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Show CONGRESSIONAL. SKNATM, Washington, 0. Sherman, reported report-ed back the House bill amendatory of the National currency arts, ami to establish free banking, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. sub-stitute. Placed on the calendar. Ferry of Michigan said ho did not; desire to have it understood that this! was a unanimous report of the Com-1 mitlce. There- were some things upon up-on which they were united, others1 upon which they were-divided, and j he reserved the righto!' the minority, to dissent at -any time. j Sherman called up the House bill to facilitate tho exportation of distill-, ed spirits and the amendatory acts in I relation thereto; pa-sed. The bill provides that when a new bond is , given nt the lori of expedition, the j urigiuial bond given at the , distillery shall be cancelled and further removes the restriction thibl i-piiiti must be eorihigned lo a particular prt, to that thereafter they e.tn be shipped to any port mentioned or any other. Logan reported favorably on the bill to create an additional major ot cavalry and to promote Capt. .T. W. ' Robertson; pi.Ki d on the calendar. Rum.'-ey gave n-alec that lie would, at the lir-t opportunity, call up t'ne po,fal telegraph lo!. The bi! c--uVii'iiiiig au ss.ty oltiec at Helena, Montana, was passed. pass-ed. Frdimd'nyn .-aid he would let the civil right bill lay over, as several Senators wanttd to .-peak on it. He I ue gave notice, by request ofEI-miiDiJs, ofEI-miiDiJs, that he wmild call up tiie ' ticneva ananl bill to-nK.rr-jw. j The Senate went into ( x. cut. vo J session and soon after adjourned. llofjK. E'ulridge, in Ik- half of tiie minuritv ;of the likliciary C-tmmittee, nibnnt-,lcl nibnnt-,lcl a report on the condition of allair-in allair-in SoLith Carolina. The report ur'e.1 tiie proprittv and justice of investigating investiga-ting tho evils eiiinplaiuel of by the tax-p lying memorialists, as "their fidelity to tiie con-ailulion and laws s now nniiue-tmntfl and tiie plea is -made in ;pectlul terms. The House agr'itl to meet ol 11 a in., the remainder ot the j sc??con. j Tho bill t-i amend tin; consular and diplomatic laws was passed, j The House then went into Cm-I Cm-I mitlecot the Whole n the CVnten-I CVnten-I nial Appropriation b.!l. Cobb, of Kansas, ojipostd the bill as unnecessary extravagance in the present pres-ent condition of the r-utmtry, Harri-eon, Harri-eon, Eryo and Simnks spoke in sup-I sup-I port of tho bill. Phelps, Smith, of I Ohio, and tiuneklr,sjoko against it, the latter declaring that the entire j press of his Slate was opposed lo it. I Tho House took a tccjks till evening, even-ing, when the discussion waa resumed, McCormick making an elaborate speech in favor of tiie bill. Ward, of Ills., opposed it as a poor use of niouey when thousands wero sulfcr-ing sulfcr-ing for want of IckkI, clothes and work. Alter a number of other speeches the House adjourned. |