National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1874-01-30
XLIIId CONGRESS-.
sENArE.

r stitution was taken up and passed. Tho Cha
appointed Mr.. Sargent of California, membf
OF the Board OF Regents of the Smithsonia
, Institution on the part Of the Senate.
Eulogies were pronounced on the late Jane
Brooks aud W. d. Foster, and resolutions Q
respect adopted.
Mr.. Ferry, Of Michigan. said az no shared /
tho public anxiety that the Senate should &C
on the question Of finance Immediately h
; proposed to modify his substitute for the reso
luton OF tho committee, 80 IN to narrow til
subject down to q moderate increase of tn
currency. He, therefore, withdrew the sub
stitnte formerly presented by him, and sub
mitted the following:
" That the Committee on Finance DO directe
TO report to the Senate, at a. early day q
practicable such measures as viii restore com
mercial confidence, and give stability ant
elasticity to the circulating medium through
moderate increase Of the currency"
MIR. Frelinghuyscn presented bill to secur
resumption Of specie payments without con
tracing the currency, and II was referred /,
tho Committee on Finance. II authorizes tn
Secretary Of the Treasury to issue 1925, 00O, 00
OF six per cent. ten-forty bonds to be disposed
OF from time to time, for the purpose of pur
chasing two hundred million dollars Of golt
coin, with which to redeem legal-tender notes O
tho United States; and 1t shall be in the dis
erection Of the Secretary Of the Treasury, 81
soon AZ he shall deem it expedent, with sucl
amount OF gold AZ for the time being he ma,
malo pIucureu' 10 c9nnenco ",,m commune tnt
they are not to be reissued, except in exchange
for gold coin at par, and when 30 reissued they
shall be redeemabe in gold coin, but the tota
amount OF legal tenders outstanding and re-
uoeneu sha'i W no 'iihe eAceea three O., huhareo
anu n,ty-sN niiioh uoiiars. Inc Din iurthei
P $1,000 'na. ~, a..er oo'iilhomolne saiu r.
ueuptlon, tne Hove,nIhent shah 10 uha0ie te
pass % sa,a Gg PM IN gG th e
asones";S hy, ~. o.. . &c ., ~ '~e"'SA's VIC
n h;s ro oous q" ~ T nor Sno . =, so,oo
| s,h,rn M gor.n,, - Tnd;ana Psa;a !. M q
IT,,;tad Stotos onId, VI i,n '.,,;Ja% ~, 49,.
ar;o,ao 80 EunIanI T., oo r.. Su ,,,ot.o " 90,
tract;on Tbarn wss hard wv man iiv;no tivo
L. snc,,, III, 10y. - a., M,t6si = IT, ="
os iio,i, 1an, anu os, . VI tM n'eT mn ~,
Facilities for ha5L cr.d;ts tboro wave much
greater than in this country and there was not
ffhe necessity for az creai n woimme "f cnr'
roNcv Tnniond Will, La, th;rt,, nv Tit,
neon,e has six r, Ml o1 nrran:v AMI n tHn
tinted States with her forty milton neonie
had only eioht millions cnrrancv Ho IA rmot
th;nl, c,r curroncw radmn5ani T. had hao,,
argned that we had hm;it railroads too fast
He did not heieve . Senator or this 400,
would say L;s Stoto bod omo rarood ,nn va,
prohably sometimes thev o had haen w b,iI I n
| advance of settIomont Int thav ,raro ai,,o ~,
40 ,;oroars W o;,,;,;,ot;n 1aa;u"s .
AGAIN thot tho racant manic; l., o,,r
ia not snr;nn on ~ nav, de-. j.; o,,u n',,
uauo tia t,rnn''., y. az y uo."oo ~ W, oui
.Sn ,,,;a bt ~, Wv ~. nu,, !omi' uuIii's
', nI PAM" ~ @ " ,' .no o,easet. III
oa,u1 re a., saw W., Sealla az Inis cohtlaction
,6A"oh' 'no 'i"'''"'o o"nAins eye'oii iooi'iiiie
"PMI uowo ., Wis ;,.,oa,,o, Hill Cow .,o
,,.;ti.i,aa, - ;I,hi s. oii Ioi 'iie
w s,,iSt;t ~ ~ hasona . noaes anu
n rn1 s"o''''u''on VI i0u0ei"'ie n"''oai oahA
''o NE III :.,.,,
n rat;raa' f,a,,, .Io uaa io,a.e
ooha !, nIi;ns,nr ,,, Ou H. ps;PP loposee w
t;ro onv nt,;6oar ~ W." - Ma. " TO-
'ilo any olhcel Vi 'ile army or marine corps
VIZ 10y mno.e in.o snai nase peen porn ne
upvn .Ho aoei''oi 10 years VI WIZ enai' pe W
yonis ~ aSo' ,. ,
~ .ne nnanciai uiscu an MI. sherman, OF
sn". oo osc ono no6 al .eugls
,st "f ost tTa W 97o te so
900 1st VI January iass 'aey auounteu 70
2 900 t o a 900 ms ~ te iol OF security OF
% 1oen tne isa o1 sno ao currency, Wch
aoo' ~ aio 1on W now anounte
ooo doc 3I, peie an increase VI over sli
%u 'e o 1ai koo oi ncn
1000 ooi D0o a'; I tion @Ioo' ao'ooV W
aS naa t me 'ota Increase on tne
i,an Iy o.oi To- io aieueu tnat AZ
M had peen practicable during the last four years
w ,rnId T u W epoci0 'aie " ho''
NJ "f;tnIan W - ouoo,, ;,,4.o,,,., LII
,,rn,da f"r Vho u 30 to p. -, "
hronor and Sait oId Ra;iunod =, a M
Comnanv the 1rnited States Gnvarnment 70
I1., ~ m4 - :.t -, ~, w
'"I Mr. TT, onan e of II, in dscussiro tho tnorco
,,ast;a o;j h a. Az osouseS rhG nanee
question saia ne u,u no. oppose M 9l.imate re-
..tm W speu.e payem.s nuI coilsiaereu such
ser q" cdld enJ s;iyor ara ot 'n S,,iont %,
nt aI w a, W. 0o nsi,' - NY ~
o, "uu os, na .upioeon. .ao vaiu1 Va iapol
innuus'ry, anu coliainelce, consequently soiu anu
siiver canl,91 nov s serve as tne standard OF
MAI Halue vi aieulih % eNclanee IN tlis country.
nme conh ha o, .ne people IN our paper
sne pane gola zen 10 one hundred ana Six. Inc
os @ rtur ssoun, showed 1U aaa1 .ne amount
VI rul 1hey POI oapi'a III iooo was fourteen
mntn, " ao, T T1n'1 aiiu slnaI ~ ID now
Ioi aeeo ne logical result goes even
n"r;ner. IN iooo me ahount Oh properly per
~hich imcreas s ~ Sovon any doIl.rs nd Genus
M,,om ,noiea Ioao u seven aollals ana ninety
oeo "om.s ~ ioao. me same ra1lo Oh increase
Jo,lora no., %n'u ttu, a.lur1 ."e.Mo
Poi SaPta' uo'ai oi,ouia'iUh VI eieht
nunulou anu my lliiloh uolais. 1his ahount
IL now heeoed 1or ac.ive circulation. 1t would
no. pe pl IN excess OF the amount per capita IN
ureat britain ana france. Inc most rehable
recent STATISTICS represent the circulation in
France at nifty dollars per capita and in Great
Britain at twenty-five dollars per capita: which
latter Is ten per centum more than is here
demanded
HOUSE.
Inc ~; M Dill was discussed anu post
Po me siii march;
-, me senate SUBSTITUTE 1or the House Salary
oii. was passed Dy lle Yeas 10 20 Nays.
new rue, requiring that all bllls making
. shall DC hist CONSIDERED III CON-
ilS1ee ol tie who're, was aaoPIea.
SUPERVISING AfGhltecG Mulett mas recon-
sasa;e " .ie roes-oce OoMnlttee me
ny 1ne acc MIL ano company o1 the