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Show FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. EXTRA SESSION. Following is Ibe conduction of ibe proceedings of tlie first session ol tbe Forty-sixth r.ougrcan, which was delayed de-layed on tlie wirea by the Btorm of Tuesday Dight: SN ATE. Washington, 1 A mo-:sage was received trom the house announcing ! the non concurrence m the ecu ate ft mend men Id to the houue juioi reeo-tulion reeo-tulion relatios to committee - clerks, 1 paged, etc. Me-mrs, Eitou, Beck uud Allison were appointed intmbeM of a confereoce coinuiittee on tha rtnulu-tion. rtnulu-tion. 1 '1 tie president pro tan. laid belore the senate a commuoicaiiou from tlie President oi the United Sttites, truna-milting, truna-milting, in answer to a senate resolution, resolu-tion, the roport ot tbe Hcoretary of I btute on the aubjectof correHpondence 1 in regard to the proposed Austin cd Topolo Riilroad survey. Ordered printed aDd to lie on the table. A lOiehBage trom l be hnuau announced an-nounced concurrence in the uemtie amendments to the Gnal adjournment adjourn-ment resolution After an ammattd debate the senate passed the house joint resolution resolu-tion providing thirty duya extra pay lor house e plovi yens 30, nayslt. A messnge from the house announced an-nounced that a committee hud been appoiuted to wait upon tbe President ot tbe United States and inquire if be had any further comoiu mention to make to eODgreea and SBkiug for a conference committee. Tbe presiding oliicer appointed Bayard, W byte and Anthony such committee. Tlie report of committee of conference confer-ence on the joint resolution providing uddiliouul pay for congress employes, discharged treasury clerks, etc., by which the senate receded from certain cer-tain amendmei I?-, wastidopted. Tbumniu being in Lis ti nt upon the floor, Anthony paid: I lnke advantage ad-vantage of the presidei.it pt- Uni.' absence from the chair to cBer the following resolution: Jiesolced. That the thanks ol the aetuile uro hereby tendered to ITou. Allan G. Thurtiinu fur the ability, dignity and im parti iliiy with which he has dieclmred the duties ol the chair. Tbe resolution was unmmnou; ly agreed to. - - - After a shoit executive eebioii, Kurono submilttd the following resolution, reso-lution, which vas uoauimounly agreed to. Resolved, Tnat the thanks of tlie senato aro due uod are hereby t-.n-deied to Hon. Win. A. heeler, vice president of the United Slater, for the ability, courtet-y and impiir tialily displayed by him while he presided over their deliberations during the present session ufoougrebs. Blair introduced a bill to authorize and promote '.in international inquiry and conference as to the practicability practica-bility of extending tbe ebaonels of tbe Bay of Fuudy, and of the fdis-Biesippi fdis-Biesippi River to and through Hudson Bay. Referred. The committee to wait on the President reported that he had no further communications to send. At 5 p.m. tho president pro (em. eaid : Senators : Thanking you sincerely for the i respect and approbation expressed in I your resolution adopted to day, and ! for tbe kindneaa you have uniformly j given me while temporarliy perform- j iug the duties of Hie chair, and wish- j iug you ail a safe and pleasant return to your homes, I now. in obedience to i tbe concurrent resolution of tho two bousee, declare the eeuAle adjourned ' without day. . saousE. Washington, 1. Tbe speaker announced an-nounced tue appointment of Atkins, Bickuell and Fielde ns a committee j to wait upon the President and inform him that ibe two bouses wore ready to I adjourn if be had no further commu- (nication. When the house was called to order there were t ut very few I members in the area in front of the speaker's table claiming recognition, Hie remainder patiently awaiting in their Beat tbe arrival of the hour fixed for adjournment Biackburn submitted tbe conference report on the joint resolution relative to tbe pay of committee clerks, etc. Agreed to. Gibson (La.) moved to Buspend the roles and pass the bilL amending tbe Mississippi River commission bill, so as to provide that the President shall appoint any of the commissioners to be president of the commission. On a division tbe bill was passed, 65 to 13, quorum. The yeas and nays were then ordered, and resulted, yea 8 117, naya 21. 4 Bayne again raised the point of no quorum and the bill waa thus defeated. de-feated. The bouse then took a recess for ten minutes. Atkins, one of the committee appointed ap-pointed to wait upon tne President, announced that the President had , stated that he had no further communication commu-nication to make. Five o'clock having arrived the speaker said: Gentlemen of the House of Ilepresciita lives: Before we separate 1 desire to return thanks r.s preaiding ofiicer c;f this ti( U(-e to the members or this bouse, uf every political division, and to say to them that' I appreciate their uniform uni-form kindness, ai-d conduct, and now, in obedience to the tej ma of the concurrent con-current resolution of the two houses fixing the lime of final adjournment of the first session oi tho Forty-aixth congreea I declare this house adjourned ad-journed with day. . |