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Show GENERAL. FOIITY-TUIIID CONGRESS. SENATE Washington, 14. Morton presented present-ed a petition irom colored men of Indiana protesting against the recent re-cent decision of the supremo court of that suite as to the rights of colored children in the public schools, and aaking that a proper Jlaw be provided authorizing an appeal to the supreme court of the United States. Anthony presented a memorial of F. and J. lvives, publishers of the late Cuinjresiionul Globe, asking that congress purchase their building and materia!. Cameron submitted a resolution providing for the appointment of two members of the senate and three ol the House to take measures for the proper notice at the capitol of the King of the Hawaiian Islands. Agreed to. Snernian called up the. bill to amend existing customs and internal revenue laws, and fur other purposes, postponed from the last session, and moved that the senate insist upon its amendments and agree to the cou-tereuce cou-tereuce asked for by thr home. Agreed to, and the chair appointed Sherman, FreliugLuysen aud Copper as such committee. The bill fur the relief of settle on the public lands was introduced by Harvey from the public lands committee, com-mittee, and passed. It, provides that settlers who have been obliged tx leave their lands on account of the mvHL'es of Grasshoppers have th right to return to such lauds, and authorizes the commissioner of the general land otlice to modify the homestead laws in their favor. The provisions of the bill are also made applicable ap-plicable to those driven off from similar sim-ilar causes last year. Ingails introduced a bill to refer to the court of claims and Btipreme court of the United Slates tor determination determina-tion the rights ot the central branch of the Union I'citic railroad company com-pany under existing laws, and gave notice tnat ho would, when Wright calls up his bill declaring the true intent in-tent and meauing of the Union Paei-tic Paei-tic railroad act, submit this bill as a substitute. Hitchcock introduced a bill appropriating appro-priating $o0,000 to enable the commissioner com-missioner of agriculture to make a special distribution of Beeds to portions por-tions of the couutry which suffered from grasshopper ravages the past summer. i Couklin introduced a bill to amend the act for the creation of a court tor adjudication and disposing of certain monies received into the treasury under the Geneva award. It proposes to repeal that portion of the twelfth section which bars the claims of insurance in-surance companies except for excess ot losses over premiums or other gains or war risks, and provides that any insurance claimants excluded by this prohibition, shall have a like period ol time within which to present pre-sent and prove their claims as they would have bod if not s excluded. The chair appointed Cameron and McCreery members on the part of tn senate ot the joint committee to take measures for the reception of King Kalakaua. Kelly, ofOregon, introduced a bill cm mini! the right of way and depot Pacific railroad company through the public lands of the United States. Preferred to the committee on railroads. rail-roads. Adjourned. HOUSE. Under a call of states hills were introduced and referred, as follows: fol-lows: ' - - i'remaine, bill in relation to indictments in-dictments lor libel 4n the District- of Columbia. It provides that where a libel appears in any newspaper published pub-lished elsewhere, but circulated in Washington, no indictment shall be found in the district unless the party libelltd shall reside there, and in that case it may be removed to the United States circuit or district, court for the place where the newspaper is published. pub-lished. Albright, for free.oanking and to retire the legal tender notes. Speer, -reducing letter postage to one cent. Smit,, for relief of the eouthern ttates by a, compromise and settle-, settle-, mei.t of their debts. - Whiting, for a commission to investigate in-vestigate the political and legal condition condi-tion of the southern states. Wiuck, to repeal the law for the prepayment of newspaper postage. -uHyiiiiru, io amenn the national banking act. Alter some desultory discueaion the resolution was adopted. Wood, from the committee on ways aud means, reported back the resolution introduced by him the other day, inquiring of the secretary of the treasury in regard to the changes made in the rates or on the subject of duties at any port of the United States because of any provision pro-vision of the revision of the United States statutes, ns passed at the first session of the 4d congress. A concurrent resolution for a joint committee on the reception of King Kalakaua, was adopted, aud Catherine, Cathe-rine, Hoar and Cox were appointed by the house. Parsons rising to a question of privilege, referred to a newspaper article ar-ticle reflecting on him in connection with the Pacific Mail subsidy, and denied emphatically the insinuation, lie had no knowledge of any money being paid to any member of congress con-gress n the matter, and he was not a member of the congress thai passed I it. Randall "Were you paid auy money in connection with it." ) Parsons" I was." Harris introduced a bill providing i for the payment of one-half of the I import duties in legal tender or I national bank notes. j PhelDS. Ot New York. Jltlcmnt.rd In ' suspend the rules aud pass his bill to repeal the press gag law, but the I motion was lost, 63 to 110, and the bill was referred to the judiciary committee. com-mittee. McKee offered a resolution for a committee to iuvestigato the Vicks- i burg d i then 1 ties, and Lorner said tho peupleof the state courted an inveati-' gaiion. I Holman offered a resolution that in the judgment of the house in the ' present, condition of financial affairs ot' tne government, no subsides in i money, bonds or public lauds or I pltdgi-a of public credit bo granted 1 by congress to assjciar iona or torpor- ; utious engaged in public or private ' eiutrpmes, and that all appr;ria- ; ti-ms ought to be limited to such : amounts as shall ne imperatively re- ' quired :or tiie public service. With-1 out motion, the reso.ution went Over' until n-xt Mond.y. The house adjourned. |