The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1878-01-22
CONGRESSIONAL.

NOnt tAttIl luN AuNtNhhANfph Va WV N'NH
Mondays batch OF bills for reference to the
committees.
The bill introduced to-day by Mr.. Eustis
of Louislana directs the Postmaster Gen.
eral 10 contract for mail service between
the United States and Brazil as follows:
First, for A monthly line of steamships be-
tween New York and Rio Janeiro, touching
at such intermediate ports us the Postmaster
General shall consider cxpedient and ne.
cessary, Second, for monthly line OF
steamships between New Orleans and Rio
Janeiro. touching at such intermediate
points as the Postmaster General shall con-
slider expedient and necessary. The bill
provides that the service shall be for the
term of ten years and shall In all
cases be perlorme9d with American
built ard owned vessels OF not less than 1000
tons register, TO be Of iron and OF approved
construction, and capable OF speed OF thir-
teen knots an hour aud shall be built or ac'
cepted under the direction and inspection
of some naval officer to be designated by
the Secretary of the Navy, aud that vessels
shall at all tunes be subject TO the use OF
the Government at reasonable rates OF char
ter therefor. The bill further provides that
the compensation for service upon said
lines shall be fixed at n rate OF " per mile
lor the distance which the mails are actua-
ly transported, and also provides that the
Government of Brazil shall contribute TO
the maintenance Of the line.
SENATE.
The Senate then resumed the considera-
tion of unfinished business, being the res0-
lution OF Mr.. Matthews declaring the right
Of the G0verumept TO puy the interest and
| principal OF the bonds In silver, Mr.. Jones,
Of Florida, spoke at some length as TO the
| power granted Congress by the C0nstitu-
| tion TO coin money, regulate It's value, etc,
and argued that at the time the acts Of 1869,
to strengthen the public credit, and OF
1870 To authorize the refunding of the
National debt were passed, the silver dol
| lar was legal tender coiu of the country,
and Congress had no power to exclude 1t
| from the coinhge of the country; he
claimed there could be no legal tender un-
der the Con stitution except gold aud silver.
Ie then referred TO the arguments that
ge many, England AID other European
countries had tlemonelized silver, and said
had it come to this that the policies OF Eu-
ropean governments were TO control the
American RepublicP He had henrd OF
such alliances before but they are
always to crush out the liberties o. the .
people. The policy OF delnonettzlng
Silver began with Kings and Emperors
and ended with Republic. lie
denied that-it could be called repadiation 70
nav bonds In siyer, and said reputation was
revoIting 10 the people. lie referred to the
condition of affairs et the close OF the late
! civil war, and said itwas necessary then for
time to abandon that system OF hnance
! which existed previous 70 the war, but the
necessity soon passed away, and now tl'e
: cause or all the distress throughout the
country must be sought for in our present
financial system. lie spoke OF abundant
crops, and said the troubles aud embarrsss
ments now existing over the land were no
brouoht'abo by natural causes; they were
the work OF man. He reviewed at som'
length the various financial acts OF Con
gress, and In regard to that OF 1859 y
Strengthen public credit, said 1t should hav'
been called AN act to increase the burdens
II the people. as 1t was intended TO Dlll'
them to the payment OF the debt IN coin
He hoped 1t was the purpose OF CoDgres
now to lift up silver, the much abused meta
which God decrCed should serve man a
c money, 1t had been argued that the act
1879 demOnetizing silver was passed be
Y eause silver was not reliable, because
y ductuated in value. lie denied that thl
y was true, and said from the organization
9 the Government down TO 1873 there was .
{ legislation respecting cOinagewbich Shove
: that there had been any variation whatevt
d ia our silver coin. II fany coin should hay
IS Bile in value it should have been gold. y
spoke Of the advantages of silver money an
:. said there was large chanBel In the bus
ness Of the country which silver alone cou
!. fill.
h The Senate adjourns at half-past. one Z
Il morrow to attend the mock funeral OF VI
tor Emmanuel.
D, COMBINATIONS.
= The following combinations have BEE
- made Henderson, Collector Of Customs
u Pearl River District; Stillwick, Postmast
at Humboldt, Tenn: B.'istOD, Postmast
at Water Valley, Miss; Delaney, Postms
ter at Alexandria, La.
y WEATHER INDICATIONS.
es The indications for The West and GI
10 states are clear or partly cloudy wealth
" with cold northerly winds shifting In
=, interior to southerIy, and higher pressuI
,l- NEW JERSEY.
he FAILURE.
a.; NEW YoRK. Jan. 81. w aterhouse Brf
Ia. wooden manufacturers. PaEsaic, n. j., fall
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