The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1870-07-23

Holland, ensuing their neutrality,
Congressional.
In the Senate, on the i3th, bills were
introduced-to settle and adjust All claims Of the
choctaw nation against the United states; irving
bounty 10 soldiers hanorahly discharged who en-
tered the service between the tth Of May and aad
OF July, 1861. and 70 the widows and children,
fathers and mothers Of soldiers KILLED, or who died
In the service, enlisted for less than ono year A
memorial waa presented from eltiE1ns Of the
western part OF Kansas for a lard grant In aid OF .
railroad through that section Bills were passed
delivery at Kansas ciiya Mo- in ald o, lhe New
Railroad for tho relief OF the Ken
lucky University making an appropriation
the war; Deficiency Appropriation bill, with
amendments; sxenlpting pork packers. lard
renderers, and persons engaged In smoking hams,
nom tax ~ manufacturers. >. Reports OF Conierence
Committees were sdopted-en the Tax and Tafifi
bill; on the Funding bill "A resolution was
adopted TO prlnt e0t00 additional copies of the
billto enforce the Fifteenth Amendment. The
credentials Of Mr.. Hamilton, Of Texas, r~eelecied
Senator for the term commencing March ith next,
were presented. =. The bill to gran; a pension 10
MIS-. lsnco'n was briefly considered, and au
amendment 10 give her $1,000 in lieu OF pension
wos rejected. Executive session and adjourn
mont.
In the House, on the 18Th, 8 resolution
was adopted directing the House visitors to Yves
Point-Messrs. schenck, Logan and siccum-toin
ves,igste the complaint OF the colored cadet at th'
Military Academy. u. The Senate amendments Il
the Miscellaneous Appropriation bill were non
concurred in, and were referred 10 Q Confersnc.
Committee, consisting Of Messrs. Dawes, Beel
and Sargent. i. /. Messrs. Dickey, Logan an'
Archer were appointed a Conference Com
, mittee on the Army Appropriation bill. !
bill was passed 10 create a port Ct delivery q
y Houston, Texas. :. The report OF the Cor
florence Committee on the Tax and Tariff bl
: was made and agreed TO. Joint resolution
: w SDgsoD sssssSs- Ssde IsSs Ssesr sS q H. msrb smoS II
for the improvement Of the Tennessee River |
: be expended for the repair and completion OF u
1 works between Knoxville and Chattanooga, an
y for the continuation Of the works now IN pr
eress below Chattanooga, Including Muscle shoal
. authorizing the Secretary Of The Treasury to o.
u anime and adjust the accounts Of the late Collec
ors OF the Third and Sixth Collection Districts
Missouri slspending The use Of wbisky mete
i az distilleries until the further action OF Dongfe
a A motion to suspend the rules and pass aEe1sf
amnesty bill was rejected Is to 1t3, Majority az
g minority reports were made In the Gaze q the !
, gestigation OF the charges against General Hcwarl
= TIE majority resolution declaring that the Hon
aequits Major General o. o. Howard of the groun
lees and c~a5seless charges lately preferred again
him, and the minority resolutions directing III
n Q copy Of the testimony be referred TO the secI
tary cf War, with directions 10 order a court mi
Is tial for the trial OF General Howard, etc. Both
ports and evidence, covering nearly four th0nsa
pages, were ordered printed The conteren
report on tho Funding bill was agreed to....A
i, journed,
u In the Senate, ON the t4th, bills We
> passed granting apension Of 5000 to Mrs. L
"a coln-23 to 30; to constitute Houston, Texas
ID pert Of delivery; dividing tho State OF Virgil
az into two Judicial districts apprcpriatlng 70
condemned cannon 10 each OF the following plae
le to aid in the erection OF soldiers monument
Bridgeport and E9st Ford, Conn. Quincy a
Peoria, H.; Morristown and T~reaton, N. /,
:. Pittsburgh and Chsmbersburg. Penn and !
~ National Soltiers' Cemetery in West Virgin
s. also TO tia Lincoln Monument association
!. much hrouz5 as may be necessary 20 cast {
d principal figures OF said monument; appl
n pristiIx s8.00O.00 to maintain peace WI
the Indians and for the Indian ~seryice, vi
N amendment substituting the indian Appropristi
20 bill, "a parsed BY the Senate for the House bH!i
- cnnstrEe the gct OF March I, 1868, by aliowin..
r drawback or cotton goods exported prior TO M
/, 1890, where internal tax was paid on raw g
VI ten: a large number Of House bills, among otht
granting condemned ordnance TO the Seve nieeT
Regiment Monument Association, Of Ohio, q
~ fer inventory of accounts OF property OF
"A Upited States in public buildings and grounds,
- The bill to encourage the building OF Amefic
Id vessels. to engage in foreign trade, was taken
4 oebatcd and tshcd-2l to ~, The death
Va Senator Norton was announced, and Mrssrr. Rs
sey, Thurman and Stockton were appointed
committee. to attend she remains 70 "
i. reports were snbp1itted and adopted-on I
~ Nsval Appropriation bill; Sundry Civil Approx
ls stion bili Deficiency Appropriation. bill on
Georgia bill, in favor OF the House bill, With
amendment declaring that nothing In that or Q
.o other act of Congress shall be construed to Ell
w the term to which any officer has been appoint
o. or any merber OF the General Assembly. cleo
az prescribed by the constitution OF Georgl
by Army Appropriation bin. ...A message was
ceiycd rom lie President and ordered print
=, returning with hs objections the bin provid
10, for the payment OF houpties 10 certain Alaba
a and Florida troops. Executive session.
r. In the House, on the 18th, bills w
pssed-donatlng for school purposes a certain
ofland, with the buildings thereon, now 90
III Indian Dormitory in the village Of Aachinaw
=, allow the eteamboats Of the Canadian Navigat
~ Company, built in the United States, to carry
Ia. sengers and baggage between American pof
!, granting on ordnance fora soldiers monumen
In Cleveland. o.: ce6ing to the State OF Ohio IN
az dlction over the grounds of the National Asyl
:" for disabled enidierg authorizing the Confrnissi
OF ere Of Indian afTsirs to appoint guardians or =
~ toes Of minor Indian children. entitled TO pensi
ian or holnties; placing 5000 600 In the hands OF
at President for IndisE purposes; Senate bills.
the relief of the Third Arkansas Cavalry; graz,
PIC bronze ordinance for the erection Of an eqnesti
mt statue OF General Rawiins; author1zibg me {
~tinuancc Of the patent OF the invention for p
ON marking mail packages; granting condemned
nance for the soldiers monument a. Ornh
~, amending the Bankrupt law; exempting can
or and preserved gsh from internal tax, with ame
ment intending shell Ash, meat, fruit and veg
bles; Senate amendment 10 tho bill in refeFe
lba TO drawbacks on cotton goods. Senate atnt
'h0 mentr to House bills were concurred into
zen continue tho Ciarksvi.le, Ark. Lana
-. trict; to require National Banks g.
oss into liquidation TO retire circulating notes 70
Tie clare forfeited to the United States certain Ia
granted to the State Of Louisiana for railroad
pnses; granting the gainesville Southern III
r;,- Railroad Company right OF way 10 build z bri
VI" across tho Big wabafh river to vsca'e the J
ity, Dakota military reservation, Dakota Territory
tending the proEisions 81 the Presumption Law
1ad the Territory OF Colorado. THE kenafe cen
rent resolution on the dssth Of Senator No
was ccrcutred In. and Messrs. Wtlton (Mtnness
ted WiIkinson, Eloridge, CEllom ard Archer wers
10. pointed a committee to accompany the rem
~ TO tnoir place Of irterIsent. =. Conference rep
ian were made and egreed to-0n the biu 70 fe4n
;,c The Compensation OF grand ard petit JUROR
ihg the Bill making appropriations ~ ssndry dviil
-sal parsas OF The government; on the ad1iaonl
1ciercy bill; On tho Georgia bill ..On mo-
OTIS the vote agreeing TO the Conference rcpOrt. q
Miscellaneous Appropriation Dill was rcc0nttdo
and M, rerowrrftsed The Senate sifeFfF ne
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