HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
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I1OUoE UT nEF NEoCNI hllNES.


The House refused to vote the clerks, mes.
sengers, and pages. extra pay, but voted Them
selves books.


Mr.. Garret Davis asked leave to offer reso.
luton, (Which was objected ro,) to inquire
whether the Treasury Department had not is
sued two millions of Treasury drafts, stamped
like bank notes.


The President sent in veto message, (being
his objections to the River and .Harbor bill. }
He wi,hholds his signature on what he consi.
ders constitutional grounds, and also in conse,
quence of the large sums necessary 10 carry on
the war. u1


He says that he does not objebt to all the
items, but being connected with others, he is
constrained to reject the bill as whole. The
bill appropriated 81 1873 ,45O for forty separate
objects. t#o t#@


Mr.. Dromgoole moved resolution, assign
ing to. morrow for the consideration of the mes
sage. a#..a ## lN3


The question was subsequently, stated, Will
the House agree to the bill, the Presidents OBJ
ton 10 the contrary Notwithstanding #


This opened up debate, and several speech
es were delivered, all on The Democratic side.


Mr. Brinkerhof stated that if the vote had
been DELAYED one week on the tariff BILL the
friends Of inlertal Improvements would have
go, the Harbor bill.


|, requires two.thirds now to pass the bill,
but the number cannot be obtained.


AT twenty minutes TO three o'clock. the
House adjourned.