Washington, Feb. 12, [1862]

HOUSE. – Mr. Hickman, from the judiciary committee, offered a preamble setting forth that Henry Wikoff, having transmitted a portion of the President’s last annual message for publication in the N. Y. Herald before it was laid before Congress, and having refused to state before the committee from whom he received it; therefore

Resolved, That the sergeant at arms bring the said Henry Wikoff before the bar of the House, to answer for contempt.

The resolution was adopted.

– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Thursday Morning, February 13, 1862, p. 1