| Show BY TELE oriff GRIff FORTY SIXTH congressional SENATE washington 9 ferry werry presented the credentials li als ais of holbry Ho liry P baldwin the new senator benator was waa sworn into office neek beck introduced a bill to authorize the payment of customs duties in legal tender notes also a bill jo amend titie title 48 of revised stat rutes so as to authorize the purchase of foreign built ships by citizens cl tizana of the united states for use in foreign carrying trade re forred referred bayard introduced resolution that from and after t he the piss passage of this resolution treasury notes of the united states shall be receivable for all dues to the united States excepting duties on imports and shall not be otherwise legal tender and any of bald said notes here after reissued shall bear this lupei supe r scAp ascription tion referred ingalls offered a resolution that in uhe the th opinion of the senate the present volume ot 0 united states notes should not be reduced and ahat that said notes ought to couline contine to be legal tender in payment of debts objected to and laid on the table 0 HOUSE washington ton Tox 2 following la Is the resolution offered by ellis and referred to the committee on foreign affairs whereas the project for constructing ting an inter oceanic canal via ivia nicaragua is recognized as a necessity for the prosperity of the commerce of the world and development of the maritime and commercial interests 4 of the united states and whereas such an enterprise must of necessity be considered of international vitality under the protection of the government of the united states therefore I 1 resolved He Ba solved that the government of the united states pledges itself to accord full and the entire protection to the company to whom shall be granted by the government of nicaragua the concession fon foe the construction of said inter canal and will secure to bald baid company the peaceful enjoyment of the rights conceded by said grants price offered the following pro amble and resolutions whereas eleven months of trial has demonstrated conclusively that the resumption of specie payment on the of january 1879 has been a success and equal to the hopes of the most sanguine friends of that measure and whereas it has been equally well and fully established aurin durin during 9 the bame same period that as a nation we have the ability to keep in circulation cu lation MO in united states notes commonly called greenbacks green backs and whereas wh teas reas under tv the operation of these in connection with the coinage of the silver sliver dollars U financial and commercial interests of the country in the lasVel last eleven even eyen months have attained a degree of prosperity unequalled unequal led in any similar period of the last 20 years therefore be it that in the opinion of the hoube house sound bound policy demands and safe legislation requires that no change be made in this session of congress in view of the present prosperous condition of the country financially we should let we well weil 11 enough alone he desired to obtain a vote upon the resolution but demands for the regular order being made on anthe the democratic bides sides bide side i was referred thompson of kentucky introduced claim bill which he desired to have referred to the committee on judiciary this was objected to by conger who thought that as the bill was a war claim it should go to the committee on war claims and he made that motion the motion was agreed to yeas nays and the bill was referred to the committee on war claims white introduced a joint resolution proposing a constitutional amendment providing that the general appropriation bills shall ahall contain nothing du dut t appropriations riat ions fons and granting power to theareal the president to disapprove of any separate item of a bill without thereby defeating the entire bill referred fort offered the following resolution that any attempt to withdraw or to change the legal status and equality of any paper money issued by the united states or reopen re open by legislation the currency question settled by the decisions of the supreme court and universally adopted and approved by the people would be injudicious and mischievous and could only result in disturbing business and retarding returning prosperity and this house souse is emphatically opposed to any such legislation referred the following bills were introduced and referred by belford to remove the ute indiana from colorado by young relating ing lag to the crime of bigamy by harris revising the statutes so 0 as to provide that deputy marshals haie hais shall be selected from different political parties by speer prohibiting dreis parades of the army on sabbath days by buckner for inquiry as to the advisability of imposing a tax on the consumption of whiskey in stead of on its manufacture by mccord mccond proposing the fol additional article to the constitution congress for the protection of trade and manufacture tures ad idd to carry into effect international national treaties hhall shall have power to grant protect and regulate ane executive right to use trade marks several beveral bills introduced by unanimous consent were referred adjourned jour ned washington athe states were called as on monday for the introduction of bills by F wood new york be it enabled ena oled oed that so much arof the authority conferred on the secretary of the treasury by the acts of july 70 and january 7 to refund the public debt to extend nd as has not been exhausted and executed be and the bame same is hereby modified as to limit the rate of interest on bonds yetto yet to be issued as authorized by these acts to a rate of interest not to exceed aj 3 per cent per annum without transacting any important begines bus bua ines inea the house adjourned A M 8 R Z CA IV wasi WAsE washington angton 2 the radical recommendations made by frest prest sayes and secretary sherman for he the retirement of greenbacks green backs are to today oday day the chief topic of comments la in washington political it is evident they will have the effect of giving much greater prominence to the financial question during the present session than has been heretofore expected the western republicans in congress auevery are very much annoyed by these recommendations and many from the east also think it was unnecessary and aud harmful to raise an issue upon the well settled currency question just bufore before a presidential campaign the resolutions off offered ered in the house of representatives senta tives today to day by price of iowa and fort of illinois were designed to neutralize as far as possible si ble bie the effect of hayes rayes ha yes jes and sherm kaaa a recommendations upon republican pu alican prospects in the western mit tit ates atee and if it the democrats had not shrew edly prevented them being brought to a vote they would undoubtedly have received the public approval of a decided majority of the western republican members people from that section now declare with emphasis that sherman has ruined his presidential chances by thus antagonizing the western republican sentiment men tand aud and great astonishment is expressed on eve eveny every hand that be he should needlessly needless lj have done BO so young wing assistant chinese ambassador ia Is building a residence in the northwestern part of the city it ia Is partially in the oriental style of architecture B B redding the central paci pad no fie railroad i land agent has arrived here representative beed reed of maine says he does not believe any fraud will be attempted in his state the republican caucus committee have arranged that the late senator chandless chandlers Chand lers leeis place on the committee on commerce shall be hons boas as signed to senator Bald baid winand that the other committee vacancy caused by chandlers Chand lers leee death viz that upon the committee on naval af fairs be bo filled by senator ferry another change in the minority representation upon the benat senate e committee will be made by placing senator bl upon the committee on pensions vice ingalls In gallar who re urea tires from it at his hla own request Te guest quest the of internal revenue today to day rece received aired fired a dispatch from collector clarke of atlanta stating that an mault assault by a band of illicit distillers had been made upon his deputies in towns county the tax colle collector etor ator says bays that three of his deputies after seizing several distilleries in rabun county were fired upon and all wounded one of them nive five times the deputies re turned fire and being armed with united states breach loading rifles were enabled to drive the illicit distillers off collector clarke expresses the opinion that there is a plan on the part of illicit throughout the entire mountain section to resist the revenue officers the commissioner has directed the collector to employ a sufficient force of armed men to assert and maintain the supremacy of the revenue laws the cabinet session today to day was devoted almost exclusively to the further consideration of the mississippi sis sippi river biver jetty matter the question was whether under the law eads is entitled to full fall payment for the last qua qun quarter r ter the channel of the river dur during ing about 20 days daysi of that time ti me having been more or lebs less obstructed owing to the proper depth not being maln main bained it awk wa finally concluded upon the recommendation of the attorney general generals that shall receive the amount of his claim subject to a pro nate rata reduction for the atme time during which the obstruction existed the re publican republican senators held a brief caucus this afternoon and referred to a committee consisting of merrill ferry and Rol bol bollins linss the subject of filling the vacancy caused by the death of senator chandler the memberships on the committees tee s on commerce and naval afra affairs irb irs A caucus committee will also take cognizance of any requests that may be presented by members ot at the minority for exchanges of committee positions A gen general erdi erdl has been issued by gen bherman sherman officially an bouncing noun cing the death and commending the Ber ben services vIces of brevet major general jenerson jefferson C davis gen sheridan will give the orders necessary to mark the respect jn in which this thia honored soldier Is universally held by the army NEW ORLEANS oplus a I the election in the city passed oft off quietly a very light vote was polled probably less leas than a two thirds vote the ring ticket in this parish Is generally elected GALVESTON galve an tex 2 A jveta special from waco last night says in the country near here where a dance was progressing bud wood asked miss grace stanfield to dance which she declined wood became angry and demanded to dance wood then followed will currie cunie into a back room and provoked a fight currie knocked nim him down with a pair of tongs they met outside the house had a duel with pistols and a dozen shots were exchanged currie was wounded in the hand band a bystander was wounded in the leg and geo wood was shot in the thigh B bud ad wood then went where miss stanfield was talking with albert coch and made two attempts to shoot shoot her then remarking to coch you are a friend of cuirle currie shot coch dead and escaped NEW NEV 2 stocks irregular but with small fluctuations there was every indication today to day that a prominent operator was trying to depress the stock list and shares of the western union siere were thrown upon the market with this intent the attempt proved a failure BOSTON 2 municipal elections took place today to day at everal several e cities throughout the state in gloucester the result was a republican victory in fitchburg Fitch bury the citizens license ticket was successful the contest in taunton was animated and resulted in the election of charles T johnson independent for mayor the city election in lawrence resulted in an overwhelming wh elming republican victory ALBANY Z 2 this morning while a freight train was standing on the track half way between here hero and schenectady another freight train dashed into it engineer mclaughlin fireman gill and brakeman beal beat were injured but not fatally a number of cattle were killed han BAN francisco 2 at the annual meeting of the mexican mining company today to day the old officers were elected reelected re the disbursements 1 for tho the year were nearly overdraft due the nevada bank the superintendent in his report after revie reviewing wing the operations atio atlo na of the year closes clowes althou although g h no actual development of value has been mille maje in the mine during the past years year yet the known existence of an ore body in the union consolidated soli dated ground on our north and the hardy vein in the Ophir which has produced over durin during 9 the past year on our south taken in connection with the fact of a it great greal grea improvement shown shows in our own ground as greater depth is attained would seem to warrant rea hio gio nabie expectations for valuable developments during the coming year A virginia dispatch says saye the engineer at the union on shaft at the changing of the shift this morning ran the cage into the sheaves eighteen men were in the cage and on the skid beneath nearly all were more or less injured ared one man T 0 mccarty has since died and several others it is feared are fatally hurt the engineer left jeff immediately after the accident A committee of mine miners rs are looking for him NEW new yore YORK 3 the tribune re views the recent address of lesseps ofLe orle seeps la in paris in which announcing his departure for panama on dec ath he laughs at the perils of the isthmus climate and says bays he intends taking his wife and three small children with him he roni lew law 11 the rival claims of nicaragua which whee he dispatches by saying baying it is i long while the panama line Is but 73 the country traversed is subject to earthquakes which might engulf enga if ships whereas antho on the isthmus of panama earth quakes bakes are unknown the outlet to lae lake nicaragua la its ao so crooked a to embarrass the navigation of large a steamers the 21 locks required d would delay the passage of vessels several days rinna made for the he nicaragua canal show 39 curves of which 23 have an insufficient radius finally he asserts it is folly to imagine the nicaragua plan will cost lesi jess money than the panama line for though the mountains are not so high they are broader and more compact de lesseps appears to have all the money needed for the commencement of his enterprise he has paid the columbian government 0 pv aram t fran fraasa ce to assure maure i be the existence of 0 his hla company has I 1 bought out the onu who heva hava concessions for the canal has an engineer on the ground and will take with him two wealthy contractors who did a large part of the work on the suez canal he intends to form a commission of distinguished engineers from many countries among whom be he hopes to count colonel totten to aten the necessary apparatus far for soundings and surveys is already purchased burch ased the tribune adds in view of lesseps perseverance and activity it is no wonder that project projectors orm orR of the nicaraguan route are bestirring themselves and urging grant for a decision on the oner they have made him much longer delay on his part will be attributed to one of two ino rno motives tives a desire to reenter re enter the political flotd or an intention to satisfy himself of the feasibility of the enterprise by a personal examination of the ground during his winter tour in mexico and central america FOREIGN 3 the illness of the queen mentioned la in these dispatches yesterday has not yet materially teri ally yielded to treatment in connection 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