Morning journal and courier., 1882-07-24
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. Work of Congress. The State of Business in
 Hand. Bills Waiting for Action. A Growing Desire for Final
 Adjournment. A GREAT FAMINE AT CAIRO. The People Dying Off by
 Thousands.
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL,

Congressional Business -Appropria ton
 Bills Waiting for Action-Unhnished ed
 Measures to Come Up-Other Matters at
 the Capital.
 WASHINGTON July 23.-The Senate has still the revenue, naval and sundry civil bills to dispose of besides three appropriation bills in conference on which the houses differ. The House will have leisure to consider the revenue bill unless it prefers to take up some business on the calendar, which comprises upward of thousand bills. The District of Columbia commission will not insist on it's rights under the rules to the floor of the House tomorrow. Partisan hostility to Ma hone will probably defeat his eight cent tobacco amendment in the Senate, but it may be put on in the House. The sugar and Bes- semer steel amendments are likely to be the only material amendments About one hun dred amendments to the sundry civil bill are awaiting it's appearance in the Senate. The feeling for adjournment is growing rapidly. Fifty representatives have directed the post master of the House to send their mails to their State residences. It will be difficult to keep quorum together longer than the present week.
 Merrick I. Josllyn. of Illinois, has been rendered and accepted the position of Assist ant Secretary of the Interior. His name will go to the Senate tomorrow. It is under stood that other changes will follow soon.
 The subcommittee of the House Judiciary committee has nearly completed the investi- gation of the Nebraska contingent member scheme. A report will be made before ad- journment duplicating several prominent off cials of that State in attempting to impose false census returns on Congress.
 The Attorney General has given an opinion to the Secretary of the Treasury that the re- quest of the transportation companies, to be allowed to take some sixty thousand Chinese laborers through this couatry from Cuba to China cannot bs granted under the law as it now stands. This af1irms the ruling recently mada this question by Secretary FoIger
 The Smithsonian Institution has received from Professor Foerster, of Berlin, the an- nouncement of the discovery by J. Palisa, at Pola, Austria, on the 2Oth of July, 1S82 of a planetoid Of the twelfth magnitude in 22h. 9 m. 7s. right ascension, twelve degrees seven minutes of south declination, with daily motion of four minutes south.
 The Congressional mills grinded slowly yesterday, very little grist being added to the stores of either house. In the Senate the joint section of the revenue bill was passed INIT. DeCh tIlou, WituOut ba0C0SS, 10 nave Gn0 clause passed repeating the duty on perfum- cry, patent medicines and cosmetics. In the House American shipping occupied tte atten- tion of the solons, but nothing was done as the members, not anxious for record on this subject the close of the session, broke the quorum.
 The dinner given last evening by Presi dent Arthur to General Barrios, President of 1 the Republic of Guatemala, war one of the | most elegant and successful affairs which has l occurred at the White House during the pres ent administration. The table, tastefully dec orated with choice exotics was set in the pri
 vate dining room, which was handsomely orna
 mented with tropical plants and Blowers
 President Arthur sat at the east center of the
 table, supported by President Barrios on hls l right and by Senor Cruz, the Guate 1 malan Minister of State on his left Secretary Frelinghuysen, Secretary | Teller, Secretary Lincoln Sec l retaFy Chandler and Postmaster Genera,
 Howe, Senor Montufar, Minister of the Re public of Guatemala to the United Stotss; Dr
 Arayos, of President Barrios' suit, the Brit
 ish, French, Spanish, Chilean and Swedish
 Ministers; Senator David Davis. Speaker
 Keller; Senator Windom, Chairman of the
 Senate Foreign Relations committed; Charles G. Williams, chairman of the House Com
 mittee on Foreign Affairs; General Sherman
 and Mir. John Davis, Assistant Secretary o State.