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Mr.. Cass offered an amendment for the APPOINT
nent OF board Of officers to examine tho Col
Inns steamers and report upon their adaptation
Tor war purposes Adjourned
HOUSE.
The Homestead bill was taken up in Com
mittee of the Whole and debated. Several
lnendments were otferad, when, without dis,
posing OF the first section, the Comnni ttee ro3e
aud House adjourned.
WAslHNGros, Fri day, May Z.
SENATE.
The deficiency bill was taken I'd. and tir
Collins amendment strongly advocated by Alr.
Cass in long speech. When Mr. Cass con.
cluded his remarks the question was t.frii tip-
on the motion Of Mr.. Jones Of Toln.s- g, to
stlke out S33,O0O and insert $4,000, winch
was rejected by yeas u, nays 70.
! "A great number OF amendments were pro-
posed by the opponents of tnc grant. but ii!
were voted down, except one proposed tv Mr.
Rusk, to the effect that the eStra cutnueu;at,..,
might be discontinued, should Congress 50 de-
eide after Dec, 1854, which was agreed to
without division. The Senate then adjourn
81 till Monday.
HOUSE
Mr.. Stanton Of Ky, reported that BOYD ana
| 'AiIiA'. ptl iuu III lO Il'LdICc COlllplltU VIVA
their contract, and that the Printing Committee
had contracted VITA Donelson & Arnstront. .
and Gibson s. Co.. for what Hamilton could
no. execute.
lie explained the grounds Of action The
House having Instructed tie Committee to let
out the printing to the lowest bidder, they re-
ported tnat 1t Is Illegal, aDd that they cannot
comply with the requirements.
The report states IN effect that Hamilton, the
contractor undertook in the first place to do the
work at ruinous prices, and in Consequence he
has been unable at any time to execute the
printing agreeably TO the terms Of the contract,
and in no single instance has complied with
requirements Of his bonds that the WORK turn
ed out IS disgrace to the country; that there
rs been unreasonable delay, ami tho Prr-.-
dents Ales3aTe, which was to have been print
Ell III three weeks, is not, after lapse OF five
months, half done, and there is not the slightes.
prospect that it wlil be fully completed until
after the adjournment of the session and that |
there was no other alternative but to enter into l.
cJmtracts with other parties. They had, ac-
cordlngly, contracted with Donaldson s Arm :
strong to do the printing Tor the House and !
with Gideon g. 0. to do that Of the SenLte- d
the contract had been cousummated, these Il
firms had given bonds of $4,000 each Cor its
faithful performance, and the Committee had !
n power 10 annul the bargain. The report n
Concludes with resolution affirming the pow
er OF the Committee to take sucl! means as they
dee II necessary to correct the evils cnumer-
ated.
Alter desultoly nnl exciting debate the ;,
C cons!deratioa OF the report was postponed TIL !,
Wednesday.
The House then went into Committee on i
private bills, and after some further uninpor-
tant business adjourned +
Washington, Monday 9, 1872. :
SENATE. n
Mr. Mallory offered resolution ofnqurv as V
to whether any Spaniards have sustained loss b
or damage in Louisiana from the Cuban out C
break, and as to the expediency OF indemnifying Il
them. He explained and advocated full indem- p
nifty. t
A resolution was agreed to, directing inquiry Il
as to the propriety of increasing the salary of X
OF Judge Of the Southern district of New York. 81
The Deficiency bill was then taken up, the tr
question pending being on the amendment gran 81
ting additional aid 10 the Collins steamers. bt
MIR. Wade, Of Ohio opposed the amendment SC
and gave his reasons at length. III
MIR. Bayard followed in favor of the grant. I
Mr.. Mallory offered an amendment transfer 4"
ring the contract from the Naval TO the Post tT
Office Department, pending which the Senate
Adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIvEs.-M Cullom
asle ed the consent Of the House for the ntrod- re
lc,ion of resolution as to the expedency OF m
purchasing Mount Vernon for the public use. #
objected TO- n.
Mr.. McMullen moved that that the House 60 "
nto Committee on the Homestead bill. i,
The House went into Committee, and rejected /,
he pending amendments, to strike out giving ve
Iomesteads free Of cost, and inserting firstly ar
30 cents secondly 25 cents RI
After several Intellectual attempts 10 amend the 6,
irst section of the bill, it was suffered TO remain 70
IS originally introduced. The Committee an
hen rose. q,
After an unmportant discussion relative 10 RI
recess for the purpose of cleaning the Hall, sn
be House adjourned. TIN
Mr.. CLAY Is gradually sinking ma
WAsHISGToN, Tuesday, May II. an
SENATE pr
After the presentation ota few petitions, Mr. "''
lallory moved to postpone the morning bust
ess and take up the Joint resolution authori-
ing the construction Oft war steamer for har- in
or defence. The motion was carried. Mr.. irc
tockton then spoke at some length in favor Of "a
le project, which he said was necessary for let
lie better de ence of the New York Harb5r. qu
Mr. Stockton made a long practical speech un
Il the subject OF haroor defences and naval lay
Earves, and in conclusion strongly urged the led
aSsage of the resolution, ful
Mr.. Hunter moved that the subject be post de,
oned in order to take up the deficiency bill orI
was accordingly postponed and the deticien- a {
y bill taken up debated, and Mr.. Mallorys VIII
transferring the Collins contract
ON the Navy TO Post Office department re
cted. The subject was then postponed and tho
lc Senate adjourned. yaI
HOUSE. euf
Immediately after the opening business, the pla
ouse resumed consideration of tine resolution mo
n a recess, for the purpose OF having the hall tan
eaped and put in order for the summer ses, sal,
on, and Mr.. Swee'ser's motion u lay the 9
solution Oh the table was adopted. ,y,
I he House thea went into omInttee of the r,,I
hole on the Homestead bill. 49,,
Many resolutions were offered, debated aud ,,a,
tpi down. Mr. nrOWu offered sub-titup tnr