Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-01-26
Weekly News Summary.
CONGRESSIONAL.

| CONGkESSlONALs
In the Senate, on the 10th, the House
bill increasing pensions of soldiers and widows.
and children and orphans of sailors, was reported
| favorably from the Committee on Pensions. A
bill was introduced to aid in the construction of
| twenty or more frst-class 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 to relieve the
political disabilities of fifty citizens 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 provide for taking tes
timony used before the departments; to enable the
| Atlantic & 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 cruisers; for the
| survey of portion of the Portage river; for the
| Improvement of the navigation of the Cumberland
river; to extend the provisions of the Homestead
laws to unsurveyed land making compensation of
| ten thousand dollars to James S. Wilson, Commits
sioner of the Land Office, for collecting scientific
museum at the Land Office. The credentials of
N Price, B. Young and Marvin Bethune, Repre-
sentatives elect from the State of Georgia, were
pres entsd and no objection being made Shs fs9
elect from the Fourth Di-trict of Georgia, also ap-
peared and took the oath of office A report was
made on the contested election case from the Sixth
District of North Carolina that Shober the sitting
member, is entitled to the seat, and that the con-
testant, Nathaniel Boyden, receive 81 $50 for ex
penses. Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 18th, the House
amendments to the bill authorizing the
| issue of an additional S300OOO.OOO of
| per cent. bonds, were concurred in =. Joint
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
| "A Communication from the Secretary of War,
transmitting mass of papers relating to the al
legged traffic of Senator Sprague with the rebels in
| Texas during the war, was presented and
referred to the special committee Of investigation
| public lands in the States of Florida, Alabama,
Michigan, Arkansas and Louisiana, was called up
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
rs to 12.. The bill to refund to the States
| moneys advanced to the government during the
late civil war. taken up and variously amended
Executive session and adjournment
In the House, on the 17th, the regular
| Naval Appropriation bill was reported and made
the special order for the 18th A resolution was
offered and referred, authorizing the President to
| appoint three commissioners to examine and re-
port as to the distribution of aid granted by the
government to the Pacific and other railroad COM
| panies, what persons had derived benefit there
| from, and to what extent and in what manner
| The Legislative, Naval and Military Academy Ap-
preparation bills were considered in Committee of
| the Whole. Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 18th, 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,
on the bill relative to goods purchased for importa
| ton prior to January 1, 1871, allowing them to
come in under the old tariffs "A resolution was
| 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
merce between the States An animated discus
sion ensued on motion to take from the table the
documents and papers recently laid before the Sen
ate by the President in reference to the condition
of the Southern States. Executive session and
| adjournment.
In the House, on the 18th, bills were
passed-Legislative and Post-Ofice Appropriation
bills; Senate bill, with amendments, authorizing
the sale of certain lands reserved for the of the
| Menomnee tribe of Indians in Wisconsin; Senate
bill for the relief of the Stockbridge and Monroe
| tribes of Indians in Wisconsin. "A bill in-
| troduced and referred, to enable the people of
| Washington Territory to form constitution and
State government as State of the Union. "A
resolution was adopted generating Mr. Brooks
ing the select committee from further considera-
ton on the subject. Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 10Th, bills were
passed-to abolish the offices of Admiral and Vice
Admiral of the Navy, the offices to continue until
a vacancy occurs; appropriating S4696 to pay a
mortgage executed by Mr.. Harmon, of East Ten
nessee, to counsel who defended him before the
military commission of the enemy which tried him
for bridge e-burning operations in East Tennessee
presented from citizens of Iowa, praying for
the establishment of an umpire to prevent wars.
bill was introduced and referred, to secure the
cheap transportation of breadstuffs and provisions
from the West to the seaboard, and uniform rates
hr9ugh0ut the year p pT0viiddnGg i'd G that the United
the Portland, Rutland. Oswego & Chicago
Railroad by loan of 6 per cent thirty
year bonds to the amonnt of S500lO per mile for
its whole extent from Portland to Chicago. :. "A
motion adopted for the appointment of a
committee of five to Investigate the charges of
violence and resistance to 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 frst-class steamships, together
with shipyards machine shops, rolling mills,
wharfs, docks, &C., with security to the govern.
ment for the of the for postal, naval, and
other purposes: to allow imported railroad iron
to be ransportedin in bond from the port of entry to
was reported from the Committee on In.
dian Affairs to provide for the consolida
ton of Indian tribes and to organize a system
of government in the Indian territory. A resolu
ton was introduced and referred for an appropn
alton for improving the Maumee River above To
ledo.. The bill extending the time to construct
railroad from St. Croix River, or Lake, to the wes
end of Lake Superior, or to bayfield,, came up and
against the cruelties practiced in the wal
between France and Prussia, asking an expression
!, France, was presented and referred. The Consu
lar and Diplomatic Appropriation bill, appropri
ating 81, ,43S, ,000 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 t
the surviving soldiers of the war of 1872 were pre-
sented. The certificate of election of Foste
1ndf TTrifn tafn Con from nrp
for six years from the 4th of March next, was pre-
sented, read and laid the table. The bill tt
constitute Leavenworth, Kansas, port of entr
, was reported adversely and indefinitely postpone,
= .--.Bills and joint resolutions were introduced
River: to proyide for additionai commercial nm @ ann
, postal facilities at the port of New York; to carr
into effect the constitutional form of government
for the Indian Territory adopted Dec 90 1870, a
q Okmulgee by general council, the said Territor
to be held by authority of the Government of tn
United States. "A joint resolution was passed TO
If the relief of squatters public lands extendin
s for one year the time for making payments.
Special Committee for the investigation of the al
! legged Southern outrages was announced as fo
q = lows: Scott, Wilson, Rice, Chandler an
= = Bayard ;The Income Tax bill % was In md
refund States interest and discount on money boz
y rowed to equip, pay supply and transport troop
3 war, was debated at length. Adjourned to th
8 23d.
q In the House, On the Goth, the Senat
bill, to provide for the government of the Distri
z of Columbia, proposing Territorial governmeI
3 in the District, with Governor appointed by th
President, with the advice and consent of the Sci
ate, and who shall hold Office four years. with
Council of eleven members and House of twent.
2 two members, with Secretary of State appointe
( by the President for four years, and with Del
? gate in Congress, amended and passed.
2 The Army Appropriation bill, appropriating S27
: Ats, 600, was reported and made the special ordt
for the 26th The Consular and Diplomatic A.
preparation bill was further considered in Commi
: : tee of the Whole. Adjourned to the 23d
2 FOREIGN.
2 Dispatches received in New York O
the 10Th indicated that Paris. was in de
perate strait The southwest suburbs
] part of the city was in ruins, and SCENE
i hopelessly given up to the ravages of IL