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Show FOUTV FOl'UTH ('(INUKKSS, M1MTK. WtwliiiiKtoii, 28. TIki pieniilenl pin lent, laid befuro tlin Hi imto tin-Ihiiiko tin-Ihiiiko lull liiing tlio rnto of pnitac on iliinl-cliirta iinittor, wliii'h wtw re- 1 tolTi'll. -Mnrri l, from tlm conimitlcn nn up-pr.iprmiioiia, up-pr.iprmiioiia, repnuiit witlmut lunttmtiiiciit Iho hound lull rt!;t(inf; ( tliu ('cnli nnial celi-hnihon of Aumr-icuii Aumr-icuii iiidcpi'iitionco, and rei'iniimi'iul-oil rei'iniimi'iul-oil its piiHaiino. It wnti placi-ii on ih,-I ih,-I calendar. Ho piivo nolico Ihut ho would cull it up for action on Monday next. Hitchcock prrsentci! ft memorial of tlio It'pjNliilivo uftfiomlily of Now Alex-ut) Alex-ut) asking the paiwao of llm act to admit that territory intotlic Union an a Hiuto on an equal looting Willi oilier atult'n. Kofcrrcd. iMorU 11, from tho oommitlpo on orivilct-d and elecliona, rcportid back tho papora roliilino, to the claim of J. D. Kustis tor Uniud SLulcs mm-alor mm-alor from ijouiniana, with a written report declaring that in tlio opinion ol iho committco tlicro ia no Tat-ani-y in Iho tcuale. It, i'. K. i'incliliack IfnviiiK Won fleet nl United Hinted Mfiiatur I'ur tlio Irrm coiiimeiiiint; March -lib, l.s7.t. Iio recommend, d thai Him papers by laid on the tahlu utidpniiud. So ordfitnl. 1 Sui.nhiiiy ftuid, 1 u 11 member of tho oouimilteo on privileea and elcclioiiH, lie dicj-ented Initu tlio ronciiiiiuu of lint majority. J 11 his judgment lln re wan a vacancy cxisliui; ut tlio tioiO ol ti-.e election ol KosUm, unJ bin cri dentiaU, nil imiiU irregular in lonn, were all that wore iieci asary to entitle him to thia a. at, and ul th" proper limo he (Saulhury) wuitkl liii- tho roundrt of hid d indent. Merrioion, a ni ember of the com-mittei', com-mittei', illo disheiltel, and said he had t;iven hi.-, rcawiiib iu tho past at considerable length. Morton nave notice that on W'cd-m W'cd-m -sr, lay of next week ho wo'ild a-ik ! tlio senate to proroed to the LMnmder-ation LMnmder-ation of Iho Louisiana senatorial cane. He tlio'.ibt it should bo act tied one w.iy or the other. The ciuir alate-1 that Wolnelay had been set iwido t-i pay a tribute to the memory ot the la to senator frmn : Connecticut ( Ferry ) Morton tlien stid lie wou'd call tho IiMi.-iana cn.-e up on tho following d.iy. Howe naid ho was g'.Td to hear Ion frit i.d (Morton) pvc the notice. It realiy seemal to him (Howe) that this ui';tion w;ls one of ihe hiln'dt privilege. priv-ilege. It not only ailectKl the riht ol a man lo t tie seat, but it allei tod the rifihi ot tho utato to represcnta-l:m represcnta-l:m on this ll-T. The sonate should either till the vaoan-'V or re:'ue to do no, anil let tho prf-ple of Louisiana send jump onotise hvre. Consitfcration w.19 then rwnrnod of (lie hill to pay the interest on the 3.o" Ihetrict ol Coluaibia bonda. 11 o i Tiie fpc iter announced tiie following; follow-ing; eeiccl commitlee on tho real estate pool and the Jay Co"ke indeht-eliuw: indeht-eliuw: ti lover, New, Lewis, Sproat and Smith, lViin-ylvama. K kins of Now Mexico presented the ni'-morial of the territorial legislature legis-lature fi-r ftdniis.-:on of New .Mexico o l f-t ale. U, fernd. (I'Iiii o.i.d Ii-av-e to nfl.r a reao-iniion reao-iniion declaring that the people of the United Suteo constitute one nation to the extent and lor the purpnsisde-'I'il.m purpnsisde-'I'il.m the federal cotislilution, that t'ne ril.U nini 7- f tnn V'nited -atirt government are tit fii:c.l ana limitii.i by the federal cori-titulion, and cannot be enlarp d or dimininhttl except by aineiiJiut-ntri to the constitution. consti-tution. Hamilton and others objected. On motion of Whithorn, chairman I of the committee on naval n flairs, the ; nelect committee cnnsintinK of Whithorn, Whit-horn, Willis ami Dan ford, was authorial! autho-rial! to Utko testimony at Norfolk in regard to the alleged abuses: and frauds al that navy yard. Singleton, from the committee on appropriations, reported the consular and diplomatic appropriation bill, which wivj made the special order for Wednesday next. It appropriates $'.t22,&47 and fixrs the pay of tho ministers min-isters totireat Britain, France, tier-many tier-many and Ilusii at $ 1 ,iX)each;llioe to Spain. Amtna, Brazil, Mexico and Japan, JIO.OO each; that to Italy nt sjN.wi; to Portugal, Switzerland, Bob gium, Netherlands, Denmark, Sweilen and Norway, Turkev, Venezuela, and Hawaiian Wauil, at f'j.oOO; to Chili and Bolivia, one mission, $V $-"u0; to Teru. Ecuador and Colombia, o-.c mi.-sion, f'l.oOO; to the Argentine republic and Tarac'iay and Uruguay, one mission, $(1,500; to (luatamala, Coat a Kicrt, tiunduraa, Salvador and Nicaragua, one mission, $10,000, and to Liberia, 4.000. Tho report on the accompanying bill is prefaced by extracts from tlio enactment upon which the service stands, embracing some of the sources of information the committee had be lore them in their exhaustive research and studies of the rfoutb American countries, in which the reduction of representatives is principally made. These data consist principally of tt'bles showing the commerce, extent and population at the different periods since these countries coun-tries have established an independent form of government. Swpringer introduced a bill to prohibit pro-hibit American citizens from holding slaves iu foreign countries, and to regulate elections in Utah territory. llunton, from the committee on revolutionary pensions, reported a bill Lo amend the act of the 11th of February, Feb-ruary, 1871, pensioning tho soldiers of the war ol 1812, and to restoro to the pension rolls those persona whose ; names were stricken therefrom in consequence of disloyalty. He moved to have the bill put upon its passage. Conger made the point that it must first be considered in committee of tho whole. The point of order was sustained, and the bill so referred. The houBe then went into the committee com-mittee of the whole, with Haskins in the chair, on the military acadamy appropriation hill. The clerk proceeded pro-ceeded to read the bill by sections for amendment. - Hamilton, of New Jercey, moved to amend tho clause- for the pay of cadets by striking out the words, at $150 each in addition to ratious, and substituting the words, at $510. Hale moved to amend by striking out $540, and substituting $000. In support of hU amendment Hale said he deprecated anything which should be looked upon ns an nltaric on tbia institution. He deprecated anything which should be considered as a first step in the direction of an a.U;u-k on our military establishments. Tho , country was in no danger of a large standing army that should oppress the I pooplo and burden it and eat up ts ' revenues. The military organization had been reduced and was to-day only what win needed for frontier pur-poa.M. pur-poa.M. IT Ibis wan tho first utep in the direction of an attack on that establishment ho warned tho gentlemen gentle-men on tho other hide that tho country coun-try would nut sustain thorn in HU'jh a movement. Kandall, chairman ot the com mitten mit-ten on appropriation)", opposed llale'n amendment, and said tlio fact wan that nunu of thu money went into the pocket of tho eadetM, but won an appropriation made for their mipport and U wi's hchovtd that $5-1 U wan lUillicient fur that purpose. Any report re-port to hhow that tho committee was culling down in any degree any of tho cum fur or reiuiremcjntn of the cadets was a mirttako. It was true tliMio wns a bill preiiented iu which tho ijiionliou of economy camo up; but no gentleman knew better than the gentleman from Maine (Hale) that the cuminitleo decided 011 a uni-Inrm uni-Inrm rodiicton through all the departments. de-partments. That reduction was to 1)0 10 per cent., und was to bo further carried out by reducing tho number lot emijloyi'd 20 per cent, and by in-eroapiiiig in-eroapiiiig the hours uf service from six to eight. |