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Show LATEST DBPATCI1ES. GENERAL. rORTY-FOlUTfi CUXKUE3S. SEM I K. Washington, VA . Tho resolution prohil'itmg the bupp'y of ';"rial metallic cartridges to tno hostile Indians In-dians was patd. i Ingalls Said the man who would jseh ammunition to the Indians now should ic handed to the neartut telegraph tele-graph pole or shot by drum-head court-martial. Ihu chair laid before the eeunte a communicatiun from the secretary ol war transmit! in i: a diapatch Irotn Lieutenant G'.-neral Hhcncian, recommending recom-mending an increase in the cavalry and an appropriation to defray nddi tional expeoses. The dispatch was accompanied by a bill authorizing the increapt; and making trie nppropria-lion nppropria-lion $1,&1,7U0. The bill pa.-ed. It provide that not more than 2,500 men shall bo enlisted unter Inn act. By a vote ot yeas - t; nays M2, the senate refused to consider the amendment amend-ment to the rules for the government of tho impeachment trials so its to have deliberations in open sepaion, and tho d jc wero closed for the discussion Ol" the fiual (jncslion on the 'Belknap impeachment. During tiic secret st-.-iou C-jiikling oubiniiud the following: Ordered, That when called to vote whether tho articles of impeachment or either of them are sustained, any titnator who volts in tho negative shall bo at liberty to state, if he chooses, that he rests his vote on the alftjence of guilt proved in laet or on want of jurisdiction, an tho case may and votes shall be entered in the-journal the-journal accordingly. The order wab amendid so ns to permit euch senator in giving his vote-to vote-to state bis reasons therefor, not occupying occu-pying more than a minute, which reasons shall be entered on tho journal jour-nal in connection with his voto and immediately following h 13 name and vote. Adopted. Edmunds ofhired an order so n-i to allow any senator to give his rea-ons, 1 if any, iti accordance with tho order. Agreed to. Die senate, sitting ai a court, etc., adjourned until to-morrow, and legn-lativn legn-lativn biniii'-m resumed. Allinon, from thn committeo on appropriations, report d hark the river and harbor appropriation bill witli amnn.-lme nt?:, and it was placed on the calendar. The hr.ino bill to continue public printint; in advanco of tho regular appropriation, tho howto bill to continue! con-tinue! until tiio 10th of AugiiHt tho act to provide temporarily tor the expen-Hta expen-Hta Qf H10 government, and tho homo bill to further aulhorizu tho comniis sioimr ol Indian affairs to purchiino supplies lor tho Indian bureau in the open mark tit, were taken up 'tiid passed without amendment. Adjournal. 110 Immrdiiit'dy alter tho reading of tho journal tho consideration waw resumed re-sumed of the repnrlaof the 'Tjminitteo on naval ali'airs, and Whilthomo iidvoralfl thfi majority report. Tho resolution P'p'irtod by tho majority ma-jority of the naval comniittoo, reb-r-rifig tho cftsu of tho seerelary of the navy to tho judiciary committee was adopted. Tho minority resolution was re- jected yeas ol, nays llo. Under the call of states a number of bills ' were introduced and referred. Randall, chairman of the committee commit-tee on appropriations, reported a bill1 appropriating $130,000 lor tho pur- 1 chase of Indian supplies until the regular Indian appropriation bill becomes be-comes a law, ami to authorize the purchase 111 open market without advertisement. Pard. Ho also reported re-ported lulls extending tho appropriations appropria-tions for several departments or the government unlil August. Passed. Tho speaker laid before tho house a messago from tho president pointiug out some of the defects in the sundry civil bill in making inadequate provisions provi-sions for some branches ol the public service. Randall said he had no objceliun lo j the pre.-id cut putting in an many ohjections as be saw lit if ho would only sign the bills reducing (lie expenses ex-penses of the government and aisl the bouse iu its gnat effort in that direction. The president, in ho tne of his statements, shows a lank of information. infor-mation. Ho finds fault without any reason whatever. For one, 1 accept the issue presented by the president, and am willimr that the people shall havo the opportunity ot judging between hU dictum and tho action ol the house. Hale defended tho action of the oresident. Glover, cliairnmn of the real estate1 pool committee, made an attempt to! gel in his report, but did not succeed. Bills for a commission to take into censidcratinn tho tiuesiioiH of gold and silver, etc., Wltc introduced by Hewitt, Cox, and Gibson, and referred re-ferred to tho committee on b.mUing and currency, Cox rxprcssin the hope that the committee wou'.d be able to report lo-niorrow. The reading ot" almost all bills introduced to-day was insisted upon by Ivasson and other?, in order lo prevent any measure for the repeal ol the resumption act being forced on the house. Adjourned. |