The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-03-04
CONGRE sSLONAL..
xtth CONGRESS = THIRD SESSION.

| SENATE---.......WA W WAsHNGToN. March s.
! At O'Clock this morning the senate
passed he deficiency bill and adjourned.
The Senate met to-day at noon.
/ the joint resolution, instructing the Sec
retary OF the Treasury to Withhold the pay
ments TO Corcoran tor the use of his prop
erty during the war, until he takes the
oath, was re ported, and the yeas and nays
ordered. Pending this vote, Sherman re-
ported Sehenck's bill to strengthen public
credit. It's provisions are substantially
uncnan4 ed. Debate ensued-
Bayard opposed the concurrence iu the
I report and general principle of the bill.
eprague protested against it as a meas
ure calculated to bring about reputation.
Hendricks thought the bill not imprOv-
e5 oy the conference Conninlttee ana urg-
ed that Congress ha no night TO change
! tue. original contract with the bondhold-
Doolitt1e opposed pressing 1t to vote,
aud the President would have no lime to
examine it for approval.
Corhitt supported the bill, as did Will
llams, while Morton, Co.e, Norton auC
BGckaleW opposed It, Finally the report
OF the CotnIl8 ttee was agreed to-8l against
24. The, f0llowlng1s the bill, as agreed to:
Be It enacted, &c., That in order to re-
moN any doubt as to the pui pose of the
government 70, discharge All Just oollga-
conflicting Questions and interpretations
of this laws b. virtue of which such obliga-
LtCns havef been contracted, ii Is hereby
provided and declared thai the faith of
the United States is sOlemnly pledged to
the Dayment in coin or its equivalent of
aIi the obligations OF the UuIGed States,
not beatinS in crest known rs United
states notes, and Of the interest bearing
obligations OF the United states. exc pt II
cases where the law authorizing the issue
OF any su IN obligation has expressly pro
vded that the same be paid In lawful
money or other currency tn&n gOid and
silver; but none OF said interesL-b airing
Obligations nOG already due shall b9 paid
or rede med before maturity, unless At
su n time the United States notes shall be
CONVEX table into coin at the option OF the
holder, or unless at such time the bonds of
than the bonds to ne redeemed, can be SO q
at par in co n; and the United Sta tes also
sJIemnly pledges its faith to make pro-
viston, at the earliest practicable period,
for the redemption of United states notes
in coin.
EC. ?. And be IL further enacted, That
any contract hereafter made specially pay
able in coin, and the consideration of
which may be a loan or sale o property,
or the rendering of labor OF service of any
kind, the price of, rs carried into the con-
tract, may have been adjusted on the basis
of the coin value thereof al the time of
such sale or rendering of such seFvlee or
labor.shalI be legal and valid, and may
ge enforced according to It's terms; and on
the tt1ala of the suit brought Tor the en-
forcemenC OF any such contract, proof of
the real consideration may be given
The morning hour expired, and the
Army Appropriation bill came mp as un-
finishei business
After discussion, Summers amendment,
providing for the payment of the interest
claim OF Mas -acnuseus, was rejected =
10 10 70 3, and the Army Bill passed.
passed-3l against 3.
The Senate, on motion OF Simmer, from
The Committee on Foreign AT tirs, refused
10 concur IA tnt,-IanSe admendment to
The joint .resolutiOn-~~ 'essing sympathy
with > Pdin. 'tH
Nye proposed to call up the bill for the
Telie1 of Norman Wizard.
GcimeS objected. and on COnklings 5 mo-
ton, the Senate went into executive ses-
sion.
After coming out of executive session,
the Senate took n recess.
EVENING SEss ION.
Sumner called up the joint resolution to
carry into effect a decree o. the u. ). Court
of New York IN relation to a British
steamer. Passed.
Sumner moved to take ~ joiRt resolu-
tiOn tO carry into Ell ct the DEGREES of the
u. >. District Court of Louisiana, in rela-
tiOn to a cert in other British steamer, bUs
stewart Objec ed and said he was opposed
to cOmpensatlng British subj jectS for losses
incurred, no matter under what circum-
stances, during the late war, until Great
Britain shall take some positive action for
the payment of the Alabama claims.
The Civil and Miscellaneous Appropria-
ton bill was tnen taken up.
Conkling offered an amendment, which
was agreed 10, to enable the Secretary of
the Treasury and Postm master-General to
exchange the land bought by the United
states for the site of the new Post Office in
New York City, for the same greater
quantity of land further up In the City
Hall Park.