Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-02-24

tain manufacturers nom internal tax, so as not to
treat as manufacturers, home packers, lard render
els, or persons engaged In saving hams or canning
meats or in the provision trade, etc. and to refund
srch taxes already collected; granting lands Tor
railroad from the Columbia river to Puget Sound
mains OF General VIM. StcAdman, late Consul at
Santiago, Cuba. to be sent to his late home IN
Portage County Ohio. :. The Legislative Appro-
priation bill was further considered In COMMITTEE
OF the Whole, and amendments disposed oi....
Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 14th, the creden-
tias of Messrs Hill and Miller, Senators elect from
Georgia. were referred to the Judiciary Committee
80. The bill to increase the salaries OF Chief and
Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the
United States, was reported from the judiciary
Committee .. The Mississippi bill was taken up
and debated. :. Executive session and adjourn
ment.
In the House, on the 18th, a resolution
in reference to extra pay of the Missouri militia
was offered and referred "A resolution was offered
declaring that the business interests OF the country
demand an increase of s50,o00000in the volume OF
circulating notes, and that the Committee on Bank
ing and Currency report bill to effect this purpose;
a motion to lay on the table was defeated-73 to W
and the resolution went over until the 2lst "A
bill as a substitute for the Senate Currency bill
was introduced and referred The Senate amend
ments to the bill to supply deficiencies for the Naval
and Military Academy appropriation were non.con
CURED In, 8nd Committee OF Conference ordered
1.-THE resolutions relating to the recognition OF
the belligerent rights of Cuba were called up and
debated. "A bin was introduced to reduce the
Number OF officers In the navy The Legislative
Appropriation bill was further considered in Com
mittee Of tie Whole. Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 18th, the House
joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of War
to place at the disposal of Bridges Battery Assoc
alton, at Chicago certain captured ordnance, was
passed q. "A resolution was agreed to calling on
the President for information as to the number and
character of iron-clads belonging to the United
States, their cost and present condition. The bill
to abolish the ranking privilege and the Missis-
sppi bill were taken up and debated -. Commit
tees OF Conference were appointed upon the disa.
greements between the two houses on the Naval
Deficiency and Military Academy bills. ,.Ad-
journed
In the House, on the 10Th, resolution
was passed to close the Land Office in any State
where the unsold public lands do not exceed 10000
acres. Bills were introduced and referred-to
regulate the fees of attorneys, &c. in United States
Courts; authorizing the payment of borntles to
persons who were rejected as volunteers and imme-
diately afterwards drafted and held to service.
A resolution was adopted calling on the President
for information concerning the imprisonment of
Americans III Grcht Drltdln IOT pOlllICdl OHtIses
. The contested election case from the Eleventh
Congressional District of New York, the resolu-
lions reported by the committee being that Geo.
w. Greene the sitting member, lie not entitled to a
seat. and that Charles II. Van Wyck is, was taken
up and discussed. Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 10th, the House
bill to provide for furnishing artificial limbs 70 dis
abled soldiers was discussed, and amended by ex-
tending its provisions to soldiers of the Mexican
war The Mississippi bill was taken up, and con-
siderable discussion eDsued, and an amendment
was submitted to repeal so much of the Virginia
act as declared that State admitted to representa-
ton upon certain fundamental conditions therein
expressed. Adjourned
In the House, on the 10th, number of
petitions were granted. Bills were passed-regu-
atina the jurisdiction Of Probate Courts, salaries
OF Judges, &C, in the Territorie Is; to redefne a
portion of the boundary between Ne braska and
Dakota. "A petition was reported and referred,
from citizens of Massachusetts, that that State be
reminded to territorial condition. on account of
Its States Rights heresies, in 1912 &C. Bills
were raported-setting aside the net proceeds of
the internal revenue collection In Arizona, Dakota,
Idaho, Montana and Wyoming for 1870, II and '72,
for the erection of capital buildings IN those Terri
tories not to exceed $40 900 In each to aid the ex-
ecution the law in Utah. 80 as to prevent and pun
sh polygamy. "A bill providing for Territorial
Government for Alaska was reported adversely
and tabled. 3. :. Resolutions were introduced and
referred, declaring that the Government shall OBJ
serve impartial neutrality In the contest between
Cuba ard Spain In the Greene-Van Wyck IN ~
contested election case, the resolution Of the
minority, declaring Greene, the sitting member, en-
titledto seat was. defeated-56ito 12-and that OF
the majority, giving the seat to Van Wyck, was
adoptsd-yeas, 49, nays, 81. Adjourned.