Morning journal and courier., 1882-07-18
FORTY-sEVENTH CONGRESS.

WASHlNGION, W 0uly 1I. ! sENATE.-Mr. Rollins, of New Hampshire, from the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds ported bill appropratng $50 for the erection of A number of ension bills were then passed MP Allison, from the nittee e inference on the legislative appropriatien b reported that the com mittee had been unable to agree. MT Allison stated that the conference had agreed upon nearly every item in the bill the main point of difference being to the of compensation to be paid to the House and Senate employees. The House insisted that it had right to declare what should be the number and salaries for Senate employees, while the conferees on the part of the Senate asserted that that body the best judge of the character of it's employees, their compensation and the number neces- sary to transact business. After long discussion the conference report WAS agreed to and new con ference committee, consisting Of Messrs Allison, Dawes and Davis of Vest Vi ginia. was appointed.
 The Senate resumed consideration of the internal revenue b'll Mr. Morrill, giving notice that he onld measure disposed of.
 ? he tariff bill was taken up and Mr. George ad- dressed the Senate in favor of the amendment ing the duty machinery for manufacturing cotton wool. flax, hemp or ramil
 manufactured tobacco ten cents, pref rring that to total abolition, as otherwise the revenues would not allow relief to other industries.
 NIT. Johnston advocated eight cents as the figure where could without injury to trade by agts
 Mr aSvoe d aheson to the bill as re- ported, which would afford much relief as pru
 At 5:so p. m. the Senate went into executive ses sion. There was protraeted and undecided strug- gle over the Mobile postof6ce the only conhrma ation ing that of Frederick T. Dubois
 Adjourned.
 
 HousE.-Mr. Hewitt this morning rose to move to strike from the Record part of Mr. Robesons speech m Whc m n MT asg hood about statements made by him as to MT. Robe sons actions. MT. Rubeson rose, evidently in great excitement, and proceeded to charge Mr. Hewitt with still worse language than he had himself used. In mtnistration of naval affairs In conclusion he said he would become responsible for ell those parts of then said that kobeson reiterated the charge of falsehood he should say that when member had Eonr, took no steps to call hls accuser to acc unt, any charge of falsshood he could make was beneath con- and personal, anl the dialogue between them excited a great sensa ion. Finally MT. Brown, of Indiana, to the with a point of order, which susa1nsd and the ordinary busi es proc-t de with
 MT. Cox, of New York, introduced & resolution re- questng te President to naist the ease of the remaining American citizens imprisoned by the Brit ish government under suspension of law in Ireland particularly in the of D. sweeney. of California
 MT. Robinson introduced res 'ut1on requesting pect to it's resolution of June lS relative to American citizens suffering imprisonment in Brit lsh Ja ls As, whether any correspondence has tak en place with Jame Russell Lowell (''nom1naly American Minister to Great Bri ain. but really doing relative to is resignation or recall Also calling on the Secretary of State for communication Of teie- onsNthe pnbiioation of which T been @ heret fore deemed incompatible with the public fnterests-so the House or the Commit lee on Foreign Affairs. Also calling the Secretary of State for information the Panama ship canal and whether it is not advisable the intentio of the United States government to allow no intervention of European governments in public affairs on this continent As calling the Secretary of the Navy for the instructions under which Conmodore Nich- olson threatened to fire the city of Alexan- dria under certain contingencies, and to inform the government whether American sai ors and off CTS peri rming police duty in Alexandria under the British admiral, and. if so, by what authority. All these resolutions referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
 The House passed bill in regard to the pay of let ter carriers It provides for third grade of e' ter carriers auxi1a ies, at $6O0 year also for substitute letter carriers, whose compensation shall be do lar year and the rata compensation of the carriers routes they may serve; also pro viding that the collection of mall matter by Carriers sh all be placed inside of any building cept public building railroad station; also pro viding that prom ts in grades shall be made at the end of year service
 The bill to provide for additional industrial train ing scho s for Indian youth and authorizing the use of unoccupied military barracks for such purposes was passed.
 MT. Talbot, of Missouri, from the House Committee Naval Affairs reported back with an amendment the Senate bill giving hority to the Baltinor and Ohio Telegraph company to lay line of sub narine cable be ween toe United States and Europe. The amendment requires the ins rtion of a clause forbid ding combinations to establish rates. The amend ment a <reed to and the bill was passed
 Il he bill authorizing the sale of the old postofce site in New York city passed by vote of 1Z6 to 20.
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