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Show LATEST DISPATCHES. FORTY -FIFTH CONGRESS. MEN ATE. Washington, 25. The president pro tern, laid before the senate a communication com-munication from the secretary of the treasury in answer to a resolution calling for infarmatijn in regard to the amount of government bonds sold since March 4ih, IS61, the amount paid to the syndicate for placing them on the market, etc. Ordered printed and referred. Also a communication from tho postmaster general in regard to deli-cionoiea deli-cionoiea in appropriations for that department during the current fiscal your. Referred. Tho rivor and harbor appropriation bill, which recently passed the house, was read by its title and referred. Consideration of bills on the calendar calen-dar was then returned. Blaine, Irom the conference on the bill to provide lot the deficiencies in the government service, reported that the appropriation for the interior in-terior department was reduced from $40,000 to $30,000. The senate receded re-ceded from its amendment for $75, 000 for the District of Columbia schools and $25,000 for the Hayden survey. Tne annuut for the Sao Francisco mint was reduced from $15,000 to $12,000. Wiudom said be disagreed from the committee conclusions. This bill would necessitate further dtficiency bdls and the senate had already re ceived seven Irom the bouse. He opposed op-posed all those reductions, as they would cripple the serf ice. Bock defended the action of the committee and of the house, and said the house had acted with great liberality lib-erality towards this administration. I These deficiency billB were only tern-'porary tern-'porary and forestalled the regular, 'deficiency bill which would provide! I for all Ueprrtmeuta. He discussed the various sums -demanded by the ' departments. j Report of conference committae , agreed to, S5 to 19. Adjourned till Monday. |