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ton being on the Hsnnepin canal
and Michigan and Illinois canal amend

and Michigan and Illinois canal amend
ment.
Finally the discussion closed and the
Senate proceeded TO vote on the amend.
ment, which was agreed to--yeas 81,
nays 22--as follows:
YEAs.-Menrs. Allison, Blair, Brown, But
Ter. Call, Cameron, Copger. Cuiiom, pawes.
warts, Gibson. German, Hale, Hawlcy,
Iioar. kepna, Logan, Mcmillan. Malone,
Mandefsop. Miller, Mitchell OF oregon. Pal'
mer. Payne. Ransom. Sawyer. spooner,
stanford. Teller. Van wyck. and Wilson OF
lowa-32.
NAYS Messrs. Beck. Berry. blackburn.
CockIell. Coke. Sdmunds. Frye. Gray, har-
ria. Hearst, ingalls,, Maxey, Plat. Plumb
Puah, salisbury, sherman, Vance, Vest,
voorhees,, Walthall, and Whitthorne-22.
An amendment to an item Of si0,-
600 for improving Sacramento and
Feather rivers, California, was to strike
out some lines directing legal proceed
ings to prevent washing, sluicing, dump
ing, or discharging detritus caused by
by draulic mining.
This was discussed at some length
by Messrs. Stanford, Hearst, Dolph,
Edmunds, and ingalls,.
No vote was had on the amendment,
but Mr.. Mcmillan gave notice that he
would ask the Senate to dispose Of the
bill tomorrow.
Mr.. Allison, from the Committee on
Appropriations, reported back the sun
dry civil bill, with amendments. Or
dered to be printed.
The Senate, at 7:30, adjourned.
House Of Representatives.
The Speaker laid before the House q
message from the President announcing
his disapproval of the bill for the cree.
tion of public building at .Asheyille,
n. c., and it was referred to the Com
mittee on Public Buildings and Grounds.
The House went into Committee Of
the Whole upon the Senate amendments
to the legislative appropriation bill. In
nearly every case the recommendations
Of the Committee on Appropriations
were agreed TO without debate, and the
amendments either concurred in or nom
concuIred in. A good deal OF discus
sion, however, arose over the amend
ments designating by name various em-
ployees Of the Senate and House, which
were finally non.concurred in with the
exception Of that designating A. ii.
Picksns and II. 4. Lyle as chief pages
OF the House, the value Of the services
Of these officials being presented by
MIR. Cannon, OF illinois, and Mr.. Comp
ton, Of Maryland.
The Committee GU Appropriations
recommends that the amendment rela.
tive to the publication Of the records Of
the war of the rebellion and providing
that the evidence taken by the court
martial on the trial Of Fitz John Por-
ter, together with the report thereon
by Judge Holt to President Lincoln,
shall be printed in connection with the
matter already printed concerning the
proceedings Of said court-martial, be
concurred in, with an amendment pro-
vidipg for printing any papers on behalf
of the defence in that court-martial di.
rectly connected with the proceedings
of the same, and contemporaneous
Herewith, which have not been already
published.
The Republicans desired to concur in
the Senate amendment. Without toe
amendment, and motion to this effect
having been defeated, they manifested
some disposition to flibuster, but final
ly allowed the recommendation of the
committee to be agreed to, with the un-
Outstanding that yea-and-nay vote
should be taken upon it in the House.
The Senate amendment increasing
from g., 1000 to $4,000 the salaries of
the Commissioners, Of Pensions and
Patents were concurred in.
The consideration Of the amendments
were completed in the committee, but
pending action by the House an adj
journment was taken at 500 p. NJ.