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Show By W. U. Tolegraph. CONGRESSIONAL.. Washington, 17. Cox's bill for the resumption of specie payments, introduced intro-duced in the house yesterday, provides that on and after tbc 1st day of 1S73 United States treasury notes shall cease to be lawful money or local tender in payments of debts, public or private, except in payments of debts contracted after February 15, 1n;,:, and beforo the 1st day of 1873, and except in payment pay-ment of taxes on interest due or to become be-come due to the Luited States. The secretary of the treasury shall withdraw with-draw from circulation and destroy during dur-ing the month from and after the 1st day of 1873, not le?9 than a million treasury notes heretofore issued, until the whole amounts thereof are extinguished. extin-guished. The banking and currencv committee will proceed to the consideration consid-eration of the bill at its meeting today. to-day. At an interview of the house committee com-mittee on Territories with the President, Presi-dent, yesterday, with reference to the bill now before them for the admission of Colorado as a State, the President j expressed himself warmly in favor of the bill. He also said that the Territory Terri-tory of Wyoming would probably not, within the lives of those present, have the requisite population to qualify her for admission, and .cat, i was a useless I C7r:c and burden to keep up a Toi-I Toi-I ritorial form of government. He was therefore in iavor of suitable action by I congress to abolish the Territory of Wyoming, and to restore its domainB to thoso Territories from whioh it was originally formed, viz; Utah, Montana, Monta-na, Idaho and Colorado. He thought this action would be just to all, as Wyoming's Wy-oming's population did not exceed ten thousand. Ho also believed that by the acquisition to Colorado and the increase in-crease of her population during the next year, she would have the requisite number 0 30,000.) inhabitants for admission. ad-mission. The committee aro in favor of tho bill and believe it would pass i the house. Boutwcll, and Jay Cooke wcro before be-fore tho ways and means committee to-day concerning tho negotiation for a new loan. The committee of foreign atfairf rose to day from tho consideration considera-tion of the bill providing for tho dis posal or distribution of the Geneva award, and decided to refer tho subject to committee oi judiciary. Senate. The following wore appointed ap-pointed to consider tho question of cheaper freights from tho west to tho east: Windam, Sherman, Conkbng, Ames, L-wis, IVscrly, and Norwood. The vicc-J'rc.sident also appointed Morrill, of Maine, and (bborn, to Oil vacandi'S on the military couinmteo. Theyice-PrcMdcnt presented a resolution resolu-tion from the house, against removing-from removing-from army register tho names of the battles of tho rebellion. Edmunds hoped the resolution would be at once pasf-cd. Sumner objected. Edmunds iravo notice that ho would call the resolution up to-morrow. Bice ottered a preamble reciting all tho actions of fraud on the part of the adminisiration party in the late election in Arkansas and a resolution providing tor tho appointment of a committee of five to go to Littlo Kock to investigate the matter. Kccd said ho would call up tho resolution on Saturday next, Tho French spoliation claims woro tben resumed. LIOCSE. On motion of Banks tho bill to Cx the r.?n'pcnsatioQ of claimants under the Geneva award was reierrcd to the judiciary comuiittco. The bill appointing commissioners to lavcMigmo tlio deprudjliuns on the TV'xiiu lionticr was referred to the committee. com-mittee. The appropriation bill providing for determining the boundary line through the iUro i:h:iouel, ns decided by the emperor of Germany, wi,s puHcd. Ah alsy the bill approprn; ioonc hundrrd thou-aud fb.ijjib iur American nxh:bi-tor.i nxh:bi-tor.i at ieniiu. Alter considerable diM-u.-Mun it wi t.t ovr till to-morrow. Brook, in pcriual explanation, de-uied de-uied tho thai if.-M nmdc iiiriun.Ht liiui in coDucotion w,th tiio "Credit Mubilioi" matter. |
