The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-07-01
con d rs H y y.
FORTY-FIRsT rERMl-sRCOND SESSION


WASHINGTON, July 1.-Mr. Anthony was elected
President pro tenn. in consequence OF the absence Of
the Vice-President until after July 4.
The House bill to change the time for holding the
terms of the District and Circuit Courts for the
Northern district Of Ohio was passed.
The House amendments to the bill for the i'm
provemeDt of water communication between the
Mississippi river and Lake Michigan by the Wiscon-
sin and Fox rivers were concurred in.
The Atlantic and Pacific Railroad bill was briefly
discussed, and an Intellectual effort was made by Mr.
Wilson to get up the conference report on the army
At 1915 O'Clock the tax bill was taken up, the
question being upon the amendment to tax the in
terest on United States bonds i've per cent.
House.
Mr.Brooks, OF Mass, introduced joint resolution
giving four pieces of condemned cannon to the city
OF lowell for the ornamentation OF soldiers monu-
ment Passed
MIR. Maynard, from the Committee of Ways and
Means, reported bill remitttHg and releasing all
legacy and succession tax on the devises aud be-
quests made by Matthew Vassar to the Vassar Col
lege at Ponghkeepsie New York.
Messrs. Paine, Benjamin, and other members de-
sired to offer amendments for like provision in
ference to institutions in their districts, but Mr..
Maynard declined to admit them and Insisted on the
previous question.
The previous question was seconded and the bill
passed.
on motion Of Mr.. Stiles, it was ordered that when
the House adjourn tomorrow it be to meet Tues
On motion Of Mr.. Sargent the Senate bill to grant
tie right of way to the Alameda road through the
public lands in California was taken from the
Speakers table, briefly explained. and passed.
The House then proceeded to the call OF commit
tees for reports OF a private nature
Bills for the extension of patents were reported
Pateut OF John Tyler, Of West Lebanon, N. H., for
improvement in water wheels; patent of Stephen
Hail. Of Poughkeepsie, for improved harvester; pa
tent of Pierpont Seymour, of East Bloomfield,
Conn, for seed planters; patent of Jacob A. Ander.
son, for improved cooking stove; patent of Fras NJ
Strong and Thomas Ross, for Improvement in plat
form scales patent OF Alex. G. Twinng, for pro-
Mr.. Waikin reported bill for the relief of the
widow and Iheirs of Thomas w. Harvey in the ex-
tensen of the wood screw patent.
Mr.. Dawes (Mass.), opposed the bill and argued
against the renewal of the Harvey patent, which
had been enjoyed for twenty-one years, and had
produced enormous profits to its owners. The bill
had been already three times before the House and
been rejected.
Mr.. Calkin advocated the bill as being exclusively
for the benefit of the widow and heirs OF the lnven
tor.
the bill on the table. Negatived-yeas S5, nays &c.
The morning hour expired, and The bill went over.
Mr.. Butler of Massachusetts, offered resolution
requesting the President to demand OF the British
Government under what pretense of right, and
arrested and detained on their voyages in the
Straits of Canso on their way to the fishing grounds
by vessels flying the British flag. Adopted.
ton of the funding bill. No amendment was made
to the second or third sections.
On motion Of Mr.. Schenck the fourth section was
amended by striking out the words, "In the order
of their numbers and issue, beginning with the first
Mr. Holman moved to amend the fourth sec.
ton by providing that the ve-twenty bonds shall be
paid in greenoacks, and made an argument in sup
port OF his amendment.
Mr. Schenck replied to him, and argued that ali
that question had been finally and cOnclusivey set.
tied by the passage of the act Of the present Con
gress to strengthen the public credit which declared
the faith of the United States solemny pledged to
the payment in coin its equivalent OF all the obli-
cations of the United states not bearing interest and
OF all obligations bearing interest, except in cases
where the law authorizing the issue had expressly
provided that the same might be paid in lawful
money.
He declared that the worst, the meanest the foul.
est of all possible regulations would be now for
the Forty-trst Congress to ignore aud trample upon
its own very first act of legislation.
Mr.. Woodward asked Mr.. Schenck whether II the
judgment of the court should be that under the act
of 1862, the fve-twenty bonds were payable in
greenbacks, he would not admit that the act to
strengthen the public credit did not save them?
Mr.. Sehenck said he admitted no such thing. If
he admitted as he did no that there ever had been
any doubt the subject, he still contended that the
United States estopped by the act OF the 18th
of March, 1869, by which all claim right to raise
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