Show J leeni TO 1 j 1 l WT SENATE harlan presented the credentials of J B howell to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of grimes howell took the oath the vice president submitted the khe joint resolution of the kansas legislature asking the removal of the capital to fort petitions were presented for a female suffrage amendment to the constitution and for an increase of the salaries of the US U 8 judges buckingham introduced a bill supplementary to 10 tho the currency act of june juno une ane 1864 authorizing free banking under that act it regulates bank issues anid arid prohibits the payment of interest on deposits after the expiration of the morning hour tho the consideration of the currency bill was resumed sumner opposed the tho bill asserting the reduction of the tho existing currency could not be made without serious consequences to the business of tho country and would not materially aid financial reconstruction he offered an ati amendment by substituting a provision for the enlarge enlargement ement of the national bank circulation to five hundred millions for its distribution and for tho withdrawal of greenbacks green backs for every bank note issued until we have bank notes as the only currency sherman replied in defence of the bill he said the effect of amendment would be to defeat the pending measure by complicating it with the funding bill thurman opposed the tho amendment also that portion of the bill authorizing free and unlimited banking for all ume time to come morton morion gave notice of an amendment to increase the additional circulation to fifty two millions instead of df forty five millions the house joint resolution prohibiting in assessments or collections from og officials elais to maee mako presents to their superior officers was passed A bill was passed to establish a port of dt at the vice president announced that the president had signed the virginia bill the credentials of john F lewis and john W johnson senators elect were then read and the usual oath of office administered by the chair the currency bill was taken up howe reviewed the various propositions that had bad been suggested during its previous discussion sherman thought an increase of forty five millions would be sufficient morton desired sixty two millions illions sumner believed two hundred millions would bo about t he thought to ask each senator why W by he h e stood at these amounts why not take off all restriction and let the people waste all the money they wanted to invest in banking As a western man he asked that the west should have all ull the banking bunking facilities it needed and of which it is deprived by the present method of unequal distribution sawyer favored we the bill with Mor mortona tons amendment for increasing the volume of the circulation beyond that proposed by the finance committee Morril lof of vermont favored the proposition of the finance committee he said the present banking system was put ut into operation as a war measure tie tee the west at the time did not avail itself of its privileges and the south in consequence of the rebellion could not he thought the banks in the loyal states should not suffer because of their sup rt to the government morton aavo ned zed ted a bill authorizing autho rising sixty two millions additional taking a portion apportion of those millions when necessary for the north anderst and east he quoted statistics showing the ine inc inequality quality of distribution and declaring that the great states of the west needed more than double their present circulation he said that financially anci ally the pacific states had bad not been friends to the credit of the united states having uniformly rejected our currency adhering to coin casserly explained that the tho constitution of california before the war prohibited paper currency he said their course had not been in consequence of any unfriendly feeling toward the united states government patterson said new england ha had nd been made a scapegoat in the present discussion but the national bank circulation had bad been forced upon her and she had done her duty to the government the gents from the south and west ought not to complain because though new england gland giand had had bad the lions share of the capital she took it under compulsion r 4 MOUSE 9 wood asked leave to ofner offer a res reb resolution alution C calling upon the post master G general to state by what authority he furnished post pest masters throughout the country with blanks for petition against the franking privilege an objection was made and wood gave notice he would offer the resolution on monday van tromp offered a resolution calling upon the secretary of the treasury for a statement of the interest paid by the government on the bonds of the central and union pacific railroads As to government freight and transportation on those roads and why these bonds were omitted in the official periodical statements of the public debt adopted A resolution was adopted 1 directing I the committee on mining to investigate the causes of the avondale Avon dalo disaster add arid report whether congress has the power to levi legislate slate to prevent such occur occurs rence s cox cos offered a resolution which was adopted asking the secretary of the treasury for information with regard to the pay of officers employed in civil duties south whether they were also alio paid from the state treasuries I 1 the league island bill was discussed at length the previous question was i ordered and finally on the motion of dawes lawes it was tabled by 94 to 67 the house then went vent into committee Comm ltee itee of the whole and took up the legislative executive and judicial appropriation i bill butler butier mass wass hass mass addre addressed sed tho the committee in reply to the speech of his colleague dawes ho he reviewed the speech at length claiming that the assertions sert ions were not based upon ulon uton facts nor even upon mistaken views of facts he said the excess of the estimates for the first year of grants administration over the of the last year of johnson huson Jo a was caused by the fact that the outgoing securities in order to make good their showing 0 abandoned all public works and underestimated under estimated every pos poE possible sible sibie expenditure so as to om embarrass the incoming administration and that their estimates were based on large unexpended balances he reviewed the estimates for the different departments striatum serla seria tum he devoted a large portion of his speech to a personal and political criticism of dawes whom he accused of attacking the republican party for the purpose of self aggrandizement at aitho tho conclusion of his speech replied briefly defending himself from the personal attack of butler and declaring that no personal attacks should divert him from his purpose to call attention to the expenditures and his endeavor to stop them the committee then rosa road and the house adjourned jour ned ingersoll from frain the committee on RIl rii railroads road I 1 a i bill authorize to the construct lou ija of as n railroad and tele graph line from wahington Wa ington to cleveland 1 or to erie eris I 1 pen pee by the nearest and most tire ire lne ine iret fc t line the bill to amend the virginia bill construing the word oath to include affirmation was taken up and passed the speaker announced the following select committee on the postal telegraph bill washburn of wisconsin lawrence dawes davis davia palmer woodward and payne moved that such of the virginia members to whose right to a seat there was no objection should now be sworn in platt ridgely and milnes thereupon came forward and took the oath of office ward objected to the oath being administered to porter and read as the ground of his objection charges and specifications upon which porter had been convicted and sentenced to six months imprisonment and the sentence approved by gen butler porter was convicted of declaring t publicly in norfolk that this government was a G d d d humbug from be beginning inning to end and that abe lincoln was doin doln doing all he could for his own election and this was a bogus corrupt government from beginning to end paine in answer to this sent to the clerks desk to have it read a telegram from butler dated may 5 68 stating that porter in a heated discussion had used the words which had been repeated to him and that he was obliged to notice him he however omitted all the onerous part of the judgment because the previous acts of porter showed that he had not in fact been disloyal sargent asked ward whether be he was prepared to state that any person should be excluded from membership of the house for having used such language ward said he had no difficulty ly in answering that question he did not believe anybody wag was fit to bit ait in that HousA house hoube who iwho con cou considered siller ed the government governa e A a humbug or who denounced the th ePresi dent defit in such scurrilous terms H sargent remarked that he had simply wanted to get possession of facts whittemore asked ward sarcastically whether he did not think it better to treat that class of people with conciliation cin and ki kindness ward said yes but he would not give them f front r ont s beats seats e 1 L 0 eldridge said bo he would not put them along side of the gentleman from south carolina laughter sargent in reply said lie ho would hazard an opinion that if the gentlemen were expelled from the house who could be proved to have used such language the seats on the left or democratic sid side 0 w would ouid be pretty generally vacant laughter woodward declared with some excitement cit ement that the tho assertions of the gentleman from california were slanderous i an excited discussion ensued on both sides by holman smith of ore one oreon oregon on peck Voorhies Sargent cox maylian may liam ham woodward butler ward morgan and eldridge the debate was vaa quite bitter and acrimonious both sides indulging in accusation and recrimination with regard to their party record during the war tho the confusion at one time became so great that it required a strenuous kofrom the Speak speakers erja erla gavel to restore order porter was finally sworn in farnsworth reported a bill to abolish the franking privilege by general request it was considered at once and after hours of discussion was passed yeas nays 14 the tho committee on elections in the case of the contested election of foster vs covode Cov odein in the twenty first district of pa reported in favor of covode the house housa went into a committee of the whole on the legislative executive and judicial appropriation bill 4 AL NEW na mv panama advices advises per the arizona say that an easman easland easy and d practicable route for the Darien darlen canal has been discovered by which the waters of the pacific and atlantic can cari be united within nive five years yearb the proposed line is outside the limits of the panama railroad company the eastern entrance is at puerto congedo Con nedo where vessels can anchor in seventeen to forty fathoms of water the western entrance is at santa real the distance between the oceans is thirty eight and a half leagues the estimated cost is seventy millions NEW YORK 27 the lottery litigation business involving john morrissey benjamin wood john anderson zacharias simmons and others was on argument before judge cardozo yesterday without reaching a conclusion the erie erio strike is about over the strikers have falie failed dand and a number are beginning to go back to work there were only six new caseb of small pox reported yesterday less t than ban half the number reported on the previous day 0 on a the other hand ten deaths are reported whereas none occurred on tuesday the marriage certificate of A D richardson and miss abbey sage has mysteriously di disappeared sapp eared from the office of vital statistics whereat reit was filed on saturday it will be replaced bv a duplicate to be obtained from the officiating at clergyman frincis francis francis franeis it mills an engineer is charged with having attempted to murder his wife at govanus Go gow anus on the dinst he was yesterday taken before justice nelmar and aft after e arthe tho the examination of a number of witnesses was committed to await the action of the grand jury his wife who refused to testify against him was az committed for contempt in the morgue yesterday the body of john alexander supposed to have been murdered was examined by coroner F lynn flynn and dr doremus the latter to took ox charge of the stomach for chemical I 1 analysis nobody yet knows what b became acamo of alexanders sixty thousand dollars the mystery deepens tho the irish citizens are indignant that a hall ball should ba be given in honor of prince arthur A secret meeting of been held at which it was proposed to capture the prince and ond hold him as a hostage for the now in prison in england the proposition was earnestly pressed but rejected the erie strikers held a secret meeting yesterday lasting several hours A committee from their body waited upon FI risk fisk 6 k and gould in an endeavor to come COMO to some bome amicable arrangement they acknowledge themselves beaten and disclaim taking an any pait part in tife tue the riot of tuesday they said they would assist in protecting ahe the men it is isa 1 understood that a considerable number have baver been reinstated some will lofb not nol be e taken under any consideration at five there was an assemblage of 1500 persons near the erie shops A strong police force conducted the workmen to the ferry boat no demonstration was made except by a few crazy headed women sax SAN francisco bran FRAN cisco 28 26 edwsrd Edward cordel cordei commanding the united states survey steamer shubrick dropped dead in the street last night from con congestion of the b brain ra 1 u the eity city is excited over the horrible murder of a little girl six and a half years of age ago who was first finst outraged and then hilled when the perpetrator was arrested it was with difficulty the police carried him to prison as the mob endeavored to rescue and lynch him the state suffrage convention met hero today to day about three hundred were present the women predominating ina ting PORTLAND the reason for kor not landing ingar mr peabodys ys remains til Saturday ia is that the british instructed instruct td captain Com merrett that the tho re maius remains must lie in state aboard the monal mona ch two days after her arrival although the president this ry morning approved of the bill admitting virginia to representation in congress the house has not been notified thereof and the senators and republicans elect were all day in waiting at the capitol capi frol to be sworn in CHICAGO 27 washington specials say there 13 is 13 a probability that the house committee will report exonerating judge busteed from the charges against him thus far none of the charges have been sustained the judge leaves the whole investigation to the committee not attempting any defense the st thomas treaty and probably the san ban domingo treaty wiit wilt be considered at the next nest meeting of the foreign el agn affairs committee some bome members favor the considering of both at the same time with reference to the policy of outside territorial acquisition but the friends of st domingo want the st thomas thomss treaty out of the way first the president who has been strongly in favor of the purchase of st thomas lbs IBS baid said he would be willing to yield this his to save st domingo the general feeling in the senate seems to be against both projects but the result is uncertain the house military committee have agreed to abolish brevet rank therill the bill will probably be reported today today or tomorrow the tho house of representatives organized today to day B R B me whorter republican was chosen speaker oer J E bryant |