Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-06-21
General News Summary,
CONGRESSIONAL

River, Alabama; Senate bill to authorize inquiries
into the cause OF steam boi er explosions; House
bill reimbursing the State of Kansas for expenses
incurred in raising troops 70 suppress the re-
bellion; House bill amending the act pro-
viding for National Cemeteries, providing that,
where known, the Secretary Of War shall have
a head board, with The name and State. put
over the grave Of each soldier. The House
amendments to the bill supplementary 10 the act
for the providing of artificial limbs to disabled sol
diers was concurred In. During the days session
Mr.. Chandler replied to the recent speech OF Mr.
Sumner, for the purpose Of vindicating the mem
ory Of the late Secretary Stanton from the attack
upon II by Mr.. Sumner. In response, Mr.. Sumner
read letter from Mr. White, editor Of the Chicago
Tribune, corroborating the assertion made In Mr..
summers speech Adjourned,
In the Senate, on the 7th, bills were
passed-to reimburse United States Marshals for
moneys necessarily expended by them in taking
the ninth census, In excess Of the compensation
allowed them under the Law in force before the
passage OF this act, House bill relative to retired
officers OF the army, and repeating the thirty
second section Of the act Of the goth Of July,
1855. The Sundry Civil Appropriation bill was
taken mp, and several amendment were agreed 20,
among them one appropriating SlS,O00 for the
erection OF lighthouse at Green Bay, Wis, and
one sppropriating 3 5000 for lighthouse at the
entrance to White River Mich. An amendment was
offered which Is substantially the Supplemental
Enforcement a already passed by the Senate this
session. removing the restrictions Of the provisions
OF the original Enforcement act to places having
twenty thousand population and upwards, and
tending them 70 all ySsng grechPSe the point to, Of
amendment in order, and, on appeal, the decision
was sustained-e5 TO 22-when lively skirmish en-
sued, several motions of adjournment being made
and lost, the Senate still being In session at two
O'Clock on the morning OF the sth.
In the House, on the 9TH, ten thousand
copies OF the Tariff act were ordered printed for
the use of the members Of the House, and the
same number of copies OF the new Postal code
were also ordered printed . The bill granting a
pension TO Mary Ann Montgomery was passed
over the Presidents veto, the Senate having also
passed the same bill by the requisite two-thirds,
Bills were passed-authorizng the construo
ton of a railroad bridge the Mississippi, at
the city Of Red Wing Minnesota; senate bill
appropriating 100000 for the payment Of the
Kentucky war claims, authorizing and di-
recting the Secretary of the Treasury
10 cause to be examined and settled and paid any
proper claims Of that State for enrolling equipping
and subsisting the State forces of Kentucky dur
ing the rebellion; Senate bill to reimburse United
cess Of compensation. A large number Of pri-
vate bills were disposed Of. The Senate amend
ments TO the River and Harbor bill, and TO the For
tihcatiOn bill were non-concurred in, and Commit
tees OF Conference were appointed The Senate
amendment to the bill authorizing the Secretary
Of War to release twenty-five acres Of land to the
Plattshurg & Canada Railroad was concurred
In .. The Senate bill to declare and enforce the
civil rights Of citizens Of the United States was
taken up, when motion to amend by providing
that no penalty should exceed one thousand dol
lars, minimum, to be at the discretion OF the
Court and to pass The bill under a suspension OF
the rules was lost--s6 to Bless than two-thirds
in the Affirmative. motion to reduce the pro-
posed penalty to 800 and pass the bill
was also lost-s3 to %. On the
KSnT 81 s H. e. tho 10 f f'e9d e9 the
corpus until the end of the next regular session Of
Congress. the vote on suspension of the rules
was So against 81, two-thirds being required to
suspend the rules and pass the bill. preamble
and resoutio with view to ascertaning whether
any steps had been taken for the release of DR..
Houard, were offered and referred. Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the morning of the
sth after considerable discussion on the Enforce
ment bill offered amendment ~ the Civil APP
preparation bill during which 1t was contended by
opponents Of the proposed amendment that. un-
der the rule excluding new legislation and amend
ments not germane to the bill before the Senate,
this amendment ought not to be received, the
amendment was finally adopted-31 to II. Mr..
Summers Supplementary Civil Rights bill was Of
fered as an amendment, and ruled out Of order by
the Chair, and an appeal was taken and tabled.
Several other amendments We're offered and
tabled, when the bill was passed-32 TO 10
and a Conference Committee on the bill
appointed, and the Senate adjourned
Until SIX in the evening At the evening session
resolutions Of thanks 10 Vice President Colfax,
for the courtesy, dignity ability and impartiality
exhibited by him as presiding officer, were unan-
imOusly passed . Bills were pSssed-House bill
refunding duties on goods in bond on August l,
1872; authorizing the President TO appoint Com
missioners to the Vienna International EXhibi-
ton in 1873. e. Cont renee reports were agreed
tom the bill to pay claims allowed by the South
ern Claims Commission; on the Fertilization
Appropriation bill rhe Conference report on
the River and Harbor Appropriation bill was
nOn-concurred in. Executive session and ad-
jOurnment.
In the House, on the Sth, bills were
passed-to remove the political disabilities of ia
bez L Curry, of Richmond, Va, with amendments
adding the names Of half dozen other residents
of Virginia, and of c. G. Memminger, of Charles
ton, 5. C; ; granting the right Of way to the East
ern Nevada Railroad Company; substitute for the
Senate bill restoring TO market all lands remaining
undisposed OF in the reservation Of the Ottawa and
Chippewa Indians in Michigan; restoring
the right of homestead entry 10 certain
soldiers and sailors who had forfeited
that right on technical grounds. The Confer
ence report on the bill increasing pensions for
disabilities was agreed TO. After considerable
flibustering to prevent the consideration Of the
Sundry Civil Appropriation bill, the principal
objection being the Senate Enforcement act
amendment. motion nOn-cnncurring in the SEN
ate amendments to the bill and TO refer them to a
Conference Committee and then take recess
was agreed to, and Messrs. Garfield Palmer and
Nfblack were appointed as such Conference Com
mittee.
In the Senate, on the 10th, the minority
report on the New York Custom House frauds was
presented and ordered printed. Bills were passed
to encourage the growth of timber on the West
ern prairies. with amendment requiring ten
years cultivation of timber, instead of five, in or
der to acquire title; to authorize the issue Of col
lege scrip to Arkansas, with an amendment; for
the restoration to market of certain Indian lands
in Michigan; prescribing conditions to be OBJ
served in the construction OF bridges across the
Ohio River, with amendments requiring that
the main span Of any bridge built above
the mouth Of the Big Sandy shall have clear
span of T3s0 feet, and any bridge below the
mouth Of the Big Sandy, an opening OF 400 feet
and au horizing the construction of a bridge
across the Ohio AZ Wheeling, 80 feet span; TO re
move the disabilities of Ex-Governor Vance, Of
North Carolina, and George S. Houston, Of
Alabama-1H n
Ing the session until p. m. was concurred in
new Committee OF Conference ordered on
the Sundry vii Appropriation bill, and the re-
port subsequently submitted was concurred in
Majority and minority reports were submitted
covering the investigation Of charges against
Senator Clayton, of Arkansas, as far as snch inyes
ugaton had been made. The House bill
abolishng the franking privilege was
received but not acted on An executive session
session was resumed and continued with mnch
confusion until nine o'clock, when the presiding
oficer, M Anthony, announced the Senate ad-
journed without day.
In the House, on the 10th, after an ex-
cited debate on the Enforcement amendment to
the Civil Appropriation bill, in which personalities
freely INDUCED in, the Conference report
was reccmmitted. Subsequently a new report
was submitted and concurred in-102 to s9-the
Enforcement amendment being modified, by pro-
viding that IN any county or parish In any Con-
gressional District II ten persons request the
Judge Of a United States Circuit Court to have the
registration or elocuon guarded ann scrutlnlzed,
the Judge shall appoint two citizens Of the cleo,
tion district or voting precinct of the different
political parties as Supervisors OF Elections
they to be paid, and not empowered to make ar
res or perform other duties, except to be In the
immediate presence of the Officers holding the
election and to witness all their proceedings, in.
eluding the counting OF the votes and making up
returns thereof; Bills were passsd-givipg the
widow Of General Anderson $4,000 instead Of a
pension; Senate bill to reimburse the State OF
Nebraska $50 o00t aholishing the frankng priv
ege after the Is Of September next and provid-
ing stamps for the President, heads Of Depart
ments, Senate and House, the speeches of Con
gressmen. not to be stamped; extending the right
OF homestead TO soldiers widows, eldest child or
father and mother Of the soldier. II dead sppro-
prating s1OO,0OO for public buildings at Raleigh,
n. g., and $1,000 for the same at Pittsburgh re-
moving the political d satellites of Geo j, Hous-
ton, Of Alabama, and y b. Vance, OF North Caro-
lima; appropriating S200,0OO for Government
building, at Evansville, Ind The testi-
mOny In the Buell. Court Martial case
was presented and ordered printed The
amendments TO the Hous. bill extending
the henehts OF the Agricultural College bill To
The State Of arkansas were eoneurred In. y. The
Conference report on the Ohio Bridge bill was
presented and agreedto A committee appointed
to inform the President that Congress ready to
adjourn reDOrted that thew had uerfOrmqd that