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Show LATEST DISPATCHES. GENERAL. FORTY -FOURTH Q0NGRE33. SENATE. Washington, 26. Sargent submitted submit-ted a resolution directing the sec-: sec-: rliirv nf tho treasury tn inform the senate how many persons are now employed as revenue or internal revenue agents, giving the date o! their respective appointments, rate of compensation and expanses paid to each, and also to inform the senate whether in any cases special rewards have been paid to or received by any of such agents; whether money has been disbursed by any such agents; w'.-.ether any, and if so, which oi nem, have been or are under the direction of any person other than the secretary of the treasury and not subordinate to the treasury dppart-, ment, and if so, by virtue of what statute or othor authority. Agreed i Mitchell introduced a bill extending the time for the completion, survey and location of the Portland, Duller and ?alt Lake railroad. Referred tf the committee on railroads. Adjourned. Ad-journed. The speaker appointed the following follow-ing conference committees. On the deficiency bill, Wells, Atkins autl Hale; on consular and diplomatic 'appropriation bills, Singleton, Randall and Waldron. White stated that he had read a newspaper article charging the clerk of the bouse and bis subordinate with lobbying againt the reduction in the legislative appropriation bill, and offered a resolution directing the committee on rules to enquire whether any legislation is necessary to protect tho house from undue influences by office of the house. Agreed to. Wiiite then had read a letter addressed ad-dressed to himself making a vague charge of poinoning against the pngi neer of the house, the wri'.er of which had subsequently been appointed assistant engineer. Referred. Gibson ofl';red a rrsulution for the appointment of a select committee to make a thorough investigation into 1 the conduct and management of the custom house and other government offices at New Orleans, and suggest necessary changes and reforms, with power to sit at New Orleans and report at the present After progressing as far as page 59, ; leaving only eight pages to bo disposed dis-posed of, the committee rose, and Wells, from the conference committee commit-tee on the deficiency bill, mado a report re-port recommending that the senate recexle from three of its amendments, and that tho horfte concur in the other of its amendments, nono ol them of any importance. Tho report re-port was adopted. Adjourned. |