Congress

April 16. - lii the Senate consideration was resuined of the army appropriation bill, and Mr. Beek (Dein., Ky.) continued kis speech in support of the bill, and was followed by Mrsars. Dawes and others in opposition, the discussion consuming most of the day. In the House, Mr. Young (Bern., Tenn.). chairman of the committee on epidemie diseases, leportcd a bill, for which the Senate joint resolution to the same effect was substituted, relating to the orgauization of the National Board of Health. Passed. The House then went into committee of the whole, Mr. Blackburn (Dem„ Ky.) in the chair, on tho legislative, etc, appropriation bill, which was discussed at great length. April 17. - In the Senate on the expiration of the morniog hour the army appropriation bill was taken np and disenssed by Mr. Morgan (Dem. Ala.) Mr. Voorhees (Dem. Ind.) Mr. Teller, (Rep. Col.) and others. The Senate went into executive session and soon af ter adjonrned- ln the House Mr. Atkins f(Dern., Tenn.) moved that the debute on the legislative appropriation bill close Saturday. Thia raotion brought on a pointed personal tilt between Mesara Atkins and Conger. (liep., Mich.) The fornier then substituted Tuesday next. Mr. Garfield (Hop., O.) moved to fix Fririay. Agreed to, yeas 131, nays 91. The House then went into committee of the whole on the legislative appropriation bili, and Mr. Kelley, (Nat., Pa.) addresBed the House at lengt'1, in opposition to any repeal of the law aut'iortzing the appointment of supervisors of elections. April 18 - The Senate resumed the consideration of the army appropriation bill, and af ter listening to several speeches, went into execntive session, and adjourned till Monday. The House went into committee of the whole on the legislative appropriation bill. Mr. Mc Kinley (Kep., O.) spoke in opposition to the propaBed repeal oL the federal election laws. Mr. House (Dem., Tenn.) made a speech against the retention of the federal election law on the statute books, Then, commenting on an extract from Garfield's speech, he challengf d any man to point to the time and occasion when any southern representative had prov d false and recreant to his obligations as a representative. Mr. Burrows (Kep., Mich.) was the next speaker. He said that if the gentlemen on the other side were really anxious to preserve the peace and purity of elections they would be the last to attempt to tear don the only remaining national fortress reared for that purpose. April 19. - In the House the subaidiary silver eoins bill carne up as unfinished business of the morning hour. Mc, Warner (Dem., O.) moved to amend the third section, which inakes silver coin legal tender (to the amount o; $10), by adding the words: 'for all debts, public and private, not exceeding $20." Mr. Stephens (Dern., Ga.) in a brief speech ! said the country to-day presented the strange spectacle of having three distinct silver coins, no two of which are of the same valué. There was the trade dollar of 420 grains, the standard silver dollar of 419% grains, and the halfdollar, two of which contained only 385 8-10 grains. This was all wrong, and the evil feil heavily on the laborer. Mr. 'Mills (Dem.. Tex.) offered a substitute for the bill. The first subatitute of the bill provides for a slver dollar of 412% grain, ha'f dollars at 2064 grains, iiuarters at 103) graina, dimes of 41 '4 gra ds, and half-dimes of 20% graina, and that all of them shall be legal tender for any sum whatever. After some discussion the House went into committee of the whole on the legislative ap propriation bill, and spent the rest of the day diacusaing it. April 21. - In the Senate consideration wa resumed of the Army Appropriation bill. Mr Bayard (Dem., Del.) defended the incorporation of general legislation in appropriation bilis, there bein nothing unusnal in it. henee the e y of revolution was unsubstantial and foolish, and the people would condemn it. After some debate, in which Senators Blaine, Maxey and otheia took part, the Senate went into executive se-sion and adjourned. In the House the cali of the States for the introduction of bilis waa resumed. Among those introduced was one by Mr. Garfield (Kep., O.), authorizing the Secretary of War to furnish tests and rations to certain destitute colored cnigrants in Kansas, and making an appropria ion of #75,000 for that purpose, fbe only bill introduced from Michigan was one by Mr. Newberry, authorizing the construction of a railroad bridge across the Detroit Rive-. All the States and territorios being called and bilis to the number of 1,386 having been introduced, the House took a recess, and held an evening Bession to debate the legislative bill. April 22. - In the Scnate consideration was resumed of the army appropriation bill, Speeches were made by Mr. Garland (Dem., Ark.), Mr. Davis (Ind., 111.), Mr. Alliaim (Uep., Ia.) and others. After a short executive session the Henatc adjourned. In the House consideration was resumed of the subsidiary silver coins bill. After a brief Btatement by Mr. Chittenden (Rep.. N. C). favoring the bill, voting on the amendments bean. The amendmeut of Mr. Newberry ( Hep., Mich.) requiring' small eoins, cents, three cent?, etc., to lie received at postoffices for postase stamps, in suma not exceeding f3, was. after dipcussion, agreed to. The bill linally paRsed. It provides that silver coins of a smaller denomination than L1 may be exclmngeable into lawful money whea prciented in aums of $20, makes lawful money exchancablc into silver coins in like amnunts, inakes subaidiary silver coins legal tender for all debts, public and private, in sums not exceediag $20, and makes minor coinaire receivable at the postoffices to the amouut of fe3. The number of refrigeiator cars now rumiing to and trom Chicago is about 000, or doublé the number employed in 1877. By these cars about 3,000 carcasses of beef per week are received at Chicago, or at the rate of 150,000 per yeai - aearly enough to meet the enlirt) local consuinptive demand.