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Show COWGRESS10iJAL.- SENATE. Washington, 17. Hamlin culled up the House bill to ascertain the ! possessors right ot the Hudson Bay company and other British subjects within it's limiLs, which were subject to the award of lhe Emperor of Germany Ger-many under ihe treaty of Washington of May 6, '71; passed. Sherman, from tho Finatiee Committee, Com-mittee, reported the House turn!' bill with sundry amendments. Placed on the calendar. Pratt said at the instance ofau old friend, a citizen of Ohio, formerly a member of this body and once cx-owci-j presiding ollicer, he desired to call up the Senate bill to amend the act in relation to llie survey of certain lands e ranted to theNortheru Pacific railroad. He said the charter chart-er of that road provided that a certain .juanliiy of l.u.il on each s: le of the road should he eonwyed to the road. Some iO.oe'o.i'.'j due iivl r this clause h.'d been wiuield by uvcni-nient uvcni-nient on account of the elau-ie in the sundry civil appropriaii.. ii bill of '71' whieh r- lam-, d lhe cosi of survey sur-vey to "be paid by tiie company. Tins proviso was iu direct con tra vomica y with the original .-iiaiter. i'hc hhl passed. The IIu'isc biil to provide f.r an apprui'riaiiii to the Territory of Wyoming Wy-oming for 1-cJei.iiivc pnrp- r.es was passeii . At the expirati. .u of the ic.eini:ig hour tiie pasioilie.; aipropriat;ou bid came up as uniijiished basiuos-j, lhe qucsticn being on the ameudm." nt otVeral by Merr;!! to the amendment of Freiiiighuysei). provieihvj; tu,it, t;,c ameudiuenl -uui iu-;':y lo el. c.iMtnts order. d jirinted l-y e.uier buui.n of : I'ongres iievl..us to the p.L-sa..-: of tiie act. Fiviipi iuiys-u acccp'.ed tiie amendment, ;u.d his aiiienli'-nt LilUs modified, w.w .).' i le.1. I; j,;. vide- tor se::ei-i.g '.io.;e d-ununt; alre;v!y pnnuJ or e:de red ,,;,-."td liirough the in. i lis at a rile ufpe;a.iie not to cvjcvl ,twe niy-iive i.'-:;:-, per voiume, ro be paid by the ree. iver; ami aut':;or:zes ti1" iV.-tmaitvr Gcnc- ral lo sell alter thirty days, ah :l..eu-nnuated :l..eu-nnuated pubiio o-.e-am-juts. r-::l.in's r-::l.in's amend:-; nt a-j- y.-A y. rl. y was sO ameii-.led .1: lo lii ti.-: Janua.-y uest a- tue lime for t'.c pro-".L: pro-".L: ion iu record to relCL-J o;; v.-paners. v.-paners. ie., to go ruto eL;-:-:;. Mc-rrul, of Vt., s-d-mitted u,- inference in-ference rep-jrt eu li.e L:l,,;',,. prunriat:;n Kh; a-reed te. The PostoihAT.pr.,;.:!.,-;,,;! W:;..;.. we.-- ad' 'I'WtlI, a:id the bill p.:,-ed. ' tr-.m ),.'..-( nttd tne couierence r- j -j, t ni: t-;.' I'eusion Appropriation e..i. w:,. - l 'A.o JjC.Ceel to. It filtJB i .;t .uc le-es '"r preparing i .u -, A-'., at CeUla. j .... . -p-cnt tiie rc-st of the ..,.!.:.! ring the appropriation! bid f.-r l:.e .i;irc-rn Claim (Jomaiis- I siou uwam. mid reports from the Ce mm '.i' o:t orutui rco. Ad- j 'l.eni i.i.e, fr.-m the Judiciary Com-nh-iiee, rej-t-cd a bill to priervo the i.-.i..oL;, t.,.; cust, and all paper cou-r. cou-r. ;ct.-d wilii ''ectious lor me libera of Coui;:-.-.-. Jle- moveil to suspend tho rule-3 and jn-s it. Tno bid having i.e.m 1 1 -ltd in mil. Cox as ketl Tremaino to leave tne bill open to debate, l i was a very important measure. 'Ire-! 'Ire-! maine replied that he had no control 1 of tue debate. Tue rules of tho Bona regulated that. Il was a very simple I biii, providing only for fair elections, illdredije said it did nothinc of the kind. 1: provideel for the destruction of States mid for placing tho elections entirely within the control con-trol of Federal power. A motion to suspend the rules and poaa tin; bid was rejected. Un mo-uon mo-uon of Woodford t'ne rules were suspended sus-pended aud a resolution calling on all civilized powers for the establishment of an international system of arbitration arbitra-tion for tho peaceable settlement of disputes between govcrumenUi was passed. The Senate bill prohibiting tho publication of revised statutes ol" the U. S. in newspapers was taken up and passed. Wilson called up the bill reported by him yesterday tor the government of the District of Columbia, and proceeded pro-ceeded to explain the same and answer an-swer tho numerous questions propounded pro-pounded by vario-.is members. The bill passed. Tue conference report on the pension pen-sion appropriation bill was submitted submit-ted ci. d adopted. Wils.-n presented a report on the case of Jiuigc Durell, of Louisiana, recommending and providing for his iiupeaelment. Treinaine presented tiie minority report, signed by him-' self Frye, Cessna and Ward dissenting dissent-ing from lhe majority report, and recommending the dismissal of all proceedings against Durell. Poland also submitted the minority report, signed by himself, and tho report, were ordered printed. The Hojbo took a recess till evening, even-ing, tho session to bo devoted to business busi-ness from the naval committee, and of little general interest. |