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 S Tho lHodse in Cofnmittee Of the Whole. resumed the consideration of the Post-office Appropriation bill. The bill and it's amend ments was adopted exeept the one allowing members to send public documents and seeds free.
 Mir. Gunckel, of Ohio, from the committee on military affairs, reported a bill to equaize
 The bill provides for the payment to every none commissioned officer, musician artiicer wagoher, and spflvate soldier Gnclhding those borne on the rolls as slaves), who served in the army and were honorably disehargep of $8. 3sh a month for the term of his service, between April 12, 1861, and May 9, 1865, with deduc- tion of all bounties heretofore paid by the Uni ted States and by States. Substitutes, or such as were prisoners of war at the time of enlist ment are excluded also such asswere dis charged as minors or at their own request from other causes than disability incurred in the ser vice, prior to April 19, 1865, unless such dis charge was obtained with . view to re-enlst- ment or to accept promotion in the military or naval service. Where the soldier is dead the bountyis tobe paid to the widow Of not mar ried) or the minor child or children.
 The Paymaster-General estimated that it would take 37,000,0 900 to pay the bounties as provided in the bill while the Second Con- troller said $101, ,000 900 would do it.
 Messrs. Hawley and Kellogg, of Connecticut, commented on the injustice of requiring States which had already paid bounties to their soldiers to: bes taxed for tue benefit of those States that had not doneaso. Y 7
 MT. Willard, of Vermont, opposed tho bill on the same ground, and showed that Vermont had paid all her soldiers bounty of $7.00 per month, and they would simply realize the diff ference between that amount and $8S31$ per month.
 Mr. Small, of New Hampshire, also opposed the bill, and said that as his State had paid bounties. during the war, her soldiers would not now receive dollar from tbis money, alth ough the State would be taxed to help pay the soldiers of other States.
 Further discussions were indulged in by Messrs. Dawes, Garfield, Sypher, GunckeL Cohun, Speer, and Dunnell
 Mir. Comingo's amendment making the bill apply to the Missouri regiments, was agreed to.
 Mir. Myers amendment, to include sailors and mariners, was agreed to.
 An amendment offered by MT. Shanks, of Indiana, to include Indians, was also agreed to.
 The bill was then passed-yeas, 177: nays, 30. MT. Dawes, of Massachusetts, offered reso- lution dire oting the Judiciary committee to in quire whether the Western Union Telegraph Company has gefused to transmit dispatches for the American Press Association, or any other parties, among the several States, on ac- count of criticism by such association on the telegraph company, with power to send for
 On motion of MI. Hoar,s of Massachusetts, the Senate bill to allow ThomasN. Fitch, en- gineer insthe enayy to accept Q wedding present sent to his swife by the Khediveof Egypt, was taken from the Speakers table and passed On motion of MT. Potter, of New York, the bill allowing the district judge of Vermont his salary during life on his resignation on account of permanent illness, was taken from the Speakers table and passed. | The bill which came oyer for the redemption of overdue United States bonds, known as Texas indemnity bonds, was passed; 112 yeas | to 43 nays. S&