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merce committe. reported adversely ., II.

merce Committee reported adversely on the
LOOMS Aerial Telegraph Company ...... Mr.
sumner offered JOINT resolution amending
the Constitution by providing for the cleo
ton OF President by direct vste OF the
people and abolishing the Vice Presidency
".,..The Tariff bill was again under eonsid-
Grafton. The Labor Commission amendment
was rejected by vote OF ls yeas to 80 NAYS.
In the House, on the 30th ult. the bill ex-
tending for three years the act of the 22d of
June, 1860, for the final adjustment of pri-
vlte land claims in Florida, Louisiana and
missouri passed with amend ment.....T The
OIL Tor the better security of bank reserves
was passed.. Mr.. Scofeld, from the select
committee on Affairs in Louisians, presented
the report OF himself and Mr.. NcCrary, and
Mr. speer, OF Pennsylvania, presented the
report OF himself and Mr.. Archer. Mr..
smith OF New York, is 10 present his own
views. There was no regular committee
report. The documents were all ordered
printed.
In the Senate, on the 3lst ult.. Mr.
Sumner offered a series Of resolutions on the
settlement of international differences by
arbitration, and proceeded TO deliver a
lengthy speech, severely attacking the ad-
mlnistration of President Grant,. House
bill TO provide fer the restoration of the
Buell. court martial records was passed -.
The Army Appropriation bill was finally |
disposed of
In the House, on the slst ult., the pay of
witnesses before Congressional committees |
was hxed at "a per diem and cents mile
age.'...The following Senate bills were
passed To refund the extra duties on rail
road iron TO the Winona and St. Peter Rail-
road Company; relative to entry and clear
tnce OF ferryb boats and bonded cars passing
rom one State to another, through contigu-
'us foreign territory; to pay $4,000 to the
widow OF Commander Wood, for al inven-
ION In naval gun carriages; relative In
homestead settlers burned out in Minne.ot.
Wisconsin and Michigan The Tariff bill
vas again under consideration.
In the Senate, on the I'd inst. the
louise resolution resembling the order for J
dlournment on June 3, and extending the
me 10 JunelO,w was concurred in 1.-THE Sun
~ Civil Appropriation bill wa. again under 1
'nslderation. An amendment was adopted
ppropriatlng $4,000 TO introduce shad and Il
her food fishes into the Gulf States and the u
valley IA bill was passed ap- Il
'oprisung $4,000 Tor an equestrian statue
Gen. Rawlins.
In the House, on the I'd inst. the resolu. a.
IN to adjourn on the Sd of June was re- o.
inded, AID June 10 fixed as the day for il
laI The investigation | d
10 the Indian frauds was ordered con- n
lued during the vacation, with power TO y
nd subcommittee to the Indian Terri =,
-y......A bill TO make San Diego, Cal, a &c
IT of entry, and La Crosse, Wis, port of re
livery, was rejected. pa
lN the Senate, on the Sd ult., very =, ~
tie business was disposed of, most of the A
y being consumed in political discussion i,
Messrs. Carpenter and Logan replying to an
nator summers blast against the Admin oo
ratIos......A bill relating to the Limitation g,
steam pressure on towing and freight -,
ITS on the Mississippi river was passed. III
=. The Committee on Elections reported. stI
the case of Senator Pomeroy's election, DO
u they had found no facts to sustain tne ! We
,rges. The committee, for want of time. M
not undertc ken the investigation of Mr. 10
dwelPs case. They asked to be dis ~
rged from its further consideratiou.....A W
&c number of private claims bills were NC
sed 1.-The bill to prevent cruelty to ma
mails on railroads in transit was ia bled- act
o Is. no,
he proceedings in the House were of an IN
important character. The bill confirming 49,,
the Mississippi and Missouri and Chi. one
,, Rock Island and Pacific railroads the utt
is granted In Iowa for a railroad from enc
enport to Council Bluffs, vta Iowa City. fort
defeated-93 yeas to SIS nays-not two, cial
DIS maJority."..The bill was passed cisl
ing La Crosse, Wis, port of delivery. Tho
bill amendatory of the Bankrupt act. Ca
nding ii TO the " insurrectionary" i''e
es from 1871, was passed was