Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-01-25
Proceedings in Congress.

In the Senate, on the 10Th, Gold
thwaite, of Alabama, was sworn in.."..Nu-
merous petitions were presented, among
them one from Chinese dealers on the Pacific
coast for a reduction on rice; one from citi-
zens of Rochester, N. Y, praying for a re-
duction of the tariff to a revenue basis, and
for the removal of duties upon salt, coal, and
pig iron, and thirty two petitions from YER
mont for the repeal of the duty on salt......
Mr.. Chandler, from the Committee on Com
merce, reported without amendment the bill
to promote the construction of the Cincinnati
and Southern Railway, between Cincinnati,
o., and Chattanooga, Mr.. Summers
suppl mentary Civil Rights bill was taken
up, and during its discussion lief Senate adj
journed.
In the House, on the 18th, Mr.. Negley's
bill making Pittsburgh, Pa, a port of entry
and delivery, was passed.-...Mr. Dawes, of
Massachusetts,, offered a resolution for the
appointment of a select committee of five
to inquire into the origin and character of
the difficulties between the government
officials of Louisiana and the United States
officials in that State, and to report the same
to the House, with such recommendations
it may deem expedient, the committee to
have power to send for persons n papers,
and to sit in Washington or elsewhere.
Adopted--...Another amnesty bill, being the
one passed by the House last session, and
now pending in the Senate, was introduced
by Mr.. Hale, and passed,-yeas ITO, nays 81.
1t is the same as was passed by the House
last session, and excerpts member of Con-
gress and officers of the army and navy,
who Joined the rebellion. .....Mr. Cox offered
a resolution calling for the unpublished cor
respondence relating to the release of w. G..
Halpine, a Fenian prisoner. Adopted.
Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 10th, Mr.. Sher-
nan reported from the Finance Committee
a bill repeating the duties on salt and iron,
- -oo1rol SIC ~ ifpoa ant which uaa
opposed by Trumbull, butt was recommitted,
50 against 19. MIR. Cameron, from the Com
mittee on Foreign Relations, reported a reso-
luton asking the President to give the SEN
ate any Information IN his possession IN re-
lation TO the seizure by the Revolutionary
Government of Venezuela of a steamer of
the Venezuela Steam Transportation Com
pany, an American corporation, and virtual
Imprisonment of certain American citizens.
Adopted. The Senate then went into ex-
ecutive session, and soon after adjourned. =
The House on the 18th passed a bill for re-
lief of the sufferers by the Chicago fire. It
provides that all goods, wares and merchan-
disc sent as contributions for the relief of
the sufferers by fire shall be admitted free of
duty at the port of Chicago, and that draw
back import duties shall be allowed ON mer-
chandise used in the repair of buildings
erected on the burned ground..-..Mr. Pack
ard, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs,
reported a bill to pay F. NJ. Cordeiro, for his
services as Acting Consul of the United
States at Rio Janeiro, at the rate of compen-
sation allowed te the Consul there. Passed.
MIR. Banks, from the Committee on For
eign Affairs, reported a bill fixing the salary
of the United States Consul at Tsein Tsin,
China, at $500. Passed.-..A bill passed
appropriating $50 900 for marking the boun-
Diary line between the United States and the
possessions of Great Britain, from the Lake
of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains..-.
Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 18th, the bill
for the relief of Marshal Campbell, of the
Northern District of Illinois, was passed
1.-THE remainder of the session was taken
up with a discussion of the Amnesty bill.
In the House, on the same day, a bill was
passed fixing the date of pensions at the time
of the discharge or death of the soldier, and
extending the time for application to July 1,
1874....One of the bills passed, and which
gave rise to considerable opposition, estab-
lished the principle of granting a pension to
the widow of a soldier after she had con-
tracted a second marriage, and entered a
second widowhood. The vote on the passage
of the bill was 108 to 85......A resolution call
ing for information as to the condition of the
Louisville and Portland Canal was adopted.
1.-THE House went into Committee of the
Whole on the state of the Union, and soon
after adjourned.