The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-12-16

ding for the reconstruction ofthe late
rebellion. Therefore, Be 1t Resolred,
That .he State of Virginia is entitled
to representation in the Congress of
the United States.
Mr.. Dawes offered a concurrent
resolution for the adjournment OF the
two Houses from December ed till
January 5th, which was agreed to.
Mr.. Butler offered resolution in
struoting the Ways and Means Com
mtttoe to prepare and report q blu
taxing incomes from d. s. Bonds,
same q In case Of railrosds or other
corporations. Laid over.
n. Ward moved to suspend the
f1lss 20 thAt petition of a, 1874 citi.
Gems Of New York, favoring the re-
cognition o. the Cubans AZ belliger
elits, might be read.
The rules were suspended and the
petition was read. Referred to the
Committee on Foreign Affairs. The
petition asks tor the immediate re.
cognition Of the Independence Of
Cuba.
Mr.. Allison offered . resolution
calling on the Secretary of War for
information in reference to the com.
pletion of the improvement Of the
Des Moines and Rock Rock Island
rapids Of the Mississippi River.
Mr.. Butler, from the Judiciary
Committee, reported . bill for the 70.
peal Of the Civil Tenure Of Office
Act. Ordered printed and commit.
ted.
The Presidents Message transmit.
ting the report Of the Secretary o.
State in regard to the States which
have adopted the 18th Amendment
Received and referred to the Judici
airy Committee.
SENATE.
| Mr.. Thurman presented joint
resolution Of the Legislature Of Ohio
rejecting the 18th Amendment to the
Constitution. Referred. ssa
| Mr.. Cole submitted . resolution
lnstructing the Finance Committee
TO inquire into the expediency Of i'm
posing . tax Of one dollar per gallon
upon all Distilled spirits, and also into
the policy OF collecting q tax upon ali
distilled By taxing the capacity o.
the stills.
| Mr.. Morrill,, Of Me-, announced the
death Of VIM. Pitt Fessenden, lstt
Senator, and delivered An appropri
ate eulogy, Offering the usual resolu
tions ofrespect to his memory.
| Senators Trumbull, Anthony
Hamlin and others followed with
tributes to his memory. The resolu
tons were adopted and the Senate
adjourned. aT.ss
| The resolution calling on the Sec
retarv Of War for information as K
the progress made in the work of i'm
proving and deepen the channels ant
passes Of the Mississippi river TO the
Gulf, was adopted.
Several bills were introduced anG
referred, among Thorn one by Mr.
Paine, authorizing the Secretary o
War to provide for the taking o.
meteorological observations at militia
~ stations in the interior ofthe con
tinent, and for giving notice OF
northern lakes and Atlantic seaboart
on the approaches Of and force o
storms. a ID BssGa1aB
! By Mr.. McCrary--A bill making
an appropriation for the prosecution
Of the work for the Improvement o.
the Des Moines Rapids on the Miss
issippi River.
Nj. Shenck presented plan BY
which it is supposed that half .
million q year can DO made by the
Government from the fur and sea-
ben ing island of Alaska. Ordered
to ho printed. e4 s&I e.. e#
| Mr.. Kelly presented memorial o.
the National Colored Labor Con
vention, praying that the surveyed
public lands in the Southern States
may be subdivided into tracts OF for
ty acres each, and that any freedmen
who shall settle on said subdivided
tracts, and cultivate the same for one
year, shall receive patent for the
same, the title Of the same to rest in
the settler and his heirs, and to be
for o period Of ten yearG.
The House then went into Com
mittee of the Whole on the Census
bill. asao
i Mr.. Judds resolution, offered yes
terday, for the apportionment ofrep
resentation next August WAS discuss
ed and lejected-54 to IS.
Mr. Garfield moved to strike oul
Sec. q, which provided up to the 5tt
of September for Representatives.
Agreed to.
Sec. rs, requiring the statistics
from railroad and canal companies
was discussed at length, and several
am endments offered, pending the
discussion Of which, . message was
received from the Senate, announc.
ing its proceedings in reference to the
death Of Senator fessenden. Eulo-
gies on the deceased Senator by
Lynch, Peters, Kelly, Brooks, of n
Y, and Dawes, were pronounced,
after which the House adjourned.
| ~ DR.. r. v. PIERCE, Of Buffalo,
| N. r., has discovered, residing in a
very common little plant found grow
ing by the road side, . medicinal
principle, which surpasses everything
heretofore known for the cure Of all
severe Coughs and for Minister'S Sore
Throat, Laryngitis, Bronchitis and
Consumption, in its early stages. 1t
1 Ia ca11od nr Piorco,a A1tapativa Ev.