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Show CONGRESSIONAL, Moid:. Wash ington, 0. A number of pii-' vale bilb, considered yesterday in! 'ommilteo of ihc Whole, were lakcu ' ui and passed. j flic House proceeded with ihc xmsideration ot ihc Senate amend-nieuts amend-nieuts to the dehcieixcy biilt. After a long discussion, based on the item for official reporters, which Holmau made the tcil for the arraignment rl the liepublieans in Congress for extravagance, ex-travagance, and "of the Democrats for apathy and willingness to vote with ihc riaioritv for all pilnivmrant, measures. Tho amendments were all disposed of, and a committee of conference ordered. CaDnou, Irom the Tostal committee, report, 1 a bill for the prepayment of postage on priutrti matter; passed. Packer, froiii tlw ennie committee, repeirled a i-ill to prevent " ulraw (.ids" for mail contracts: also a bill tir adia-tiug the salaries of postmasters. postmas-ters. Il hies the salary of the -New-York postmaster at ?i,0i.Vt, and di vides all the others into four clashes, those whose salaries are not over ?7.ikJ nor less than :.,.', Ih-jse not not more than -o,UXt nor less than si'.OOO, those not over $-,(VX nor less than f ,'.', and those whose annual pay is less than ?1,000. Those of tlie first three classes are to be appointed ap-pointed and removed l-v the Ta'si-dent Ta'si-dent wiih the consent oT the Senate; others to be appointed and removed by ihc Fostmasler-Ceneral. The bill passed. Seney from tlie Committee on Kx-pendiiures Kx-pendiiures in Ihe Department of Justice, made a report in regard lo the Wesl Judicial I 'istiiet of Arkansas since its reorganiation in l7l. Tlie testimony taken was very" voluminous j and shows an extraordinary state of j at lairs lor the first year alter reorj-an-J i-iliou. William it. Brilton, being i lhe marshal, ins expenses iverei $Lo. .'.'. Tne next ye:r Logan H. Root, -being marshal, they reached . the extr.vorUinary tignre of" $:i!l,t"l ; the next year Brittou being marshal for tiie most of the term, they iVli in f'J'.4.4-(7. making a Mai of SC t(H" ; ; for tim e years. Tne c'mnii'.Ue conira-l witii these lun res the judicial expenses of the t-u-H:-e Sltte Uloie the war. they 1-eing in ' 1""'. -". ': in is-''', f 1 in 17V-on!v'b:.rt1. As totbejud-c s' tne l'trit.t, Wm. Sie'rr. Uk ftm- miltei- uM i,,. revvrds of his o-tirt show Inai iwr,iw i1;ive been ba-ll j alter c--nvicti, jur capital onences arid wmie a,., sentence, and , wmle mc-tK-ns werpeiKlu,,. for n-w trials which w-re never a.-U-d on tiiat nutwiliistan-hng tiie nqmrtmenU -..f law that he thah cxannne and ap-,t ap-,t v e ti iu ace- ;iuts current of t:iC 'marahai U.f -re .nlvvving tlie iiue, he , tins ML-ncd, at least m one imUuiee. a blank account currt-nt win- h wi ti:lei up by Ihe marshal for "A), j'liie eouimittee recommend a-a rem-jc-oy tor tiib stale of a!l urs the abolition aboli-tion of tiie di-inct itself, and the annexation an-nexation of its territory to tiie eastern jdiairi' t, and so make unh one district j in the Stale kiiuwu aa the Pint rid ot lArkaiiBas, w iln one judge, duUiet at-tijrrn-y aiid maraiial. , House adjoiiriieil. |