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SENATE.
MIR. ClcIGcll, from the Com ni;tce o. Claims,
reported. with amendments, tho House bill
naklrg appropriations for ths payment Of
Gains reported nlloHcd by tho Commissioners OF
Claims urder the &c. Of March 3, 1871, anil zc!s
ameDdatory thereof Placsd on the calendar ard
Mr.. Cockrell will call it IN as soon AZ noes,bIe,
MIR. Cockrell, from tho Committee on Mill
tary Affairs. reported adversely on Senate bill
to regulate promotion ard fix the rank of line
officers IN tho army. 1udifuitely pcs poned,
MIR. Bsyard moved to postpone The calendar
and take up the m.lshals' bill. Eur reasons
which be did not clro to obtfude on tho Senate
ho WIS extremely aDXlcui to leave the city to.
day and wished to have the measure dispts,d
OF It pos:lblo before he was obliged t, leave.
The mo!iau was agreed 10.
lha pt ndlng question being Oh Mr., Cor king s
smcndu cnt TO iuscrt the words appreciated on
| y'. 20 the bill would r, fer to deputy narshals
| apIo nled only to servo in connection with 90
election. Ii was r. 'oed By q party vote.
Mr. lloar mo7rd 10 striko out the words Yin
equal numbers ifom tho different Political
psr!Ies' and insert the words "so!cly with ro-
ference 10 their fitness fer their du;its without
| regard 10 their political opinions.
Tie amendment was rejected bya rarity vote
MIR. Mcalilin moved to add to the bill pro
Vso that the mnrsba!s Of tho Unitcd States for
whom deputies shall b. appointed by tho oUurt
| under tins act shall not be Liable for ANY OF the
acts OF such deputies.
MIR. Bayard saw nothirF Unreasonable in this
proposition aud aco'p pied II. Tha amendment
waa agreed 10.
Tho bill was read n third the aud passed by
a party vott-yeas IS. nnys II. The title vas
amended by emitting The VOID "sp Gal"
| MIR. PhersoD, fiom the Commtto on Naval
Altlrs. reported Iavorab!y On tho House bill TO
| provide construction fund for the navy and
for other purposes. Placed on the Calendar
Also. adversely 90 House. till to establish
upon permanent tot ting tho proitsscr-hps OF
| modern languages aud drbw0ing at tho UnlcI
Sistcs Naval Academy Indl fi0ltoy postponed.
On motion Of Mr.. Morgan. tho resolution
rrnvIdIng lnlnt rule for oiuGing tho cli a.tral
vote wa formally taken up.
Mr.. Morgan then yielded TO Mr.. Davis. Of
w. Va. who asked the Senate to informally
lay The resolution a,ido and taxa NJ tho lrrisla
! i've, executive md judicial approximation bill
MIR. lioar otltc'cd. wishing the Kellogg rc.o
Inlnns in be rclns!a.;d before tho Senate.
Mr. Saul! bury baVIGg charge OF too Kellogg
resolutions said he would net anagonZc an ap-
prnpIlaIon bill with those resolutions.
Mr.. Davis then made a formal motion 10
postpone ell rrlNr orders and proceed to tho
oons;d'ra!ion Of The appropriation Till whinh
WIS carried.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
Alter tho reading OF tho jjlurnh Mr.. ilookcr
oil Miss. called attention to tho taot that at last
nights session, Wednesday night had boon act
pert for tho consideration of tho "U,o ratili
Gallon bill, "thul. setirg aside tho nondipg bust
| ncss. bclog tho Chcciaw bill. lilo commended
That thero had been sn understanding between
himself and tho gentlemen FROM Colorado and
kansaa (Mr. Bedford and Mr.. Ileskoll) that this
| should not DO done and intimncd that those
eenIlcmrn had acted IN bad faith in the matter.
tic moved that the i,urnsl be so changed so az
to allow tho Choctow bill to DO considered on
Wednesday night and upon that molten being
defeated lntImatcd that tho gentleman from
Colorado (Nlr. Bellord) would have sweet
limo 10 getting his Tito bill through.
% motion of Mr.. Evius, of S. g.. Senate bill
TO furnish brotze statue OF Gen. Daniel Nor,
enu 10 the OoWpen's Centennial Committee of
Spartansburg, 8. g.. vas taken from, tho Speak
crs table and passed..
ga motion of Mr.. Bright. Of Teen, tho bill
making appropriations for tho pnyncot of CIR
tnin claims reported allowed By tho accounting
officers OF tho Treasury was taken w Tor GIN
sideratioE.
Tho amerdmcLt providing That tho agents
appointed by the quarter master general to 10
Vcsilgate claims shall give motto, to c!timanls
whose CLAIMS /. Is proposed to investigate, Of
tho limo and nlaca oil taking testimony was
agreed to--ycas %, nays ~. md tho bill was
passed.
The Se1a!e till for tho relief of John D.
Delrets. public printer. was ttken from tho
Speaker table and passed.
MIR. Ccx. OF N. Y. chairman OF tho Com
mlttcc 90 Foreieu Affairs, reported back tho
solution calling on the President for ufrrma-
ton in regard to thu expulsion Of ISraclites who
arc citiz,ns of tho Unitcd States from st. Po.
tcrsburg by tho Russian Government. Adopted.
Tho llops, then, as tho regular order, pro-
cocdcd to tho consideration OF tho bills rencr:cd
yesterday from the Committee of tho Whole
relative TO tho public lands