Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-03-31

amendments were discusses, and sths ssnaie -
/ j0urncd 10 tic list. 2 -
In the House, on the 18th, several patent
bills and several bills relating to the District Of Coz
| lumbia were passed 81. "A petition was presented
from citizen Of Ohio for donation Of 5000 OF
/ tie allowance made by Congress for the education
OF the freedmen Of the South in behalf OF WILDER.
force University, near Xenia, Ohio The Tariff
bill was frthcr considered in COMMITTEES OF the
Whole =. Adjourned, the session onfhe 10 b TO be
I In tn Senate, on the 2tst, bills were
passed-sranging the time for holding Circuit
and Disttct courts- for Wisconsin; providing fos
the distribution Of arms among the Southern
ssodpg to aaSS unes5 sa 81
in,ioducd ana refsfrea. providing that Superb
q aas sy Ss
Georgi,bin was further considered. Executive
seesionAnd adjournment.
In the House, on the 21st, bills were
inxodced and referred-fos support ofthe govern
ment in the payment a the entire debt and re-
ductijn Of taxatiou dividing Tennessee into two
Jndilal Dissricfs donating certain condemned
2 he San Teqg n Rsioss
Csnpany: suthoridng the water gauges 10 be
established and observations made on the Missis-
sppi River and tributaries uiih v,ew 70 Obtain.
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rom overflow and 10 improving navigation; au-
ihor.nsg terms Of the United States District Court
TO be bsId n Helena. Ark. remedial q laws that
do injustice TO loyal men Of the States lately In ne
!, beiior for fhe psorofion a commerce and amity
| besseen people Of the United States and Mexico
| b. encouraging American citizen. 70 aid Mexico IN
l TIE eeyeiop0eua a her resources; relative to
i capxarse made By the Criied states gunboats Con-
eeanga. Lexings0n and A O. Tyler, On the Cnmber-
land ard Tennessee Rivers in April and May. 1854;
/ TO promote commerce among the Sia;e~. and cheap
transportation Of the mAils sad military stores.
etc relative 70 the income tax on the proceeds OF
building and svins ae:oe,asioM expnr.,ory OF
l Of February q, 1sT....A resolution was offered
and referred. calling for redistribution OF Ma
tional Bank currency or an ncrease o. existing
| less than their due share. Resolutions were
adopted It to be the duty Of Congress
TO provide for funding the national debt at lower
rate Of interest and to extend the time Of Its pay
| neBs to period when It will be lesst oppressive
! 70 the people. and thst the Understanding dent
sboald not be increased by causing the surrender
| Of any part Of the circulating medium not bearing
interest, and by the substitution therefor of
| intefest-bearing bonds; declaring 1t AZ the
! judgment Of the House that the policy OF grant
ing subsidies in public lands TO railroad and other
| corporations ought 10 be discontinued, aud that
every consideration OF public policy and equa
justice to the whole people, requires that the pub
lie lands be held for tie exclusive purpose 81 se
/ curing hOnesteads TO actual settlers under the
| II uinesfead and Pre- emption laws, subject to a
reasonable appropriation OF such lands for pur.
/
| ing the ninth census, requiring information to
be obtained from insurance, railroad companies,
etc: sppropriating $1,000 TO the Sisters Of Our
pose Of rebuilding their orphan asylum, which
was bnrnt during the war; TO facilitate the
administration OF Justice In Texas providing that
| on the resignation Of Judge Watr0us. Of the East
ern District OF Texas by reason OF his incapacity
BY sickness, his salary is TO continue during life
The Senate bill authorizing the Secretary OF the
Treasury; whenever there II default in the pay
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bonds held by the United States, TO deduct the
amount from moneys due from the United states
| to snch States. was amended and passed petit
| ton was presented and referred from the Cincin-
natl Chamber Of Commerce relative to the Louis
vile and Portland Canal. The Tariff bill was
further considered IN Committee OF the Whole. -.
In the Senate, ON the 22d, bills and joint
revolutions were Notwithstanding the pro-
visions OF the laws relative to the selection Of
swamp lands in Missouri; extending the time for
the completion OF the fret section Of the Cairo and
Fulton Railroad. dividing Virginia into two Judi
cial districts Bills were reported from commit
| tees-to promote the civilization Of the Indians
| the relief OF J. Ross Browne, late Minister to
China House Pill with amend ment, TO amend the
anS ses O Gs rs ts IF
! TO pay out Of the Japanese indemnity. fund the
| damages to the steamer Monitor, fired into by
The batteries OF the Mkado In 1854 providing for
| the construction OF a snge-track bridge across
the Mississippi instead OF dOubie-track one, by
the Rock Island Railroad Resolutions were
adopted--instructing the Judiciary Committee to
| inquire into the propricty OF providing for pay,
ment by law of the expenses OF claimants in suits
for soldiers bonnties for printing $1,000 copies OF
| the report OF the Committee on the Decline OF
| American Commerce. :. "A bill to Strengthen the
| legal reserves OF banks reported from the Com
mttee on Finance. and ipde finitely postponed.
The report OF the Judiciary Committee on the case
Of General Ataes, Senator-elect from Mississippi,
was discussed Adjourned. ,.i.e,t .ft,,ti.
In the House, on the 22d, the morning
hour was consumed in the discussion OF the bill
relative to the SuttO Tunnel. In Nevada, on which
adverse and favorable reports had previously been
made ...Areport, was made from the sub.Com-
mittee on Elections that Booker IL entitled to re-
tain the sent nom the Fourth Virginia District, and
notice given for substitute declaring Booker dis
qualified by acts in support Of the Rebellion. PEI
ttions we're presented, including one favoring a
diversion from the fund appropriated for the feed
Ohio sh f6s Utah i.poysamy BIN was taken
up. motion TO lay the table was rejected 40 10
12l--and the bill was discussed, with the under
23d >. Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 23d, resolutions Of
the Legislature Of New Mexico, asking authority
to raiae tworegimenfs Or chvsry to operate against
the indiana. were presented and referred. "A me-
mortal was presented and referred, from w. g.
Rosecrans, asking the incorporation OF = Company
to transact business III Mexico In connection with
railroads and telegraphs. Tho bill reported on
the AID to promote the civilization OF the Indians
wac passed. and a motion To reconsider was en-.
tered III A bill was introduced and referred, estab
fishing port ofeniry at Vallejo, California. The
Joint resolution concerning colleges for the benefit
or the agricultural and mechanic arts, providing
that there shall he no distinction therein on nci
count Of race color, was discussed dnribg the
morning hour The case Of General Amos, SEN
aior-elect from Mississippi, came up and was Tar
ther considered. :. Adjourned. .it ri not
In the House, on, the 23d, bills were
introdp ced and referred -penstoping the widow Of
General Mower !; authorizing the President TO ac-
cept the resignation II any Judge of any United
states Court i The Satire Tunnel bill was dis-
cursed and tabed-i2s To ~ Bills were re-
ported 4 for tho removal Of the BnDklyn
Navy, Yard apprOpriating sl,llQ,14 for the
Consular and Diplomatic service... The Sec
rotary Of the Treasury was asked Tor a de.
tailed abatement Of the expenditures Of the $780,
OO appropriated, In 1862. Tor the colonization OF
freedmen !. "A special messagc was presented
fron the President npon the subject Of American
commerce, declaring II a national humiliation
that this Country Is now compelled TO pay from
$4,000 900 to s}sOOC. 0O year, exclusive Of pas.
sage money. for freight, which .shpg!d he shared
BY American citizens with the people Of other ma
ti0s and urging an early censderstl0n OF the sub
jcct. He belaved direct money subsidy was less
liable to gbuse than an Interest subsidy, and rec
orfnnendcd the paaeAge Of two BILLS reported BY
the select committee. The messasei WAS referred