Connecticut western news., 1878-12-11

provements in the South are to b,
 pressed in Congress.
 MT. Cox, of New York. and MT 1 Springer intend to introduce in fin,
 House, resolutions looking to the bette protection of naturalized Arnc-ican citi zens ln Germany. The purpose of th, resolutions is to terminate the Banerof Treaty made in 1868 and restore the ol, treaty.
 The public debt was increased S3, ,l25, ,O0O during November by the payment of the Halifax award o. $5,500,O00.
 In the Senate resolutions were adopted
 for the appointment of committee tt investigate thoroughly the subject of tht yellowfev epidemic and report meas ures for it's prevention. Bills 10 make | tine trade dollar legal tender and in favor of free trade in ships We're presented by MT. Beck. MT. Blaine offered resolu tion looking to an investigation of the recent elections in the South. Mir Beck and MT. Voorhees, offered resolu. tons to retire the trade dollar.
 In the Senate MT. Merrill offered a
 Dill to authorize the issue of certificates of deposit, and MT. Paddock resolu. ton ins!ructing the Committee on
 Finance to consider the subject of re- 1 coining standard dollars into trade dollars. A resolution by MT. Beck requiring information from the Secretary
 of the Treasury in regard to the pay ment of customs in silver and the ap- plication of coin so received to the pay ment of interest on the public debt was agreed to. The committees of the last session were continued. MT. Matthews made speech in support of the Texas
 Pacific Railroad bill, and, on motion of
 MT. Conover, it YVES provided that the omission of the Hot Springs clause ill the enrolled copy of the Sundry Civil
 bill should be inquired into.
 A committee was appointed to inquire into the omission in tue enrolled Sundry Civil bill of the clause relating to the Hot Springs. Bills relating to the par tial redemption of greenbacks in silver, to repairing tue Mississippi levees, i'm proving the Columbia River and doing away with the loyalty clause o1 the War of 1872 Pension law, were introduced. The resolution to ap- point four Senators and five Rep resentatives committee to examine the subject of the yellow fever epidemic was amended and adopted. An attempt by MT. Matthews to take up the Texas Pacific bill was voted down by 19 to 22, The Military Academy and Fertilization bills were referred.
 Messrs. Harris, Matthews, Lamar. Paddock, Conover, Garland and Eustis were appointed on the Yellow-Fever Committee. Some slight changes were made in the standing committees, and Messrs. Cameron (Wis ), and Eaton were assigned with MT. Randolph on the committee to investigate the mutilation of the Sundry Civil bill. Resolu 5ions asking for information regarding the Freedman's Bank and postal and com merclal intercourse with the States of South America were agreed to. The bill for the relief of the sureties on the bond of Geo. W. Clarke, formerly an Indian agent, was. discussed and passed by 43 to 7.
 -Inthe House Messrs. Bailey and E1a- jors were sworn as successors of Messrs. Quinn and Welch, deceased. When MT. Wood, as Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, made the customary motion in regard to the disposition of the Presidents Message, he took occa- sion to animadvert severely upon that portion of it which reflected upon the fairness of the election in the South, at the same time referring to the great number of arrests made in New York city by Davenport. MT. Garfield re- piled, and there was some further dis cusslon of the same subject by Messrs. Hale, Cox and Wood.
 In the House large number of bills relating to legalizing the trade dollar, abrogating the naturalization treaty with Germany, investigating the causes of yellow fever, etc, were introduced. The Military Academy Appropriation bill, which appropriates $276, ,647, was amended in Committee of the Whole on MT. Beebe's motion by adding $5O,OOO for an increased supply of water, pro- vision by MT. Hewitt being also agreed to restricting the amount to be paid for land and water ways to $5,OO0. The bill was then passed, as was also the Fertilization Appropriation bill, which appropriates $275, ,O0O, the same as last year.
 The House adopted resolutions calling for information about the Hot Springs and our relations with Mexico. A cor rooted copy of the mutilated Sundry Civil bill was taken up, amended on MT. Hewitt's motion so as to provide free baths at the Hot Springs for the indigent, and then passed. MT. Fort offered resolution directed against such banks as shall discriminate against the silver dollar, but objection was made.
 The Diplomatic and Naval Appropria- tion bills were reported in the House, and Mir. Brentano made a personal ex- plantation in reply to charge of bribery by Washington newspaper last July. An investigation was ordered. Resolu- tions were agreed to asking for informa- tion regarding Chicago man who was Ixpelled from Germany and regarding timber seizures. There was a debate which ended in the adoption of resolu- tion from the Committee on Rules that a of four Senators, five Repre- sentatives and seven experts should in- 7estigate the yellow fever epidemic.
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