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Show LIGHTNING FLASHES. South Carolina will fund its State debt. . Busv times in Comrress on Friday night. . ' The Pope has decided not to leave the Vatican. Dr. Palmer, of the Boston AJiir-tiscr, AJiir-tiscr, is dead. Spain and Egypt have accepted England's offer of mediation,. Gen. Halpine is determined to sue England for false imprisonment. The Senate appropriated S.VV'O1) Tor the purchase of the Galling gun. The bill granting land to the South and North California railroad pa.-.d the iluuse. Tho Union Pacilic is to receive one-half one-half the amount owing to it by government govern-ment for transportation. Th? Senate biil providing for the redemption re-demption of copper and other token coins, passed the House. There has been another terrible colliery col-liery explosion at letoria, England, in which twenty were killed. The French government has ordered the immediate return of the mobilized national guards to their homes. The Texan railroad bill, which is the Southern Pacific biil, with touie amendments, amend-ments, pisatd both houses of Congress. Logan, in the Hou-te, charaeU r'zed the appropriation for the proposed State department budding art "a regular regu-lar job. " There have been several minor engagements en-gagements in Cuba between the Spaniards Span-iards and insurgents, with successes lor the former. The IIou.se of Kepre.-.eutativcn agreed to the reports from the conference committees on all aporopriatiuu Luis, except. the omnibus biiL Bismarck is "aid to be disappointed at the haste of the l'ren-h A-imbly in ratifying the treaty, a-i it prevented the Emjicror from entering Paris; The Senate bill amending the patent laws : passed the ilou.-e on I riduy; and the bill creating a northern judicial ju-dicial district in the State of Xew York. . The Emperor William in a telegram to the Empress, announces the exchange ex-change of the treaty ratifications, and airain thanks the Fatherland and the "Lord of Host)." . A vote of thanks to Speaker Blaine, moved by Cox, of New York, in a happy and appropriate pprcch, px-vicd the J louse of JU-fprcsentatives by acclamation, accla-mation, .only Munger, of Kcntm ky, voting ag linst it. The conference committee report on the Cincinnati and Newport bridge matter, was concurred in by the Sen ate, as was the like cominiHoo report on the army appropriation bill. . Cox made a fierce onslaught in the I Iou'0 of Representatives, on the lobby lob-by i-ts, last Friday night. Ho paid ''They are in our offices .-wanning and all around here, like tho licb and frogH of Egypt." The dispatch from the Emperor to the En-ipreuH of Germany, announcing the conclusion of peace, was rend in Berlin amid the booming of cannon, the ringing of bells, and the cheers of tho multitude. |