The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-06-22

! and Diplomatic bill, and the amend
/ ments reported by the Commitree on p
| proprtatiOns was accepted. sumner, IRON
| Committee on Foreign Relations, reported
| amendments providing for the Consul
4 General at Liberia; raising the Mtn1ste.
| to Japan to an Envoy Extraordinary and
| Minister PIenipoEentiary, and increasing
! the appropriation for contingent expeu-
ses of foreign intercourse, and for the mis-
/ sion abroad from $4,000 to SI50. 600: adopted
and the bill was then reported 10 theSeoate.
/ Sherman, Warner and Spargue were ap-
pointed Conference Commlttee on the
| part OF the Senate, on the Currency Bill.
| The Senate then took up in committee the
Naval appropriation bill. Among the
amendments reported from the Commit.
tee on Appropriations, the following were
agreed to For the Ordinance Department,
increasing the appropriations for fifteen
for labor at navy yards, $500. 900; in Bureau
construction and repairs, for labor in navy
yards ana on foreign stations, 81 800 600; ;
for purchase and preservation of timbers
and general maintenance of navy, $500 900 ;
to enable the Secretary of the Navy to
discharge the disabilities provided for by
$5l5,960; in the bureau for steam engineer
ing for repairs Of machinery. tools, labor,
&C. $700OUO. The amendments sJriktng z
o1t the proviso that in payment of fu-
neral expenses no distinction be made be-
tween officers CT the line and staff, was
agreed to Drake, from the Naval Com
mtttee, reported an amendment, revising
the entire pay list for the navy, and regu-
lating the promotion of Officers, etc. At
five O'clock the bill was laid aside, and the
Tax and Tariff bill taken up, when the
Senate adjourned.
HcUsE.-Butler reported a bill for a gen.
eral amE esty for all rebels, which was or
dered printed and recommitted. Schenck
reported back the funding bill, and asked
that 1t be made the special order for Tues
day Bext. Randolph objected. and Schenck
Withdrew it, saying he would take his
chan ces to have 1t made the special order
for Monday under a suspension of the
rules. A joint resolution was Introduced
and passed, donating four condemned can
non to the WtllOughby, Ohio, Soldiers
Monument Association Ella reported
bill reciting that S678, 1862 was due from the
United States to the state of MassGchu-
setts for interest on expenditures during
the war of 1912: that one third of IL had
been assigned to the state OF Maine, and
that the claim of both States had been
assigned to the European & North Ameri-
can Railroad Company, and directing csr-
tificates to be issued for the same to that
Company. Logan offered a resolution re-
citing tue action of the Committee on
Military Affairs, and the House in report
ing a resolution declaring Mr.. White
more, by selling military and naval cadet
ships, unworthy of a seat in the House;
reciting his election and presentation of
his credentials, and resolving that the
House decline to allow said Whittemore
Forty-f1rst Congress, and direct his creden-
tials to be returned TO him. After some
discussion Poland endeavored TO obtain
reference of the credentials to the Judi
ciary Committee, but Logan declined to
admit such resolution, and moved the
which his resolution was adopted by 13l to
q. The House then went into Com
mittee on suudry Civtl Expenses bills.
Dawes delivered lecture on political
economy, ana the necessity OF curtaiIing
expenses. Churchill offered an amend
menb, repeallng the law which requires
cutters on lakes to be laid up, and author
izing their employment for life saving
purposes on the lakes. After discussion,
the amendment was rejected. Beamon
moved to strike out the item of 81 ,0S7
for the completion of the main central
building for the COlumb institution
for deaf and dumb This gave rise
to g. long discussion, In which Butler and
Dawes, of Massachusetts,, took prominent
parts, the former condemnfng the extrav-
agance of appoir tments for that institu-
ton, declaring that it cost SIS, 900 to edu-
cate each pupil; he ridicuIed and attempt
ed TO show that they can do what God AL
mighty never Intended they should do. IL
was very well for an exhibition; very well
for Barnum; but not for q Legislature.
without disposing Of the question the
Committee aro and the House ad-
journed.