Mr. SCHEXCK, from“ the ComMilAffrs, re iorted back, with amendments, House bill 10. 788, to establish and protect national cemeteries. The bill was read at length. The 1st section provides that in the arran ement of the national cemeteries in the States ately iu rebellion and in the DistCol, establilshed for the burial of deceased soldiers and sailors, the SecyWar shall have the same inclosed with a good and substantial stone or iron fence; and hereafter such cemeteries shall be laid out in sections, to contain iiotless than 200 nor more than 300 graves, and to each section thereshall be erected a marble monumenton which shalfbe inscribed the name of each soldier buried in such section, with his rank, number of his regiment, his company, and State. The 2nd section provides that each grave shall be marked with a small marble head stone, with the number of the grave thereon, corresponding with the number opposite to the name of the party inscribed on the monument. And national cemeteries already established shall be made to conform as faras practicable to the foregoing plan. The 3rd section directs the said SecyWar to erect at the principal entrance of each of the national ceinetericsasuitable building to be oceu ied as a porter's lodge; and it duty to detail a meritorious and trustworthy sergeant to reside therein, for the purpose of guarding and protecting the come tery and giving information to parties visiting the same. And the Secretary shall detail some officer of the Army, not under the rank of colonel, to visit annually all the cemeteries, and to inspect and report to him the condition of the same, and the amount of iuouey necessary to protect them, to sod the graves, gravel and grade the walks and avenues, and to keep the sections and grounds in full and complete order; and the Secretary shall transmit the report to Congress at the commencement of each sessipn, together with an estimate of the appropriation necessary for that purpose. The 4th section provides that any person who shall willfully destroy, mutilate, deface, injure, or remove any tomb, monument, grave stone, or other structure in any of the national cemeteries, or shall willfully destroy, cut, break, injure, or remove auy tree shrub, or plant Within the limits of any of the national ceme teries, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, before any district or circuit court of the U.S. within any State or district where any of the national cem eterics are situated, shall be liable to a fine of not less than 25 nor more than 100 dollars, or to imprisonment of notless l than 15 nor more than 60 days, according to the nature and aggravation of the offense. And the sergeant, or other officer on guard, in charge of' an national cemetery, is authorized to arrest fort with any person engaged in committing any misdemeanor herein prohibited, and to bring such person before any U.S. commissioner or judge of any district or circuit court of the U.S. within any State or district where any of the cemeteries, are situated, for the purpose of holding the person to answer for the misdemeanor. andl then and there shall make complaint in due form. The 5th section makes it the duty of the SecyWar to purchase from the owner or owners thereof, at such price as may be mutually agreed upon between the Secretary and such owner or owners, such real estate as in his judgment, is suitable and necessary for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this act, and to obtain from the owner or owners title in fee simple. And in case the SecyWar shall not be able to agree with the owner or owners of any real estate needed for the ptirpose of this act upon the price to be fpaid therefor, or to obtain title in fee simple or the same, he is authorized to enter upon and appropriate an real estate which, in his judgment, is snitable and necessary for the purposes of this act. The 6th section authorizes the SecyWar or the owner or owners of any real estate thus entered upon and appropriated to make application for an appraisemont of the real estate thus entered upon and appropriated to any district or circuit court within any State or district where such real estate is sit uated; and any of the courts are authorized and required, upon such application, and in such mode and under such rules and regulations as it may adopt, to make a just and equitable ap' praisement of the cash value of the several interests of each and every owner of the real estate and improvements thereon entered upon and appropriated for the purposes of this act, and in accordance with its provisions. The 7th section provides that the fee simple of all real estate thus entered upon and appropriated for the purposes of this act, and of which appraisement shall have been made under the order and direction of any of the courts, shall, upon payment to the owner or owners, respectively, of the appraised value, orin case the owner or owners refuse or neg lect for 30 days after the appraisement of the cash value of the real estate or improve ments by any of the courts, to demand the same from the SecyWar, upon depos iting the appraised value in the court making such appraisement to the credit of said owner or owners, respectively, be vested in the U.S., and its jurisdiction over the real estate shall be exclusive and the same as its jurisdiction over real estate purchased, ceded or appropriated for the pu rposes of navy yards, forts, and arsenals. And the SecyWar is authorized and required to pay to the several owner or owners, respectively, the a praised value of the several pieces or parcel; of real estate, as specified in the appraisement of any of the courts, or to pay into any of the courts by deposit, as before provided. the appraised value; and the sum necessary for such purpose may be taken from any moneys appropriated for the purposes of this act. The 8th section appropriates the sum of $50,000 to carry out the purposes of this act out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. The amendments of the committee were to insert the words “or granite.” after the word, “marble” in the 1st section; and the words “or cast iron” after the word "marble" in the 2nd section.