Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-07-09
F0RrIETH CONGRESS,
TAia Afternoons frocsedines.
EDSEsnAr. July


- WEpNEsDar, Jnlya
sa>Afn-NF. Hariau. from shs Commst,s.
tn. act fssiiys 20 IN. ec,.ryess,o. S.' ~ s%eaans
sra DE- fgtinx them poet ror tes
a. - M ohos ohersd n res.l atlon rsQ uasftps
a ,tayw.., - ~ Sne TO transmit 70 he Senaie
80 W Tue number Of State viii, n
hAfs raish she lsth amer draent =, ths o.
alston, with tue resolutions on rstincx,,o, 81
Of rsi ncat oa by osher Ss,ss ~, TO re o'esions
G Wd ~ hIm- Adoptad. w.
NJ. Cauell called up bin to proy,ae for .
tue purpose OF redsemlnr aud res;rs.a srs Iot
sasnotng oUmpouns interest notrs N
Mr.. CStteil explained thai there wer, nm
sS,ss' and ,ss sonr.s,aneios rs compound iAlsre-,
monsv o. re op'nioa that n was h---; to re
nre them v IN these temporary three per cent.
s,is S1 ~. soI The e,l Was approved Of
Oonptroiirr Of the Cprreney, frou eoth ~
whom he wouid read letters -
MI. Iruuoull wss not rrrparsd 20 consider
~ou.d prefer n should 20 over Tor sIamtaa-
uon. We had had IN our vaults for wear.
ssyeniy hve or e,sh 2 millions doasrs i,Iae
IDLE, and be Mr.. To hid soIght 20 hsv.
some scheme devised by which III. rnld
should be put 20 some use, and noi lvinr
iok ben the Government was paying in-
teseet AT per c~nt in gold on bonds thai his
IDLE gold could take mp AZ any time.
DE could not conceive OF any explanation
NAV contd De orercd for this satp Of facts
Whst would ee thought OF BUSINESS rrsr who
pad high rates of In 'er-et on his tadeet.dasss
sao k'pt the twentieth psrt Of what h. hat
noaidcd MP in his vaults for yearsl As ne hsa
sasd before, Il was dangerous 20 the liberu.s of
the country to keep such a great amo1n, 80
coin lying idle. lie dld hot saw that a. soala
ee used Tor improper purposes. but In the
.a1,,en, oi ulSnenest men az mlght aud very
MT. Sherman said the bill subs,ttut.d ,hrss
PCT cent. Interest aloue, payable In currency,
regard 10 the keeping of gold an III. Trsssarx
Ne oeheved u had the tendency to- prevent an.
Jurious fluctuations in the premiums
NY Coie believed toe bill a. b. but another
step towards INCREASING the interest
MI. fessenden advocated the bilI IL wa.
smbIe proposition 10 pay OF six per cent.
no, nons .nss % must b. paid, into three per cent.
notes; and II this proposition did not commend
! nseif 10 the common sense of every one A. wa.
useless 20 argne upon IT,
Mr. Trumoun thought IL would be miserahI.
economy 10 borrow money a. three per cent
rowing ~ sill
The silI was then postponed until to.mOr-
Mr., W lson called mp the joirt resolu,,on 20
crop from the rolls OF the army certain oficer.
on tne amy sbsent from their commands with
MT. johnson asked why these officers oonld
not be uled by cOurt-martiaI
MT; Wilson said they could not b. found
they had IN fsct deserted: they STOOD in The vny
OF promotion Of these officers of the army ana
the secretory OF War states that this is osIy
ay TO reach thu m
TERED TO are some half dozen lieutenants Of ar
ullery Ind Infantry
Mr.: johnson asked 10 take MP the btlf for IN.
rehef OF the Ladies' Mount Vernon A-soca-
tiop, but objection was made by Mr.. TrumbuII.
The SPECIAL order, being the tax bill, was
then rken MP, the question being on the amend
ment OF Mr.. Pomeroy 10 restore the tax 20 -
per gallon; which wa. rrIected. as follows.
feGs - Messrs. Anthony. Cole, EdmundS
Harlan. Mcdonald, Morrill, of Me- Morton,
Nye; osborn, Pomeroy, Ross, Thayer, rptoD
Na,s-Messrs. OatteIl Chandler, Conkline.
Cragin, Davis. Drake, Ferry, Fessndsn. Fow-
isr, Hendneks, Howard, johnson, McCreery,
morgan, morrill, Of VI, Patterson OF N. n,
Ramsey, Sherman, Stewart, sumner, Trum-
onii, Van WIrkle, Nickers, Welch. Williams
WIlsopand Yaes-2a.
Mr. Morton then moved 70 make the "a. gO
cents per gallon.
Mr.. Nye thought the Finance COMMITTEE had
acted very unwIsely in agreeing 10 the reduc-
tion OF th,s tax; it should be placed AT a dollar
~ least, and should BE- collected as other gov
err ments collected their taxes.
M Van Winkls spoke OF the subsidizinr of
and the fact that many oficIals, of pure char
acter, mp 10 the time of their appointment. hai
been corrupted by the great temptation
HousK or REPREsESTATIvys.-The Honse
res nmed The consideration of the bill p-adiug
at the adjournment yesterday evening for the
reiiei OF certain loyal Choc-av and Chickasaw
indians, The previous question having then
been seconded.
Pending the consideration OF the bin there
was good deal Of confusion in the hall, ana
the Speaker hao great difficulty in preserving
Mr.. washburne lIll-) said the Republicans
had right 10 be gnbilsnt because they had Just
been informed Of Seymour's nomination.
The pending bill wa. finally passed.
Mr Butler Mass introduced bill 20 equst
ize taxation, and to reduce the interest on the
puene debt Referred 10 Commitiee Of Ways
On mouon Of Mr.. o'NeilI Pa the Secretary
OF the i Treasury was authorized TO donate TO the
national cemeteries (ose 70 each cemetpryD the
columns taken from the old Pennsyivania
LAM nd 20 ou.sdtng IN Phiiadelphia- the same to be
Mr.. Banks tMsss-l moved 10 postpone the
vote upon the Alaska bill, which had been
dered to be taken to-day, until Tuesday next
after The morning hour He gave as a reason
for TINS motion that large number Of mem
After some discussion upon points OF order
raised In relstion 70 postponement, the bill vas
poe tponed until Tuesday after the morning
hour, by vote OF s3 70 IS
Mr.. Moorhead fPa.) moved that the Hou.e
resolve itself into Com mittrs OF The Whole, and
gave notice that II the motion prevsilsd he
would move TO lay aside all prior orders, and
The motion was agreed to-yeas q; nays, So
ana tns House resolved ITSELF into Committ-s
OF the Whole.
Mr.. Moorhead then moved TO Law aside all
prior orders and take up the tar bill
This was objected 20, and It therefore became
necessary 70 take the prior orders up sepa-
ratefy. and vote upon them ssrtGtsa.
Pending the consideration of a MOTION 20 law
aside one Of the bills on The calendar no quo
rum was found voting.
The roll was called. and q quorum ap-
peared.
The prior orders were severaIly laia aside
al fier much opposition. until a bill in the cal
endar IN relation TO the liq uidstion Of the Ma
tional debt was reached, when. for purposes OF
fnrther delay. the opponents of the tariff bill
demanded the reading Of the bill
The qurstioL upon aging the ball aside wa.
taken and no quorum voted, and the roll was
again called 10 ascertain IL there was quorum
in the Hall
quorum answered, and the bin was laid
aside
TELEGRAMS TO THE STAR.