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.NoSpAr. April 26-In the Senate, Mr..
Seward presented ihs Joint fesolution, Of the
New. YORK iegishture.sin hvor Of the pro.
motion Of Iisp,sasat. .Naasy. Ma. Mallory.
Of Florida. spoke In explanation Of the dificul.
Ties with SPsngsay, and y lvindicaum Of
President Lopez, Of that Republic. A debate
followed on this subject, IN which Messrs.
Simmons, Nsson and others participated
Nj. Ssward having taken the floor. the Kan.
sas bill was called up by Mr.. Green. Mr.. 3.
giving NAY. for that purpose. A long discns'
sion ensued on the question whether the re-
port Of the Committee Of Conference was In
q parliamentary sense before the Senate, or
whether Il was not still In possession Of the
House. On this question several Senators
spoke. The Chair decided that the Report
was In possession Of the Senate, and this de-
cision. on appeal, was sustained, 30 against
Il. Mr.. Crittendsn asked that tho consider
alton Of the report be postponed till Wednes.
day. and was supported by Messrs. Douglas
and Seward. Remarks were also made by
Messrs. Bell, Bright, Baysrd, Csnsron and
Bigler, and It was finally agreed that the sub.
ject be made the special order for to- morrow
at IL l.2 o'clock.
In the House of Representatives, Mr.. Quit.
man naked leave to introduce q resolution re-
lative to the admission Of future new States.
Mr.. English objected, and the resolution was
not read. The report Of the Kansas Confer
snce Committee came up Mt. Harris, Of
Illinois, moved to postpone I'LL Wednesday,
A motion by Mr.. Marshall. Of Kentucky, 70
lay the report upon the tabls, was made. and,
after call Of she House. withdrawn. AIDE
bate followed on the motion to postpone 10
the second Monday (l0th) Of May, NJ. Hsr.
ris having Withdrawn his amendment for
Wednesday next. A vote was had on the
pending motion for May 10. and II was lost,
Aver, 100; Nays, l04. On motion OF Mr.
Stephens, the consideration Of the Kansas
Report was then postponed till Wednesday
1t o'clock. The Deficiency bill was then
considered, ias returned from the Senate. Mr..
Spinner, of New York, sent TO the Clerks
desk TO be read what purported to DC mo-
ton or proposition, the preamble OF which
embraced an extract form the Burlington
Hapkrys newspaper, alleging that, BY order
of the Land Commissioner, 5000 acres OF
land had been located Tor Senator Bright OF
Indiana, at the Council Bluffs Land Office.
out of office hours, Sc. The reading OF this
document was stopped by the Speaker, as 70.
fie ting upon member Of the Senate. The
affair caused much confusion, and some hard
words. Mr.. English said there WAS nothing
in the case, and wished the House to inyesti-
gate II. For want OF quorum, the House
sd;ourned. F'|1.' ..i
TUESDAY, April 26.-In the Senate the Re-
-, =, d.. canr,,onc. Committee was taken
p NJ. C,;,,.ndon ,,.d. a .,ecb svninst II.
s ~. !, =. . Moor msimed. inn erIect
o's.,;,,,,. sns ,hs h;Ii sdont.d by the Hou.s.
n, Wnn,sr ,sni;ed 10 him. He was followed
- NJ r.,,.r,.r .nd AZ, Hale. The latter
si :. H. ,,as,, ,;v;n, N, Vancouver
1872 on, iii. % /, ss, unbeatable.
"e n h..n ..yo 4, nm AR
M aUu '"a. .' a."oh 80 r. Green renli.d
"aue ihs ~, poe."' I;s.,.,.d ,.;,h,,, I'll.
!. nun. ino oena.o 49, -"
my a"y ueI I"u'. 'V ~. .s,.ct comr;,,ee upon
tho ..,a NJ P,rt S,slI;n, nre.ented the re,ort
Of the ma;o,i,v nnd IL wa, mude the social
orJ.r for The 'is,h Of Nav. The minority
oiso n,s.ent,d , renort. In committee of the
whoip rio hin o,,n,inv pen,ion, 10 soldiers OF
The .ar Of isiD WIN. un,I.r confederation
S.v.r.I .nsoebs. Ven made. when the com.
m;t,ee rosp and the IIou,e adjourned.
WvnSps,,,y Anil oS Tie Senate con.
.,msd tho dsy IN listening 10 three or four
sneeehe, unon the Kansas bill. and adjourned
with an understanding that the final vote be
taken to. morrow. E'"
In the House, several speeches were made
| upon the Kansas Conference Report. the last
by Mr.. Clingman, who moved the previous
question. This movement appears 70 nave
soe" made wi,hout general undels'ahamB
among the friends OF the bill. Tor Dir. stephens
suggested that the vote DC postpone WI
o'clock Tomorrow, but It's opponents declared
themselves ready Tor the question, when MI
Stephens, failing to obtain call OF the House,
moved an adjournment, which was carried
by two majority. The pending previous
question will come up Tomorrow, and II sus-
tanned. which, however, 10 not probable, the
final vote will 90 reached In the afternoon.
There are indications that several friends OF
the report still desire to speak, and 30 the
debate may continue day OF Two longer. In
the Senate, Mr.. Stuart, OF Michigan, made an
elaborate argument against the report and
Mr.. Pugh. OF Ohio, replied TO MIN. MT.
Doolittle, Of Wisconsin. followed. closing his
remarks at3 7. NJ, when the Senate adjourn
cd. In the House, resolution TO print To-
900 copies Of the mechanical part OF the
Patent Office Report was adopted also q
resolution relative to the Philadelphis POST
Once. The House then resumed the hantn
report, and adjourned, - above stated, with
out having reached vote. 'a.p
THURsDAY, April 29.-bGth the Senate ana
the House Of Representatives devoted the
whole Of yesterday to debating the Ksnsas
Conference Report. without reaching anal
vote In either House. In the Senate speech.
es were made by Msssrs. Douglas. Browns,
Toombs, Wilson, Green and Bell. in which
the merits and dement's OIL, the English bill
were discussed with great earnestness. ~
the conclusion OF Mr.. Belle remarks Mr..
Seward manifested desire to speak, but,
being slightly ihdispo:ed. on motion Of Mr..
Green. the senate adjourned. Tomorrow.
Mr.. BIodetiek and Nj. seward VIII speak,
and with these speeches, u 70 understood, the