Show 0 CONGRESS The Poiugs of the Lawmakers on Monday IUkIIM IN BOTH HOUSES ItRre Bronsbt Up and Acted 1 t oD in the Senate am House or ICepresentntlveo i SKXATK i u rTOS December 30 Among presented and referred e > tlJOS pr e CM in favor of the reduction oft oleomargarine and one from i t et In Exchange of i c Mn the Merchants I akinR legislation for an lD 1 f trade with Central and tsouth 1 i A T un luced a substitute for the uirporaw the Atlantic aid I i ni Kaiway Company and I for the i r It it sirupiy provided I t i iirpornUon of the company i a f guaranty by government > > > > p special order for the second j tV In Ja U3r 1 c iftrrei a resolution instruct commitUe to inquire n t jdi lan toV ponr of the Federal roarts 4J I Vaioid receiverships Laid over V ae ire i ou offered a long pre the m1 I reolutions calling on t J of War for ormation as tot to-t uiiU mxed baildinj of a steam out n Columbia River and as ton to-n ri ion of wages of laborers en I 1 ve of improvements on that L id over UI I mi n fe Hoar the Pacific Rail 1 bill was postponed as a rval V eia 1r until the second Tuesday Heu i JatrV He expessed the hope the matter would ti jt n jjeuntiine the House and disposed i > r > up iU f n foP ivu or the other i tie Hot e bill for the relief of the iriA 5 or the exploring steamer f i z id the widows and ohudren of t i J xa perished in the retreat tr i i Lt > wreck of the vessel in the Arric tai was taken up and passed he rr J sidant pro tern announced theo the-o o IR appointments to committees I at1J on claimsMr Spooner i iau in place of Pike deceased a eIoy in > lace of Spooner i ci Columbia Cheney in ace lie civil service Vill I 4 1 i cf of Pike on epidemic diease Cheney in place of Spooner or vemeiits 01 the Mississippi rive tVilliams in place of Pike on trars ir jtuu routes to the seaboard wr 11 place of Manderson ie signed 1 ft v nouse bill to grant to the Mart copa L Phmx sinJ Company of Xri a the right of way through the < i < L < r reservation was taken i Ld and passed and a conference confer-ence a ed flic nate then went into secret sea in J when the doors were reopened ail j I l 1 1tiis Eon f on this afternoon introduced a te > in for a holiday recess from Jecc 113 r 22i to Januay 4th H K then caled u > his motion toy to-y i s he i tiles and pass tOe bill est e-st M duties on Sumatra tobacco e i > a A as vted do rn by a vote 0 4 11 It llfci MUVs Tlli end Ulmo hitro luced a ret re-t z calling ou the Secretary c e Treasurv to ascertain w I any Kew York national bank 1 preapu munth loaned its suni I money or deports to stock 1 r w jout security hfli merely u rl mitt of interest and ato wlie r ay national bank penLteIJ r t t any person or corpora t i lt fcd the amount limned by i tfko i ae Kentucky introduced a re ii of r < uirjr as to whether the t < tiie Treasury paid interest c bj t < d indebtedness before falling tip r tile purpose of affecting values 0 r al 1 street rie loilowmR bills were also intro Ji ei and referred By iinlay Maryland To prescribe the rate of Undard silver for certain CI j 0 > tie I tilted States to enlarge tt v al tender currency of the half u T and to permit the issue of silver i nn nes on deposits of the same IJet Mdntintroduced a long re I 1 t in instructing the committee o 1nI1 attairs 10 inquire into the ex I I t i y of tbe Secretary of the Navy I construction of vessels for the jen ifter to invite proposals oa us as w beot secure tbe estab lJ it Ji new iron and steel ship van9 at sirable points on > S > jn c Plicdlc and Gull coat uNtv IQXkA joint nsolu rcung the committee on appro I to preent to the House a t r pan of coast defenses f > Jcig ta the text of tne bill ceo oy Warner Ohio I IThat the Secretary of the ° uid he i < hereby authorised < and i o sSOpcr cent of the law I > ti d With te Treyurcr fut s f-ut the lat st thepise 1 oi 0 per PeUt of aft suoli j > pUtt fOthC rldtmp a tea of tie flStluiOLi 1 r v 1 J yl Mtlion f thcactof 14 niii anictxioMnu thereto > dKiin iubjtcit ialla 1e iic The ooiulf aOpurch jil j u Treaury in Itcu of stivh I > fcure t 7 redemption or j I T notes ytithe n alien banks 11 ue Interest on the bonds purr I pur-r uired in tis act M ilie niuo d 1 be covered inwr the Treasury I tr the bonds at their par value mount < afanuii iu > Uini cirenlat tUoIflks for the redemp I u mney has been depo iicd v oDd ocr seen outstanding S a v tie > shall be cancelled tJ 1IIU toe eulatinp notes nf the ti for RdempikMi of which i 7 holll teen deposited may Itt > It-t of say mouCy in the Treasury I app tail and ajenevec PQfRted 1e = Secretary ot the 1 I I tul tin Z notes cannot be J u bL9ney in the I ReiUry miinng It general emlieocr r TJ llr tbft s lcf of as many > ef the bonds purchased and hold as provided in this act as may be necessary to redeem the circulat ng notesofthe national banks as the same are presented for redemption but not to accumulate ac-cumulate at anytime redemotion and exceeding ex-ceeding 10 per cent of such outstanding notes See tTht no national bank shall be required re-quired hereafter to deposit or keep on deposit de-posit to secure circulating notes United States bonds to an amount exceeding one twentieth part of its capital stock and iu no case more than faBOOO and hereafter all national na-tional bank shall be entitled to receive circulating cir-culating notes for such bonds at their par value equal to the par value of the bonds so deloosfkd The following was introduced bv Cox New York A resolution calling cal-ling upon the President for all correspondence corre-spondence between the Depatment of State and our minister to Russia of between that minister and the Russian government in ieliton to the conduct of the Russian government in the treatment treat-ment or expulsion of S Michelbacher in American citizen who was expelled from Russia on account of his being a Hebrew and all other correspondence Between our government and that of Russia in relation to the condition or expulsion of Hebrews who are American citizns from the territory of Russia By Mr Towusbend Illinois to punish the possession of die for counterfeiting money also to punish briuery in elections also to punish the passing of Confederate money as a just obligation of the United States By Mr Dingley To protect the inmates in-mates of national hoaes for disabled soldiers and forbidding the sale of distilled aud fermented liquors within the limits of any home By Ryan Kansas appropriating 100000 for the erection of z monument to negro soldiers and sailors of the war Bi Mr Gay Louisana for the free importation of machine for the ex traction of cane juice By Millard New York to repeal all the duties on sugar and molaaaes imported im-ported in American vessels By Johnston North Carolina a resolution instructing the committee on ways and means to report a bill repgal log the internal revenue Uws The Morrison resolution for a holiday recess from December 22d to January 4th was referred Hiscock called tJPi his motion to < suspend the rules i and pass tne bill relating to duties on tobacco The bill amends the statutes relating to f tbe duty on leaf tobacco as follows Leaf tobacco any hale box package or hUlk any part of which is suitable for wrapper if not stemmed 75 cents per pound if stemmed f1 per pound upon the whole contents of such bale box package or bulk Morrison of Illinois opposed the bill The pending proposition was to impose a duty of 7o cents to protect the home producer of leaf tobacco who already was protected by a duty ot 35 cents a pound That rate was more than ample protection today Mr Breckrenridge Arkansas regarded re-garded the bill as a modest proposition to protect certain classes of tobacco COOper COO-per cent Hibcouks motion was lost yeas 90 nays 105 Forney Alabama on behalf of the committee on militia moved to sus end the rules and pass the Senate bill amending the statutes making an annual an-nual appropriation to provide arms and equipments fur the militia with an ameuqmect proposed by the House cutnmivtLv iiiikini the annual appropriation appro-priation 10 OuO Aye 193 noes 49 1 he Speaker laid before the House a message from the Prosdent transmitting trans-mitting a report from the Secretary of State iq i relation to an invitation from Her Bntunic Majesty to participate I an international exhibition to be held at Adelaide Australia in 1SS7 Referred 4 Tdwnhend v Illinois on behalf of th s committee on patents moved to suspend sus-pend the rules and pass the bill limit ng the jurisdiction of the United II States courts m patent cases and to protect persona who without notice are bona fide manufacturers pur chasers vendors and noera of patented artice Tae bill limits the juris i dtction of the United States in I patent cases to cases wherein the amount in controversy does not > exceed ex-ceed 200 against one person or citizen Section 2 provides that the purchasers of any patentright for actual use shall not be liable to damages royalty or for I toe value pt the same or for infringing the same in any manner who at the dme of such purchase had no knowledge knowl-edge of the claims of any third person or that the inventor of tnesame s an interest therein adverse to the seller tnereof That no person who shall in good faith purchase use manufacture or sell without previous knowledge of me existence of a patent there < > r any article machine machinery or other tiling for the exclusive use sale or manufacture ot which any patent has been or hereafter may be granted to I any person per < ms or corporation whatever shall be liable in damages or otherwise for an infringement of such patent until after written notice of the existence thereof shall have been personally I per-sonally served on such person or persons per-sons or corporation and such infringe m nt shall be thereafter continued I Tow sbend said tbat tbe only pur I I 11oe l of the Keasure was to protect innocent in-nocent purchasers saint blackmail Hammond Georgia opposed the bill and declared that the first section would strike down seveneighths of all the patent in the country while the second ectio would place a premium upon scoiidreiMii Butter worth Ohio regarded the bill as a bold attempt to kill the goose that I I laid tbe golden egg Town hend saw in the opposition to the bill a renewal of the old struggle between monoj ly acid antiironopoly IB order to prevent a votebeing i taken on the hill Mill Texas moved an adjournment and the motion was agreed to yeas 121 naves 121 and accordingly ac-cordingly the House adjourned |