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WAsHISGroH, February 17.-Night ses.
sfcsss have commenced, and it is evident tina
Congress has awakened TO the necessity 0
passing all the appropriation bills, potwith
standing the demands tfsst come for partisan
| measures. The Senate is now consasttrs
time or the resolution to sdmit the negro
Pinchbacs, with, at this hour tmIdnighLl ! .Ho
indications OF an early Adjournment.
TIXoN.
xLIII. G0NGREss-secor Session.
WAsHISaToN, February II.
-. &'.~ SENATE.
Various petitions were-preseDtea from citi-
2ens Of Pennsy lVania for aid to the Northern
Pacific railroad. Referred. to the Committee
on Railroads.
at the expiration of the morning hour the
Senate took up'the resolution to'sess Pinch
back. .ugss ...s ....-.
Mn. MORTON. who has it 10 charge, said
he hoped the Senate would sit it through :;
and there is nova probability of an, alHnight
session.
HOUSE OF REPREsEN rATTvEs -
The tariff question was discussed alb day
in Committee Of the Whole The amend
ments did not get beyond the first section,
which applies only to whiskey. Proposi-
tions to reduce the. tax from one: dollar to
eighty. FIVE cents, anI to strike out the pro
visions taxing the stock on hand were re-
jected. f .-.-.-.@ >'o a. -. ..
An amendment was. adopted Increasing
the duty on champagne from $6 per dozna
quarts to ~, and from 50 per dozen Dints to
$3.50. ~ .1.' 10 'r7' - J"
The evening session is. for business other
than political, to be reported from the Judici-
ary Committee. ..,............. .-.s.
Midnight-The House is in session at this
hour, He subject under discussion being the
postal.telegraph biIl;: and the Senate is still
upon the resolution to admit Pinchbaek.
The Tariff Bill and its Prospects
WASHINGTON, February 1E.-Hon. j AM
bier Smith, who takes; much interest In the
tariff bill, having canvassed the House, says
the bill in its present shape will be defeated
by large majority, and that unless the re-
trt action clause on spirits and tobacco be
stricken out it cannot be passed in any form
this session. Many Of the Hou5e-members
claim that Instead of raising the taxes there
should be a reduction in the expenditures of
the Government.
Judge John T. Harris, of Virginia, made
an able and telling speech against the tax
bill to, day, and especially against that clause
restoring the tax on tobacco.
An Injunction Asked to Prohibit an
Election.
WASHINGTON, February 1I.-Iuformation
has been received here that a motion was
made to-day by D. L. Russell, counsel for
the plaintiffs, before Judge Bond, Of the
United States Circuit Court at Baltimore, for
IN Injunction to prohibit the holding Of the
municipal election of Wilmington, n. c., on
the ground that the charter recently adopted
by the Legislature of North Carolina dis
franchises the negroes. The case is to be
tried at Raleigh on the 9th of March.
A Leap from :he Dome OF the Federal
Capitol.
WAsE1SsToS, February IA man sup
posed 10 he laboring under temporary in
sanity }eaped from the dome OF the capitol
Today to the roof of the main building, a
distance Of at least one hundred and fifty
feet. His name was james McMahOn, car
penter, of this city. The dreadful occur.
renee caused great excitement.
Weather Report.
WASHINGTON, February 17.-During Thurs
day In the South Atlantic and Eastern Gulf
States, falling barometer, northeast winds,
colder, cloudy and rainy weather, and posi-
bly, the development of storm-centre near
Florida.
For the Western Gulf States, falling fol-
lowed by rising barometer, colder northerly
winds increasing to brisk, with cloudy wea-
ther.
For Tennessee and the Ohio Valley, north
to west winds, partly cloudy or clear colder
weather, with stationary or higher pressure.
For the Lower Missouri and Upper Missis'
sippi Valleys and the Northwest, falling ba-
romcter, southerly winds. warmer and partly
cloudy weather, and possibly local snow or
rain. sSs'
Fort Upper Lake region, rising fol lowed
by filling barometer, warmer soutneIly
winds, and increasing cloudiness.
For the Lower Lake region, Middle ana
Eastern States, rising barometer, lower tenn
pcrature, increasing north and west winds,
partly cloudy and clear weather.