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the floor, but il being late, the Senate ad-
Journed to Monday.


In the House, Mr.. Hungerford, from the
Committee of Ways and Means, made an
adverse report upon the resolution directing
that Committee to inquire into the expe-
dIency OF providing by law for the coinage
Of one dollar gold pieces.


MIR. GrinnelI, from the Committee on
Commerce, reported bill further TO amend
the act fixing the value of certain foreign
monies received al the custom houses of
the U. S.


1t provides that in all computations of
the value of foreign monies OF account at
the custom houses of the United States, the
florin or Gulder Of Bavaria, Germany,
and the German States, shall be deemed
and taken to be of the value of forty cents /;
the Livre of Genoa, Sicily and Naples,
shall be taken for the value of lS4 cents
The Livre of Tuscany, Leghorn and Milan,
at IS cents; the ounce of Sicily to be TAX
en- at 81 49; the Ducat of Naples at 80
cents; the specie dollar of Sweden, at one
dollar and six cents; the Piastre of Turkey
at four and two-fiflh cents, and all former
laws inconsistent herewith, are hereby re-
peaIed.


The bill was read twice and referred TO
the Committee of the Whole. The river
and harbor bill was talked for the rest of
the day.