Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1870-05-27
Weekly News SUMMARY.
CONGRESsIONAL..

II i Y AQ y
CONGRESSIONAL.
n n the Senate, on the 18th, resolutbns
of the Illinois Constitutional Convention forthe
removalof the National Capital to the Mississippi
Valley were presented read aud tabled. Billsyere
introduced and referred -suppl mentary the5iv-
II Rights act giving quail lights to all c'fizen on
railroads, steamers, and pub bic conyeyaI ces noels
pubic schooss theaterss &C.. and providing pnal-
ties for Infracion granting land to aid in theeon-
struction OF railroad from Chippewa RIVER, nln-
nesora, to Dakota Territory j. were repored-
tosuspend drinking houses inthe Dis rict Of Cdum-
bia and to regulate the sale liqprs
max appropriation for the temp orary relef of
the poor OF The District "A bin was passe. .fsp-
propriatng 1925 900 for the construc ion OF teak-
| water at Lewes, Delaware. The Legislative p
preparation bill'was proceeded with, and ssgeral
amend dments were disposed Of. .Adjournd TO
the 18th. a., +..s. .,..,,. .,i,..,.t.
| In the House, on the 18Th, a motitss was
entered toIrecenssderthe bill for pensions to the
| children>of Commander Williams, of che Oneida,
which bill had been reported adversely and tabled
4. ;. The report Of the Conference Comrnittse on
| the arkansas Hot Springs Reservation bill wss
agreed TO. ..-Bills were passed-for the relief lG
| the widows and orphans of the Oneida ycums, a.
| lowing twelve months pay from me date OF the
loss; appropriating S325t01, goldcon, to, be paid
| the British Govet nnaent, under award OF Com
| mssioners to settle the claims of the Hudson Bay
and Puget Sound Companies, the Board fixing
| the Payment, of $6s0,000 in two annual install,
vents the first OF which is to be paid september
| 10th; for the restoration of Captain Domlnlck
Lynch tothe active list of the navy: for the re ap
| poptment of Liepterant Commander JOshus
Bishop, who had been dismissed. Several min Oh
bills from the Naval Committee were a so 4Gasseu
.Messers. Davis, Judd, Degener, Cox and Get2
were appointed a committee to represent the
House at the invitation of the Washington Ger
| man associations at the laying OF the corner
stone CT the monument to General Sfeuben, al
zen Park, on the 10 The Tariff bill was
proceeded with in Committee of the Whole. ...Ad
| journed to the 10Th.
In the Senate, on the 18th, bills were
pas sed-granting public lands in the State of Ala
bama to the Decatur & Aberdeen Railroad; grant
ing lands to aid the construction of railroad from
the western boundary of Minnesota, at the juno
tion of the Sioux Wood River with the Red River
of the North. to the Winnipeg districs of British
America. The bill to repeal all e2istii laws
thorizing the transportation and expectation oi
goods, wares, and merchandise in bond to Mexico
overland and by inland waters and for other pur-
poses, was reported favHraby from the committee
The Appropriation bill was passed over-34 to
23-and the Frankiug bill was also laid asde--32 to
237-and the bfllto enforce the Fifteenth Amend
ment was taken up and considered at length. ~. Ex-
ecutive session and adjournment Tp.lte ,fa5
In the House, on the 10Th, bills were
introduced and referred-to prevent cruelty to an
imals wilhelm transport by railroads, etc; rela-
tive to the qualifications of Assistant Marshals to
take the census.lso as not to exclude women; atl-
thorizlng the construction of bridge across the
Ohio river at Metropolis; granting lands for a
railroad from the Mississippi River to the Arkar-
sss River, along the thirtv-sixth parallel to ucor
porate the international Society of the United
states for the promotion of protection to jmmi-
grants: granting the right of way to the Green
Bay & Lake Pepin Railroad Company across tie
Oneida reservation in Wisconsin; to prevent the
determination OF the fur-bearing animals Of
apples peaches and grapes exclusively, and to
regulate the disillaion thereof; to increase pen.
sions to invalid sold ers, widows, and minor
children to change and more effectually secure
the collection of revenue taxation on distilled
spirits, and provide for the expectation of spirits
from the United States; granting bounty to en-
listed men IN the Ordnance Corps who served
through the rebellion: to repeal fine provision of
the act of April IL, 1866 which authorizes the Sec
retary of the Treasury fund the public debt for
the appointment OF q select committee to take ac-
tion concerning Indian outrages on the Western
and Southwestern frontiers in viola ion of the
Kansas Treaty of 1867 Are solution was offered
and referred, 1nstructing the Reconstruction Com
mittee to report for hwth bill for general amnesty
"A bill was reported from the Committee of
Ways and Means, and recommitted, to reduce in
ternal revenue taxes among other changes, modi-
Tying the income tax by increasing the exemption
to 81 800. A motion to postpone all prior bust
ness until after the Appropriation bills disposed
fnitely. was agreed to-9s 30 rs . On m motion. the
rules were suspended and a bill was reported
from the Judicisrg Committee and passed-131 to
4t-to enforce the right of citizens of the Uni ed
States 10 vote in the several States of the Union,
who have been hitherto denied that right on ac-
count of race, color or previous condition Of
servitude. Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 18th, memorial
was presented for general abolition of taxation
on productions. "A bill was reported, ordered
printed and placed on the calendar, as substitute
for the Marshall g. San Diego Railroad bill, grant
ing twenty alteraae sections of land on each side
OF The line in The TER tories and ten sections in
any State through which the road may ps ss. The
Fifteenth Amendment bill came up and was de-
bated at con iderable leng Executive session
and adjournment. .n76f .a.fai -al
In the House, on the nth, the consid-
Grafton of the bill to revive American commerce
aed navigation was resumed, and notice given that
avote would be called for on the 10TH, Two Pc
titions were presented and referred, against
Stephen j. Field, Justice of the Supreme Court of
the united States, and Ogden Hoffman, Judge de
fdctO of the United States for the District OF Cali
forna, and praying that articles of impeachment be
pre en- ed against them "A bill was prese nted and
referred, incorporating the Texas Pacific Railroad
Company. and granting lands thert to. q lie
Naval Appropriation bill was taken up, and de-
bated in committee OF the Whoievs.AdjouI ned
In the Senate, on the 18th, petitions
were presented-for the removal Of political dis
abilities; in favor OF the SANTANA Bay treaty. to
make Vallejo, Cal, a port Cf entry; in favor of a
ship canal across the lstbmus Of Darien. "A bill
was introduced, to facilitate the transmission OF
Asian, Australian and European merchandise 10
bond to and across the territory of 1he United
States Resolutions were adopted-reqnest ng
the President to communicate copies OF any
correspondence or papers in the State Depart
meut relating TO the passage of any English or
Canadian steamers through the canal at
SAUL Ste. Marie; calling for Information
Concerning the recent correspondence OF Nr.
Bancroft, United States Minister at Berlin rela-
tive to political questions in Germany; setting
apart the last Friday and Saturday of the present
month for District oi Columbia business, and pro-
V1dng for three evening sessions In each week
Hereafter for bills on the calendar. The House
bill to enforce the Fifteenth Amendment was
taken up, and on motion the Senate bill on the
same subject was substituted and considered as
the pending amendment. Adjourned
In the House, on the 18th,sa bill was
passed. to allow honorably discharged soldiers and
sailors to enter under the Homestead act quarter
sections of lands in alternate reserved sections OF
public land along the lines of railroad and other
granted -. The bill to revive the navigat on end
commercial interests of the United States was taken
up and debated. "A report was made from the
Committee Un Elections In the contested election
case of Wallace against Simpson, from the Fourth
Congressional District of South Carolina declaring
Wallace entitled to the seat, The Naval Appro.
priation bill was considered In committee of the
Whole, and several amendments We're disposed Of
when the b II was reported to the House and
passed. ,. Adjourned t-e -gtf.7-- ,r ,
In the Senate, on the 10Th, a resolution
was offered, tabled and ordered printed, request
ing the President to open negotiations with Grea,
Britain to ascertain whether union can be eff
fected OF the British North American Provinces
with the United States. Bills were introduced
and referred-for the admission of photograph:
for exhibition free Of duty; amendatory OF The
pre-e IN ption laws. Bills were reported-to re-
lance taxation, with amendments; regulating the
rates of postage with foreign Countries with Which
International postal charges are not established by
treaty. The Fifteenth Amendment Enforrera ~