The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-06-24

The House met at IL A. NJ. and immedi-
ately went into Committee OF the Whole, Mr..
| Blackburn Of Kentucky In the chair, on the
| SuGdry Civil Approprs ion bin. the question
being on Mr.. Piper's amendment increasing the
| APPROXIMATION for appraisers stores at San Fran
cisco from $1,000 to $1,000. Rejected.
Mr.. Luttrell Dem, CaiJ moved to increase 1t
| to $4,000.
Mr. Piper Dem, CALI moved to amend by 10.
creaslng 1t TO $4,000 He said his colleague DIR.
| LuttreD had been very offensive to bim when
| he had offered an amendment TO the Navy APP
preparation bill in relation to Mare Island, and
! he thought his colleague had little right TO
| interfere with q local fair pertaining % bis
| tnr. Plpei's) district. He wanted an sppro, RIA
! ton Of <lUOOOO or be wanted no appropriate on.
| Mr.. Luttre sid be had no desire to Interfere
| with MS colleague, but that bs had offered his
amendm >ot IA perfect good faith.
No q iotSW DAvlng voted on Mr.. Pper'a
amendment CIT VI toe committee WAS order
ed. On the cali a quorum ~. r;,rsared, and ar.
Pipers amendment was r>ieeted, 81 To o.. Mr..
Luttreil then withdrew his amend ment.
.o Ih s, next parasraph was one sppropriara;:
| ana Navy Departments building. '
c, Mr, h.r,pa' theS' I'D -..oveJ 20 amend by IN
was esse st.al for me safety OF the records aud
I 'aiuahie papers which we're now stored IN un-
safe buildings. which the Government rented at
! AI. P.andsil (Dem.. Pal explained that In sd-
| dltioL to the amount appropriated, there was
S564 900 ~ previous appropriations available.
fhe amendment was rejected,
The committees then rose 1hd AZ l'6s the SEES,
sion Of yesterday was lorIIally closed, and at IL
| o'clock tue session oil To-day began.
coSrEssED ELECTIONS.
Mr.. House dem. Tenn, fr IN the Committee
| on Elections, called up the Idaho contested
| election cas-, and reported the unanimous res
oiut,on Of the conniltse unseating i. N. ben
| nett, aud declaring 3. ;. Fun entitled 10 tue
| FINN, an ~ he
Ar. Harris dem, Va). from the same, COM
mittee, reported the unanimous resolution de-
ciaring Joseph IA. Rai6ey, the sitting memberi
entitled TO his seat from the FIRST District OF
South Carolina. Adopted
Also, the same report ln the case OF III. II.
Strait. IRON tue Second District OF Minnesota.
Adopted.
whole on tue snndry Civil Appropriation bill.
Mr.. Ooode Dem. Val offered AN mendment
appropratlne sSe,cO for necessary repairs 10 the
| ordnance and powder magazine at the naval
station at Norfolk Va. Inis was Adopted. wi IN
an amendment offered by Mr. Randall, directing
the Secretary OF War 70 vacate tue magazlne ON
Ellis Island. and providing tnat the public prop
erty thereon shan be sold oy the Secretary oil
Mr.. Leayenworth Qiep., ". " offered an
amendufept appToprla ln1 10000 Ter the Court
House and Post Ohioe at AlDany. Rejected.
On reaching the paragraph spproprlatin s
S2G.OOo for the completion Of Custom House
s.a 9ss a. rSr h%.0n sS mr. SGo
priat,nS $1,000 for furnishing the same
Mr.. stone Dem, MOI offered an amendment
Increasing the appropra lon for the high ting anc
buOyage Of tne ono, Mississippt, aud Missouri
rivers from Sl2o,OOO TO sl5O,0OO. Adopted;
Several amendments were offered to ths Item
| of $4,000 Tor the Rock Island Arsenal, amonl
them one 10y Mr.. Henderson Of Illinois, incrs ~
luR the amount 10 ti7OOO0, which were all 10
jected.
Inc isem for tho Bureau Of Engraving and
| Printing, apr opriatinR tSlB,0O, besides t25OON
| for one months pay To the employees reoehtl,
| furIoughed and finally discharged permanently
from the bureau, was passed without amond
nent.
Teappro pTtatia9 unexpendod bal tnces fM ex
psDses Of the sxtended United States ana Mex
| en- Claims Commission, and Tor testIInonlA
to tho umpire. sir Ed ward Thornton, VINO has
refused to receive any salary Tor his services
| Adopted. -
| The COAST SURVEY
| The item for co 81 survey aDpropriates for ms
Atlantic and 0uf coasts, s.25,O0O; for the Ia
| cinc coast, f2UO.UO; for geodetic survey between
the Atlantic anu PaonO COASTS, $4,000; Tor 10
pairs 81 coast survey vessels, tD'Voi lot pun
iishIng obsrrvaIions, 5000; tJr general ex
penses, S32 OOO. fba tom WIS passod without
| any Import NJ amendments.
IIe,ns Of miscei ineous objects were passed
as follows; Paper, engraving, &C., Tor natloha