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81, 1873.
should bo rocogntzet1, mud Hill thinks that now
who aro agreed upon by both parties.
Morton, constituting tho minority, holds :that
CongrcHu catInot 20 beltnd tho decision Of lilo
Supreme Court of tho Statc, sustaining tho
minority report, shows t,at IT, proceedings were
ns void as tlogo Of Judge Durell.
Thoso loportn ought to be considered by both
HoBca Of Congress- calmly anl deliberately, and
not disposed Of i'll tho hurry and oxoItomont Of
night session Of tho existing Congress-.
BusrENpED RULES. .
To-morrow, and during the remainder Of tho
session, the rllloa OF tho 1ouBe will bo suBpond-
tho aarno tipo open tic door for tho passage Of
all uortB Of questionable aohomoH.
WILL THERE lie AN EXTRA SESSION &?
IheEo is atrong, prcssuro On the Democratic
Of tho Now Congress-. Tho Trosiilont, however,
will not call thom togotlor oxcopt Romo Of tho
important appropriation bills should fail. The
one %ssrs Il e e' 1preprGn tp9s % g s atG inf S
liz IT. fact TINT ee Ffesdont Is a agans IN o1trs
scason and That, ii compelled to do 50, ho will
not Gull Congress together. until tho warm
weather will hayo an important effect upon the
action Of both Uouaos.
TIE PACIFIC MAIL sunarpy. =
T1ero PROMISES to bo d hrlof, though worry
lively % hsFS on tue to 1ob payo baan tho
known as tho Pacific Nnil subsidy. Tho Ways
and Means Committee on tho Judge eher1nan
lobby Logrand Lockwood toatiflod that thoro
wea IN Impression i'll tho Stock Exchange
TINT legislation could DO bought horo with
money, and gave, Rs all inntanco, tho report that
q million dollars wore spont hero last winter to
increase tho subsidy to tho Pacific Mnil ono mill
tut1. f~4t ~ 1InJ$
lion as heretofore. The service WAS Increased
from monthly to a eemi-month]y mail. Mr.
Randall to-day, offered resolution on tho
strength Of this information, directing tue Ways
aud Means Committee to mako tho necessary 1n-
vestigation. Tho books Of tho Steamship Com
pany will be brought horo, when, 1t Is expected,
they will disclose whether ouch All im1nenae sum
WIS mysteriously dsburscd last winter.
=, TIE NEXT coNonEes.
A prominent Republican mcnlbcr Of Congress
from the Bouth, aid member Of. tho Forty third
Congress-, in conversation to-day with an Official
of tic House, doclarod In tho most omphatio man.
ner TINT the action that would probably DO taken
noxt week by tue House would have an important
bonring Oil tho composition Of the Committees
t OF tho noxt Congress; that Mr. Blaine would be-
Obliged to pledgo himself not to appoint the Mo-
bilier mon, especially Dawes, Garfield Kelley,
ind scohetd to any important Ohairmanships. ::
+ = o1NcINNArI POST oFF1oE. : :.
In tho House. ,to-dny, during tho discussion
whi}o IN Committee Of tho Whole, tho appro-
priation for purchasing the site for the oinoin-
ilati Poet ohico Yas incroaaod from s5oo'ooo to
$750,0o0.
TIE AMENITIES or coNanEssMEN.
4 very exciting scene occurred In tho House,
to- iny, during tic consideration OF the subject
Of public buildings. Farnsworlh offered an
amoalmont, providing that mono OF tue money
tho "Vaux ,roohng' l1o denounced this as
uatcnt owned BY Mullett and sold to Shepherd,
and then used by nlulfott GU tho public; bulli-
ings at immense profits. He said ho did not
Sfpeas Sa ploaos{on sns liz fs eoae a IT P e
giuia, aud shook his hand nt him. An r'att is
10 foitunato as to have an interest In q granite
quarry, ho inforrod TINT Farnaworth referred to
Lin. no is Il very impulsiyo. fearless man,
and with much Excitement called Farnsworth q
| linr; aud said he waa rcady to nnbwor for tho
language. Ho thon came down, anu Farnsworth
called linn damned lsttio fool, md there wns
would eiiaao.. platt,s wordp -wsrc4. .reporte
md an ofrort mado to ccnauro him, but
10 refnBeh to rotract thcm, aud nually
olarod that Plntt was too smnu for tho garment
lo had made, but IL ho thought it would at him
| to put it on. Tho controversy waa finally closed
| by Mr. Tynor, WHO WIS in tho chair, appointing
Farnaworth's q atnoudmont. They wont in front OF
| the Spenker'6 desk, shook hands, npd tho whole
| house broke into roar. The amendment Of
Farnsworth was passed.
| ITO the AdeacfNttd ITt88.l
! DECOME LAW.
WARRINGTON, Fob, 10.-The President egned
tho bill providing for tho salo Of certain Indian
lan0s In Kansas.
LOUISIANA.
Tie bill reported by Dir. Carpenter, from tue
cia.es tho election in TINT State, bold tho 4th
of November last, to be null mud void, and re-
iustateB III Office tho State officers and Legisia-
ture who hetd position nt That tinle. t further
requires new election to ho hold for State oitl-
cor13 and members Of tho Legislature on tho
second Tuesday Of noxt May, and DIRECTS Vim,
B. Woods, Unitaa 6tatoB Circuit Judge for
Louisiana, to proceed to Louisiana and appoint
two citizenB Of different politicd to be State
Rogistrars,. who shall CAUSE new " Eegis.
tgdi,0n say ousaed Il 10 votols %o' of tho State e
Commanding aIarch 18th, and ending, ten days
prior to the date OF election. Tho State AoGia'
tratlon for each parrish except Jefferson aud Or.
leans. for which O creator number are to ba az:
pointed; and in oach parish tho neGstraw agt
to DO divided in politics. The President ia en-
9 eRo 6s %afy hs y op o 1po p
statos Circuit Judge, to carry out tho provision.
Of this net aud euIorca tho Judicial process, INIT
e2o0 900 il appropriated to dofray tho oxponaos o
registration aud clootion.
| HeQator MortOn'a minority report on Louisiana
affairs condemns Judge Dureli's order as = usur
patiou Of authority, but regards tho deciaions o
the: Supromp Court Of Lou,siana, affirming tht
legality Of the Lynch Board, and recognizing tn
Kellogg Legislature as M authoritative settle
mont 1t tho dispute. He regards the Attempted
organization Of a new Legislature Irregular AM
without sonablaneo Of authority and Haya tn
Government Of tho United States cannot so be
hind tie action Of tic Legislature 40 t.
the election md qualification Of its mem
bors, or behind tho decieion Of the Returning
; Board coustitutionally created by State law, q
to who wero electod stato otlicers and member
Of tho Lcglalature. Tho report deprecates ro
sort to tho powers yestod in tho general Govern
mont. except for tho gravest roasons. Loca
solf-goyernmont must be preserved. The Stato
should be left to work out their own rollof ans
reformation, 80 long as thcro is any lopo. ]
declares that there is Government in Louisian
in al outward aspocts legal and normal, I'M
there is nothing otherwise in the condition 0
that State to warrant Interference. Tic cor
. duct of Judge Duroll is reviewed, and seyercl
consurod, but 1t il claimed tint tlnt doc
not infect tho actual status Of tho parties
J mud TUG legal rights Of the Kellogg doyorn1non