New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-03-31
XLIVrH CONGRESSES SESSION.

REGULAR REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS.
| MT. BEIKSAP IMPEAcHED-sILvER BILLS DEBATE iN
|. norm HOUSES WITHOUT FINAL ACTION IN BITHER
ILL WORDS IN THE syNlTg OVER MISSISSIPPI
"A SITE FOR LICK oBsER AroRY ASKED.
SENATE. WASHINGTON. March 30 1870.
| In the Senate to-day bills, petitions, &c,
were introduced and referred ~ follows:
! BY Mr. SARGENT Qep, Gala petition OF tne
Regents OF tho University OF California. James LICK ana
others trustees of the James fund.- asking for site
Of Land on the mountains in Santa Clara County for
| an observatory. contemplated In the DONATION vi
by Mr. CAMERON GRep., Penn)-A petition OF 100
pensioners of PENNSYLVANIA against the abo'hnen' vi
By Mr STEVENSON Dem, Ky)-A memorial OF
citizens Of Kentucky asking that the barracks and arsenal
OF century nearly and which 4 Is proposed 10 re-
on Military Affairs. an adverse report on the petition OF
RossnDerS sssng dG1 Famon and
MaiorLSen. sgel in Missouri in 1862 Concurred IN
ubon h a peition Of oracs l. Emery for the
OF a patent for cottop-gnning machines - a..
on SomnePse, a3vofssy p t. the bill to improve the light
house service. Concnrred m .,o :,
santa Clara County CAL to the OF me james
Lien Fund Referred to the Committee Public lands
asking President of the United states to ntereede
With Her Majesty the Queen Of Great Britain Tor the re-
Petitions we're presented FROM Pennsylvania LonS,ana
and Kentucky against changing the tarlU, ana from Ne"
York against the repeal Of The bankrupt law
SILVER AS A LEGAL TENDER.
Mr. SHERMAN (.ep, Oho) called zip the bill to amend
the laws relating to te legal tender OF silver CON- ana
moved strike out all after tho enacting clause ahd
amend by inserting " The silver coins OF the United
states except the trade dollar shall be legal tender at
then nominal value iST any a1s sa hIl be cbsn is
to r @nSs the sn sy coins OF Inc country except o 0
Mr.. JONES Ccp New said the Object OF tho bll was
10, Ale
business without embarrassment. He sail that sup
sdiary coin could ny be purchased win gold VIZ" n ~, y
yer bullion could De pIichas with gCld anl theh ~
taking he mint they could get II coined into me
trade dollar: or IL other words, "the trade dollar cOud
be purchased with silver bullion, while they must have
gold TO purchase subsidiary con sach as halves quar-
iers, etc. which they needed for change the result was
that tie subsidiary coin became degraded 10 tc udie
dollar" This would necessarily DC so until god ana si
pass concIFcntly 1t resulted from thc Iick 9i UNI
foiny In coinage The passage OF the hiil Would ieln
ey te matter BY preventing the trade dollar from Dehs
THE MISSISSIPPI RESOLUTION.
Pending discussion the morning hour expired, and Mr.
MORTON lgop, Ind demanded the regular order, and
the CHAIR laid before the Senate the Mississippi resoiu
ton.
Mr.. BAYARD Dem. DELI addressed the Senate in OPP
position the resolution. lie thought 1t remarkaDlc
that the resolution asked for five only. Why
not include mcmbe:s OF the House on TINS occasion
There 10 be occasion for this uYeSl Sduol No
one here COutestng Senatorial scat. Why not wait
til he comes here ana then II Tie question asea if II De
Of the Southern States spring from the detectives VINO
went down there By direction or the D-par ment oI JUS
tce bad not forgotten that tens ~ millions OF dol
lars had been expended by this same Department Oh Us
tee carry oUt IT, notorious design Of manufacturing
SIR BOUTWELL, (I.ep.. Mass) called attention to this
remark about OF millions Of dollars, and Thought the
facts w0uli not bear out ;bo assertion.
Mr. BAIARD said the Senator had AIKEN advantage OF
IFS courtesy nyrlng for question TO ineiiec, po-
itical TRADE Of bitter kind, and II he bad derived any
comfort 10y IL he welcome to it. lie continued Iis
opposition 10 the resolution, for which, lie SAID there Is
Mr. BOUTWELL, said when no offended any one he
generally wanted 10 explain or APOLOGIZE lie Thought
TIE Senator from Delaware in quc ulcyii AMI angry
manner had charged him win injecting political trade
brought up under the code slavery. lie (Nr. Boutwell,
not here as a scholar or teacher ana he da not
propose to be taught IN manners by the senator from
delaware. 1t Was the natural odSlO"ta oil the system
oi slavery, and mon who were rdisgd under edeh h1
auCes could not De expected 10 maintain proper con-
sdcaton iOr the rights O others lie further dct uced
tAe s.Iycry regime.
Mr BAYAKD replied that i did not lie in the heart of
any 10 say that lac mad done any ng That was not
faithful aud loyal to the Uli0n lie belonged to family
every drop the blood IN whose veins came from 10Y al
people and aiy vino charged differently states, III
M. MORTON said The Senator asked. why not make
ihis Joint committed and Thought II Was 'leasohdOs
to leave out the House Does ne Sehater IIs"s 'n'
there about 80 committees in the other House IN
yc,tating matters All by thcrnscyc8i Ostensbiy they
doing this 10 ascertain WAat idtbef ie5S",loh IS
necessary, but really TO maze p.itlcai capital "9
senator han char god that tens Of millions OF dollars had
been expended 6y Tire Department. Of Justice In the
fustnelauce IFS ends IN the South Teas Of millions
, IN. !" man more lie then read from the
Appropriation bills showing That e irst year ~ the OF
Esiilittio'l - ttll7 it'l- '4'i'i' l4 '' va
apuru,at eXpcu-Ds, and greater sum Than
bad expended III any one yeat during the Few
Years OF s eXst,uc" That, he said. iotiy dispioYcd
Tie statement tho Senator ISDm DELAWARE Dir Nor
further discussed tng eaiyeci uais 10 C decision
The supreme Court Monday last, and dII II the d.
cison Of that Court sustained The construction when
the senator from Delaware had put upon II, tEcu ne
wholly rcpddateGit IL.
MrWIiNERS (Dom ya) opposed the resolution i'll a
long argument.
Er MAXEl Dem. Texas) made concliatory speech,
Calming the old ISSUES have passed. ana Cdt ne
sentiments Of the senator from Ha-sg hHttts tt IOIt-
we'll are general any section ui the country.
Al l:45 the senate adjourned with sir Bruce vi Mis-
sis7ippl entitled To tie bUoT.