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Show LATEST DISPATCHES. GENERAL. F0RTV-TH1UIJ CON'liRESS. SENATE Washington, 2:1. Logan, from the committee on military alliiirs, reported report-ed baek the house bifl to equalize the bounties of the soldiers ot the- late war and asked its presoat consideration; considera-tion; objected to, and Loan gave notice no-tice that he would continue to ask its consideration during the morning hour until he can get a vote. At the expiration of the morning hour the consideration of the post-office post-office appropriation bill was resumed, the pending question being on tho abrogation ab-rogation of the Pacific Mail contract. Alter a dehnte the vote was Liken on the question to strike out the repealing re-pealing clause and resulted yean 11, nays u'2. The action uf the Iioiibh in repealing tho contrail ot 1S72 fur the additional subsidy wjs then concurred concur-red in. Fdmunds, from the judiciary committee, com-mittee, submitted a report on the! question whether the contract 01.1S72 with the Pacific Mail company lor a subsidy was still obligatory. The committee report it is not obligatory, mainly bucause Uim company did not furnish tho ships required for tho additional ad-ditional service at tho proper lime, and thai the postinutster tfLiieral had no legal authority to accept the vessels ves-sels when they were tendered him, and his action cannot bind the government. gov-ernment. Logui called up the house bill regulating the quartermaster's department de-partment of the army; passed. Tie po&totfice appropriation bill having been read a third time the senate iook up me army appropriation appropria-tion bill. Tho amendments proposed by the committee on appropriations were disposed of as follows: Striking out the provision that herealter when troops or officers change btations their families shall receive fiee transportation transporta-tion o-er land grant audt subsidized railroads which receive no payment frcm tlie.U. S. was agreed to; increasing increas-ing the appropriation for the hire of quarters for ofliccra, troops, safe keeping keep-ing or stores, etc., from $1,400,000 to $1,500,000 was agreed to; striking out tho proviso for the payment for use of any patent process for preserving preserv-ing clothing, was rejected; appropriating appropriat-ing $20,000 for repairing ordnance, etc., on scacoasts, was agreed to. Harvey submitted an amendment authorizing the expenditure ot SoO,-000 SoO,-000 before the end of the present fiscal fis-cal year for supplies when it may be found to advantage for government to purchase immediately: agreed to. On motion the body of the whole clause in relation to the payment of railroads was stricken out, with the understanding that the matter shall go to a committee of conference with a view of perfecting the section. The bill was then reported to the senate and the amendments mode in committee of the whole were agreed! to, and the bill passed. Morrill (Vt.) committee on finance, j reported adversely on various bills to' establish mints at several places in the west, and they were indefinitely postponed. He also submitted a resolution, reso-lution, which was placed on the cal-, endar, reciting the expediency of es-; tabliuhing a branch mint in the west, and reaucBtinEr the president of the therefor, and report at the next session ses-sion of congress. The bill for the admission of Colorado Colo-rado as a state was taken up and the senate adjourned. |