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8 WASHINGTON, President Hayes’ Vetoes the Anti-Chinese Bill. TEXT OF HIS MESSAGE, Chairman Potter Preparing His Report on the Election Troubles. eee REPUBLICANS ANNOYED. Congress Quietly Smothering Some Pet Jobs. os AN EXTRA SESSION INEVITABLE, Rumor that Mr. Evarts Will Leave Wash- ington for London. FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT, WasuInGtos, March 1, 1 PARTISAN CHARACTER OF THE MAJORITY REPORT OF THE POTTER COMMITTEE—-WHAT THE RE- PUBLICANS SAY. ‘The republicans of the Potter Committee are busy to-day with the minority report. They appear to be under a good deal of excitement about the majority report, which, they privately say, is unexpectedly partisan. Democrats who have seen it say that it is ‘an extremely forcible document, giving a concise summary of the history of the last Presidential elec- ‘tion in Louisiana and Florida, AN EXTRA SESSION OF THE SENATE NECESSARY, It is thought in some quarters that the republican Senators foresce the necessity for an extra session of the Senate in any case, some important nomi- nations remaining still to be made, and that those of them who evidently favor an extra session of both Houses do so on the ground that if they are to lose control of the organization of the Senate they may as well give the democrats in the House a chance also to show their folly in an extra session of Congress, BEPUBLICANS IN FAVOR OF AN EXTRA SESSION— SLAUGHTER OF SOME HEAVY JOBS, It is remarked to-day that many republican Sena- tors appear to be as ready for an extra session as many democrats are, und if the language they hold about it fairly represents their views and wishes, their willingness will make it inevitable. Senator Windom said to-day that with hard work and rapid agreement in the conference committees the needful Dills could be got through, but it was evening before the Sundry Civil bill got through the Committee of the Whole in the Senate, and though some of the worst jobs attached to it by the Senate Appropria- tions Committee were struck out, several were left in. Notable among them was the Birkett Indian Agent appropriation, which is one of the most shameless jobs of the session, and which the House in conference will certainly reject. This Birkett was an Indian agent, who set up a claim for $42,000 for expenditures, which documents in the House Appropriations Committee prove con- clusively were not only unautborized, but were probably never made. Birkett has one or two very persistent friends in the Senate, who have ma le such defence as they could, but the claim is rejected by the Indian Bureau and stigmatized there as agross attempt at a swindle, and it was condemned by the House Appropriations Committee on documentary evidence entirely conclusive. DEFEAT OF THE NATIONAL QUARANTINE AND HEALTH PROJECTS. The House this evening after struggle of six hours killed all the quarantine and health schemes by laying them on the table, Mr. Casey Young had the House bill in charge, but it was seen soon by the House that he really preferred the Senate bill, and this contributed to the failure of ths whole subject. The House bill establishes a@government board of health, but does not inter. fere with the State quarantine. ‘This the House would probably have accepted, but the Senate bill, which attempts to establish a national quar- aptine system under the charge of a national director of health and paves the way to the abolition of local quarantine systems was vigorously opposed by Mr. Chittenden, of New York, Mr. Goode, of Virginia, and others as uncalled for, an interfering in an injudicious and needless manner with State authorities and guardianship, and, on motion of General Garfield, the whole matter was finally laid on the table. THE GOVERNMENT PRINTING. The attempt to transfer the government printing office to a private firm at a nominal rent failed in the Senate, It is understood here that this job was put up by a ring of speculative persons — resi- dent here, some of whom are notorious for doubtful transactions in past times, and the fact that these were able to persuade a majority of the Se nmittee on Appropria- tions to favor their enterprise is the subject of a good deal of comment. The clause, also mserted by this authorizing the purchase of a building here for a city post office at a very extravagant price, was also struck out. THE SITUATION AT MINNIOHT, At mifinight the Senate completed the Sundry Civil bill, determined to ‘ake up the Legisletive bill and then went inte cutive session. Senators are gen- erally ot opinion that the necessary legislation can- not be got through in time and that an extra session is inevitable. REGULAR CORRESPONDENT. ° FROM OUR Wasineron, March 1, 1879, RUMOR THAT MR. EVARTS IS TO RELARVE MIN- ISTER WELSH. The gossips here have it to-day that Secretary Evarts will be nominated Minister to London in place of Mr. Welsh, who, | wants to come home. It said arts has become weary of the monotony of the State Department, and that he prefers two years in London, This report is, however, a mere rumor, on which not much dependence should bo Placed, a GENERAL WASHINGTON DESPATCHES, Wasnrnatos, March 1, 1879, i A SCHEME FOR THE ALLEGED PURPOSK OF EX- TORTING MONRY FROM PENSIONERS. The House Committee on Kxpenditures in the In- Werior Department to-day commenced an tu vestigation into an alleged combination among tlaim agents aud others in this city for the purpose of extorting money from pen sioners under the guise of “a testimonial’ to one of their number tor services performed tn securing the passage of the Pension Arrears bill. It | appears from the testimony that the following printed circular, headed “An act of justice,” haw been widely cireulated throughout the country, aud many returns received therefrom since the passage of the bill providing for payment of arrearages of peusions:— In recognition Dimmick, of Washington, . in conducting the J are of Pensions Will, which law, | hereby subseribe the sum of toward! a testimonial to him, payable wh the arrears of pension dno me, Name | of the labor of Captain Rk, A. | tor dollars n I receive Address, ‘The ciroulars are indorsed by certain employés tn the War aud Interior departments #4 others, who |. Th NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, MARCH 2, 1879—QUIN maintain that there is no fraud counected with the affair, and that their motives were purely honorable, Messrs. Brower, of the Interior, and Burger, of the War Department, govern- ment pensioners, were examined this morning con- cerning their connection with the scheme, and testi- fed to their good intentions, The committee are advised that 10,000 copies of the above circular were nt to certain claim agents in Indianapolis for dis- tribution, FORTHCOMING REPORT OF THE POTTER COMMIT- TEE. ‘The Potter Investigating Committee hela a secret eession this morning, at which the report of Chair+ man Potter was practically agreed to by the demo- cratic members of the committee, but it will not be made pubiic till Monday next, owing to the fact of the republican members not being prepared to submit their report. The report will be very voluminous, and will be given out for pub- lication simultaneously. Mr. Jewett this morning appeared before the committee and requested that the portion of his testimony relating to Mr. G. L. Smith having withdrawn the package of De Soto returns from the mails be stricken out, as he had since discovered that it was erroneous. SPEAKER RANDALL SPEAKS FOR HIMSELF. Speaker Randall to-day went before the special House Committee appointed at his request to investigate the charges contained in the Williams communication with regard to il legal appropriation warrants, and repeated under outh the statement heretofore published denying the truth of the assertions contained in the correspondence so far as they affected him. Mr, McBride appeared before the committee and gave testimony showing that previous to the publication of the Williams letter he had been offered a photo- graphic copy of the document for a consideration of "35, but considering it unimportant and utterly de- void of truth, he rejected the offer. ‘The committee will now procecd to prepare their report, which will be unanimous in exoneration of Mr. Randall. CHEMICALS OF THE ANIMAL KINGDOM DESIRED, The Smithsonian Institution desires to secure as complete a collection as possible of the chemicals de- rived from the animal kingdom. To that end Pro- fessor Anthony Pirz, superintendent of the Manhattan Chemical Company, has been res quested to act as a special committee, and all packages should be addressed ‘National Musetm, Smithsonian Institution, care Professor Pirz, No. 127 Water street, New York,” Those articles will be promptly forwarded to Washington and the names of the contributors printed in the forthcoming cat- alogue. SATURDAY NOTES FROM THE TREASURY. The payments mado from the Treasury of the United States by warrants during the month cf Feb- ruary, 1879, were as follows:— On account of civil and miscellaneous expenses....... + $4,370,729 31 On account of War. 2,804,138 41 On account of Navy 1,501,662 On account of the In! pensions)....... Total..... Soesscerccesesescscesccesess $11,164,691 61 The subscriptions to the four per cent loan bonds during the month of Janu- ary amounted to. And in February. 28 2,398,168 61 $158,904,100 90,101,750 Total .....cescccecorcescccsesceece seees $249, 005,850 The six per cent five-twenty bonds called in during the satne period amounted to $25,006,000, The subscription to the four per cents to-day was $14,650, The Secretary of the Treasury says he has received a number of letters and telegrams which indicate an excitement and some fear among the subscribers to the four per cent bonds that the House bill shortening the period of the call, would require the payment of sub scriptions in thirty days’ instead of in ninety days’ time. He also suys that the bill on its tace applied only to future calls, and does not offset in the slightest degree either the outstanding calls or subscriptions made previous to the approval of the bill. The bill in its terms excepts all existing contracts, and, if it should pass as proposed, would not apply to any subscriptions made under the outstanding circulars and contracts. The Secretary has recommended that the bill be so amended jn the Senate as to ex- pressly except from its operation the balance of five-twenty bonds, about $92,000,000, and that it apply only to the refunding of the ten-forty and sub- sequent bonds, The debt statement issued to-day shows the follow- ing:— Increase of debt for February...... $311,411 23 292,498 43 Gold and silver certi tes. 19,087,680 Oo Jnited States notes held for the re- demption of certificates of deposit.. 46,100,000 00 United States notes held for the re- demption of fractional currency. Called bonds not matured, for wh four per cent bonds have imsued........eseeeeeereees Outstanding legal Outstanding fractional curren 5,986,412 34 The Treasury now holds $347, (00 in United States bonds to secure bank circulation, United States bonds deposited for circulation for the week ending to-day, $1,750,000, United States bonds held for circulation withdrawn durjng the week ending to-day, $1,540,000, National bank circulation out- standing—Currency notes, $324,579,253; gold notes, $1,466,920. The internal revenue receipts to-day were $329,709 05 and the customs receipts $531,431 25, receipts of national bank notes for red tion for the week ending to-da: the corresponding period last 1871 $650 1 .; 8619,741 00 h been 216,028,200 00 40,681,016 00 P- as compared with are as follo: 000 Philadelphia. Miscellancous. ‘Totals... Receipts to-da TEXT OF THE PRESIDENT'S VETO OF THE ANTI- CHINESE IMMIGRATION BILL, The following is the text of the President's Mes- sage to the House of Representatives vetoing the bill to restrict Chinese immigration: — To THK Hovsr oF RevneseNrarives:— After a very caretul consideration of House bill eutitled “An act to restrict the unmigration of ne to the United States,” I herewith return it to House of “Representatives, in which it nted, with objections to its passage. bill as it was sent to the Senate from the House ot Representatives was con- fined in its provisions to the object named in its title, which is that of “J t wo Restrict the Immigration of Chinese t the States,” The only adopted to — se- cure the proposed object was the limitation on the number of Chinese passengers which might be brought to this cou th teen, and as this num w tion'to the sizo or tonnage of the ¥ consideration ot the satety or accommodation of these passengers, the simple ‘purpose and effect of the enactment were to repress this immigration td an extent falling but little short of its absolute exclu- sion, Phe bill as amended in the Senate and now presented to me inciudes an independent and addi- tional provision which aims at, and in terme re- quires, the abrogation by this government of articles 3 and 6 of the treaty with China commonly called the Burlingame Treaty, through the action of the Executive enjoined by this provision of the act® CONDITIONS OF THI TREATY, The Lurlingame Treaty, of which the ratifications were exchanged at Pekin November 2, 1369, recites a the occasion and motive of its negotiation by the two governments that “since the conclusion of the Treat; Unived — Stal ot America and pire (China) on the 18th ireumstances have arisen showing the necessity of additional articles thereto,” and pro- ceeds to an agreement as to suid additional art.cles, These negotiations, therefore, ending by the sig- nature of the additional articles July 28, 1868, have for their object the completion of our treaty rights aud obligations toward the government ot China by the incorporation of these new articles, as ceforth parts of the principal treaty to which they are made supplemental. Upon the settled rules of interpretation appli le to such supple: mental negotiations, the text of the princi- yal treaty and of these “additional articles hereto constitute one treaty from the conclusion of the new negotiations, in all parts of equal and concurrent foree and obligation, between the two yovernments, and to all intents and purposes “as if embraced ino: ment, The rincipal treaty, of which ifications were exchanged August 16, 1859, ‘the Coited States of America and the To-Tsing Empire, desiring to maintain firm, lasting and sin- cere friendship, have resolved to renew, in a man var and positive, by means of a treaty or general convention of peace, amity and commerce, the rules which shall in future be mutually observed in the intercourse of their respective conntries,” and proceeds in its thirty articles to lay out a careful and comprehensive system for the commercial relations of our people with China, The provisions of this treaty & cure the rights of our pie ine ws to residence and protection ip and United » instru. the fine and tot ae sp | trade with China, = * BENEFITS TO THE UNITED STATES, The actual provisious in our fayor in these respects were framed to be and have been found to be adequate and appropriate to the interests of our commerce, and by the concluding article we receive guarantee that “should at any ire grant to any nation, or the of any nation, any right, lege or favor connected either with navi- tion, commerce, political or other inter- course, which {8 not conferred by — this treaty, euch right, privilege and favor shall at once freely inure to the benefit of the United States, its public officers, merchants and ¢itizens." Against body of stipulations in our favor, and this per- nent engagement of equality in respect to all ture concessions to foreign nations, the general promise of permanent peace and good offices on our part seems to be the only equivalent. For this the first article unde 8 as follows:— Chere shall be, as there have always been, peace and friendship between the United States of America.and the Ta Tsing Empire, and between their people re- spectively. They shall not insult or oppress each other for any trifling cause, so as to produce an estrangement between m, and if any other na- tion should act unjustly or’ oppressively the United States will exert their good offices, on being informed of the case, to bring about an amicable arrange ment of the question thus ahowia: their friendly feelings.” the date of the negotiation ot this treaty our Pacific possessions had attracted a considerable Chinese emigration, and the advan- tages and inconveniences felt or feared therefrom had become more or less manifest, but they dictated no stipulations on the subject to be incorporated in the treaty. STIP ATIONS OF ARTICLES FIVE AND SIX. ‘The year 1868 was marked by the striking event of a spontaneous embassy trom’ the Chinese Empire, headed by an American citizen—Anson Bur- lingame—who had relinquished his diplo- iatic representation of his own country in China to assume that of the Chinese Empire to the United States and the European nations. By this time thy facts of the Chinese immigration and its nature “and influences, present and — prospec tive, had become more noticable and were more observed by the population immediateiy affected, and by this government. The principal feature of the Burlingame Treaty was its attention to and its treatment of the Chinese immigration, and the Chinese as forming, or as they should form, a part of our population. “Up to this time our uncovenanted hospitality to emigra- tion, our fearless liberty of citizenship, our equal and comprehensive justice to all in- habitants, whether ‘they abjured their foreign nationality or not, our civil freedom and our religious toleration had made all comers welcome, and under these protections the Chinese ' in considerable numbers had made their lodgment upon our soil. Theg Burlingame ‘Treaty undertakes to deal with this situation, and its fifth and sixth articles embrace its most important provisions in this regard and the main stipulations in which the Chinese government has secured an obligatory protection of its subjects within our terri- tory, They read as follows :— Annicre5.—The United States of America and the Em- peror of China cordially recognize the inherent and. in ahenuble right of man to change his home and ai- lezianee, also the mutual advantage of the and emigration of — their — citi subjects respe yf one country; for purposes of f trad The high contracting part any other than for these purposes. to pass laws making tizen of the United States or Chinese sub- Jects to take Chinese subjects either to the United States or to any other foreign country, or for a Chinore subject of ixen of the United States to take citizens of the United States to China, orto any other foreign country, without ir free voluntary consont respectively, Ant. 6.—Citizens of the United States visiting or rexid- ing in China shall enjoy the sume privileges, immunit it or exemptions in ‘respect to. travel or as may there be enjoyed by the subjects of then favored nation, and reciprocally Chinese subjects visiting or residing ‘in the United States shall enjoy the same privileges, iumun and exemptions in respect. to travel reside! as may be by the citizens or subjects of the most favored nations. But nothing herein contained shall be held to confer naturalization. upon. citizens of the United States in China nor upon the subjects of China in the United States. SLAVERY OR ABUSE PROVIDED AGAINST. An examination of these two articles in the light of the experience then influential im suggest- ing their “necessity” will show that the fifth article wax framed in hostility to what seemed the principal mischief to be guarded against—to wit, the introduction of Chinese laborers by methods which should have the character of a forced and servile importation, and not of a voluntary emigration of freemen sceking our — shores upon motives and in a manner consonant with the system of our _—_ institutions, and approved by the experience of the nation: Unquestionably “the adhesion of the govern: ment of China to these liberal principles of freedom in emigration, with which we were so familiar and with which we were 80 well satisfied, was a great advance toward openin that Empire to our civilization and religion, and gave promise in the future of greater and greater practical results in the diffusion throughout that great population of our arts and industries, our manufactures, our material improvements and the sentiments of government and religion which seem to us so important to the welfare of mankind, The first clause of this article secures this acceptance by China of the Amer can doctrines of © free migration to aud fro among the peoples and races of the earth. The second clause, however, in its reprobation of “any other than an entirely yolun- tary emigration” by both the high contracting parties, and in the reciprocal obligations whereby we secured the solemn and un- qualified engagement on the purt of the government of China “to pass laws making it a penal offence for # citizen of the United States or Chinese subjects to take Chinese subjects either to the United States or to any other for- eigu country without their free and voluntary consent,” Constitutes the great force and value of this article Its importance, both in prin- ciple and in its ical service toward our protection against ‘vile importation in the guise of emigration, cannot be — overesti- mated, It commits the Chinese government to active and efficient measures to suppress this iniquitous system where those measures are most necessary and can bé most effectual. It gives to this government the footing of a treaty right te such measures and the means and opportunity of insisting upon — their adop- tion and of complaint and resentinent at their neglect. The fifth article, therefore, if it fall short of what the pressure of the later experience ot our Pacitic States 1 urge the attention of thia government 4s exsential to the public welfare seoma to be in the right direction, and to contain important advantages which once relinquished cannot be easily recovered. ' PROTECTION TO AMERICANS AND CHINESE. The second topic which interested the two govern- ments, under the actual condition ot things, which’ prompted the Burlingame ‘Treaty, was adequate protection under the solemn’ and definite guarantees: ot a treaty of the Chinese already in this country and those who should seek our shores. This was the object and fornis the subject of the sixth article by whose re- ciprocal engagement the citizens and subjects of the two yovernments respectively visiting or residing iu the country of the other are secured the same privileges, imimtnities or cxemptions there enjoyed Pp by the citizens or subjects of tue most favored na- tion. The treaty of 1438, fo which these articles are made supplemental, provides tor 4 great amount of privilege aud protection, both for person and property, for American citizens in China, but it is upon this sixth article that the main b of the treaty rights and securities of the Chinese already in this country depends. Its abrogation, were the rest of the treaty left in force, would leave them to such treatment as we should Voruntarily aceord them by our laws and cust: y obligation would wanting to reste toward them or to measure or sustain the right of the Chinese overnment to complaint or redress ih their behalf. ‘The lapse of ten years sfuce the negotiation of the Burlingame Treaty has exhibited to the notice of the Chinese government, as well as to our own people, the working of this experiment of immigration in great numbers of Chinese laborers to this country and their main- tiuuance here of all the treit# of race, relagion, Manners and customs, habitation, mode of lice, seu: regation here aud the keeping up of the ties t ther original home which stamp th as strangers and sojourners, and not ax incorporated elements of our national lite and growtn, This ex- perience may naturally suggest the reconsideration of the subject as dealt with by the Burln- game ‘Treaty, and may properly become the occasion of ' more direct and circumspect recognition in renewed negotiations of the diffieul- ties surrounding this political and social problem. It may well be that to the “pp hension of the Chi- Jeni nese government, no. than our own, the simple provisions of the — Burlingame ‘Treaty may need to be repl by more careful methods, securing the Chin and ourselves against a larger dnd more rapid infusion of this for- egu race than our system of industry and society can take up and assimilate with ease and safety. This ancient government, ruling a polite and sensitive peo- distinguished by # histh sense of national pride, may properly desire an adjustment of their relations with us which would in all things confirm and in no degree endanger the permanent peace and amity and the yrowing commerce and prosperity which it has been the object and the efleet of our existing treaties to cherixh and perpetuate. DISATISFACTION OF THE PACTEIC COAST, Lregard the very grave disvontents of the people of the Pacitlc States with the present working of the Chinese immigration and th still graver appre- hensions therefrom in the future, as dese: ing the most serious attention of the peo- ple of the whole country and a solicitows inter- est on the part of Congress and the Executive. It this were not my own judgment, the passaye of this bill by both houses of Congress would impress upon mo the seriousness of the situation when a majority of the representatives of the people of the whole country had thought it necessary to justify so serious & measure oF relief, TREATY Mal 4H UNDER THE NNTEEO TION, The authority Congress to terminate a treaty with aforeign Power by exp nation to no longer ad free from controversy under our — consti- tution as is the further proposition that the power of making new treaties or modifying es is not lodged by the constitution in in the President, by and with the ad- consent of the Senate, as shown by the eon » of two-thirds of that b A denuneia of a treaty by any ge mont is ¢ wily Justitiable only upon se awon, both of the highest justice and of the highest necessity. The action of Cyngress tu the matter of the French treatios in 1708, if it be regarded as an abrogation by this nation of a subsisting treaty, strongly iMustrates the character and degree of justi- fication which was then thought suitable tosnuch @ proceeding. The preamble of the act re. cites that “the treaties concluded between the United States and France have been repeatedly violated on the part ot the French government, and the just claims of the United States for reparation of the injuries so committed | have been refused their attempts to nevotiate an amicable of all complaints | between the two nations have been repelled within. | dignity,” and that “under authority ot the Freneh goverument there is yet pursued against the Unitea States a system of predatory viclence intracting the said treaties and hostile to the rights of a free and independent nation.” The enactment as a logical | consequence of these recited facts dec ‘that the | United States are of right freed and exonerated from the stipulations of the treaties and of the consular convention heretofore concluded between the United States and Frauce, and that the same shall not henceforth be regarded as legally obligatory on the yovernment or citizens of the United States.” The history of the govern- ment shows no other instance of an abrogation of @ treaty by Congress. Instances have some- times occurred where the ordinary legislation of Congress has by its conflict with some treaty obligations of the government toward a toreign Power taken effect as an infraction of the treaty and been judicially declared to be operative to that result. But neither such legislation nor such judicial sanction of the same has been regarded as an abroga- tion, even for a moment, ot the treaty, On the con- trary, the treaty in such case still subsists between the governments and the casual infraction is repaired by appropriate satisfaction in maintenance of the treaty. CHINESE AND AMERICANS INTERESTED, The bill before me does not enjoin upon the Presi- dent the abrogation of the entire Burlingame Treaty, muck less of the principal treaty of which it is made the supplement. As the power of modifying an exist- ing treaty, whether by addition or striking outjprovi- sions, is a part of the treaty making power under the constitution its exercise is not competent for Con- gress, nor would the assent of China to this partial abrogation of the treaty make the action of Congress, in thus procuring an amendment of a treaty, a compe- tent exercise of authority under the constitution, The importance, however, of this special consideration seems anperseded by the principle that a denuncia- tion of a part of the treaty, not made by the terms of the treaty itself, separable from the rest, is, a denunciation of the whole treaty. ‘As the other high contract- ing party has entered into no treaty obliga- ions except such as include the part denounced, the denunciation by one party of the part necessarily liberates the other party trom the whole treaty. I um convinced that whatever urgency might in any quarter or by any interest be supposed to require an instant suppression of further immigra- tion from China no reasons can — require the immediate withdrawal of our treaty pro- tection of the Chinese already in this coun- try, and no circumstances can tolerate an exposure of our citizens in China, merchants or missionaries,to the consequences of so sudden an ab- rogation of their treaty protections. Fortunatel; however, the actual recession in the flow of emigra- tion trom China to the Pacific Coast, shown by tru: worthy statistics, relieves us from apprehen- sion that the treatment of the subject in the proper course of diplomatic negotiations will in- troduce any new teature of discontent or dis- turbance among the communities directly af- fected, were such delay fraught with more inconveniences than have ever been suggested by the interests most earnest in promoting this legisla- tion I cannot but regard the summary disturbance of our existing treaties with China as greatly more inconvenient to much wider and more permanent intercsts of the country. LT have no occasion to insist upon the more general considerations of interest and duty which sacredly guard the taith of the nation in whatever form of obligation it may have been given. These senti- ments animate the deliberations of Congress and pervade the minds of our whole people. Our history gives little occasion for any reproach in this regard, and in asking the renewed attention of Congress to this bill Lam persuaded that their action will maintain the public duty and the public honor. R. B. HAYES. Executive Mansion, March 1, 1879, PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS. SENATE, WasutnGrox, March 1, 1 The Senate reassembled at ten o'clock A. M. The consideration of the Sundry Civil Appropria- | tee on Privileges and Elections instead of the Coin- tion bill was resumed, the pending question being onthe motion of Mr. Hoar, (rep.) of Mass., to lay on the table the amendment of the committee appro- priating $300,000 for the payment of arrears of army transportation due such land grant railroads, as com- pensation was withheld from them under the acts of June 16 and 22, 1874, and March 3, 1875, and which have since been found entitled to compensation by judgment of the Supreme Court of the United States, Rejected—yeas 20, nays 22, Mr. Epmunps, (rep.) of V¢., submitted an amend- ment sv as to provide for the payment to such roads as have not received aid in government bonds. Agreed to. ‘The amendment of the committee was then agreed to as ainended—yeas 29, nays 15. Other amendments of the committee were agreed to as follows:—Appropriating $10,808 to publish charts of the west coast of Mexico; $7,525 to enable the Secretary of the Navy to alter and repair the United States ship Antietam, so as to provide for the marines at League Island; $10,000 for fire proofing the National Statuary Hall in the Capitol, and providing that no work of art or manu- facture shall be exhibited .in the National Statuary Hall, or the rotunda dr corridors of the Capitol not the property of the United States; $4,000 for renew- ing and repairing portions of the heating apparatus of the Senate; $1,400 for electric clocks for the Capi- tol. Mr. Eatos, of Connecticut, presented the ereden- tials of Mr. O. H. Platt, elected United States Senator from the State of Connecticut for six years from March 4, 1879. Amendments proposed by the committee were agrecd to, as follows Appropriating $30,000 for a laboratory and equip- ments at the Department of Agriculture; fucreasing the appropriation for surveying the public lands from $ WO to $300,000; consolidating the appro- priations for expenses ot protecting timber on public jands, and making the amount $40,000 instead of ay clauses each appropriating $25,000 in the House ill. The next amendment, appropriating $175,046 to enable the Secretary of the Interior to pay for lunds wrongfully taken from the owners by the act of March 3, 1875, to establish the boundary line be- tween the State of Arkansas and the Indian country, was discussed, and the point of order was raised by Mr. Edmunds that it was not in order, being new legislation. The Senate, by a vote of yeas 36, nays 9, decided that the amendment was in order, and it was agreed to. MONEY TO CONTINUE NATIONAL SURVEYS, ts of the committee were agreed to as follows :—Continuing the geological and geographical ‘Territories under Protessor Hayden, and appropriating $20,000 to prepare reports and maps and complece the office work of the survey, and the same amount to complete the report, maps, &., of cei survey ot the Rocky Mountain re: gion; $20 0 tor the preparation ot reports, maj surveys West oc the 200th meridian: wsing the appropriation for the Government Hos- pital for the Lusane trou $160,000 to $170,000. The House inserted a clause repealing that in the Suadry Civil bill for the current fiscal year appropriating 50671 to reiunburse Charles ¥. Birkett, late United States Indian Ayent, for the amount expended by him for the Iudians of the Ponca Agen Nebraska. The Senate committee re- Fortee in tavor of striking out the clause and insert- ng in lieu thereof one allowing said Birkett to bring suit in the Court of Claims for the recovery of the amount claimed by him. Agreed to. Mr, THunay, (dem,) of Ohio, submitted a resolu- tion to priut the reports of the committees on pri- vate land claims froin the Ninetecuth Congress to date. Referred to the Committee on Printing. ‘Messrs. Dorsey, Blaine and Wallace were appointed the conference committee on the Post Office Appro- riation bill, and Messrs. Allison, Dorsey and Wal- oe the committee on the Deficiency Appropriation all. Amendments of the Committee on Appropriations to the Sundry Civil bill were agreed to without dis- cussion as follows;—Appropriating $20,000 to remove certain tribes of Ute Indians trom their present reservation in Colorado; $250,000 for # fire proot building for use of the National Museum ad- joining the Smithsonian Institution; increasing the amount to pay ments of the Court of Claiins trom $100,000 to $125,000; increasing the appropriation for fire extingu) for the gov- ernment printing oftice from 000 to $1,925, ans providing for « competitive test of the extinguishers. CORMIN'S HEAVY CLAIM. The committee reported an amendment to pay D. T. Corbin, late contestant for @ seat in the United States Senate from the State of South Carolina, his expenses of such contest, $10,000, Mr. Hint, (dem.) of Ga., opposed the amendment, and said it had never been considered by the Com- mittee on Privileges and Elections, That committee had adopted a rule to pay the actual expenses of a contest, but this proposed to give Mr. Corbin $10,000—equal to two years’ salary a4 a Senator. He denied that the expenses of Mr, Corbin were $10,000, Mr. BLAINE, (rep.) of Me,, guid the matter came be- fore the Committee on Appropriations hy a memo- rial of Mr. Corbin, in which he stated his expenses were between $11,000 and $12,000, The Senate had Kept him here dangling by the eyelids. Tf bis claim be not acted Hpon now Mr, Corbin would be remitted to that long list of hopeless claimants. Mr. GARLAND, (pata ae Ark., said the House had inserted in the bill appropriations to pay contestants for seats in that body, and in no case was more than $4,000 allowed to any one, while in some cases agfew hundred dollars only were allowed, and some of the contestants came all the way from California, Mr. Hensrorp, (dem,) ot W, Va, said Mr. Butler was sworn in on the sth of November, 1877, What business had Mr. Corbin about here atter that time? Mr. Corbin clatmed $4,000 personal expenses. How could his personal expenses be «og He paid his board, but he would have had to pay it had he been in South Carolina or anywhere else, ‘There were twenty-five contested cases in the House aud the amount allowed to the whole of them was 4 UPLE SHEET. ~~ little over per Bote she payee nd y and reasouable expenses of the contesi Wir’ Corbin, but did not approve of this donation. Mr. Hrit moved to amend so as to give him $5,000 instead of $10,000, Mr. Savispuny, (dem.) of Del., said the Senate knew nothing about the expenses of Mr. Corbin. memorial should have been referred to the Commit- = mittee-on Appropriations, It was @ discourtesy to the former committee to refer it to that on appropri- ations, Mr, WapLEIGH, (rep.) of N. H. (Chairman of the Committee on Privileges and Elections), said he did not object to the reference. For the sake of speedy justice to the claimant he preferred that it should go to the Committee on Appropriations. Mr. Beck, (dem.) of Ky., thought he was entitled to the $10,000. If he was a man fit to be elected to the Senate his time was worth that much. He had been here two years, a member of the dominant party, with every reason to believe that he would be seated, ‘The amendment of Mr. Hill to reduce the amount to 35,000 was rejected—yeas 26, nays 31, as follows :— Bayard, Beck, Cockrell, Davis of Exton,’ E rl doi . Burn idler, Conkling, . Hoar, Jones of iilan, Matthews, Mitehell, Rollins, Sargent, Saunders, Spencer, Teller aud Windom—i!, Mr. Hirt moved to lay the amendment of the com- hony, Blaine, .hathee, Chi Ham! sido, ( Conover, Dawes. Darsey, Ferry, Y ellogg, Kirkwood rill, Paddock. mittee on the table. Rejected—yeus 28, nays 31. Mr. SanGENT, (rep.) of Cal., said in his own mind he had no doubt the Senate was wrong in seating Mr. Lutler and keeping out Mr. Corbin, and it came with very bad grace trom Senators on the democratic side | to object to giviug Mr. Corbin this money. Mr. Meruimon, (dem.) of N. C., urged that this was in direct violution of the precedent set in the Segar case. Mr. Wrxpom, (rep.) of Minn., appealed to the Sena- tors to vote, and said it lengthy debate were to be indulged in it would be impossible to complete the business of the session. The amendment of the committee givin; Win $10,000 was agrecd to—yeus 28, nays 2 ECONOMICAL CONTESTANTS NOT ENCOURAGED. The Committee on ppropriacions reported an amendment to strike out of the House bill the clause providing that hereafter no contestee. or contestant for a scat in the House shall be paid more than $1,000 for expenses in election contests requiring & sworn statement of expenses, &c., und it was stricken out. An amendment of ‘the’ committee appropriatin; 30,000 for changes in the heating and ventilating o! the hall of the House was agreed to. An amendment of the committee appropriating 75,000 to assist in the erection of an addition to the Corcoran Art Gallery was agreed to. The next amendment, allowing $64.000 of the sum appropriated tor the completion of the Washington Mouument to be used in strengthening the founda- tion, led to a discussion. Mr. CONKLING, (rep.) of N. ¥., in opposing it, said the mammoth chimuey called the Washington Mon- ument was a meaningless and unsightly thing. He understood $36,000 had already been buried around it, but that was no reason why $64,000 more suould be buried. Mr. Vooruers said the country would render itself more respectable in the eyes of the world by aban- doning the monument entirely, knocking it down and building 4 monument upon some eligible site. Mr. ‘LnurMan favored the amendment. and said there had been a little too much cheap criticism of the Washington monument. Mr. Dawes, (rep.) of Mass., moved to lay the amend- ment on the table. Rejected. ‘The amendment was then agreed to—yeas 43, nays 22, Mr. Cor- DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AFFAIRS. The committee struck out of the House bill all of the third section making appropriations for the Dis- trict of Columbia to the extent of $1,583,361 56, and submitted a substitute for that section, increasing the appropriation to $1,690,821 73, the ‘same being one-halt of tho estimated expenses of the govern- ment of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June $0, 1880, Mr. Bayarp, (dem,) of Del., submitted an amend- ment to strike out the clanse requiring the District to pay one-half of the $10,000 appropriated for How- land Univeraibe: so the whole amount shall be paid by the government, Agreed to. The amendment of the committee increasing the appropriation as above stated was then agreed to. The next amendment reported by the committee apprepriates $1,155,583 55 for the interest and sink- ing fund on the tunded debt, and appropriates out ot the proportional sum which the United States may contribute toward the expeuses of the District, in pursuance of the act of June 11, 1878, such sum as will, with the interest thereon at 4.65 per cent per annum, be sufficient to pay the principal of the 3.65 bonds of the District at maturity, which said sum the Secretary of the Treasury shall annually in- vest in said bonds not exceeding the par value thereot, the bonds so redeemed to be cancelled and destroyed. Agreed to. RRILL, (rep.) of Vt., moved to strike out the Mr. amendment eins that the public notice to be iven ior culled bonds required hy the acts authoriz- ing the refunding of the public debt, shall hereatter be not less than ten days nor more than three months, at the discretion of the Secretary of the ‘Treasury, upon the ground that the matter SoRipro vided for in another bill. ‘The motion was agreed to. Mr. Winvom submitted an amendment increasing the appropriation for the United States Artillery School at Fortress Monroe from $4,570gto $7,994 60. Agreed to. “lwo an Get ply pear) $20,000 for the use of the consular a1 iplomatic service, to be ex- pended at the discretion of the President. AN EYE ON THE COIN RESERVE. Mr. Incas, (rep.) of Kan., submitted an amend- ment appropriating $25,000,000 to pay arrears of pensions, being similar to the bill which passed the escutatives for that purpose. le the point of order that that ti was new legislation. The poiut of order was 1 tained and the amendment ruled out of order, Pending discussion Mr. ANTHONY, (rep.) of R. L, from the Committee on Printing, reported favorably ou the bill to print portraits of the late Representa- tives Leonard, Quinn, Welch, Williams, Douglas, Hartridge and Schleicher to accompany the memo- rial addresses. Passed, Pending discussion the Senate, at six o'clock P. M., adjourned until cight o'clock P. M., the adjousn- et ordered instead ®f a recess to perfect the journal. wo. EVENING SESSION. The consideration of the Sundry Civil bill was resumed. The bill, at eleven o'clock, was reported to the Senate, when the amendments made thereto in Committee of the Whole were concurred in. Various amendments were offered and discussed, but none of im- portance were agreed to. ‘The bill, at midnight, was passed. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Wasninaton, March 1, 1879, The House met at ten o'clock in continuance of Friday's session, and the following bills were re- ported from the Committee on Public Lands and passed :— Extending the'time for the payment of pre-emptors on public lands in Minnegota. ‘The Senate bill amending section 2,403 of the Revised Statutes in re- lation to deposits for surveys. For the protection of settlers on the public lands. (It provides that settle- ments under the Pre-emption or Homestead laws shall be deemed to create a contract between the gov- ernment and the settlers.) ¥ ‘The session of Friday here ended and tho session of Saturday was opened with prayer, but the reading of the journal was postponed until Monday. Mr. Even, (dem.) of Il, chairman of the Committee on Claims, reported a bill for the payment of claims reported allowed by the accounting officers of the Treasury, Psssed. The amount appropriated is On motion of Mr. Brount, (dem.) of Ga., Senate amendments to the Deficiency Appropriation bill were non concurred in and scommittee of conference ordered. ‘The Spkaxee then announced the following con- forees :--Messrs. Blount, of Georgia; Clymer, (dem.) of Pa., and Baker, (rep.) of Ind., on the Post Office Appropriation bill, and Messrs. Blount, of Georgia; Sparkes, of Illinois, ahd Baker, of Indiana, on the De- ficiency bill. END OF THR SUGAR BILL. The House then proceeded with the consideration of the Sugar bill. After some discussion as to how by | the debate should continue Mr. Rownims, (dem.) of N. C., moved that the vote on the bill and pending amendments should be taken in one hour. ‘This was 0} by Mr. Woop, (dem.) of N. Y., who stated that the motion was made {n direct violation of the understanding arrived at in the Committee on Ways aud Means. He desired to speak on the bill, and he hoped the House would vote down the motion. ‘he motion was finally defeated, Mr. Buncuard, (rep.) of Ill, argued in support of the bill and in opposition to the amendments offered by Yr. Garfield. ‘The polariscope was not w test of the “value of nugar, becanse it did not give com- pletely the crystallizable strength of sugar, At the conclusion of Mr. Burchard’s speech, Mr. Keuvey, of Pennsylvania, moved to lay the vill on the table, ‘ . i pipe suggested that the bill be with- rawn, Mr. Ropprns expressed his willingness to withdraw the bill, as it was evidently not the desire of the House to consider it. Mr. Ketiny—Not to be brought back this Con- ress ? Mr. Ropprxs—Not to be presented again this Con- gress, ‘Lhe bill was then withdrawn by unanimous con- nt. NATIONAL OR #TATE QUARANTINE? On motion of Mr, Youna, (dem.) of Tenn., the Senate bill to prevent the introduction of contagions diseases (the Yellow Fever bill) taken up, and a substitute for it was offel Mr. Young. [It establishes a board of health, meet In Washing- ton, to frame rules and regulations, to make investi- gations, &e.) Mr. Goovk, (oan). of va, ted the substi- tute and opposed the Senate because that bill interfered with State laws fn regard to the preserva- tion of the health of their eitizens, .) of Ohio, favored the Senate it Medien it was every way jowered by the to make generar qui tine could say that no more than fifteen Chinamen should be brought into the country it could also say that 20 more than fifteen germs of yellow fever shouid be brought in. In the substitute everything was “by your leave, sovereign States.” : Mr, Hooken, (dem.) of Miss., spoke in favor of the substitute. While Congress should establish a na- fhonai quarantine it suould in uo way interfere with Jocal quarantine regulation: ‘Mr. Cox, (dem.) of N. Y.,- expressed himself as op- posed to all measures looking toward the agyrandize- ment or increase of federal power upon matters be- longing peculiarly to State and local authorities, Al- thongh there was provision in the bill that the national quarantine provided for should not super- sede municipal quarantines, still this kind of bill was butan entering wedge, The only way to stop the yellow fever wae for the Southern States to cut off their intercourse with the tropical islands, Mr. Youns, of Tennessee, said that he had fought for four yearsjin trying to make the States greater than the federal governinent, and that effort cost millions of lives, and this effort made to-day to establish the superiority of the States, if it resulted in defeating the bill, would result in the loss of many more lives. If some bill were not passed in less than four months the dread yellow tever woula be ravaging in greater fury than it had last season. In view of thi: great danger, it was no time for yentlemen to be d: cussing abstract propositions of constitutional law. It the government had no power to legislate for the lives of its people it was time it was invested with that power. Mr. Stone, (rep.) of Iowa, thought thet the adop- tion of the substitute wonld be fatal to the object aimed at by the bill, Unless the strong arm of tho government interfered there could be no safety to the people from the yellow fever. That disease would not stop on the borders of Virginia because the gentleman from Virginia «Mr. Goode) stood up and shook the constitution at it. Mr. CHITTENDEN, (rep.) of N. Y¥., opposed the Sen- ate bill. New York would not be interfered with. (Laughter, and a suggestion of ‘‘treasou,” trom Mr. Butler, of Massachusetts.) For Congress to come here and usurp State and municipal power in regard to local quarantine laws was not only vicious but outrageous, and not to be tolerated by the American people, (Laughter.) If a man had a family of 100 children out in Utah, would he provide a Board of Health in eahin gion to protect them? (Laughter.) That was virtually what the Senate bill aca ect He had the greatest respect tor Congress, ut he must say that the legislation of the Forty-fitth Congress was adishonor to the intelligence of the American people, If Congress had worked more faithfully, it might have finished the appropriation bills before Caristmas, and the people would have shouted, “Glory to God!” if Congress had passed them and then gone home. (Laugnter.) Mr. BuTveEn, (rep.) of Mass., did not believe that cithes of the propositions presented would pre- vent a return of the yellow tever. Nothing but the strong arm of the military power could make a quarantine effective. It had done so before. In 1562 no yellow fever had crept into New Orleans, although it had decimated the crews on the ships at the quarantine stution. Mr. PuItytps, (rep.) of Kansas, argued in favor of the Senate bill and against the ‘amendment, as en- dangering the passage of any measure at this ses- sion. The debate being closet, the House proceeded to vote on the substitute, and it was agreed to—yeas 135, nays 113. ‘The question recurred on the passage of the Senate bill as amended, and by tellers it was defeated—71 to 117, and the yeas and nays were ordered. Pending which, Mr. Youna, of Tennessee, fearing the defeat ofthe bill as amendel, moved to recon- sider the vote by which the substitute was agreed to. Mr. Hooxes, (dem.) of Miss., and Goove, of Vir- ginia, insisted’ on the regular order, the calling of the roll on the passage of the amended bill, where- reper Youne congratulated them on deteating e The Senate bill as amended was then rejected— yeas 112, nays 124—all the republicans voting against the bill, as did also most of the members from New York city. Mr. Youna moved to reconsider the last vote. Pending further action the House, at twenty min- utes past tive, took a recess till eight o'clock. The motion to reconsider the vote rejecting the Senate yellow fever bill was taken up on the reas- sembling ot the House. Mr. YounG made au appeal to the House to pass either the Seuate bill or the substitute offered by him, His qasrorenee was to pass the substitute and let the matter be arranyed by aconterence committee. The effort to straighten out the parliamentary tangle in which the House became involved lasted for nearly hour and was uttended with @ vast amount of noise, uproar and con- fusion, which was con into amusement by the Sergeant-at-Arms shouldering his mace and stalking around wherever there appeared to be the most excitement. There was an evident majority in favor of the Senate bill if it could be divested of the House substitute. The House then (at ten minutes to eleven) pro- ceeded to business on the Speaker's table. The Speaker laid betore the House the Presi- dent's veto of the Anti-Chinese Dill, and the clerk proceeded to read the message. At first it was listened to with close attention, but before the Clerk hud got through half the document. all interest in it appeared to have vanished, and but few members kept up even the semblance of listening. ‘The message having been read the previous ques- tion was moved and seconded; but Butler, of Mussa- chusetts. asked and obtained leave to print some remarks (consisting of @ — made by him in Woodstock, Conn., in 1870). The like privilege was granted to other members. ‘The question was then the objections of the President to the contrary not withstanding? The vote resulted—yeas 109, nays 95—no (there not being two-thirds in the affirmative) the bill was rejected. Most of the negative votes came from the repub- lican side of the House, but a considerable number came from the democratic side. The following are the republicans who yoted in the aflirmative:—Messrs. Bayne, Brentano, Butler, Cole, Davis (Cal.), Deering, Errett Evans (Ind.), Fort, Foster, Hale, Harmer, Hayes, Hazelton, Hubbell, Jorgensen, Mojors, Marsh, Neal, Page, Shallenberger and Williams of on, and the following the democrats who voted in the negative:—Bliss, Candler, Hardenbergh, Harris of Virginia, Harris of Georgia, Hewitt of New York, Landers, Morse, Phelps, Pridemore, Waddell, War- ner, Williams of Delaware and Willis of New York.! ARMY INTELLIGENCE. Wasntnaion, March 1, 1879. First Lientenant George K. McGunnegle and Second Lientenant George F. Cooke, of the Fifteenth in- fantry, are ordered to report to the Superintendent of the general recruiting service to accompany detach- ments of recruits to their regiments, and Captain Camillo C. C, Carr and Second Lieutenant John Pitcher, of the First cavalry, to report to the same officer to conduct detachments of recruits to the Pacific Coast. Upon the completion of such duties, all the ofticors named will rejoin their companies, THE NAVAL ACADEMY. (By TELEGRAPH ‘TO THE HERALD.) Axwaronis, Md., March 1, 1879, The cadet midshipmen were engaged in practice with great guns to-day from the United States ship Santee, lying at the Naval Academy wharf. Tho target of canvas, conical in shape, the base being eight feet wide, was placed in the Severn about fifteen hundred yards distant. Lieutenant Duncan Kennedy superintended the exercises. The first class of midshipmen did the work of firing, with sec- tions of the other classes rendering service as crews. ‘Thirty-six shells were fired, and though the shooting was considered Lond. the target was uninjured. Mrs. Chief Justice Waite and Vice President William Keyser, of the Baltimore and Ohto Railroad, and a party of friends arrived at Annapolis this mn and yisited the Naval Academy. It was at first understood that the Chief Justice him- self was coming, and the guns of the Santee were loaded so as to give him a reception becoming his oitiwial station, FIRE AT LO G BRANCH. THR OCEAN HOTEL NARROWLY ESCAPES DE- STRUCTION, (BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.) Lone Branon, N,J., March 1, 1879. eleven o'clock to-night Long Branch was by the alarm that the Ocean Hotel was in flames. The fire, which is sup. posed to have originated from a defective flue in the south end, which the Lelands have been occupying occasionally during the winter, was discovered on the second floor by William Green, one of the patrol from Life Saving Station No. 5. Green, on seeing the fire, rushed to the buildin, and broke open one of the windows, and with the aic of some the servants kept it in check by throwing bnekets of water into the flames until tho arrival of the Atlantic's steam fire engine, which came on the ground about a quarter-past elev: 3 .. When two streams of water were son’ into ‘the burning hotel, and the fire in a short time was extinguished. Although it was fesred the entire building would be destroyed the damage is but slight, that caused by both fire an water amounting to about $1,500 or $2,000. Tho hotel is fully insured, THE INDICTED STATE JUDGES. At startled [BY TELEGRAPH To TAR HERALD.) Danvitny, Va., March 1, 1879, When the case of the indicted State judges was reached on the docket of the United States District Court, to-«lay, they wore marked ‘no process; ontine Tt was expeeted process would issue to- day, but fof some reason it has not been done. The indicted judges intend not to offer recognizance and thereby force the Court to issne process for their arrest. Further than this no definite course of action has been de- cided upon. Judge Green, now in Richmond, te raphs that Attorn ral Field and William J, bertson, a lawyer of the highest standing in the State, will bé here on Monday to represent tie State, The indicted judges have for the most part employed counsel. The popular excitemont coutinues without abatement, ned Fhe Shall the bill paxs, a