The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-05-05
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.

1
tee, in its full text, is as follows. There ehai
be coined at the reirts of the tinted States
silver coin Of the weight Of 412 s 10 grain
troy of standard silver, the emblems, device
and inscriptions of which shall confoFni b
those prescribed by Law for gAld And silye
coins of the United Ststes with such modif
cations thereof an may be necessary to renIe
said dollar distinguishable from the trad
| dollar, and in the coinage and delivery there
OF the same deviations from standard weigh
and hneness shall be allowed as are nro
scribed by law for the trade dollar, and sait
dollar herein authorized shall be legal
tender at its nominal valte fcf any eRAtan
not exceeding tWehtr GHllafs in anV on
payment except FOR costom duties and inter
est on The public debt, and the trade aesie
shall not be legal-tender Therefor. Th,
secretary OF the treasury IS hereby authorized
to exchange FOL an equal amount OF UniteC
STATES notes, which shall be retired and can
celled, and not be again replaced by othel
notes, and all United States notes redeemed
under this act shall be held to be bart b
| the sinking fund provided fer ht 'aA e&istins
law, the interest to be eotSHutsa thereon al
in the case Of bonds redeemed under the
acts relating 70 the sinking fund AM o~hs,
| of silver bullion may deposit the Sasaie at the
| nlints, to be taken At its Market value, to bt
| ascertained ee4 publicly announced from
tlTae to time by the director of the mint, with
l
and to be paid for either in silver dcllars y.
gold coin, or United States NOTES, tfhe bul
lion for the coinage Of said silver dollars may
! be procured In the mode PROVIDED f9r sA Z,
| other silver coins, by .seGtfah SSS5 OF the re.
| vised statutes ef he United States, the gain
and wsstagt to be accounted for as provided
| in said section. Mr.. Morrill, called up house
bill making appropriations to supply def
| c1encies in the appropriations for the fscal
year ending June 30, 1873, and fer friof
| years. Various at1ehdmeAtk Wefc agreed to,
among them thH following: For the payment
| OF mileage to the senators who took their
] beats at the session convened on the 9TH OF
| March, 1879, by proclamation of the presi-
| dent, who were not members of the previous
congress, S6,S36. The amendment of the
committee on appropriations, $4,000 60 baS
compensation and expensez Of the. Black
| Hills commission, was agreed to; also the
| amendment appfopriating $73, 500 Ia HStfay
| expenses of exhibiting SrtielSs belonging to
| the United Statea CT the centennial. Mr.
Paddock Submitted an amendment providing
that nothing contained in the bill Should be
construed so as to aIit& compensation to
members of the Black Hills commission who
are prohibited from receiving the same b.
the revised statutes of the United States.
Agreed to. After executive session, the SEN
ate adjourned,
In the senate, on the 10Th, Immediately
after the journal of yesterdays proceedings
was read, the chairman laid before that body
the message from the president vet8inr the
act fixing the salary of the rresiteht. Ex-
Secretary Belknap and counsel entered at
twenty-five minutes after twelve, and Iegis-
lative business was suspended to resume the
Impeachment trial. Mr.. Lord sent TO the
secretary's desk and had read the answer
adopted by the house of representatives to
the plea of BelknRp, to the eject that at tEe
time OF the commission Of the soth Charged
Belknnp was an otiirFr 6f the United States
and was stSh oficer until after the house, by
its proper committee, had completed its in
vestigatiOn into the charges against him. and
were preparing for his impeachment, a fact
known TO him when he resigned. Mr.. Car
penter, for the accused, asked for a copy ot
the replication of the hOtse, and nhtit Non
day next to answer. MF. E6nldnds submit
ted an order that the respondent file his
answer tn the replication of the house bv thS
Path Instant, and the managers lie their
rejoinder by the 25th. a3a tnat the trial pro-
ceed on the a7tE instant. Agreed to. Leg
iSlative business was then resumed, and the
Rouse bill to define the tax on termented and
malt liquors was passed. Before the passage
of the above bill, it was amended so that
nothing in the act shall have the effect 70
change the rates of the law respecting The
evidence in any prosecution Or suit. Mfr.
Thurman called I'm The motion entered by
by which the bill in regard to eo@nting votes
for president and viee-f e-ffeSident was passed.
H saws he did net think the bill which passed
the serdt1 could pass the house of represen-
t4tiVes, and the result would be no new law
on the subject Mr.. Morton spoke at length
as to the necessity of having 4 rev law on
this subject, and said TIA. since the bill had
passed the senate circumstance had been
discovered which would startle the country
when it was made public. 1t was case
where a vice president was counting for
president, being himself a candidate, and
counted false or void return III his own
favor. Mr.. Thurman said he had seen il
stateI that this vice president, when his
attention was called TO the fact that the re-
turn was false, directed the clerk tn coGht
and tear up the paper. That great mau
never did such q thing. It was no use to
conceal the name of that man. 1t was no
less than he whose hand wrote the declara-
ton of independence. 1t was no less a man
than Thomas Jefferson. Il would not do now
to make such a charge as that against him.
The senate went into executive session, and
soon adjourned.
In the senate, on the Goth, Mr.. Morrill,
introduced bill authorizing the secretary
OF the treasury TO allow Mrs. Minnie Sher-
man-Fitch 20 receive, free from duty, the
wedding present from the khedive of Egypt.
Passed. Alter the expiration of the morning
hour, t!,e bill to amend the laws relating to
the legal tender of silver coin was taken up,
ard Senator BOgv moved to amend so as to
make the silver dollar, authorized by the bill
to be coined, a legal for any amount,
and also receivable for customs duties: aud
providing that the relative value between
gold and silver of the lawful standard be
fixed at fifteen and half to sixteen. Sena-
tor Booth reported favorably on the bill to
amend section 1898 of the revised statutes,
so as to allow pension of thirty-seven dol
lars month to soldiers who have lost both
an arm and a leg, in lieu of twenty-four dol
lars a month now allowed. Ordered to be
placed on the calendar. After executive
session the senate adjourned till Monday.
In the senate, on the oath, the bill to
abolish the office of supervisor of internal
revenue was discussed until the expiration
of the morning hour, when the consideration
of the bill to amend the laws relating to
legal-tender of silver coin was resumed, and
Mr.. Jones, of Nevada, took the aoor He
double standard of gold and silver money
and when about half through his speech the
senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
In the house, on the 18th, the report
of the election committee on the Alabama
contested election case of Bromberg against
HaralsOn was taken up. The report was
unanimous, declaring the sitting member,
Haralson, entitled to the seat. The report
was agreed to. The house then took up the
Floyd contested election case, the resolution
OF the majority of the committee being that
Mr.. Walls, the sitting member is not en-
IN fhn md fhof I