more, Thomas Williams, Stephen F. Wilson, Windom —95.

Mr. Bingham's amendment, to strike out the words "by the United States or," and insert the words "nativity, property, creed," so that it will read as follows:

The right of citizens of the United States to vote and hold office shall not be denied or abridged by any State on account of race, color, nativity, property, creed, or previous condition of servitude,

Was agreed to—yeas 92, nays 71, (not voting 59,) as follow:

Yeas—Messrs. Allison, Archer, James M. Ashley, Axtell, Baker, Barnum, Beatty, Beck, Benton, Bingham, Blaine, Boyer, Buckland, Burr, Reader W.Clarke, Cobb, Coburn, Cullom, Dockery, Dodge, Donnelly, Driggs, Eckley, Eggleston, Ela, Eldridge, Farnsworth, Ferry, Fox, Garfield, Getz, Gravely, Griswold, Haight, Hamilton, Haughey, Heaton, Hblman, Hopkins, HotchMss, Chester D. Hubbard, Humphrey, Hunter, Alexander H. Jones, Jucld, Julian, Kitchen, Knott, Koontz, George V. Lawrence,William Lawrence, Marvin, McCormick, McCullough, Mercur, Moore, Moorhead, Mungen, Myers, Newcomb, Niblack, Nicholson, Orth, Paine, Pettis, Pile, Plants, Randall, Raum, Robinson, Ross, Schenck, Scofield, Shanks, Smith, Spalding, Starkweather, Stevens, Stone, Stover, Taylor, Upson, Robert T. Van Horn, Cadwalader C. Washburn, William B.Washburn, Welker,Whittemore, William Williams, James F. Wilson, John T. Wilson, Woodbridge, Woodward—92.

Nats—Messrs. Delos R. Ashley, Banks, Beaman, Blair, Boutwell, Bowen, Bromwell, Broomall, Buckley, Benjamin F. Butler, Roderick R. Butler, Cake, Gary, Churchill, Sidney Clarke, Cook, Corley,Covode, Dawes, Dickey. Thomas D. Eliot, James T. Elliott, Ferriss, Fields, French, Golladay, Goss, Gove, Grover, Halsey, Higby, Hooper, Hulburd, Jenckes, Johnson, Kelley, Kelsey, Ketcham, Laflin, Lash, Loughridge, Maynard, McKee, Miller, Morrell, Nunn, O'Neill, Perham, Phelps, Pike, Poland, Pomeroy, Price, Prince, Pruyn, RobertSon, Roots, Sawyer, Selye, Shellabarger, Stokes, Sypher, Taffe, Thomas, John Trimble, Trowbridge, Twichell, Van Aernam, Burt Van Horn, Ward, Thomas Williams—71.

Mr. Shellabarger then withdrew his amendment, and the joint resolution passed—yeas 140, nays 3*7, (not voting 46,) as follow:

Yeas—Messrs.Allison,Ames, Arnell, Delos R.Ashley, James M.Ashley, Baker, Banks, Beaman, Beatty, Benjamin, Benton. Bingham, Blaine, Blair, Boutwell, Bowen, Bromwell, Broomall, Buckland, Buckley, Benjamin F. Butler, Roderick R. Butler, Cake, Churchill, Reader W. Clarke, Sidney Clarke, Clift, Cobb, Coburn, Cook, Corley, Covode, Cullom, Dawes, Dickey, Dockery, Dodge, Donnelly, Driggs, Eckley, Eggleston, Ela, Thomas D. Eliot, James T. Elliott, Farnsworth, Ferriss, Ferry, Fields, French, Garfield, Goss, Gove, Gravely, Griswold, Halsey, Hamilton, Haughey, Hea

ton, Higby, Hill, Hooper, Hopkins,Chester D.Hubbard, Hulburd, Hunter, Alexander H. Jones, Judd, Julian, Kelley, Kellogg, Kelsey, Ketcham, Kitchen, Koontz, Laflin, Lash, George V. Lawrence, William Lawrence, Logan, Loughridge, Lynch, Marvin, Maynard, McKee, Mercur, Miller, Moore, Moorhead, Morrell, Myers, O'Neill, Orth, Paine, Perham, Peters, Pettis, Pile, Plants, Poland, Pomeroy, Price, Prince, Raum, Roots, Sawyer, Schenck, Scofield, Selye, Shanks, Shellabarger, Smith, Starkweather, Stevens, Stokes, Stover, Syoher, Taffe, Taylor, Thomas, Tift, John Trimble, Trowbridge, Twichell, Upson, Van Aernam, Burt Van Horn, Robert T. Van Horn, Ward, Cadwalader C. Washburn, William B. Washburn, Welker, Whittemore, Thomas Williams, William Williams, James F. Wilson, John T. Wilson, Stephen F. Wilson, Windom, Woodbridge, and Mr. Speaker Colfax—140.

Nats—Messrs. Archer, Axtell, Barnum, Beck, Boyer, Burr, Gary, Ohanler, Eldridge, Fox, Getz, Golladay, Grover, Haight, Hawkins,Holman, Hotchkiss, Humphrey, Jenckes, Johnson, Knott, Marshall, McCormick, McCullough, Mungen, Niblack, Nicholson, Phelps, Pruyn, Randall, Robinson, Ross, Stone, Taber, Van Trump, Woodward, Young—37.

In Senate.

February 23—The Senate disagreed to the amendment of the House, and asked a conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon; which was agreed to—yeas 32, nays 17, as follow:

Yeas—Messrs. Anthony, Cattell, Chand'.er, Cole, Conkling, Cragin, Drake, Edmunds, Ferry, Frelinghuysen, Grimes, Harris, Howard, Howe, Morgan, Morrill of Maine, Morrill of Vermont, Morton, Nye, Osborn, Pomeroy, Ramsey, Sherman, Sprague, Stewart, Thayer, Tipton, Trumbull, Van Winkle, Willey, Williams, Wilson —32.

Nays—Messrs. Abbott, Buckalew, Davis, Dixon, Doolittle, Kellogg, McCreery, Norton, Patterson of ^Tennessee, i Pool, Rice, Robertson, Ross, Sawyer, Vickers, Warner, Whyte—17.

Messrs. Stewart, Conkling, and Edmunds were appointed the managers of the conference oh the part of the Senate; and Messrs. Boutwell, Bingham, and Logan were appointed on the part of the House, the House having agreed to the conference—yeas 117, nays 37, not voting 68.

February 25—The conference reported, recommending that the House recede from their amendment, and agree to the resolution of the Senate, with an amendment, as follows: In section 1, line 2, strike out the words "and hold office," and the Senate agree to the same.

February 26—The Senate agreed to the report —yeas 39, nays 13, as printed on page 399.

February 25—The House agreed to the report —yeas 144, nays 44, not voting 35, as printed on page 399.

PBESIDENT GRANT'S CABINET.*

Secretary of State—Hamilton Fish, of New York, vice- Ellihu B. Washbukne, of Illinois, resigned March 10, 1869.

*Mr. Washburne was nominated and confirmed as Secretary of State March 5, and resigned March 10, to take effect upon the qualification of his successor, which took place March 16. Mr. Alexander T. Stewart, of New

Secretary of the Treasury—Geoege S. Bout-
Well, of Massachusetts.
Secretary of War—John A. Rawlins, of Illinois.
Secretary of the Navy—Geoege M. Robeson, of

York, was nominated and confirmed as Secretary of the Treasury March 5, and resigned March Q, being found disqualified by the act of Congress of September 2, 1789, providing that the Secretary of the Treasury, with New Jersey, vice Adolph E. Boeie, of Pennsylvania, resigned June 25, 1869.

Postmaster General—John A, J. Creswell, of Maryland.

Secretary of the Interior—Jacob D. Cox, of Ohio.

Attorney General—E. Kockwood Hoar, of Massachusetts.

MEMBERS OF THE FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS.

First Session, March 4, 1869—April 10, 1869.

Senate.

Schuyler Colfax, of Indiana, Vice-President of the United States and President of the Senate.

George C. Gorham, of California, Secretary.

Maine—William Pitt Fessenden, Hannibal Hamlin.

New Hampshire—Aaron H. Cragin, James W. Patterson.

Vermont—Justin S. Morrill, George F. Edmunds.

Massachusetts—Henry Wilson, Charles Sumner.

Rhode Island—Henry B. Anthony, William Sprague.

Connecticut—Orris S. Ferry, William A. Buckingham.

New York—BoscoeConkling, Reuben E. Fenton.

New Jersey—Alexander G. Cattell, John P. Stockton.

Pennsylvania—Simon Cameron, John Scott.

Delaware—Willard S'aulsbury, Thomas F. Bayard.

Maryland—George Vickers, William T. Hamilton. *

North Carolina—John C. Abbott, John Pool.

South Carolina—Thomas J. Robertson, Frederick A. Sawyer.

Alabama—Willard Warner, George E. Spencer.

Louisiana—John S. Harris, William P. Kellogg.

Ohio—John Sherman, Allen G. Thurman.

Kentucky—Thomas C. McCreery, Garrett Davis.

Tennessee—Joseph S. Fowler, William G. Brownlow.

Indiana—Oliver P. Morton, Daniel D. Pratt.

Illinois—Richard Yates^ Lyman Trumbull.

Missouri—Charles D. Drake, Carl Schurz.

Arkansas—Alexander McDonald, Benjamin F. Rice.

Michigan—Jacob M. Howard, Zachariah Chandler.

Florida—Thomas W. Osborn, Abijah Gilbert.

Ioiua—James W. Grimes, James Harlan.

Wisconsin—Timothy 0. Howe, Matthew H. Carpenter.

California—Cornelius Cole, Eugene Casserly.

Miiinesota-D&mel S. Norton, Alexander Ramsey.

Oregon—George H. Williams, Henry W. Corbett.

Kansas—Edmund G. Ross, Samuel C. Pomeroy.

West Virginia—Waitman T. Willey, Arthur I.

other officers described, shall not be, directly or indirectly, concerned or interested in carding on the business of trade or commerce, or be owner, in whole or in part, of any sea vessel, or purchase, by himself or another in trust for him, any public lands or other public property, or be concerned in the purchase or disposal of any public securities of any State or of the United States; or take or apply to his own use any emolument or gain for negotiating or transacting any business in the said Department other than what shall be allowed by law. Mr. Bout-well qualified March 12, 18G9. Mr. Schofield remained Secretary of War until March 12, when M:. Itawlins qualified * Qualified March 25.18G9.

Nevada—James W. Nye, William M. Stewart. Nebraska—John M. Thayer, Thomas W. Tipton.

House of Representatives.

James G. Blaine, of Maine, Speaker.

Edward McPherson, of Pennsylvania, Clerk

Maine—John Lynch, Samuel P. Morrill, James G. Blaine, John A. Peters, Eugene Hale.

New Hampshire*—Jacob H. Ela, Aaron F. Stevens, Jacob Benton.

Vermont—^Charles W. Willard, Luke P. Poland, Worthingto'n C. Smith.

Massachusetts—James Buffinton, Oakes Ames, Ginery Twichell, Samuel Hooper, Benjamin F. Butler, Nathaniel P. Banks, George S. Boutwell,! George F. Hoar, William B. Washburn, Henry L. Dawes.

Rhode Island—Thomas A. Jenckes, Nathan F. Dixon.

Connecticut^—Julius Strong, Stephen W. Kellogg, Plenry IT. Starkweather, William H. Barnum.

New York—Henry A. Reeves, John G. Schumaker, Henry W. Slocum, John Fox, John Morrissey, Samnel S. Cox,§ Hervey C. Calkin, James Brooks, Fernando Wood, Clarkson N. Potter, George W. Greene, John H. Ketcham, John A. Griswold, Stephen L Mayham, Adolphus H. Tanner, Orange Ferriss, William A. Wheeler, Stephen Sani'ord, Charles Knapp, Addison H. Laflin, Alexander H. Bailey, John 0. Churchill, Dennis McCarthy, George W. Cowles, William H. Kelsey, Giles W.Hotchkiss, Plamilton Ward, Noah Davis, John Fisher, David S. Bennett, Porter Sheldon.

New Jersey—William Moore, Charles Haight, John T. Bird, John Hill, Orestes Cleveland.

Pennsylvania—Samuel J. Randall, Charles O'Neill, Leonard Myers,|| William D. Kelley, John R. Reading, John D. Stiles, Washington Townsend, J. Lawrence Getz, Oliver J. Dickey, Henry L. Cake, Daniel M. Van Auken, George W. Woodward, Ulysses Mercur, John B. Packer, Richard J. Haldeman, John Cessna, Daniel J. Morrell, William H. Armstrong, Glenni W. Scofield, Calvin W. Gilfillan (vacancy), James S. Negley, Darwin Phelps, Joseph B. Donley.

Delaware—Benjamin T. Biggs.

Maryland—Samuel Hambleton, Stevenson Archer, Thomas Swann, Patrick Hamill, Frederick Stone.

North Carolina—Clinton L. Cobb, David Heaton, Oliver H. Dockery, John T. Deweese, Israel G. Lash, Francis E.Shober,Tf Alexander H.Jones.

South Carolina—-B. F. Whittemore, C. C. Bowen, Solomon L. Hoge,** (vacancy.)

Louisiana—(Vacancy,) Lionel A. Sheldon, *** (vacancy,) (vacancy.)

Ohio—Peter W. Strader, Job E. Stevenson,

* Qualified March 15.

f Resigned March 12.

t Messrs. Strong, Kellogg, and Starkweather qualified April 9,1869; Mr. Barnum did not appear.

#Did not qualify,, by reason of absence from the country.

|| Qualified April 9, 1869, in place of John Moffet, unseated.

fiDid not qualify, disabilities not having been relieved.

** Admitted on prima facie, yeas 101, nays 39, and qualified April 8.

*** Qualified April 8, having been voted entitled to the seat, yeas 85, nays 38.

Robert C. Schenck, William Lawrence, William Mungen, John A. Smith, Tames J. Winans, John Beatty, Edward F. Dickinson, Truman H. Hoag, John T. Wilson, Philadelph Van Trump, George W. Morgan, Martin Welker, Eliakim H. Moore, John A Bingham, Jacob A. Ambler, William H. Upson, James A. Garfield.

Kentucky—Lawrence S. Trimble, William N.. Sweeney, J, S. Golladay, J. Proctor Knott, Boyd Winchester, Thomas L. Jones, James B. Beck, George M. Adams, John M. Rice.

Tennessee—Roderick R. Butler, Horace Maynard, William B. Stokes, Lewis Tillman, William F. Prosser, Samuel M. Arnell, Isaac R. Hawkins, William J. Smith.

Indiana—William E. Niblack, Michael C. Kerr, William S. Holman, George W. Julian, John Coburn, Daniel W. Voorhees, Godlove S. Orth, James N. Tyner, John P. C. Shanks, William Williams, Jasper Packard.

Illinois—Norman B. Judd, John F. Farnsworth, 'Ellihu B. Washburne,* John B. Hawley, Ebon C. Ingersoll, Burton C. Cook, Jesse H. Moore, Shelby M. Cullom, Thompson W. McNeely, Albert G. Burr, Samuel S. Marshall, John B. Hay, John M. Crebs, John A. Logan.

*Besigned

Missouri—Erastus Wells, Gustavus A. Finkelnburg, James R. McOormick, Sempronius Ii. Boyd, Samuel S. Burdett, Robert T. Van Horn, Joel F. Asper, John F. Benjamin, David P. Dyer.

Arkansas—Logan H. Roots, A. A. G. Rogers, Thomas Boles.

Michigan—Fernando C. Beaman, William L. Stoughton, Austin Blair, Thomas W. Ferry, Omar D. Conger, Randolph Strickland.

Florida—Charles M. Hamilton.

Iowa—George W. McCrary, William Smyth, William B. Allison, William Loughndge, Frank W. Palmer, Charles Pomeroy.

Wisconsin—Halbert E. Paine, Benjamin F. Hopkins, Amasa Cobb, Charles A. Eldridge, Philetus Sawyer, Cadwalader C Washburn.

California—Samuel B. Axtell, Aaron A. Sargent, James A. Johnson.

Minnesota—Morton S. Wilkinson, Eugene M. Wilson.

Oregon—Joseph S. Smith.

Kansas—Sidney Clarke.

West Virginia—Isaac H. Duval, James C. McGrew, John S. Witcher.

Nevada—Thomas Fitch.

Nebraska—John Taff e.

March 6.

Additional Eeconstruction legislation

An Act authorizing the submission of the constitutions of Virginia, Mississippi, and Texas to a vote of the people, and authorizing the election of State officers, provided by the said constitutions, and members of Congress. Be it enacted, &c, That the President of the United States, at such time as he may deem best for the public interest, may submit the constitution which was framed by the convention which met in Richmond, Virginia, on Tuesday, the 3d day of December, 1867, to the voters of said State, registered at the date of said submission, for ratification or rejection, and may also submit to a separate vote %uch provisions of said constitution as he may deem best, such vote to be taken either upon each of the said provisions alone, or in connection with the other portions of said constitution, as the President may direct. Sec. 2. That at the same election the voters of said State may vote for and elect members of the General Assembly of said State, and all the officers of said State provided for by the said constitution, and members of Congress; and the officer commanding the district of Virginia shall cause the lists of registered voters of said State to be revised, enlarged, and corrected prior to such election, according to law, and for that

purpose may appoint such registrars as he may deem necessary. And said elections shall be held, and returns thereof made, in the manner provided by the acts of Congress commonly called the reconstruction acts.

Sec 3. That the President of the United States may in like manner submit the constitution of Texas to the voters of said State at such time and in such manner as he may direct, either the entire constitution, or separate provisions of the same, as provided in the 1st section of this act, to a separate vote; and at the same election the voters may vote for and elect the members of the Legislature and all the State officers provided for in said constitution, and members of Congress: Provided, also, That no election shall be held in said State of Texas for any purpose until the President so directs.

Sec. 4. That the President of the United States may in like manner re-submit the constitution of Mississippi to the voters of said State at such time and in such manner as he may direct, either the entire constitution or separate provisions of the same, as provided in the 1st section of this act, to a separate vote; and at the same election the voters may vote for and elect the members of the legislature and all the State officers provided for in said constitution, and members of Congress.

Sec. 5. That if either of said constitutions shall be ratified at such election, the. Legislature of the State so ratifying,'elected as provided for in this act, shall assemble at the capital of said State on the fourth Tuesday after the official promulgation of such ratification by the military officer commanding in said State.

Sec. 6. That before the States of Virginia, Mississippi, and Texas shall be admitted to representation in Congress, their several -legislatures, which may be hereafter lawfully organized, shall ratify the fifteenth article which has been proposed by Congress to the several States as an amendment .to the Constitution of the United States.

Sec. 7. That the proceedings in any of the said States shall not be deemed final, or operate as a complete restoration thereof, until their action, respectively, shall be approved by Congress.

Approved April 10,1869.

The final votes on this act were as follow:

In Senate, April 9.

Yeas—Messrs. Abbott, Boreman, Brownlow, Buckingham, Carpenter, Cattell, Chandler, Cole,CankJing, Cor-" bett, Cragin, Drake, Fenton, Ferry, Fessen&en, Hamlin, Harris, Howard, Howe, McDonald, Morrill, Morton, Nye, Patterson, Pomeroy, Pratt, Ramsey, Rice, Robertson, Ross, Sawyer, Schurz, Scott, Sherman, Spencer, Stewart, Sumner,"'Thayer, Tipton, Trumbull, Warner, Willey, Williams, Wilson—44.

Nays—Messrs. Bayard, Casserly, Davis, Fowler, McCretry, Norton, Sprague, Stockton, Thurman—9.

In House, April 9.

Yeas—Messrs. Ambler, Ames, Armstrong, Asper, Banks, Beaman, Benton, Bingham, Blair, BdiQ^i, Bowen, Boyd,Buffinton,B. F. Butler, Cake, Cessna,Churchill, Amasa Cobb, Clinton L. Cobb, Coburn,Cook, Conger, Cullom, Dawes, Deweese, Dockery, Duval, Ela, Farnsworth, Ferriss, Ferry, Finkelnburg, Fitch, Gilfillan, Hale. Hawley, Hay, Heaton, Hoar, Hooper, Hopkins, Hotchkiss, Ingersoll, Alexander H. Jones, Judd, Julian, Kelley, Kellogg, Keteham, Knapp,Laflin. Laah, Logan, Loughridge. Lynch, Maynard, McCarthy,' McCrary, McGrew, Mercur, William Moore, Morrell; Myers, Negley, O'Neill, Orth, Packard, Paine, Palmer, Phelps, Poland, Pomeroy, Prosser, Roots, Sargent, Sawyer, Scofield, Shanks, Lionel A. Sheldon, Porter Sheldon, John A. Smith, William J. Smith, William Smyth, Starkweather, Stevens, Stevenson, Stokes, StoughtonyStrickland, Strong, Tanner, Tillman,, Townsend, Twichell, Tyner, Upson, Van Horn, Ward, Cadwalder C, Washburn, Welker, Wheeler, Whittemore, Wilkinson^ Wil■lard, Williams, John T. Wilson, Winans, Witcher—108.

Nats—Messrs. Adams, Archer, Axtell, Biggs, Bird, Brooks, Burr, Cleveland, Crebs. Eldridge, Gelz, Golldday, Griswold, TTaldeman, Hamill, IJawkins, Holman, Thomas L. Jones, Kerr, Knott, Marshall, Mayham, McCormick, McNeely, Niblaclc, Potter, Reeves, Slpcum, Stone, Swann, Sweeney, Trimble, Van Auken, Van Trump, Voorhees, Wells, ~~ 31. Wilson, Winchester, Woodward—39.

Previous Votes.

In House. 1869, April 8—The House passed the following bill:

An Act authorizing the submission of the constitutions of Virginia, Mississippi, and Texas to a vote of the people, and authorizing the election of State officers, provided by the said constitutions, and members of Congress. Be it enacted, &o., That the President of the United States, at such time as* he may deem best for the public interest, may submit the constitu: tion which was framed by the convention which met in Richmond, Virginia, on Tuesday, the 3d day

of December, 1867, to the registered voters of said State for ratification or rejection, and may also submit to a separate vote such provisions of said constitution as he may deem best, such vote to be taken either upon each of the said provisions alone, or in connection with the other portions of said constitution, as the President may direct.

Sec. 2. That at the same election the voters of saieV State may vote for and elect members of the general assembly of said State, and all the officers of said State provided for by the said constitution, and members of Congress; and the officer commanding the district of Virginia shall cause the lists of registered voters of said State to be revised and corrected prior to such election, and for that purpose may appoint such registrars as he may deem necessary. And said election shall be held and returns thereof made in the manner provided by the election ordinance adopted by the convention which framed said constitution.

Sec. 3. That the President of the United States may in like manner submit the constitution of Texas to the voters of said State at such time and in such manner as he may direct, either the entire constitution, or separate provisions of the same, as provided in the 1st section of this act, to a separate vote;rand at the same election the voters may vote for and elect the members of the legislature and all the State officers provided for in said constitution, and members of Congress: Provided, also, That no election shall be held in said State of Texas for any purpose until the President<so directs.

Seo. 4. That the President of the United States may in like manner re-submit the constitution of Mississippi, to the voters of said State, at such time and in such manner as he may direct, either the entire constitution orseparate provisions of the same, as provided in the 1st section of this act, to a separate vote; and at the same election the voters may vote for and. elect the members of the legislature and all the State officers provided for in said constitution, and members of Congress.

Seo. 5. Thaiif either''of said constitutions shall be ratified at such election, the legislature of the State so ratifying, elected as provided for in this act, shall assemble atthe, capital of said States, respectively, on the fourth Tuesday after the official promulgation of such ratification by the military officer commanding in said State.

Sec 6. That in either of said States the commanding general, subject to the approval of the President of the United States, may suspend, until the action of the legislature elected under the constitution respectively, all laws that he may deem unjust and oppressive to the people.

Yeas 125, nays 25, (not voting 47,) as follow:

Yeas—Messrs. Allison, Ambler, Armstrong, Arnell, Axtell, Bailey, Banks, Beaman, Beatty-, Beck, Bingham, Blair, Boles, Bowen, Brooks, Bufhnton, Burdett, Benjamin F. Butler, Roderick It. Butler, Calkin, Cessna, Churchill, Clarke, AmasaCobb, Clinton L. Cobb, Coburn, Cook, Conger, Crebs, Cullom, Davis, Dawes, Deweese, Dickey, Dickinson, Dixon, Dockery, Donley, Duval, Ela, Farnsworth, Ferriss, Ferry, Finckelnburg. Fisher, Fitch, Garfield, Gilfillan, Hale, Hawley, Hay, Heaton, Hill, Hoar, Hoge, Hopkins, Hotchkiss, Ingersoll, Jenckes, Alexander; II. Jones, Judd, Julian, Kelley, Kelsey, Keteham, Knapp, Lafiin, Lash, Lawrence, Logan, Loughridge, Lynch, McCarthy, McCormick, McCrary, McGrew, William Moore, Morgan, Morrell, Morrill, Negley, O'Neill. Orth, Packard, Packer, Paine, Palmer, Phelps, Poland, Pomeroy, Prosser, Roots, Sanford, Sawyer, Schenck, Scofield, Shanks, Sheldon, Slocum, John A. Smith, William J. Smith, William Smyth, Stevens, Stevenson, Stokes, Stoughton, Strickland* Tanner, Tillman, Townsend, Tyner, Upson, Ward, Cadvvalader C. Washburn, William B. Washburn, Welker, Wheeler, Whittemore, Wilkinson, Willard, Williams, John T. Wilson, Winans, Witcher, Woodward-^125.

Nays—Messrs. Adams, Archer, Biggs, Bird, Burr, Cleveland, Eldridge, Getz. Golladay, Haldeman, Bamitt, Holman, Thomas L. Jones, Kerr, Knott, McNeely, Moffiet, Niblaclc, Potter, Randall, Reeves, Sweeney, Trimble, Wells, Winchester—25.

lis Senate. 1869, April 9 -The House bill pending, Mr. Morton moved this as a new section: That, before the States of Virginia, Mississippi, and Texas shall be admitted to representation in Congress, their several legislatures, which may be hereafter lawfully organized, shall ratify the fifteenth article which has been proposed by Congress to the several States as an amendment to the Constitution of the Waited States.

Which was agreed to—yeas 30, nays 20, as follow:

Yeas—Messrs. Abbott, Brownlow, Buckingham, Car" penter, Chandler, Cole, Drake, Harris, Howard, McDonald, Morrill, Morton, Nye. Osborn, Pool, Pratt, Ramsey, Bice, Bobertson, Boss. Schurz. Sherman, Stewart, Sumner, Thayer, Tipton, Warner* Williams, Wilson, Yates —30.

Nays—Messrs. Anthony, Bayard, Boreman, Casserly, Conkling, Davis, Edmunds, 'Fenton, Ferry, Fessenden, Fowler, McCreery, Norton, Patterson, Sawyer, Sprague, /Stockton, Thurman, Trumbull, Willey—20.

A few unimportant changes were made, and the bill passed both Houses, as above.

[A'bill passed the House of Representatives, December 9, 1863, providing for an election in: Virginia on the 27th of May, 1869, on the constitution and for State officers, and for members of Congress, the legislature to meet September 7. It passed without a division. The bill was reported in Senate from the Judiciary Committee, with amendments, February 10, 1869, but was not called up.

The general provisions of the bill were these: That the constitution adopted by the convention which met in Richmond, Virginia, on the 3d day of December, A. D. 1867, be submitted for ratification on the day above named to the voters of the State of Virginia, who shall then be registered and qualified as such in. compliance with the acts of Congress known as the reconstruction acts. The vote on said constitution shall be "for the constitution," or " against the constitution." The said election shall be held at the same places where the election for delegates to said convention was held, and under the regulations to be prescribed by the commanding general of the military district, and the returns made to him as directed by law.

It is provided by the second section that an election shall be held at the same time and places for members of the general assembly and for all State officers to be elected by the people under said constitution; the election for State officers to be conducted under the same regulations as the election for the ratification of the constitution and by the same persons. The returns of this election shall be in duplicate; one copy to the commanding general and one copy to the president of said convention, who shall give certificates of election to the persons elected.

The officers elected shall enter upon the duties of the offices for which they are chosen as soon as elected and qualified in compliance with the provisions of said constitution, and shall hold their respective offices for the term of years prescribed by the constitution, counting from the 1st day of January next, and until their successors are elected and qualified.

The third section provides that an election for members of the United States Congress shall be held^in the congressional districts as established by said convention, one member of Congress being elected in the State at large, at the same time and places as the election for State officers; said election to be conducted by the same persons and under the same regulations before mentioned in this act; the returns to be made in the same manner provided for State officers.

By the fourth section it is provided that no person shall act either as a member of any board of:registration to revise and correct the registration of voters as provided in section seven of the act of July 19, 1867, amendatory of the act of March 2, 1867, entitled "An act for the more efficient government of the rebel States," &c, or as a judge, commissioner, or other officer, at any election to be held under the provisions of this act, who is a candidate for any office at the elections to be held as herein provided for.

The fifth section provides that the general assembly elected under and by virtue of this act shall assemble at the capitol, in the city of Richmond, on first Tuesday in September, 1869.

The Senate committee's amendments were: To submit, at the same election, to a separate vote of said voters, the question whether the fourth subdivision of the first section of the third article and the seventh section of the third article of said constitution shall constitute a part thereof, and the vote on said question shall be "for disqualification" or " against disqualification." Also, to substitute the following for the fifth section:

In case a majority of all the votes cast on the ratification of the constitution shall be "for the constitution," the general assembly elected under and by virtue of this act shall assemble at the capitol, in the city of Richmond, on the first Tuesday of July, 1869; but if a majority of the votes cast on the question of ratification be against said constitution, said general assembly shall not convene nor shall any person elected to office under the provisions of this act enter upon the discharge of the duties thereof in pursuance of said election. The provision of the constitution voted upon separately shall constitute a part of the constitution if a majority of the votes cast upon it be "for disqualification;" but if a majority of the votes cast on that question be "against disqualification," it shall not constitute part of the constitution.]

The Mississippi Bill.

In House. 1869, March—Mr. Benjamin F, Butler, from

the Committee on Reconstruction, reported the

following bill:

A Bill to provide for the organization of a provisional government for the State of Mississippi.