The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1871-01-28
Congressional.

Congressional.
In he Senate, ON the 4th. bills were In.
.rodaeed and referred 10 enable honorahly ~.
soldiers and sailors, aud their wldows
children. 20 acquire homesteads on public
lands " The United States! making a grant u land
to the state u Kansas, IN alternate sections, and
~ ala IN the construction of certain railroads;
amending the Bankrupt act so A. 10 give priority
IN the distribution Of bankupt-' estates 10 wages
due any operative, clerk. OF house servant 10 an
amount not exceeding fA0 The bill amenda-
tory Of the Funding act Of last session, anthofiz-
Ink an increase Of the Issue of five per cent. bonds
nom ssn,OOO,O0l to sSD,OO0O00. and making the
on the same payable quarterly, was
taken mp and passed Revolutions were adopted
for Information on san Domingo
matters; directing inquiry By the Finance
Committee as 20 the expedlency ~ imposing a
tax Of one dollar on each application for an Off.
cla position having a salary ofless than q, 000,aud
the same on each signature thereto, made TO the
President, or made and presented to any author
lied department; and where the salary Is in excess
of sl,0l0 a further tax Of 60 cents Is added "A
resolution was introduced and referred, directing
inquiry into the alleged completely OF senator
sprague with blockade runners during the late re-
bellion The bill for the relief Of Congressman
nom opportunities in appointments to Office was
briefly considered ,.. Executive session and ad-
%iournment.
In the House, on the 4th, bills were re-
~ported-the annual Indian Appropriation bill,
made the special order for the 18th and a bill
making an additional appropriation Of 390O,O0O for
the Improvement of the Louisville and Portland
canal, made the special order for the 10th. e.. Bills
were introduced and referred-to extend the bene.
fits of the homestead policy to disabled soldiers
and sailors, and to widows and orphans and de-
pendent relations of those who aied in the service
Of the country to provide that no pensions shall
hereafter be allowed, except in cases where the
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hostility against the public enemy to repeal so
much of the National Currency act OF July IL, 1870,
as provides that no banking association shall have
circulation in excess OF S5O0,00O requiring the
modification of the Newport and Cincinnati bridge
recommendation authorizing the establishment
Of a Bureau of Mining. 49,. The San Domingo ques-
ton was debated at length, and notice was given
OF an amendment to the Senate joint resolution in
reference to San Domingo, with a view 70 its ap-
~plication to Cuba. go. Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 5th, q bill was in.
troduced directing the President to nominate to
the Senate six inspectors of Indian affairs, to be
under the direction of the Interior Department.
and at a salary of $4,000 per annum, to visit the
Indian tribes, and inspect their sanitary, industrial
and educational condition Bills were passed
relative to internal taxes; to make restoration for
me destruction by Onion troops Of a house at Pa
ducan, n.y., during the war IA resolution was
adopted calling for the correspondence between
Minister Motley and the Department Of State
An opinion ofthe ttorney-Gener was reported
that the United States is bound by the treaty obli-
cations to issue to the Choctaw Indians S2J0,0 in
bonds, and a resolution was adopted declaring the
PRESIDENT to have the power, without further leg
~islation, to issue the bonds e. The vacancies in the
Committee on Naval Affairs and the Pacific Rail
road were hlled by the appointment Of Mr.. Jewett,
the new Senator from Missouri. -. The Vice-presi-
dent announced as a Select Committee to consider
the charges against Senator Sprague for connec.
ton with notwithstanding during the rebellion,
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Executive session and adjournment.
In the House, on the 9th, a letter was
received from Mr.. schenck, announcing his resig-
nation as a member, and the Speaker announced
that he had appointed Mr.. Orth, of Indiana, to fill
the vacancy in the Committee of Ways and Means,
caused by the resignation of MIR. SChenck. -. on
motion, the President was requested to furnish
copies Of the report of John Hogan, United States
Commissioner, on the resources and condition OF
the dominican Republic, made during the admin.
i%stration Of President Polk, and the report of Capt.
q, u, Mcclellan on the same subject, during the
administration Of President Pierce. A bif was
passed, giving Mr.. Schenck, the United States
Minister to England, an additional allowance of
s2,5W q year, for private expenses. . =. Adjourned.
No session of the Senate on the 9th.
In the House, on the 9th, bills were
introdnced-to create an additional collection
district in Texas; to make the city of Sabine Pass
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Matches and Angelina Rivers in Texas. -. Reso.
lntons reported by the Committee on Foreign
Affairs In reference to the dispute between Minister
Washburn and the late Government of Paraguay.
were taken up, and the following were adopted:
directing a court of inquiry for the trial of Admi.
rails Gordon and Davs-M to 26: declaring that
Admiral Gordon, In neglecting to aid Mr.. Wash
burn In reaching the Government to which he was
accredited, failed In the discharge of his duty as
commander of the Atlantic Sqnadron-Sg to 30;
dlsapproving of the conduct ofRear Admiral Chas.
ii. Davis, in delaying, for an unreasonable time, to
proceed to the rescue of Messrs. Bliss and Master
man, In accepting their release In the manner and
under the circumstances detailed In the testi-
mony, In receiving, holding, and treating them as
prisoners--l00to 81. IA resolution was adopted.
fnstrueting the Committee on Public Lands to in.
dulre into the expectancy of providing, by law,
that every officer, soldier, and sailor. who served
ninety days In the army for the Union. and was
honorably discharged, shall receive 100 acres of
puzzle land as a homestead, his actual term Of SER
wee TO count as a part Of the five years required by
the homestead act of 1862 90. Adjourned. the ses.
sion on the 9TH to be for general debate only.
In the Senate, on the 9th, a bill was in
troduced and referred appropriating s25,0O for the
completion Of the harbor at Duluth, MINI The
Judiciary Committee reported adversely the bill to
provide that elections for Presidential electors and
members of Congress be by ballot. -. The House
Joint resolution appropriating $3.50 a year for
Minister Schenck was passed IA message from
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transmitting the report of the Secretary Of State,
covering the correspondence between Mr.. Motley
and the State Department, was presented, laid on
the table and ordered printed The bill revising
the laws relative to minis and coinage was de-
bated. Adjourned.
In the House, on the 9th, bills were In
troduced and referred--to supply the universities
and colleges with copies OF all Congressional doc
uments; to provide for the appointments Of addi-
tiOua1 limited Gtafaa .Iudrar IN A1ahau,a rror4t-u
the right of way through public lands to the New
Orleans and Northeastern Railroad Company; to
set apart all moneys arising from the sale of pub
nc lands for i've years to the common schools Of
the South; granting the right Of way for q railroad
from the Central Pacific road, in Utah, TO Walla
Walla,. Oregon; relinquishing the Jurisdiction Of
me United States over q part Of the Fort Graiiot
military reservation. in Michigan; to reimburse
Texas for expenditures In protecting her
frontier from hostile Indian tribes; In re-
iation TO a railroad bridge across the Mis-
sissini river; extending the benefits Of the
military asylums to volunteers Of the war Of 1912;
to provide buildings for post-ofice, etc. at 0sh-
kosh. Wis for the relief Of settlers on public
lands In California; defining swamp lands; to en-
able soldiers, sailors and marines to pre- empt
,1itds at TIE minimum price on alternate reserved
sections OF railroad grant lands; to provide for
the construction and completion Of the harbor at
Duluth, Mimi. granting bounty to sailors for the
destruction OF the enemy's property; to amend
the act of July 81, 1869. to enforce the rights OF
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Der Of representatives at 275, and providing for the
election OF representatives on the Tuesday follow
ing the first Monday in November, 1871, and
every second year thereafter Resolutions
were adopted-requesting the Committee on
Ways and Means to report q bill for
the repeal OF the income tax; referring all
bills, resolutions, petitions. and papers on the sub
ject ofocean telegraph cables, to a Joint committee
Of Ave members Of the Senate and eight Of the
House, with power to send for persons and papers,
and report; calling for information as to persons
arrested In Virginia since Jan. !, 1858, for violation
Of the Internal revenue laws, by the revenue on
GERS, and the moieties obtained by them since
April 1, 1869. =. "A communication from the Presi.
dent was presented and referred, giving informa-
ton called for by a resolution In regard to the Re-
public Of Dominica. =. Adjourned.
A ROMAN father, Of Bridgeport, Conn,
had his son arrested the other day for rob
bling him Of some small change, and the
penalty adjudged by the court was a fine
Of sl7 and costs, which, as the culprit was
a minor, came out Of the pocket Of the
plaintiff, whose reverence for the majesty
Of the law has undergone q trining modl-