Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-01-27
NO. 90.

| years, and been fourteen years resident OF
the United States, was referred. The wee
/ President laid before the Senate a communl-
cation from the Secretary of War, transmit
ting a mass of papers relating to the alleged
traffic of Senator Sprague with the rebels In
Texas during the war, being the papers re-
| ferred to in the report of Judge Advocate
General Holt upon the case, and upon which
the same was based. Referred to a special
committee for investigation. The Senate
| then resumed consideration of ofSherman's bill
ceding to the State of Ohio jurisdiction over
the ground occupied by the Dayton Soldiers
Home. The bill was discussed at length,
and, at o'clock, passed by vote of 20 yeas
to IL nays. Adjourned. ...........
| HoUsE.-Washburn, of Wisconsin, from
the Committee on Appropriations, reported
the regular Naval Appropriation bill, and it
/ was made the special order for Thursday.
Butler, of Massachusetts, offered a resolution
authorizing the President to appoint three
commissioners to examine and report as to
the distribution of aid granted by the Gov
ernment to the Pacific and other railroad
companies, what persons have divided the
benefits therefrom, and to what extent and
! in what manner. Referred. The House
! then resumed consideration of the bill which
| was under discussion last week, to secure the
/ proper treatment of cattle in transit by rail
| road. Then, at 1880, the House went into
| Committee of the Whole, Mr.. Scoteld IN the
| chair, and resumed consideration of the
| Legislative and Naval Appropriation bill.
! After considerable discussion it was deter
| mined to continue the salaries of the Circuit
! Judges at SIS 900. The House then proceeded
| to O. vote on the amendment to the Legisla-
tive Appropriation bill repeating the law au-
| thorizing the publication in newspapers of
the statutes. The amendment was rejected
yeas, So nays, 80. The House then, at 4:2O,
adjourned.
| JAN. 18.--SENATE.- from the
Finance Committee, reported back, and asked
| to be discharged from further consideration
| of, the letter of the Secretary of the Treasury
| relating to the tax on $450,000 scrip divi-
| dends on the New York Central Railroad.
| DISCHARGED. Fenton, from the Committee
on Finance, reported, without amendment,
| the bill to provide for the reduction of copper
and other token coins. 1t requires the Sec
retary of the Treasury to redeem in lawful
money all copper, nickel and other base coin
/ age, when presented in sums of not lees than
$50. Passed, Nye offered a resolution,
which was adopted, directing the Committee
| on Judiciary to examine and report how far
| Congress is authorized to regulate the fare
| and transportation on railroads between
| States under the constitutional provisions
| authorizing Congress to regulate commerce
| between States. After long debate on al
I fairs in the South, the Senate adjourned.
: HoUsE.-The amendment for paying j. W.
Douglas, the late Acting Commissioner of In
| ternal Revenue, the salary of Commissioner
| for November and December, was agreed to.
The amendment increasing the salaries OF
| the Chief Justice and Associate Justices of
the Supreme Court to $500 and $4,000, re-
spectively, was agreed to. Sargent intro
duced bill to enable the people of Wash
/ ington Territory to form Constitution and
State Government as a State of the Union
Referred. Armstrong reported back, with
/ amendments, the Senate bill authorizing the
sale of certain lands reserved for the use of
! the Menomonee tribe of Indians in Wlscon-
| sin. Beck offered an amendment prohibit
| ing the making of any contract with Indians
for commission or compensation for services
in regard to the sale Of their lands, or obtain
/ ing their annuities. The amendment was
agreed to, and the bill passed. Armstrong
also reported back the Senate bill for the re
| lief of the Flockbridge and Munroe tribes of
Indians in Wisconsin. Passed. The Post
| Office Appropriation bill was then passed.
Brooks was exonerated, by the House, from
the charges made against him by Hastings.
| Adjourned.
! JAN. 10. SENATE.-The Army bill
was considered, and, after some discussion,
passed. The Secretary read letter forward
ed to him by Mr.. Brownlow, on the private
claim of Mrs Melinda Harmon, of East Ten
nessee A bill was passed authorizing the
payment of the claim The motion of Nor
| ton for the appointment of a special commit
tee of five to Investigate the charges of vio-
| lence and resistance of laws in the South was
agreed to, Cassery's motion to refer the mat
| ter to the Judiciary Committee having been
lost. Hamlin introduced bill to Secure
cheap transportation of breadstuffs and pro-
visions from the West to the seaboard, and
uniform rates throughout the year. Referred.
| The bill provides that the Government shall
! aid in the construction of the Portland, Rut-
land, Oswego and Chicago Railroad by % loan
| of six per cent. thirty year bonds, TO the
amount of $4,000 per mile for its whole
extent from Portland to Chicago. The road
| is to be double track, and furnished with
steel rails and iron bridges; the Postmas-
ter General to furnish rates for the trans
portation OF. freight and passengers. Ad-
| jOurned.
HoUsE.-Dawes introduced a bill to aid
| in the construction of twenty or more first
class steamships. Paine introduced bill to
allow imported railroad iron to be transport
| ed in bond from the port of entry to the place
| it was to be used. Referred. Van Horn re-
ported bill for the consolidation of Indian
tribes. The bill defining swamp and over
| flowed lands came up as the special order OF
the day, but on motion of Julian it was post
poned until Feb. /. The House then, at $3.50
n. M, went into Committee of the Whole on
the Consular and Diplomatic Appropriation
bill, which appropriates $1,438,O0O. Cox
moved to increase the salary of the Secretary
of Legation at St. Petersburg from 81 500 to
81, 800. Rejected. Wood moved for q pro.
vision that no part of the contingent fund of
the State Department be used in the effort to
annex the Republic of Dominica. Consider
able opposition was shown, and without dis
posing of the question the Committee rose,
and the House, at AS, adjourned.
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