Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-02-14

referred >. The bill declaring forfeited TO the
construction of certain Southern railroads then
came up, and after being AMENDED SO as 10 eA
cept lands belonging TO the Nashville ana Decatur
The bill respecting the rights of American Gltl-
zens abroad came up and was dlscusseo. :. :. ne
bill authorizing the Secretary OF war 10 empty
counsel to defend the Generals in carrying OUT ne
Reconstruction laws passed, without amend
ment as 1t came from the Senate, by vote VI .il'
to 81 AN Executive communication was re-
ceived, relative to the famine In sweden anu Nor-
way, and asking an appropriation for the expenses
Of the Surratt trial . After considering Drleny
the Military Academy Approximation bill in Com
mittee of the Whole, the house ao5 'u.neo'
In the Senate, on the 9th, a memorial
was presented from the Arkansas Convention
stating that the State officers are enemies OF the
Government, and asking for authority to appoint
new officers "A petition was presented from the
citizens of Green Bay, asking for a reduction OF
the army and navy, and that the money thus saved
be applied to the Improvement OF the harDor at
the mouth of Green river The Committee ON
finance reported a substitute for Shermans Dill,
| Introduced December nth. The substitute pro-
poses five per cent. gold bonds IN place OF tne
present payable in ten or forty years,
free from all taxation, and TO be known as the
Consolidated Debt. The last section provides ior
ferred from colored citizens of North Carolina,
asking to be sent to Liberia. The joint resolu-
ton relative to lands granted to railroad eompa.
and passed, with the pending amendments re-
strictinp its provisions to the chartered and pro-
scted lines from Fond da Lac i To
Branch of the Union Pacific railroad was taken
up and after debate, went over. The supple
mentary Reconstruction bill was taken up and
debated, after which resolution authorizing the
Secretary of the Navy to send one or more naval
officers to the HavIe Maritime Exhibition, to re-
present the United States, was passed, ana tne
Senate adjourned. .r
In the House, on the 9th, the bill con-
corning the rights Of American citizens in foreign
States was taken up, and after speeches thereon,
went over until the morning hour of the 18th
The Army Appropriation bill, amounting to S33,-
000 000 was reported 1t contains provision Tor
the gradual reduction of the army until the force
is reduced to twenty-five regiments of infantry,
seven regiments OF cavalry and five regiments OF
artillery. The bill was made the special order for
the 18th. The West Point Academy bill was
taken up, and after discussion, was passed. In
Committee of the Whole, the Military Academy
Appropriation bill was taken up and, after discus
si0n was laid aside to be reported to the House
80. The bill making appropriations for the legisla
tive, executive and Judicial expenses of the Gov
eminent, was read at length. After considering
the Appropriation bill, the Committee rose and
the House adjourned. t'irtN tit -5't9
In the Senate, ont the 7th, petitions were
received from discharged army officers relative to
the increased compensation voted in 1864; from
manufacturers of Cleveland and merchants of
New York relative to, the oppressiveness OF the
praying for aid to Northern Pacific Railroad.
Bills were introduced, additional to the act to
establish uniform system of bankruptcy; to
allow persons now occupying lands on the Great
Miami Islands to pre-empt the same; to create an
| Indian Department.. The supplementary Tenure
sion, passed-sa to g. The Reconstruction bin
was then taken up, and postponed. :. The House
bill to allow the Southern Minnesota Railroad
Company to construct and maintain bridge
across the Mississippi river and maintain post
route was passed. "A resolution was adopted to
print 1000 copies of the reports on the Stanton
matter, including the Presidents message. ."4t.
In the House, on the 7th, bill Was
passed restoring the lands to market along the
line of the Pacific Railroad and branches :. "A
memorial was presented from the Legislature OF
Wisconsin for an appropriation for the harbor OF
Port Washington. The legislative. executive AID
judicial appropriation bill was taken up, disussed
and laid over The Pension Appropriation bill,
and bill for the better regulation of the custody
an0 expenditure OF the public money were re-
ported and referred to Committee of the Whole.
The Senate was not in session on the
Sth.. {. The House went into Committee of the
| Whole for general debate, and speeches were
| made on the National Finances, Banks, Currency,
| Public Debt, ETC., when the Committee rose and
| the House adjourned. lGr g.. ID
In the Senate, on the 10th, after the pre-
sentation of several resolutions and petitions in
| lation to the admission of Colorado the ocean
mail service, and resolution OF inquiry as to the
| the Supplementary Reconstruction bill came up,
| and, after speeches thereon the Senate went into
Executive session and soon after adjourned.
In the House, ON the 10th, a large num-
Der of bills and resolutions were introduced on
the call of States, several of which have bearing
on the finance ques tSn.. Executive communities
lions were presented by the Speaker, among them
being one in reference to the trial and conviction
| of American citizens In Great Britain, with par
tial report of said trials. The joint resolution
relative to the Rock Island Railroad bridge, was
called up, and passed-s5 to 45 -. Resolutions
were adopted directing the General of the Army
to send copy of the Presidents last letter to him
to the Secretary of War to send to the House, that
| the evidence taken on impeachment by the Ju-
| dietary Committee be referred to the Committee
on Reconstruction, and that that committee have
leave to report at any time. The resolution call
ing for the printing of fifty thousand copies of the
report on impeachment, Was referred to the Com
| mittee on Printing. "A communication was pre-
scented from the Secretary of the Navy, transmit.
ting the papers in the cOurtartial case of Second
Engineer Sawyer, who had been suspended for
one year for speaking dsrespectfuly of the Presi-
! dent. Some debate ensued, when the papers were
referred to the Naval Committee, and the House
adjourned. -.tt wv 'iii- ''
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