The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-06-15

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The senzte Conme cree Commute to-day
agreed TO report q bill to establish limo Of
steamers between San Francisco and Austria
LIE, and allowing subsidy OF three hundred
thuusa1d dollars per annum. - =
Attorney General Hoar win leave here
Tor Boston early next week, to be absent
several days. He will attend the annual
commencement at Cambridge University.
Secretary Robson and some invited
friends will, In q day or two, leave here in
the. United States steamer Tuscarora on
tour of inspection Of the nayy-yards and
docks at Norfolk, Annapolis, Philadelphia,
New York, Portland, Portsmouth, DC.
WALLACE.
Congressional. srrfE
WASHINGTON, June S.-.Senate.-The
Senate passed the House resolution re-
tating to trade with British America.
"A resolution of the California Legislature
asking the passage Of law requiring Chi
nese females to bring with them consular
certificates of chastity was presented. -
IN motion Of Mr.. Casserly, the President
was requested to inform the Senate Whe.
ther, during the progress of hostilities in
cuba, any American citizen has been exc
cuted without due process of law, and
whether any American vessel was unlaw
fully seized, or the property of any Ameri-
can confscated or laid under embargo, and
what steps, II any, have been taken by. our
Government for redress. : 80 =.
The bill authorizing a bridge over the
Arkansas at Little Rock was passed. III
The joint resolution authorizing water
gauges to be established aud observations
taken on the Mississippi river and its tribu-
taries, with view to obtaining information
required for the protection Of the aIluYiaI,
lands against overflow and for the improve
ment of navigation, was passed, and goes
to the President.
An amendment to the consular and diplo.
matte appropriation bill establishing con-
canal requiring a consulate there.
The bill for the improvement Of the water
communication between the Mississippi
and Lake Michigan was passed.
The Committee on Public Lands reported
without amendment bill granting lands
to Alabama for the construction of a road
from the Tennessee river to Gadsden.
House.-The House considered the sub
stitute for the currency bill up to the eXpi-
ration of the morning hour, when the Cuban
question came up. Several amendments
were offered, but none of them squarely
accord belligerent rights to Cubans. Du-
ring the consideration of this question the
diplomatic gallery was crowded.
Mr.. Banks, chairman of the Committee
on Foreign Affairs, reported the joint reso-
luton directing the President to maintain,
q: strict and impartial neutrality between
the people of Cuba and the people and
Government of Spain, and directing the
President to demonstrate against the man.
ner in which the war in Cuba is wagcd.
Mr.. Ortiz, of Indiana, from the minority
Of the committee, reported joint resolu-
ton making it a misdemeanor to tit out
to be used by an European
Power in making war upon American
colonies.
MIR. Logan, of Illinois, offered an amend
ment to the resolution of Mr.. Banks, CIV
ing to both parties the same advantages Of
and trade as is consistent with
the international law.