Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-01-17
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In the Senate on the 9Th, resolution
was introduced asking the President if the
civil rights bill had been violated, and
what steps had been taken to punish the
offenders. Mr. Howard intoduced a bill
authorizing the payment of rewards offered
for the capture Of Jefferson Davis 1t is
the same bill introduced last session After
a discussion Of the bill to admit Nebraska
the Sanatei adjourned without further
action. .7-5aiTra4r hfsr ~n+tfT
In the House, on the Sth, a report was
received in favor of the purchase of part
of the New York City Hall Park fora site !
for the Postoffice. 1t authorizes the paw
ment of 100000 for the. ground and two
millions for the building The District
suffrage bill was then passed over the
Presidents veto by a vote of 113 to 80.
The Senate, on the 9th, passed the bills
for the admission of Nebraska and Colora-
do. Mr.. Sumner presented the claim of
the New England Emigrant Aid Society
for $250,000 damages for property de-
stroyed by mob at Leayenworth, last
year.
The House, on the 9th, adopted resolu
ton for the appointment of a commission
to purchase portion of the New York
City Hall Park as a site for Post Office
and Court buildings anl
In the Senate, on the 10th, the petition
Of the Detroit and Toledo Boards of Trade
relative to a straight through the St Clair
Flats was referred to the Committee on
| Commerce. The bill to amend the organic
acts Of the Territories doing away with all
distinction of persons on account of color
was passed. Discussion ensued on the bill
to regulate the tenure of civil offices, pend
| ing the consideration of which the Senate
adjourned. w. -....
In the House, ON the 10th, resolution
was adopted to inquire into the expediency
of giving all officers and enlisted men of
| the army and navy who were prisoners or
otherwise separated from their commands
full pay and allowances during the time
they were in the service of the United
States Government. The bill. fixing the
compensation of route mail agents at not
less than 5000 or more than 1900, was
passed. The bill declaring the Clinton
bridge across the Mississippi, post road,
was discussed and passed The bill fixing
the time for the regular meetings of Con-
gress providing that no member of the
next preceding Congress shall q re-
ceive any compensation or mileage for
going or returning from the place of meet
ing of the next Congress, was agreed to-
The bill to amend the organic acts of the
Territories, was passed The joint resolu-
ton to defray the expenses of the Joint
Select Committee on Retrenchment, was
passed. The bill to admit Nebraska as a
State, was taken up, pending which the
House adjourned
In the Senate, on the 18th, circumstances
were presented against the renewal of
Parkhurst's patents for an improvement Ill
wooden manufactures. The bill to provide
a survey and land office for Idaho was re-
ported favorably. A joint resolution APP
propriating 100000 to remove the wreck
of the steamer Scotland from Sandy Hook
was reported A bill changing the mode
of appointing pension agents was consid-
cred. The bill regulating the tenure Of
office was taken up, an amendment agreed
to, and no further action taken A. bill
was introduced to amend the Enrolling act.
A bill organizing Courts in Montana Ter
ritory was referred. A substitute for the
House tariff bill was ordered printed
Pending the discussion of the bill to
regulate the tenure of Office, the Senate
adjourned.
In the House, on the 18th, the expedien-
| cy of steam mail service between, San
Francisco, Astoria and Portland, Oregon,
1 was inquired into. A bill for the relief of
| George Ii. Preble, Commander United
States Navy. was postponed. A substitute
for the North Carolina Reconstruction bill
was ordered printed and recommid A re-
port respecting the horses captured by
Morgan's raid into Indiana was presented
and referred.s A number of bills on the
private calendar were read. Bills were
read for the relief of Rear-Admiral Hiram
| Paulding and others, after which the House
adjourned. |
On the 18th the Senate was not in session.
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The House of Representatives, passed
the joint resolution giving twenty per
cent. additional compensation to Govern
ment employees in Washington. No other
business of importance was transacted.
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al Personal ANA Literary.
ANNA BrsHoP is at Hong Kong. She sings in
broken China. . f.s7 Eft l.1- ~ Irrt}IT
? PRESIDENT JOHNSON was presented with a COB
bier weighing IS pounds on Christmas
Iris reported that Gen. Sheridan is about to lead
to the altar fair daughter of Louisiana 'ss a'5t
JAMES GORDON BENNETT has recently undergone
an operation for strabismus, with the most crafty
ing success .."' e'f % efAai Fse.., Z.
THE editor of the Louisville (Aiss) Bulletin is
the keeper of the Jail, and lives and prints his
journal within thewalls of that establishment. IL
THE case between David Gardiner and his sister,
Mrs. ex-President Tyler has been decided in favor
OF the former, by the Court Of Appeals in New
York. s.,- ne f.si5l ...55-t 4as fzaz
ZAoHARIAH LEWIS, one of the men who cleared
the site Of Rochester, New York, died in the adj ,
joining town of Brighton, on Christmas, aged rs
years. ff afi.i .,-, .ss.tl ,.
GEN. GRANTS lawsuit at St. Louis is for the pos
session of farm in the Dent settlement sold seven
or eight months ago by Gen. Grant to j. w. White,
but, as is alleged, never paid for.
THE cabaistic cipher which appears upon the title
pages OF all the publications of Mr.. Carleton of
New York, and in many of his advertisements, is
said to be the Syriac symbol for books