Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-01-24

ISGlxn ke&atA 4nA4le 10Th, number o
petitions were presented, including one
from the citizens of Bellefontaine, Ohio
asking Congress to prohibit any persQl
addicted to the use Of intoxicating liquo
from holding Office under the United States
Government TByqnienteis Of Senate,
Campbell, of South SCafolina. were pre-
scented and tabled. The Mexican question
was discussed without action.
In the House, on tho 15th,z committee
were instructed to report on the fact of the
capture of Jefferson Davis; on the peonage
sla@ trafe said tgexih in Mexiso and Co
orado; sAase on ahe expediency of gold
sales by fhe GovannH nt; and Oh themur
derof Captain Montgomery, IN Texas, by
Confederate soldiers under George w
Chiffon, now seeking admission ss-a mem
Der of the House. The bffl for the admis-
sion of Nebraska as State, comforting
suffrage without Distinction as to color
passei5 b8 ! vote .G.16l tbi5bE lfheJ bill
for the admission Of Colorado passed with
the same passage clause, by vote of 90
to 60.
In the Senate, on the 10th, the bills tC
admit Nebraska and Colorado were talzer
up separately, afd1ps II euge Ea1neAlrne
concurred, in by vore of'-ee to II: PKt
bills now go to the President. A resolu
ton cQndemning the Coolie trade was in
trodp@@h5s Mrs SunAms aad passedariiani
imo6s1y. x bin was Introduced authoriz
ing ocean mail service between San Fran
cisco and Portland, Oregon. A discussion
followed upon the bill to regulate tenure-o
office, during which Mr., Cowan said the
whole number of removals by the Presi
dent was 46, of MAidlss5i5 bad been sent
to the Senate. None had been removed
who RETAINED fsem limpreper anddisre
spectfill language toward the President in
the last campaign : Mr.. Sumner could not
think of a single prominent officer of tho
Government i'll his State who, had not been
removed for po!fJcalIpurposes Without
action the Senate adjourned.
In the Housqqh the 10th was cphsid
cred Mr. Stevens bin for the reconstruc,
ton of the rebeA States, after which the
House went into Committee of the Whole
on the Legislative appropriation bill, and
adjourhfd o. 10 Oh Cd
In the Senate, Oh the 18th, a number OF
pctitiota@et rgtrred, among which was
one from Texas Unionists, asking for re-
organization ffomthat State, and one, pro
testing against the delay experienced by
the widows, and orphans Of soldiers in col
Letting beuities-and back payments. The
salary of route mail agents was fixed at
not less tlan 5000 nor morc0 than $1,000.
A bill authorizing the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad iog construct a RAILROAD from a
point between Eennoxville and Monocacy
Junction into the District of Columbia,
was passed The bill regulating the ten
ure Of office was taken upTand discussed by
Messrs McDougal, Wiley, Johnson, Cow
an Ifendrfcks, Conne$,T Doolittle, Howe
and Sumner, and foii@ time the utmost dis
order prevailed. DIr Doolittle appealed
against some remarks against the Presi-
dent, but his appeal was tabled. Ad-
journed
In THE House, aon othet 1zfh the Legisla-.
tive Appropriation bill was taken UP, and
the action of the Senate on Wednesday,
relative to appropriations, .tcencur1'ed in,
and the bill passed. The Secretary of the
Treasury was instructed to report the
amount due by the United States to Texas;
previous to the rebellion, and unpaid, and,
also, if Texas had accounted for the money
and stpres taken by her for the use of the
rebels. The Committee of Ways and
Means was instructed to'ifquire into the
expediency Of changing the tariff on silk
goods to specific, instead of an al ydIoren
:, tariff segesal District of Columbia bills
We're passed. SA-biH was introduced to en-
able the United States to recover property
formerly belonging to the Confederate
States. Referred. Mr.. Stevens Recon.
struction bill was discussed A bill was
introduced to repeal the section of the rail-
way bridge bill authorizes low bridges
Adjourned.
In the Senate, Jon the 18th, a bill deelar-
ing thd bridge over the Missouri at st.
Clhrles legal structure and post road,
was referred The bill to regulate the ten
ure of office was taken up, and Mr.. Sum
ner spoke at length upon it. Reyemy
johnson spoke in defense of the President,
whonfMr Sumner saspeech severely cen
slaed.C MreA Grimes made a personal ex-
PLANTATION, denying certain newspaper
structures The Bankrupt bill was taken
up, but without action the Senate adj
journed. ? - -
In the House, orfthe 1stk. a motion was
made looking to the prohibition Of the pur-
chase and distribution of seeds, plants and
flowers common to the United States by
the. Commissioners of Agriculture. No
tics~@as!gNdnpofg Che introduction of a1bill
stspelfdfne for two years farther the re-
tirement or cancellation. Of United. States
legal tendef notes. The Reconstruction
bill came up, and was continued into the
eye1ilig g6ssions a bill wass reported4to
aNtlfo1ize.the issue of treasury notes. not
bearing interest to be used in providing a
sinking fund for the eXtinguishment, of the
national debt. Speeches were made on the
financial question, pending which the
House adjourned
n Travellers Dream. -
At midnight the train boy awoke me
with-"Ne are crossing the Mississippi
Rising. droEsily apon my elbow, / looked
down from my window at the great river as
our train glided slowly acrossit Adieu to
interior ferries; they belong to the dead
Past. Soon we shall ride from New York