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Show IIOLSF. ' Thcrp w vs a great deal of confusion this unirning as to the order of bnsi-nert bnsi-nert 1 Ellis endeavored to call up the con 1 tested election raHe ol Richardson r.?. Rainey, of South Carolina, and Reacan enriofworcd to call up the river and haiuor bill for the purpose of non-con on r ring -n tho eeuate amendments. amend-ments. Finally both prepositions Wrre voted down arid the bouse determined ' to go into committee of the whole on 'the sundry civil appropriation bill, and closing all othei debate on the 1 bid and amendments, j Eden moved to suspend the rules and put the bill on i' passage just as .it came from the committee on ap- I proprialiona. Atkini I am astonished that the gentleman is o anxious to pass the ibill without understanding it. I Eden, excitedly You might as well put it through under a suspens.on I ot the rules us put it through without di-H'UBeinn. Cox (N. Y.) If we pass the bill under a BUfpension ot the rules we j will suspend ourselves. (Laughter land uproar.) I move to adjourn so I ae to give merab ts tune to come to their right senses. The motion was defeated, 4 veaa to 131 nays. By this fi.ue nearlj every member i wa on his feet, aud Cox, (N. Y.) Hooker and Kenna were raising ).iintfl of order, amid cries of "order" mid "vote" from all parts of the hall. Finally thespeaker Bucceed-d in ob tioin order, and thevote being taken on Eden's motion to Buspend the j rules and pass the bill as originally . reportm, it was defeated, yeas 4 S, ; nas 195. J The house then went inta a com mittee of the whole on the sundry I civil bill. I On motion o' Sayler, Ihe Hayden survey appropriation was increased to 7,500 and od motion of Enen that ! tor the Powell survey to $30,u00. 1 j The amendment increasing the appropriation ap-propriation for tht apnrai.M Ptor. 3 at San Francisco, from S:J5.000 to $102,000 was rejected 65 lo 72. 1 After a noisy session, and witnout action, the committee rose. I Blount submitted a conference re-j re-j port on the postoflice aoyropnition bill. Agreed to. i Recuse. |