| Show BY TELEGRAPH CON CRESSIO NAL i washington 23 sargent presented a p of californi ansi hns in tavor favor of government aid to the temam pacific to construct a railroad so as to have a competing line from the atlantic to the pacific referred terry introduced Introduce il a bill providing that the compensation of fourth class pot postmasters masters shall depend upon the number ben ber of stamps cancelled tins tina instead tead of the number sold and for other purposes A motion to print iso 00 copies 0 of til theu thuu lb gitSon senators agy and maon morion was referred I 1 I 1 blaine blaino introduced a bill to coin W a bliver silver dollar of so many grains as the director ambe mint shall from time pU prescribe scribe to be legal tender in common wi with kodi gold coin up to and including five doll dollars arsi aud and for all sums exceeding five dol doi doll doil wi laraine dila debtor r shall have hae the to te leuden tender u de r UD and d the ibe credi tort tode todo to do ue m andone ohe obe naw naV of orthe I 1 the amount in ill gold coin colm and oiye one hair half in id allver coin coln in ordered printed printe dand ji nd to lle ile liboi ois t the h e the pre present sargent calle caile dup up the tho senate bill to provide provi dei for the jer removal noval of the naval navai observatory land band it was dis cussed until ohp expiration of fhe morning hour houi hind find nd laid over the nate then resumed r lmh con conr r fide tide atlon of the tho unfinished busti liens washington 24 howe and cameron wis ala presented resola tion rhe rbt milwaukee Cb chamber timber of commerce in favor of extending the tim lim B for completing the northern pacific railway ou on pertain certain condition referred red I 1 A anthony from the committe committee 6 on printing fluting p reported favorably on ohp resolutions ons ona to print copies of the eulogies ou on the later lute senators moil moll i ibn ion and bogy sargent call cali called ed up the senate bill to the removal of the naval navai vai observatory batory lind submitted au amendment lut iti the nature of a substitute which authorizes the president by consent of the senate to appoint a commission of three persons to select a bie ble sie sloe fora for a naval observatory a and aad d report at the present session of congress upon the cost coat of the same and also the cost of removing the institution agreed to at the expiration of the morning hour the senate resumed consideration of the resolution of matthewa Matthe wp to pay the interest and principal 0 o bonds in silver the question being on the amendment of con Cou conkling kling to make the resolution a joint instead of a concurrent one conkling aldas t ald nid aid as the constitution of the united states deposited with the Pres Pros ideLt one sixth of the whole lawmaking law making power of the government he thought it should have the sanction of the executive as well as two houses of congress the debate was continued ina lna in a colloquial manner by edmunds thurman and kernan hernan and the senate on motion of davis ilis ills ilia adjourned washington VV ASHINGTON 25 the bill to remit taxes on insolvent savings banks was discussed briefly and postponed until tomorrow to morrow the bill directing the secretary of the treasury to cause the custom house at ht memphis tenn to be constructed of tennessee marble passed 25 at the cx ex pir atlon of the morning hour can t of the resolution of matthew declaring the right of government to pay the bonds in js ilver liver the amen umen amendment dment s of conkling making the resolution a joint instead of a concurrent one was rejected yeas 23 nays 39 i edmunds amendment to mat resolution providing for the 41 I 1 payment of bonds in gold and def claric gany any other course a violation of public faith was rejected 44 to 18 three pairs were announced F aio alo mon MoB amendment was reject I 1 ed MO anko 14 chadlee withdrew his hia amendment of december edmunds moved indefinitely to postpone the resolution rejected 43 to 22 matthews matt Mati hews resolution was then agreed to 43 to 22 is the question then recurred on the pre preamble Anible submitted by ed munds munda on the lust and it was reject rejected edy eds yeas 19 nays 41 the vote next taken was on the preamble submitted by morrill on the lath insl which was rejected without the roll call adi edmunds munds the then an moved to amend the py preamble gamble famble submitted ty b y mat inserting the following 11 1 I 1 her easily the tho provision of of 1873 passed on ap that year and of the nyls revised d statutes which took tool W hect hecl act on the first day of december cem berof of that thab yean all provisions af law lava authorizing the coinage of such skier skien dollar were repealed the amendment nt of edmunds was rejected yeas 20 nass nays 38 the question oli then recurred on the preamble as submitted by matthews tawson on the jtb of december and it was adopted without amendment ye yeas aa 42 nays 20 the preamble a and nil ncy resolution ha having reen been passed allison moved that tiie the benabe itaki take up the abuse bill baho to the free coinage of br the standard silver dollar or re restore stoie its legal tender character vice vlee president that comes up by b y order morrill then took the floor to address dress s the behave on the silver bilyen bill I 1 to fo fer Per ferry aud and on his motion the senate went into execl tiye session and when the doors doos we were 0 o reopened re opened adjourned till 11 monday washington X 23 tiie the borni morning na houreas hour was vas occupied in ift the pre presentation enta onta of petitions remonstrating against the reduction of certain and the restoration of the tax on tea annd atad coffee ac all of which were referred voorhees presented a petition of citizens of albany N Y in favor of of si silver bliver iver lver and re 1 e ia of the specie resumption act referred beck gave notice that he would tomorrow to morrow call up the resolution submitted by him last week declaring it inexpedient either to maintain or impose taxes at this time timo for the purpose of providing for tor the asked for by the th Bicie Sicie tary of the treasury for fw a if staking rund fund the house lal to remove ob from the mississippi missouri arkansas and red bed Rivers rivera was was wag taken up an and d passed HOUSE washington 23 fran franklin frankiin hlin h kiin kiln lin presented a resolution of merchants of kansas city in favor of the of silver referred ellsworth introduced a bill relieving bank deposits from internal tax referred the house took up the steamboat bill and luttrell offered an amendment providing that no american vessel shall employ in a any n y capacity whatever a chinese or bion blon mongolian gollan hanna of indiana asked if there was a government onearth that would make such buch ha a di discrimination 8 to which luttrell replied that he did nut nut not believe there was a man on the pacific coast republican or democrat unless he be was a capitalist who did not believe in jn making the discrimination it was in the interest of labor murals and of good government harrison harrlson Har of illinois said sup gup pose an an american ship on the chi nese coast shall have somei some of its seamen disabled or suppose they should die or desert would you have the captain send to america fer for sailors lut Jut luttrell trell well weli am in favor of protecting american seamen laughter saylor baylor would not the same same principle apply ap ly to td all foreigners luttrell K 0 o sir saylor baylor and is it not in direct violation of the treaty with china luttrell I 1 do not know that it is hubbell characterized luttrella Lut proposition as absurd saylor baylor called for the reading of the fifth and sixth articles of the treaty of or 1868 with china which secure the right of the people of each country to travel trade and live jn in the other country goode of Tf iginia virginia remal remarked ked that this whole question was now before the committee du on education and labor that it was a delicate and difficult problem and ithac it was premature to bring it before the house now he therefore suggested the withdrawal of the amendment luttrell at the request of the gentleman from virginia I 1 withdraw the U amendment 2 saylor baylor imbat that is aI ailant all nil I 1 want I 1 want the steamboat bill to pass mr ward of Penn pennsylvania sylvani a offered ofa ora an amendment requiring ocean steamships to carry a mortar and other appliances for casting ca sting shot lines on shore in case of shipwreck adopted AV washington AS HINGTON 2 24 04 the proceeded to the consideration of we the bill or a handing the laws lawi concerning cernig commerce and navigation regulation of salt sait vessels moved to strike out the ie section which provides that whenever damage isy s sustained by any passenger off a team steam vessel vess ves s through fire explosion or other causes buch euch casualty occurring without the fault or knowledge lin of the owner af pf f the vessel vesse the owner shall only be liable to the extent of blehi his interest lerest f an fn such guch vessel fessel town that under that section he light might be bo roasted alive on the hudgon huda on river on a steamboat owned by vanderbilt who who was worth hla hia millions millio lis jis and hud yet kentle man could only beheld be held liable to the extent of the value of the hulk of the 1116 vessel beebe offered an amendment providing that any person sustaining loss through the carelessness or wilful misconduct of the mates en gine eror pilot he might sue the owner for damages he accused reagan of bringing into the house the bill in the interests of property reagan beagan denied the charge bui bul but bul opposed demagoguery amendment was rejected to iii 4 on motion flews words I 1 on indictment aad and conviction of such careless nees ness was inserted and hookers amend men the owner from irom liability if an explosion occurred without his fault was rejected townsend towns Towne end new york moved to strike out the whole paragraph regarding the liability of owners rejected to 91 the paragraph as amended is as follows whenever damage issus is sus BUS bained by any passenger in person or property from explosion fire collision or any other cause to which his hia negligence does not contribute the masters an downers of such vessel or either of them and find vassel shall be liable to each atad and every p person erson erbon so to the full amount 6 of the damage if it hap bap happens pens through any way neglect or failure to tb comply with the provisions gl onsol of this bill or through the defects or imperfections of the steaming te aming apparatus or of the vessel which could have been detected annd arid provided against by reasonable care but if such explosion fire ar gon lon collision C I 1 or shail shall bli sli till occur 6 without ther negligence fault privity or knowledge of the owner or owners the total liabilities of such owner or owners respectively shall in no case exceed th the e amount e erua equa ap al to the amount 0 or r value of his or their interest in such vessel at the bommen commencement cement of the voyage or trip and any person sustaining loss or injury as aforesaid without guilt or negligence on his part through the carelessness careless nessy negligence or wilful misconduct of any master mate engineer or pilot or his neglect or refusal to obey the laws governing the navigation of such steamers may sue such master mate engineer or pilot and recover damages for any such injury caused by any such master mate engineer or pilot bandsuch and sueh such officer on indictment and conviction bf buch auch carelessness les ies ness negligence wilful misconduct neglect or refusal may also be imprisoned not exceeding three years lockwood moved an amendment to the section fixing thesal the salaries arles aries tu to steamboat inspectors classifying them from frum 1700 a year down to pending nin Pin ding discussion the house adjourned washington 25 some gome bills baying haying been introduced and referred the house considered the bill for revising steamboat laws which after discussion was wag passed by a vote of to 8 the house went into committe committee 6 of the whole on the bill hill extending eiten digg the time for the withdrawal withdraw a i 1 of distilled spirits in bond until july several bills were set aside for the purpose after further argument and und great confusion the tho committee arose without action on the amendment knott from the judi judiciary elary committee reported that in congressman con CoD gress smalls case there was no breach ot of p privilege lege lof the house howe 0 ordered r dere d printed adjourned tomorrows to morrows session will be only fer general debate washington 28 A bill was presented by atkins making disclosures of private telegrams a misdemeanor in ii the district of columbia i AMERICAN washington 23 the bill introduced trod in the banate today to day by blaine i 1 in full text as av follows BE IT ENACTED LN etc that bal hal iou lou lion ion may be deposited at any coinage mint pr aasal ollice office la in the city of new york for returns in silver dollars of grains standard silver at such euch rate or price per standard gance dance of bullion as all may from time to time lime be fixed by the director of the mint with the ap approval in writing of the secretary of and which rate shall correspond as exact ly ai as possible with the market rate and bullion thus placed shall la in addition to other required coinage authorized by the existing law be coined without delay to the fuji full ca capacity of the mint sec see 2 that any gain or profit arising from the coinage of eliter silver dollars shall after the payment bf bf lawful wasie waste rare rage be converted into the treasury of the united states at the close of each fiscal year 3 an tin ed to tobe be coined shall shail be legal tender fender as by the existing raw jaw in common with gold for all sums up to and including sa 5 and for all bums sums excluding 5 eh sh all have the right to tender in fall payment and end the creditor the right to demand halt the amount in gold cornand coin coln and half in silver dollars sec 4 fine rine or gland eland ard gold and silver bars bara bearing the stamp of any coinage mint or assay omee office in new york shall be received by the assistant treasurer of the united states at new york for their stamped I 1 value which shall shail be their thein coining rates respectively and coin certificates shall be issued by the assistant treasurer in the same bame manner as coin certificates are now bissu issued d for gold coin cola and certificates so issued shall hall be redeemed by the secretary of the treasury on remand of the office of bf the assistant treasurer at new york in coin corn or stamped bame bare of bullion deposited at his option the marriage of king alphonso to the princess mercedes was celebrated tonight to night with great brilliancy at Worm leys leya hotel the residence of the spanish minister and madame adama Nl mantilla who had bad Is issued sued cards of invitation in honor of the event the 9 guests nests commenced to arrive at 9 the minister and members of the legation were in full fall uniform the scene W was as remarkably brilliant among t he the gentlemen present were all the foreign legations legat ibris and army and naval natal meers officers off in full uniform un froam justices atthe supreme court both committees OB on foreign affairs aff aima alra members of the two houses of congress and presiding officers me members ambers of the cabinet and assistant secretaries WHEELING va vay 23 A fire this morning destroyed the oil refinery of J NV warren Erren co including barrels of refined oil the loss is supposed to be about BOSTON 23 in wool there is no material change in the market the demand is steady but moderate manufacturers |
