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Show GENERAL. FOKTY-FOLUTH CONGRESS. Washington, 15. Sargent introduced intro-duced a bill to restrict the immigration immigra-tion of Cliiutse to the Unit d States. Mitchell said he desired to submit some remarks on tho subject to which the bill related, an! asked that il lay on the table for the present. pres-ent. So ordered. Paddoct called up the house bill to amend the act of March, loth, 1874, to entourage the growth of timber on the weileru prairies. Passed. Wiudoni called up the house bill to extend the limo oi' prcemptois on public lands. The amendments ol the committee were agreed to and the bill passed. The aeuate went intJ secret session !o deliberate on the question of its jurisdiction as to Belknap's impeachment. impeach-ment. When the doors were opened some unimportant legislative business was transacted and tho senate adjourned. liOI.SE. Several resolutions were adopted calling for reports and correspondence as lo ihe wnisky ring prosecutions ar.d dismissal of John B. llender.-on as 'special couosel for the govern ment, and the propriety of turning over the dunes ol the internal reveniu department to tho commissioner of customs, and for a lit of government defaulters since March, ltiuo. A bill introduced by Payne to authorize the isauo ot silver coin to the amount of $10,000,0u0 in exchange ex-change for legal tenders, which arc ,ouly to be issued alter the destruction of an equal amoni'l of fractional currency, cur-rency, was thtn called up. Soon after, the vote was taken, which resulted re-sulted yeas PI, nays To, not two-thirds two-thirds in the atlirmutive. The bill was lost. Ihe house passed the bill under the suspension ol the rules allowing Mrs. Fitch to receive her diamonds lice ol1 duty, and soon alter adjourned. |