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Show FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Washington, 10 Wa'd.iee in'.ro duced a bid loaumorize t!i exchanyii of Bubjidiiry coin for tr.idu do-Urrf. Referred. The bill provides that 6-ib-eidiary coius shall be exchaug-al-lf lor trade dollar at the nits cf 100 cent- for eacti ot said dt)li:ta ar.it tiuj I shall forthwith be rtrcoita-d into biiti-aidiar biiti-aidiar coin, aud the gin, it any hi: made, may be uaed by the secrumry ol the treasury to p"y too expeutie o; sending eubiidiary coin to tucb ptr sons or banks, aa may desire tho same in exchange, lor otuer boohs Ihe coinage ot trade dollars shall ceant from and alter the passage of thia act. Spencer, trom tue cuuiaiiuee on military atiaire, reported favorably on the aeuatd bill autbonzing toe appointment ap-pointment of Doctor Junius Powell, us an asaiataut surgeon in the Uuiu-d Sutea army. In explanation of the bill be aaid that Dr. Powell had al- ready rendered aervices us an acsistaut surgeon but he could not ue reguiari) appointed because be berved in the confederate army when a minor. I During a brief debate on the bill Beck gave notice that, tu-morrow, he would introduce a bill to repeal section 1,218 of the Revised Statutea of the United States which provides that no person who baa Berved in any capacity, in the military or naval or civil service of toe so-called contederate stilts, or of either of the alates in the iriBur rection during tue late rebel lioD, ahall be appointed to any position in the army of the United States The bill waa rpad the third time, and passed; yeas 39, nays 21. Allison, from the select committee lo inquire into tho charges against Stanley Matthews, submitted a resolution reso-lution requesting the house to transmit trans-mit to the senate a copy of the testimony testi-mony of Jas. E. Anderson, relating to Matthews, taken before tho houce committee. Agreed to. When this testimony is furnished the committee will enter upon the investigation. At the expiration of the morning hour consideration was returned of the bill relating io presidential elections, elec-tions, and Morgan made a Bpeecb favoring the measure. After debate the senate held a brief executive sosaion and adjourned till to-morrow. HOUSE. ' The speaker announced as a com- ' mittce to inquire iuto the causes of yel ow fevor epidemic: Young, Gibson, Goode, Hartndxe, Morse, Garfield, Harmer and Chittenden. . The speaker also announced appointments appoint-ments to fill vacancies iu the committees. com-mittees. The house then went into committee com-mittee of the whole, Springer iu the chair, on the consular and diplomatic diplo-matic appropriation bill. On motion of Hale the Balury of ministers to England, France, Germany Ger-many and RueBia, reported in the bill at $15 000, waa by a vote ol 93 to 91, put buck to tho preseut figure, 17,300. Au uweiidujeut, to increase the salary of the ministers to Spain, Austria, Italy, Brazil, Mexico, Jupan and China Irom $10 (JOU to $12,000, waa defeated; likewi o an amendment providing Icr thta minis terH to Belgium tnd ibe Netherlands. P. .nuirlomlinn ..f t hft hill llUVinir been concluded in committee of the whole, the house passed the bill after striking out an amendment agreed to in committee, increasing the salaries of the ministers to Great Britain, France, Germany and Rueaia. The amendments proviJiua for a secietary ol Ration at Brazil lor a consul general at Athene, aud re-jquet-ting the president to revise the tariflol conaulars feoa and prescribe such ratee as will make them c n-form, n-form, as nearly as umy be, to tuo feeB chareed by other commercial natioca for aimilar services, were adopted. ( Wood, from tue committee on ways and meaus, reported a bill to authorize author-ize the ieBue of certificates of deposit in aid of refunding the public debt. He recommitted, also, the resolution distributing the president's message among the various committees. Adopted. The house then went into committee commit-tee of the whole on the navai appropriation ap-propriation bill. Clymer explained that it was mb-stantially mb-stantially the bill of last yiar as it became a law. Tue eati-matea eati-matea of the sjcrfitary of the navy h;id been only about $40,000 greater lhaj last year's appropriation. The committee com-mittee on appropriations had b.3eu aoie, wiiuuub ueinuient iu u;e awrviue , and with the concurrence of thede-j part men t, to reduce the amount asked lor by $133 134. The appropriation ! laat year had betn $14,151,003 and tho bill recommeuded $14,04 8 409. j Not a single amenameut was ohYred to the bill and the committee rose : and reported it to the house and it waa thereupon paabed. i A resolution was passed to pay to the widow uf the 1 te representative from Nebraska, Mr. Welsh, the pay j or a meoioer to me ena oi me congress. con-gress. The speaker laid before tho house . the request of the senate to be fur- nished with a copy ot Juan-a E. Anderson's An-derson's testimony relating to Senator Matthews, and on motion of Potter the request was complied with. Adjourned. |
