Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-04-10
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY.

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GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY.
CONGRESSIONAL.
Tn the Senate, on the Dist, after a few
netitions had been presented the Court Of I'm.
nescbmeut was organized and the trial proceeded
with.
In the House, ON the 31st, resolution
was adopted instructing the Ways and Means
Committee to inquire into the expectancy o
amending the revenue laws so as to permit the
transfer of special licenses. "A resolution was
adopted that the Banking Committee inquire into
the expediency of reducing the tax Imposed on
ferred authorizing ship canal from Lake Ere 70
the Ohio river.-. The report OF the. ConieIen
Committee on the Manufacturers' Tax blli was as
agreed to-. bill was introduced ana releffeo "
amend an act OF July n, 1851, to indemnify tne
States for expenses incurred by mem IA VI
the United States..- "A joint resolution was re- e
ferred imposing dufyo TWO uosas U1 The
House went into Committee OF the Mnole and pro-
ceeded TO the Senate. reassemplng al p. ~,
eedings of the Convention, was presented and
ordered printed .Adjourned.# 90 81
In the Senate, On the LIST, no business,
aside fromthe Impeachment trial, was trans acted.
In the House, on the LIST, the reading Of
the journal was dispensed with, and the House
resolved itself into Committee of the Whole and
proceeded to the Senate Chamber. :. On reassem-
bling and receiving the report OF the Chairman o.
the Committee OF the Whole, the House ad
journed.
In the Senate, on the -4th, a resolution
adopted alta meeting Of the blacksmiths and ma
chinists of Indiana, praying that eight hours be
made days work in Government employment
tod nj a Pan mr.
was presented and referred from the citizens q
Omaha against the passage OF the bill now before
the Committee on Ways and Means, providing
that stamp be affixed to each cigar. Two
amendments 10 the bill regulating the Court o.
Claims were offered and referred AT the houl
appointed, the Impeachment Court was opened.
In the House, on the 4th, the Speaker
presented the message from the President in re-
lation to the treaty with the German Powers, re-
specting naturalization. Referred Resolutions
were presented and referred, of the Georgia Con
sttutional Convention, king the removal of po-
Htical disabilities in several cases; of the New
England Methodist Conference in reference to the
state of the county,. On re-assem bling after the
Impeachment proceedings, motion was adopted
that the House adjourn until the 9th. az 81
In the Senate, on the Gin, a resolution
from the Legislature of Minnesota, endorsing the
action Of Congress In regard to impeachment, was
tabled Resolutions from the same Legislature
were presented and referred, for the Improvement
and referred for the completion of branch mint
at Carson City, Nevada; to relieve the political
disabilities of certain citizens of Georgia. The
bill Twas called up and passed to refund the duties
paid under protest in 1867, on the bell imported
from France, and donated for st. Mays Institute
and Notre Dame University, Indiana. me Naval
Appropriation bill was discussed amended IN
Committee of the Whole, debated in the Senate,
and, without final action, the Senate adjourned.
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The Sergeant alarms of the Senate, on
the 7th, Issued summonses for I'll. +. Ter
der, George Knapp, George W. Ford and
Daniel G.. Taylor, all of st. Louis, but then
in Washington, as witnesses for the Presi-
dent. The writs were made returnable on
the 9th.. General Steedman had arrived to
attend the trial. ,a 70 s5 a.os III ae si.3 {
The trial of Jefferson Davis was, on the
I'd, postponed till the second day of May.
The further consideration of the Nc
Cardle case was, on the 31st, postponed
by the Supreme Court until its next term.
Sergeant Bates reached Raleigh, N. c.,
on the morning of the I'd. He was re-
ceived by the Mayor and Commissioners
and as. rendered the hospitality of the
city. stsfa4qar }ZIsze1sf8 ~ ara
General Hancock, on the 31st, issued his
first order as commander of the " Military
Division of the Atlantic assuming COM
mand thereof. The department embraces
the Department of the Lakes, the Depart
ment of the East, and the Department of
Washington. Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana,
Ohio and Michigan are included in the
new division. Washington is the head
quarters. y e. Gaai q - ~ e1tl a1if'as y 3
The President of the South American
Republic of Uruguay has been murdered
by confederate of his rebellious son,
Fortunate. &c g ta a'.'3s.
The Anglo Anericaaa Times says: "Mr.
Adams, we believe, will not leave London,
and vacate his appointment, as soon as
was expected. If our information be cor
rect, he has consented, at least for the
present, to remain at his post"
In the British Parliament, on the 4th,
on the Irish Church question, the Liberal
party triumphed by a majority Of sixty.
The London Times says: 's,Now Ireland
may take confidence. She is sustained by
the vast balance of opinion of the King
dom. The wrongs of ages are to be ended,
and right done amid the acclamations
of the nation. This must guarantee
peace"
The Democrats of Milwaukee have re.
nominated Edward o Neil for Mayor. il z
The Governor. of Illinois has issued a
proclamation, designating the15th of April
the anniversary of the assassination Of
President Lincoln, as a day; of fasting
humiliation and prayer. y e.
Weston has accomplished the task q
walking one hundred and three miles in
twenty three hours and fifty eight minutes
BY the breaking of a chain connected
with the hosting machinery at the Dia
mond coal mines, in Scranton, Pa, on the
31st, q platform, containing seventeen men,
was precipitated to the bottom of the shaft
1876 feet. Eleven men were instantly
killed, one died soon after, and two more
were thought to be fatally wounded.
General Schoield has appointed General
Henry H. Wells as Governor, of Virginia,
Lieutenant General Sherman reached
Omaha on the 1st, and received telegram
from Washington summoning him as q
witness in the impeachment trial. q ail,a.