Show bomas gon tON GRESS june juse june juse 1 b in n he h senate senata ibe the bills ta e explain the tile acif fot the pat at it faction action of virginia land warrants wah way passed passed also a number of private bills ue rhe amendment to the pacific heleg telegraph bill made by the house was con cun run ui the bill for the sale of the military f ary asylum at harrodsburg Harrods burg burz burR aywas passed the consideration of the civil ivil appropriation bill was then resumed but not disposed of in the house mr Grow from the joint committee of conference on the disagreement to nie hie amendment to the post office deficiency bill reported that they were unable to agree and moved that the house recede from the disagreement to the first amendment of the senate and agree to the senates amendment with an amendment the motion was agreed to the effect of it was to restore nearly all f he mail service discontinued or curtailed since the ath of march 1859 the light house appropriation bill was passed JUNE in the senate mr BIT hunter reported mr BIT morrills gorrills Mor rills tariff bill and moved to postpone it mr air powell reported the bill to iD crease increase the salaries of certain judges of the I 1 cited states mr bayard reported the house bill to prevent polygamy in utah with an amendment I 1 mr air slidell called up the resolution for tor night 0 sessions mr hammond said night sessions blurred the record of the country and he thought such sessions a disgrace to the senate in the old roman senate all laws passed after sundown were invalid and that too was before the discovery of alcohol the resolution was passed the house proceeded to consider the resolutions declaring an power on the part of the secretary of the navy with the sanction of the president relative to the purchase of coal and timber the distribution of patronage among members of congress ac the first resolution condemnatory of both he the president and secretary of the navy wa was adopted without a count the second resolution that the contract made by the secretary of the navy in sepi ember 1858 with IV C N swift for the deit livery lovery very of live oak timber was in violation of law and in a manner unusual improper and i iti rious to the public ewas adopted aas nays 60 the third resolution was read that the distribution trib ution by the secretary of the navy of the patronage of the navy yards among members of congress is destructive of discipline corrupting in tendency and highly injurious to the public service adopted against 01 61 the fourth resolution that the president and secretary odthe of the navy by receiving and considering the party relations of bidders for contracts with the united states and the effect of awarding contracts upon pending elections have set an example dangerous dan dariz erous serous to the public safety and deservio deserving the reproach of this house was adopted log against 61 the fifth and last in ih the series of the reso lations was adopt edby yeas 90 a against ainest 37 JUNE in the senate the till bill to tak care of and return the africans at key west was taken up and the amendment of the house increasing the appropriation for that purpose from to was not agy agreed ad to the vote was yeas 20 nays 27 mr BIT wilson called up tip the resolution extending ing the session till the dinst ile he said that unless a change was made in the day lay of adjournment journ ment it would be utterly impossible to get through the business the resolution was finally amended so as to adjourn on the he and agreed to the consideration of the legislative appropriation pT pria lation tion bill was resumed the amendment paying the claims of the choctaw nation of two millions and a half was discussed at length and rejected D the senate resumed the consideration of the legislative appropriation bill which after the consideration of various amendments was passed la antie t ie house in committee of the whole mr ilir curtis Ci irtis from the select pacific railroad C ommittee said it would be recollected when he bill was before the house objections were raised about the security of the proposed posed proposed grant but these had been remedied remedia iro gro unanimously by the committee who had also added he southern Sout dern to the central route As the session was drawing to a close and there was tiie flie therefore not timp time for its consideration and in order to afford an opportunity for the furher examination by the press and congress he offered ered a resolution that thet tha subject be post till the third tuesday in december which was adopted the house then acted on the senates amend me ine s to the indian appropriation bill the senate resolution extending the session cession til till the ath aab was received and on motion of mr air sherman was referred to the committee of ways waya arid airi means mr air colfax from the second conference committee ou the hom Rom homestead estead bill reported that they were unable to agree th tha the P house resolved to adhere to their own j bill without a division on ort mation motion of mr stanton canton Sf the study of the cadets cabets at the military academy was limited to four years the committee rose when its action on the amendments was concurred in by the house JUNE TUNE in the senate mr mason from the special committee on Harper harpers 3 ferry made a long report and the committee was discharged from the further consideration of the subject mr mason alsman a report disch discharging argino cr mr al hyatt mr sumner welcomed 1 with with pha pleasure ati sure the the I 1 release of mr Hyatt from the filthy jail but he would not refrain f from rom tom comment commenting I 1 n on the action of the senate mr BIT mason h had gd drawn precedents for the committee in the matter of i witnesses from the house which had inquisitorial powers the senate had no such powers and could not exercise such power unless unless the existence of the body was absolutely dependent upon it and not merely at its convenience ile he argued at length against the action of the senate being thereafter regarded as a precedent the resolution for mr air hyatts hyatte discharge was agreed to mr BIT bayard moved to take tabe up the bill to give the sergeants at arms of the senate and house power to appoint deputies in the different states mr hale opposed it mr bayard called for the yeas and the motion was disagreed to the army bill was received from the house with sundry amendments the jig lighthouse light house t appropriation bill was taken up and passed also the bill making ap privations for territorial legislative expenses I 1 the tariff bill was taken up and discussed at some length and finally postponed by a a vote of 25 to 23 tili till the next session the senate then receded from its amendment to the overland telegraph bill which put in the names of the corporations and agreed to the amendment of the house allowing the postmaster general to advertise for proposals to fill the line mr air delang presented resolutions of the massachusetts legislature instructing senators and requesting the representatives from that state to use their efforts to procure the enactment or of more stringent quarantine laws to prevent the ole importing of diseased cattle laid on the table and ordered to be printed the bill authorizing the reissue re issue of land warrants in cases where the original has been lost or destroyed was passed the house refused to concur with the senates amendment to the pacific telegraph bill restoring the names of the corporations and authorizing a contract to be made with them bya vote of 83 to the house receded from its amendment to the senate bill providing for the recaptured africans and concurred in the senates amendment to the light house bill the house acceded to the request of the senate cor for another committee of conference on the homestead bill junn icah in the senate A number of private bills were passed mr MT hale introduced a bill to prevent the unlawful detention of mail matter mr wilson introduced a resolution to establish quarantine laws in rela reJa relation tion to the importation of diseased cattle into any of the states the house bill to raise the mission to sardinia was taken up and passed the house resolution in re regard ard to the public ic printing was taken up and discussed mr BIT davis of miss aliss offered an amendment of the minority report which provides that the printing be done by contract and alo alto limits the amount of printing tAing el to be done ile he was in favor of the contract system under proper regulations the amendment was dis agreed to the question was then taken on mr gur leys levs bill providing for a government printing office and it was agreed to yeas 30 nays ar in the house mr sherman reported back the resolution to adjourn on monday week with an amendment substituting wednesday the amendment was disagreed to 6 90 against 96 06 the senate resolution to adjourn on monday june 25 was adopted mr train from the covode committee made a report and moved that copies be printed which was referred to the printing committee i mr air winslow was privileged to make a minority report from the same committee on monday the kentucky contested elect election ion ibn case was taken up and after discussion post boned till monday the senates amendment to the loan bill was taken up and discussed the bar bag re republicans taking the ground thattie that the senate had no authority to originate a revenue measure the amendment was disagreed to JUNE juze letb in the senate the naval appropriation bill was taken up and the proposition to provide for the purchase of three steamers for the suppression of cf the african slave trade was debated at length and finally disagreed to yeas 18 nays 25 23 in the house the resolution retaining mr air anderson And ereon in his geat eat was adopted comprising all the republicans and southern present against 61 democrats Demo crata exclusively on oil motion of mr stratton it was resolved that compensation be allowed to mr chrisman to that time the house then proceeded to act on the amendments to the legislative executive and judicial appropriation bill concurring in all reported in the committee of the whole on the Sta teof the union on saturday jube JUHE in the senate mr sebastian from the committee on indian affairs att AlT airs reported a bill hill amending the bill awarding a contract to the choctaw indians the ile bill to authorize divorces in the district of columbia was passed the legislative Ap atlon bill came up and a committee on conference Conf arence prence ordered on disagreeing amendments the overland bill came up and was postponed the house resolution to reduce the price of public printing oper oker oher forty cent centi was yas taken up mr BIT davis davig davi dayi moved ta amend by striking out forty and inserting insert iii lri twenty five agreed to yeas 24 nays 21 i i it was then postponed and the appropriation bill taken up A committee of conference was ordered on the civil appropriation bill the senate insisted on its amendment providing for a twenty million loan to the legislative appropriation bill to which the house had bad previously disagreed the overland mail bill was taken up mr polk opposed that portion of the the bill which modified the contract ile he was entirely whiz lin tin unprepared repaired to break ut change a contract which had been faithfully carried out the committee of conference on the army appropriation bill reported ct and the report being agreed to by the senate and house the bill was passed in the house A number of private private bills were passed the house non concurred in the sedates senates amendments to the navy bill the conference committee on the homestead bill made a report which was concurred in by against 51 mr nir davis of md bid reported that the co committee om of conference on the army bill ha had agreed to the appropriation of for fortifications JUNE in the senate ra A committee of conference was ordered on the navy appropriation bill k the bill for the relief of hockaday leg leggett legott ett ott contractors on the salt lake mail route indemnifying indemnify ing them to the extent of ifor for alter alteration adlon acion of the service and contract by the department was taken up discussed and passed on motion of dir air bigler the motion to ta reconsider cor cop sider the vote postponing the tariff bill lii III ill the next session was agreed to by a vote of 32 to 18 mr air lane offered a substitute for the bill when both were laid aalde aside informally to consider the amendments to the post oace office deficiency bill A committee of conference was ordered on the bill the senate disagreeing to many of the amendments mr toombs from the conference committee made a report on the civil appropriation bill stating that an agreement had bad been arrived at on the amendments of both houses except one the one of the senate appropriating for the new orleans custom llo fic house honse use the senate receded from that amendment the consideration of the tariff bill was resumed but without definite action in the house mr ilir daws davis of mary MarV maryland maraland land from the committee of ways and means asked leave leare to report a bill authorizing authar izing the president at any time within twelve months to borrow on the credit of the government a sum not exceeding twenty one millions or so much thereof as in his 0 opinion pinion the exigencies of the service may require to be used in the led redemption emption of treasury notes now outstanding isy mr air stevens stevena objected to the report of the loan bill no matter where it came from mr air davis moved a suspend suspension i on 0 of the rules disagreed Us agreed to against 65 mr thayer moved to suspend the rules to take up the bill to constitute jefferson and nevada land districts and providing for delegates eates fates 91 in congress disagreed to 59 against Mr Sherman reported from the committee of conference on the civil bill they had bad agreed to the appropriation of to complete the capitol and to the amendment abolishing the art commission the mint is allowed to coin cents but the old provision to exchange them for spanish pieces is is repealed and twenty fief thousand dollars are appropriated to convert the old senate chamber into a supreme court room and half a million for the washington aqueduct to be he expended under capt medics the report was rejected 77 against 82 but was subsequently agreed to by a vote of 94 to 72 ti junn JUNE alst in the senate the ube house bill to establish a mail six times a week overland from sacramento to portland oregon was passed mr mallory from the ibe conference committee made a report on the naval appropriation bill in relation to the disagreeing votes of the tha two houses which was a agreed reed read to the house also agreed to the report the senate wen tinto secret session after spending some time therein the doors here reopened re opened and the senate took up the report of the committee of conference on the civil appropriation bill and agreed to after a debate on restoring capt meigs to the of the washington aqueduct another executive session was then had bad after which a message was received from the house announcing the death of hon john joha schwartz the custor customary aary nary resolutions were passed and the senate adjourned in the house A number of private bills as returned from the tho Senate wIth amendments were passed the house concurred in the senate amendment to the bill providing ing for the punishment of marshals and an deputies dep u ties who permit the escape of prisoners in their custody it anth authorizes thorl th orizes Z es a fine ane not exceeding t 2000 or imprisonment not exceeding two years among other ither senate bills passed was an amendatory eat giving effect to certain trea tree treaty ty stipulations 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