Show GS AT oon CON GRESS if t W 11 washington M ane inthe senate ser set e mr be njamin djamin aja min cai cal called ed attention ato amo fb 1 iba IBe e b necessity of doing something at once with the bill from the judiciary committee to provide for the negroes roes now at key west it au homes the president resident to enter into a contract with any person or corporation to receive from the united st tes tea authorities the africans seized on tile the vessels vessen engaged inthe slave siave trado trade aal ani to support them for six months from the date of their landing on the coast of africa provided the cost of the same shall not exceed one hundred dollars for each pi pt the dent is also authorized to 0 o use ue ube ibe vessels of war to transport them the m to africa two hundred thousand dollars are appropriated for top tor purposes of the bill mr poga puga pd poo o offered an amendment to extend flip ilip ill til period which the n degroes are io to be supported to not less than one on year instead of six mon hs s adopted by yeas 25 nays days 17 the bill was strongly 0 posed and sevel al her amendments ose ode offered red but finally passed yeat 41 n bivs tys 14 mr air daviss territorial resolutions were t f ken up tip and the three fi ahat rt adopted the hone hono hon hou o to on the amendments to t tia ci civil ia bill among abose coi col aired in wa was one S fo foi a 8 eds ads and cuttino cutting to be ed by the office T tr b I 1 was passed among its is 19 is ls for ain aln aid albing the C the che t h e par ii celeo raph fiill lii ill passed io 0 o 73 tho sel sei a r ryot v 07 the treasury is to advert ie re for pi asals under the dire direction clion of the P rs ident ho line is to bp be constructed within t 0 years yeara f aiom riom 1 om some point or points on the wi st line of 11 nn un te fe washl ton new york boston new ac 0 i charlston charl ston and other A lantic alantic cities citi eato to l the parties are t hive the right of way for or ten years the is not to p y more than annually a and to have p bority of t hr line the rates to the public are it j be three dollars per ten words the railroad bill was taken up and made the special order for monday and tiles dd dui y v following zah in the senate mr gwin moved to take up the overland mall bill carried the chair called up the special order being flip th private calendar and it was postponed mr daviss resolutions were taken up and nd the balance of them passed in the house some soma 24 private bills were passed may in the senate the bill 0 a patents and the indian appropriation bill were taken up and passed in the it juse the bill appropriating to mr penman perman who act aced e d as interpreter of commodore pei pel ry during the t h e japanese elpe deion was pa parsed sed A n number U aber of private bills bilis were also passed assed abay r in the senate a large amount of routine busness of no general interest was transacted the bill making appropriations to complete tir th geology i di at surveys of 0 egon and washing ton was talen taken up and passed an executive session was had on the re annid orning of the doers and the discussion of the pt kt onic bill was wak re resumed without the question the senate at six adjourned in the house mr borwn moved to oste co the consideration of the pacific railroad railroad tl fl till thursday which was wag refused by a vo e of lis ils ll 11 to 57 and the bill was taken lip tip cini cind mr phelps offered amendment to strike out the route through salt lake was rejected by 43 ad against aint 7 pending an amendment to substitute for the first section bp the texas or southern route the house adjo adjourned arned may av b in the senate mr johnson johnsony f om dm the committee on public lands asked to I 1 P F di from the consideration of the I 1 1 I to cele celi cede to the states the public lands nahn th r limits unsold for five deais 1 I 1 joesi Jo joh hsi ai of arkansas moved to take lle I 1 lie ie home homr tead bead bill which was agreed I 1 lie ile then moved that the senate disagree to i rb tb house amendment wh ch was carried aj 4 2 r k vi 21 j nir ir king eina kin presented a petition from the B 11 1 I 1 lers aers of i ih h war of 1812 tor pensions 19 verai veral bis bus bi s and resolutions of a private I 1 r leure eure wen weris considered I 1 tae hose ilse iise resumed the consideration of i tb th pacific P inroad PI road bill mr ir ko no I 1 ci oti red a to the effect f t the road commence in western texas R eted mr ir worl on as a compromise between the v pro loso toso oa i 1011 ion proposed propos pd a main trunk fr a san fr icicco between the nd pa parallel raila rallA north latil lat iule lule nie nip to connect with abr ohp branch st f bom m iowa missouri and texas I 1 the bill i i wee vee re committed the pac bic fie P R S let iet committee against 87 tile tae at five och k v vent vant ent into com corn ci D f tre tee fre for ignal tenal ip nal nai debate mr ir of ill ili to 10 adir addressed essed the C committee on cittee in i to toe personal and p i 1 t leai leal h si sl i of abraham lincoln the re pul gulbran bran c 1 a e fir president q verai eral veral i t h r obtained consent to pinn ronn print speed q on 0 o va valois lois lols subjects may i 1 I 1 ivard i vard appeared in ills his a d ar andev s warmly greeted by many senators of both parties mr at r reported back the bill for the acquisition of guba cuba but said he would not press it ft tb sessions s lie he gave notice that he should call it up p at f fe next session he also presented a report boin a m majority of the com 1 1 i 1 W i y milte mitte a appoint ap pp edito investigate the clarg corruption or ati ala against n t t the he pointer C of f the anae ven lena Sena fj ac accompanied companie solutions which heim ovea W A A s bearint be printed ed mr king rose to make an explanation but was cut short by a motion to take up the overland mail bill which prevailed mr gwin appealed to mr hale to withdraw his substitute for tile the present in order to perfect the original bill the chair called up the special order being I 1 the houmas land bill Mr Gwin moved to pompon postpone ea it in order to continue cinti nue the co lof the california overland railroad bill the motion was car ried by yeas 27 nays days 22 mr hale withdrew his substitute mr latham offered an amendment authorizing the postmaster general to contract with 4 the contractors on the routes between st jez jo seph mo and great salt lake and between salt laka lake and placerville erville for a semiweekly semi weekly the distance to be done in twenty days at not more than annually also to contract for the transportation of printed matter and franked documents by steamships steam ships at not over 40 per year also to contract for a daily dally mail by from april to dec and tri trl for the balance of the year from sm sa ra ineneo to portland oregon at not over per annum also to contract for a weekly mail from st paul minnesota to the falls of oregon at not over on motion of mr hale the bill was postponed till twelve on Satur saturday dav tha the house bill f for tor or t the h e ad admission td is 3 ion lon of kansas was taken up but on motion of mr lane the bill was postponed till monday at 1 12 2 the oregon war debt bill was taken up mr grimes offered an amendment that all till moneys payable under the act be paid to persons who actually rendered service and not to assignees agreed to the bill as reported from the Com committee commett mitt on military affairs appropriates to pay the troops called out in the indian wars of oregon and washington territories in 1855 5 and 1856 the bill passed by yeas 31 nays days 27 the house passed a bill for the removal of the arsenal of st lonis loois to jem Jef jefferson fierson c city it mr fenton reported a bill providing 6 alt that all invalid pensions shall commence f from rom the date dato of disability the object being to place all army and navy pensioners on an equality and remove from congress the numerous applications continually made raade for back pay ile he said this measure would require about a million and a half halt of dollars for arrearages arrea rages several efforts were made to defeat the bill which finally passed 98 08 against 80 on motion of mr grow the house insisted on its disagreement to the senates amendment to the homestead bill and asked for a committee of conference I 1 mr haskin called walled up the special order being the resolutions reported by him from the committee on public expenditures providing that hereafter no person shall bo be elected printer either to the senate or house who is not a practical printer and of affair reputation for skill and ability that the printer elected to either branch shall give bonds as security for tor 25 that the present prices shall be reduced forty per and that the reso resolution u shall take effect from ats ts pasi passage age ta A discussion followed but no do question was taken ken may in the senate several petitions and memorials were received mr slidell Sli sll denn denb from the committee appointed to investigate into the payments made by the public primer printer to various papers and for elec tio purposes etc made a majority report giving a public printing and stating in effect that the payments made by wendeel to vari varl various ils papers capets were made in compliance with a bargain by windell the subject was postponed till tomorrow to morrow executive session followed follon ed mr dixon presented the credentials of the election reelection re of mr fister lister in the house mr reynolds from the committee on judiciary reported back with an amendment the senate bill providing for the return of the captured africans there were now one thousand five hundred of them at key west it was important that the bill be passed at the earliest practicable day mr sinith smith d d not want to force them back in chains but give them the privilege to stay in this coun con conary nry I 1 ry mr R reynold anold gave notice that be lie woud call up the li iii l i i next monday the house resumed the consideration of the subject to reform in the public printing A protracted discussion ensued and much warmth was manifested by the speakers after further farther proceedings the house passed the bill for the establishment of a government Prin printing ting tinz office against 56 the house then went into committee of the whole on the state of the union and discussed the 11 question at length t the post office appropriation bill for the ensuing fiscal year being under consideration mr colfax from the post office committee moved the various retrenching propositions the maximum pay of the route agents on railroads was made instead of 1000 mr colfax moved to further amend so as to reduce the per of the postmasters whose offices yielded over too postage per quarter to the rates established by the act of or 1851 an average reduction in those offices offices of about ten per and also repealing the section allowing the postmaster general to give extra pay Postmasters to over oyer their salary making a saving baving of nearly per year I 1 lit elt tit lit was oppose opposed dby 1 by sin f f I 1 ism ibm am T 0 9 9 gleto leto ivand irand a 44 and d t after f ra r repeated votes 1 tb bic amdi ee rise rose 0 u a quorum s i I 1 |