The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1871-01-14
Congressional.

In the Senate, on the goth, bills were
reported authorizing the Issue Of an additions
t3OO,0OO,00O of B per cent, bonds, authorized hy
the Funding law Of las, sepsion; with adverse rec.
concentrations, amending The Tax and 'raril Inv
OF July II, 1870, 40 ms 10 restore the former rates
Of duty on Imported brandy and opium "A reto.
lntion was agreed to, cal Hing upon the Secretary Of
,ne Interior tor detailed Information In regard to
bonds OF the State " Indiana held nj auy time Inv
the Interior Department ~ trustee for certain IndI.
an tribes IA bill was introduced, and referred. ia
Incorporate the Great Salt Lake 4 Color 10 River
Railroad Company, aud aid the construction Of lis
road, and for other purposes Of. The resolution for
me appointment OF n Commission to proceed 10
San Domingo was taken up, aud Il motion To
refer the question 10 the Committee on Foreign
Affair was made, and a lengthy debate ensued,
hut without d6poeing Of the subject the Senate ad.
journcd.
In the House, on the Goth, bills were in.
troduced and referred making an appropriation
for the improvement Of the harhors of sheboypan
md Port Washington, IN Wisconsin; for building
q Custom House aud Post -Onice NJ Nashville,
Tennessee 10, The Amnesty bill waR taken I'M and
oeoa'od at considerable length. g.. Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 2ist, bills were in.
troduccd- increasing the pensions TO aoldlern'
and sailors widows and children twenty per cent,
from the lrst Of next March; 10 eounliye and ox
the salaries of certain Bureau officers; TO inror.
porate tho American Loan and Trnst COMPANY
capital VI 5Wn,N0O- and give Il the authority To
establish branch offices throughout the United
Slatesi 70 NIX inc salaries Of heads of Executive
Departments and Judges in the United States
Courts. .. The resolution for m Investigation, by a
JOINT commission, into Dominican nTatra was
further considered. The House bin correcting
ambiguity In the law relating to the elias, ~lncatlon
journed.
In the House, on the 2tst. the bill
relating to telcgraphic communication between
The United States and foreign countries was
reported from the Committee on Fsrelgn A0aIrs,
and reeommitted =. A bill was introduced and
referred, granting pensions to the widows and
children of the officers and soldiers of the Missouri
enrolled Militia A hill VIVA passed, 10 forfeit To
,ne United States certain lands granted to the
flacervlile ana sacramento Valley Railroad Com.
pany memorial " . presented and referred
from Victoria C.. Woodruff, claiming the
right 10 suffrage under the Fourteenth
ana Fifteenth amendments to the Con.
su,nuon, and asking The enactment OF certain
laws TO guarantee that right TO the women of The
United States The vote on the Amnesty pill
was postponed until January II. In the Ohio
contested election case Of Eggleeton arninst
suader' a resolution declaring Eggleston, the con
testant, not entitled, was adopted. The death Of
VIM. Smyth, late Representative from the SECOND
District OF Iowa, was announced, and appropriate
eplogles were pronounced .,, Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 22d, the Joint
resolution authorizing the appointment Of a Com.
mission In relation TO the Republic of Dominica
was paseed-3t to o .... The credentials Of Mr.
Jewett, appointed by the Governor of Missouri 10
MI the temporary vacancy caused by the reaigna.
tion OF MI. Drake, were presented, and Mr.. Jewott
was qualified and took his seat The House bill
renewing the political disabilities of certnin
citizens Of Virginia was taken up, and he
Amnesty bill, reported at the lnat session from