldiers of the war of 1812, and others, praying for pensions, to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

By Mr. Maynard: Memorial of George L. Maloney, heretofore referred, January 29, 1870, to the Committee on Military Affairs.

The House resumed, as the regular order of business, the consideration of the report of the committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the bill of the House (H. R. 320) to enforce the provisions of the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States, and for other purposes. After debate,

And pending the question on agreeing to the said report,

A message from the Senate, by Mr. McDonald, its chief clerk:

Mr. Speaker: The Senate has passed, without amendment, bills of the House of the following titles, viz:

H. R. 425. An act to authorize the Secretary of War to give Wisewell barracks to the Beulah Baptist church.

H. R. 426. An act for convening the next legislative assembly of the Territory of New Mexico, and for other purposes.

The Senate have agreed to the amendment of the House to the bill' of the Senate (S. 178) for the relief of Nicholas P. Trist, negotiator of the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.

Mr. Negley, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. R. 433) for the establishment of a park in the city of Washington; which was read a first and second time and referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia.

Mr. Beatty, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee had examined and found truly enrolled bills of the following titles, viz:

S. 178. An act for the relief of Nicholas P. Trist, negotiator of the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo;

S. 29. An act amending an act to reduce internal taxes, and for other purposes, approved July 14, 1870;

H. R. 425. An act to authorize the Secretary of War to give Wisewell barracks to the Beulah Baptist church;

H. R. 426. An act for convening the next legislative assembly of New Mexico, and for other purposes;

When

The Speaker signed the same.

Mr. Dawes, by unanimous consent, from the committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the bill of the House No. 19, (deficiency appropriations,) submitted a report thereon in writing;

When

The point of order being raised that the said report contained matter not a subject of difference between the two Houses,

The Speaker submitted the question to the House, Will the House receive the said report?

And it was decided in the negative.

On motion of Mr. Garfield, the said report was recommitted.

The House then resumed the consideration of the report of the committee of conference on the bill of the House No. 320.

The question was put, Will the House agree thereto?

And it was decided in the negative, Nays..

The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are

On motion of Mr. Shellabarger,

Ordered, That the House further insist upon their disagreement to the amendments of the Senate to the said bill, and ask a further conference with the Senate on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon.

Ordered, That Mr. Shellabarger, Mr. Poland, and Mr. Whitthorne be the managers at the said conference on the part of the House.

Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate therewith.

Mr. Dawes, from the committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the bill of the House No. 19, (deficiency appropriations,) submitted the following report, viz:

"The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendments to House bill No. 19, making appropriations for the payment of additional clerks and messengers in the Pension Office, and for other purposes, having met, after full and free conference have agreed to recommend, and do recommend, to their respective Houses as follows:

"That the Senate recede from its amendments numbered 18, 21, 32, 33, 49, 50, 63, and 64.

"That the House of Representatives recède from its disagreement to the amendments of the Senate numbered 22, 33, 40, 45, and 47; and agree to the same.

"That the Senate recede from its disagreement to the first clause of the amendment of the House to the fifth amendment of the Senate, and agree to the same in the manner following, to wit:

"Strike out all of said clause and substitute:

"That the books, records, papers, and documents relative to transactions of or with the late so-called government of the Confederate States, or the government of any State lately in insurrection, now in the possession, or which may at any time come into the possession of the Government of the United States, or of any Department thereof, may be resorted to for inform ation by the board of commissioners of claims created by act approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, and copies thereof, duly certified by the officer having charge of the same, shall be treated with the like force and effect as the original;' and the House agree to the same.

"And that the Senate agree to the second clause of the amendment of the House to said fifth amendment of the Senate, with the following amendment: In line two of said clause strike out the word twenty' and insert in lieu the word 'twelve ;' and the House agree to the same.

"That the Senate recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the House to the seventeenth amendment of the Senate, and agree to the same with the following amendment:

"At the end of said amendment add the following words:

"And said board shall be held to be an existing board for all the purposes specified in the act to provide a government for the District of Columbia from and after the appointment and qualification of the members thereof;" and the House agree to the same.

"That the Senate recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the House to the thirty-seventh amendment of the Senate, and agree to the same.

"That the House recede from its amendment to the thirty-ninth amendment of the Senate, and agree to said amendment of the Senate. "That the Senate recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the House to the forty-second amendment of the Senate, and agree to the same with an amendment, as follows:

"At the end of said House amendment add the following words: “And for one thousand copies of the Constitution of the United States, with the rules of the Senate, compiled by W. J. McDonald, under a resolu tion of the Senate of March fourteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, one thousand dollars ;' and the House agree to the same.

"That the House recede from its disagreement to the fifty-sixth amendment of the Senate, and agree to the same with the following amendments: In line two of said amendment, after the word 'association' insert the word condemned; and in line three of said amendment, after the word 'bedding' insert if such there be ;' and the Senate agree to the same.

"That the Senate recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the House to the fifty-ninth amendment of the Senate, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: Strike out the word 'last' in said House amendment, and insert in lieu thereof the word 'present ;' also, strike out the word 'five' and insert the word 'six ;' and the House agree to the same.

"That the House recede from its disagreement to the first clause of the amendment of the House to the sixtieth amendment of the Senate, and agree to the same; and that the Senate agree to the second clause of said amendment of the House with the following amendments:

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“In line fourteen of said clause, after the word 'presented,' insert the following words: by loyal citizens from said State of Tennessee, and from said counties of Berkeley and Jefferson; and by a further amendment of said clause, as follows: Strike out the word 'thereof' in line sixteen, and insert in lieu the following words: of said act creating said court of commissioners;' and that the House recede from the third clause of their amendment to said sixtieth amendment of the Senate, and the Senate agree to the fourth clause of said House amendment to both amendments in the following words: for covering the steam-pipes in the Capitol with fire-proof non-conducting felting, eight thousand dollars.'

"That the Senate recede from its disagreement to the several amendments of the House to the twenty-fourth, twenty-sixth, thirty-fifth, forty-third, forty-fourth, forty-eighth, fifty-first, and fifty-second amendments of the Senate, and agree to the same.

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“They recommend that line 22, page 2, of the bill be amended by inserting after the word deficiency' in the said line the words in the appropriations for the service of the independent Treasury;' and that the words for the support of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, be inserted as a sub-heading just preceding the amendments of the Senate numbered 14, 15, 16, and 17, they being appropriations for that purpose. "They recommend that the words 'Assistant Treasurer' be substituted for the word 'depository' in the sixth amendment. "Managers on the part of the House

"HENRY L. DAWES.
"BURTON C. COOK.

“ WILLIAM E. NIBLACK.

"Managers on the part of the Senate

The same having been read,

"C. COLE.

"ROSCOE CONKLING.
"JOHN SCOTT.”

Mr. Dawes demanded the previous question, which was seconded and the main question ordered; and under the operation thereof the said report was agreed to.

Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate therewith.

Mr. Barry, by unanimous consent, submitted the following resolution; which was read, considered, and agreed to, viz:

Resolved, That the paying-teller in the office of the Sergeant-at-arms, authorized by the last Congress, be continued during the present Congress.

Mr. Kerr, by unanimous consent, submitted the following resolution; which was read, considered, and agreed to, viz:

Resolved, That the messengers and acting messengers under the Doorkeeper of the House shall be entitled to and shall receive pay for the full month ending April 30, 1871.

Mr. Dawes, by unanimous consent, submitted the following resolu tion; which was read, considered, and agreed to, viz:

Resolved, That there be paid to F. E. Shober, out of the contingent fund of the House, the sum of $150 due him as mileage for the first session of the Forty-first Congress.

Mr. Hoar, by unanimous consent, submitted the following resolution; which was read and referred to the Committee on the Rules, viz:

Resolved, That the Committee on the Rules be directed to consider and report to the House at its next session how far the existing practice of amending, in the Senate, bills for raising revenue, by the addition of enactments not germane to the original bill, is in conformity with the Constitution, and whether any further rules or proceedings are needed to preserve the privileges of the House in the matter.

Mr. Donnan, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. R. 434) to establish certain post roads in the State of Iowa; which was read a first and second time.

Ordered, That it be engrossed and read a third time.

Being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time and passed. Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate therein. And then,

On motion of Mr. Dawes, the House took a recess until 7 o'clock and 30 minutes p. m.

After the recess,

On motion of Mr. Conger, the House took a further recess until eight and a half o'clock p. m.

After the recess,

A message from the Senate, by Mr. Sympson, one of its clerks :

Mr. Speaker: The Senate has agreed to the report of the committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the bill of the House No. 19, (deficiency appropriations.)

The Senate further insists upon its amendments to the bill of the House, (H. R. 320,) agrees to the further conference asked by the House on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon, and has appointed Mr. Edmunds, Mr. Carpenter, and Mr. Thurman the managers at the said conference on the part of the Senate.

Mr. Farnsworth, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. R. 435) to authorize the President to appoint George Plunkett a paymaster in the Navy; which was read a first and second time.

Ordered, That it be engrossed and read a third time.

Being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time and passed. Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate therein. The Speaker proceeded, as the regular order of business, to call the committees for reports.

Pending which,