Connecticut western news., 1876-06-30
FORTY.FOURTH CONGRESS-.
The Business of General Interest Trans acted.
 SENATE,

Mir Sargent (Rep j. of California, presented the memorial of citizens of Los Angeles county, Cal, setting forth the evils of Chinese immigration, and favoring such action by Con- gross as will prevent the same. Referred. following joint resolution, which was referred
 Be tt resoIoed, &c., That should the govern ment or ope or more countries invite confer ence or convention to consider the important change which has recently occurred in the re!a- tive value of gold and silver, and the adoption or nterhatlona measures for the removal of endorsements arising therefrom the Presi- dent or the UDlted States is authorized to sp. point three properly qualified persons as com mlssloners to attend such conference.
 MT. sherman introduced bill providing de- vices and inscriptions upon the coins of the United States. Referred to the committe on finance.
 It provides that upon tue obverse side or face of all the gold and silver coins there shall be an impression emblematc of liberty. to. gether with an inscription of tho word "liberty," and the year of coinage. Upon the reverse side of the gold coins except the gold dollar, and upon the trade dollar, there shall be a repres entation of an eagle, with the in- scription "U. $. of America, and the denomina ton of the coin. Tho gold dollar and all the silver colns, except the trade dollar, are to bear upon their reverse wreath, together with the de- nomination and the in scription Limited States or America" The bill authorizes the director
 
 or the treasury, to cause the motto "In God We Trust, " to be inscribed on such of tho coins as shall admit Of this motto. It is next pro- vided that the three-dollar gold pieces and the twenty-cent silver pieces sha not hereafter be coined and the third section of tho bill is as follows: "The devices of the minor coins c. c., the nickels) shall consist of such em- blems and ins nscriptlons are proper to the re- public of tho United States, but plainly dis tinct from those on the gold and silver coins. and each miner coin shall express it's proper date and Value."
 The Senate considered the motion submitted by defendants counsel to postpone the trial until some convenient day in November next. The trial for impeachment was ordered to pro- eeed.
 MT. Cox (Dem. ), of New York, has been ap- pointed Speaker pro. lem.
 $20O, 900 was appropriated for building the military posts ill the Yellowstone region by the House, in committee of the whole, but pliation bill as thus amended was passed
 A resolution was adopted that commission, consisting of two non-resdents of the District of Columbia and one resident thereof be appointed by the Speaker of the House, and two residents of the District and one non resident be elected by the presiding officer of the Senate, Is hereby appointed, whose duty it shall be, during the recess of Congress, to prepare suitable form of government for the District of Columbia.
 During discussion on an appropriation for fireworks in Washington for the fourth of July, MT. Chittenden (Ind.), of New York, called attention to the serious fact that within 8 few years, ssven hut dred m llions of collars worth of property-nearly half tie national debt-had been burned up; and largely through the careless use of fireworks on the fourth of July.