The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-03-14

4 slsLlHR tnaL ne BintneJ Tas DOING something
to pinch and thrust al the so1itt bern States.
He denied that The arnendmenE would pre-.
went appropriation being made in favor Of
1.-The southern States. Should it be adopted
1.-The son;of JEFF. Davis, Joe Johnston, or any
could be ppofnted d cadet. &. ..;
dom made the point OF order that the
amendment proposed new legislation, but
| it was decided that the. collection was made
too late. he then moved to lay The amend
ment OF Mr. Blaine on the table, and the
motion was agreed too-yeas, 30; nays,
13-as follows d z co. ~
| Yeas. Messrs. Allison, Bailey, Beck,
Booth, Burnside, Cameron OF Pennsylya-
MIA, Coekrell, Davis :of Illinois, Davis of
| West Virginia, Dorsey, Eaton, Garland,
Gordon, Harris, Hereford, Hill, Johnston,
Jones of Florida, Jones Of Nevada, Ker-
man, McCrery, Matthews, Maxey, Merri-
mon, Mitchell, Morgan, Plumb, Randolph,
| Ransom, Sargent, Saunders, Thurman,
Voorhees,. Wallace, White, Window, and
| Withers 80.
| Ndys.-Messrs. Anthony, Blaine, Came
ron of Wisconsin, Christiancy, Dawes, HAM
| lin, Hoar, ingalls,, Kirkwood, Mcmillan,
Morrill,, Rollins, and Spencer-13.
An amendment offered by Mr.. Sargent
that cadets at large ut the Military Academy
shall not hereafter exceed ten in all, land no
new appointments at large shall be made
until the number OF such cadets heretofore
appointed falls below ten, was agreed to,
and the bill then passed.
Senator Gordon introduced a bill to pre-
mote the deposit of savings and the refund
ing OF the national debt, which provides for
the issue OF new series of United States
coupon-bonds in denominations of $40, $50,
500, $500, and $1,000, bearing three per
cent. interest, payable sen1i-annually the
bonds being payable at the option OF the
United States either at the end Of twenty
years, or may then be renewed for another
twenty years. Payment at either date is
to be made in coin OF the then legal stand
ard. The bill is elaborate and complete ia
its details. and in presenting it Senator
Gordon said:
Dir. President, / wish to introduce a
| bill to promote the deposit OF savings and
the refunding OF the national debt. ask
| its reference to the Committee OH Finance,
and beg to say for it that should this bill
become law it will give US all the benefits
Of specie-payment and absolve the embar-
easements incident to ap attempt at actual
redemption, which is now impractica-
BILE. The bill, il it becomes law, will sc.
cure uniformity OF status in all Jour cur
rencies. interchangeability Of the legal.
tender PAPER with coin, remove the pre-.
MUM on gold, and the necessity Of any
forced resumption"
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
The consular and diplomatic aPpropria.
ton bill occupied the day. The matter Of
paying southern mail contractors was in ar
irregular sort of way drawn into the dis
cussion, and Mr.. Reagan, Of Texas, quoted
from his first report as Postmaster-Genera
OF the Confederacy to show that he wa:
correct in stating some time ago that be ha(
ordered the postmasters to settle their &C
counts with the United States. before they
commenced service under the Confederacy
He said be had entirely forgotten the sub
sequent legislation OF the Confederate Con
gress on the subject.
Mi. Conger, OF Michigan, commented or
the fact that although that legislation wa;
known to many members on the Demo.
cratic side OF the House they had been 81
lent on the subject, and would let q bill
pass that would pay these contractors ;
second time.
Mr.. Douglas, Of Virginia, Interrupted fol
the purpose OF asking a question, but Mr.
Conger declined to yield. Dir. Douglas per
! sisted and refused to take his seat when di
rected by the Chair. Finally the scene
closed by the Chairman sustaining poin
of order that the whole discussion was ire
leYant and out Of order.
The bill was passed.
Senate bill to aid in the Bennett polar
expedition was passed.