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xLth C0NGRESS----Extra Session.
III. WASHINGTON. July is.

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ta p1a oes sEsArE.n .s.taait&
Mr, RAMSAY introduced . joint resolu
6on Sutfoffzing the extension of the mai
. steamsbip service between Ne United State
and China. Referred.
: ME CHANDLERcalls up his resolutior
directing the Committee on Foreign Reixtion
TO inquire into the execution Of Maximilias
and under the asetee Of October, 1866, hov
many Mexican soldiers snd officers were ex-
esuted under il. Agreed To-, & VS.
Mr.. HENDRICKS called mp the bill 70 es
tablish = pescs with certain hostile tribes o
Indiana. BY the appointment as Commission
era Genera1s Sherman, Hancock, Auser
Harney, and John B. Sauborn, VIM. Bond
S. O. BesumAs and Kit Carson and the Com
missioner Of Indian Affairs, to select reseIsa
tons upon which 10 locate said tribes. 4n
+ Mr. ROSS offered An amendment suthor
izing the General Of the Army to aceapa hs
services OF volunteers, not exceeding 4,OO(
ia number, from the States of Kansas ani
,Nebraaks and the Territories, to aid in sup
pressing Indian hoslilitiss, said volanteers L
be placed on the same footing as to pay and
,Ameuded BY inserting the Secretary Of War
uuuCI 0uSuOAisy ~ sAO - AcD1uCutt lu0b68u o.
the General IN. Chief, and BY proviso tha,
the volunteers are not to be called out, unles,
the Commiasioner shAll do It to secure re
dress. 5es s.s 500
The Commissioners were then stricken out
and i proviso inserted authorizing the Presi
dent to appoints commission consisting O.
tAree officers Of the army, not below the ranl
of Brigadier General, Chairman Of the Indian
Committee Of each House, and the Com mis-
sioner Of Indian Affairs, TO negotiate with the
Indians and report the proceedings TO the
President. s
1fter discussion on the general merits o.
the bill it passed. E3S
Adjourned.
ROUSE.
Mr.. SCHOFIELD, on leave, offered a res.
olution directing the Secretary Of the Treasu
ry- TO withhold the IAyment of $8, 600 900 for
certain claims unde decision of the court.
Adopted.
Mr.. KELLY presented communication
addressed 10 the Thirty ,ninth and tortieth
Congress BY the citizsns Of Decatur, Ala.
pfssenting de thanks Of the suffering poor Of
Nofthsrn Alabama, ,fdr the supplies lnrsished
through Gen. Howard, and stating that the
prospects for crop are so fiattering that
they hope this year to raise an abundance ol
everything.
The communication was laid on the table
and ordered to be printed.
Mr.. BR0OMAL offered resolution di
recting the Commissioned Of Foreign Affairs
to report what action Of this Governm ent viii
best manifest the sympathy of the American
people for the heroic Cretans, etc.
Unanimously adopted.
Mr.. SCHENCK, under suspension of the
rules, introduced bill transferring the In.
dian Bureau from the Interior to the Wal
Department. Referred to the Commissions,
on Military Affairs.
I Mr.. LOGAN asked leave to introduce a
resolution, presented yesterday by Mr..
Seeleys, asking the President TO issue q
proclamation to prevent the departure to
Mexico of any unlawful organization, etc.
1t was received and adopted.
Mr.. PILE, on leave, introduced joint
resolution directing the Secretary of the
Treasury to suspend payment in judgment
of the Court of Claims for $4,000, in favor
of Simon Stephens. for the purchase of balls
oa1 e-rbines, Dy orurrsur uen. rrenun.,s-
til further action. Passed.
Mr.. ROSS asked leave to offer resolutior
directing the Judiciary Committee to report
and have printed the testimony taken in the
impeachment case.
General objections were made on the Re
publican side. 49, = @ -
The SPEAKER presented the reply Of ths
Secretary of the Treasury to Mr.. Schenck'
resolution in relation to the Metropolitan
Board Of Internal Revenue m New York
He claims authority to appoint Commits
sion, from the general tenor OF the Interna
Revenue law. Unless Congress disapprove
OF it he will establish similar Boards in othe
States.
After loug discussion it was laid on tn,
table, Mr.. Schenck's motion to refer it to th'
Committee on Ways and Means not pre-
| vailing. .
Mr.. WILSON, of Iowa, from the Judiciar.
COMMITTEES, reported back the amendment t,
the Senate bill to secure equal rights in tn
District of Columbia. The amendment wa
agreed to and the bill as amended passed.
Adiourped