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XLIst OONGREss---seoond Session.
SENATE.


the conference committee on the Georgia bill.
reported that the committee were unable to
agree, and moved that the Senate concur in
the House amendments. The motion was sub
sequently withdrawn, objection being made
Mr.. Sumner, from the Committee on For
elgn Relations, reported bill for the relief of
Nicholas p. Trist, the nesotiator of the treaty
of Guadalupe HdalgO.
MIR. Wilson, from the Military Committee,
reported adversely on the bill drecting The
Secretary OF the Interior to deliver the Mount
Vernon relics to Miss Mary Gusts Lee. He
said he was personally in favor of the bill but
it had been overruled by the committee.
Bill to construe the act of March 2, 1868, was
passed. 1t allows drawback on cotton goods
exported prior to May 1, 1869, where the inter-
nal tax was paid on raw cotton. 1t was in
tended to remedy the deficiency in the rulinc
OF the Secretary of the Treasury.
Mr.. Anthony was elected pro tenn. to preside
during the recess, the Vice President having
vacated the chair for that purpose.
Bill granting pension of $4,000 DER annum
to MRS Mary Lincoln was passed, % to 20.
Mr.. Chambers bill for encouragement of
American shipbuilding by a system of draw
backs, and the passage of which he said the
administration considered of vital Importance,
was read and discussed for some time and laid
on the table by vote of 81 to 49,
The conference committees report on the
naval appropriation bill was agreed to.
Mr. Wilson submitted the report of the cen
ference f:Tt committee on the army appropriation
bill, the provisions of which are as foilows:-
The pay OF the General of the army is fixed at
$l5,oOO with 1880 per annum Communication for
fuel and quarters, and 5000 additional for for
age, making the whole compensation $177C0;
me pay OF the Lieutenant General is fixed at
Sl! ,U0O, with fuel, quarters and forage, being q
reduction of $1,000 on his present paw. Officers
IN active service are not allowed to hold a civil
once; retired officers may hold Office, which
entities Gen. Sickles to continue in his posi-
ton as Minister to Spain. Military storekeep-
ers are not to be dismissed; and upon the mat.
ter of brevets it is provided that an officer shall
not wear the uniform of brevet rank while on
official duty, leaving it optional with him to
wear it any other time. The provision allow
ing supernumerary officers the alternative of
dlscharge; on their own application or fur
Tough without pay is stricken out, and the pro-
vision made for their muster out summarily
after the first of January next, was temporari-
~ Withdrawn for correction, and the Senate
Ven Went INTO executive session for an hour and
then took q recess.
AT the evening session the Senate adberad 70
us amendments to the Indian approximation
DIli, aud referred the House bill placing 81
00O,O0J at the disposal of the President for In
dian service, to the Committee on Appropria-
tions. .
The report OF the conference committee on
sundry civil and deficiency appropriation bills
was adopted.
A message was received from the President
SSoA WIN HIS OuDcClOuS, Juc DllI prOV1u-
ing for the payment of bounties to certain AL
ALBANIA and Florida troops. On motion it was
ordered to be printed and the whole subject
went over until the next session.
A bill passed donating condemned cannon
to aid in erecting soldiers monuments at
Bridgeport and Eastford, Conn.
The conference committees report on the
Georgia bill was adopted with an amendment
declaring that nothing in that or any other act
OF Congress shall be construed to effect the
fnr ,rnI,
or any member OF the General Assembly elect
ed as prescribed by the Constitution of Geor-
gia.
Mr.. Drake inquired if twas not the effect
of the bill as amended to compel an election
next fall.
Mr.. Howard replied that he did not under
stand the bill affected the question at all but
left it where it was before, to be decided by the
provisions of the State Constitution, as in
every other State.
on Appropriations, reported back the bill pac-
ing 50, 100000 at the disposal of the President
to maintain peace with the Indians and for In
dian service. The committee recommended an
increase to $6,GG0000 and reported section
making specific provision for the expenditure
of the money.
Discussion on the bill ensued and still con-,
tinues, 2 a. M, with no prospect of adjourn
ment before morning.
HOUSE.
The Senate amendments to the bill requiring
national banks going inio liquidation to return
their circulating notes, were agreed to.
Objection was made to taking up the Senate
amendments to tie apportionment bill, and the
bill remains on the Speakers table.
The Senate bills n'the Speakers table are
about eighty, of which twenty-five are for rail-
road grants, and were objected to before the
Clerk had time to read their titles The others
either remained on the Speakers table or were
referred to a committee.
The following bills were passed. Granting
condemned ordnance for soldiers monuments
at Providence, r. l., and at Bucksport, Me. !;
bronze ordnance for an equestrian statute of
Gen. Rawlings; to amend to incorporate Ma
ticnal Academy of Sciences
The Washington and New York Air Line
Railway bill was reached, but objection being
made it remained on the speakers table.
Joint resolutions recording numerous petitions
of wine and liquor importers of the special tax
on sales, and that the tax is ten times greater
than that on o'her branches, and providing
that it shall cease after the first of Dec 1870,
were referred to the committee on Ways and
Means.
The following bills from the committee of
Ways and Means were passed: authorizing the
Secretary of the Treasury to provide by con-
| tract for the manufacture of internal revenue
stamps, exempting canned and preserved fish
| from internal taxes, which was amended by in.
GLIDING shell fish and amending the act of the
drawback Of internal duties on brandy and
other distilled spirits exported as on rum and
| alcohol
| The Senate bill authorizing the Secretary o.
war to take charge of the Gettysburg and An
| tetam national cemeteries was passed.
Mr.. Dawes, of Massachusetts, from the con-
ference committee on the Indian appropra-
ton bill, reported that they had been unable tt
| agree after ten or twelve laborous sessions.
The two Houses had taken positions in refer
/ or. 70 fl,o1 nli frao &c vrhf
peared irrecouciabe, and now are forced
either to the necessity of having session
| called by proclamation of the President, tC
attend to the matter, or the responsibility O
| an Indian war; but he had been authorized by
| the Committee on Appropriations to report at
entirely new bill, appropriating $5OOO,OOO, te
enable the President to maintain peace among
| the Indian tribes and pay the annuities an(
promote civilization among them, bringing
| them where practicable on reservations and re
forts at self-support; detailed report of al
expenditures up to that date to be made Il
Congress in December next.
MIR. Sargent, of California, moved that the
House adhere to its position on the bills This
motion, which terminates the matter and vir
tuaIly kills the bill, was agreed to-.
Mr.. Dawes then called for the vote on tn
Dill reported by him, and stated that if it wa
not passed the members would be called bacl
to an extra session before they reached tn
| tiosW utpots. Inc rules were suspended
and the bill was passed-123 to 66.
Dill ceding to the State of Ohio jurisdc
ton over the grounds Of the National Asylum
Tor Disabled Soldiers was passed.
Inc Speaker appointed Messrs Wilson G
Minnesota, Wilkinson of Minnesota, Eldridg
of Wisconsin, Culom of Illinois and Archie
of Maryland as committee to accompany tn
remains of Senator Norton to the place Of in
terment
Mr.. Barnum introduced bill donating t
the Ladies' Monument Association of Bridge
port, Conn, ordnance for monument at Sea
side Park.
A resolution authorizing select committe
on the decay of American commerce and
report next session was agreed to, with til
provision that they should not be authorized |
sit during the recess.
The Senate amendment to the bill in refe
ence to drawback on cotton goods was col
CURED in.
Mr.. Dawes offered resolution remitting a
fines unpaid on members for absence, whc
was adopted, and thelHouse took recess.
, The House resumed its session with fu
attendance of members and many spectator
in the galleries.
! The Senate bill for an extension of the p;