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Show ! LATEST PATCHES. ; GENERAL. : FURTV-I'OIKTII CONUUESS. SKCOND SEiSION. WmhinBlon, Hi. Logan's bill for tlie imbuo (if silver coin and to make tlie mlvur dollar a lifal tender, introduced intro-duced in Auyu.it last, waa maJe the opeeial order lur Aluaday. ltie iiouiio auietiiluienti) to tho consular con-sular aijrurialion bill were concurred con-curred in and the bill pani-ed. Alter the morning hour tlio l'acitic railroad bill was taken up. JJoolh'a amendment to tlie second flection of the bill reported by tho cnrninitteo on railroad waa rcjeoted 21 to 28. 'i'lie amendment provides that the companies should pay $7oO,OuO each per annum to tlio credit of the pink ing iund, till said uiuount shall be sutlicient, when added toother sums to bho credit of toe sinking fund, to pay otl and extinguish tho government govern-ment bonds advanced at maturity, with interest thereon at the rate of 6 per cent, per annum. -Booth then withdrew another amendment submitted by him on Wednesday, giving congress the power to ulter. amond or repeal tho act. Christiancy moved to strike out tho sixth and seventh sections of the bill reported by tho committee on railroads, rail-roads, providing that tho act shall be construed as a final settlement bo-twoen bo-twoen government and tho companies com-panies if accepted by tlio companies within four months of the dato of its passage, and so repeals all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act. In lieu of theso sections Christiancy Chris-tiancy proposed to insert a eoctiou providing that congress shall at all times uavo power to alter and amend as well as repeal the act. Ohallee submitted an amendment to that ot Christiancy, so as to provide that lho act should bo construed as a liual settlomont between the government govern-ment and the companies, provided said companies shall accept tho act within four months after its passage, and shall faithfully comply with all a its provisions and shall not be in de-3 de-3 fault of any installment when due. After a long debato the amendment of Challee was agreed to -yeas 30, ' nays 22. i The question then being the amendment amend-ment of Christiancy as amended by Cuallee, it was agreed to yeas oi. nays 15. Xbe question then recurred cn the amendment of Booth, submitted on Wednesday last, to strike out the filth section o( the railroad committeo bill, which allows tho company to anticipate antici-pate thoir semi annual payments discounted dis-counted at tlie rate of 0 per cent., ;'id it was agreed to without division. Sargent gavo nolico that to-morrow t io committee on appropriations would urge consideration ot one of the appropriation bills. Wright desired thosenato toremain ' in session and vote upon bis railroad Several senators: "Oh! no, We won't do that." ! Allison modified his amendment, submitted yestorday, in the nature of a substitute, so as to provide that tho act shall take ellect on its acceptance by the railroad companies within four months from its passage. After a recess the bill appropriating 100,000 to supply the deficiency ior the purchase ot otticial stamps for the treasury department was passed. Tho Benale then went into executive execu-tive session, and when the doors ivere reopened took recess until to-morrow. HOUSE. At 11 o'clock lho house, in committee com-mittee of the whole, considered the mil fixing the rates of transportation across tho Omaha bridge on the Union Pacific railroad, hut without disposing of tiio bill 1050, and a new legislative day began. Udeii reported the bill making the , '.' f -,lD I'ajiutiui ui certain cer-tain claims allowed bv the commissioner commis-sioner of claims. Made the special order for Tuesday. Private bills were thou presented. After several were passed the house went into committee ot the whole on the private calendar. The committeo rose and passed the bill supplementary to the act entitled an act to carry into effect the convention conven-tion between the United States and China, concluded on the Sth of No-vembtr, No-vembtr, ISoS, at Shanghai, and to aive the court of claims jurisdiction in certain cases. It allows certain insurance in-surance companies to go before tho court of claims to mako a case against the Cnincse indemnity fund. Recess until to-morrow. |