The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-12-11
Forty.GEth ConGsess..-Thfrd Session
WASHINGTON, December 10, 1878.
SENATE.

WASHINGTON, December 10, 1878.
SENATE.
Mr.. Wall, OF Pennsylvania. introduced q
bill to authorize the exchange Of the sub
sidiary coin for trade-dollars. Referred to
the Committee on Finance.
1t provides that the subsidiary coin Of the
United States shall DE exchanged for trade
dollars at the rate OF one hundred cents Tor
each OF said dollars. and they shall forthwith
be recoined into subsidiary coin, and any
gam, il any be made, may be used by the
Secretary OF the Treasury to pay the eX-
! Denses of sending the subsidiary coin to
such persons or banks as may desire the
same in exchange for other funds. The
coinage Of trade-dollars shall cease from
and after the passage Of this act.
A large number OF bills were introduced
and referred during the morning hour.
Among them were the following:
By Mr.. Lamar, of Mississippi Thy requesD
| To provide for the education Of the blind.
Referred to the Committee on Education and
Labor.
Also (by request), to establish depart
ment OF public health. Referred TO select
committee appointed to inquire as to cpl
| demic diseases.
By Mr.. Booth, of California (by requesD (:
| To confer on the United States Court OF
Claims jurisdiction over certain Alabama
claims. Referred to the Committee on the
Judiciary.
Mr.. Allison, OF Iowa, from the select
committee appointed last session to inquire
into certain charges against Hon. Stanley
Matthews, submitted a resolution request
ing the House of Representatives to trans
NIT to the Senate copy Of the testimony OF
James e. Andersen relating to Hon. Stan.
lev Matthews. It is understood to have
| been taken before one of the committees OF
the House Of Representatives. Agreed to.
A bin was passed authorizing the ap-
pointment of DR.. Denis L. Powell as assist
ant surgeon in the nayy-sqch authority
being necessary because OF the fact that DR..
Powell could not be appointed Ghough for.
merry in the United States service), rs he
bad served in the Confederacy. The vote
| was 80 to 81. During the debate on this
| bill, MIR. Brent (?) gave notice that he would
| tomorrow introduce 4 bill to repeal the
section OF the Revised Statues providing
that no person who had served in the Con-
federate service shall be appointed in the
| United States army or navy.
At the expiration OF the morning hour
the Senate resumed the consideration Of the
bill to amend the sundry provisions of
chapter 1, title 8, OF the Revised Statutes of
the United States, relating to presidential
elections, and provide for and regulate the
counting Of votes for President and Vice
President, and the decision of questions
arising thereon.
Mr.. Morgan, OF Alabama, spoke in favor
OF the bill.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
The following members were announced
by the Speaker as composing the committee
to inquire into the causes OF the yelcw-fe.
yer epidemic: Messrs. Young, Gibson,
Goode, Hartridge, Morse, Garfield, Harmer.
and Chittenden.
The Speaker announced number OF ap-
pointmerts to fill vacancies on committees
The House then went into COMMITTEES
Of the Whole springer, Of Illinois, in ths
chair,) on the consular and diplomatic APP
preparation bill.
The salaries Of the Ministers to Eag
land, France, Germany, and Russia, which
were reported at $4,000 each, were, on no
tion OF Mr.. Hale, OF Maine, and by a vote o
9S to 81, put back at their present figures
Sl7,5O0.
Thesamendment to increase the salaries o
the Ministers to Spain, Austria, Italy, Bra
iii, Mexico, Japan, and China, from SlO.OOl
to $40, 900, was defeated. So was the amend
| 10 emit to insert provision for the Minister
TO Belgium and the Netherlands.
The diplomatic appropriations bill wa
I passed after striking out the committee
amendments to increase the salaries OF th
Ministers to Great Britain, France, Ger
many. and Russia. This makes four OF tn
general appropriation bills already passed