The Sun.
London, England, 1869-01-14 00:00:00

CONGRESS.

Little business has been done in Congress since
our last Report, and the Spring field Republican
thus summarises it :—" On the 18th of December
Senator Edmonds of Vermont introduced a strin-
gent bill to remand Georgia back to the control of
a Provisional Government till the State is ready to
to do justice to the negroes, and this bill, or some-
thing like it, is sure to pass, as the feeling of Con-
gress is very dPcided upon the subject. On De-
cember 19 the Copper Tariff Bill was debated for
an hour in the upper bratch, but no action was
taken on it, and it then went over till after the holi-
days with many more deserving measures. The same
day the resolution was adopted to look into the ease of
the steamer Wren and the payment thei efore that the
English Lairds are reported likely toget, through the
ruling of the Attorney-General ; and the Judicial"'
Committee was instructed to r_appoint a bill for the
re-apportionment of members of Congress, in accord-
ance With the second section of the fourteenth con-
stitutional amendment. Monday, Dec. 21, Mr.
Sumner presented a petition for striking the word
white out of our naturalisation laws, and Mr.
Wilson, also of this State, introduced a bill, which
provides that any judge of the Supreme Court may,
after reaching the stage of 70, resign, and there-
after, during life, receive the same pay as when ill
active service. On the same day Mr. Van Wycke,
from the committee on retrenchment, made a re-
port on the whisky frauds at New York, and
the way the efficiency of the Internal Revenue
Department has been hampered by the President.
The report presents little that is new, but fully
confirms previous reports on the same subject._
Nothing has been dose in the case of Menard, the
coloured membsr of the House elect from Louisiana,
and several complications will have to be disposed
of before he gets his seat. The President has ap-
proved the bill giving cannon for the erection of a
monument to General Philip Kearney, but it is ex-
pected that he will veto the bill to allow the orga-
niza, ion of militia in some of the Southern States,
on the ground that the two or three States not yet
reconstructed are not included in its provisions. A
good deal of business of one kind and another was
laid out for the committees, before the holiday re-
cess, more, in fact, than usual; and after Congress
assembles again we may expect a couple of months
of.steady, productive work.

A new stern-wheel steamer has just been built
for the Colorado River. It is called the Chindu-Wan, an
Indian name signifying "leader," or pilot. Another
novelty is spoken of by the Stockton Independent, viz., a
steamer to ply on Salt Lake, which General P. E. Connor
has built on the river Jordan, and is now ready to he
launched. The machinery was procured trom California,
but everything else was furnished on the spot. It will
be employed during the winter in towing ties for the
Union Pacific Bailroad, hut during the ensuing summer
will be fitted up for passengers.

The heirs of Elias thwe have petitioned Con-
gress for another seven years percentage on sales of the
sewing machine he invented. The Tribune asserts that
while the retail price of a good sewing machine is abelit
$6O, it can be mauufa.ctufed at fro.n $lO to $l4, and the
remuneration to the patentees has been ample in view. of
this enormous profit. The. case of Elias Howe's heirs,
however, differs from a mere improvement, an I he who
succeeds in lessening human labour to such an extent that
he benefits mankind should receive no s:iut.s.l means of
that benefit himself.

It is said that the new three and five cent pieces
have not been approved by the authorities at Washington•
Postmasters complain that they are required to take th6se
small coins in large quantities in payment for stamps/
but the Post-office Department refuses them in settlement
of accounts. They are composed of nicklo copper, and
weigh respectively one and a half, three, awl five grains•
On one side is the head of " Liberty," surrounded by
" United States of America" and year of coinage. On the
other is an olive wreath surrounding the numerals 1., III.?
and V., indica ing the value of the piece. The material
is the Pennsylvania nickel and Lake Superior copper
which combined has an appearance resembling silver, Yet
di,tinct from it.

Madame Rachel, who is just now at liberty, and
who, it is said, is not likely to return to gaol, the objec-
tion urged on her behalf being a sufficient one, has suf-
fered severely from her incarceration, and is much altered
from her appearance when in the dock of the Old Bailey
The famous shop in Boud-street is closed, and it is said
that Madame Rachel's daughters have transferred her busi-
ness to Paris, and are now vending their celebrated drugs
in the gay capital.

Atnlng the interesting districts opened out by
the Union Pacific IN!read is the Humboldt, which is rich
in minerals. The Mining and Scientc Press says: -"G"1
he Truckeo there are pyritiferous copper ores ; on Hun"
boldt Desert are fine beds of pure sa't ; beyond, in the
vicinity of Oreana, is a curious mineral section, differing
from anything elsewhere known in the world, in having
large deposits of carbonate of lead, probably cerusite (oro
have not heard of any crystals); at Emigrant Canon gold
has been found ; eleven miles beyond Argenta, at Sho-
shone Point, the railroad cuts through a ledge of argentife-
rous galena; near the same place—six miles back—coal is
found plentifully to smelt the same, and thenceforward
to Salt Lake there are frequent evidences of coal.
Humboldt Desert is volcanic, being covered by a black
lava. There are many hot springs, incrusting lime, and
alkali. A very remarkable country of burning springsl
which will become renowned, is situated due south of
Beowawe Gate station eight miles. The entire ground
for over a mile is covered with little blue flames, and the
soil quakes. Indians resort thither in the winter for
warmth. Being on the side of a mountain the fires can
be seen eight miles distant, at Beowawe Gate. Another
volcanic region is in the Shoshone Point neighbourhood,
between Argenta and Gravelly Ford ; where a pass be"
tween two mountains presents one of the most striking
views on the road. A lava range, consisting of great
hills, crosses there, running north and south. The rest
of the country is sedimentary, and to a great extent meta-
morphic ; the country affords many fossil shells, and the
sides of the mountains everywhere show parallel water
lines, evidencing past submersion. In Humboldt canon
a fossil mastodon and fossil lizards have been found,which
were forwarded for Judge Crocker's museum."

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