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Show WASHING iO.V. J Coutfress IVaiils to Adjourn j Sen Week. j IheSeiiuloin u Qunudttry. Auotlicr Shot at Kobesou. Democrat! Will Repeal the Date ol Resuuipuou. Washington, 27. A desire has been expressed by the democrats generally, gen-erally, that all reports of investigating committees ho made by Tuesday next in order, if possible, tu adjournal : the end ot next week. Several are nox ready, ' including one on the 1 Louisiana a Hairs, and others are in 1 course of preparation. The fact that Burleigh of Maine signed tho majority report of the naval committee with the democrats ia accounted for by some personal ; prejudice he has against Robeson. Senator Hamlin has a plan (or reestablishing re-establishing the fast mail which he will attach to u post route bill that is now under consideration in the sen ate postal committee. The court of impeachmeut finds itself in a funny predicament. The senate adjourned last night until 11 this morning, and as a court of impeachment im-peachment until 12 o'clock. Toe senate met and adjourned, but tue court did not meet, and there is some question by tho croakers as to what can be done. Two committees have reported on Robeson, and a third is coming up with its burden, namely, the 00m-mittee 00m-mittee on expenditures in the navy department, whicti want to impeach him for paying questionable accounts. The democratic caucus to-nigbt, after a bitter, wrangling debate of several hours, adopttd a resolution repealing re-pealing the date of the resumption act. The resolution was in the language lan-guage of the St. Louis convention. Some hard money men say they will not be bound by this action, as the attendance was sfanty. Washington, 27. The comrtittee ofcoafersnce on the consular and diplomatic appropriation bill, held a meeting to-day and successively voted down a number of propositions sug gested as a ba-iis of compromine. Official returns made to the bureau of statistics show that during the fis cal year ending Juno 30th, 1S7G. there arrived in the United Sutea 22,572 Chinese immigrants, of whom only 259 were females. During the corresponding period of 1675 the total immigration to the United States from China was 10,437, of whom eighty-two were lemales. The committee on banking and currency again failed to vote on the 1 currency question to-day, Cox being 1 absent on account ol illness. |