Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1870-04-29
Weekly News Summary.
CONGRESSIONAL.

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| of carrying the mails, and regulate the payment Of
postage. The bill makes areductiOn OF postage U
one cent for one-haf ounce letters, and suDstl,
tutes for the frankng privilege system SYST ill o.
duced and referred, directing that Census Mar
shals shall not be required to take any oaths other
than the prescribed in the Census act OF 1851,
and one to support the Constitutions of the State
and ofthe United States "A bill amendatory to the
Census law was passed, providing that Censu
Marshals shall include statistics representing sur
vving officers, soldiers and sailors of the war of
1912, and their surviving wild ows concerning their
pensions, etc.; fx1ng the time within which returns
shall be made as to population and mortality; in
crease of the compensation of Marsbals, and CIV
ing to all Marshals eight cents for each page. The
Georgia bill was taken up, and it was agreed that
the final vote on the bill should be taken at six
o'clock on the 18th +. Adjourned to the 18TH
In the House, on the 18th, report was
made from the Conference Committee on the De-
icieney bill, and after discussion the report was
agreed to--102 to 70 District of Columbia busi-
ness was considered, and large number of bills
were disposed Of. Adjourned till noon on the
18th. e 80
In the Senate, on the 18th, bills were
reported-to aid in the construction of railroad
and telegraph line from the Columbia River to
Great Salt Lake, with amendments; granting
lands to aid the construction of the McGregor &
Missouri River Railroad, with amendment; to
report, to reward good behavior of prisoners
serving out sentences of United states Courts, by
shortening their terms, favorably: to prevent
prize fighting, reported for indefinite postpone
ment; to increase the number OF Judges OF the
Supreme and Circuit Courts, and to establish the
boundaries of Judicial Circuits, adverse report;
to amend the laws regulating trade marks, adverse
y; for the relief OF the survivors of the Oneida,
favorably. "A bill was introduced, approprating
land for the navigation and Improvement OF the
the Falls of St. Anthony. "A joint reso-
luton was introduced and referred, providing an
amendment to the Constitution that the President
mestic violence, sufficient proof being presented
to him of the existence of such violence, and Con-
gress shall have power to enforce the amendment
by appropriate legislation. Resolutions were
adopted-inquiring what legislation is necessary to
secure equal rights Oh the Orange Alexandria
Railroad; instructing the Committee on the Judi
yhe yo Of
on the bill for the admission to representation OF
Georgia, with authority to send for persons and
papers The bill to amend the act to protect the
rights of actual settlers Oh public lapds was passed
: The Georgia bill was taken up and debated....
Executive session and adjournment.
In the House, on the 18th, among the
bills introduced and referred were providing for
observations in Asia and Europe of the next total
eclipse of the sun; proposing an amendment 10th
Constitution preventing donations to sectarian
schools; relative to the improvement OF the Des-
Moines Rapids; granting lands for the Green Bay
& Lake Pepin Railroad authorizing the Southern
Minnesota Railroad to connect its line with the
Northern Pacific Railroad. IA bill was passed
Congress- fixing the number at a75,s exclusive of
representatives of Statesto be hereafter admitted,
no State to suffer reduction till after the Forty.
second Congress. IA report was made
Sypher is entitled to the seat from the First Dis
trict of Louisiana. A memorial of surviving
soldiers of the Twenty-ffth Pennsylvania Volun-
teers was presented, and resolution provid
ing for suitable medal for each member of the
battalion, the first to arrive at Washington from
Pennsylvania, on the 18th of April, 1861, was
offered and referred. "A resolution was adopted,
instructing the Secretary of War to report the
number Of American citizens murdered by In
1862. The Tariff bill was further considered in
Committee Of the Whole. Adjourned.
I In the Senate, on the 10th, bills were
introduced disappearing certain acts Of the Idaho
Legislature for the improvement of water COM
munication between the Mississippi River and
Lake Michigan, by the Wisconsin and other rivers;
fixing the time for holding terms of the Circuit
Court in West Virginia. to establish certain post
roads in Virginia =. "A resolution was offered and
laid over directing the President to appoint two
or more commissioners or other diplomatic agents
to open negotiations with the people of the Win
nipeg country with view to the annexation of that
district to the United States, either as Territory
or a State. "A substitute was reported for the
joint resolution relative to the voyage in the Arctic
regions under ihe auspices OF the government.
the sale of certain lands in Kansas al
lotted to the New York Indians who
removed thither The Georgia bill was as
to "a declaring the existing government OF Ge0E-
eia PROVISIONAL constituting it the Third Military
District, and providing for an election for Legis
lature on November Is, 1870; and the bill was fur
ther amended by striking out the Bingham pro-
viso and emitting the part relative to asuspension
OF the writ OF h06eas corpus within the limits OF
ru1it mi off IN M
the militia Of the State of Georgia; the bill was
then read the third time and passedyeas, 81 nays,
5. Adjourned. -
In the House, on the 10Th, a resolution
was offered and referred, abolishing the income
tax. The contested election case for, the First
District OF Louisiana was taken up and debated.
The Tariff bill was further considered in Commit
tee Of the Whole. Adjourned @~s
Insthe Senate, on he Goth, motion
was adopted that the privil eges of the floor be ex
tended to the members of the Ohio Legislature
Bills were introduced and referred-to incorpo-
rate the Pacific Submarine Telegraph Company
authorizing the South Minnesota Railroad Com
pany to connect its line with the Western, Pacific
Railroad. The Pacific Railroad bill was taken up,
and an amendment to strike out the. additional
land grant allowing the company to make up it's
the road ten miles beyond present limits, was re-
jected-10 to 41-and several other amendments
were offered and rejected, and it was agreed that
the bill should be disposed of on the 2lst.. .Ad-
journed.s FE rE#EE
In the House, on the Goth, the Post
Office Appropriation bill, appropriating s5,74o 900,
was reported and made the special order for the
26th . Bills were introduced and referred-for the
Improvement of water communication between the
Mississippi river and Lake Michigan, by the Wis
consin and Fox rivers: to reduce the duties ON i'm
ports resolution of inquiry was adopted as to
the expediency of issuing new silver coin OF the
current value of twenty cents. "A bill was re-
ported and recommitted, granting pensions to GER
tain soldiers and sailors of the war OF 1872. "A
vote on the resolution to admit j. Il. Sypher to
seat from the First Congressional District of Louis
lana resulted in yeas rs, nays 70, and Mr.. Sypher
came forward to take the oath, when motion to
reconsider the vote was carried-S5 to 79-and
resolution was adopted 100 to 69-declaring that
there was no valid election held in the First Con-
gressiona District of Louisiana on the I'd OF Novem
Der, 1868, and that neither Sypher nor Mar
tin was entitled to seat. -. The Senate
substitute for the Census bill was non
concurred in. and went to Committee OF Con-
ference. The Senate substitute for the Georgia
bill came up, and was referred to the Reconstruc-
tion Committee, together with substitute agreed
upon between Messrs. Logan and Bingham, pro
viding that the election shall be held in Georgia IN
1870, for members of the General Assembly pro-
vded for in the constitution of that State, adopted
by its convention March IL, 1868, at which persons
Who by the constitution, are electors, shall be en-
titled to vote, and dec airing the State entitled to
representation in Congress. The Speaker an
nounced the appointment of Mr.. Trimble on the
Pacific Railroad Committee, instead of Van Trump,
and Van Trump on the Post Office Committee in
place of Trimbe -. Leave was asked and objected
to, to Introduce joint rt solution to annex the
Republic of Dominica. Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 21st, bills were in
troduced-to amend the revenue laws so that
farmers who sell their own produce shall not be
taxed for the collection of debts due the United
States from certain Southern railroad corporations
and relating to suits of the United States against
the same - The bill incorporating the Cincinnati
& Chattanooga Railroad Company, with the capi-