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Show LATEST DISPATCHES. FORTY-FIFTH UONGRESS. ' I IIOLSE. Washington, 20. During the consideration con-sideration of the post office appropriation appropria-tion bill, the appropriation for post route majrn waa increased from $25 000 tu $40,000. Blount lltfitd a substitute regarding the pay ut tuurib-claia postmaster, giving them all of the box rent, the commission on unpaid postage collected, col-lected, receipts from waste paper and postage stamps and carda cancelled m matter actually mailed at their offices, provided that they do not receive re-ceive over $250 from any one quarter, exclusive of mooey-ordsr commissions. commis-sions. HewUt (Ala.) moved to make the compensation tue same as now. Cannon favored Blount's amendment amend-ment as a check on the dishonesty now practiced, by which the government govern-ment loses a million dollars annually. Blount's amendment was agreed to. The provision fur special mail agents wae stricken out and the com miltee then rose. Tucker, from the ways and means committee, reported a bill taxing tohacco incomes, etc., but White objected ob-jected to making a special order, and it was relerrtd lo the committee of the whole. Glover made a personal explana lion, denyiug the statement of the New York Tribune, that his investi galiug committee had found (hat $o,QO0 had been loaned out of the tunds belonging to the house, to a member ut congress. No auoh thing bad ever been heard of. Cuoger attempted to show that the charge was against a member of congress, con-gress, but Glover laid it was against the sergeaut-at-armB, and so fax ai bis eo oi cuit tee was concerned, the btory wu wholly unfounded. ' Adjourned, |