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narque and reprisai against Mexico. He
stated that the Executive Department had

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,maroue against tue United Slai6s, aud
that The bill nowsreported was intended !, 70 Q
meet that emergency. The bill was; ;lorln-
with read a lhirdSiime and passed. J, :
The Senate then took a recess until o
O'Clock, PsM Onfe.assembling ,lhe Dill
TO deprive the Banks IN Iowa and Wiscon-
sin of ,beirscharlers, was after long de-
bate, laid onzihe: tsble. .,:.---- -
A large number of private and local
bills s;from the House, which gave rise 10
no debate, were passed.
..,a.... Angus, 9, 1916.
To thezSenato to-day, Mr.. Dallas hav-
ing retired ,frorn the Chair for the remain
der of The session. Mr.. Alchison was, on
the eighth ballor, chosen President Of the
Senate pro tenn. He received "a votes
out of the whole number cast.
A message was received from. the Pres
iJent relative. 10 Mexico,s similar TO that
received by the House. !ltwas referred
10 the Fiuance Committee
The House bill ilproviding for terrltorl.
al cove rnment in Oregon. was reported
back from The territorial Committee with.
out amendment, the Commillee having no
time TO draft any
MIR. Lewis, at six o'clock in the eve
ming, reportedEa bill from the Finance
Committee to carry into effect the recon-
menda,ion of The president in his Message
relative TO Mexico.
A Message, in,relalion 10 Mexico, was!
then received by tine Senate, from The
President o.ths, s,Uui'ed,S,ates. 49,
The Message was referred 10 Com
mil.ee uflhe Whole, whetecn Mr.. 'Dokay
offered hefolowius bill:-
BE il eadcie,tGy tie Senate and House Of
Representatives. Of The United States ct
America in Congress assembled. That a
SUN OF 81. 100000, in addition TO the pro-
vision heretofore made, be and the same
is hereby appropriated, for the purpose eff
.leiraying any extraordinary expenses
which may be incurred in the intercourse
be,ween the Unlted States asd foreign ma
,ious. 10 ,be paid out. o! any money III the
treasury not otherwise appropriated, and
10 be applied under The direction Of the
president or,the United States. who shall
cause an account ofthe expenditures there
of to be laid before Congress as soon as
may be-,
MIR. I.9E. Holmes earnestly invoked the
action Of the House, withoutregard to par
~, on the recommendation of the Presi-
dent. Every man must hail with salts
faction the prospect of the termination of
a war, which however righlful III itself,
was costing the country millions upon.
millions 7s1i.'1 = e;t:sss..Es !; =
Mr.. W3lnot ssas unwilling, TO vote
without fnrthcrinformalio from The Pres }
idenl. He moved to amend the bill so as
to provide that, sin case ofdhe acquisition
of any. new ssrri,ory, slavery or enyelun,
,ary serYi,ude: should be prohibited, .ex-
cent for crime, or.conviclion thereof. q;
Mr. Sims eulogized the message aad,t I
sseeiaFa ths the TesftgGrt
towards Mexicoswas. .magnanialons. He
Thought any agitation of;ihe question oil
slavery as premature q
Mr.. Adams gave his hearty assent 10
the. message. and would vote for the bill.
He thought there was no necessity for the
amendment relative to slavery. as Mexico
hcrselfhad already prohibited il in Cali
fornia.
Oh the suggestion Of Mr.. Adams, the bill
was modified by Mr.. Mckay, so as 10
make j, refer specifically 10 Mexico.
MI. Owen said, we had given The Pres
idenl len millions to begiu the war, aud
wsy was it not right to give him two mil
lions to make peacel
Alter further debate, The amendment Of
Mr.. Wilmo,, prohibiting slavery, was
agreed 10.
Numerous proposed amendments hav-
lug 6een rejecfed, the bill was reported TO
the House with Mr.. WilmOl's. amendment
ouly. This was concurred in.
After an Intellectual motion 10 lay The
bill on The table, it was read third lime
by. vote Of IS to 70, passed, aud seat 10
the Senate.
Correspondence ofthe ayening Neus.
-.- Angus, 10. 1876.
The House met at eight o'clock, and
the moment the Speaker look the Chair,
he was addressed by about fifty members
at the Same moment. 1t sounded like
broadside from man. Of war. But il
must be remembered that there was a
vas, amount Of business .le be done, and
only four hours of the session left.
The Speaker Numbered with his mace,
and called ''ordel," bat it appeared that
''order" had taken wings and gone to paris
unknown, for the shou'ings of"MS. Speak
err" continued for considerable period,
members screaming in all the keys Of the
gamut, and each Que being determined up
on getting the floor.
Finally, the House went into Commit
tee of The Whole on the disputed amend
ments to the Naval Pension bill, also the
Naval appropriation bill. These, amidst
q great uproar, were reported, aud sent to
The Senate. The latter bill was finally
passed and signed by The President, who
for the sake Of convenience, occcpied q