, 1869-03-12

Dates TO March 4lh.
IOoHrILrp rnar rns onEasnllrl
cONGaEssIoNAL.

aud laid aside.
The legislative appropriation bin was taken
up.
The amendments tn the Indian appropria.
tim bill wers non.cnncurred in and q confer,
ence committee asked.
= The report Of the Conference Committee
on the diplomatic BILL was agreed to. Sew
erul amendments to the appropriation bill
were agreed to A motion o. strike out the
clause increasing the salaries Of females a,
drpaItm. mt clsrks, was rejected. An amend
ment was adopted giving female employees
the san~ salary for the Sa,De work.
The report oi tho Committee of Confer
ence on The diplomatic bill WIS agreed to
An amendment WINS adopted to the legisla.
tive appropriation bill shnlshiny the ufi;e
OF Assistant Secretary Of the Navy.
A proposition suthunzing deposits in tho
Mint and lis branches. vf refined gold AHd
silver bullion, suitable i0r coinags. and To
give " payment Imported bars at rates a,,sn
rules prese'lbrd by the director Of the Mint,
subject to the approval OF the Secretary of
the Treasury. was laid over ihformlly.
White offered an amehdmsnt I" increase
the salaries of Drplrtment employers ten
per cent Pending action On the eame the
recess occurrd
lr the Senate at the evening session, the
bill to more rifecIullly prute't the fur trade
OF Alaska Was amended and pissed
The prop 'sitinn relative To receiving at
the Mint drpn>irs OF refined gold aud silver
bulliun was agreed to-
The question On the amend uent to pay
additional compensation to clerks Wa, ruled
out Of order.
Morton moved an additional section TO
repeal, the tenure Of office act.
TrumbuIl, Ferry aud nthers favored rep"al
but opposed add ing it to the appropriation
bill. Theamendnenl was rrjecied-22 To %.
Hendricks mrved to omit the appropriation
for the department Of education rejected
the bill then passed.
The post ufiice appropriation was taken up
Wilson $ amend ment tn the bill to estab.
lish an American line IT Steamships came up
Conkling and Grimes opposed it, and It
was withdrawn with the re,nark by Wilson
that it would be offered again.
The deficiency bill was passed over, but
the Senare are still considering the intention
of passing it befIre aliuurnment.
ln the Huuse he Senate resblaton to con-
tinue the Contract of printing The d bates in
the Giobe was adopted.
A resolution autho,izing the transfer of
certain land from The Upin Pacific Rail- DAD
10 tn. Denver Pacific Railroad WIS pas Led.
The Senate amendments to the bill ro
strengthen the public credit wers not Con
CURED 10 aud Conference U,mm,ttee was
appointed
W vfI1ie III the uriscrltur-uus -,rprrrpr,ati.,A
bill wrre taken up ami the amendment grant
ing sl5U,OUO to the Branch Mint nt San
Franci.eo was ad ,uted aid the bill passed
A Conference Commit e was mp tinted
On the currency bill. Osburn. Judd aud
Hooper were appointed.
Banks, ir"m the Cnmmlttee on Foreign
le.a''o"s ,el.Or'eu S"o'''u'e 10, t"e oe"aee
gint resolution tenuerln: sympathy 10 oi"'n'
ne ne Su"s.'ute sy'nPa'h'1eS WIN '"' Pe"p'e
VI TP"'n III 'her e"'rtS - eS'ao,'sn ",%',J
III the n"ti'n' a"u win IN people l" Ouoa
IN MIR >Tngsle Tor l"'irre""ence ana au'
tn"rIze> tue i">'uent 10 reelshlze lhe In"e-
Pendence oi Ouoi "ne""ver' 'n MS up "i'n'
repuonc"n goVrrh'hent Is established IL
passed unanimously
lhe SENATE OH granting o'nuS 10 oregon
tor wagon road Was amruied. making the
grant three sections per mile aud pass.d'
>lnr OH TO reg1late elrc'lo"S IN waning
ton and Idaho tPrrllO"leS passed.