The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-05-24
COllgress.

In the Senate, Monday the session
was mainly devoted to debate Of the
bill on the enforcement Of Fifteenth A.
mendment, but no vote was taken. The
Appropriation bills and the Franking
bill were respectively passed over, after
some discussion, in order to allow the
Amendment bill to be taken up During
the morning hour two more railway land
grant bills were passed.
In the House, although so late IN the
session, variety of new bills were intro
ducod, among them the following: For
railway from New York city to Norfolk,
Va. for the prevention Of cruelty 10 an
imals while in transport by railway; al
lowing women 10 be appointed Census
Marshnls; incorporating an international
Society Tor the protection Of immigrants /;
for the increase Of pensions, and regula-
ting the appointment Of Government Off
GERS. a general amnesty resolution was
offered by Mr.. Cox, which, after debate,
was referred. y new bill reducing taxa
ton was reported from the Committee of
Ways and Means, and explained at length
by the Chairman.
In the Senate, Tuesday, the Fifteenth
Amendment bill again occupied about
the whole of the session. During the
debate Mr.. Revels made another speech.
No action was taken on the bill, and a
motion to take up the House bill on the
subject was negatiyed. The morning
bour was devoted to debate on a bill
providing for the REIMBURSEMENT by the
Government of its interest to certain
, lands in San Francisco, which was finally
passed.
In the House discussion Of the bill tC
revive commerce consumed the morning
hour. Mr.. Wood made an extended
) speech, in which he claimed that it wal
, not commerce which was on the decline
; but navigation, that is, ship-building, one
| of the industries Of the country. liz
, cited several causes for this decline, ant
; then briefly reviewed the bill, which, h
urged, did not cure, but simply pallate'
the evil complained Of He was followed
: by Mr.. Washburn in support Of the
| measure, and the bill then went over 70
t the day. OF the miscellaneous bushes
a transacted, two petitions We're presente'
l and referred for the impeachment o
f Judge Field, Of the United States Su
: -preme Court, and of Judge Hoffman, O
the District Court Of California Anon
e the bills introduced was one fer the re
: organization of the Judicial districts G
y New York. Late in the afternoon tn
= Naval Appropriation bill was taken up.
e Scarcely anything was accomplished i
Is the Senate Wednesday. A few bills an
l. resolutions were introduced. and then tn
/ Fifteenth Amendment bills-that frol
y the House and the Senate bill-were di
re cussed during the remainder of the da,
Is without action. An evening session W;
'e held, at which, according to agreemen
or Mr.. Cragin, of New Hampshire, delive
ar a long speech upon the " barbarism
IS, polygamy and other crimes in Utah
IT, The most important bill introduced is
nd facilitate the transmission of Asiatic, Au
wv tralian and European merchandise to al
ms across this country. Mr.. Sumner offer
a resolution, which was adopted, ask
ay for the correspondence or papers relati
ng to the passage of English or Canadi
ed steamers through the Sault Ste. Ma
th Canal.
"a In the House bill was introduc
re- and passed to allow discharged sold
va, and sailors to enter quarter sections
ose land under the Homestead act in the
Ill ternate reserved sections along the line
vill railroads and other public works to VII
ion lands have been granted. During
ers morning hour the bill to revive our &C
ex- merce was discussed and afterwards,
cen to the time of recess and during the ev
us ing, the Naval Appropriation bill '
I it considered in Committee Of the WIZ
the The bill was considerably changed, I
just before the adjournment it was rep'
'om ed back to the House, and passed
has amended. The most important cha