Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1870-04-15
Weekly News Summary.
CONGRESSIONAL.

OF b. Hart of Florida, claiming that the election
of Senator Gilbert Illegal, representing that he
(Hart) was subsequently legally chosen, and asking
for seat, was referred to the Judiciary Committee
| ....Bills were introduced-to enforce the proVi
! sions OF The Fifteenth Amendment, and provide
| for the conviction and punishment of those who
| may hinder or obsruct its enforcement; author
izing the Secretary of the Interior to change and
re establish the boundaries of land districts when
| ever in his opinion the public interests will be
| subserved thereby The case of General Ames
| came up in regular order, and motion to
| amend the report Of the Judiciary Commit
! tee by striking out mot so as to make it
/ read 8 that Adelbert Ames is eligible to seat in
the Senate of the United States, to which he has
| been appointed was agreed t0-5G to 12-and
| the report as amended was adopted, and Mr..
Ames presented himself and took the usual oath of
office. A resolution was adopted, dating the COM
! pensation of the Mississippi and Texas Senators
from the date of the approval of the acts of Con-
gress declaring those States entitled to representa-
ton. Adjourned to the 4th.
In the House, on the 1st, Senate bills
| were passed authorizing the Librarian of Con
gress to return to the executors of Thomas Jefer-
! son MS private papers, giving the consent of the
United States to the erection of bridge the
! Delaware River at Philadelphia Several private
| bills were disposed Of among them one allowing
$50 009 TO contractors for building the dome of the
Capitol in full satisfaction for all claims on the
| government, was passed The Senate bill grant
ing lands for railroad to Astoria and McMnnville
Oregon, was discussed .. The Tariff bill was taken
up in Committee of the Whole, and the House pro-
ceeded to consider the bill by sections, and the
blank i'll the first section fixing the time when the
bill shall go into effect filed with the 1st Of
October, 1870. Adjourned
In the House, on the Cd, large num-
Der of private bills disposed Of. Bills were
introduced and referred-for the redemption in
sums of S25, of bronze and nickel coins for the
collection of debts due the United States from GER
tain Southern railroad corporations Bills were
passed--giping consent OF Congress to the city of
Cleveland for constructing ana maintaining a crib
on Lake Erie, for tunnel to supply the city with
pure water; to authorize the city of Buffalo to
construct and maintain tunnel under the Niagara
River, and to erect and maintain an inlet pier
therefrom. The Senate joint resolution provd-
ing that the law of January 81, 1870, prohibiting
the assignment OF retired army officers to duty
shall not appysto officers selected for duty at the
soldiers Home In the District of Columbia, was
passed The Tariff bill further considered in
Comittee OF the Whole. Adjourned
In the Senate, on the 4th, a memorial
was presented and referred, from prominent mem.
bers of the Society of Friends in Indiana asking
for deed for 800 acres of land now held by them
among the Shawnee Indians so that they may
carry on the missionary work The order OF ar
rangements for the memorial services of General
Thomas, agreed upon by the presiding officers of
the two houses, was submitted Bills were intro
duced and referred Incorporating the Southern Pa
ctfc Railroad Company, and granting right of way
from the Rio Grande to San Diego; to continue the
st. Paul 10 Sioux City Railroad across Dakota Terri
Tory to YanktoD and land grants for the same.
House joint resolutions were reported-for the re-
turn of the evidence of honorable discharges to
officers, With amendments; authorizing the sup
ply of arms for instruction and practice to certain
colleges and universities, without amendment.
The Vice President announced that Senators Will
son, Cameron, TrGmbull, Thayer Warner and
Casserly had been appointed to represent the SEN
ale at the obsequies of General Thomas =. The
Georgia bill was taken up and debated. EXecu-
tive session and adjournment.
In the House, on the 4th, bills were pre-
sented and referred-preventing sales of public
lands in Dakota, except under the Presumption
laws &c; extending the provisions of the swamp
land acts to Minnesota and Oregon; to authorize
the erection of Custom House at ST. Joseph
Mo-; granting lands to the Kansas City q Mem
phis Railroad Company, with provision for
railroad to Helena, Ark; equalizing bountes
paid soldiers; Tor continuing the ST. Paul &
Sioux City Railroad across Dakota to Yankton
and for continuing the land grant in aid thereof;
for the protection of settlers public lands....
The House refused to second the previous ques-
tion on a resolution to adjourn on May 10th, and
the resolution went over. "A bill was passed-fx-
ing the time for the election of Representatives
and Delegates to Congress- in all the States and
in November, 1872, and every second year there
after Joint resolutions were adopted-directng
the Secretary of the Navy to order inquiry into
the particulars of the Oneida and Bombay col
lision and the after conduct Of the Captain
OF the Bombay; adhering to the policy of i'm
proving rivers and harbors, but saving that
in the present financial condition Of the
country only such appropriations should be made
as are necessary to preserve public works
already completed, or In process of construction.
or such works as add greatly to the facilities of
commerce, cheaper transportation, or provide
narbors OF refuge, or such improvements OF gen.
eral character or special importance as would suf-
fer from postponement or suspension "A Joint
resolution was presented, for the Sixteenth Amend
ment to the Constitution, providing for female suf
rage. Messrs. Logan. Garfield, Banks, Slocum,
Washburn, (Wis) Randall and Stokes were ap.
pointed by the House to attend the funeral of
Gen Thomas. The Tariff bill was further de-
bated in Committee of the Whole. Adjourned.
In the Senate, ON the 5th, the House
ONT resolution directing an inquiry into the oss
of the United States steamer Oneida was passed
1.-The bill explanatory of the fourth article of
the treaty of February 49, 1867 allowing tract of
land to be sold to ual settlers. was passed.
bill was introduced to appropriate the proceeds
OF the sales Of the public lands of the United
States for educational purposes The bill
requiring that supervisors of Internal Revenue
be appointed by the President and confirmed
by the Senate was reported adversely, and the
bill relative to refining gold and silver bullion
of the United States at the mint branches, IA
yorably resolution offered, directing the
Military Committee to suggest some appropriate
testimonial in honor of The vo unteers Of Penn
sylvana and Massachusetts, who, the 18th of
April 1861, marched through the city of Baltimore
to defend the Capital, they being the first troops
who responded to the first war proclamation by
the President of the United States. After objec-
tions and the offering of amendments, the whole
subject was referred to the Military Committee
:. The Georgia bill was taken up and further
considered. -. Executive session and adjourn
ment.
In the House, on the 9TH, bills were in
troduced and notwithstanding to the Evansville
Il Southern Illinois Railroad Company the right to
build bridge across the Big Wabash river; amend
atory of the act of July 27, 1861 to protect the
rights OF actual settlers on puoic lands Bills
were passed-to amend the Bankruptcy act by
providing that the jurisdiction conferred Su-
preme Courts in Territories may be exercised on
petitions regularly filed in such courts by either
OF the Judges thereof and shall have the same
supervisory jurisdiction as is conferred United
states Circuit Courts over proceedings in the Dis
trict Court; in reference to the Bureau of Educa.
ton and dlseontlnuing the Freedmen's Bureau-104
to 81 Leave asked to Introduce joint reso.
luton to annex the Republic o. San Domngo-ob-
jected to The Tariff bill was taken up in Com
mttee of the Whole, and several of its provisions
were disposed of. Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 9th, bill annul-
ling certain acts of the Wyoming Legislature rel
alive to the Pacific Railroad, was reported favor
ably...-A bill was introduced, granting land to
aid in the Improvement of the harbor of Duluth.
Lake Superior. -. The Deficiency bill was taken up,
and amendments involving an aggregate increase OF
$339OO0 were adopted. and the bill was passed -.
A motion to take up the Income Tax bill was not
agreed too to 21....The Georgia bill coming up
in order, it WIS postponed and made the special
order for the 12th, that Senators absent at the
funeral of Gene ral Thomas might be present at the
yete... Executive session and adjournment
ln'tbe House: on the 9th, joint resolu-
tion was offered and referred, providing for por-
trait of General Thomas, to be placed in the
Capitol. "A bill was introduced and referred
making real estate and personal property, except
United States bonds and shareholders shares of
National Ranks. subiect to State .ayation