Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1870-06-03

Weekly News Summary.
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G-.CONGRESSIONAL. 81
In the Senate on the Goth, several peti
tions we're presented relative to the communication
between the Atlantic and Pacific, vtd Nicaragua,
and for the recognition of the Cubans The res
olut on looking to fnei ads ournment was taken
up,s nd, after long discussion, July Is was fixed
upon. by yeas So, nays a. Consideration of the
Fifteenth Amendment bill was resumed, and sey-
eral amendments were disposed of and the Senate
still I'm session, debating the bill, at the time
of the close of the telegraphic report,
In the House, on the 20th, the bill com
pensating the officers and crew OF the Kearsarge for
destroy ing the Alabama (s1sOOOO) was passed, the
money to be taken from the Japanese indemnity
fund. The bill to compensate the officers and
crew Of the Wyoming ($100,0O0) from the same
fund.- for the action off the coast of Japan in 1868,
was laid on the table. The Louisiana contested
election case of Newsham against Ryan was dis
cussed and went oyer till the g21st The Senate
arnendment to the House adjournment resolution
was agreedto, and motion to reconsid der tabled,
making the matter final. District of Columbia
business was considered The Speaker an
nounced Messrs. Logan, Sloeum and Negley as a
Conference Committee on the Army BILL .,Ad-
ljourned. z~sr -
T The Senate continued in session all
night on the GOTH. Several amendments to the Fif-
teenth Amendment bill were passed, including one
to make punishable all attempts in influencing the
votes of the colored people by depriving them o.,
occupation At length the Senate bill was sHbsti-
tuted for the House bill, and at 7o'clock a. m. was
passed-42 toS.. Adjourned to the 23d.
In the House, on the 21st. petitions were
presented asking Congress to abolish National
Banks; to pay off bonds deposited by them as Sc,
curity to issue $500,000,000 in Treasury green
back notes; to pay off all the $s4o 100000 of the
bonded debt; to make ereenbacks receivable for
all duties and other taxes collected by the Federal
Government, and restore prosperity to the country
ment of the full salary of A. P. HOvey, as Minister
to Peru, without deduction on account of absence
from his post, was passed. The bill to increase
bill was passed, authorizing the Secretary of
State to cause the remains of General Asboth, late
Minister to the Argentine Confederation, and Gen.
eral Steadman, late Consul to Santiago de Cuba,
to be removed to the United States, the former to
be inferred in the National Cemetery at Lexington
....On motion it was ordered that on and after
O'Clock The consideration of the Louisiana con-
tested election case of Newsham against Ryan was
sumed, and after discussion the minority report
in favor of Ryan was rejected, without division,
and the majority report giving the seat to New
sham, adopted-78 to r.. Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 23d, bills were
reported-with amendments, granting to the
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fs Railroad Company
a continued right of way to Alberquerque, and
ten sections of land per mile on each side; SUBJ
stitute for the bill to aid the construction of the
New Orleans q Northeastern Railroad, granting
the right of way, and ten alternate sections per
mile on each side of a line, from York or Merid
ian. Miss, to New Orleans. "A joint resolution
and Massachusetts, soldiers who were first to ar
rive in Washington, in April, 1861. Resolu-
tions were adopted-caling upon the Secretary
Joseph Railroad, of Missouri, and also in regard
to the report of tho Commissioners sent
out to report upon the. final completion of
th1 an;A ~
munds and Stockton were appointed q Commit
tee of Conference on the bill to enforce the Fif-
teenth Amendment, and Messrs, Wilson, Morton
Executive and Judicial Appropriation bill was
proceeded with, and several amendments were
disposed Of. Adjourned. - = A. II s~AS Z
In the House, on the 23d, bills were in
troduced and referred-to detect and punish cleo
tion frauds; to reduce the rates of duty foreign
imports, and abolish specific and compound duties;
to secure to citizens of the United States the nav
of the pilots of the Mississippi squadron and
their surviving families; authorizing survey
of the mouth of the POck River for the i'm
berland River; to incorporate the interna-
tional Society of the United States for the
protection of immigration: Bills were passed
wise navigation and fisheries from the payment of
tonnage duties; to extend the provisions of the
act which confers the right of naturalization on
bly, discharged, to those who enlisted or may en-
iist in the army or marine corps. The Senate
joint resolution to provide for the appointment of
an Examiner of Claims for the State Department,
and additional clerks, was amended by reducing
the appropriation from $4,000 to $500, and
passed.. The Senate amendments to the bill to
enforce the rights of citizens OF the United States
to vote in the several States was non.concurred in
and a Committee of Conference, consisting of
Messrs. Brigham, Davis. of New York, and
Kerr, was appointed. ). Reports were made
in contested m
against Strader that Strader, the sitting member,
is entitled to seat; in the Kentucky contested
sitting member is entitled to the seat. "A joint
resolution was passed, donating eight condemned
cannon for soldiers monument In Allegheny
Park, Pittsburgh o l The he Army Appropriation bill,
appropriating SIS, 1877, ,367 was reported and made
the special order for the 25th. "A joint resolution
was introduced andreferred, embodying system
of revenue and expenditure. and for a commission
to examine into the question of taxation. "A
motion to reconsider the vote declaring Newsham,
of Louisiana. entitled to seat, was tabled-95 to
77-and Mr.: Newsham was sworn in. The Con
sular Diplomatic bill was further considered in
Committee of the Whole, and several amendments
were disposed Of, the, one to insert Rome as
place for Minister Resident being rejected with
out division. Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the Oath, memorial
from citizens of the Dominican Republic against
annexation was objected to and not received. "A
oint resolution reported and passed, for the
ADMISSION OF foreign photographs Iree OF uuty IOr
exhibition at the National Photographic Exhibi-
tiOa at Cleveland in June. :. The Legislative Ap-
preparation bill was further considered. "A re-
port was made from the Conference Committee on
Fifteenth Amendment Enforcement bill, and after
discussion, it was agreed that vote should be
taken on the report on the 25th. p
In the House, on the 24th, bill for
the reduction Of internal taxes was introduced
and referred. "A bill was reported and passed,
removing the charge of desertion from soldiers
who served out their terms of enlistment and
were honorably discharged 1.-The bill to revive
American navigation and commercial interests
was discussed at length. The House. by vote
of 80 to 81, refused to consider the South Carolina
contested election case of Wallace against Simpson
"A report was made in the Virginia contested
case. that Mckenzie, the sitting member, was en-
titled to the seat The Consular and Diplomatic
Appropriation bill was considered in Committee
of the Whole, reported to the House and passed
=. The Post Office Appropriation bill, appro-
priating 50 2t110,093 from the Post Office revenue,
and S725 GOO from the Treasury, considered
in Committee of the Whole. Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 25th, bill was
introduced and referred, establishing the right of
way of the Portage Lake and River Improvement
Company, and for land grant to it The bill ap-
proprating $500, COO from the funds of the Freed
mems Bureau in aid of the Wiberforce University
| was passed Z. The Consular Diplomatic bill was
received from the House ard referred. :. The re-
Amendment Enforcement bill was adopted Ito
H.. "A joint resolution was reported, authorizing
souri, River at or near Nebraska City. The Legs-
lative, Executive and Judicial Appropriation bill
| was further considered, and several amendments
were submitted. Adjourned.
In the House, on the 25th, the bill to
revive the navigation and commercial interests OF
the United States came up, and after discussion,
| substitute was introduced. The Senate North
ern Pacific Railroad joint resolution was reported