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IN the Senate. Usd1eslas, after he usnas ronf.
Inc Of morning basiaess. The deheieuey ps a,..,
considered. and various amendmfnl. seae Il
and adopted. ~, q, IL
IL he House Of Rrpresenlaiises = nii ~
hr,.fl cf i6e town OF Council Bluffs Iva,
1900 AR Disney 6on the Cemmiiiee on VI
r.. ards made an adverse report on zoe no q
Nh ,nropriatinR Ten millions 81 acres Of lanasS
- anportioned among The several states ~ rs
bened OF the indisent insane Mr. bennss s
srsied minority report, which, fogeioer via -.
- ~ raiofitv. was ordered 10 be printed. l.ae
Mi fr H. benefit Of the INDECENT insane was re
~ \, he COMMITTEES OF the Whole On the staigSi
~ Union afier an Intellectual eaort % iay y
H. table The House went into committee. fna
,,ot M he bili providing for The eonssTueuo4 o.
- .,esm- ffiss,ts. When Mr.. Barksdsie expfesked
his views in advocacy Of the Nebraska Kansas ll,
,nd Mr. Foiton in opposition 70 the measure. !!
n fhe Senate Tznrsdey The deficiency ball tas
farther considered An amendment proposeG ~
Mr. Badger. repealingsthai part OF the at reggl
Tag The public printing which provides that, wIsfe
both houses shall order the printing Of the same
documents the work shall be executed BY the PIN
Ter Of The house first ordering the same, vas depa
ted a. length. ard adopied--yeas p, nays ID ar
Z Thompson, OF Kentucky, and Mr.. Hamlln ISel
moved amendments FOR the continuation Of wsrp'
on various cuiiom-h houses, and after debate, an
without taking any Question thereon, the Sssst'
Ia the House Of Representatives, y. G. Taytar
member cleo from Tennessee, in the place Of Braok
ins Campbell deceased, appeared and quainsg
The bill providing for the construction Of six 9rs'
class steam ffigales was considere1 10 CommSte
Of the Whole On the state Of the Union.
In the Senate. Friday, preamble for the rilie
| Of Hocges g. Landsdale, was passed.
/ The deficiency bill was further considered. IN
| amendments proposed yesterday by Messrs- ThsSSnl
-. <s[r-s.r,.r,u7;ysHf,' tDa1, pfovidencssIP r
land. and San Francisco together with an aEnsnd
ment proposed BY Mr.. Dodge. OF Iowa, for the tttm
pletion Of marine hospitals al Cleveland St Lshi,
i Chicago, Louisyile,i Padueah, Evansville, Ea
Franeisco, and Burlington, were debated and 1er
all adopted. Other amendments were consfdeted
l and The bill as amended was passed
\ After an Executive session, the Senate adlaAfn
l ed iii Monday. Il:
10 the House of Representatives, MFR. Presio
made an explanation, 10 the effect that The perSou
al difficulty between Messrs. Cutting and Bri I,
inridge has been settled in a manner y..,u,sl,lI
satisfactory" and mutually honor. ,ep 10 ~,
ms genps-.en, who were e-gaged 10 the ddfal
\ relations
The House passed the bill authorizing the sor
strncion Of six drstcIafs steam-frigates, and:sad
/ journed until Monday. IS
10 The Senate, MoNday Mr.. Cas- gave hesic
that 90 next Monday two weeks be would ak /
be heard on tle subject Of securing freedom Go II
llgiors worship to Americans 10 foreign eounifes
Two resolutions calling for Information were atbp
Ell The joint resolution explanatory Of H. eac1ter
ulatirg the manner Of appointing Irls 10 Me-
Point academy was debated, and then ppsipgae
Tor fortnight. The rest of the sitting was 1adl
pied 70 considering executivas bu.iness. u
The House Of Repres~ utatfyes paSsed Al hililtss
uiaung ana inereasir the pay Of deputy post 4,
iers and another sIll the effect OF which is 10 Boil
lsh 'he charge OF twenty-five cents for authetAAa
non q public dosumehis al the State Departtsen
hesoiuilops calling ca several of the executive Il
paItme1is Tor information were adopted. u
pr. Campbell asked leave to introduce result
lion looking 10 the annexation of Canada bui Ii
House refused BY vote of % against 9 20 isu,
psnc the rules fertile reception OF The proposition