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CONGRESSIONAL.
MONDAY. lilly IL.

MONDAY, JULY IL.
SEEATE.-The senate spent, the morning
hour to-day in passing pension bills which
have run the gauntlet of the house success
fully, and upwards of dozen and half
pensioners will be added to the rolls.
Among them was one to place the name OF
Mary Wade on the list, and pay her pen
sion of So per month for the loss of her
daughter Jennie who was killed at the bat
| tie Of Gettysburg while engaged in baking
bread for Union soldiers. Afterwards the
internal revenue bill discussion was resumed,
Senators George Beck and Sherman being
the participants. Nothing in the debate so
far has attracted attention., each side pro-
ceeding with the familiar arguments Of the
respective schools -t .
HoUsE.-The bill providing third grade
of letter carriers and promotion after the
first year passed. A long controversy arose
between Messrs. Hewitt of New York and
Robson regarding speech which the latter
had printed in the Record attacking him,
and which Hewitt charged he did not have
the courage to utter on the floor of the house.
"A motion by Mr. Burrows of michigan to
suspend the rules and have the 18th of De
ceInber next fixed for the consideration of
Iuc DdhOtd dulllISSIOIl DIll WdJ stSledlcl-lUD
to rs (not the necessary two-ttTds in the
affirmative.
TUESDAY, JULY 1S.
SENATE.--Work was resumed on the bill
reducing internal revenue taxation, the dis
cussion being confined principally to the
tax ON tobacco. In executive session the
following nominations were confirmed: AL
vey A. Adee, third assistant secretary state;
consuls, Stephen H. Smith, Tennessee, at
Neuvo Loreda; L. A. Lathrop, District Col-
umbia, Bristol, England; United States mar.
| shal, Richard D. Locke, southern district OF
Georgia J. A. Seabriskei for Arizona; sur
| veyor of customs, Albert H. Beach, Wheel
| ing, w. Va, Indian agent, L. Llewellyn.
Wardin. Mich, at Ponca and Pawnee agency;
Philip P. Wilcox, Colorado, at San Carlos
agency; Samuel Benedict, Kansas, Indian
inspector; Silas S. Garrett, supervising in
spector steam vessels for sixth district; post
masters, j NJ. Farmer LIE Sueur, Mimi;
Hans Mo, Sleepy Eye, Mimi; J. F. Win
ship, Winnebsgo City, MINI.
| HousE.-Reso1utions in the Virginia and
Maine contested cases declaring Cahil and
Reed, the sitting members, entitled to their
seats, were adopted. The case of Smalls VS..
Tillnan, South Carolina was taken up, but
not until the democrats had long blockaded
business by filibustering.
l. WEDNESDAY, JULY 19.
| SENATE-The first business called up in the
senate to-day was in relation to Gen. FitZ
| John Porter, Mr.. Sewel presenting COM
munication from the Fifth army corps so
ciety favorable to the recommendations of
of the advisory board, asking that Porter be
reinstated. An effort was made to set apart
the first Monday of December next for its
| consideration. but objection was made and
| it went over. Similar action was taken on a
proposition to extend the act making tenn
por iry provision for the expenditures of the
government till July 81. After short tilt
on the proper construction of section of
the Chinese bill, the senate took up the rev.
enue bill and commenced voting for the
amendments. Senator Beck's amendment
| relative to reduction of the tobacco tax t0
| II cents, was first considered and adol4ed.
HoUsE-The Smalls-Tillman South Caro-
lima contested election case was discussed.
The contestee spoke in his own behalf, when
"a resolution declaring Smalls (RepublicaB)
entitled to the seat was adopted. On the frs.
roll call relative to adopting the majority re-
port in favor of Smalls, Mr.. Calkins, chair
man of the committee on elections, did not
vote, and instantly he was beset by his Re
publican associates, who urged and entreat-
ed him to stand by the party. When the
second call was made, Mr.. Calkins in q low
tone, said "ays' greatly to the delight OF
those around him. But bOmbshell could
hardly have created more havoc in the Repub-
lican ranks than the announcement by Mr..
Calkins before the result Of the vote was
stated, that he wished to change his vote.
Speaker Keifer not relishing such a state OF
affairs, reluctantly awarded the floor to tbs
gentleman from Indiana, who was surround
ed by his friends, anxiously entreating him
to stick by his first vote. Its no use ap-
pealing to me- gentlemen" replied Mr..
Calkins. + cannot reconcile my conscience
to vote for Mr.. Smalls, and therefore de-
sire nv vote to be recorded in the negative
instead of the affirmative"
The Smith-Shelly case (Alabama) was
then taken up, but not acted upon.
|. THURSDAY, JUNE 20.
l. SENATE-The day was consumed in the
I discussion of the tax bill. An amendment
/ to strike ont the provision repeating the tax
es on bank capital, deposits, checks. &c,
was rejected.
HousE.-The Alabama contested election
case of Smith vs. Shelly was settled by the
seat being declared vacant. Mr.. Reed
called up his amendment to the rules TO en-
able the house, by majority vote, to con-
slider any bill, no matter what its position
on the calendar. The question of consider
alton was raised, and as the democrats re-
fused to vote lthe house was left without
quorum.
FRIDAY, JULY21
SENATE.-Senator Mcmillan called up the
conference committees report on the river and
harbor bill, asking thati it be concurred in.
The report agreed to all the amendme nts ex-
cept four, some having been cut down and
, Others variously modified. The increase to
the Mississippi river, the Hennepin and Del
aware & Chesapeake canals and the Potomac
fats amendments were disagreed to
and a new conference was asked.
Senator Allison opened the ball
with the assertion that he wanted an under
standing that the senate emphatically insist
on the four vital amendments upon whicii
there was disagreement. He did not want
the senate to agree to all the minor amend
ments and then have the house still refuse to
agree to the important ones and the senate
be finally compelled to yield or let the bill
fail. Senator Logan took the same position
Senator Ingalls, of Kansas, denounced the
report as sinister and deceptive, embodying
shameless, wanton job that was disgrace
| to any body of men who concocted it or en-.
dorsed It,. He claimed that these improve
ments in States where the conferees lived anG
: which members of the commerce committee
represented were most wonderfully anC
/ literally dealt with. Other amendment.
were unceremoniously thrown out. He tool
up item by item to substantiate his argu
nlent treating the subject in his most wasp
ish and caustic manner.
. Senator Mcmillan declared that the accu-
sations of the senator from Kansas were with
out shadow of truth, q suspicion of justic,
, or q trace of foundation in fact. He hat
made the assertions he had in pure reckless
ness, without reflection or apparent desire t,
regard truth or Justice or fact. His word
/ | were without tincture of veracity or
glimmer of circumstances upon which +
. stand. There had never been trace of
+ scandal about the expenditure ofthe none
| appropriated for rivers and harbors. Their
= was no star route taint abou
. the engineer corps. The report wa
finally adopted. The tax bill was then pre-
/ ceeded with, and an amendment to retail
/ the tax on matches was rejected.