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West Virginia-Continued.

bill granting lands to the State of, to aid in
the construction of railroads.............286
joint resolution donating certain property

of the United States to boards of edu-
cation of certain townships of Taylor
county......
...........580
joint resolution (H. R. No. 120) to extend
to the counties of Berkeley and Jefferson,
in, the provisions of an act approved July
4, 1864, to restrict the jurisdiction of the
Court of Claims and to provide for the
payment of certain demands for quarter-
master's stores and subsistence supplies
furnished to the Army of the United
States.....2182, 3166, 3195, 3206, 3298
bill (S. No. 230) to reimburse the State of,
for moneys expended for the United States
in enrolling, equipping, and paying mili-
tary forces to aid in suppressing the re-
bellion......
.2377, 2597, 3240
joint resolution (S. No. 90) to suspend tem-
porarily the collection of the direct tax in
the State of........
.2634, 4248
West, William A., bill for the relief of.....1147
joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of
the Interior to settle the accounts of, as
marshal of the Territory of Nebraska,
8197
Whaley, Kellian V., a Representative from
West Virginia.....
.353, 694, 811,
1247, 1390, 1899, 1402, 1406, 1477, 1479,
1480, 1505, 1506, 1943, 1970, 2038, 2185,
2246, 2285, 2393, 2471, 2858, 3164, 3548
resolutions by..
......811, 2859
remarks on the French Industrial Exposi-
tion.........
1402, 1403
remarks on reconstruction..........1479, 1480
remarks on the legislative, &c., appropriation
bill.........
1505, 1506

......
.......

remarks on the resolution for the relief of
Mrs. Martha McCook ....
.1943
remarks on the Northern Pacific railroad
bill............
.....2185
remarks on the case of Rousseau and Grin-
nell.........
.8819, 3820
personal explanations of. .1970, 2038
Wheeler, William H., bill (H. R. No. 695) for
the relief of..........8329, 3907, 3910, 3933
Whitall, Major John A., bill for the relief of
the legal representatives of, late paymaster
in the United States Army, on account of
loss of stolen vouchers............ 2282, 3329
Whittlesey, Henry M., bill (S. No. 46) for the
relief of...
....3907
Wiard, Norman, bill (H. R. No. 818) for the
relief of......
.4283, 4285
remarks on the, by-

Mr. Bingham

Mr. Garfield

Mr. Higby

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Mr. Schenck.....

yeas and nays on the..

4285
4286
.4286

.4285, 4286
..4286
Wickliffe, Robert C., of Louisiana, credentials
of, presented
130
Willcox, Altazera L., bill (H. R. No. 264)

granting a pension to.......772, 1949, 1970
Willett, Elizabeth, bill for the relief of....1240
Willey, Martha J., bill (H. R. No. 494) for the

relief of................ 1812, 1995, 2688, 2727
Williams, Gurdon O.-see Military; Rail-
road.

Williams, Thomas, a Representative from Penn-
sylvania...10, 137, 138, 350, 422, 460, 507,

546, 626, 645, 784, 785, 786, 787, 788,
789, 790, 791, 792, 793, 794, 795, 796,
797, 1196, 1197, 1367, 1368, 1548, 1587,
1615, 1704, 1706, 1905, 1926, 2032, 2107,
2247, 2414, 2546, 2571, 2815, 2850, 2857,
2860, 2861, 2862, 2945, 3089, 3115, 3474,
3502, 3521, 3642, 3643, 3644, 3780, 3814,
3891, 3915, 4056, 4149, 4150, 4158, 4303
resolutions by...10, 137, 138, 350, 460, 2571
remarks on reconstruction
.784,

785, 786, 787, 788, 789, 790, 791,
792, 798, 794, 795, 796, 797, 798
remarks on the tax bill.
..2791
remarks on the tariff bill.... .3642, 3643
remarks on the bill to incorporate the Wash-
ington Land and Building Company...4158

............

Wilson, James F., à Representative from
Iowa....
.5, 7, 19, 20, 23,
33, 49, 57, 60, 61, 62, 69, 72, 81, 84, 85,
86, 87, 135, 147, 148, 149, 150, 173, 174,
175, 193, 194, 239, 253, 277, 278, 279, 302,
310, 311, 351, 469, 470, 627, 645, 646, 688,
692, 694, 695, 714, 719, 725, 750, 777, 838,
855, 886, 899, 919, 920, 947, 1033, 1034,
1035, 1099, 1115, 1116, 1117, 1118, 1119,
1120, 1160, 1161, 1162, 1197, 1198, 1238,
1259, 1260, 1261, 1262, 1271, 1272, 1290,
1293, 1295, 1296, 1338, 1339, 1342, 1366,
1367, 1368, 1387, 1426, 1436, 1450, 1458,
1461, 1467, 1468, 1496, 1499, 1502, 1503,
1507, 1548, 1549, 1550, 1558, 1576, 1578,
1581, 1583, 1608, 1611, 1614, 1615, 1616,
1657, 1658, 1659, 1695, 1721, 1724, 1725,
1744, 1791, 1796, 1820, 1828, 1854, 1855,
1857, 1860, 1870, 1875, 1876, 1902, 1903,
1904, 1968, 1969, 2027, 2121, 2147, 2156,
2157, 2158, 2159, 2184, 2187, 2202, 2282,
2285, 2372, 2374, 2376, 2387, 2410, 2411,
2412, 2413, 2429, 2480, 2431, 2434, 2475,
2476, 2477, 2480, 2497, 2498, 2505, 2509,
2512, 2513, 2515, 2517, 2519, 2573, 2575,
2597, 2599, 2634, 2655, 2657, 2660, 2675,
2677, 2679, 2680, 2757, 2758, 2787, 2790,
2791, 2793, 2812, 2815, 2825, 2829, 2830,
2838, 2839, 2840, 2842, 2843, 2848, 2859,
2865, 2878, 2903, 2921, 2924, 2933, 2946,
2947, 2948, 2949, 2993, 2994, 3053, 3054,
3059, 3062, 3063, 3085, 3089, 3090, 3142,
3204, 3205, 3207, 3239, 3240, 3270, 3276,
3301, 3302, 3326, 3330, 3357, 3404, 3415,
3416, 3421, 3422, 3423, 8439, 3440, 3496,
3497, 3498, 3514, 3515, 3516, 3517, 3518,
3519, 3539, 3540, 3541, 3543, 3544, 3561,
3567, 3585, 3586, 3587, 3588, 3589, 3653,
3655, 3656, 3658, 3660, 3661, 3682, 3719,
3720, 3722, 3723, 3724, 8725, 3743, 8766,
3767, 3770, 3794, 3797, 3801, 3819, 3820,
8843, 3844, 3848, 3851, 8852, 3853, 3854,
3876, 3908, 3909, 3910, 3911, 3948, 3981,
4019, 4020, 4022, 4046, 4047, 4051, 4059,
4062, 4063, 4092, 4093, 4094, 4095, 4096,
4102, 4108, 4110, 4111, 4112, 4148, 4149,
4151, 4156, 4157, 4158, 4160, 4161, 4182,
4183, 4193, 4201, 4203, 4204, 4249, 4250,
4252, 4253, 4258, 4262, 4264, 4265, 4274,
4277, 4278, 4279, 4280, 4281, 4287, 4308
resolutions by.....
....5,

23, 61, 69, 84, 3276, 3682, 3843
remarks on the joint resolution (H. R. No.
9) to amend the Constitution, 84, 85, 86, 87
remarks on the personal explanation of Mr.
Washburne, of Illinois.....
.147, 148
remarks on the statute of limitations......150
remarks on suffrage in the District of Colum-
bia............ .173, 174, 175, 239, 278
remarks on the bill for the relief of Char-
lotte Bence........
......... 193
remarks on the bill for the relief of Abelard
Guthrie........
............750
remarks on the bill relative to the sale of
postage stamps, &c., on credit...... 838
remarks on the civil rights bill.....1160, 1161
remarks on the Army appropriation bill, 1197
remarks on the bill to facilitate communica-

tion among the States.......... .1259, 1549
remarks on the bill to fix the number of the
judges of the Supreme Court............1259
remarks on the bill to restrict the expense
of collecting soldiers' claims....1260, 1261
remarks on regulating trade with British
North America....... ............1339, 1342
remarks on the telegraph to the West In-
dies....
1578
remarks on the deficiency bill.. ..1583
remarks on the personal explanation of Mr.
Brooks....
.....1615, 1616
remarks on the bill (H. R. No. 281) to amend
the postal laws...
..1657, 1658
remarks on the bill for the punishment of
crimes.......

.1724

remarks on the bill to create the grade of
brigadier general commandant in the
Marine corps........
.1744
remarks on granting lands to Oregon for a
military road.....
....1870
remarks on the bill to reimburse Missouri for
moneys advanced for war purposes... 1902

Wilson, James F., a Representative from
Iowa-Continued.

remarks on the Iowa and Missouri State Line
railroad...
......2157, 2158
remarks on the bill relating to bridges over
the Mississippi.....
.2374
remarks on reconstruction... .2411, 2412,

2413, 2505, 2512, 2513, 2947, 2948, 2949
remarks on the tax bill...... ..2475, 2476,

2477, 2519, 2660, 2679, 2686, 2757,
2787, 2793, 2812, 2830, 2842, 2848
remarks on the Cleveland and Mahoning
railroad bill....

.2924

remarks on the bill to secure the safe-keeping
of the public money....

2993

remarks on the resolution in behalf of Peter
Hayes and others..........3054, 3089, 3090
remarks on the management of Indian af
fairs........
.3062, 3063

remarks on the bill for the relief of John
Gordon........
3203, 3204
remarks on exempting the St. Albans bank
from taxation......
3239
remarks on the bill (H. R. No. 361) to re-
organize the Army
......3275, 3276
remarks on the resolution relating to the sale
of gold by the Treasury Department, 3301,

3302
remarks on the bill for the relief of Iowa
volunteers.....
...8415, 3416
remarks on the Union Pacific railroad, east-
ern division......
....3421, 3423
remarks on the tariff bill...3496, 3497, 3515,
3516, 3544, 3632, 3656, 3658, 3719, 3720
remarks on the explanatory bill relating to
the Union Pacific railroad, eastern divis-
ion......
.3586, 3587, 3588
remarks on the bill to quiet land titles in
California..........

..3655
remarks on the miscellaneous appropriation
bill........

....3797, 4287
remarks on the resolution relating to the pay
of John L. Thomas.......
..3844
remarks on the assault case of Rousseau and
Grinnell, 3819, 3820, 3851, 3852, 3853, 3854
remarks on the bill for the relief of Daniel
Winslow

nue.....

2928

.4094
remarks on the bill relating to the United
States district courts in California and
Louisiana......
....4094
remarks on the bill to protect the reve-
.......411, 412
Wilson, Phebe, deceased, bill for the relief of
the children of.
Wilson, Sarah E., bill (S. No. 252) granting a
pension to........ 1950, 1952, 1996, 2007
Wilson, Stephen F., a Representative from
Pennsylvania...
.....1024,
1200, 1303, 1334, 1337, 1728,
1979, 2032, 3474, 3589, 3595
remarks on regulating trade with British
North America..

.1337, 1338
Wilson, Thomas F., bill (S. No. 146) for the
relief of.

.1553, 1579, 2078, 2130
Wilson, Virginia S., joint resolution for the
relief of..

nesota....

.3203
Winans, Joanna, bill (H. R. No. 493) for the
relief of
.1994, 2688, 2733, 2928
Windom, William, a Representative from Min-
.84, 49, 101, 103, 104,
115, 508, 546, 617, 645, 919, 1036, 1127,
1128, 1129, 1157, 1158, 1159, 1160, 1272,
1849, 1375, 1386, 1494, 1502, 1535, 1573,
1615, 1682, 1683, 1700, 1701, 1702, 1703,
1725, 1728, 2008, 2050, 2156, 2201, 2205,
2214, 2282, 2377, 2507, 2678, 2726, 2772,
2859, 3011, 8024, 8053, 3089, 3094, 3095,
3096, 3166, 3167, 3168, 3169, 3170, 3171,
8172, 8178, 3174, 8175, 3357, 3358, 3360
8378, 3770, 4059, 4110, 4156, 4190, 4191
resolutions by.......34, 508, 1703, 2772, 3011
remarks on the joint resolution relating to
destitute Indians.....
remarks on the deficiency bill..

103
.1127,
1128, 1129
.1157,
1158, 1159, 1160
remarks on subjecting certain lands in Kan-
sas to the laws thereof............ 1701, 1702
remarks on the Northern Pacific railroad
bill.....
......2205

remarks on the civil rights bill

********................................

Windom, William, a Representative from Min-
nesota-Continued.
remarks on reconstruction.

.3166,

3167, 3168, 3169, 8170, 3171, 3172
remarks on the Indian appropriation bill, 3358
remarks on the resolution for the relief of cer-
tain Indians.
.........4190

remarks on the bill for the relief of Martha
Estill..........
.4190
Winfield, Charles H., a Representative from
New York..
.....5,
171, 283, 287, 1034, 1193, 1308, 1343,
1344, 1349, 1468, 1699, 1727, 1856, 1874,
2374, 3149, 3237, 3238, 3244, 3639, 4277
resolutions by...
.171, 3238
remarks on regulating trade with British
North America......
1343

remarks on the, by-

remarks on the fortification bill........... 1349
Wingate, William P., joint resolution (S. No.
123) in relation to the settlement of the
accounts of, collector at the port of Ban-
gor, Maine...
.4017, 4158, 4160
Mr. Rice, of Maine................................. .4160
Winslow, Daniel, bill (S. No. 149) for the
relief of................. .2634, 4094, 4113
remarks on the, by-
....4094

..3682

Mr. Wilson, of Iowa.........
Winslow, Katharine F., bill (S. No. 327) grant-
ing a pension to.......... ....2876, 3353
Wisconsin, joint resolution construing and giv-
ing effect to the joint resolution for the
relief of the State of, approved July 1,
1864
Witt, Sarah, bill (H. R. No. 133) for the relief
of..........
.196, 615
Witter, Jerusha, bill (S. No. 276) for the relief
of........
.2130, 2148, 3353
Woodbridge, Frederick E., a Representative
from Vermont....
..14, 63,
136, 202, 233, 324, 690, 691, 1067, 1087,
1088, 1188, 1195, 1196, 1267, 1290, 1332,
1867, 1896, 1397, 1816, 1817, 1820, 1862,
1922, 1979, 2008, 2032, 2047, 2048, 2126,
2127, 2128, 2129, 2130, 2149, 2183, 2186,
2191, 2299, 2353, 2378, 2481, 2519, 2576,
2577, 2604, 2608, 2686, 2687, 2793, 2839,
2865, 2876, 2877, 2932, 2938, 2934, 2950,
2951, 2952, 2974, 2977, 2978, 2979, 3166,
3239, 3272, 3360, 3361, 3397, 3398, 3630,
3631, 3635, 3717, 3718, 3719, 3793, 3844,
3909, 3910, 3944, 4050, 4060, 4148, 4149
resolutions by.............
.14, 1067, 3397
remarks on the death of Senator Collamer, 63
remarks on suffrage in the District of Colum-
bia.........
.202

remarks on transferring Berkeley and Jef
ferson counties to the State of West Vir-
ginia
.691
remarks on the joint resolution (H. R. No.
63) to amend the Constitution... .1088
remarks on the Army appropriation bill, 1195,

case.......

1196

remarks on the French Industrial Exposi-
tion..........
1396, 1397
remarks on the New York contested-election
..1816, 1817
remarks on the death of Senator Foot...1922
remarks on the bill (H. R. No. 361) to reor-
ganize the Army....
.2048,
2126, 2127, 2129, 2149, 3272
remarks on the Northern Pacific railroad
bill............
.2185
remarks on the tax bill.......2576, 2577, 2687
remarks on the bill relating to the pay of the
Army. ..2950, 2951, 2952, 2974, 2979
remarks on exempting the St. Albans bank
from taxation......

.....3239

remarks on the compensation of employés
of the House.......
.3398
3630, 3631

remarks on the tariff bill..........
remarks on the bill for the relief of William
Joslin.
.4149

Woodward, Elizabeth, and George Chorpen-
ning, joint resolution (H. R. No. 123) for
the relief of....2246, 3052, 3449, 3465, 3478
Wright, Brigadier General George, United
States Army, bill (H. R. No. 578) for
the relief of the representatives of the
late.....
.....2571,

*

4148

Wright, Edwin R. V., a Representative from
New Jersey.....49, 58, 60, 83, 87, 205, 458,
459, 460, 512, 535, 538, 950, 1062, 1066,
1192, 1193, 1194, 1263, 1576, 1587, 1615,
1662, 1725, 1726, 1746, 1903, 1904, 1905,
1917, 1918, 1919, 1921, 1952, 2027, 2050,
2148, 2157, 2239, 2240, 2241, 2344, 2347,
2348, 2350, 2351, 2353, 2367, 2368, 2369,
2542, 2546, 2601, 2602, 2605, 2606, 2607,
2634, 2729, 2744, 2745, 2756, 2757, 2758,
2792, 2793, 2794, 2822, 2879, 2905, 2906,
2908, 2925, 2926, 2945, 2966, 3006, 3022,
8148, 3198, 3200, 3741, 3800, 3802, 3822,
3823, 3845, 3886, 3891, 3909, 4061, 4062,
4063, 4100, 4102, 4112, 4113, 4157, 4160,
4190, 4191, 4200, 4201, 4204, 4250, 4258,
4266, 4269, 4271, 4272, 4274, 4277, 4278
resolutions by.
.49, 460, 2744, 4277
remarks on the joint resolution (H. R. No. 9)
to amend the Constitution
.87
remarks on the basis of representation, 458,
459, 460
remarks on the Military Academy appropri-
ation bill........
1192
remarks on the Army appropriation bill,
1193, 1194
remarks on the bill donating lands to Wis-
consin for a ship-canal...................1726
remarks on the bill to reimburse the State
of Missouri for moneys advanced for war
purposes.
1903, 1904

remarks on the Northern Pacific railroad
bill.......
2239, 2240
remarks on the bill (H. R. No. 361) to reor-
ganize the Army... .2847, 2348, 2351
remarks on the tax bill......2607, 2729, 2792
remarks on reconstruction.

[A report of these remarks was not fur-
nished by Mr. Wright.]

remarks on deficiency bill for 1866, 4100, 4102
Wyman, David, bill for the relief of........3793
Y.

Yates, Susan, bill for the relief of............ 136
Yeas and nays-

on the resolution appointing officers of the
House..........

....5

on the resolution appointing a committee on
reconstruction.....

.6

on the resolution in relation to the public
debt............

.10

on the resolution granting the use of the
Hall of the House to the Freedmen's Aid
Commission for a public meeting....14, 15
on the resolution granting the privileges of
the floor of the House to contestants for
seats..
.22

on the reception of the credentials of mem-
bers from Tennessee.
33

on allowing the privileges of the floor to
claimants to seats from Tennessee.......33
on the joint resolution concerning the Vet-
eran Reserve corps...

.........

.43

..60

on the resolution in relation to adjourning
over the holidays........
......58
on the resolution in relation to punishment
of treason....
on the resolution relating to the national
Bureau of Education.....
....60
on the resolution relating to representation
in the rebel States...
......61, 62
on the resolution to abolish class rule in the
reconstruction of the rebel States........69
on the resolution in relation to the impro-
priety of Federal interference with the
elective franchise..........
......... 70
on the resolution in relation to the enforce-
ment of the test oath......... ..........71
on the resolution in relation to resumption
of specie payments.........
.75
on the resolution instructing the Committee
of Elections.....................

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on resolution relating to the test oath...234
on the resolution authorizing the committee
on reconstruction to send for persons and
papers.....
......255
on laying on the table the homestead bill..277
on the bill relating to United States district
courts in Maine.......
.....277

on the bill extending suffrage in the District
of Columbia.........
.........310, 311
on the resolutions approving the course of
the President.......
..351, 481
on the resolution prohibiting the use of the
Hall of the House for any purpose but the
business of Congress...
.481, 482
on the basis of representation.................... ..493,
494, 508, 538
on the resolution inviting the Representatives-
elect from Arkansas to occupy seats in the
Hall of the House.......
........507
on instructing the Committee of Claims to
reject claims for damages by the Army or
Navy in the rebel States.......

.....511

on the bill to further regulate the register-
ing of vessels.........

..584
on the bill to amend the act of indemnity,
approved March 3, 1863.
.....645
on the bill enlarging the powers of the Freed-
men's Bureau....
.....688
on transferring Berkeley and Jefferson coun-
ties to the State of West Virginia.......698
on the bill granting homesteads to actual set-

tlers in the southern States...............718
on granting lands to Wisconsin for a ship-
canal......
...........718, 748, 1727
on the payment of expenses incurred by the
committee on reconstruction.............. 720
on the naval appropriation bill...775, 776,-777
on allowing a clerk to the Committee on
Mines and Mining..
....811

on admitting James M. Johnson, of Arkan-
sas, to the floor of the House.............813
on the Michigan contested-election case, 8-15
on the bill relative to the sale of postage
stamps, &c., on credit............ ..855
on the Pennsylvania contested-election case
(Koontz vs. Coffroth).........
.930

on the resolutions relating to reconstruction,
920, 921, 950, 966, 1032
on motions to adjourn....... ..944, 945,
946, 947, 948, 949, 1375, 1468, 1614,
1687, 2156, 2161, 2246, 3948, 3949, 4022
on calls of the House....
......945, 1860
on excusing members from voting........946,
947, 948
on the Indiana contested-election case...1005
on the resolution relating to clerks for com-
mittees.....
1032
on the joint resolution (H. R. No. 63) to
amend the Constitution........... 1035, 1095
on providing for the expenses attending the
French Industrial Exposition.... .1035,
1406, 3305
on guarantying Mexican bonds........ ..1188
on receiving a communication from the Gov-
ernor of North Carolina................. 1190
on the Army appropriation bill............ 1199
on the Military Academy appropriation

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Yeas and nays-Continued.

1548

on personal explanation of Mr. Smith, 1423
on the loan bill, 1467, 1468, 1496, 1500, 1614
on resolutions relating to the final adjourn-
ment of Congress.....
.1495,
3025, 3912, 3913, 3985, 4017, 4156
on the legislative, &c., appropriation bill,
1523, 3742
on the bill relating to the habeas corpus,
&c...........
..1530
on the consular and diplomatic appropria-
tion bill.
on the bill to reimburse Pennsylvania for
moneys advanced for war purposes...1608
on the general bankrupt bill.... ...1699,
1700, 1873, 1874
on subjecting lands in Kansas to its laws, 1703
on the bill for the relief of J. B. Ritten-
house......
1767
on the New York contested-election case,
1819, 1820
on the temporary increase of duties on im-
ports....
.......... 1856
on the bill donating lands to agricultural
colleges
....1899

on the joint resolution for the relief of des-
titute people in the District of Colum-
bia.....
..1921

on the joint resolution for the relief of Mrs.
Martha McCook.......
1944, 1945
on the resolution relating to bills vetoed by
the President..........
..1969

on the resolution relating to the eight-hour
system in the District of Columbia...1969
on the bill to reorganize and establish the
Army
.1974, 1977,

2004, 2007, 2030, 2031, 2043, 2046,
2073, 2075, 2126, 2345, 2352, 3684
on the bill for the organization of the Pen-
sion Office..................... 2025, 2026, 2029
on the bill for the relief of Ishmael Day...2068
on holding an evening session......2118, 2119
on extending the time for completing certain
railroads.....
.2156
on the Northern Pacific railroad bill...2159,
2160, 2246
on the Freedmen's Bureau appropriation
bill.....
..... 2316, 2318
on the ship-canal around Niagara falls...2330
on the bill for the relief of Philos B.
Tyler.......
2344

on the bill to admit Colorado into the
Union......... .......................2372, 2373, 2374
on the joint resolution relative to the Em-
peror of Russia......
2384
on the bill to revive the grade of general in
the Army.........

3393

on the resolution relating to suffrage.....2429
'on the resolution discharging the joint com-
mittee on reconstruction......
2430
a motion to postpone the special
order........
.2458
.2546

on

on a motion to adjourn over......

on appointing a committee of investigation
on the riot at Memphis......
...2572
on the resolution approving the President's
veto of the Freedmen's Bureau bill...2572
on the resolution relating to repealing the
tax on notes of State banks...... .2573
on the resolution censuring Mr. Chanler, 2575
on the bill to restore the late rebel States to
their political rights....
...2599

on the bill for the relief of Delia A. Ja-
cobs..........
..2624
on a uniform coinage between the United
States and foreign countries............2654
on the resolution relating to levying contri-
butions on the seceding States to defray
the extraordinary expenses incurred in
protecting loyal citizens within their
limits.....
.2724

Yeas and nays-Continued.

on the resolution that Congress has no right
to fix the qualification of electors in the
several States.....
........2724, 2725

on the resolution relating to a committee to
investigate the action of the Freedmen's
Bureau and its officers.........
2725
on the bill relating to the appointment of
officers of the Executive Mansion.....2726
on the bill authorizing an additional Assist-
ant Secretary of the Navy.......2741, 2742
on the general bankrupt bill...............2743
on the bill to continue the Freedmen's
Bureau.........2808, 2809, 2877, 2878, 3562
on the bill to equalize bounties to soldiers
and sailors......

2827
on the resolution relating to the pension
laws.......
2858
on the tax bill..
.2863,
2864, 2865, 3447, 3448, 3636
on the Cleveland and Mahoning railroad
bill....
2925
on the bill for a line of railroads from Wash-
ington to the Northwest.................. 2928
on the preamble and resolution relating to
public honors to traitors........
2945
on the bill relating to the pay of the Army
of the United States.....
..2979
on the bill relating to a naval depot at League
Island.......
3024
on the bill to establish a Bureau of Educa-
tion........
.3051, 3269, 3270
on the resolution relating to the Fenians,
3085, 3086
on the resolution in relation to Jefferson
Davis......
..3089
on the bill to incorporate the District of
Columbia Canal and Sewerage Company,
8122, 3907, 3908, 3934
on the joint resolution (H. R. No. 127) to

amend the Constitution................ 3149
on the bill to pay patent examiners for
duties performed by them................3164
on the bill to establish branch mints in
Oregon and Idaho........
....3166
on the resolution relating to the salary of the
Chief Clerk of the House....... 3238

on cotton......

on the resolution relating to an export duty
......3240, 3241
on the bill for an increase of pensions...3297
on the bill to reorganize the Treasury
Department....

3325

on printing reports of committee on recon-
struction.....
.3326
on the Northern Kansas railroad and tele-
graph bill....
.3327
on the bill for the relief of Dr. Edward
Jarvis........
.....3374
on the resolutions relating to compensation
of employés of the House........3397, 3398
on the bill for the relief of Iowa volun-
teers.......
3416
on the Union Pacific railroad bill........ .3424
on the bill to prevent smuggling..........3443
on the bill to quiet land titles in Califor-
nia.......
....3461, 3655
on the St. Paul and Lake Superior railroad
bill.......
....3465

on pensions to the soldiers of the war of
1812............
.3492

......

on appointing an assistant stenographer to
the House committees......
..3538

on the bill for the relief of Ellen Sander-
son..........
.......3540
on adjournment over the 4th of July....3570
on the explanatory bill relating to the Union
Pacific railroad, eastern division.......3589
on the bill granting pensions to the soldiers
and sailors of the war of 1812...3628, 3629
on the resolution relating to rations issued
to persons not belonging to the Army...3681||

Yeas and nays-Continued.

on the tariff bill.........8722, 8723, 3724, 3725
on printing the minority report of the com-
mittee on reconstruction....
3767
on the bill relating to bridges over the Mis-
sissippi..........
.8770, 3817
on the miscellaneous appropriation bill, 3802,
4258, 4260, 4280, 4281, 4288
on the compensation for slaves employed in
the military service............... ....3845
on the bill to continue the Freedmen's
Bureau......
....3850
on the assault case of Messrs. Rousseau
and Grinnell...... .........3891, 3892, 4017
on the bill relating to judges of the Supreme
Court.....
on the bill to protect the revenue........3912,
4112, 4199, 4267
on the resolutions relating to the charges
made by Provost Marshal General Fry
against Roscoe Conkling.................3948
on the joint resolution (H. R. No. 83) declar-
ing the State of Tennessee again entitled to
representation in Congress..... .3948,
3949, 3975, 3976, 3980, 4056

on the bill to restore the rebel States to their
political rights..........
...3981
on the resolution relating to the release of
Fenian prisoners.
.4047

nessee......

on the bill granting the right of way to ditch
and canal owners over public lands.....4054
on the motion to admit members from Ten-
.........4056
on the southern branch of the Union Pacific
railroad.........
...4061
on the bill to regulate elections for Senators
in Congress...
..4063

on the bill to punish crimes in relation to
the public securities and currency.....4096
on the motion to refer the credentials of the
members-elect from Tennessee to the Com-
mittee of Elections ......
..4104
on the bill relating to steamboat navigation
from Chesapeake bay to Lake Ontario, 4148
on the bill relating to confiscated lands in
the rebel States.......

..4150

..4159

on the bill relating to the national cur-
rency.......
......4154
on the resolution relating to the payment of
duties on iron by the Alabama and Florida
Railroad Company..
on the motion to print the reports of the
committee on the Memphis riots.......4159
on the bill to incorporate the General Hos-
pital of the District of Columbia.......4161
on the Atlantic and Pacific railroad bill...4183
on the bill to preserve the neutral relations
of the United States........

..4197
on the bill to remove certain cases from the
State courts......
.4203, 4204
on the bill to fix the compensation of certain
collectors of customs.
.4249
on the air-line railroad from Washington to
New York
4250, 4263
on a motion in relation to the report on the
Memphis riots......

...4264

on the resolution relating to the admission
of David T. Patterson to a seat in the Sen-
ate
....4273
on the admission of the State of Nebraska
into the Union
....4275, 4276
on the bill to preserve evidence of marriage
in the District.....
on the bill for relief of Norman Wiard....4286
York, Elizabeth, bill (H. R. No. 443) granting
a pension to.....
.1724, 1949, 1970
Youly, Charles, bill (H. R. No. 218) for the
relief of......

.4283

.617, 1949, 1970
Young, Captain John J., bill for the relief
of...
Young, Munroe, bill for the relief of.......2233

.........3197

petent to decide, and although the Committee of Claims may be somewhat more competent in that respect, I venture to say they would rather have it referred to the law officers of the Government.

Mr. SPALDING. Being a member of the Committee on Appropriations, I desire to say addition to what has fallen from the chairman of the committee, [Mr. STEVENS,] that friend from Illinois [Mr. WASHBURNE] is my mistaken in regard to this joint resolution. The subject-matter of this resolution is not a proper subject of investigation for the Committee of Claims. It is simply a legal, a judicial question, and the Committee on Appropriations did not themselves seek to solve it. If it should be referred to any committee of this body, it would properly go to the Committee on the Judiciary. But the resolution simply directs that the Secretary of the Treasury shall, under the legal advice of the Attorney General of the United States, give a construction and interpretation to the contract entered into with these parties.

Mr WASHBURNE, of Illinois. I desire to know how this joint resolution comes before the House.

Mr. SPALDING. It was sent to us by the Senate.

Mr. WASHBURNE, of Illinois. I understand that.

Mr. SPALDING. And the House sent it to the Committee on Appropriations. I suppose the gentleman understands that also.

Mr. WASHBURNE, of Illinois. Yes, I anderstand that; but have the Committee on Appropriations been called upon for reports this morning?

The SPEAKER. They have not.

Mr. WASHBURNE, of Illinois. Then how did this resolution come to be reported by them? The SPEAKER. They are authorized to report at any time.

Mr. WASHBURNE, of Illinois. I take it that even the Committee on Appropriations cannot report such a bill as this except for reference to a proper committee.

The SPEAKER. When the House proceeded to consider and debate the measure the rule was waived.

a lawful claim upon the United States for an increase of price under their contract.

Mr. WRIGHT. I would ask the gentleman from Illinois [Mr. WASHBURNE] if a supplemental contract was made.

Mr. WASHBURNE, of Illinois. Yes, sir. Mr. WRIGHT. And is not the United States bound by that contract?

Mr. WASHBURNE, of Illinois. Certainly. But the point I make against this joint resolution is that you are taking from the House the authority to adjust this matter and putting it into the hands of the Secretary of the Treasury.

I therefore move that this joint resolution be referred to the Committee of Claims, and upon that motion I call the previous question. The previous question was seconded, and the main question ordered, which was upon the motion to refer the joint resolution to the Committee of Claims.

On agreeing to the motion, there were-ayes 46, noes 16; no quorum voting.

The SPEAKER, under the rule, ordered tellers; and appointed Mr. PIKE, and Mr. WASHBURNE of Illinois.

The House divided; and the tellers reportedayes sixty, noes not counted.

So the motion was agreed to.

Mr. WASHBURNE, of Illinois, moved to reconsider the vote by which the joint resolution was referred to the Committee of Claims; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table.

The latter motion was agreed to.

LAND GRANT TO MINNESOTA.

The next business on the Speaker's table was Senate bill no 156, entitled "An act making an additional grant of land to the State of Minnesota, in alternate sections, to aid in the construction of a railroad in said State;" which was read a first and second time, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands.

Mr. WASHBURNE, of Illinois, moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was referred; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table.

The latter motion was agreed to.

PAYMENT OF KANSAS WAR CLAIM.

The last business on the Speaker's table was Mr. WASHBURNE, of Illinois. The ComSenate bill No. 259, entitled "An act to authormittee on Appropriations have no jurisdictionize the Secretary of War to settle the claims over such subjects as this.

Mr. SPALDING. The House referred it to that committee for consideration.

Mr. WASHBURNE, of Illinois. I know that; but the House frequently sends bills to committees that do not properly have jurisdiction of them. I know that the Committee on Commerce, when subjects are sent to them that do not properly come within their jurisdiction, report them back to the House, ask to be discharged from their further consideration, and move their reference to the committees which are properly charged with their consideration. It was but yesterday that the Committee on Appropriations reported a bill in regard to certain claims of the State of Missouri, of which they certainly had no jurisdiction, and which certainly should have been referred to the Committee of Claims. I think, notwithstanding what the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. SPALDING] has said, that the Committee of Claims is the proper committee to examine and consider

this subject.

And now I desire to call the attention of this House to the language of this joint resolution, so that they may judge whether more information is not needed by them before they confer this power upon the Secretary of the Treasury. What does this joint resolution provide? It authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to cause the accounts of Beals & Dixon, for deliveries of materials after the 1st of May, 1861, under their contract with the United States, to be adjusted and paid, and to allow to them such additional prices as in his opinion they may be entitled to under the provisions of their supplemental contract dated January 1, 1857; provided that in the opinion of the Attorney General said Beals & Dixon have 39TH CONG. 1ST SESS.-No. 121.

of the State of Kansas for services of the militia called out by the Governor of that State upon the requisition of Major General Curtis, the commander of the United States forces in that State;" which was read a first and second time, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

Mr. WASHBURNE, of Illinois, moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was referred; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table. The latter motion was agreed to.

DESTITUTE PEOPLE OF THE DISTRICT. The SPEAKER. The next business in order is a joint resolution (S. No. 49) for the temporary relief of destitute people in the District of Columbia. This resolution was made a special order for to-day after the morning hour. The question is on ordering the resolution to be read the third time.

Mr. INGERSOLL. The other day, when this measure was before the House, I had read a statement of A. C. Richards, superintendent of police, setting forth the necessity for this appropriation. now call for the previous question.

Mr. ROGERS. Will not the gentleman yield to allow me to offer an amendment?

Mr. INGERSOLL. I will hear what the amendment is.

Mr. ROGERS. I desire to propose an amendment providing that this money shall be appropriated without distinction of race or color.

Mr. INGERSOLL. That is already provided for. We have no class legislation on our side.

Mr. ROGERS. I propose further to provide that this money shall be expended by the authorities of Washington, instead of the officers

of the Freedmen's Bureau, who will expend it for the benefit of the colored people only.

Mr. INGERSOLL. I cannot yield for that amendment. It is unnecessary.

Mr. SHANKLIN. Will the gentleman from Illinois yield to me?

Mr. INGERSOLL. For what purpose? Mr. SHANKLIN. I desire to discuss the merits of this proposition.

Mr. INGERSOLL. So far as I personally am concerned, I should be glad to afford the gentleman the opportunity to make a speech; but I must be governed by the will of the House. If the House desires to hear the gentleman, it will refuse to sustain the demand for the previous question.

On seconding the demand for the previous question, there were-ayes 44, noes 27; no quorum voting.

The SPEAKER, under the rule, ordered tellers; and appointed Messrs. INGERSOLL and SHANKLIN.

The House divided; and the tellers reported-. ayes 60, noes 36.

So the previous question was seconded.

The main question was ordered; and under the operation thereof the joint resolution was ordered to a third reading, and read the third time.

The question being on the passage of the bill, Mr. INGERSOLL demanded the previous question.

The previous question was seconded and the main question ordered.

Mr. ROGERS. I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered.

The question was taken; and it was decided in the affirmative-yeas 101, nays 21, not voting 61; as follows:

YEAS-Messrs. Alley, Allison, Delos R. Ashley, James M. Ashley, Baker, Baldwin, Banks, Barker, Baxter, Beaman, Benjamin, Bidwell, Bingham, Blaine, Boutwell, Brandegee, Broomall, Buckland, Chanler, Reader W. Clarke, Sidney Clarke, Cobb, Cook, Darling, Davis, Dawes, Delano, Deming, Dixon, Driggs, Eckley, Eggleston, Eliot, Farquhar, Ferry, Garfield, Grinnell, Hale, Hayes, Henderson, Higby, Hill, Holmes, Hooper, Hotchkiss, Asahel W. Hubbard, Chester D. Hubbard, James R. Hubbell, Hulburd, Ingersoll, Kelley, Kelso, Ketcham, Laflin, Latham, William Lawrence, Longyear, Lynch, Marvin, McClurg, McKee, MeRuer, Mercur, Miller, Morrill, Morris, Moulton, Myers, O'Neill, Orth, Paine, Patterson, Perham, Phelps, Pike, Plants, Price, Raymond, John II. Rice, Rollins, Schenck, Scofield, Smith, Spalding, Stevens, Thayer, Francis Thomas, Trowbridge, Upson, Van Aernam, Burt Van Horn, Warner, Elihu B. Washburne, lienry D. Washburn, William B. Washburn, Welker, Whaley, Williams, James F. Wilson, Windom, and Woodbridge-101.

NAYS-Messrs. Ancona, Bergen, Coffroth, Dawson, Denison, Eldridge, Finck, Glossbrenner, Goodyear, Harris, Edwin N. Hubbell, Marshall, Niblack, Nicholson, Ritter, Rogers, Shanklin, Taber, Thornton, Trimble, and Wright-21.

NOT VOTING-Messrs. Ames, Anderson, Blow, Boyer, Bromwell, Bundy, Conkling, Cullom, Culver, Defrees, Dodge, Donnelly, Dumont, Farnsworth, Grider, Griswold, Aaron Harding, Abner C. Harding, Hart, Hogan, Demas Hubbard, John H. Hubbard, James Humphrey, James M. Humphrey, Jenckes, Johnson, Jones, Julian, Kasson, Kerr, Kuykendall, George V. Lawrence, Le Blond, Loan, Marston, McCullough, Meindoe, Moorhead, Newell, Noell, Pomeroy, Radford, Samuel J. Randall, William H. Randall, Alexander H. Rice, Ross, Rousseau, Sawyer, Shellabarger, Sitgreaves, Sloan, Starr, Stilwell, Strouse, Taylor, John L. Thomas, Robert T. Van Horn, Ward, Wentworth, Stephen F. Wilson, and Winfield-61.

So the joint resolution was passed.
During the call of the roll,

Mr. COBB stated that Mr. McINDOE was detained from the House by serious illness.

Mr. DARLING stated that Mr. J. HUMPHREY had been called home on account of sickness in his family.

The result was announced as above stated.

Mr. INGERSOLL moved to reconsider the vote by which the joint resolution was passed; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table.

The latter motion was agreed to.

EVENING SESSION.

At the suggestion of the SPEAKER, by unanimous consent, the evening session was dispensed with.

MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE.

A message was received from the Senate, by Mr. FORNEY, its Secretary, notifying the House

that it had concurred in the amendments of the House to Senate bill No. 31, to reimburse the State of Missouri for moneys expended for the United States in enrolling, equipping, and provisioning militia forces to aid in suppressing the rebellion; and Senate bill No. 199, to establish the collection district of Port Huron, the collection district of Michigan, and to extend the collection district of Puget Sound.

Also, that it had passed the following bills, in which he was directed to ask the concurrence of the House:

An act (S. No. 255) to remit and refund certain duties;

An act (S. No. 243) to extend the time for the reversion to the United States of the lands granted by Congress to aid in the construction of a railroad from Amboy, by Hillsdale and Lansing, to some point on or near Traverse bay, in the State of Michigan, and for the completion of said road; and

An act (S. No. 122) for the relief of John T. Jones, an Ottawa Indian, for depredations committed by white persons upon his property

in Kansas.

Also, that it had passed bills of the House of the following titles:

An act (H. R. No. 150) for the relief of Almon W. Babbitt, late secretary of Utah; and

An act (H. R. No. 471) to provide that the "Soldier's Individual Memorial" shall be carried through the mails at the usual rate of printed matter.

And also, that it had adopted the following resolution:

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate be directed to inform the House of Representatives that the Senate, having listened to eulogies on the character and public services of Hon. SOLOMON FOOT, a Senator from the State of Vermont, lately deceased, out of respect to his memory have voted to adjourn, DEATH OF SENATOR FOOT.

The SPEAKER laid before the House the message from the Senate concerning the death of Senator FOOT.

Mr. WOODBRIDGE. Mr. Speaker, but a few weeks ago the distinguished Senator whom we now mourn arose from his seat in the Senate and pronounced a most eloquent and impressive eulogy upon his colleague, who had been gathered to his fathers in the fullness of his years, crowned with private worth and public honor. And now, before the cypress leaf is wilted, or the first gushing tear is dried, we are called, in the providence of God, to a fresher grief for him who so freely mingled his tears with ours at the death of Judge Collamer, whom none knew but to honor and love.

At that time Mr. Foor was apparently in perfect health. His constitution was unimpaired by any exposure or excess, and his splendid and almost unrivaled physical development gave promise of many years of vigorous and active life, for he possessed

"A combination and a form, indeed,

Where every god did seem to set his seal, To give the world assurance of a man." In speaking of the life and character of Mr. Foot, I shall simply attempt to do justice. Unqualified praise of the dead is never either in good taste or truthful. Human character is never perfect; at best it is only good in parts. Mr. Foor was born in Cornwall, in the State of Vermont, in 1802. He graduated at Middlebury College with distinguished honor in 1826, and the same year became principal of the seminary at Castleton. He was tutor in the University of Vermont in 1827; and again, from 1828 to 1831, principal of Castleton Seminary, and by his earnest efforts and marked executive ability gave such an impulse and character to the institution that it ranked for many years among the first of the classical schools of Vermont. In the midst of his faithful and arduous labors as a teacher he devoted the time usually given to recreation and the refined pleasures of social life to the study of the law, and in 1831 was admitted to the bar in Rutland, and immediately commenced the practice of his profession. For five years he

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was a member of the Legislature of Vermont, and for three years Speaker of the House of Representatives. From 1836 to 1842 he was prosecuting attorney for the county of Rutland. He was a member of the constitutional convention which established the Senate as a coördinate branch of the Legislature of Vermont, in which body he actively cooperated with his late colleague, Judge Collamer. From 1843 to 1847 he was a member of this body, and declined a third election. In 1850 he was elected Senator of the United States, and occupied the position until the day of his death. Such is a brief recital of the public and official positions occupied by Senator Foor, embracing a period of nearly a third of a century. Born of highly respectable but comparatively poor parents, he was by force of circumstances thrown upon his own resources, and early in life acquired independent habits of thought and action. Without any of the adventitious surroundings of wealth or station or patronage, without any of that extreme brilliancy of genius which now and then startles and dazzles the world, he looked upon life as a great reality and upon success as the reward of labor. He was rather solid than showy. He lacked genius, but possessed talent and judgment. His qualities did not shine forth like the greater lights in the heavens, but there was in them a proportion and harmony which gave a moral grandeur to the man. Hence Senator Foor was what we call a selfmade man. I do not attribute to him any particular credit for that. The term "self-made man" is a much-abused one. There is no royal road to greatness. Every man who comes to be a power reaches it through personal effort. The scholar is self-made, and becomes a scholar through patient and exhausting labor and reflection. The professional man is self-made, and so is the merchant and the artisan. That Senator Foor succeeded where a weak will would have failed is doubtless true, and hence the greater honor to the man. As a lawyer, Mr. Foor was not learned. As a statesman, he never seized upon new theories or ventured upon untried paths. As a political economist, he never originated new ideas or developed old ones with extraordinary power; and yet, without question, he was one of the safest statesmen and most judicious legislators of the age.

He did not resemble the mountain, towering to the skies, barren and useless from its height, but rather the lesser eminence, whose summit is covered with the forest, and whose slopes wave with the yellow grain. He did not resemble the terrific shower which destroys by its violence, so much as the gentle rain which the earth drinks and then dresses herself in new life and beauty.

God granted Mr. Foor one of the greatest of earthly blessings, a loving, praying, pious mother, who early instilled into his mind principles of reverence toward God, obedience to authority, and love of truth; and through a long public life the great leading characteristic of his mind, and perhaps the highest power of his character, was his devotion to truth; that high ethical truth which is grounded in the moral being and the fitness of things, lying back of and deeper than refinements or popularities, reaching down to the inner nature and elevating the moral forces.

"His word was as good as his bond." No social or political combination or influence; no sycophantic flatterer; no dastardly and cunning insinuator; no expectation of reward or place or power ever shook the truthfulness of SOLOMON FOOT.

"Among innumerable false, unmoved,
Unshaken, unseduced, unterrified,

His loyalty he kept, his love, his zeal;
Nor number nor example with him wrought
To swerve from truth or change his constant mind,
Though single."

Senator Foor was a patriotic man.
"He loved his land because it was his own

And scorned to give aught other reason why." He cherished the principles of the Declaration of Independence. He believed that all

men were created free and equal; and yet subordinated his acts and theories to the Constitution of the land. Constitutional liberty was his watchword, and when by force of law all men became absolutely free he was the earnest and fearless advocate of those measures designed to protect the freedman in all his civil rights.

But, sir, when the first gun was fired at Fort Sumter, and the cry "To arms!" echoed from peak to peak of the mountains of his native State, then the nobleness, the patriotism, the generosity of SOLOMON FOOT shone forth like a star. Calmly and serenely he met the issue, and everywhere infused into the people his own heroic and enthusiastic nature. And when at times during the progress of the rebellion the clouds seemed to lower about us, his faith in God and liberty never faltered. He trusted in the right. He met and performed every obligation of duty without fear and without reproach. The highest and proudest encomium which a public man can ever receive is justly his. Popular at home beyond description; elevated by the people to almost every office within their gift; beloved, honored, and trusted, he always and everywhere proved himself an honest man-the noblest work of God.

He loved his native State. To him there was no air so pure as that which swept about her mountains; no water so sweet as that which bubbled from her crystal springs; no grass so green as that which clothed her valleys; and he now lies beneath the shadow of her hills, where the wind sings his requiem and the solemn old pines stand as sentinels over his dust.

During the long and bloody rebellion, when suffering and death entered almost every household, no wounded soldier, no weeping sister, no heart-broken wife or mother ever called upon Senator Foor in vain. Their wants were his wants. Their suffering was his suffering. In sunshine and in rain, in sickness and in health, by tender and sympathizing counsel, and by active and efficient effort, he labored for their relief; and we may truthfully say for him, "When the eye saw me then it blessed me. When the ear heard me it gave witness to me, for I delivered the poor that cried, the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me, and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy."

Mr. Speaker, it is a glorious thing to live in this world. When its Creator launched it forth in the perfection of its beauty, the morning stars sang together for joy. It was made for man, the last exercise of creative power, for man made in the image God, into whose nostrils he breathed the breath of life. It is noble to live for the development of the soul. It is beautiful to appreciate and enjoy all the works of God, and all the endearing relations with which we are surrounded. It is glorious

"To have

Attentive and believing faculties;
To go abroad rejoicing in the joy
Of beautiful and well-created things;
To love the voice of waters and the sheen.
Of silver fountains leaping to the sea;
To thrill with the rich melody of birds
Living their life of music; to be glad
In the gay sunshine, reverent in the storm;
To see a beauty in the stirring leaf;
To find calm thoughts beneath the whispering tree;
To see and hear and breathe the evidence
Of God's deep wisdom in the natural world."

But more beautiful than life is the death of the Christian.

Mr. Foor from the commencement of his sickness seemed to feel that he would die, and when the final summons came he was ready.

His last thought was for his country, and his last desire to look out upon the beautiful sunlight and this noble edifice, where he had labored so long and where he believed the future safety of the Republic rested; and then, as if fully satisfied, with eyes full of celestial rad ance, he exclaimed, "I see it! I see it! The gates are wide open! Beautiful! Beautiful!' and the plastic form was stilled; the casket wa broken, and SOLOMON FOOT entered upon eternal rest. Mr. Speaker, the life of a good man like that

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