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Show i eribrs; one requiring a uniform railroad ! gauv?e in the United .State-; one to discontinue dis-continue the Freedmen's Bureau and to amend the law establishing a bureau of education; one to give the female employes em-ployes of the Government the same compensation as men in similar positions; posit-ions; also several bills making land grants to railroad.-. Oi th odered a resolution asking the President for the correspondence between be-tween sickles and the Spanish 'govern-ment 'govern-ment in relation to Cuban atlairs; also, for any Information with regard to the present position of the struggle for independence in-dependence in Cuba; adopted. Sargent, from! the committee of ap-i propriations, reported the Indian appropriation, ap-propriation, whurh appropriates 3,0ss,-S.'in 3,0ss,-S.'in trains t6,LJ,711a.st year, beingl,A-401 beingl,A-401 less than the bureau asked for. It was made a special order fur Friday met. Morgan announced the death, of his colleague, 'I'm 'iia'i H. H-n;;, member front the Toledo districr.o! Ohio. After the usual eulogistic speeches and resolution's reso-lution's of condolence, tlie 1 Touse adjourned, ad-journed, having first appointed a committee com-mittee to .accompany the remains to Ohio. The resolution ottered by Marshall of His., last Monday, came up anaiii, declaring de-claring in substance, that tariffs should be levied for revenue and not for protection. pro-tection. The question was on. Kelsey's motion to table, which was carried S'J to 77 .A motion to reconsider was tabled L'9 to IS. Bingham introduced a bill amending the postage law, making letter postage twoand one cents; the bill adds naif an ounce to newspaper postage, and requires one cent for fourouncesand one cent for additional ounces; that all ncwspsiers circulating in the h'tate or Territory where published or within a hundred miies of the place published shull be exempt from postage. The bill also makes it the duty of the 1. M. lieneral to establish uuiiorm and model at-box rent. i'iPKCl A L To Tns DESERET NEWS. Jtlcgraplt. AFTERNOON MSPATCUES. CONGRESSIONAL Georgia Accept Conditions i Pen-hIobs Pen-hIobs for Soldiers of 1&12-BUU Intro-liieed Intro-liieed 1hoh KlllIestb ttfttepresen. tatlv IloiK--Hills to enconrnije 4cen Steam Poititl Service-Submarine Cable between America and Asia, etc. Morton presented resolutions from the Georgia Legislature accepting the conditions imposed by Congress, by changing the State Constitution and ratifying the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments. Edmunds, from the committee on pensions, reported adversely to paying the pensions of the soldiers of 1S1-. A number of bilis were introduced ami referred. On motion of Trumbull, the Senate took up the bill to relieve from importunity impor-tunity and preserve the independence of tueseveral departnientsof thaUovem-meut. thaUovem-meut. He explained that the judiciary co'mmittee had amended the bill as nrst introduced, by prohibiting recommendations recommend-ations altogether. Pomeroy, Schurz aud Howard thought this too sweeping; aud that for the present they must rely upon some body in making the appointments. appoint-ments. Membersof Congress were perhaps per-haps best fitted to act as advisers. Williams moved to amend the bill by prohibiting the judicial, military aud naval officers as well as members of Congress, from recommending applies appli-es r ts. The morning hour having expired, the Senate proceeded to consider the ct'L-ns bill from the House. The bill was., ad at length, also tho Senate substitute, sub-stitute, simply directing the Secretary of t tie Interior to change the schedules and blauks forsaking the enumeration of the inhaYiitants, and to make the same conform to the Constitution. Conkling spoke in favor of the Senate substitute, and adverted to the Home bill. McDonald, from the I'nstal Committee, Commit-tee, reported favorable on the bill to encourage en-courage the establishment of a line of American steamships for the conveyance convey-ance of U. S. mails to European and Asiatic ports, to promote immigration and reduce rates of ocean postage. Cole introduced a bill to amend the a-?t authorizing the establishment of o-'eau mail steamships service to the Hawaiian Islands aud to extend the same to Australia. ;v.ewart introduced a bill extending the provisions of the Civil Rights Act and for the enforcement of tne loth Amendment. Sumner offered a resolution, which was adopted, asking information with regard to bonds issued to the Pacitic Railroad Companies. Corbett, lrom theCommittee on commerce, com-merce, reported, without amendment, a bill to encourage telegraphic communication communi-cation between the Eastern and Western continents, which .-ives the American and Asiatic Telegraph Company exclusive right for fourteen years to maintain a submarine cable to Asia, starting from a point south of Cape San Juan, Washington Wash-ington Territory, lt also provides for : the detailing of U. S. vessels to assist the promotion of the scheme. A message from the House announced announc-ed the death of representative Hoag, whereupon Thurman and Shermau rnaJe appropriate addresses. The customary cus-tomary resolutions of condolence were adopted, when the Senate adjourned. HOIME. I Important PotiI ;HI1IDeith of Autiounred. tc. i A number of bills were introduced, among which were the following: I One to allow drawbacks upon duties paid on ship building material; one abolishing the franking privilege; one to promote the circulation of weekly news-papers within the counties where they are published and to allow the free transmission of all periodicals sent from the oiice of publication to actual ub9- |
