Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1866-05-10
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Congressional Doings.

was passed, after being amended SO as to
authorize bridges at Burlington and Hanui-
bal......The postofice appropriation bill
was taken up, and long and somewhat ex-
citing discussion arose on an amendment
proposed by Mr.. Trumbul, providing that
no official, whose appointment is made by
the advice and consent of the Senate, shall
receive pay for his services until confirmed
by the Senate. The position was taken that
an officer appointed by the advice and con-
sent of the Senate, can only be removed by
the advice and consent Of the Senate. In the
cours OF debate, some remarks made by Mr..
Davis few days since, and suppressed by
him in the official report of the proceedings,
were alluded to, and denounced by Mr.
Howe as revolutionary, unconstitutional,
and reasonable" The Senate adjourned
without acting on the amendment.
In the House, on the 30th, q number of
bills and joint resolutions, of comparatively
little general interest, were introduced. ......
The Committee on Public Expenditures was
directed 20 investigate the alleged revenue
frauds at New York and Boston, and was
authorized to sit during the recess. .....The
river and harbor bill was passed. ...... Mr..
Stevens presented the report Of the Recon-
struction Committee, already published ......
1t was made the special order for Tuesday,
Wednesday, and Thursday Of next week.
.......Mr. Stevens also reported a bill max
/ ing appropriations for the Freedmen's Bu-
reau for the current year. The total amount
appropriated is 5 II, 1884, 000...... Mr.. Ste
vens offered substitute for the confscation
bill presented by him in December last,
which forfeits to the United States all the
public lands belonging to the late rebel
States; gives 40 acres Of the lands so seized
/ to each adult male slave freed during the
war; 500 for the erection of buildings on
each homestead; 100000 to be invested
in United States securities, the interest TO
be added to the present pensions; $780,
O0O,0 900 for eoualizing bounties, and $780,
100000 to pay damages to loyal citizens
sustained from rebels. Only the property
of persons worth over $4,000 is to be seiz-
ed under this act.
In the Senate, on the 1st, Mr.. Johnson
read letter from the ex-rebel Gen. Wade
Hampton, denying Gen. Sherman's charge
that he had ordered the burning of Column
bia, s. c., and asking the appointment of
committee to Investigate the subject. The
Senate declined to take any action upon it.
1.-THE time for the completion Of the first
100 miles Of the Union Pacific Railroad was
extended to June q, 18G6......The consider
atien of Mr.. Trlmbulrs amendment to the
postal appropriation bill, refusing pay to
persons appointed to fill vacancies CEASED
by Presidential removals from Office,
until confirmed by the Senate, was resumed,
but no final action was taken......The Com
mittee of Conference on the habeas corpus
bill made report, which was agreed to,
and the bill now goes TO the President.
In the House, on the lst, Messrs. Bout
well and Bingham offered amendments to
the bill proposed by the Committee of FIT.
teen. The first requires negro suffrage as a
condition for the readmission of the South
ern States; the second only demands ra-
LITIGATION, in good faith, Of the constitution
al amendment, and modification of the
laws and Constitutions of the States in &C.
cordance therewith......T joint resolution
making appropriations for the collection OF
customs was passed. .....Mr. Ross offered
bill for the construction of a ship canal
from Lake Michigan to the Mississippi......
The Freedmen's Bureau appropriation bill
passed, 79to 40......The Niagara Ship Canal
bill was taken up and discussed at some
length. A motion to lay the bill on the table
was lost by 80 to IS, and the House ad-
journed.
In the Senate on the I'd, Mr.. Sherman in
troduced a bill providing for a FIVE per cent
3O-year loan, to be called the consolidated
debt of the United States, to be disposed of
at not less than par, and to be applied to
the payment Of the existing national debt,
ether than greenbacks......Mr. Williams
offered an amendment to the reconstruction
| report, providing for the admission of Ten
nessee and Arkansas upon their adoption
Of the constitutional amendment, and for
the admission Of the remainder of the rebel
States on the 4th of March next, the amend
ment having been previously adopted by
them. Mr.. Dixon offered an amendment
providing for the immediate admission Of
loyal epresentatives......Mr Trumbulls
amendment TO the postofice appropriation
bill, refusing to pay topersons appointed
to fill vacancies caused by Presidential re-
movals from Office, until confirmed by the
Senate, was adopted-l9 to 1l--and the
bill was passed.
In the House, on the I'd, an Intellectual
attempt was made to introduce resolution
calling upon the President for information
relative to the bombardment of Valparaiso.
49,. Testimony taken by the Reconstruction
Committee in regard to Louisiana, Texas,
and Florida, was presented, Maj Gen.
Sheridan being one of the parties whose
evidence was given. His statement, in
full, will be found among cur dispatches
1.-THE Committee of Conference on the
Cuba telegraph bill made report, which
was agreed to.
In the Senate, on the Cd, the Committee
Of Conference on the Cuban telegraph bill
made report, which was agreed to, and
the bill now goes to the President.