Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-03-03

ought to be held tonight; and 1t was
agreed to meet at nine o'clock tonight
and sit two or three hours.
The Speaker announced that he would
present his resignation tomorrow morn
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The Senate amendments to the Indian
appropriation bill were non-concurred in,
and Conference Committee appointed
on it and the following bills: The ma
tional currency; regarding the DISPOSE
ton Of fines and penalties under the
custom laws; regulating the reports of
the national currency associations; COM
pensatiug the officers and crew Of the
Kearssge for the destruction Of the
Alabama.
The following bills were passed:
Relative to the captures by Farragut in
the Mississippi river; relative to add.
tional bounties; relative to certifying
checks by national banks; for the relief
of certain scouts in Alabama; relative
to the proof of Wells in the District of
Columbia; respecting the organization
Of the militia in the South; requesting
the President to transmit the proposed
constitutional amendment to the Execu-
tives of the several States; amending the
national currency act by extending GER
tain penalties to accessories; relating to
the time for finding indictments in the
United States Courts in the Southern
States, and appointing Louis Agassiz
agent for the Smithsonian Institute.
The message to the Senate relative to
the release of Warren and CASTILLO was
referred.
The Senate's amendments to the bill
for the sale of the Hot Springs reserva-
ton in Arkansas we're referred.
The Senate's joint resolution, tender
ing sympathy to Spain, coming up, MIR
Banks, from the Committee on Foreign
Affairs, reported substitute sympathiz-
ing with the people of Spain in their eff
fort to establish the liberty ofthe nation,
and with the people of Cuba in their eff
fort to secure independence, and author
izing the President to recognize the in
dependence of Cuba whenever, in his
opinion, republican form of govern
ment shall have been established. The
substitute was agreed to, and the joint
resolution passed unanimously.
Senate.-The motion was made to take
up the resolution for paying the Senators
from the Southern States, but Mr.. Trum-
bull objected.
The Army Appropriation bill was then
taken up, and, after brief discussion,
laid aside, and the Legislative Appropria-
ton bill was taken up.
An amendment, appropriatiDg $4,000
to fulfill the contract with Winnie Ream,
for the Lincoln statue, was agreed to.
The Senate insisted on its amendments
to Schenck's bill, and appointed Con-
ference Com mittee.
Mr.. Sumner, from the Conference
Committee on the Diplomatic Appro-
priation bill, made report, which was
agreed to.
The Legislative Appropriation bill
being still before the Senate, the office of
Assistant Secretary of the Navy was
abolished, and the bill otherwise amended.
EVENING SESSION.
Mr.. Sumner called up the bill relating
to telegraphic communication between
the United States and foreign countries,
being the bill reported by him from the
Foreign Committee on February 18th,
and moved an amendment to the second
section, the object Of which is to protect
the grant already made to the cable be-
tween Florida and Cuba, which was
adopted and the bill was passed
The Legislative, Executive and Judi
cial Appropriation bills were then pro.
ceeded with.
Mr.. Ferry moved an amendment APP
propriating SIS, 900 for the expenses of
investigating the cause of the Texas cat
tie disease, under the supervision of the
Department of Agriculture. Adopted.
Mr.. Morton moved, as an additional
section, that the act regulating the tenure
of certain civil Offices be hereby repealed.
Rejected hv II 10 80.