Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-05-31
General News Summary.
CONGRESSIONAL.

OO0 Black River Hafbof, from $4,000 TO
and containing an agPsSp'RSR Co RporT dqT S
Conference Committees on tho west Point Appt00,,
priation bill and the Indian Appropriation OH
were cUncurred In. The Hd6ods Corpus suspen-
sion act came up and an order was made that the
bill should be taken mp on the 10th, and the ses-
sion Of the 2st should not end until tue plli was
ati6n hill was reported without amendment. and
the ARMY Appropriation bili was further consider
ed =. Executive session and adjournment
In the House. on the 18th, the report
OF the Conference Committee on the bill to provide
a house for the pottowatonie and Shawnee Indians
Of Kansas IN the indian Territory was agreed to.
The Senate amendments 10 the hill to make
partition Of thereservaton OF certain Miami In
dians Were non concurred IN, and new Conference |
Committee was ordered, The Senate amend
ment to the bill authorizing a railroad bridge |
across the Mississippi River, at Fort Madison,
Iowa was concurred In. The Tax and Tarin OIL |
was taken mp In Committee OF the Whole, and sew
erai proposed amendments were disposed of..,
Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 18th, bill was |
passed to authorize the Secretary Of the Treasury
to issue bonds IN hen Of bonds destroyed and dc |
faced and sisted II was carefully drawn 80 az to |
guard against fraud "A resolution was adopted |
requesting the House to return g the senate ,sI
the 10th OF May. The Army Appropriation bill |
was taken up, and amendments were agreed
to-apprbpriating $sO0,D0O to enlarge the mill |
itafy debot al Fort Leavenworth, KAN; Tor |
providing sdrgiea apparatus and appurtenances
FOR the relief Of persons disabled IN the military
and naval service not included within the terms OF
any law granting artificial limbs, $1O,OOOi Tor |
experiments with, and tests of, heavy ordnance |
$4,000 providing that the Government me pay no
royalty Tor the Of arms patented by citizens OF
the United Staes and the bill was then passed.
Executive session and adjournment
In the House, on the 18th, bills were
passed-senas hill to establish the collection dis
trict Of Duluth, and create ST Paul Mimi, port
Of delivery; several private bills, among them one
containing appropriation for s05 persons, ranging
from S12 to S65 900; Senate bill 10 pay S25OOO 10
DR.. j. Milton Best, Of Paducah, KY, az compensa.
ton for the destruction Of his dwellinghouse and
contents l,y United States troops under order OF
the commanding officer; for the benefit OF the
Louisville & Bardstown Thrnpike Company =.
Conference reports were agreed TO oil the Military
Academy the consular and Diplomatic, and the
Indian Appropriation Bills. IA Conference Com
mttce was ordered on the Steamboat biIl, ana
Messrs. Negly, Conger and Hamblcton were ap-
pointed Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the goth, a resolution
was offered and objected TO expel Mr.. A. Devine,
Senate reporter for Associated frcss, from the SEN
ate gallery for having procured the publication OF
a note charging certain statements made IN the
Senate by Senator Conkl1rg, TO the effect that the
reprrtHd proceedings of the Senate furnished to
the press By Divine was one-sded and partisan IN
their character bsing sandsr9us and absolutely
false \ bill Introduced AUTHORIZING the
adoption Of :, stem Of general regulations for
| the army The Hdbeas Corpus Suspension bill
was taken up and considered the debate extend,
| the Senate adjourned
| In the House, on the 20th, motion was
agreed to--147 to 5s-that the rules be suspended,
and the Committee Of the Whole discharged from
| further consideration Of the Tariff and Tax bill,
and that that bill, ~ amended by the Committee,
! including the internal revenue sections and gu,
| be passed the total estimated reduction of duties
effected by the bill Is $9.B3 ,11S0B The senate
resolution for final adidqInmen5 2n the 2gtn OF May
approrriaiing S1,J9OOOO fot the psl enase of lot
| and erection Of building IN Philadelphia for
| POs-Office and United states Court purposes
! reciting the disappearance from the mes
| OF the War Department of the records OF
| the Court of Inquiry in the case OF Cen
eral Buell., and directing the Secretary Of War
to employ Benjamin Pittman, the photographic
reporter Of that Court who has retained the notes
| thereof to-furnish two transatlons, for the
War Department, and one for Congress Senate
bill to allow the Potomac n Piedmont Railroad
Company to operate Its lines within the District OF
| Columbia; authorizing the President to appoint
one more Commissioners on the part Of the
| Government of the United States to the Inter
national Exposition Of Agriculture, industry and
Fine Arts at Vienna, in 1873; 10 provide Tor the
appointment of Secretary of Legation at Japan,
with salary OF $500; for the appointment OF two
American students as interpreters for the ap-
pointment Of Consul at snintrem, Brazil; relat-
ing to telegraphic communications between the
United States and foreign countries fixing the
conditions, stipuiatiOns, and reservations under
which lines or cables may be established TO other
countries A resolution was offered and referred
requesting OF the President information as TO
whether the Executive had any knowledge OF any
promise being made by any official person that
claims for indirect damages shall not be presented
TO the Tribunal of Arbitration and, II so, by whom
| such promise was made or understanding given;
and If any, what arrangement wds made with the
British Commissioners or British Government by
which the American Senate should not be placed
in position requiring confession that wronS
had been done, ETC.. A resolution was adopted
requesting the President TO join with the Italian
Government in its protest against the intolerance
|
mania. Adjourned
In the Senate, on the 21st, memorial
was presented and referred of the New Yorh
Chamber of Commerce, demonstrating agains
abolishing bonded warehouses. The House sup
= plem ntal Apportionment bill granting an addi
tiOnal Representative to New Hampshire, Yer
mont, New York, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Ten
nesse Louisiana, Alabama and Florida was called
up and debated The bill for adjusting the claim
OF New Hampshire for money advanced TO yolun
\ teers was passed. The Hqbeds COJpts Snspen
sion bin taken up; and. after considerable de
bate a motion 20 lay the bill ON the table was los
aye being still in session at ;45 on the morning
; the 22d.
: In the House, ON the 21st, the Confer
4 ence report on the bill for the abatement or re
payment of taxes on distilled spirits in bond de
n stroyed by casualty was agreed TO- the bill bein
altered so as to apply only to spirits destroye
| by accidental fire or other casualty, ana Wlthou
| any fraud. collusion, or neglect OF the owner o.
h which taxes had not been paid AZ the time Oh de
structinn and which spirits were in the cusody q
: any Office OF the Internal Revenue. In any ulstl
{ ! lery, warehouse or bonded warehouse; the take
= are to be abated, and the warehouse bond cancelled
If the tax has been since the destruction
C the spirits tits to he refunded The Senate amenc
i menis to the Post-Ofice Appropriate ion Dill weT
taken up, and the one doubling the service and sui
sidy for carving the mails between San Francisco
r Japan and China, was, after considerable debate
Il in which charges of wicked and undue iniluenc
~ in behalf of the amendment were made and az
MED, agreed tO-i09 to e6-after being amended :
AZ 10 provide that the time for contractingfor add
tionai service shall be limited to three montl
after The passage of the act, and requiring the
gnes and machinery OF the ships, as wei as shlf
. themselves, TO be wholly of American constrn
" ton. The amendment requiring the New \ ork
4 Panama Steamship Line to be maintained wa
q agreed to. The amendments doubling the seryit
~ and subsidy of the Brazilian Mail steamship LIN
/ Its persons who have held otli(
> in any department, from prosec9tln
claims in such department s With wltni
d and a Conference Committee was ordered,
y Among the bills passed were those ineorporatiI
LOOMS Aerial Telegraph company ana reiaIlyG pi,
p delpha I'm 1876 The Sundry Civil Appropriate
3 bill was considered In Committee of the Whole: :
N In the course of debate on the resolution relati
70 to the Washington treaty, Mr.. Butler spoke In o
Ia position 10 the Supplemental Treaty, and
~ Banks expressed the belief that no war would 7
suit from failure OF the Treaty Adjourned
r. In the Senate, on the morning of Il
A., 22d, after an allnight session, vote was reach
=, on the extension of the Y aoeds oor1uN snspe
10 sion act, and II pAssed--yeas 2S nays 10
er The Civil Rights bill was passed-2T to IA AIT
20 reas sembling al three O'Clock, the Supplement
II Apportionment bill, giving additional Represent
ne ves to several States that have large Fraction
"a was taken up, and an amendment TO add Nebras
was rejected, and the bill was passed After
reporting by committees Of several bills, the Sc
ate adjourned.
he In the House, on the 22d, majority al
Us minority reports we're made from the Commit
:" on the charges against Secretary Robeson the n
joriy report alleging that his accuser totally fail
ga | 10 produce a single witness or any proof whate'
W tendingsin the slightest degree 10 maintain any
"a the charges or TO throw even doubt or suspcl
upon the personal character Of the Secretary Il
the payment of the $4,000 on the Secor claim y
IN. an act of Justice and equity, as the bill
'h' never been paid, disallowed. or even c.
ey sidered until allowed and paid by Robes
zee It heing a distinct claim from the one
merly allowed Among other CHARGES me
OF nority report condemns the Secretary for, In
regard OF law, reopening and paying the secor