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Show FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. The, Senate. Washington, February 11. In the Senate to-day, after disposal of the routine morning morn-ing business, Edumunds said as one important impor-tant committee of the Senate, had to go to New York to-day, and other important committees had considerable work to do, he believed the public business would be best subserved by the adjourning of the Senate from this afternoon till Monday. He therefore there-fore moved that when the Senate adjourn to-day it be till Monday. Agreedto. Teller submitted an amendment to Eustis' resolution of inquiry regarding the refusal of the Assistant Treasurer at New Orleans to issue silver certificates in exchange for silver dollars. The amendment directs the Committee on Finance to enquire also into the loss of money alleged to have occurred in the New Orleans sub-Treasury, and whether such loss occurred in connection with the exchange of silver certificates for silver coin. The amendment was ordered printed. - . , , , Among the bills introduced was one by Mitchell (Oregon) providing for the repeal of all treaties permitting the coming of the Chinese to the 'United States, and prohibiting prohibit-ing their coming except in case of diplomatic and official personages. At the request of Mitchell the bill was laid on the table for the TTPflflTl ft Proceeding to the calendar, the Senate took up the bills in their order. Some bills for private relief having been disposed of,-the of,-the bill to regulate the promotion of West Point graduates was reached. . ' Sewall, in reply to an inquiry of Plumb, said this was the first year for a long time when there would be more lieutenants graduated grad-uated from the academy than there would be vacancies for in the army. At 2 o'clock the Educational bill was before be-fore the Senate, and Morgan took the floor on it. After considerable debate the bill was passed as reported. The House. . Washington, February 10. Nothing of importance im-portance came up in the House to-day. i Mr. Blanchard, of Louisiana, offered the j following series of resolutions: ; Resolved, That this House has learned with profound sorrow of the great and irre- j parable loss which the country has sustained in the death of that great and good man, ! Major-General Winfield S. Hancock. j Resolved, That this House, m common , with all his countrymen, mourns the death of him who was a stainless soldier for the Union in the war. and an undaunted defender de-fender of the Constitution and civil liberty in peace, and at- all times a stainless man and incorruptible. ' , , Resolved, That as a mark of respect and affection for the exalted virtues of this hero ; and patriot, this House do now adjourn. Resolved, That the Speaker of the House be directed to transmit to the widow of the honored dead a copy -f .these resolutions, . and the assurance of the heartfelt sympathy of this House in the hour of bereavement, which is alike hers and the country's. The resolutions were adopted, and accord-inelv accord-inelv the House adjourned. ' ' WASHiNGTON,!Februaryll. Reed of Maine offered a resolution modifying the order making the Fitz John Porter bill the continuing con-tinuing special order from to-day until next Thursday, so as to provide that the bill shall not be considered until after the second morning hour on each day. Randall endeavored to nave the order further fur-ther amended so that the previous question should be ordered Tuesday instead of Thursday, Thurs-day, but he was unsuccessful, and Reed's resolution was adopted. . r Bingham asked leave to introduce a bill granting a pension of $2,000 per annum to the widow of General .Hancock, but Beach objected. Wellborn, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported the Indian Appropriation bill, and it was referred to the Committee of the Whole. Rogers, from the Committee on Judiciary, reported the bill conferring civil jurisdiction in certain cases arising in the Indian Territory Terri-tory in the United States courts which exer oise criminal jurisdiction over the Territory. E. B. Taylor, from, the same committee, reported a bill to extend th laws of the United States over certain unorganized territory ter-ritory south of the State of Kansas. , |