Connecticut western news., 1879-01-15
The Army bill, a dispatch says, will

not pass, though some of the economic features of it may be embodied in separate measure and become law in that shape. The more closely the bill is studied the more formidable the op- position to it becomes.
 The Edmunds Electoral bill has been voted down in House Committee.
 Among the callers at the house of the Secretary of State were the Chinese Minister. The costume of the Chinese Minister IS a novelty in Washington, and the Minister was the recipient of many attentions. He wore richly embroid- cred brown satin sack, with cap of the same color, and white slippers.
 The Committee of Ways and Means will soon report number of bills per fected by the committed. The first which will be reported is one authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to receive | for custom duties United States notes so | long as such notes are equivalent to coin. The proposed bill, prepared by | the Treasury Department, entitled "An act to facilitate the collection of GUS toms, will not be reported by the com mittee. MT. Wood will also report & bill to suspend the operation of the sinking fund; also Q bill to authorize the issue of certificates of deposit in denominations as low as $10, bearing in- terest at the rate of three per cent. per annum, exchangeable n sums of $50 and upward into four per cent. bonds also bill to amend existing laws regulating protests and appeals on entry of mer-
 chandiee into customs houses, and MT.
 Wood hopes to be able to report Q bill
 changing the duties on sugar. There
 are several measures of minor import
 ance which will be reported if time per
 mits.
 The Potter Committee took testimony
 at New Orleans, and Mrs. Jenks was
 again heard from indirectly about the
 "Sherman letter." the alleged copy o1
 which MT. Potter declared to be [
 forgery.
 MT. Justice Hunt, of the United
 States Superior Court, is lying at thu
 point of death from paralyt1c stroke. l Notifications of the bill to reor
 ganize the army are likely to be made
 before 1t comes before Congress.
 Notice has been given by. tn, Government of Peru that it finds il; i'm
 possible to take, before the 1st of Apri
 next, the necessary measures of ex ] ecution required for the adhesion of tha
 country to the general Postal Union The correspondence from the United
 States for that country will, however remain subject to Postal Union rates
 in view of the embarrassment whicl , would necessarily result from Q chang of instructions for so brief q period. --On the 1st inst. the Post Office De 7 pertinent reduced the prices of stampe envelopes on an average of 20 per cent , throughout the entire schedule, and tn result is seen in the largely increase, ) acquisitions now being received. Thos B on Saturday footed up 4,466,600 en 3 velopes, valued at $97, ,555, or nor
 than double those of my single day i f entire acquisitions for the day for post : age stamps, stamped envelopes, an
 postal cards amounted to $517, ,5S9, in cluded in which were 4, 765, ,500 posts
 cards.
 . SENATE.
 il Mir. Edmunds in the Senate introduce
 as New Years gift to the country, som resolutions which he called "concilit
 tory," declaring the thirteenth, foul n teenth and fifteenth amendments of tn n same authority as the rest of the Const n tuition, and .instructing the Judiciar 5 Committee to prepare bill to protet citizens in their right to vote for Cor 7 7 gressmen. MT. Voorhees, made speec f in favor of making trade dollars leg v tender and recoining them into standar . dollars. The bill to amend the batter laws was taken up, and MT. Davis /. . amendment in regard to the power ( 2 circuit courts was adopted.
 MT. Edmunds offered a resolution t :, amend the rules by providing that c the last three days of the session no bi shall be passed, and that on the last da " no bill shall be sent to the Presiden = MT. Grover made personal explanatic V denying the charges against him recen ly published of financial irregulari while Governor of Oregon. The Sena . adjourned out of respect to the memol 5 of Representative Hartridge, of Georgi a In the Senate the Indian Appropl f tion bill was reported with amendment lr MT. Beck called up his resolution pr
 viding for an inquiry as to whether Sc ,s retary Sherman had complied with u n law in the payment of the interest ( If the public debt in silver. After spec, ,a in which he declared that the Secreta o had shown scant respect for tho Sena $. and none for the law, the resolution W 2 agreed to. MT. Wadleigh made spec,
 in support of the bill to amend the pate oe laws.
 HOUSE.
 In the House MT. Acklen made pt e. sonal explanation, asking for an le yestigation of the charge against hi he of immoral conduct, but the Hou 1e voted that it had no jurisdiction ov 70 the subject, and implied that the su , iect was bore. The Committee on t gu Judiciary was directed to investiga en charges of misconduct and corrupti
 against U. $. District Judge Blodget ne The Geneva Award bill was taken u ', and speeches were made by MT. Bac, 'o and others in support of the majori oSn on report, and by MT. Chittenden in SUI as port of that of the minority.
 o- In the House the announcement 10 the death of Representative Hartride IT of Georgia, was made, and a commit a was appointed to superintend his funer