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Show Washington Advices. j Washington, 7. After full con sideratioa ani consultation with members of both houses of con-1 grees, the secretary ol thetreamry' has determined that the first silver dollars to be iseucd will be used only in exchange at par for gold coin, or for tbe purchase of silver bullion at the market price. He does not feel j at liberty to use them to pay for cur-reiit cur-reiit expenses until the amount coined ' is Bulhcient to furnish all alike with- j out discrimination. Ttiorefore, they will at present be used ior the purchase pur-chase oi silver buliiou at market rates. 1 The silver certifiuates will soon be ready lor issue and are of the form of bauk notes, engraved in the best manner man-ner aud printed on bank note fibre paper. In response to a recent resolution of the house, inquiring as to the sale nl United Slates bonds tor outstanding legal tender notes ol the United States at par, the seoretary of tbe treasury today to-day sent a communication to the bouse, io which be says: "All bonds disposed of by me bave been-sold for; par value in coin " j The secretary of the interior to day sent to the heme a communication recommending an appropnatiou of $15,000, to be expended iu carrying out the intention of the act ol Mwruti 1st, 1872, relative to the setting apart ! of a tract of land near the beud waters of the Yellowstone river ai a publio park, to be under tbe exclasive control con-trol of tbo secretary of the interior, who shall make Buch remuneiatious us he may deem proper for the preservation pre-servation of all timber, mineral deposits, de-posits, natural curiosities and wonders within tbe park aud their rbteution in their natural condition. Representative Carlisle's bill to pre scribe tbe time for the payment of the tax on d'stilled ppirilB was before the committee on ways and means to-day, to-day, and was by them altered iuto a joint resolution. Representative Say ler was unanimously instructed' to report it to tbe house on the first op portunity. It has the approval ol tbe committee of internal revenue. Sargent's specoh on the Chinese question to-day occupied about two hours in its delivery, and, notwitb. standing its great length, wab listened to with interest by a considerable number of the most prominent senators. His ftbject wub to place in a compact documentary form an argument which should sutliciently cover the whole subject, as if it were a new question and at the same lime furnish a complete refutation of Kennedy's recently published arguments and in similar plausible misrepresentations of tbe Pacific coast sentiment. Another useful purpose enacted by this speech was to embalm in tbe Congressional Record, lor future reference, all the citations of legal decisions.etc, heretofore printed together only in newspaper or pamphlet form, demonstrating the constitutional power of congress to legislate in conflict with the provisions of treaties, and the propriety of adopting adopt-ing this course whenever in its wisdom it believes that tbe national interests demand such action. Chicago, 7. Times' Washington: Besides carrying tbo American flag, James Gordon Bennett aaked government govern-ment to furnish bis Arctic ship Pandora Pan-dora with a few competent officers and men, and to graat it other privileges, priv-ileges, to all of which tbe committee on commerce lent an acquiescent ear to day. Tribune's Washington: The Louisiana Louis-iana legislature, having adjourned tonight to-night without action on tbe Anderson oae, disappoints at least two members of the cabinet, who had positivo assurance as-surance from New Orleans that An dei son would bs pardoned. Some tbink the state supreme court will Order hie release, which prospect pre vented Nicbolls from interposing and thereby rendering bimBelf unpopular. The wife of Senator Jones and otner members of bis family, left Washington to-night for Gold Hill, Nevada, where they expect to be joined by Senator Jones some time in May, provided be finds it possible to go west thus early, without neglect of congressional duties. |