Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-01-27
Weekly News Summary,
CONVERSATIONAL.

CONGRESSIONAL
In the Senate, on the 10th, the House
bill increasing pensions OF soldiers and widows
and children and orphans OF sailors, was reported
fayorably from the Committee on Pensions . A
bill was introduced to aid In the construction o.
twenty or more frst-cass iron steamships, to
gether with ship-yards, machine shops, rolling
mills, wharves, docks, etc.; to secure to the Gov
ernment the use OF the same for postal naval and
other purposes, The House bill. 10 relieve the
political disabilities Of some nty citizenf OF Vir
ginia was further considered. The bill giving
the State of Ohio jurisdiction and title over the
property purchased by the United States for the
National Asylums for disabled soldiers, at Dayton,
was taken up and debated, Executive session
and adjournment.
In the House, on the 10th, bills were
introduced and referred-to provide for taking ties.
timony used before the departments; to enable the
| Atlantic 3 Pacific Railroad Company to mortgage
its road; authorizing the appointment of a Com
missioner to ascertain the damage done by the Al
ALBANIA and other Confederate cruisere; for the
| survey of portion OF the Portage riyeri for the
| Improvement of the navigation of the Cumberland
| rveri to extend the provisions of the Homestead
| laws to unsurveyed land making compensation OF
ten thousand dollars TO James s. Wilson, Commits
soner of the Land Office, for collecting scientific
museum at the Land Office. >. The credentials of
| n Price, b. Young and Marvin Bethune, Repre-
sentatyeselect from the State of Georgia, were
pres ented, and, no obection being made, the gon-
e%eE sr, lO Were e. worm f. Long member
peared and took the oath Of office report was
made on the contested election case from the Sixth
District of North Carolina that Shpber the sitting
member, is entitled to the seat, and that the con.
testant, Nathaniel Boyden, receive $1,000 for ex-
penses Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 18th, the House
amendments to the bill authorizing the
issue of an additional $3OO,000,0O0 OF s
per cent. bonds, were Concurred in. Joint
resolutions were ntroduced-proposing an amend
ment to the Constitution OF the United States,
making eligible TO the office OF President all per-
sons who have attained the age of 35 years,
and been fourteen years residents of the United
States; In reference to life insurance companies
IA communication nom the Secretary of War,
transmitting mass OF papers relating to the al
! Texas during me war, was presented and
referred to the special committee Of investigation
-. The Joint resolution for the disposal of the
public lands in the States OF Florida, Alabama
Michigan, Arkansas, and Louisiana, was called mp
and laid over for amendment. The bill ceding to
the State of Ohio Jurisdiction over the ground oc-
cupied by the Dayton Soldiers Home was passed
-25 to IL. The bill to refund to the States
! moneys advanced to the government during the
late civil war was taken up and varlOusly amended
-. Executive session and adjournment.
In the House, on the nth, the regular
Naval Appropriation bill was reported and made
the special order for the 10Th "A resolution
offered and referred, authorizing the President to
! appoint three commissioners to examine and re-
port to the distribution Of aid granted by the
government to the Pacific and other railroad com.
| panies, what persons had derived benefit there
Sm and to what SIs and II what
propriation bills were considered in Committee IF
the Whole. Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 18th, q bill was
passed to provide for the reduction of copper and
other token coins, requiring the Secretary of the
Treasury to redeem, in lawful money all copper
nickel, and other base coinage, when presented in
sums of not less than twenty dollars. An ad
verse report was made from the Finance Committee
on the bill relative to goods purchased for importa
L
| come in under the old tariffs "A resolution
| adopted directing the Committee on the judiciary
to examine and report how far Congress Is author
| lied to regulate the fare and transportation on
railroads between States, under the constitutional
provision authorizing Congress to regulate com
sion ens9ed on motion to take from the table the
documents and papers recently laid before the Sen
of the Southern States -. Executive session and
| adjournment.
| In the House, on the 18th, bills were
passed-Legislative and Post-oHice Appropriation
| bills; Senate bill, with amendments, authorizing
the sale of certain lands reserved for the of the
Menominee tribe Of Indians in Wisconsin; Senate
| bill for the relief OF the Stockbridge and Monroe
! tribes OF Indians in Wisconsin. "A bill was in
| troduced and referred, TO enable the people of
Washington Territory TO form constitution and
| State government as a State of the Union. "A
! resolution was. adopted exonerating Mr.. Brooks
from charges made by Mr.. Hastings, and dscharg
| ing the select committee from further considera
tion on the subject. Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 18th, bills were
passed-to abolish the offices of Admiral and Vice.
Admiral of the Navy, the offices to continue untIl
| q vacancy occurs; appropristng $4,696 10 pay q
mortgage executed by Mr.. Harmon, of East Ten
nessee, TO counsel who defended hrm before the
military commission of the enemy which tried him
! for brdge-burning operations In East Tennessee
in the early part of the late war. "A petition was
presented from citizens of Iowa, praying for
| the establishment of an umpire to prevent wars
X bill was introduced and referred, to secure the
cheap transportation of breadstufs and provisions
! from the West to the saaboard, and uniform rates
throughout the year, providing that the United
! States Government shall aid the construction of
the Portland, Rutland oswego Chicago
year bonds to the amOnnt of S50,0l0 per mile for
| Its whole extent from Portland to Chicago "A
was m pp m 0I ae the cbarges 1 nf
violence and resistance 10 the laws at the South
-. Executive session and adjournment.
In the House, on the 10Th, bills were in
troduced and referred-to aid In the construction
Of twenty more frstclass steamships, together
with shipyards, machine shops, rolling mills,
ment for the use of the same for postal naval, and
other purposes; to allow imported railroad iron
to be transportedn bond from the port of entry to
was reported from the Committee on In.
! dian Affairs to provide for the cOnsolida-
/ tion of Indian tribes, and to organize system
OF government in the Indian territory A resOlu-
tion was introduced and referred, for an appropri
alton for improving the Maumee River above To
I ledo. The bill extending the time to construct
! railroad from st. CrOix River, Lake. TO the wes
end of Lake Superior, or to bayfield,, came up and
was debated at considerable length IA memorial
| from the City of Washington, protesting
against the Gruelties practieed in the wal
between France and Prussia asking an expression
Of sympathy by Congress for the Republic o
France, was presented and referred The Consu
| lar and Diplomatic Appropriation bill, appropH
ating 81, ,433, 900, was considered in Committee o.
the Whole Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the Goth, the unani
nous resolutions of the Indiana Legislature IL
favor of the House bill which grants pensions Il
the surviving soldiers of the war of 1912 were pre-
| sented. The certificate of election of FOsts
| BlOdgett as United States Senator from GeOrpi,
for six years from the 4th of March next, was pre-
sented, read and laid on the table. The bin tC
constitute Leayenworth, Kansas, port of entry
was reported adversely and indefinitely postponed
-. Bills and joint resolutions were Introduced
| TO prevent obstruction TO navigation on the Ohio
| River; to provide for additional commercial ant
postal facilities at the port of New York; TO carr,
| into effect the constitutional form OF government
for the Indian Territory adopted Dec. 20, 1870, a
Okmulgee by general council, the said Territory
| TO be held by authority of the Government of thu
United States IA joint resolution was passed TO
the relief of saIatters on public lands, extending
for one year the time for making payments .. HI
Special Committee for the investigation Of the al
legged Southern ontrages was announced as fol
lows: Scott, Wilson, Rice, Chandler anC
| Bayard The Income Tax bill was Md
the special order tor the. 2ith The bill t.
| rOwed to equip, pay, supply and transport troop
for the service OF the United States in the recen
war, was debated at length. Adjourned to thu
23d
In the House, on the Goth, the Senat,
bill, to provide for the government Of the Distric
Of Columbia, proposing Territorial government
In the District with Governor appointed by III,
| President, with the advice and consent of the Sen
ate, and who shall hold Office four years, with
| Council OF clever! members and House OF twenty
. | memDeTa. Of inf
by the President for four years, and with a Dele
gate in Congress, was amended and passed.
The odd Army Appropriation bill approprau9g s2
for the 26th. The Consular and Diplomatic Ap
preparation bill was further considered in Commit
Tee Of the Whole, Adjourned TO the ed.
FOREIGN.
A Versailles dispatch of the evening o
the 18th says the bombardment had beer