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mercy unsill.he Zoe sued foF peace III s..
bis doieTminatiop ana creed
Mr.. Bedinges closed with some allus,.. !.
slavery. He regretted That Ire sah;ecsl ~. =
brought forward, and regretted thai ,ke Na,,s
WIS 81 he Tins harping upon his question. 4
Mr. 81 said \ was perpetual a1noyanee
He could not love sister that was I'll iht ain.
lectnfing him upon subject Of shish ,hs lrs-
nothing, nor would ~ love his swa vie 81.
vas talking 70 him perpe,ualIy like Mrs. csr. E
die about What did net crnecrn her. (t.a,ph.
ter,) Lssshese Northern Mistress Csudlss lsss.
~ alone.
On TAwsdss. in tie sEsArr, Mr.. Car.r.a
defended the resolution offered y hin o. ru...
day. and stated thai bis sbjsc. vas 10 sscsf,a;.
The best wsy u raising nsans fsr lie supper.
Of government and The prosecution of tie var.
Seveiatanendmeni&w ero offered and ,lo.f.
ed ID refsrescs 70 This subjeci.
Mr. Miles e dsm6cratl made speech Il
some length ,iu which be denounced The Huan.
cial measures 81 the government IS tolaliy ups,
for The present situation Of tho country, W.
should want loans to tho amount of SOS. ooo.
600 year, and jet no proposition was made 10
raise means fer meeting tie interest on these
loans The only;wa5io gel money for f,re.sn.
emergencies would b io-sanciionAn lzsls 81
paper money BY the go,srlment. Every man
mus, see that the credit Of the government sss
fast shaking.
Mrl Benton, from the committee On military
affairs, repcrteda bill 10 encourage enlistmensss
in the regular army, and asked that l. might be
Immediately considered, As i was important that
something should be done en tho subject.
Tho bill provides thai tho term ofenlisimsnt
shall be for the war, 5or fof ave yesrs, Al the
option Of the recruit. and that be shall lsceiyS
bounty DC Si2-one half pa enlistment and
The other half on being mustered into service.
Mr- Crit,enden stated thai he should ,oss lor
the bin Is a present sdsaSd. He would ike
10 know, however, whether any answer had
been received from The Mexican toyssnmsnt
or Congress. 10 our proposal for negotiations
MIR. Benton believed no dates as late Is the
time of meeting Of The Mexican Congress had
been received.
Mr. CTitlenden wss for af|sigorous prsssca.-
ton Of The war, and would vote libeia.Iy tors
men and money FOR ,hat ohjscl.
Ths bin was passed and sent 10 the House, 4
where twas also passed with slight an,old
ment, IN which the Senate concuusd
TN sepate then adjourned Till MONDAY
10 The Hou.E, the debate On the bill Tor the
increase &c tho Army was edDtinued.
The bill 10 encourage enlistments, was. pass.
ed.
A resolution was adopted, requesting The Pre-.
sident 10 inform the HOUSE ,he amount 81 pcsla-
gss or M Executive DspaFtrHen, under tho
new postage law for The 5saf 1886.
ID the HOUSE,, on Riday, nh deba.s Vas cons
tnuod Oh The ,enregimenl bill, by Mes>rs. win.
.ahrop. Tocmas 'ribbat,s, Lyon and Long. Tbs
speech Of Mr Winthrop was an eloqase, ono
and commanded attention
This debate on the bill for ths increase 81 The
Army closed in the HsusE, Oh Saturday.
The substitute Of Mi. Rathbun, providing
tina, The force to be- raised should Be- 'rslunitsr
one was adopted BY the Commitee ~ ike
Whole, but, the House re fused % adopt d, - i
vote Of 1903 to 1884,
The question then REQUIRED on ihe pAsssge of
tho bill y reported BY the COMMITTEE % the
subject, but before !. was PIT the Hokss adj
journrd
An amendment wss offered BY Mr.. Thomp.
son, authorizing The sPpsintneni Of Lisutsn-
ant Genersl The vote on The Lieut.. General
amendaep, being taken stood yeas s9ss nays
100. Re ;ectsd. Previous ID this sno.Dsr a.
temp. Or the sane kind of amsndmesal wss
made in Committee Of the Whole, and lsiseisd,
ayes 66 nays95.
The greater psri. Of the session Of The saSArE
on Monddy was occupied y Determining the
questioned It's Presiding officer IN the abstnes 81
the vice President. who vas absen. from indis-
position. Mr.. Atchison was slocied
ID tho House, Mr.. Esdingsr 81 va. wss per.
mitied 10 make personal explanation, not be-
ing understood in some remarks wh:ch:he hsd
made about slavery. lie wishes now to be'uD-
ders,ood in saying that be did no. consider The
institution Of Slavery . curse, misfortune Or
an evil.
The CoEmitioe Of Ways and Means rep port
ed IN the House, . bin for authorizing The bor-
! rowing Of twenty three millions Of aslIary 10
defray he war expenses incurred ana . be ID.
CURED. Tho blll authorizes This borrowing
10 Be made either BY tho issus u Treasury
Notes, Of By Loans. 81 the discretion q the Ex-
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