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Show UOLSE. The Bpeakor announced the regular order to be the consideration ot tbe bill reported last night from the committee com-mittee on ways and means to facilitate the reluuding of the national debt, aud the pending question to be on the passage of the bill. Mills asked Wood to yield for an ameudmenl subjecting all bonds bero after issued to taxation. Wood declined to yield for that purpose pur-pose and tho bill passed without division. The house then went into commit tee of tbe whole on tho bill organizing tbe Mississippi river improvement commission, and providing lor ihe improvement of that river and the protection of its alluvial lauds. An appropriation ol $-250,0OU is made lor the payment of salaries and the cjm mittee which reported the bill has au amendment added to ttie section appropriating $3,871,000 for otrengtu-ontng otrengtu-ontng the Mississippi levees. Gibaon gave notice that he would, if bo hau opportunity, orler as a iSubBlitute an amendment appropriating appropria-ting $'2,500,000 for tt e iiupiovemeu of the Mississippi iruui the heud passes of tbat river to the niouib ot ihe Illinois river. iiobensjn spoke in iavor ofchebi.l I xjuiu aiiuiuiiieu uu ameuJiUfut as a substitute, appropriating $4S50,C0U for the purpose of repairing ibe levees of the Mississippi and improving improv-ing the navigation ol ibat river, such money to be expended under the direction di-rection of the cbief engineer of the army. Cualmers s.iid, with the Mississippi river iuiprovtd, the soutb could supply tbe whole Union witn sugar, and tne whole wurld with cotton. .Robertson proposed that the d b.iit shall be continued next Wednesday evening. The previous queatiou was then seconded, and a veto taken, The cummtttee then rose aud the order aktd by Ruberioon was made by ihu in use. CL.b' mtrcductd a Li.l to umbo. z: a local taxation ol le,;al tender notes. Kccess to 7.45. |