| Show y n r 14 A especial TO T zhe cne deseret mews NEWS ha i senath SENATE sumner reported the belgian and bermuda cable bills nye called up a bill amending the act granting ranting g lands to aid the construction of 6 railroad road rond and telegraph from ane states of missouri and arkansas to the pacific coast sherman bherman called up the bill to reduce internal taxes which was discussed and then went over to the unfinished business for thursday in the senate the texa texas pacific railroad broadbill bill was considered and an amendment for a land grant to the decatur Abe aberdeen ideen and vicksburg railroad was rejected an amendment was adopted striking out a provision for the speedy extinguishment gu lEhment of indian land titles in the indian territory along the proposed line various amendments were offered and wither withdrawn wn including one by morril morrill I 1 of vr vermont m ont out authorize autho authorizing ng railroads to be built anywhere by anybody and granting for the purpose all lants lands lands not already taken up nye moved as a substitute for ancor pora tors in the railroad bills the names of john 0 fremont and a large number of others this was opposed by howard who spoke of alleged fa falt fast at and extravagant representations made by the agents of the memphis and elpaso railroad to the french people to advance the sale saie of the companas comp anys lands he did not think that fremont was entirely clear from blame trumbull defended fremont who served his country too well to be assaulted with impunity because his name happened to be associated with others as ancor pora tors of railroad howard read from the report made by himself aa as one of the committee subcommittee sub on the pacific railroad and verified his statement he gave way to adjournment and the bill was ass assigned a ned specially for tomorrow evening sumner from the foreign committee reported a substitute for the houe roue cuban resolutions they declare that the states protests against the outrages and barbarities by both parties in cuba and solemnly insist that they bestowed bes be les stopped toped at once they demand that slavery be abolished in all the domin ionson spain on this continent and express the belief that the day of european sway is at an end and that our people objects to witnessing the efforts spain to maintain her hold upon cuba against the wishes of the cubans the substitute expresses sympathy with the people pe ople opie of cuba in their effort to secure in independence dependence d epen dence and with the liberal party in spain who are endeavoring to secure a free government there casserly objected to the consideration the resolutions until printed and they were laid over and ordered printed stewart moved to take up the bill to prevent the enforcement of chinese coolie contracts for servile labor casserly gave notice of an intention to amend the bill in some very objectionable features and asked further time for that purpose bayard referred to the importance of the question as occupying the attention of the best minds of our day he thought the introduction of the chinese element too recent for any reliable deductions aa as to the consequences qu likely to ensue stewart finally y agreed reed to withdraw the motion wilson hoped be he would call up the bill tomorrow or as soon as possible and press it to a vote he said the time had bad surely come when congress should arrest this importation of servile labor and he was opposed to casting a dragnet drag net over the world and gathering up the degraded portion of mankind to lower the price of labor and to degrade the workmen of the united states stew stow arts motion was then withdrawn and the tax bill was taken up and the income tax discussed till recess cole was among the speakers against its retention amendments to the army appropriation bill were reported also a bill for the relief of the national homestead at gettysburg for orphans cf ef the soldiers and sailors of the united states sumner reported a joint resolution d directing the return of certain monies of the government of china being the balance of the chinese indemnity fund ordered printed abill A bill was passed authorizing the forty thousand appropriation or of 1866 for the darien canal survey to be expended by the present expedition ramsey introduced a bill to establish a transatlantic postal telegraph service bervice by the american cables referred j S called u up his auban cuban I 1 ire jre resort boiu tion lion thurman spoke of them and an d baid said that they were grand eloquent and rhetorical and were in fd laet fact ct an antislavery declaration but he preferred to tell spain that she ought to recognize cuban independence casserly said bald he ho was not prepared to tell spain that we understood the merits of the slavery question in cuba better than she did the subject laid over at the expiration of the morning hour the tax and tariff bill was called up and williams moved to continue the tax bill it was then postponed until monday to give the finance committee an opportunity to consult sherman stating that there was a necessity to restore other taxes to the bill he believed however that thit the bill would finally be defeated in consequence of the vote just taken harlan introduced bill for additional representation in the lorty forty second congress of states exceeding by the previous census the naval appropriation bill was con dand the amendment of the naval committee was agreed to nye from the majority of the select committee committee to investigate the charges made by dawes and Hatch against general babcock made a report it is quite lengthy and goes into an elaborate analysis of the testimony taken reviewing at led len length g th the evidence of babcock and I 1 perry erry erny the commercial agent ent 0 of f the united states at san domingo gi c city 1 ty and concluding with a recommendation that the petition of hatch be indefinitely postponed the committee state that while gen babcock has been guilty of some indiscretion there is nothing in the evidence to show that he was in any way guilty of any attempt to keep hatch in prison the minority report signed by terry schurz and vickers censures the conduct of babcock and charges that he connived with certain parties in san domingo to keep hatch in jail for some purpose best know known i n to the parties themselves they recommend that the fifty thousand damages set forth in the tho petition of hatch against the dominican government be collected by the united states the reports were ordered printed the report of the committee of conference on the bankrupt bill was adopted abbott introduced a bill for the consolidation soli dation of certain north carolina railroads for tile the purpose of constructing a railroad to cleveland tennes tennessee see and establish establishing ing fag a ac c railroad from the tho atlantie atlantic to the contemplated southern pacific railroad the resolutions of the foreign committee on cuba were called epand casserly continued jils ins remarks commenced yesterday until the expiration of the morning hour when the dt went over the house naturalization bill was debated by drake salisbury and V vickers ick iek HOUSE a A bill authorizing the construction of a bridge across the missouri at omaha passed with an amendment reducing the spans to teet feet wide i schenck bohenek reported a bill to or organize the department of internal revenue under commissioners which reduces the number of employed emp loyes to about one third the present number and repudiates tes informers spies ac the bill is mado made the special order for next wednesday sargent introduced a bill authorizing the establishment ent edt of ocean steamer service to australia referred van horn introduced a bill to aid the construction of a narrow guage mountain line of railroad from a point joint on the union pacific railroad near echo city to the mouth of cottonwood canyon utah re referred fe poland from the select committee reported that representatives fitch ditc and mccormick McCorm ick lck were completely exonerated from the charge of suspicion or even complicity in any schemes for sustaining the cuban cause by the use of improper influences but the committee does not consider the fault of the correspondent of the post of a character to justify his expulsion or a formal resolution referred to them to be tabled the house so ordered it and then proceeded to consider the business in order the senate requested a committee of conference on the currency bill agreed the veto by the president of the bill for fo r the renewal of the postal patent of 11 rollin ollin white occasioned an exciting debate farnsworth charging butler of mass with fraud in being the paid counsel of white and hastings and receiving afee a fee of two thousand dollars he believed that the house and the coun fry a w any urt bit on both aidea of a question fIrst oil on one side and then on the other for a fee the speaker called farnsworth to order but having concluded he be sat down butler replied detailing the circumstances of the case and said there was now presented the singular spectacle of an attempted arr arraignment ment by one member of another arrari ibern member arr e who attacked him unawares and in a manner that the blows of cowards and assassins are ever made the house was much excited duran during the discussion but after but er closed it was gradually restored to order and the vote sustained by a vote of 12 to 16 the senate benato amendment to the house joint resolution relative to the suspension of the sale of certain lands in california were concurred in 94 to 72 the house refused to table the senate amendments to the house bill providing for the apportionment of re presen tatian to congress in the house hay reported a bill to tol pay pensioners whose pensions were withheld between the 3rd ard of march 1863 and the oth of june 1866 1860 by reason of their being in the civil service of the government passed the apportionment of the representation bill was discussed at length and jef referred erred to the judiciary committee by a vote of 98 to 95 which ia Is regarded aa as equivalent to its rejection as therom the comi cittee is unlikely to be called this session sion blon A motion to reconsider was tabled 97 to 93 butler reported the georgia bill from the reconstruction committee with a substitute being the same as the bills of virginia mississippi and texas with the simple addition of giving these four states the right to organize the militia dawes offered a substitute recognizing the fact that georgia had ratified the amendments to the constitution and was entitled to representation and was authorized to organize military for her defence cessna offered a substitute declaring that the state is entitled to representation i in congress farnsworth stated that he was authorized by a majority of the committee to offer an amend amendment munt various amendments were offered and with the bill and substitutes were were ordered printed and it was agreed that the previous evious question be seconded lithe bithe I 1 E georgia bill was discussed till three pm then amended and finally pas sedas follows sec see section tion first that the state of georgia having complied with the reconstruction acts and the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments to the constitution having been ratified in good faith by the legal legislature of said state it is hereby declared that the state is entitled to representation in congress and nothing in this act shall be construed to deprive the people of georgia of their rights to a an n election for members in the general assembly as provided for in the constitution of said state section second states that so much of the act making a appropriations ri actions for the support of the a army for or the year ending june 1868 aa as prohibits the organization arming or calling into service the militia forces of the states of georgia mississippi texas and virginia is hereby repealed randall charged butler with going to the globe office and procuring the omission from his randalls remarks a few days since of certain words of a personal nature the subject was referred to the committee on rules Rn beading IDING PA the infant of W ludy was killed yesterday by the nurse girl named catherine hammel by cutting the throat with a butcher knife she was arrested NEW yore YORK the cigar makers strike which commenced in december has ended in favor of the employed emp loyes the working men are organizing in opposition to the introduction of chinese laborers A secret session of the labor union will be held to discuss the subject the united states circuit court opened yesterday judge woodruff presiding and A dorshimer district attorney appearing as the prosecutor ra r of the fenian prisoners the el gand wand rf and jury had before them many fenian n onn off officers leers and citizens bathas but has found no po bills forty know nothing witnesses ro here from malone marshal Quin bys deputies seem to have n ed all who know nothing and it is questionable whether any one will be needed except gleason starr and thompson judge Woo Wood ruil drull charged very strongly against he the feniane Fen ians and dwelt upon the necessity s of the vigorous enforcement of th the e netra neutrality lity laws I 1 aa as fhe the rids raids RT apon po ca canada n ada a friendly power were villainous an and crimi ninal starr mannix glass mcneal and fitzpatrick appeared for trial the others are so far non est eat it is understood that starr will demand an immediate trial the others will waive a preliminary examination and their cases will go over to the october term Albany at the letter of G goldwin sm smith ith in replying to anonymous assault upon his character in Lotha lothair lr has created a very decided sensation the london papers of june without exception pue have something to say of it the news ota says coward is a word which is not ordinarily applicable to disraeli but he has baa earned it in this case and writhe and struggle straggle as he may he cannot escape L the strong hand of public opinion which follow him the telegraph indulged in a number of sketches fram day to day of the two gentlemen who are the favorite aversions of each other 12 the Times observes that smith has shown his accustomed lack of wisdom by appropriating to himself one of the least flattering characters sketched in lothair and adds that public curiosity would be much relieved if the prototypes of phoebus and pinte pinto would also reveal themselves washington there were many absentees from the house when the vote was being taken on Whit temores case yesterday the majority of whom were dodging in the cloak rooms whittemore was on the floor during the whole discussion and when the vote was announced he quealy took his hat bat and retired he feels very bitter towards general logan logon for the tile course which he pursued in this matter he baya saya logan promised him before he went back to bouth south carolina that should he be elected reelected re by his bis constituents he would not oppose his admission whittemore will return to south bouth carolina and run for the forty second congress he says that so long as logan remains at the head of offis his hib pursuers his constituents will stand by him the house committee on commerce has decided to report favorably on bout wells bill to enlarge the erie canal and ultimately to make it free from toll the bill involves the guarantee of the interest on the bonds amounting fo to nine millions with a provision for their payment principal and interest out of the toll the committee will ask that the bill be set for consideration some pome time after the first of next january brooks of new york a member of the committee of ways ana ani and aua means authorizes the statement that the committee has resolved to report no bill 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