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Show j (o(;ki-io.mi.. ! SL.X.l I' K . i i . ! 1 l.e l.jaOW lag nulainat.L as ele s. l.t 1 :o the -senate to day : ,1 axes 1',. lUrd- elibarg. I., be f irVeVO.-l ta::i! cf Ifaiif alia: K. J FillOJes. Fee. h e r o! I'm lie Mooie- at lianas ui. A:kana.-: ;:e; lien l Su. Indian Agent at Warm I Springs. (ircgon. ! The t-eiaite then took tip. as the business of the morning hour, hcr-maii's hcr-maii's bid revising the .aes relative to udiits. a-sac i.fiices and lhe comaae of lhe luiied'a-iaies. Numerous memorials wcie n-esenied from resi.ieuts of the t-outh. 1'c.r re.ief from jeihiical disabilities; and by L'oukiing from the New Vork Chamber Cham-ber of Commeice. uj on the importance import-ance of lay.ug a submarine cabie from 1 our Western coast to Asia, and of providing pro-viding against monopoly in that re- The ice Presideui lajd before the eenate a message from lhe President, : in respou-e to the Senate nsolutiou, i trausLuitting the report of lhe 5-ecre- tary of laie, cu"eiiiia lhe col resiiond-e-uce benveeii Motley and the state' Department. I In motion of Morion it was laid on the table, and ordered : printed. Ihur.-day licit was fixed for the consideration of the bill to reimburse ; the Stales for monies a ivaueed during J the rebel. ion. UOISE. A number of bills were introduced and referred; among them one by Wil- ; hams, granting the right of way for a . taaroad iroiu tho Central Pacilie rail- j road iu 1 tab, to Walia Walla. Ore-j -en. Uy Loughbridge, in relation to lhe 1 la.uoad bridge aciOssi the Mississippi ricer. Dy Axteil, for the relief of settlers' on the pub ic lau . , Caiifoi nia. A')ioi-r other (,'lls inlro lueed was eno oy J ciiciv. s, to regulate the man-; n r of niakiag appoiutment-i in the civil service; and by Churchill, to amend the act of May 31st, 1570, to ciilbree the rights of citizens to vote iu 1 be several .suites. Keilogg olleied a resolution, requesting re-questing the committee of ways and means to report a bill for the repeal ut' the income tax : adopted. Starkweather, by unanimous consent, con-sent, u tiered a resolution, r.-lerriiig all bills, resolutions, petitions and papers now before Congress, or any coiiinjillce j of either House, on liie subject of ocean telegraph cables, lo a joint com- 1 initiec ot' live members cf uie Senate J and eight of the House, with power 10 .-cud for persons and papers and lo report re-port at any lime. Adopted. firth moved a resolution to suspend the lifes. lake lioiu lhe Speaker's table and pa-s the Senate joint resolution, resolu-tion, authorizing the appoint ment uf commissioners in relation to Urn annexation annex-ation of S' iu Foiuingo. He remarked that lhe eonimiitee on foreign affairs had. llus morning, by a majority vote, ' agi'i ed to that j"itit resi iui ion. At I : i" p. in , the motion t . lake (he San liniiiinao re-"iuiion Iroiu the Speaker's table nm passing, it was rejected. cas 1111, nays i,l': two-thirds not voting in the atliruiative. At th'ce 0 clock the House acain ele l on lakine up and pas-im; lhe San j lou-ingo ji'int resolution, and the inotiim was again detonted by a vote of I 1 1 to '.7. All the I'chiociats oled .i;i tb ' lea-alive, and liie billowing named li qmOlican-: Messrs. .inli;cr. l!eat!. H-'yd, Fiiikelcrburg, Hoal, Peiois and Willard. 'J he rule- vv-re tina'iy -11-peudcd. and the St. fioniiiigo rc-olulions were taken ta-ken up lor aui,,i, being open to amendiiu ut and debate. The vote was l'l to is. |