Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1859-03-05
CONGRESSIONAL.

/ ate. late last night. passedlthe 4ensrsa Al 4 Z
/ preparation bin without Hale's. amend
] ment.
T. dayit diseased the Post Route bill.
House The House amended and re-
jected the Post Office Appropriation bill,
| BY vote Of Sc ayes to liz NAYS.
a motion tosreconsidcr will be- made to
FmorfoW. pa * 49, d a - y
Mr. Sherman. Of the Investigating Com
mlttee, reported to-day on the alleged abu-
SEES IN thelNavy Department and Yards.
The consideration of the report was post
poned until Monday.
| In Committee Of the Whole, the, Naval
| Appropriation bill was taken up The vote
it is understood, will be taken to morrow.
r.: FR1DAY y Sendte-The Postal bill has
passed byaa vote of 80, TO rs. The bill
raises the postage to cents per half ounce,
and abolishes the Thanking privilege of the
members Of Congress and, the Departments
The Cuban bill was resumed and MANY
long speeches were made. tits understood
the session will continue until the vote is
taken. .ssd fefaiF ID; }eoH3i baA
House.-The vote yestesday rejecting
the Post Office Appropriation bill was re-
considered No action was had on it.
The Naval Appropriation bill was taken
up. 't'2e i-2'H ri HAR RAN
The House then adjourned. sgs
SATURDAY.-The Vice President laid be-
fore the Senate the joint resolutions of the
Common Council of Washington City D. G.
protesting against Congress giving the Bal
tlmore and Ohio Railroad Company the
right to run. their track through certain
streets of the city, inasmuch as that power
is delegated to the Corporation by special
enactment. Referred to the Committee on
the District of Columbia. I'll, LII
Mr.. Bayard, from the Committee on Ju-
dietary, reported a bill to provide for extern
ding the judicial system Of the United States
over the State of Oregon, which was pass
The Chair called up the Cuba bill.
Mr.. Slidel stated that he had, on consul
tation with. the friends Of the BILL conclud-
ed not to press its further consideration du-
ring the present session. The reason he
assigned for this step Was that the test vote
taken last evening showed that the contin-
ued discussion Of the bill to final vote,
would result in the. necessity of calling an
extra session for the passage of AppSopria-
tons, without arriving. at any, successful
action upon the bill ITSELF He gave notice
however, that helshould again present the
bill on the first day Of the next session,
when it can be introduced under the rules.
Mr.. Bright said if he had been here
{o1zo H. II
have voted for the bill
MIR. Jones made the same announcement.
Mr.. Davis was for the acquisition Of Gu
ba in some manner, and had desired to
speak on the bill. Had lie been here he
should have voted with the friends Of the
measure. nia.lela a3~l-an IA '"i
Messrsa Fessenden, Wade, Wilson, and
Clark, spoke briefly to the subject and then
the Military Appropriation bill was taken
up, on motion OF MIR. Hunter, and discuss
ed until adjournment
House-Mr Faulkner, Of va, reported
from the Committee on Military Affairs
bill to prevent trespass and depfadatons on
United States military reservations The
bill provides that any person who cuts wood
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not more than $500, and imprisoned for not
more than one year,s, b,.a.rte. Hsif
The consideration Of the Post Office APP
preparation bill was resumed, motion to
reconsider the vote by which it was rejected
having yesterday been adopted. a1.r
The question was taken on the motion to
reconsider the vote by which the House
adopted the amendment Of Mr.. Branch, of
N. Co., to. Inappropriate theaunexpended
balance Of appropriations for the erection of
post office buildings for the fiscal year 1859
The motion was adopted -di st, Sro5 sa+'
The amendment was then adopted-yeas
1l6, nays 49, '.A -''' ,2a'
The bill was then passed yeas los nays
l03-ln exactly the same state as when re-
jected on Thursday. a7ssa 1sa 'as"
Mr.. Phelps, Of Mo-, moved to suspend
the rules, to enable him to introduce bill
reviving the tariff aes Of 1876. YAH a4A
MONDAY. -Senate-A committee of con-
ference was appointed'on the Legislative
and Executive bill. n @.it III H i3@'2T
Fine Postal appropriation bin was taken
up. aro4ar'l4,5rEfe
llOuSE- L uC IIVuSc TeSuIiieu Tue CUuSlQ-
Grafton Of the Naval Appropriation bill, h,
hItEsDAY,i NJ AEcn, Fl aad's- -The Sen.
ate was engaged tintif recess, with The Pos
tai Appropriation bill. \. Z 'Fho'% L ~
Hopse-lThe Miscellaneous APPROPRIATION
bill was passed 'Dia4At '1lt lAhF 80. iii
The Ocean mail service bill was ! tabled
by III majority LapaV1 S4ili9S9ohf ~
3 The Army bin was then taken up s. as,l
II WEpSEspAY 4Senate- last night, the
Senate passed the Naval appropriation bill. |
To-day it passed resolutions foe the imme-
date expenditure Of the, remaindos of the
former appropriation to improve the nayiga=
ton Of the mouth Of the Mississippi. $500
The MISCELLANEOUS Appropriations were
debated until recess. '' ''''+ VI Az '.''
Ho ,Ae The House passed the Senate
resolutions, making Commodore Stewart
senior, flag officer Of the Navy ;, as q reoogni-
ton Of his distinguished l. services. u 99i8d9
The ISenate's amendments to the Army
bill, were, disposed of. The House concur
red in. appropriating $50, 900 foranew MAJ
chipeyyi and repairs at ,Harper's Ferry. Ar
mory. adj bsg;a!sxs uoi@lh85I Id aaoii
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