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Show TELEGRAPHIC FOUTVKOl'UTH (ONCItKSS. ni:a IL. Wishing km, 17. Kil in inula from Itio )inluritiry coiuiiiilU-ft icportttl ml-vciMnly ml-vciMnly Mil llin rii'iuitu bill concerning the -4niiiljiuy of wiIiHimmw iu Ird-oral Ird-oral cuurU. Wtvsl inlnxtnct tl a bill to n jit-ul Oil act tu aid in tho lotialruclninof a 1 uib nuul anil tt-ltgritjili linn Inmi the Mitetuuri river to llio I'acilii: oi'i uii, upliniviil July 1st, Si'2, and July 'Jd 1 He sHike ol tlit) rti t nl dniwiini ' ot tlio eutremu court in tin' 1'iu iliti ruilwiiy Crist, and the lul'ility ol Iho govnniiiH iit u he uul only tlui in-tert-el Oil tho tmiulrt irMii d lo llione luunpunictj but ilia UxiiIh alan, ttnd find it nwnn.il to liitn Unit tho Iroin-lutive Iroin-lutive body ot tlio novcniuifiit nlnmld sUp in and H'lupt wtne mnunire lo prevent ouch t loaa. Ilo iMuLod from Iho acts of rtjiigrren in nganl to ttieae conipanitm and aaid it wiia evidt-nl that the Unilwl eiutea would incur u lows nnlt-aa JlMI.Oifl,. UX) 1k ndlt'cti-d lruni them. He u fir red tiio bill with a view to pruU-ct the inter cat uf lLo guvcriimrnl, hi id anki-d tlml it ttilglil bti referred lo tlio oomniiliw on railroads. Morrill of Vermont, iiKMiirt'i if this hill hail anything to du with Hit,' .Southern 1'itrilic railwiiy. Weil replni tlml the ru.id waa Ulenlioued III thu bill. Sargi til an id the judichiry oonunit-ten oonunit-ten of the st'iialo hiul already bell in-tructtil to inquire into lliu nihjci:t of tluw nnlnnuJ tfuupunicii, wlio m o-ry way pluceil thcinaclvea in a do-fi do-fi ant ultilude Lowitrdti the yitvern-uicnl, yitvern-uicnl, uidtl by rcrtnin luw pupers, which decl.ircd tlutt any attempt lo mako them pay the guvcrnmcnl was :iu iilternpt to hhickumil tlicin. Ho tnotight tho judicutry couunittie vha the pnper 0110 to huve the subject in charge, and Imped tho Benatur from I.-iuiMiuiA (Wcol) would consent to the Lull Lacing referred to thai com mitt 0. West accepted the 8iii:i;iation, and the bill wits referred to Iho judiciary judi-ciary committee. H'tat introduced a bill to recover from tho Central and Union Pacific railway comp.itiiue the bjuds mul iX'Upvins iiwuel to tliem in excees of the amount prewcribesi by luw. He rviid throe million doUum worth of ixxids ha I cen issued to theac mm-pair.es mm-pair.es in exceiof tlie amiHinl author-iitd author-iitd Ly law. There had been ifucd lo the Central Pacilic and Union I'ncific railroad conijinnien over (-aJ,-U0O of bonds, when tho act ol con- greB ppeciHiiy prutiutu umi no uiorw than -"0,0.pO,f,00 wortti of bonds should bo given them. Not only had the ioi ids heen issued in exceaa of tho 1 amount authonzed, but the government govern-ment had been paying interest on them. Corwequuntly Ihe government, oy an erroneous construction of law, had txen deprived of over &i,U00,lA0 worth of bonds and paid intrreat on the excess as well aj on the $oU,A,-iM) $oU,A,-iM) authorized. Morrill aaid he was in favor of the bill introduced by Senator Sen-ator Went, but he did not dediio to be committed to tho idea which be had heard of, to the ctlcct that any amount recovered from these rxKtda should be given lo aid the S-ailneru I'm 1 lie road. The bill wiip referred to the judiciary com- Miti hell introduced a bill to er-t.ih-lish a land ollice in eon the rn Ulnh, to be; known aa the Beaver district. Left rted to the committee on public lands. Hxjth introduced a bill in relation lo land heretofore runted to railroad companies. Sergeant introduced a bill to .tmend the lawa relating to legal tender of silver coin; also a bill lo authorize the city and county ot San Fraucidco to uao Presidio reservation as a park and highway. HO I St. The following biila were referred: Joyce, to retain stamp duties on medicines; to prevent traffic in spirituous spiritu-ous or intoxicating liquord in the Centennial Cen-tennial buildings or grounds during the exhibition. Banks, for the removal of all political politi-cal disabilities. Starkweather, prescribing a form of oath for members of congress. I Cutler, applying the proceeds ol the public lands to tuo support of freo schools. Packer, the resolutions of the Pennsylvania legislature in reference to tne appropriation ui pi ,00V, vou 101 the Centennial celebration. Townsend, Pennsylvania, to repeal re-peal the act providing for ttie redistribution redis-tribution of the national bank currency. cur-rency. Jenka, to reduce the salaries of all executive and legislative officers of government, except of the army and navy, over $1,500, 20 per cent., and to fix the sa'ary ot tho president at $25,000. Kandall, directing the discontinuance discontinu-ance of work on the streets in Washington Wash-ington and 10 prevent further use of certificates by the board ot auditors. Harris, Virginia, lo repeal the act prohibiting the payment of debts due ly the United States before the war except on proof ot loyality. O'Brien, proposing the following amendment to the constitution: Section 1. Nostatesliall make any law.respecting the establishment ol religion re-ligion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, and no minister or preacher of the gospel, of any religious creed or denomination, shall hold any office of trust or emolument under the United Suites or any state, nor shall any re ligious test be required as a qualification qualifica-tion for any office or public trust in any state or under the United States. Section 2. No money received by taxation in any slate for the support ot public schools or derived from any public lund therefor, nor any public lands devoted thereto shall be under the control of any religious sect, nor Bhall any money so r.tised or lands eo devoted be divided betweon rclig ous sects or denominations, nor shall any minister or preacher ol" the gospel or of any religious denomination, hold office in connection with the public schools in any stale, or be eligible to any position of trustor emolument in connection with any institution, I public or private, in any state or in the United Stales which shall be supported sup-ported in whole or in part fiooi any public fund. Mr. O'Brien said he would oiler it as an flmendmejit to Blaine's proposition. prop-osition. White moved to suspend the rules and bring the house to a vote on the amnesty bill, introduced by him and from the benefits of which Jc trervon Davis is excluded, and also to voto on ihe amendment striking out that exception. liaiidall Hindu the point of order that dm motion could not bo put in that form. 1 tie ouestii.n wns lliun discussed by (iarlidd, Haleof Maine, Kaamm and IJauU against tlio point made bv KiLiulail, and by Wood and Kandall in support of it. Alter dwi'iiesioii lhe decision of the speaker wan uia'lo in ttieso words: "In thu judgment of the chair, without with-out niakiiij', any criticism on the f ,rm in winch tho motion is put, it is not competent tor the chair to exclude any part of tho proposition from the consideration of thu house. The do-fiiru do-fiiru and purpose of tho gentleman Jrom Kentucky is to inlnxhice tine lull for two purples, lirst, that there tihall bo a volo on the prujxased mnendiu. ut; and, mwond, that there fhall be a vote on the bill itself. It is aiigi sled that it is not competent for thu geiitleii iui U do thai under a niipeiis on ol thu rules, but in reply to that the chair will slate that the very purpose of I tie suspension ot the rules is lo get rid of all rules and let lift house run as freely as it pleases. Too clour overrules tho point of order and holds tho motion in order." Whito aaa-ed utmniiiiotH consen to make a statement before the vote should bo Ukon, but objection was made by several democrats. on iho motion to suspend the rules, and th motion was lost yeas 105, nays 110. Two-thirds nut voting m tho allirmative the rules were not Mi-prudcd. Hohnau muved to suspend the rules ui id adopt a resolution looking tu a repeal ol tlio specio resumption act pawl hu-l sesniuii, and instructing Iho coiiimilleo on banking and currency cur-rency to report a hill fur that purpose. The rules wto uut suspended yeas 111!, o 1 |