Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1870-07-08
Weekly News Summary.
CONGRESSIONAL. .

In the Senate, on the. 24th, bills were
i lreported-with amendments, the Army Appropri
s1on bfll for the relief of the National Home
stead at Gettysburg for orphans Of soldiers and
sailors; favorably, to require National Banks go
ing into liquidation to retire their circulating
notes a joint resolution directing the return to
| the Government of China of the -unsppropriated
surplus of S400, 600 in currency being part OF the
sum received from that country for the settlement
of claims of American citizens under the conven-
| tion Of 1853 . Bills were introduced-to dissolve
the tribal relations of the Miami ndians after four
years. and for other purposes to establish trans
Atlantic postal telegraph service by the merican
| second Congress, providing that any state In
which the representative population of the ninth
census shallexceed 100000 or more that Of the
| preceding census. there may be one additional
| Representative inthe Forty=second Congress for
each 10000 Of such excess, and for each frac-
tfon' thereof Exceeding 1925, 600 Bills " we're ere
delphia, and Camden postro authorizing the
$40 00 appropriation in 1860 for the survey OF the
Isthmns Of Darien, to be expended under the .1 dl
| discretion of the President: designating January
/. July and Thanksgiving-Da Day legal holidays IN
the District of Columbia; to revise, consolidate
and amend the statutes relating to patents an and
copyrights; to establish the Western Judicial Dis
trict IF Wisconsin to require the holding OF addi-
tionaIUnted Statos Circuit and District Courts in
| indiana, and concerning District Courts in Iowa
-. The substitute for the House resolution on
Cuban affairs was taken up and discussed, The
consideration OF the Tax ana Idrlu Dill WAS re-
snmed, and the sections to continue the Income
Tax were stricken out-yeas, 81; nays, 23-when,
after discussion, motion was opted to postpone
further Consideration of the bill tc the 9th. The
Naval Appropriation bill was considered in Com
mittee of the Whole, the amendments reported
from the Naval Committee were agreed to, and
the bill was reported tothe Senate !. Adlourned.
In the House, on the oath, the Senate
bill to amend the act authorizing the Secretary OF
| the Treasury to license pleasure yachts, was re-
ported and passed. The consideration of the
Georgia bill was resumed, and amendments were
disposed of, and substitute for the Senate reso-
lution was agreed to. declaring that the State OF
Georgia is entitled to representation IN the Con-
gress of the United States. that nothing in this act
contained shall be construed to deprive the people
of Georgia.o the right to an election for mem
hers of the General Assembly of the said State, as
law the
arning. calling into service of the militia forces
IN the States of Georgia, Mississippi, Texas and
Sad Hg anos he am 1
mittee of Conference on the Currency bill "A
large number of pensionbis were reported and
acted upon. A bill was introduced and referred,
tween the Mississippi and the lakes, 0d Wisconsin
river Adjourned IL y 4. I'D .5s a -
nthe Senate, on the 25th, a majority
report was made from the select committee on the
petition of Davis Hatch, in connection with the
Dominican treaty, with the testimony taken in
gponement OF the subject, when an announcement
was made that the views of the minority OF the
committee would be presented, and a. oint resolu-
ton was introduced relative to the complaints OF
Davis Hatch against the Dominican Republic,
whichwas lad over and ordered printed. The re-
port of the Committee of Conference on the Bank
rupt bill was spomtted and adopted. A bill was
introduced. authorizing the consolidation of the
Western North Carolina Railroad, Whining
ton Charlotte q Rutherford Railroad. and Spartan
Railway
pany, for the purpose of reconstructing the rail-
road to Cleveland, Tenn, and establishing con-
tinuOus railroad communication between the At
lantic ports of North Carolina and South Carolina
aud the Pacific Ocean gi0 the Southern Trans-Con-
tinental Railroad The resolution from the Com, ON,
up and debated :. The House Naturalization bill
was taken up S and, after diseqssion was pest
Hnally disposed Of. Adjourned.
In the House, on the 25th, report was
made from the Conference Committee on the bill
to amend the Bankruptcy law, and was agreed to
IA bin was introduced to encourage the build
ing of ships for foreign trade. Senate bills were
passed-to change the boundaries of land districts;
to incorporate the National Bolivian. Navigation
Company; to reorganize the marine hospital
disabled seamen, with amendments Changing the
dates from May to Augusta report and res
olnti ens were Submitted from the Judiciary
for for the ASSAULT on
Porter. by three months imprisonment in
4he' jail, District of Columbia, which, with the
he maopy
wore non concnrre1 in and Committee Of Con
BpAalo Bridge bill were concurred in The Sum
ess in conmitf4s@ @ of tke Whole. and d several several
Heaton, aSer from North Carolina, s v was Asi an.
n0unced, and after the customary eulogies and