New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-07-17

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w,suISGroN, Thursday July 10, i0C' -,
+o-dav. after the passage OF Dill
III ''V r. cretoms navigation, ana coihine'oe VI
tei@oI' - If Alaska, Mr.. Conness ehuea'oleu "
inc ,Ranks bill for the protection Oh A,nei',''
sail up Wv, items which was the special ORDER
80 tbe motion was disagreed 10 oy - W 81 -,
-, Arnropriation bill was then deoateu unVii
go o,clock Ii was again dlscusseu aC 'ho iei
.ase;on The Senate confirmed the nomination u
Isanb Whittelsev to be Indian Agent OF 'ho Oiipp0-
was at Lake Superior
Tho Senate Committee on Foreign feiaUlohS VIM
.oId q meeting tomorrow for the purpose Oh CONSUL
.,po The bill for the Alaska Appropriation purchaso,
,r, Committee are unanimously in favor OF the Dill
lint will report against the House preamble ohouiu
,h Uouse insist on retaining this amendment theIe
10 every reason TO suppose that the measure may De
Aoteated as Senators are altogether indlsposed 10
oon,wit themselves TO any such policy, OF TO place
D,, restrictions on the treaty making power Inc
Committee on Commerce of the Senate de-
odd TODAY to allow the RIVER ana hHDol
AUGMENTATION bill which passed the House 10 DC
ostnoned until next session. 1hey author1eu Ine
chairman 10 offer an amendment 10 the Zen
cheney bill when il comes up IN athe senate pIONu
co. a., contamination of 100000 to continue the
work On rivers and harbOrs, and to keep them IN
,oner state of preservation until the next session.
,ben general bill is to be reported, making the
.oon;;te concentrations This million and half OF
Ailors,s n he expended under the direction OF the
Secretary of War who will appoint competent en-
eiDeers TO superntend the work.
In the House to-day, nearly the whole session was
taken ND in the consideration Of the Missouri con
tested election case of SwitzleT VS.. Anderson Inc
contestant Mr.. SwtZleT, who IS Democrat, APP
peared and made two-hOurs speech In support OF
his claim Mr. Anderson replied, and made charges
of dIsloyalty against SwitzleT, and then Swltzler
made counter charges of the same character. Under
these circumstances, it deemed necessary to re-
fer the case back TO the Election Committee, and on
call of the Yeas and Nays the case was recommlt-
ted The Committee will meet tomorrow morning
and consider the new charges 1t is the desire of the
Committee TO dispose of the case at once, and they
will probably report before the end OF the
week Gen. ScheHck reported the Senate Funding
bill from the Committee on Ways and Means, with
amendments and it was ordered TO be printed ana
recommItted. The amendments provided brst Tor
single issue of 40 year bonds at 65OO per cent inter-
est, exchangeable at any time by the holder lor
greenbacks and rice and secondly the annullng
of the section relating to the contracts made in gold
The Committee will probably report the bill back Tor
action tomorrow. Mr.. Moorhead made determined
effort to secure night session for the purpose of dis
posing of his supplementary Tariff BILL but failed on
call of the Yeas and Nays by two votes, the vote
standing a TO &C. Ii was the general opinion that
had anight session been held for the purpose, the
bill could have been disposed of before adjournment
A night session was held for debate alone
The bill to authorize the temporary supply of vacan-
cies in the Executive Department was referred to
new Conference Committee, in the House, to-day
Mr. Trumbulls amendment in regard TO the Patent
ORioe was the chief difficulty. II seems that the
present administration of that office is most cor
Of charges have bppn made
against the chief clerk who is now in charge of the
office and the Trumbull amendment it is said Is for
the purpose of reform. II is understood that
the Printing Committee will IN few
days make a report showing that the present man
agement of the office is most eXtTavagant 1t may
be remembered that the COmmssioneTshp of Patents
became vacant months ago, and ever since then the
pfce has been in the control of corrupt ring, who
have so far manipulated the powers at the White
House as to prevent the appointment of proper per
SON who can be confirmed by the Senate. Unless
some legislation on the subject is soon agreed upon,
the Senate will adjourn without confirmation, and
the evil administration Of the office Will continue
until the end of JohnsOn's term.
The Ways and Means Committee to-day adopted
several amendments to the first third and fifth sec
lions of the Funding BILL that it is in fact an en-
tTely new measure, and there is very little proba-
bility that it will in its present shape be adopted by
the Senate. Several prominent members of the Sen
ate speak in opposition TO the amendment made to-
day fixing the rate of interest at 6j-l0Oths
per cent? they are also opposed TO the other
amendment striking out the clause legalizing
gold contracts. II is very possible that this
question of financial reconstruction will go over
until next session. The Reconstruction Committee
have concluded TO wait for the military returns of
the late elections in Mississippi, which daily
pected before taking action the presented by
the Committee of RecOnstructionists from that State
The Committee the treatment of prisoners of war
during the late Rebellion, have done very little in
the way Of investigation during the present session.
Asub-committee is TO be appointed TO visit, after
Congress adjOurns, Salisbury Andersonville, Flor
ence, Richmond and other points South
where Union soldiers were imprisoned, and they
Will investigate the charges OF matreatment, etc,
The Committee Contingent Expenses of the
two Houses viii meet tomorrow next day 10 make
an Investigation in regard TO the payment of mile
age TO witnesses in the impeachment trial. 1t is
charged that the majority of the witnesses were
paid double, owing TO a misunderstanding 1t seems
that mileage paid at the sttings of the Man
ayers, and then again when in attendance at the
Senate.
The whole Congress delegation from Louisiana.
with one exception arrived here this evening. and
their credentials were 10 be presented to Congress
tomorrow. The names of the Senators are VIM p.
Kellogg and John S Harris, and of the members of
the House, j.. Hale Sypher J. p. Newsham, Michael
Vidal, and Col Mann. The last-named is the only
Democrat. and his seat is contested by his Repub-
lican opponent Col. Jasper Blackburn of the dele
CATION, has not arrived having been detained by the
destruction of mis- newspaper office by the Rebels
About SIX months ago, in dead Winter, the Kiowa
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