Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-03-02

amendment providing Tor the replacement
of retired national bank circulation by
Treasury notes, but Mr.. Tucker refused to
yield, which called forth protests from the
Greenbackers.
Mr.. Warner offered an amendment TO be
proposed by MIR. Mills, of Texas, as follows:
''In addition to the bonds and Treasury
notes hereby authorized to be issued the
Secretary of the Treasury Is hereby author
lied and required to issue United States
notes under the provision OF titles
3S and 80 of the Revised Statutes
bank circulation surrendered pending
and during the process Of refunding under
this act, and no more, aud said notes shall
be paid out In the current expenditures Of
the government and kept as part Of the
paper circulation, and the interest bearing
bonds, equal to notes issued, shall be
redeemed and cancelled, In addition to
bonds otherwise redeemed"
Mr.. Conger presented an amendment
which he proposed to offer fixing the time
at which the per cent. bonds shall be
the only bonds receivable as security for
national bank circulation as September 1st,
1881, which strikes out the clause OF section
which re-enacts sections $3.50 and 576O Of
the Revised Statutes. The House is still In
session.
The House, at 1915, is stin in session on
the funding bill, but has as yet taken no
decisive action, the majority of the Repub-
licans opposing every step In its considera
tion.
EXTRA SESSION OF THE SENATE CALLED.
The following proclamation was issued
this afternoun
WHEREAS, objects of interest to the
United States require that the Senate should
be convened at u O'Clock on the 4th of
March next, to receive and act upon such
communications as may be made to it on
the part Of the Executive.
Now, therefore, |, Z. B. Hayes, President
OF the United States, have considered Il to
be my duty to issue this proclamation, de-
claring that an extraordinary occasion re-
quires the Senate of the United States to
convene for the transaction of business, at
the capitol in the city of Washington, on
the 4th day of March next, at twelve O'Clock
noon on that day, of which all who shall at
that time be entitled to act as members of
that body are hereby required to take no
tice.
- Given under my hand and the
SEAL. seal Of the United States, at
- Washington, the 2Ssh day Of
February, in the year of our Lord one thou
sand, eight hundred and eighty-one, and of
the independence of the United States OF
America the one hundred and fl ith.
4. B. HAYES.
OH LuG
VIM. M. EvARTs, Secretary of State.
EAST FLORIDA CLAIMS.
Senator Morgan, from the Committee on
Foreign Relations, submitted a report to-
day concerning the claims of Spain against
the United States, known as the "East
Florida Claims" The precise aues-
tion involved is whether the United States
is bound by the treaty of 1919 to
pay interest on the claims allowed under
it to the Spanish inhabitants After dis
cussing at length the binding force OF the
treaty, the committee concludes that 1t
would be manifestly unwise, If not i'm
proper, for Congress to declare, in
advance of any definite action of the
Executive or OF the treaty making power
of the government, that the construction
placed by Spain upon the treaty Is true or
false. Such policy, If adopted as gen
eral action, would withdraw every such
question from the control OF the authorities
provided by the Constitution for their
consideration, and would subject our
treaty relations throughout the world
to extreme embarrassment. Iu the opinion
of the committee the President is the only
functionary who has a constitutional right
to conduct the discussion with Spain on the
subject.
HOW THE APPROPRIATION BILLS STAND.
The following statement shows the condi-
ton of the appropriation bills at 10 o'clock
to-day: The Military Academy, the naval,
the consular and diplomatic and the army
bills are laws. The pension, the Indian, the
post office and the legislative bills await
the Presidents signature. The fortifi-
catious bill aud the bill to provide
for the District of Columbia are with
Senate COMMITTEES on Appropriations, having
passed the House Yesterday. The deflcien-
cY bill was reported to-day. The river and
harbor bill was agreed to by the conference
committees this morning and the Senate
amendments to the agricultural bill will be
concurred in to-day. The total sum re-
commended by all these bills as reported is
$19l, ,2S0, 1853 81.
THE DEBT STATEMENT.
The debt statement issued to-day shows
the decrease of the public debt during the
mouth OF February to be $l1 ,843 .155 81;
cash In the Treasury $233, ,2O8, ,176 so; gold
certificates 1854, las, 900; silver certificates
$47, 1884, ,260 90; certificates OF deposit, out
standing, 81, 1856 600; refuEding certificates,
1897 900; legal tenders, outstanding, $780,
68l, ,0l6; fractional currency, outstanding,
81, ,144.4l3 90.
SECRETARY SHERMAN WILL RETIRE.
Secretary Sherman to day informed chiefs
OF bureaus and other officers of the Trea-
sury Department that his administration
will close on Thursday. He will in the
meantime tender his resignation to take
effect at the close of business on that day
in order to take his seat In the Senate at
noon Friday.
THE TOTAL DEPOSIT OF LEGAL TENDERS.
Fourteen national banks deposited in the
Treasury, to-day, legal tenders amounting
to 81 ,063, 900 to retire their circulation. The
deposits made for this purpose up to date
aggregate $17, ,132, 979.
ATLANTA AND NASHVILLE THROUGH SUNDAY
POUCHES DISCONTINUED.
An order has been issued by the Post
Office Department disseminating Sunday
exchanges of through registered pouches
between Atlanta, Ga, and Nashville.