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CONGRESS, UNITED STATES. 



ward McPherson, of the State of Pennsylvania, 

 Clerk ; N. G. Ordway, of the State of New Hamp- 

 shire, Sergeant-at-Arms ; Ira Goodenow, of the State 

 of New York, Doorkeeper ; and Josiah Given, of the 

 State of Ohio, Postmaster. 



The question was taken ; and it was decided 

 in the affirmative yeas 138, nays 35, not vot- 

 ing 9. 



So the resolution was adopted. 



Mr. Stevens, of Pennsylvania, offered the fol- 

 lowing resolution, and called the previous ques- 

 tion : 



Resolved ly tlie Senate and House of Representatives 

 in Congress assembled, That a joint committee of fif- 

 teen members shall be appointed, nine of whom shall 

 be members of the House and six members of the 

 Senate, who shall inquire into the condition of the 

 States which formed the so-called Confederate States 

 of America, and report whether they or any of them 

 are entitled to be represented in either House of 

 Congress, with leave to report at any time by bill or 

 otherwise; and until such report shall have been 

 made and finally acted upon by Congress, no mem- 

 ber shall be received into either House from any of 

 the said so-called Confederate States ; and all papers 

 relating to the representation of the said States shall 

 be referred to the said committee without debate. 



The previous question was seconded, and the 

 main question ordere.d ; which was upon agree- 

 ing to the concurrent resolution, and it was de- 

 cided in the affirmative. 



YEAS Messrs. Alley, Allison, Ames, Anderson, 

 Baker, Baldwin, Banks, Barker, Baxter, Beaman, 

 Benjamin, Bidwell, Bingham, Blow, Boutwell, Bran- 

 dagee, Bromwell, Broomall, Buckland, Bundy, 

 Header W. Clark, Sidney Clarke, Cobb, Conkling, 

 Cook, Cullom, Culver, Darling, Davis, Dawes, De- 

 frees, Delano, Deming, Dixon, Donnelly, Driggs, 

 Dumont, Eckley, Eggleston, Eliot, Farnsworth, 

 Ferry, Garfield, Grinnell, Griswold, Hale, Abner C. 

 Harding, Hart, Hayes, Henderson, Higby, Hill, 

 Holmes, Hooper, Hotchkiss, Asahel W. Hubbard, 

 Chester D. Hubbard, Demas Hubbard, John H. Hub- 

 bard, James E. Hubbell, Hulburd, James Hum- 

 phrey, Ingersoll, Jenckes, Julian, Kasson, Kelley, 

 Kelso, Ketchum, Kuykendall, Laflin, Latham, George 

 V. Lawrence, William Lawrence, Loan, Longyear, 

 Lynch, Marston, Marvin, McClurg, Mclndoe, McKee, 

 McEuer, Mercur, Miller, Moorhead, Morrill, Morris, 

 Moulton, Myers, Newell, O'Neill, Orth, Paine, Pat- 

 terson, Perham, Phelps, Pike, Pomerov, Price, Wil- 

 liam H. Eandall, Kaymond, AlexanderH. Eice, John 

 II. Eice, Eollins, Sawyer, Schenck, Schofield, Shella- 

 barger, Smith, Spalding, Starr, Stevens, Stillwell, 

 Thay 

 Aeru 

 Ward 



worth, Whaley, Williams, James F. Wilson, Stephen 

 F. Wilson, Windom, and Woodbridge 133. 



S Messrs. Ancona, Bergen, Boyer, Brooks, 



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hanler, Dawson, Denison, Eldridge, Finck, Gloss- 

 brenner, Goodyear, Grider, Aaron Harding, Hogan, 

 James M. Humphrey, Johnson, Kerr, Le Blond, Mc- 

 Cullough, Niblack, Nicholson, Noell, Badford, Sam- 

 uel J. Eandall, Eitter, Eogers, Eoss, Shanklin, Sit- 

 greaves, Strouse, Tabor, Taylor, Thornton, Trimble, 

 Winfield, and Wright 36. 



NOT VOTING Messrs. Delos E. Ashley, James M. 

 Ashley, Elaine, Farquhar, Harris, Edwin N. Hubbell, 

 Jones, Marshall, Plants, Eousseau, Sloan, Francis 

 Thomas, Voorhees, and William B. Washburn 13. 



tion of the Southern States was read, and, as 

 objection was made to its further consideration, 

 laid aside under the rules. 



Mr. Cowan, of Pennsylvania, presented the 

 credentials of "William L. Sharkey and James 

 Alcorn, elected Senators by the Legislature of 

 Mississippi, which were ordered to lie on the 

 table. 



Mr. Foot, of Vermont, presented the follow- 

 ing resolutions adopted by the Legislature of 

 that State : 



Joint resolutions in relation to the reconstruction of the 

 States recently in rebellion against the United States. 



Resolved, That it is the sense of the General As- 

 sembly of this State, that in the reconstruction of 

 the governments of the States lately in rebellion 

 against the Government and authority of the United 

 States, the moral power and legal authority vested 

 in the Federal Government should be executed, to 

 secure equal rights, without respect to color, to all 

 citizens residing in those States, including herein 

 the right of elective franchise. 



Resolved, That the Secretary of State is hereby in- 

 structed to transmit a copy of these resolutions to 

 the President of the United States, to the Governors 

 of the several States, and also a copy to each one of 

 our Senators and Eepresentatives in Congress, who 

 are hereby requested to present the same to both 

 Houses of Congress. 



JOHN W. STEWAET, 

 Speaker of the House of Eepresentatives. 

 A. B. GAEDNEE, 



President of the Senate. 



In the Senate, on December 5th, the concur- 

 rent resolution from the House on the condi- 



In the House, on the 5th, Mr. Grinnell, of 

 Iowa, moved to proceed to the election of 

 Chaplain, which was agreed to. 



Mr. Griswold, of New York, said : " I desire 

 to present, for the position of Chaplain of this 

 House, the name of Kev. 0. B. Boynton, a gen- 

 tleman whose qualifications and claims, were 

 they known to this House, would, I am sure, 

 meet with ready recognition. Mr. Boynton 

 has recently removed to this city from Ohio. 

 He is a Congregational clergyman, and a gentle- 

 man of splendid abilities. He is now engaged 

 in writing a history of the American navy dur- 

 ing the war just closed. He is in all respects a 

 man eminently worthy to occupy the position of 

 Chaplain of this House. With pen and voice, 

 in the pulpit and out of the pulpit, he has, dur- 

 ing the war, rendered the country signal and 

 unremitting service. He has given three sons 

 to the array, one of whom served with great 

 distinction as colonel of an Ohio regiment. I 

 desire to assure gentlemen of this House who 

 may not be acquainted with Mr. Boynton that 

 he will, if elected, make a most acceptable 

 Chaplain. I take pleasure in presenting his 

 name as a candidate." 



Mr. O'Neill, of Pennsylvania, said: "I nom- 

 inate Kev. Thomas H. Stockton, of Philadel- 

 phia. It is needless for me to say any thing 

 in commendation of this gentleman. lie was 

 formerly the Chaplain of this House, and as 

 such distinguished himself by his faithfulness, 

 eloquence, and piety. He is well known 

 throughout the country as one of its most emi- 

 nent divines. He is one of the leading minis- 



