Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-06-13
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xxxvIth CoNGREss-F1RsT SESSION.

.... WASHINGTON, June IL.
SENATE.-A long debate ensued on
amendments to the bill. An amendment
was adopted appropriating 100000 to the
militia in the United States to obtain arms
from the government to distribute among
the several States. .U
An amendment that the sum of $4,000,
heretofore appropriated for Lighthouse at
Oswego, and remaining unexpended, may be
applied for repairing the pier on which il
stands, was stricken out as recommended by
the Committee.
A recess was then taken till six P.
1t was agree to print the usual quantity OF
reports of the majority and minority commit
tees on printing abuses.
Mr.. Fitch reported the House bill for con-
structing Government printing-oflice.
Mr.. Davis, from the minority committee,
reported bill in relation to the public
printing. ..
A'substitute for the House bill, for the sale
of the military academy at Harrodsburg,
Kentucky, passed.
The consideration ofthe Civil Appropriation
Bill was resumed, and, after long debate,
an amendment modifying the contract with
Messrs. Gales & Seaton, for publishing Amer
ican State papers, was adopted.
The amendment appropriating $4,000 for
seeds and cuttings in the Patent Office, was
sIllChcu Oul, DuI dlJerWdTu reSIOfeu.
Mr.. lverson said the Agricultural Bureau
had abused the appropriations. They had
bought seeds in New York and have dis
tributed them in other sections at immense
expense to the Government, when the same
could be bought in any store in the country.
Mr.. Brown denounced the whole thing,
and doubted if the Patent Office ever sent any
valuable seed throughout the country.
Mr.. Wilson intimated that the Agricultural
Bureau was about to investigate the cattle
disease. t.,
Mr.. Brown hoped the nation would not
turn cow-doctor.
Mr.. Mallory said that Agricultural reports
were made out of material plagiarized from
books which ought to be in the library of
every Agriculturist.
The Senate amended The House amend
ment to the Pacific Telegraph Bill, by strik-
ing out the part in relation to advertising for
sealed proposals and inserted in lieu thereof
q direction to make a contract with Zenas
Barnum and others for the construction of
the line.
Thus amended, the House bill was concur
red in.
The House has yet to act on the bill. The
bill was considered till after eleven o'clock,
when the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE-Mr. Grow, from the Joint Com
mittee of Conference On the disagreement to
the amendment to the Postoffice Deficiency
Bill, reported that they were unable to agree
He moved that the House recede from its dis
agreement to the first amendment of the Sem
ate and agree to the Senate's amendment,
with an amendment providing that service
between Charleston and Key West shall be
performed in the same time as is now pre-
scribed in the contract with the Isabel and
that the Isabel shall be paid for the service
Qf the rate nraonrihad in fha
tract. The amendment restores all the
services discontinued or curtailed since the
fourth of March, 1859, except the route from
Nesho to Albuquerque and from Kansas City
to Stockton, and part of route number 8O76,
west of Ell Paso, leaving the discretion of the
Postmaster-General on the restored service
the same as under the existing law to dis
continue or curtail services.
Mr.. Grows proposition under the operation
of the previous question was agreed to--l24
against 80,
Mr.. Gurley, from the Printing Committee,
reported a resolution, which was passed, to
print 10000 extra copies of the mechanical
part of the Patent Office Report, 10000 copies
for the use of the Office, and the remainder
for the use of the House.
The Lighthouse Appropriation Bill was
considered and passed.
The House passed the following Senate
Joint resolutions
Authorizing vessel connected with the
Coast Survey, to proceed beyond the limits
of the United States, for the purposes con-
nected with the observation of the eclipse of
the sun, on the 18th of July;
To supply Switzerland and the Naval
Academy each with copy of the result of
Wickes's exploring expedition;
To supply the Cherokee and Chickasaw
nations with such copies of laws and journals
as are furnished to the organized Territories
The House took recess from half-past
four to seven o'clock. @.
The House reassembled at seven o'clock.
Several gentlemen obtained permission to
print their speeches in the Globe.
Mr.. McOwen objected to the printing of
slanderous speeches on Southern institutions
1t was decided that the objection came too
late. u.
The consideration of the Navy Appropri-
alton Bill was resumed. After debate the
rose and the amendments were
in and the bill was passed.
The House acted on the Senate's amend
ments to the Indian Appropriation Bill, con-
curing in some of them. Adjourned