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Show GENERAL. j j FORTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. j SEX ATE. Washington, CO. Sargent pre- ; sentt-d a petition of the regents of the . University of California, James Lick , and others, trustees of the James Lick fund, asking that the site of land on the mountains in Santa Barbara Bar-bara may be granted to the University of California as a site for erecting an observatory as contemplated in the donation of James Lick. Referred. Morton introduced a memorial ol the convention of delegates representing represent-ing the society of Friends, remonstrating remon-strating against the transfer of the Indian bureau from the interior department de-partment to the war department. Re-terrcd. Re-terrcd. Sherman called up the bill to amend the laws relating to the legal tender of silver coin, and moved to strike out all after the enacting clause and amend by inserting "The silver coin of the United States, except the trade dollar, shall be a legal tender at their nominal vajue for any amount not exceeding $-3 in any one payment." pay-ment." Sherman said the only change in this bill is to make the silver coin of the country, except the trade dollars, legal tenders. Laid over. The senate took up Morton's Mississippi Mis-sissippi resolutions and Bayard spoke in opposition. Bayard contended that there should be a joint committee to which the house had the right to send members. mem-bers. He asked if the information sought for was a party matter, and it the committee ot five senators was called for by Morton's resolution he-cause he-cause the senate was republican. He denounced the lavish expenses of the department of justice in sending detectives de-tectives south, where they caused all these troubles. Bout well answered Bayard and asserted as-serted that all expenses incurred were made neecs.-.iry by acts of violence vio-lence on the part ot the party to which Bayard belonged. Bayard continued, urging the policy o( non intervention. A bitter cotittsi of words ensued between Bayard and Boutwell. Morton finally got the ilo:r to answer Bayard, and slid the other house had about thirty committees, ostensibly investigating to ascertain what further legislation is necessary, but reliy to make political capital, lie read from appropriation bills to show that there never had been a greater sum than three millions expended ex-pended in one year by tiie department of justice. The senator had said that he looked forward to the time when the fines which had been imposed upon these ku klux for their iniquitous iniquit-ous act3 would be paid back to them by congress. That is tho doctrine l.icn; these fines will be relunded when the democrat-! get control of thU government. Th.it was to be an is-ue, then, next November, and these seuundrc'.s who committed these ku-klux ku-klux acts wili be paid back the lines that were justly imposed upon them foi their crimes. Morton further discussed dis-cussed the subject, alluding to the decision of tho supreme court on Monday hist, and said if the decision ot that court sustained the construction construc-tion which the senator from Delaware had put upon it, then he wholly repudiated repu-diated it. Withers of Virginia oppo.scd the resolutions, :.nd in a lengthy argument argu-ment showed that tho peoplo ol the "outhcrn tates had accepied tho Mtiialinn, and were dHpnaed lo abide by tiie issues of war. He closed by declaring de-claring that the depression in business throughout the country would never bccurid by tiie continual assertion that onc-haif of tho country w.w hying hy-ing to impair its progress. Max-y made a conciliatory speech, claiming that old issues wero passed, n 1 1 1 that the sentiments of Hip senator from Massachusetts (Boulwell) were not general in any section of the country. 'J He senate adjourned, with Bruce entitled lo the 11 jor. |