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IMPROVEMENT OF THE WABASH RIVER.
Mr. CAUTHORN submitted a joint resolution in relation to an appropriation by Congress ($250,000) for the improvement of the Wabash river. Passed; yeas, 83; nays, 5.
Mr. KIMBALL obtained unanimous consent to return his funded debt bill [H. R. 181] with an amendment recommended by the Committee on Ways and Means, to fill the blank with the words "five hundred."
The amendment was adopted, and the bill was ordered to be engrossed.
The House then took a recess till 2 o'clock p. m.
