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t1lF W1su1AaroN, April 20.
eEMkTE.-Mr.A Sherman; Ohio, pro
ssnEs9Ehs petition Of .sitis4ns Of Ohip, re
'ne0aSattxg NagalnstG any lchAnge- IN th'
present itari6. Referred tothe COMMITTEE
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Mr.. Wallace, Pa, presented the petition
Of cirisens Of Pennsylvania, demonstrating
against the further manufacture and sale .
envelopes by the Government. Referred x
the Committee on Postofiees and Pos
Roads. go ..
., ,lr, Trelinghuysen, N. J., from the Com
mittDe on the Judiciary, reported with
amendmsnt the bill concerning security OF
writs Of error and appeal. Placed on tn
calendar. .,-,',-,
MI. Edmuuds, from the same committee
reported favorably on the bill to remove th'
political disabilities of james E. Slaughter
Of Alabama. Placed on the calendar.
Mr.. Anthony, R. l., from the COMMITTEES
on Printing, reported favorably on the reso
report of the Smithsonian Institute. Passed
Also resolution to print 800 of the an
nual geological report fthe territories.
Mr.. Salisbury said, he saw no use print.
ing these documents Just for them to accu
mulate in the folding room; Senators could
not A6ofd to send them out at their own
expense. He thought all the documents
printed in Congress should be sent out under
the frank Of the members.
Mr.. Anthony said this would likely be
provided for by general law.
The resolution was then passed.
Mr.. Gordon, from the Committee on
Military Affairs, reported joint resolution
authorizing the Secretary of War to deliver
800 rifles to the Washington Light Infantry,
of Charleston, 8. c., and the Clinch Rifles,
Of Augusta, Ga, in order that they be at
the Centennial as part of the Continental
legion. Passed.
, Mr.. Burnside, from the Committee on
Commerce, reported q bill appropriating
e96 900 for the erection Of monument and
light on whale rock, at the entrance of Mar
rsSanSett Bay.
Mr.. Morrill,, VT, introduced bill au-
thorizing Mrs. Minnie Sherman Fitch to re-
ceive free Of duty, the jewels presented to
her BY the Khedive of Egypt, and now 10
the custom-house at New York. 4
After some discussion, the bill passed
unanimously.
!, Mr.. Boutwell, called up the House bill au-
thorizing the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue to fix and designate the place at
which collectors and supervisors of internal
revenue shall hold their offices.
Mr.. Boutwell, reported an amendment
abolishing the Office of Supervisor of Inter
nal Revenue.
Mr.. Sargent objected to the consideration
of the bill, and it went over.
Mr.. Sargent submitted resolution rec
ommeRding to the President to open nego-
tiations with the Chinese Government, look
ing to such amendments of our existing
treaty stipulations as will permit q lawful
imposition of tax upon the importation of
Chinese into the United States. He asked
that the resolution lay over, and said he
should submit some remarks on it at an
early day.
Mr.. Norwood submitted resolution d.
recting the Secretary of the Navy to report
IS to the cost of establishing depot of
naval supplies, and naval station on the
government property at Tybee Island in the
state of Georgia. Adopted.
Mr.. Robertson, from the Committee on
the District of Columbia, reported the
House bill to regulate the practice Of phar-
macy in the District of Columbia.
The unfinished business being bill to
amend the laws relating to the legal tender
of silver coin was taken up.
Mr.. Bogy moved to amend the bill
amending the laws relating to the legal ten
der of silver coin, by providing that the
new silver dollar proposed to be carried
shall be legal tender for any amount, and
receivable for customs, duties and interest
on the public debt, and that the relative
value of gold to silver shall be as fifteen
and a-halft to one. Mr.. Bogy then read a
long essay on the money question, and the
history Of silver and gold He believed
that the constitution intended silver should
be equally legal tender with gold. Silver
was legal tender in the United States up
and silver as legal tender was restricted
on the subject of the currencies Of the
world, ard discussed the subject in both q
historical and constitutional point of view
laws authorizing the issue of bonds, had
meant either gold or silver, the later actt
providing for their payment in gold was
very great mistake. He answered at some
l0nEIu Iue oUJectloHs 10 uldhluS sLVer
legal tender; what if 1t did drive gold Out
Of the country, we had untold quantities
ofsilver; new fields of it are constantly
being discovered and we would be the sill
yer nation of the world.
Mr.. Jones, of New York, next obtained
the floor, but gave way for the Senate to x
into executive session, after which it ad
journed.
HOUSE.-Bills were introduced and re
ferred as follows:
By Mr.. Vance, Ohio, to grant to tn
State Of Ohio the unsold and unappropri
ated public lands in that State.
By Mr.. Lawrence, Ohio, relating to tn
partition of real estate In the District o
Columbia.
Also, to limit the power of courts tt