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Show GENERAL. FORTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. SECOND SESSION. SENATE. Washington, 6. Allison, from the appropriations committee, reported the Indian appropriation bill with an amendment. He will call it up as soon as poacible. ShorniMti, from the finance committee, com-mittee, reported favorably the house bill authorizing the commissioners ol the Preedman's Savings company to buy and sell certain property. The bill alter discussion was laid aside. Cameron, from the committee on foreign relations, reported with amendments the bill recently intro duced by White to promote telegraphic tele-graphic communications between I America and Europe. The principal amendment provides that the rates charged the government shall not exceed those charged individuals. Paddock, from tha committee on public lands, reported favorably the senato bill for tho relief of settlers upon public lands under the preuinp ' tiun laws. Passed, West, from tho committee on railroads, rail-roads, reported favorably on tho senato sen-ato bill to amend the act of June 8th, 1872, granting the right of way through the public lands to the Denver Den-ver & Rio Grande railway company. It repeals the proviso in the original act requiring the company to complete com-plete the road to a point on the Rio Grande as far south as Santa Fe within five years, and to complete fifty miles additional south of said point in each year thereafter, and in lieu thereof allows the company ten rears from the passage of the original &ct to complete the road to Santa Fe. West said the bill wanted no sub jidy, merely tho right of way. Passed. CookreU reported favorably on the senate joint resolution to amend the joint resolution of July ad, 187(3, authorizing the secretary of war to issue arms to certain states and territories terri-tories and to issue ammunition not to exceed ball cartridges for each arm. Passed. 1 Burnaide introduced a bill for the protection of widows, orphans, and heirs at-law of officers ot the army of the United States. Referred. Tho chair appointed Hereford a member of the committee on' claims in the place of Price, whose term cf office has expired. Sieve U80u presented a memorial of the board of regents of the Smithsonian Smith-sonian institute, asking an appropriation appropria-tion ol a quarter of a million dollars to erect a building adjoining the Smithsonian for tho exhibition of tho goods contributed by foreign governments gov-ernments to the United States lately on exhibition at Philadelphia. Morrill and Sargent Javored the erection of such a building. The memorial was referred. The legislative appropriation bill was received from the house and referred to the committee on appropriation. appro-priation. Hamlin from the conference committee com-mittee on the disagreeing votes of tho two houses on tho bill establishing certain post routea, which involves the question of rnatoring the fast mail trains and tho franking privilege, privi-lege, reported that the committee had been unable to agree. He moved that the conference asked for by the house hs granted. So ordered. Subsequently Sub-sequently he said the house had not appoiuted its members of tho new couierence, although the bill had J moved that the bill be returned to . the house that that body might ap-1 ap-1 point its members first. Agreed to 3 Aftor the morning hour the bill ( ; amending the Pacilio railroad acts ; providing a sinking fund, etc., was taken up. Hitchcock opposed the bill of the 1 judiciary committee. After debate the bill was laid aside informally with tho understanding that it be unfinished business to- n morrow. , j Ingalls said the bill abolishing the hoard of metropolitan police commis- sioncrs with the president's veto was . lying on the table, tho committee ' having recommended that it be passed notwithstanding the objections of the c president thereto. The subject was j discussed at some length, and the question Demg snail the bill pass notwithstanding not-withstanding the objections of the , president thereto, it was decided in . the negative yeas 33, nays 22; two- " thirds not voting in the affirmative. tj HOt'NE. w b At noon the house went into com- tl mittee of the whole, Eden in the rx chair, on the deficiency appropriation w bill. Waldron said the bill appropri- cj atcs $1,447,000, the largest appropri- sa ation being half a million for the b deficiency in the navy department, m and $217,000 for limbless soldiers. St Sargent submitted a resolution re- in questing the secretary of the navy to b I transmit to the senate a narrative of fii 1 Hall's second Arctic expedition, com- at piled from the notes made by Captain in Hall aud purchased from his widow, th Agreed to. ag Whitthorne offered an amendment ab directing the accounting officers of su tho treasury to adjust and settle the to accounts of navy officers on the active rei list whose pay was affected by the ge general order of the secretary of the navy of September 1st, 1S76, on the 1 basis of waiting pay. Adopted. tet An amendment was adopted to th pay Bliss of St. Louis $1,500 for scr- wii vices as United States attorney in the Th whisky cases. th Without disposing of the bill the j committee rose. 1 Jenka otfered a resolution for print- j ing the Louisiana commission's testi- , mony. Wilson, Iowa, requested that when 1 the committee would make its gen- j eral report it would tell the house whether any portion of the testimony was printed without the authority of the house. Conger said ho understood the testimony tes-timony had been mutilated, and being told that it was in the committee commit-tee on privileges, he said he would condemn it wherever it happened. The resolution was adopted, and a reeeas taken till to-morrow. |