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Show The House. Washington, January 5. Contrary to general expectation, the committees were not announced after the reading of the journal, jour-nal, and the speaker immediately proceeded to call the States for the introduction of bills and .resolutions. Under the call, the following were introduced and referred: By Mr. Finday of Maryland: To provide for the construction of the Delaware and Maryland Ship Canal; also a resolution directing the committee on ways and means to enquire into the reason of the decline of American cooperage interests and the timber tim-ber and shipping interests connected therewith. |