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WASHINGTON. General Ewing Leads an Onslaught by the Inflationists, FAILURE IN PARLIAMENTARY TACTICS. The Sense of the House as Shown on a Test Vote. FUTURE OF THE CURRENCY QUESTION. Action of the Committee on the Army and Navy Bills. CONFIRMATIONS STILL PROGRESSING, | FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT. Wasutnxatox, Oct. 31, 1877. ME, EWING’S EFFORT TO REPEAL THE RE- SUMPTION ACT—A FAILURE IN PARLIAMEN- TARY TACTICS—THE BILL STRANDED IN THE MORNING HOUR, Mr. Ewing, of Obio, adroitly got himsolf into what old-fashioned whist players call the ‘nine hole?’ to- aay, He is the leader of the extreme inflationists in the House, and being a member of the Banking and Currency Committee, and being evidently afraid that if he delays resumption will como by itself, he to-day Fushod a resolution through the committee for the re- peal of the third section of the Resumption act, rushed it into the House and there tried to get 1t into subjec- tion to the previous question by tho use of the some- what complicased parliamentary rules, Botng a now member he accomplished precisely what ho meant to Prevent. He wished to force-his measure before the House; instead of that he got it caught in the morn ing hour, whero it remains, and out of which he will rer get it until he shows himseif willing to bave it thoroughly discussed im Commit- teo of the Whole. To-might Mr. Ewing ‘has been trying his best to persuade members of his -committeo to help Bim out of his awkward dilemma, ‘Dut they will not, and to-morrow it is probable that, unless he acknowledges his defeat and withdraws his measure, his opponents will do. with him as they did “ast session with Mr. Bland when that gontieman in #0 indecent a manner attempted torush through hts Silver bill—spend the morning hour in voting upon ‘the question of adjournment, and then, at the expira- tion of the hour, going on with the proper business of the House, as though Mr. Ewing did not exist, Mr. Ewing 1s new to the House, The olaer members of both houses are amused to s¢e him attempting tac- tics which Mr. Blaine only succeeded in at tho last session by asurprise. Sr, Ewing’s failure was much discussed to-night, and one of the older democratic ‘Members remarked tbat he would tura out by apd by like the Western boy who, playing with a mule’s tail, ‘was kicked in the face, When the boy’s face was get- ting dressed he asked his father whesher his looks ‘would be permanently affected bythe accident, and ‘Yho father replied :— . 'You’ll never be as good looking as you were, but ‘you’il have a confounded deal moro sense,” Mr. Ewing began with a periectly proper and usual Motion that bis bill to repeal the third section of the Resumption act be recommitted, with leave to print, This passed without a division. Thereupon, meaning to spring the bill at once upon the House, or to hold it in bis power to do so, he moved ‘to reconsider his previous motion; imitating ‘thus one of Mr. Biaine’s most successful surprises in the Houee, But Mr. Conger-at onco moved to lay 4 Sir. Ewing's motion og the table, and on that motion Bhe vote stood 116 yeagand 138 nays. The actual re- Bult is to leave Mr. Ewing stranded on the morning hour. The vote, ‘though showing an apparent predominance for Mr. Ewing’s Dill, does not ‘woally betoken that, inasmach as oa number of members voted nay out of a notion that the measure ought to ba discussed, and a good many now membors really did not under- ®tand tne vote, It was not, therefore, a test voto on tho repeal of the third section of the Resumption act, and the opponents of inflation are delighted to- wight to seo that tho inflatioplsts will on a square vote havo less strength in the House than was feared. The third section, which Mr. Ewing seeks to repeal, not only provides that the Treasury shall redeom legal tenders in coin on the lst of January, 1879, but also authorizes rec banking, and tho dill which ho proposed to rash through would in effect bave prohibited free banking, and thus served in a measure to contract the Surrency, or at least to derange it. It is safe to say that it will remain bung up in the morning hour from flay to day until Mr, Ewing consents to havo It do- bated in Committee of the Wholo and atas great length as shall be desired by cither side in the House. But one effect of his manwuvroe may be to cause an imme- diate adjournmont of tho extra seasion. A good many membors to-night tlk of the expediency of this. The currency question 18 not going to bo settled by any such rush os Mr, Ewing attempted. It will be the subject, as it ought to be, of a loug debate in both houses, which will attract the attention of the country and cpable public sentiment to influence the delibera- tions of Cougross, It Is not probable that any extreme measure will pass. All tho questions in- volved will be considerea at Jengin, and it is not im- probable that Congress inay finally agree upon a tneasure for coining silver doliars cqual in ‘amount to | the present amount of Jegal tender notes under $5 and withdrawing those notes, The amount in cirou- lation ot these smail notes on the Ist of September was $49,649,000, The totai amount of greenbacks, including these small notes, is $354,000,000, and thus tno replacement of small notes with silver dollars would leave about $300,000,000 of green- backs in circulation of all denominations trom $5 | upward. The Secretary of the eaguty believes that he could keep these in circulation and resume specie payments, and there are a good many persons here who agree with bim. ‘The subsidiary silver com in circulation to-day amounts to $35,642,000, and there aro still $18,432,090 of fractional paper cur- rency out. Ifall tbe latter were redeemed in silver | and silver dollars substituted for tho small notes there would be about $100,000,000 of silver in circulation, which many conservative thinkers here believe can | bo carried by the country without troublo as token money. | ‘Tbis presents the direction to which the thoughts of | some of the conservative men in both houses are turning as they talk over the currency problem, and If the extreme inflationists should venture to push | their silvor or paper projects they will probably bo met With somo such proposition as 1s above inaica:ed, | THE ARMY AND NAVY APPLOPRIATION BILLS TO BE REPORTED TO-DAY, ‘The Appropriations Committee will to-morrow report a bill to pay tho army upto date, with a proviso that | its numbers sball not be increasoa until the neual | Ariny bill shalt be paxsed at the regular session, and the committeo is ready to bring this bill at once into Committeo of the Whole and advance it to 18 passage if the House is ready. A bill to pay the navy will also be brought in and will pass rapidly, leaving the inves. tigation of the mystery of the missing navy pay to a future time, Th. the Hous, if tt is pressed by Mr. Ewing's 1mportunities, may make ready to adjourn at the end of the present week. PROGRESS OF THE CONFIRMATIONS—TYLER, JOHNSON AND HAYES CONTRASTED—KEFFECT OF THE NOMINATION OF MR, JOHN WELSH. In the Senate to-day more nominations were con- firmed, and the anti-Hayes republicans quietly ato their leek and made no sign, The truth begina to bo generally seou that they must suomitto the President, Decause they can gain nothing by revol. Thoir tem- pers do not get botter us they see the ditemma in which they are placed, There 18 somo silly talk Hken~ ing the Prosident to Tyler aud Jobngon, but sensible | salaries, will ail be investigated, men who have read theit history or have heard tt NEW YORK HE Mr. same} Each tried to create party tor huwlf, p-xd absolutely no materials for the operation, and only gained the ill will aud sus- picion of the country, Mr. Hayes, on the contrary, pursues a policy which bas the consent of the greatest part of bi im party, and of almost the whole of the democratic side. Ho is not seeking his own advance- ment, bat the good of the country, ana the soreheads of his own parsy havo no bold on the public and no policy except © vent their own gr Again, Mr. Joboson tried bis policy in the faco of & united on\l powerful party, having the popular sympathy an|t a strong majority in both houses, The opponon\ of Mr, Hayes are in a minority in both houses and catunot to-day pass a single measure to an- noy oF ombarrass bim. They cannot even prevent in the Senate the confirmation of any respectable and fit nomination made by the President, They aco themselves powerless, and though they may be weak and angry enough to make stiil some absurd demand upon the President, such as that he sball chango hi Cabinet, they would only meet with a quiet but con- temptuous refusal, and it is a question to-day whetber they will place themso!ves in so ridiculous a position, Tho nomination of Mr. Welsh ae Minister to Eng- lnnd has had an excellent offect. It has brought tho ‘President allies and has increased confidence tn his determination to go ahead in the course ho has chosen, in spite of the machine politicians. It is regurded as atimely declaration of his independence of bad in- fluence, Mr, Welsh ag 10 be elected President, will be speedily con- firmed and so will the Now York nomina- tions and ail the others which aro still pend. Ing, aud it wonld not surprise any one hero who has watched what is going on, if all wero con- firmed without perceptible republican opposition, though not without fearful growling. ‘The anti-Hayos men will probably in tho end join the procession, but at the tail of it, and a good many ot them bogin to see this, —_.+-__ FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT, Wasitnatox, Oct. 31, 1877, THE TFST VOTE ON THE REPEAL, OF THE RE- SUMPTION ACT—A SECTIONAL AND POLITI- CAL ANALYSIR, The contost to-day over the repeal of the resumption ola in the act of 1875 was the preliminary skirmish between tho hard and soft money men in the Fory- filth Congress. It was perhaps more than a skirmish, but could hardly be called a battlo, It was what the war reports used to style ‘‘an affair,’ something between the two, By thecomplexity of parliamentary Practice the positions of the partios are reversed in the roll cull, so that the yeas, speaking in a general Way, aro the votes of the resumptionists, and tho hays those of the repeale! An analysis of the vote shows two general tacts, namoly, that the Eastern States stand by the Resump- tion aot, while the West and Soutk favor the repeal, and that the democrats as repealers are more numer- ous than the republicans, Looking at the vote in Its geographical features New England is nearly a solid column tor resumption, the exceptional opponents being two ouly—nomely, Messrs, Butler, of Massachusetts, and Pholps, of Con- necticut, Coming to Now York the resumptionists still present an almost unbroken front so Jar as tbe actual voting goes, only one nega- tive being recorded, that of Mr, Sunset Cox, But eleven New Yorkers fatlod to answer to their names, some ot whom are belicved to havo gone home to take part tn the election canvass, New Jersey also recorded its vote solidly for resumption, but at Pennsylvania the repealers first appoar in force, constituting two- thirds of tho State’s ootiro representation. Running southward along the coast and then westward along the gulf the ropeal movement gets nearly every vote, a change of sontiment from hard moncy to implied soft money principles since the voico of the South was heard in tho Forty-fourth Gongress which greatly surprised everybody and is accounted for partly by the belief that in the reversal of the propo- sition contained In the motion as it was put before the House many of the Southern mombers became con- jusead and voted ‘No’ when they meant **Yce.’? Going West from Ponneylvania tho vote 18 equally divided in Onio and Illinofs, bat im Indiana is unanimous for repeal and nearly so in Missouri, Towa and %Visconsin = fall into line with the resamptionists again, Tho former isa State without a debt, and whorever the West 18 divided it 1s noteworthy that the debt-laden Statos are for repeal, Passing to Nevada, the anomaly is pro- sented of an ore-prodacing State voting for resum p- ton, The political complexion of the vote shows, as be- foro said, that the democrats far outnumbor the re- publicuns as repeaters. Of the 116 who voted yea 95 are republicans and only 21 democrats, while of the 138 repealers 31 aro republicans and 107 aro demo- crats. Tho total number of avsontees and non-voiors was 36, THE ANTI-RESUMPTION DILL IN COMMITTEE— THE SILVER BILL THE NEXT IN ORDER, At the meeting of tho Banking and Currency Com- mittee to-day mombors opposed to legislation affecting the Specie Resumption act declared that the countrs was not prepared at this time for agitativn of the pro- posed repeal, and that such a proceeding would havo a disastrous offect upon business everywhere, The advocates of the repeal measure defended their action with the assortion that the sooner the country knew the sentiment of Congross upon the subject tho better it would be forall parties, With this undorstanding the chairman was instructed to re- port the Dill ropealing the third section of the Re- sumption act, and the committee proceoded to the consideration of the remonotizition of silver, when Mr. Chittenden mado tho pornt that it was after twelve o'clock, and the Honso being in session, the committce was not authorized to transact business, The committeo adjournod until to-morrow at ten o'clock when the Sliver bill will bo perfocted on the basis of filimit- able coinage aud authorizing deposits of silver in the sub-treasurics tor which cortificates may be issued as is now dono for gold deposits, the same to be received in all business transactions «s xpecio. The measure | proposed is substantiatly a revival of tho old act of 1837. EXPENDITURES IN THE NAVY—EX-SECRETARY ROBESON'S ADMINISTRATION TO BE INVESTI- GATED, Tho House Commities on Expenditures in the Navy Department, of which Mr, Willis, of New York, ta chairman, mot this morning and resolved to proceed immediately with an investigation of the official con. duct of the lato Secretary Robeson. It appeurs that existing rules give this committee plenary power in the investigation of the conduct of officials of the navy, and that no special reso- luuion i8 necessary to enable the committee to proceed with tho investigation. At the same time this committe is in perfect accora with the Naval Committee, and as far as tho public interests are con- cerned both committecs will work together, The de- ficiencies, the transfer of funds illegolly, whether valuo has been reecived for the money expended and whethor thero are uonecessary oMcials or excessive The committee wilt also report what legisiation is necessary to punish do Hnquents and to onforce responsibility. A COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS THROWS UP HIS OF= FICK—OBIJECTION TO BYING SCALPED, Tho Collector of Customs at Sitka, who recently re- ported to the Treasury his return to San Francisco in the samme steamer that took bim to bis post, in- forins tho Secretary of the Treasury, by telograph, that there 18 no use for any such office, It is understood that his objection grows out of a distike to being sealpea by tho Alaska Indians. The government actually had to advance money to ship 4 collector to this remote port, and as the present man refuses the position Treasury officials say that tho port had better be closed, eepecially ae his sincerity would seem to be vouched for vy the fact that ho throws up an office worth $2,500 a yoar, GENERAL BUILER'S PLAN 10 IMPROVE THE VENTILATION OF THE HALL OF THE HOUSE, ‘The resolution offered in the House to-day by Gon- eral Butler for the appointment of a special com- mittee of seven to look after the improvement of the hall of the House contemplates the removal of tho wall on the gouth side of the Chamber, throwing the spxce now oceupted by tho Speaker's room and members’ reception room, with the gallery and cortidors, into the present hall, 20 as to allow sunlight to penetrate the chamber, Tho theory 1s that all the pumping aod purifying ap- jaugh at tho comparison, Mr, Tyler spent his admin- | paratus will nover give a healthy atmosphere to mem- | Compound interest notes... RALD, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1877.—TRIPLE SHEET. bers so long as sunlight does not reach the chamber, and the plan which Mr. Butler bas in bis mind, it is sald, will bea great improvement upon the present condition of the hall, + —— GENERAL WASHINGTON ODESPATCHES, Wasurxeron, Oct. 31, 1877. PROCEEDINGS OF THE BANKING AND CURRENCY COMMITTEE —A BILL FOR THE REPE£AL OF THE RESUMPTION ACT—RESUME OF THE PRO- POSED LAW. Tho House Commitéce on Banking and Curreney, at @ meeting this morning, decided to report at the earli- t possible opportunity, with a recommendation for Passage, Mr, Ewing’s bili to repeal the third section of the Specie Rosumption act of January 14, 1875. The committee were divided as follows:—{n tayor ot the Dill—Mesers, Buckner, of Missouri; Ewing, of Oni0; Yates, of North Carolina; Hartzell, of Iilinois; Bell, of Georgia; Fort, of Ihnots, and Phillips, of Kansas, Total—7, Opposed to 1% were Messrs, Hardenburgh, of Now Jersey; Chittenden, ot New York; Hart, of New York, and Kames, of Rhode Island. Total—4. The minority urged that time ehould be aliowed for investigation and discussion of the measure in com- mittee before taking a fina! vote upon it, and Mr. Fort, of Itinois, though in favor of the bill, voted ‘with them against reporting it to-day, The other friends of the bill insisted, however, that the subject had been fully discusaed heretofore, and that the country demanded action upon it duricg this sesston of Cougiess. Mr. Fort stated that he was in favor of amending the bill so us to exempt from the proposed repeal ail that portion of the third section which provides tor free banking. Afier the committce had acted on the question of reporting this bill Mr, Ewing submitted a motion to immediately proceed to the considoration of his bill for the remonetization of the old silver dollar, but Mr, Chittenden, of New York, raised the point of orde that the bour for the meeting of the House had ar- rived, and that, therefore, the commitice could no longer remain in session, The point of order was sus- tained, and the committee, accordingly, adjourned without further action, The third section, which the committee propose to Tepeal, is in the following words That section 5,117 of the Revised Statutes of tho J States limiting the aggregate umount of ciroa- gy notes of national banking associations be and is hereby repealed, and each existing banking assootn- tion may increase its ciroulating notes in accordance with existing law without respect to such aggrogato limit, and new banking associations may be organized im accordance with existing law without regard to tho suid aggregate limit, and the provisions of inw tor the withdrawal apd redistribution of national bank cur- rency among tho several States and Territories are hereby repealed, and whenever and sv often a8 circulaung ‘poles shall be issued to any such banking association #0 increasing — its capital or circulating notes, of so newly organized as aloresaid, it shall be the duty of the Secroiary of the ‘treasury to reduco the logal tonder United States notes iu excess only of $300,000,000 to the amount ot eighty per cent of the sum ot national bank notes 60 issued to uny suca banking association xs atoresaid, to continue such redemption us auch circulating notes are igsued until there shall Le oulstanding the sum of $800,000,000 of such legu! tender United States notes and no more, and on avd after the 1st day ot January, A.’ D, 1879, the Secretary ot tho Treasury spall redeem in coin the United States legal tender notes then outstanding on their presentation for redemption at the office of tue Assistant ‘Treasurer of tue United States, 1 tho city of New York, in sams of not less than $50; and to enable the Secretary of the Treasury wo prepuro and provide for the redemption in this act authorized or required he is authorized to use auy surpius revenues from ume to time im the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and to issue, sell and dispose of at not Jess (hon por io cotu either ot the description of bonds o1 the Unitod States descrived in the act of Congress approved July 14, 1870, entitled, **An Act to Authorize the Ketunding of the National Debt,” with like quali- lies, privileges and exemptions to the extent necessary to carry this act into tull effect, aud to use the pro- ceeds thercol for tho purposes aforesaid, aod all pro- visions of law Inconsistent with the provisions of this act are bereby repealed, The committee do uot interfere with the first and second sections of the act, which are as follows That the Secretary of tho Treasury is hereby au- thorize. and required as rapidly as peacttoable to cauge te be coined at the minty of the United States “silver coms of the denominations o1 ten, twenty, twenty-five and iifty cents of siandard value, aud to issue them in the redemption of am equal number and amount of fractional currency of similar deoomina- ious; or at bie discretion ue may issue such silver coins through the minis, the sub-.reasu’ depositor: upon such 1 d required to redeem an equal amount ot such iractional cur- rency until the whole amount of such fractional cur- Tency outsianding shall be redeemed. SkcTION 2—That so much of section 3,524 of the Revised Statutes of the United Statos as provides tor a charge of one-ttth of ono per centum tor converting standard gold bullion into coin is nereby repealed, and hereafter no churge shall be made for that service. The friends of repeal say that they will have moro than twenty-two majority on the final vote, which was the majority on tho test vote to-day. The subject Will come up again to-morrow. CONFIRMATIONS BY THE SENATE. In addition toa lurge number of postmasters tho following nominations were confirmed by the Senate toeduy :— Registers of the Lant Ofice—Pelham J. anderson, at Montgomery, Ala.; Louis Dugal, at Denver, Col. A. 3. Stowart, at Sheridan, », Y.; Benjyaann J. F, Hanna, at Hayes City, Kan.; W. G. fowa, at Cran- ston, Wy. ‘I; fienry U, Olney, at Lake City, Col,, and M. W. Gibbs, at Little Rock, Ark. "Receivers ‘of Puolic Moneys,—William Anyan, at Grand islands, Nev.; Eawin S, Croker, Evanstown, .; John Latte, North Viatte, Nev.; C N. Bard, Neb.; Joua F. McKenna, Sheriaan, D. I. ; ©. 4. Hickman, Lake City, Col, and Paul J, Strobach, Montgomery, Ala Indian Agents —George W. Frost, agont tor the Indians of the Crow Agency in Montana; Wellington Bird, agent tor the ladians of the Milk River Ageacy in Montana, Benjamin L. Lang, of Ohio, to be secretary to the President to sign jaud patents, THE SELECT COMMITIEK OF THE SENATE ON THE LAW TO ASCERTAIN 2ND DECLARE THE RESULT OF ELECTIONS FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT. The Vice President to-day appointed as tho Seiect Commitice authorized by tho — resolu- tion of Mr. Edmunds on the effects of tho law relating to aseertaining and — declaring the result of elections for l’residont and Vico President, Messrs, Edmunds, of Vermont; Conkling, ot New York; Howe, of Wisconsin; McMillan, of Minnesota; Teller, of Colorado; Davis, of Ilinois; Bayard, of Delaware; Thurman, of Ohio, and Morgan, of Alabama, THE PACIFIC RAILROADS COMMITTEE— MB, POT- TER DECLINES THE CHAIRMANSHIP, Hon, Ularkson N, Potter bas dechined the chairman- ship of the House Cominittce on Pacific Railroads solely, a8 he states in a letior to Speaker Randall, be- cause of his large interest in a railway in Pennsylya- nia, of which Thomas A, Scott ts president, This, he thought, would be regarded as unGtting him tor ser- e vice on that committee; otherwise he would willingly | have accepted the position. was sent to the Speaker oa Monday evening and will be submitted to the House, which alone cau excuse bim. NATIONAL BANK REDEMPTION, The following isa statement of the operations of the Nationa! Bank Redemption Agency for the month | enaing this day as compared with the same month uf Jast year :— National bauk notes fit for circulation as- ¥ortod and returned to the banks of issue.$13,024,700 National bank notes unlit for eireulution assoried and delivered to the Comptrolier ol the Currency lor destruction and re. plucemment WIth NOW NOW. «see seseeeeees Notes of jailed, hquidating and reaueing banks deposited (a the lreasury, 3,493,100 ‘Total for October, 1877 ‘Yotal for October, 1870: Increase, UNITED STATES CURRENCY OUTSTANDING, The amount of United States currency outstanaing at this date 13 a8 follows: — Old demand to Legal venier noves One year note: Two year not Two year coupon nove + $63,702 50 see 354,490,892 00 . 54,315 00 . 16,150 00 23,60 00 1,150 00 18,862,074 60 3. 8 1868, Fractional currency, . TOU ccecerseeeecere © THE ENLISTMENT IN THE AUMY OF COLORED CITIZENS-—A DILL OF SENATOR BURNSIDE, In tho Senate to-day Senator Burnside Introduced a bill to remove all restrictions now existing in regard to the enlistment of colored citizens in any arm of the service of tho United States army. It provides that hereafior the word “color”? shail not bo used to designate any soltier of the United States army; that the colored citizen shall bo ontiticd to all His letter of declination | the privileges and rights of any citizen to enlist in any arm of the United States army, and no distinction sball hercafter be made in the assignment of the soldier on account of color oF previous descent; that ali arms of the ser- vice, engineers, artillery, cavalry, infantry, signal corps, Irrespective of color, shall be open to him. It further authorizes the Prosident to fill the Ninth and Tenth cavalry, Twenty-fourth and Twenty-nfth regi- ments of infantry with enlisted men without refer- ence or distinction of color; that ho shall use his di cretion in keeping these regiments above the mint mam strength required by Jaw, assigning men trom the general recruiting and general mounted servico as they are required by the regime: without regard to color. It further provides that nothing in the act shall beso construed that the Ninth and Tenth cavalry, Twenty-fourth and Twenty-((th ifantry are nota part of the United States Army. THE CALLS FOR FIVE-TWENTIES AND THE PLAC? ING OF THE FOUR PER CENT LOAN—THE DEBT STATEMENT, During the month of October there have been four calls for the redemption of five-twenty bonds ma- tured, amounting to $40,000,000. Tho amount re- doomed and paid for by gold check was $33 000,000, ‘This Included the scattering bonds of other calls that bad not proviously come in, This amount, together with the coin deposited in the Treasury by the Syndicate, will enable the Secretary to placo $45,000,000 of four per cent bonds in the public debt statement which will be issved to-morrow, Itis ex ected that tho debt statement will show a reduction ‘of about $3,000,000, THE RESUMPTION ACT. PROCEEDINGS OF THE H®USE ON MR, EWING’S BILL FOR THE REPRAL OF THE RESUMPTION ACT—A VICTORY FOR THE REPEALERS ON A TEST QUESTION, WASHINGTON, Oct. 31, 1877. In tho House to-day, alter prayer by tho Chaplain, the journal of Monday was read, ‘The rending of the journal was not concluded until thirty-flve minutes past two, when the papers in a large number of election cases were presented by the Speaker and relorred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections, Oa motron of Mr, Goonr, (dem ) of Va,, the Commit. tee on Accounts was ingtructod to report what commit- tees are entitled to clerks, Mr. Betirn, (rep.) of Mass., offered a resolution for the appolatment of asclect commitioe of seven to inquire into tho mannor of vontilating the hall of the House; the competency of the machinery, air pns- sages and ducts, engine and enginocr for that pur- pose; also into the practicability ut changing the loca- tion of the hall so as to bring into it alr and light with- out pumping the one or straining the other through stained glass; also to examine and report what changes cau be made in the configuration and extent of the hall to securo such acoustic proportics as will enable members to hear the procecdings so as to be | able to transact the public business intelligently, Tho resolution wus adopted. The Svmaker thereupon procesded to call commit- tees for reports. Mr. Wvon, (aem.) ot N. Y., from the Committee of Ways and Steans, reported resolutions, roforring to the Gommittee on Appropriations such parts of the President's Message as relate to appropriations for the army and 'y and courts, and tor the repairs of he Putent Uilice, und referring to the Committeo on Foreign Affairs those portions of tue Message relating to the Puris Exhibition and to the proposed Prison Cungreas at Stockholm. Adopted. THE RESUMPTION ACT, Mr, Ewtsa, (lem,.) of Utio, irom the Committee on Banking and ‘Currency, reported the following bill:— ‘That the third section of the act entitled, “An Act to Provide tor the resumption of apecle paymenis,"' upproved auuary 14, 1875, bo and the samo ty hereby repentad. Mr. Fort, (rep.) of Ii Presonied the views of the minority of the committee in ihe sbape of an amendment to the bill as follows:— A bill to repeal all that part of the act approved Januar; 14, 1875, known es th Resumption. act, whieh authorised the Secretary oi the Tronsury to dispose of United st.tes bundy and redeem and cancel the xroenback currency. Be itenucted, &e., That all that portion of the act which | rouds as follows (qudting ax above trum the third section) be and the aro is hereby repeated. Mr. Ewixa—I move that the vill be pringed and re- committed, Mr. Ganvir.o—And algo the vill of tho geatioman from Illinois (Mr. Fort) as a pending amendment, The Srxakke—Lt cau be priatod as au amendmont Proposed worbe ufferes i Mr. Kutry, (rep.) of Pa,—Is tt in order now to offer eavstituic? ‘he SrsaKeR—Not without unanimous consent, Mr. Fort—I understand that I had the consert of the committee to ake a minority report and to move ftasan amendment to the original bil, 11 1 bavo that privilege 1 desire to exorcise it, The Srrakek—Tho control of the subject’ tg in tho hands of the gentioman from Ohi. The CMar bas givenevery faciity to the gentleman from Illinois which he was capable of giving to him by fixing the | status of his bill a8 a propored amendment. The. | Chair hus not the power to take trom tho gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Ewing) the right to demand the pre- vious question, | Mr. BUKCHARD, (rop.) of 11,—How will 18 bo 1f tho recommit be votod down? Proposition Yhe Srkakek—Then tho vill will bo before tho House, The motion to recommit was agreed to without a division, and then Mr, Kwing moved to reconsider that Voie, bis Object being thus to retain control of the bill and to be able to call 1t up at any tine, (rep.) of Mich., moved to lay the mo- the table, SvEAKER—The vote on that motion wil be a practical test of tho sense of the House. M MINGER, (detn.) of II—Lhe gentleman from One bas entered # motion to reconsider, Has he not the right tocall up that motion at any time? ‘The Srkaken— Where a motion to reconsider is on- tered in the morning nour it has been the practice of tho House to allow thut reconsideration to be called | up ia the morning hour. The Chair thinks, however, that the more equiable mode would ‘be where a bill ts reported in the morning hour and & motion. to reconsider made, to alow that motion to be called up in (he House attor the ex- Piration of the morning hour, otherwise the morning hour imignt be occupied in that way evch day to the exclusion of its regular business. ‘The gentleman {caw LUinois (Mr. Springer) 18 aware that the practice heretolore hus eeu to allow motions to reconsider to be entered during the morning hour, and 10 bo consid- ered when called up in the morning bour, although, | as the Chair again sttes, that course 18 notin the in: terest of facilitating business, Mr, Ewixg—L merely entered the motion to roeon- | slaer under the impression (hat it Was the privilege | of a member of a commitice who entered a motion to | | reconsider to call it up at bis discretion. Tho SreAKsK—That bas veen the aptform practice of the House, but the Chair recognizes (he tact that any member of the House can make the motion to lay it On the table, EwixG—i was under the impression that no mber could move to lay Jt on the table. a mistake; but the geatigman doos uot safer unless a majority of the House ts against bis bili, ior Wuen bis committec is next culled ne can again report his bill and force action wpon It, M If the motion to lay on tho tablo is in Tam quite wing to test the sense of the House on the question now, ‘Tho vote Was thereupon taken by yeas and nays on | Mr. Conger’s motion to lay on the table the motion to | reconsider the vote recommitting the bill to the Com- ities on Hauking and Currency, and the motion was | rejected—yeas, 115; pays, 138—ae follows: = Yras Alken, Bacon, Bagley, Baker of Now York, 4 isos, Blair, Boyd, Brentano, Brewer, pbeil, Ons: wtin, | Giaek New Jeisey, tige, “Dane . Vox of Ohi fore Darratl, vis of Calife LS rH Denison, Duonell, Dwight, bames, Eickholf, ellsworth, Field, Fos. ter, Freeman, Frye, Garteld, Gibson, Hate, Hardeubori. Hingris of Massachusetts, Wart, Hayes, Hazleton, Hen Henderson, Hewitt ot New York, liseoek, Hubbell, tum plirey, tingertord, Hiner, Joes of New Hanpaiieo, Jones’ of Ubto, Jorgensen, Joyce Keifer, Keightlay, Lan: ders, Latham, Lath Lindsey, Luttrell, stayham, 4 y » MeKiniey, Mitehell, Monroe, Mord Mulier, Norervse, O'Neil, sou Peddie, Pollard, Potter, Pound, Powers, Pr vf Massnen obinse Massnchus Sehlelener, ai ard, Burdick, Onin, of Witletts, Williams of Willlams of Orexon, | Total 1s, Warner, vousin, Willian New York, \ Atkins, Huker, tnt Ward, Wi | great spaces of unoccupied land. ing, Bayne, Holl, Bt Hand, Blonnt, Boo vt North Carolina, » Bilis, Bere, y bwin, Filer, Finloy, arth, a. Hanna, Harmer, Harexetl ty th Garner, Hamilton Murtridg i dee, Honry, Hewitt 0, Hunter, Hunton, J er, Kiminell, Knay Pas hy Martin, McKenzie, seal, Oliver, Pheips, Philips, Kea, Kengan, ies Kovertson, — Kobinsui Nemlen, Sexton, which will give © bome market to the farmer. The | growth of mynutactures makes populons cities, and | umo the products of | agricnit auvantages are supplemented vy ph, Roverts, Sayler, hend of Lidnois, Tanne 1, Walker, Walna, Whitthorne, W ‘ nine, Willis ut Ken Totwi, 1 iho last member to have his voto recorded was Mr. | Butler, of Massachusetts, who had not voted whea his hatne Was first calied, He voted in the negutive. The result of the vote 14 to loave the control of the bill in the hands of the Banking and Corrency Com- mittee, or of Mr. Ewing, who reportou it, aod who can | At nny lime call up his motion to reconsider, and thay | have action on the Dill, It will Ue in his power to cut Off a!) awendments—vven that proposed vy Mr. Fort, of [tlinols—by moving (he previous question, The House, at a quarter to four P.M. until to-morrow, | the | others THE PRESIDENT. His Excellency at the Virginia Agricultural State Fair. GOVERNOR » KEMPER’'S WELCOME. “Friend of Peace-Loving Freemen, of an Indissoluble Union,” MR. HAYES’ SPEECH. Brightening Skies Lighting Up National Affairs, EVARTS ON “OLE VIRGINNY.” Ricumonp, Vo., Oot 31, 1877, After breakfast this morning the Presidential party Were driven in carriages to various places of interest under the escort of the city’s reception committec, ana at cloven o’clock were taken to the fair ground and turned over to the authorities of tho Stato Agricnlturat Society, Tne party was taken to the brick building occupied as the headquarters of the Agricultural Society and from tho upper porch the speeches were deliy- ered, The crowd that gathered around the building was large, but not so largo as {t would have been bad the weather been bright. The cillcers of the society, members of the City Council and distinguished citi- zens were stationed on the porch with the President, GOVERNOR KEMPER’S ADDRESS, Governor James Kemper, having been selected by the society to weicome Mr, Hayes, came forward and spoke as follows :— Mx. PResipext—In coming to this ausiont State you are naturally reminded of the principles whteu under- He 118 earliest loundation, Lt was here that our fore- fathors devised the firat complete written constitution of government ever ordatued by any ol tho States or nations of the world, It was betore the Declaration of Independence was adopted that they here launched into boing an independent, organized commonwealth, and {t was here first declared, through. the organic law of Virginia, that government is instituted for the common and equal benofit, security apd protection of all the ~~ people, and. that the government 1s bast which produces the greatest degree of happiness and safety for all, Beheving it 18 your good fortune, sir, to stand ina great crisis on this fundamental principle of our fathers, we thorotore rejoice 1u every assurance of your determination to recogmize und respect the equal integrity aud hoor, the equul nights of solf- governmont, and the ‘equal liberties of tho Sections, stules and people of our common country. Anxiousty Virginia watches and hails the dawning of universal pacification; with faith and coniposure she awaits the return ot her own ancient Uistorio era of good feeling. 1018 in her name that 1 greet you to-day and I welcome you, sir, as a friend, hot of Virginia, vot of Ohio, not of any section, State, party, or class, but as i (riend of the peace loving frcinen and the law abiding States of an indissoiuble and indestructible Union, Cordially 1 tender you tho hospitalities of this commonwoalth, und I tender them as the offering of those who stand tor ollicial purity; those who uphold the cause of constitutional peace, of im- partial justice aod of equal rights for ail the members Of the American Republic, Fellow citizens, | have the honor to introduce to you the President of the United States, (His remarks wore often interrupted by applause.) PRESIDENT HAYES RESPONDS, The President responded as follows;— Govexxon Kemrer, Lapies axo GeytLeaen—I am dinouished by tho leaden sky and thickening mist hat my remarks In reply to tho welcome we have Just listened to must be very brief, 1 would gladly give Expression to the salisiaclion and gratitication it Bios Me lo have received this truly Virginia wel- (Choers.) LT understand very well the goncral purposes ot sho society Whose annual mceting brought together this larga assemblage. The growing Interest of Virginia, the leading tnterest, has been promoted by the works of this society, and in trying to do something to further this great interost we shail attempt a suitavie return for the hospitality and kindness with which we havo been so cordinliy received, lam glad to contribute something to the work the Agricultural So-iety of Virginia ts on- deavoring to do. The State of Virginia has wisely undertaken to make known to the — world advantages; (0 make them known to tn- teil'gent, enterprising and good people who de- sire to better their condition by a chauge of home. Tho Virgiata Byard of Immigration has been very fortunate in securing an officer who reports to that Board an interesting and satistactory description of the attractions which Virginia possesses for the emt graut, A few days ago one of the Senators trom Vir- ginia furnished me with flotchkiss’ description of Virginia, Now, my friends, in uudertaking to con- tribute a litle to the work your society 1s doing I shall not be guilty of dealing wih facts and statistics. Lt would be iudect “carrying couls to Newcastle” to toll Virgimans what Virginia 1s, Thanks to these gentlemen of the press who are reporting these proceedings, I may be avle to reach a Jarge number ol peoplo in’ other States that cannot conveniently be represented here and witness what we behold, 1 do not jptond to enter into an elaborate descriptios Of avy of the advantages of Virginia. I merely wich to invi'e and put intelligent prople jn other States on the truck of investigation about Virgina, I merely wish to read a sort of catalogue on tho Various attractions and claims of Virginia upon the consideration of those who anywhere in tho United States desire to improve thelr condition by seeking new and better hom Virginia poesesses about as many acres of Inud, possesses an aca of territory about equal to Ponneyivania and itis obe-eighth larger than Ohio, but 18 popalition Is only one-third of that of Penn. sylvania, and does not reach one-half of that of Onto. ibore are, then, in the first place, in Virginia too Under your former system it was the ambition of your men to have large estutes; your State, therefore, must be divided into & grouter number of small farms, Thus at will be fifty years hence. The population will increase by people coming in, thus goueral prosperity will be promoted, If L ‘am ox- pounding a litie the sky, You notics, is brightening, and T happily find st urightening m another direction, (Cheors.) As thero 18 abundant territory for emigrants lo possess, what, then, is the character of that terri- tory? As some is worn out I hear our agricultural friends are doubting whether thore is skill to restore the fertility of that Innd, Your plan was that it was casior to clear new land than to relertilize the old. That has been done in Virginia, Now comes tbe time when the gol bas to be reinvigorated, What ts not fertiie can be made go, Along your rivers there 18 an abundance of good land yet. In the Vailey of Southside and in the mountain Tegions the emigrant eau sce it, Ho can get it cheap; itis cheap land the emigrant wants, Good Jand in Virginia 18 probavly worth about $25 per acre. That 18 cbeapy); tor im. my own country laud ranges from $26 to $100 per ucra. In addition to the cheap tand, the next thing i a Market oasily reached, How doves Virginia stand tn pect? In this State the most perishable can reach a market before they are worth: Next build up your own growing cities. You enough cheap laud, Bat, says some one, they are droadiully taxed in Virgitta They are now divided over there about the debt, as they say. Are you heavily taxer’ Lam not herve to diseuss before you lucal questions, Ido not mean to drop words to toll you on which side 1 may be. (Laughter.) I will say this, You are not as heavily taxed a8 where [live ia Obio, I will say this, aiso, that take your State debt and add tt to all tho other popuine ‘¢ of cities and counties of the State, and 1 think, upon the whole, that Virginia 18 not heavily in debt, Aad here again L might p | to a State in the North, the fair state of New York, or smalier ones which have cities to pile ther taxes upon, Cities pay the taxes. Farmers do not tive in the cities, and the wise emigrant Knows that if tho upon tho cities Who pay .or the goods, the iner must bear his share, If the cities are beavyain bt the farmer feels it, T say that taxation in Virginia is light. 1 say then Virginia te the State the worthy emigrant is inquiring for, The climate of Virguuin i exceilent, The large mascolar inen | see before me deinand its praise, and the ladies, too, tor the indies Ladmire, tis a good climate, If Lain not mistaken, muscular men Of every race will find in Virg ‘an excellent working climate. Neither the severity of its winters nor the ex- haustive heat im summer are untavoravle to work. Perhaps nowbere do we Und tho original type— muscles well covered, nerves well prot ype of the Enghsnr herved than in Virginiws It 1, then, @ good chmato; therefore intelligent, good people will emigrate here, ‘Aud besides these aay ex | might aliude to that we the very strong and attractive. Intelligent emigrant are Take the educational ad vautiges. I think few States pave done so much as Virginia to limprove their system of euu- ation for both races. It if Very good, and itis io Oath fe you would be glad to bave ihe septiment of populur education is ‘grad. ually growing, = This = 1 gather — from — the sources to whieh Thi releren: T have been in the habit Of saying that aroong the attractions to tho best class Of emigrants in other States (here are none greater (o them than the advantages to ve tou! tn Virginia Virginia does indeed donerve te 1vis mot vet what Governor ‘Kemper and it everywhere, out of praise, Why shall pot the emigrant come here, so ueur to marker? The great tines com Pieted counect tue interior with the harbors, Yoey #OMO One Buy LoCre is prejudico against | THR GREEN CORN ‘cew comers? Descending myself from one of aries: settlers of Ohio i know how tne old Souler foit toward the uew men, At the same time I do nos desire to repel the coming of good citizens fro every quarter. 1s “thera? danger of tbat ia VirgiwiaY 1 have made some tnqoiry, and 4 believe Virginia upon that question ‘stands where she should stand. 1 believe a good citizen, dee siriag to Improve his condition, who eomos to make a home in Virginia for oiugeit aad be him, will Ind here all the privileg » eights ‘bouts, hospitality and friendship that belong to good citizen ship of the best roguiated American society, an¢ whenever, in Maine or Minnesota, ‘there are families with a favorite goa or ‘daughter threatened with lung diseases, here your mild climate Festores them, and here your’ bospitality is ready te receive them, I close with the wish that it may be among the decrees of Providence to bless Virginia ut well a6 our whole beloved country—bless wit riches, honor, length of days—and ‘may her ways ways of pleasanivess and ail her paths peace.’’ (Groat cheering), wih en MR. EVARTS’ sprrew The President thon introduced Secretary Evarts, who said:— Governor Keven and Fettow Ortizens or Vin- Gixia—There has never been any doubt on tw points— first. that the people of Virginia thought vory well of themsolves—(laughter)—second, that the people of the rest of the country thought very woll of the panple of Virginia. One point of doubt with the rest of your countrymen during the past vears has whethor the people of Virginia thought as well as they ought of the people of the rest of the country. (Laugbter.) Judging {rom the way you express your feelings and appreciation of the small oumber of citizens from ‘other States, including the Presideat, who ure now making you a visit, 1 am bound to say that, with this specimen of your opinion of people of other party of the country, you do toink very well of them, (Laugbter,) If there should longer be doubt in ree mote or near portions of the country on this point, woe shall say to them, “Go to Virginia and see,’”? (Applause.) I!, upon a short stay, you don’t find as warm a welcome us you wish, no longer, (Laughter.) When you baver point that you know the Virginians and t you, tt is quite as ey 3 to be your fault ag that of the Virginians if they don’t like you, When we aro talking of Virginia to the Virginians we scarcely know where to begin and r know where to leave off. (Laughter.) I will Pass over the time between the settlement at Jamestown and the American Revolution. (Laugh! Myself a native of Massachusetts, | have always felt that a great listorical point was made by you in et ting your settiement of Jamestown belore we had our landing at Plymouth Rock—(laughter)—if you au not hold ou to it quite as well as we do, When Americans come to contemplate tho relations of Virginia to American independence, to our government, to oar Union, tw our growth, to our pride, to our power, to our wealth a8 a nation, it nover ceases to be a wonder to us that Virginia could ever dream fora moment that she could ever hold toa divided nation, Every part magnificent, no struggle to make two parts equal to the whole politically, morally, socially, can ever succeet. Why, gendemen, in the experience of Kurope as civilized aud as advanciug the great effort has been to break down the barriers in undeveloped society which retard the destinies of tho raco and preveni the unification of a people, What 1s our own history but that of untty—L could almost say unilormity—in every trait that makes up a national character? A country Stretching across the continent! Who would wisa to bosom of the nation 18 impossibie of division; an at- tempt at division must fail, But since the storm is over an administration hus appeared to reorganize an era of peace, and when the great mass of peopio— North and South, East and West—sro ready for peace the sentiment for reconciliation 19 tre sist ‘The Prosident hus yiven you seme views on the political economy of your State, its vust attractions to labor and immigration. Nothing can prevent your mil4 climate, your excellent land and hospitable population trom drawing people seek- ing to better thetr conditions. In conclusion Mr, Evarts paid a handsome tribute to tho University of Virginia and spoke in hopeiul terms of tho future of the State, SECKRYARY SURRMAN'S ADDRES, Secretary Sherman was next introduced by Mn Hayes, He said:— Fetvow Citizexs—I cannot expross the gratiiica. tion with which L appear before Luis large assemblage of representative farmers of old Virginia. I'he Pre: deut informed you that Lama native of the State of Olio, 1 was born in that part of it which was ottlod exclusively by descondants of sires of this good old State. Ip that beautiful region, the Valloy of the Soiova, every old and hon- ored family 1s now represented by noble men and beautitul women who bear the names of well known, and cherished families of the Old Dominion. It is the 1nd of farmers. Therois no large city in that section. Farmors, itis said, are too couservé They are the great element upou which all great and permanent institations rest. I know that twenty or thirty years ugo the only crop upou whieh the farmer relied tw get reudy money was Wheat, At that timo went sixty miles ta e8 to the Erie was hauled in and theo wagons through the lak and the returns brought buck little Y. A great change has come over their Industry. Now they raise very little wheat, and now wae, our wheat 10 Minuesota and Wisconsiu for our jamily usr. We tind a better profit in eggs, milk, cheese, butter, bariey, beans, oate, &c. So lands worth a little whils ago’ $30 per acre are now worth irom $60 to $100. My countrymen, 1 am not sure but that you Vir- ginions will find’ your farms more productive it smaller. You must diversity your industry with these minor crops, You aro in sigbt of great cities mono; while we have to send our products 600 miles to New York to fad a market, You aro in- torested in commerco and manufactures. Thesq give tho tarmeratarket, Agriculture is the founda. tion of commerce, erything rests upon agricul ture, Lt produces that which must ve carried apoo the wings of commerce. Agriculture 1s to the physi- cal world what faith, hope and charity are to the moral world, | trust we shall all have charity for the natural diflvrences of opinion that spring up among all branches of mankind. SKCKETARY THOMPSON'S REMARKS. Secretary Thompson being next iatroduced, said tulthough be had beeu a jong ine from Virginia, riy ilty years, ho bad not forgotten to cherish a whoicsome State pride and bat still a warm attach ment for tho good old State, He was concerned tor the prosperity of Virginia and Wished ine grea: success ty the farmers of the State, He spuke at length in favor of a united country und was heartily cheered throughont his speech. ATTORNKY GENERAL DW The President introduced Attorpey General Dovena, saying tbat he was a yailant soldier trom Massachu- setts, and that he carried in bis body a piece of lead, and it might be Virginia lead, and he thought that he migut be more interesting to nis hearers for that rea- son, General Devens said that when a son of Massachu- Betts stood on the soil of Virginia and in the presence of a Virginia audience, be wan cotitied to remember that their forefathers were the companions of his in {nitiating the great conflict resulting In the independ> enco of the United States, He coniinued in @ strain of patriotic sentiment which excited much applause, BENATOK MORGAN, Of ALADAMA. was presented by the ident, and’made a response in behalf of the pee ple to the conciliatory utterances of the President and his Cabinet, and said he was for peace and con. cord, which was applauded to the echo. DK, LOKING. Dr. Loring, a mombor of Congress from Massa. sacbusetts, aud President of the Agricultural Society of that State, was the last spoaker imtroduced, addressed the crowd at considerable lengto in a prac. cal speech filled with advice and usetul information, the whoie pleasantly interspersed with humorous hits aud illustrations, which was received with much ap plauso and hearty laughter. RETURN How, % J. Barbour, on the part of the Agricultural Society, mude somo folicitious remarks, in whicn he thanked the President aud others for ther kind ex- pressions of hope for tho weltare of Virginia, and houped praises on Mrs Hayes. Ho said he thought this lady deserved as much praise for the President's Southern policy 18 the President himscil; that s in Agreat measure im strumental in its inauguration. ‘r-meadous appianse,) The speaker then prosonted Mrs. Hayes to tho as- sombled multitude, aud she was grocted with tres odous cheering, waving of bats, &¢., the domon- stration lasting until she roured from sight Alter making a tour of the grounds, an Inspection of ihe exbibition aod partaking of lunch the party roturned to ihe city. Ihe day’s programme closed to-night with a State reception at the residence of Governor Kemper, THANKS, DIFFERENTIAL DUTIES, DENIAL OF REPORTED EXACTIONS FROM THE SPANISH GOVERNMENT—EXTRA TONNAGE TAX COLLECTED FROM SPANISH VESSELS TO BE REFUNDED, Wasmixeton, Oct. 31, 1877, The following telegram to the Department ot State from the United States Minister at Madrid, dated Oce+ tober 27, bas been communicated to tho Treasury Dow partment: The Minister of Si ties are levied in any Spanish port, powinsn ou American vessels. Th pursuance of this assurance that American vem sels in Spanish ports pay no other or higher duties om tonnage than Spanish vessels, the Secretary of the Treasury will issue a circular to-day to collectors of customs and otners iuforaiog them that hereafter only (nirty cents per ton tonnage tax Will be collected Of Spanish vousels in Atnerican ports, Collectors of customs are auiborizea and directed to transmit certi+ fied statemonts in ail casos of the exaction at their ports, under protest, of tonnage tux on Spanish ves- sels at the rate of eighty cents per ton, In order that tho excess of fiity cents per toa may be reiunded, PATENT LITIGATION. ferent! or colonial, CANNING CASE, AGAINST THE PATENTER, BautiMonK, Md., Oct, 31, 1877. Judges Bond and Giles, of the United States Circult Court, filed their opinion to-day in the case of Jona Winsiow Jones va. Louis MeMurray, known asthe eon corn patent canning case,’ diswnissing the Avion Of Jones for an tijunetion to rostrata DECIDED pli MeMurray trom putting up areen corn iu hermetically senlod cans, which was alleged to be an infringement on patents nold by Jones, a resident of Vortiand, Mey who pil oud to pay costs,