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Show LATEST DiSPATUjMEg. GENERAL. FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. .S I.N A I K. Washington, 6. Davis of Illinois said tbere was an immense mneting of citizens ot Chicago on the 13th ot December last to give expression to opioion on the silver bill. Upwards ef 5,000 persons attended the meeting and every sentiment uttered layoring the provisions of the bill now before the senate met with an enthusiastic response. By some oversight the i proceedings of the meeting which: were intended for presentation to congress, were not Bent here until now. He then quoted from tho pre : amble and resolutions adopted which favor the remonetizition of silver and declare government cannot waive its ruht 1o pay the bonds in silver or gold. Laid on the table the bill now being beioro the senate. Davis said accompanying the proceedings were extracts from the speech oi Sherman in the Beuate, January 27tb, '69, and also from speeches of Wehater and Clay, which the petitioners desired him to have read at the clerk'fl desk, but as he understood BUCb a course would be a violation ot the rules he would not ask for the reading of the extracts. Bruce presented the joint resolu tions of the Mississippi legislature, in 1 favor of the passage of a bill ramuner-, atiug certain citizens of Mississippi, i mill owners and log men, for daniacea sustained by them on account of tho seizure of certain lumber and1 logs in the lumber district by the agents ot tbe United States. Referred. ! Mitchell introduced a bill to reduce tbe cost of mail service on the Pacific coast. Referred to the committee on postolHceg and post roade, Iu explanation ex-planation ef thu bill, he said it simply proposed to extend the time fur receiving re-ceiving bids for carrying mails in Oregon, Nevada, Idaho and Wanning ton territoiies, as mails had been delayed in itioia states and erritonus recently ou account of bad weather, and thert'fjre the bids did not ruauh the po-iiollice department before the expiration of the time allowed for tneir reception. The senaitj bill to remit taxes on insolvent savings banks was called up1 bv Davis of Illinois, and discussed ! until tho expiration of tbe morning hcur, when consideration of tlie silver bill was resumed and Thurman spoke in favor thereof. Thurman said it would be impossible for o0,0U0,000 silver to drive irom the country $200, 000,000 gold. It could only driv out $50,000,000, and not that unless the gold was in excess of tbe requirements require-ments of the country. He denied that there whs an unvarying standaid of value. There was no production of -the earth that was an absolute standard. Ho insisted that specie payments could more readily be sustained sus-tained by having the two metals. A redeemable paper currenoy could not be permanently maintained on the gold standard alone. Keruan f flowed Thurman, and favored muking the silver dollar ivjrtu intrinsically 431 or 430 grama, and tu keep it nuburdioate to gold, and finally it might by tieatiea with ninnr nutl.infl OH GUM i Die to bri02 the two metals together. Uhmtiaucy reported a substitute lor the bill, which was ordered to bo printed. Hanson; reported a resolution di-reeling di-reeling the secretary of the treanury to report aa soon as possible the Cun dilion and efficiency of the life saving service of tho .North Carolina coast aud the improvements necessary, and directing ttie secretary of tho navy to report ou the Huron disaster aud huw greater serurily on the coast may bo obtained. Also authorizing tho com online on commerce to consider tho exucdicncy ol improving inland uavi gatioo between Norfolk and Curie-luck, Curie-luck, Albeimarle and Pamlico sound, and authorizing tbe committee to report re-port by bi!l or otherwise. The 15 rst two rf-xtlutions were agreed to. and the third w..h referred t the Commit-let Commit-let it nu commerce. Teller withdrew his amendment to the silver bill, regarding trio issuing ofoortificates for silver buUio, sub mitted by him yesterday, aud said he wiuld submit it (Qit-tiruw hereafter aa an independent proposition. Blaine then took tho floor, but yielded for an executive session, and the senate soon after adjourned. |