Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1870-07-22
Weekly News Summary.
CONGRESSIONAL.

CONGRESSIONAL.
| In the Senate, on the 8th, bills were
| passed-relieving the political disabilities of some
| seventy-ave Kentuckians; House bill making st.
Joseph, Mo-, a port OF delivery; relieving ,t the
| Georgia bill taken up, and motion was
| adopted "a to 22-to concur in the House amend
ments to the Senate BILL and Committee Of Con-
ference appointed, consisting of Messrs.
| Howard Hamlin and A. G.. Thurman. The re-
ports of the Conference Committees on the bill for
the relief of certain officials of the army and on
| the Diplomatic Appropriation bill were adopted
| A resolution was adopted calling on the
| President for information in his possession
.nS to for the not
| communicated, concerning questions between the
United States and Great Britain The joint reso.
luton making an appropriation for the payment to
| Hudson Bay and Puget Sound Agricultural Com
| pany was passed. The bill to prohibit the en-
| tion was debated at length, ard an amendment
was offered extending naturalization to all for
egners alike regardless of race or color. Exec
utive session and adjournment.
In the House, ON the 9Th, the contested
election case of Cameron against Root was tabled
| 80 The reports of Conference Committees on the
Post-Ofice Appropriation bill and on the bill for
| the relief of certain officers of the army were
| adopted. :. Bills were passed-Senate amend
ments to the River and Harbor Appropriation bill;
in relation to enistments in the marine corps, pro-
vdipg that after the 1st of July, 1870, enistmens
be for five instead of four years, and authorizing
credit for enlistment pay; Senate bill to pay boun-
ties to the First Alabama Cavalry, and First and
Second Florida Cavalry: additional Deficiency bill,
| covering items amounting to s., 1884 with
l amendments: to regulate the mode of determin-
ing the ratification Of amendments to the Constitu-
| tiOn of the United States; providing that the
| act of March 3, 1869, making an appropri-
| tion FOR the completion of the court house and
| postoice building at Knoxville, Tenn, be held to
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tions for the same object. Mr.. Brooks, OF New
York having declined to serve on the Conference
Committee on the Funding bill, Mr.. Marshall was
| appointed 49,. Bills were reported authorizing
| the acceptance of the resignation OF Judge who
holds Office during good behavior, and who has
| held his commission for not less than ten years,
| who may he permanently disabled from perform
ing his duties efficiently, with continuation OF
salary during his natural lfe directing the Secre-
tary of the Treasury to pay lawful owners the net
proceeds of all cattle seized after the 30h of June,
1865, such seizures having been made in violation
of an injunction of the Treasury Department, and
after the proclamtion of amnesty. Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 9th, petition was
presented from Cyrus W. Field, and referred, ask
ing authority to lay cable from Florida to Cuba,
and the repeal of the International Telegraph Com
pany's exclusive privilege to have cable between
those shores. "A report was made and adopted
from the Conference Committee on the Legisla-
tive, Executive and Judicial Appropriation bill
=. "A resolution of inquiry into alleged Chinese
importations in violation of law was adopted.
The bill for pension to Mrs. Lincoln was taken
up-S1 to S1-and motion to 9 lay on the the table
informally =. The Civil and Miscellaneous Appro-
priation bill was reported from the Committee on
Appropriations. :. The Army Approximation bill
among them one reducing the number of enlisted
men in the army to $4,000, and the bill was passed
-. Bills were also psssed-eranting to the Evans
Vile g Southern Illinois Railroad Company the
right to build a bridge across the Big Wabas h
River; amendatory of the Bankrupt act, exend-
~f 1oryc to hrftIyn
manufacturers, and miners. Adjourned.
In the House, on the 9th, report was
made and agreed to from the Conference Commit
tee on the Consular and Diplomatic Appropriation
bill. :. "A preamble and resolutions were offered
and REFEREED relating to the organized importation
of Cinnamon declaring that is against the genius
of the age to bring immigrants to this country in
bonds for terms of years, or even months, and in
structing the Committee on Education and Labor
to investigate the subject, including the contract
system practised in various paris of the country,
and report bill as coon as practicable prohibiting
the introduction of bondmen from China or else
where, providing for the protection of those who
voluntarily seek our shores in quest OF free homes
and who will as speedily possible adopt the
manners. habits and customs of the people, max
ing it a criminal offense, punishable by fine and
imprisonment, to be party, direct or Indirect to
project tending to perpetuate the barbarism of
slavery. :. The Senate amendments to the Tax
bill were reported, and a motion to suspend the
rules and strike from the bill all relating to the in
come tax was negatived--67 to 116-and the Sen
ate amendment reducing the income tax to two
and half per cent. was concurred ln-92 to 20;
several others of the Senate amendments were
concurred in and those q OF concurred in were re-
ferred to a Committee of Conference. The Sen
ate bill extending the time for presenting claims
for additional bounty for six months was passed
IA report was made and agreed to from the
Conference Committee on the Legislative Appro-
priation bill. "A bill YVES introduced and referred,
to encourage the establishment Of line of steam
ships an auxiliary means of national defence,
and for conveyance of United States mails to the
different ports of Europe, India, and China, and
for the promotion of immigration. Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 18th, the creden-
tials of Senators Anthony and Cragin, reelected
for six years from the 4th of March next were pre-
sented IA bill was reported to establish the
Eastern Judicial District of Kentucky. Bills
were passed-directing the Secretary of War to
place at the disposal of the President certain ord
nance to be used in the erection of an equeE-
trian statue of General Rawlins; for the removal
OF certain rom the State courts to the Unit
ed States courts; to confirm the title OF purchas.
ers of lands sold for taxes in the late insurrec
ary States; Land Grant bills in aid of a railroad
from Sioux City, Ia, to Columbus Dak.; amend
ing the act declaring the bridges OF the New
pany post roads. The bill for a pension to
Mrs. Lincoln was laid aside-yeas 30, nays 90
to take up the snnd5y Civil Dill t to
Tax bill was received from the House, and Com
mittee of Conference appointed on the part OF the
(Vt) and Hamilton (Md.) .Messrs Morrill, (Me.),
Drake and Stockton were appointed Committee
of Conference on the Naval Appropriation bill -.
Adjourned.
In the House, on the 18th, bills were
introduced and referred-providing for a joint
committee to inquire into the danger threatening
the country from Chinese migration, and report
the proper means for guarding against averting
it: to preserve the public faith and protect all
rights under laws and treaties of the United
States; to incorporate the Loomis Aerial Tele-
graph Company reorganizing the Court of Claims;
for the relief OF purchasers OF land sold Tor taxes
terest on money paid by Missouri for war pur-
poses granting lands for railroad from the Cen
tral Pacific Railroad, in Nevada, to Hamilton,
New: to enable soldiers and others to perfect titles
| to land under the homestead act; also, various
bills for the removal of political disabilities, and
donating condemned cannon for soldiers monu-
ments....A resolution was adopted-.13S to 32-
declaring that the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Ar
tices of Amendment to the Constitution. having
been ratified by the Legislatures of threefourths
| of the several States, are valid to all intents
| ton, and, as such, are binding and obliga-
| tory on the Executive, Congress, the Judi
ciary of the several States and Territories: and all
| citizens of the United States. resoiufon was
then offered and went under the rule, declar-
| ing the resolution Just adopted foreign to the
duty of legislators, and mischievous In its ten
dency and effect The Senate amendments to
the Naturalization bill were concurred ln-I53 TO
53 "A bill was reported and passed, providing
that pork packers lard renderers, ana tnose smok-
ing hams, curing meats, and others known as pro
vision dealers, shall not be liable to the Internal
tax levied on manufacturers, and remitting any
such tax assessed but not collected. In the Ken
tucky contested election case OF Segler against
Rice the resolution reported by the minority was
the House refused to give Seigler more
than $4,000 for contesting. The Speaker ap-
pointed Messrs. Schenck, Kelley and Brooks
ran Mo dn,an fn fha