Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1870-04-01
Weekly News Summary. /.
CONGRESSIONAL.

| legaze the apportlonment of the Legislative As
! sembly of Arizona was passed :. Bills were intro
| duced-providing that after the 4th of November
1870, there shall be no payments from the Treasury
in fractional parts of dollars, except in coin; t.
increase the pension of the widow of the late Gen
eral Rousseau The vote indefinitely postpon;ne
| the bin providing for the transportation of i'm
ported merchanise from the port of first arriva
within the United States to certain Western citie
| without examination and appraisement, was recon
sidered and the bill placed upon the calendar.
RESOLUTIONS of the Minnesota Legislature relative
| to the Fort Ridgely Reservation and the Saut ste
Marie Canal were presented. -. memorial of the
Choctaw Nation against the enactment of bills tc
| consolidate the Indian tribes and organize Terri
| tofal Government for them. and to authorize the
! construction of railroad through the Indian Ter
| ritory, presented = The Georgia bill was
| taken up and an amendment agreed to repeating Sc
much of the army act of 1867 as prohibits the or
ganization and calling out of militia by Governors
| of Southern States. Other proposed amendments
were discussed, and the Senate adjourned to the
| 21st
In the House, on the 18th, several patent
bills and several bills relating to the District of Co
| lumba were passed. "A petition presented
from citizens of Ohio, for donation of $50,0O0 o
| the allowance made by Congress for the education
| of the freedmen of the South in behalf of Wilber
! force University, Xenla Ohio The Tariff
bill was further considered in Committee of the
Whole. Adjourned, the session on the 18th to be
| or general debate on the Tariff bill.
| In the Senate, on the 21st, bills were
passed-arrangng the time for holding Circuit
and District Courts for Wisconsin; providing for
the distribution of arms among the Southern
States, according to quota, under existing laws
-. Several petitions and memorials on different
subjects were presented and referred. "A bill was
introduced and referred, providing that Supervi-
sors of Internal Revenue shall be appointed by the
President and confirmed by the Senate. -. The
Georgia bill was further considered. Executive
| session and adjournment.
In the House, on the 21st, bills were
m ent in the payment of the entire debt and re-
duction Of taxation; dividing Tennessee into two
Judicial Districts; donating certain condemned
ordnance to the Lyon Monument Association; in
cooperating the Indian Territory 81 Gulf Railroad
Company; authorizing the water gauges to be
established and observations made on the Mssis-
spp River and tributaries with a view to obtain
ing information for the protection of alluvia lands
from overflow and to improving navigation; au-
thorzing terms of the United States District Court
to be hedfat Helena, Ark; remedial OF laws that
do injustice to loyal men of the States lately in re-
bellion; for the promotion of commerce and amity
by encouraging American citizens to aid Mexico in
the development of her resources; relative to
captures made by the United States gunboats Con-
land and Tennessee Rivers in April and May, 1862 !;
to promote commerce among the States and cheap
er transportation of the mails and military stores,
etc relative to the income tax on the proceeds of
building and saving associations; explanatory Of
the tenth article of the treaty with the Shawnees,
of February 23 1867 resolution was offered
and referred calling for redistribution of Ma
tional Bank currency an increase of existing
bank circulation in States and Territories having
less than their due share. Resolutions were
adopted declaring it to be the duty of Congress
to provide for funding the national debt at lower
rate of interest and to extend the time fits pay
ment to period when it will be least oppressive
to the people, and that the interest bearing debt
should not be increased by causing the surrender
of any part of the circulating medium not bear
ing interest, and by the substitution therefor
interest declaring
as The judgment of the House that the policy of
granting subsidies in public lands to railroad and
other corporations, ought to be discontinued, and
that every consideration ofpublc policy and equal
justice to the whole people, requires that the pub
lie lands be held for the exclusive purpose of Sc
curing hOmesteads to actual settlers under the
Homestead and Presumption laws, subject to
reasonable appropriation of such lands for pur-
poses of education. Bills were passed-for tax
ing the ninth census, requiring information to be
obtained from insurance, railroad companies, etc. ;
appropriatng $4,000 to the Sisters of Our Lady of
Mercy, in Charleston, % s. c. for the purpose OF re,
burnt during the war; to facilitate the
administration of justice in Texas, providing that
on the resignation of Judge Watrous, 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 is default in The pay
ment of the interest on the principal of State
bonds held by the United States, TO deduct the
amount from moneys due from the United States
to such States, amended and passed. A petit
natl Chamber of Commerce relative to the Louis
vile and Portland Canal :. The Tariff bill was
further considered in Committee of the Whole.
Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 22d, bills and joint
resolutions were MISUNDERSTANDING the proYs-
sions of the laws relative to the selection of
swamp lands in Missouri; extending the time for
the completion of the first section of the Cairo q
Fulton Railroad; dividing Virginia into two Judi
6Iltrl ID pfn6
tees-to promote the civilization of the Indians
and prepare them for the dnties of cit
izenship; for the relief of j. Ross Browne,
late Minister to China; House bill,
with amendment, to amend the Mineral Land act of
July 26, 1866. oint resolutions were passed
directing. the Secretary OF State to pay
out OF the japanese indemnity fund
the damages to the steamer Monitor, fired into by
the batteries of the Mikado in 1864 providing for
the construction of singe-track bridge across
the Mississippi, instead of double-track one, by
the Rock Island Railroad. Resolutions were
adopted-instructing the Judiciary Committee to
inquire into the ,Propriety of providing for pay
ment by law of the expenses of claimants in suits
for soldiers bounties; for printing $4,000 copies of
the report of the Committee on the Decline of
American Commerce "A bill to strengthen the
legal reserves of banks was reported from the Com
mittee on Finance, and indefinitely postponed. =.
The report of the Judiciary Committee on the case
of General Ames, SenatOr-elect from Mississippi,
was discussed. Adjourned.
In the House, on the 22d, the morning
hour was consumed in the discussion of the bill
relative to the Sutro Tunnel, in Nevada, on which
adverse and favorable reports had previously been
made. "A report was made from the sub Com
mittee on Elections that Booker is entitled to re-
tain the seat from the Fourth Virginia District, and
notice given for a substitute declaring Booker dis
qualified by acts in support of the rebellion. Pc
titions were presented, including one favOring a
diversion from the fund appropriated for the freed
men of $4,000 for the Wilberforce University,
Ohio The Utah Anti-Polygamy bill was taken
mp, a motion to lay on the table was rejected-40
to1 81 -andithe bill was discussed with the under
standing that final vote should be had on the 23d
-. Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 23d, resolutions of
the Legislature of New Mexico asking authority to
raise two regiments of cavalry to operate against
the Indians, were presented and referred . A me-
mortal was presented and referred, from W. s..
Rosecrans, asking the incorporation of a company
to transact business in Mexico in connection with
railroads and telegraphs. The bill reported on
the 22d to promote the civilization of the Indians
was passed and motion to reconsider was entered
- bill was introduced and referred, establish
ing port of entry at Vallejo California. :. The
Joint resolution concerning colleges for the benefit
of the agricultur i and mechanic arts, providing
that there shall be distinction therein on ac-
count of race or Color was discussed during the
tor-elect from Mississippi came up and was further
considered. Adjourned. E
In the House, on the 23d, bills were
introduced and referred -pensioning the widow Of
General Mower; authorizing the President to ac-
cept the resignation of any Judge of any United
States Court The -Sutro Tunnel bill was dis
cussed and tabled-126 to 41....Bills were re-
| ported for the removal of the Brooklyn
Navy Yard; appropriating Sl,1l0.T34 fe- the
| retary ct the Treasury asked for de
tail tailed slatemeni OF the expenditures Of the $780,
freedmen IA special message was presented from
the President upon the subject of American com