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Show TELEGRAPHIC ( FORT Z-FOURTH CONGRESS. SENATE. WiislJngton, 14. The president i piu tent, laid before the eeuate tlie I itutiual report ol the attorney general of ihe Unitud States. Urderrd printed and referred to the judiciary coin mil tee. A large number of petitions tor the appointment of a conmii?a:on to inquire in-quire into the tratiie in alcoholic liquors were presented by several senators, all of which were referred to the committee on finance. Edmunds, from the judiciary committee, com-mittee, reported a senate bill to extend ex-tend the duration of the court of com- j missiouers of Alabama claims with several verbal amendments. He said it was desirable to have this biil passed by both houses o f congress before be-fore Uie holiday recess. It merely provided lor continuing the court six months, and did not touch the disputed dis-puted questions connected with tnat court. The bill was passed. Allison introduced a bill to transfer Indian trust funds to the treasury of the United States. Rffi-rrc-d to 'the committee ou Indian allairs. The chair laid beloro tlie senate a communication from tee secretary of war transmitting the report of M.ijor C. B. Conistock on the improvement of the south pass of the Mississippi river aud the character of the work done. The unfinished business, being a resolution submitted by Davis yester day m regard to the unsettled accounts ac-counts of government officers and defalcations, was called up, the pending pend-ing question being tlie motion ol Sherman to refer the resolution to a committee, which was agreed to yess, '65; nays, 2o. Edmunds inquired whether the credentials of McMillan came to the senate lrom the governor of Louisiana. Louisi-ana. After a long discussiou, by a vote of yeas, 30; nays, 2$, the motion of West to allow McMillan to withdraw with-draw his credentials was agreed to. i'he only republican voting with the democrats against it was Dawes. IIOISE. The speaker called on the states for bills and resolutions, under which call bills were introduced and referred re-ferred as follows: Blaine, proposing to amend tho constitution providing that no state shiYll make any law respecting the establishment of religioo, or pro hibiting the free exercise thereof, and that no money raised by taxation tax-ation in any slate for the support of public schools or derived from any public iund thereof or any public lands devoted thereto, shall over be under the control of any religions sect and that no money or lands so donated shall be divided among religious re-ligious sects or denominations. Davis, North Carolina, to repeal the net tnrhidiiirtf? psymnnt -.. ...-....i-.f of claims and demands of southern citizens for quartermasters' stores, etc., aud appropriating f-jO.OOU for the same. Whitlehorn, to modify the tax on tobacco. Landers, reifttive to repeal of resumption re-sumption act of the 14th of January, 1S73. Baker, relating to mileage of members mem-bers of congress. Port oilered the following resolution resolu-tion and demanded the previous question on its adoption: Jtesolced, by the house of representatives rep-resentatives that in all subordinate appointments under any oflicers of this house it is the judgment of the bouse that wounded soldiers who are not disabled from tho perforfance of duty should be preferred. A stand-1 iug vote on seconding the previous! question, showed S7 republicans i voting in favor aud 104 democrats against it. The nays, V26. !So the previous question was not seconded. Cox uflured tne following as an amendment to the resolution, and moved a reference ol both resolutions to the committee on accounts, and i demanded the previous question. I Ji'csohrd, that inasmuch as the : union of states has been restored all ! the citizens thereof are entitled to ; consideration in the appointment of , offices under this government. ! Hale of Miine, inquired whether Cox's reselu t ion was offered as a substitute sub-stitute for Fort's. Tac speaker replied re-plied he understood it to be ofiered as an amendment. Stark weather made the objection that as New York bad been alriady called, the gei.tlcman (Cox) could not put in a resolution. The Speaker ruled that it was loo late tj make the objection. Fort said he h.ul tried to make an objection as soon ;is the resolution was ofiered. Hale inquired whether tho house bad acted on tlie amendment? Speaker: It has not: that would be acting on the subject matter of lie resolution now, which is not the pur-pose pur-pose of the gentleman from New York. His purpose is to refer both resolutions to a committee. Cox. The original resolution was an ad eaj-landtnii a flair. My resolution is in the naturo of an amnesty. Laughter. Keagan made a point of order that neither the original resolution nor amendment was in order. Neither ol them proposed anything which the bouse was authorized or required by law to do. The Speaker overruled the point of order, suiting that if it was evtr tenable it came too late. Harrison, to amend constitution by fixing one term for president and making him ineligible for future election, but making him senator for life from the United Slates at larire at the expiration of his ollico as pnsi-dent. Kandall, proposing an amendment to the constitution providing that after the next presidential election tne president ol the Uniud Slates shall bold his olhYe for fix years, ami that neither president nor vice president, presi-dent, when the ollico of president devolves upon him, shall be eligible to re-election. Spider, a resolution for the direction of tl.c committee on military atUirs l enquire into the expediency of rc-dueine rc-dueine the regular army to ten thousand thous-and men, or to such a i. umber as will er.ire an efficient public service at an expense not excet dir.g $0,01,01 0 , yearly. Adopted. |