The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-03-05
WASHING On l .ILLLlGENCE


In the Senate there wa~ an Intellectual at
tempt TO take up the bill to pay Southern
| Senators.
The Army Appropriation bill was discus
,ed and laid aside.
The legislative Appropriation bill was
taken up.
The anne 1dment to the Indian Appropria-
finn hill was non-concurred in, and Con
ierenc Committee asked.
| The rerort Of the Conference Committee
on the Diplomatic bill was agreed to.
! Several amendments 10 the Appropriation
| bill were greed Wv.
| Amotion To strike ont the clause lncreas-
| iur the salaries of females, as department
clerks, vas rCjcc'r7.
An amendment was adopted, giving female
,npIoyes The same salary for the same work.
The amendment to increase the salary OF
the Treasurer TO IS, 600, was re ice cted.
| The Senate insisted on its amendment 70
Shenck's i'll, and Committee OF conference
Was appointed,
The report Of the Committee Of Conference
on the Diplomatic bill was agreed to.
| An ar.enhmsnt adopted 70 he Legs
latise Appropriation bill, aboilshing TIE once
! of Assistant Secratar, az the Navy.
A proposition authorizing deposits IN the
Mint al d its braches, Of refined gold and
silver bullion suitable for coinage, and to give
| in nayment imported bars at rates upon rules
nrascrihed by the Director OF the Mint. sub
| !. ct to the approval Of the Secretary OF the
! Treasury, was laid over informally.
White offered an amendment to increase
the salaries Of department emplyes ten per
cent
| Peuding action on this came the recess.
In the Senate. at the evening session. the
bill to more etfeCtually protect the Tar trade
I q
The ptoyi>o relative to Tecei'ng at TIE
NJ int depo,its of refined gold and silver bull
lion. was agreed to.
| The question on the amendment 10 pay
additional compensation to clerks was uec'-
ded out of order
Morton moved an additional section to re
posl the Tenure Of Office Act.
Trunbull, Ferry and others, favored re-
peal, but opposed adding it to appropriation
bill =.
! The amendment was reiected-22 to %.
Hendricks moredto omit the approptla-
ton for the Department OF EDUCATION. Re
jected.
The bill then passed.
The Post Office Appropriation bill WAS
taken upon.
Wilson's amendment TO the bill to estao-
lish an American line Of steamships came
Copkline and Grimes opposed it, and 1t
was with1ra xn, with the remark by wilson
that il will be offered again.
the Deficiency bill was passed over, but
the Senate is still considering the intention
of passing i. before adjournment.
Tn the House. the Senate resolution to
continue the contract for printing the de-
| bates in the Globe adopted.
A resolution authorizing the transfer OF
certain land from the Union Pacific Railroad
to the Denver Pacific Railroad passed.
The Senate amendments to the bill to
strengthen the public credit were non-con-
CURED in and a Conference Committee was
appointed.
The amendments in Committee OF the
Whole to the Miscellaneous Appropriation
bill were taken mp. -,
Branch Mint at San Francisco was adopted
and the hill passed.
The bin to pay wird Sl25,O00 in full for
guns furnished the army passed. Inc nusi-
ness on the Speakers table was considered;
A Conference Committee was appointed
on the Currenc, bill Osburn, Judd and
Hooper were appointed.
Banks, frum the Committee on Foreign
Relations, reported a substitute tor the Sen
ate Joint resolution rendering sympathy 10
Spain. The substitute sympathizes with tAe
ppOOle OF SValn III t!ieH eil0it ~
liberty in the nation, and with the people
of Cuba in their struggle for independence
and authorizes the President to recognize
the Independence of Cuba whenever IN MS
topinion a republican Government Is estao-
|li,hed. 1t passed unanimously.
/ The Senate's amendments to the OIL 10
iyay the officers and crew Of the kearssge,
who cartured the Alabama, were n"n-con-
Cured in, and a Conference Committee or
dered. Pile, Twitchell and Haight were ap'
pointed.
The amendment to the bill fixing the num-
bor of Judge Advocates il the army at lol
was noa-concurred in.
Senate bill granting bonds to Oregon fo'
IA wagon road was amended, hmlting th'
grant to three sections per mile, and passed
The House took recess.
The bill regulating elections in Washing
ton and Idaho Territories passed:
Several private bills passed and the Hous'
adjourned.
net meeting Of the present Administrat'o
was held to-day. All were present.