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Show CONGRESSIONAL. SI.XATI'. W-hing'.on. tV L xran introduced a I bill d:reci;rg the p.-'rvja.-t'T general to hdverti-e immed'stelv for propofsls I from cit'.'.ens of the United States for ! performing weekly mail service lor lo j Tear? between IS cw York ar.d Liverpool. bv means of at least six American bui.t 1 ijCOO too screw stealers, lt com pallia tion not exceeding $.XO,CO0 per annum. Stevenson entered a motion to reconsider recon-sider tbe vote by which the specie uay-ment uay-ment bill was rjocted yoiterdBy. Tne diplomatic and cTsu'ar arprc-priation arprc-priation bfil passrd: and the iiTUS.-a-ivn approprit;n b;.l w:is con:id-.r.d ai.d parsed. Tne report of the confererce committee commit-tee on the mint ahd aseay ollice b;.l was concurred in. Tne Vienna exposi ion bill wss brought up, and on the amenmnt providing mat not more tn&n Jou.uuO i tail be paid for saUnc-, ana tot more than J.'i,iM. to one person, was adoj ted, and the bill passed. Adjourn editors ed-itors . Builer, of Massachusetts, reported from the conference committee toe bill lo amend the bankruptcy act, and made a report agreeing to the senate biil with a few amendments. Tbe report re-port was adopted. Schofieid, from the conference con -mittee, reported the bill constructing steam sloops of war, and made a report aereeing to the construction of eight vessels, cost not exceeding $,CtW,000 A resolution to pay Bowen, contestant for the seat of Delarge. of South Carolina, Caro-lina, fifteen hundred dollars, expanses of ihe contest, was passed. The bill to authorize the building of the Wyoming and Montana railroad was reported, which Storm moved to lay on the table; negatived, 72 to 98. , The merning hour expired and the bill went over, ine special oroer, Deing the bill to revise the consular system, was postponed till Thursday the 2uib, and ihe house went into committee of the whole on the poit office appropriation appropria-tion bill. Palmer, from the appropriation- committee, offered an amendment, amend-ment, reducing tbe amount to be paid out of the treasury by one and a half millions. Agreed to, and tha bill was reported to the house. The amendment, providing letter carriers car-riers for all places having a population of twenty tnousand within a post ouice delivery, was adopted, IS to IS, and the Dill passed. Adjourned. |