The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-02-09

assent Of Congress to the application
/ Of the five hundred thousand acres of
school lands in Oregon to support the
I common schools; authorizing the Sec
retary Of War TO settle the suits
I against the Southern railroads for the
/ collection Of debts due the United
I States. The bill extending the time
/ in which to construct a railroad from
/ St Croix river or lake to the west end
Of Lake Superior and Bayfield, was,
after long discussion, recommitted,
by a vote Of 102 to 81, to the Commit
tee on Public Lands, which is equiva-
lent to a rejection Of the bill, as the
Committee on Public Lands will not
be called during the present Congress.
Adjourned.
FEB. BIN the Senate,a conference
committee was appointed on the bill
abolishing the offices Of Admiral and
Vice Admiral. A conference commit
tee was ordered on the bill for reliev-
/ ing purchasers Of lands at tax sales in
the rebel States. The bill for a subsi-
dy TO the New Orleans & Mexican
Steamship Line came up in order,
when Mr.. Davis moved to take up the
House bill granting pensions to SOL
diers and sailors Of the war Of 1872,
and to the widows of deceased soldiers.
This was considered a test vote as to
the subsidy bills, and was carried by
vote Of 28 to a. The Pension bill was
amended so as to allow pensions to all
who served fourteen days, and only TO
the widows Of those soldiers who were
married at the time Of the war. The
bill then PASSED, and the Senate ad-
journe6.
In the House, q petition from Onei-
da county, New York, was presented
for the removal Of Pension Commits
ssoner Van Aernam because he re-
moved q homeopathic doctor from the
Office Of Pension Surgeon. A bill al
lowing Juan Miranda, claiming the
Rancho Arroyo de San Antonio in
California, relief in the District Court
was rejected. The bill creating anoth-
er land district in California was pass
ed. The House went into committee
on the Naval Appropriation bill, which
Appropriate SIS, 1888, III but rose with
out dispOsing Of the bill. The Senate
concurrent resolution for the relief Of
sufferers by the war in Europe passed.
Adjourned.
FEB. 4.-In the Senate a resolution
was passed authorizing the President
to station at the port OfNew York one
or more national vessels to convey
provisions supplied by the people to
the suffering people in France and
Prussia. The bill to revise the Postal
laws was discussed for time but no
action was taken. Afteran executive
session the Senate adjourned
In the House a bill passed to pay
S112, ,740 to Theodore Adams, in full
for all claims under a contract
70 construct mortar boats. A bill was
introduced to divide Illinois into three
Judicial districts. w. 81. Hannedan
were released from a contract on the
es'Moines Rapids. Bills were passed
giving the United States Judges in
Wyoming and Utah the power to re-
districting the State. Another annex
ing Alaska to Washington Territory
as a county, with county seat at Sit
ka, and extends all the laws Of the
Territory to Alaska. The Senate
amendment to the House bill granting
pensions to soldiers of 1872 was non
.concurred in, and a Committee Of Con-
ference asked. Adjourned.
The Senate committee now engag-
ed in investigating the outrages in
the South have subpOnaed prominent
Democrats from North Carolina, in
order to hear their story. The object
is to try and find out the truth in re-
gard TO the Outrages and some way of
reeOnciling the discOrdant elements.