The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-03-14

in the amendment adopted in Committee
of the whole, appropriating $4,000 for
civil-service leform, and it was agreed 20
yeas 25, nay 81.
The Senate soon after adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
On Thursday last MIR, Townsend (Pa)
from the committee Of Public Lands re-
ported bill 20 allow the Chicago and
Northwestern Railroad Company to
change its projected line Of road between
Fond du Lac 6 Escanaba, Mich, the
grant of lands not to be increased or
changed thereby. Passed
MIR. Ketchum Chairman of the Com
mittee on Public Lands, reported back
the Senate bill for the comp elton Of the
ST. Croix & Lake Superior Railroad, and
it was mrde the special order for Thurs
day next, the IL inst.
The amended bill making Pittsburg a
port of delivery was cOucurred in.
The bill for the payment Of $500 boun-
ty to suldiers, or their widows and orphans,
who were mustered into service prior to
the 22d of July, 1861, up TO which time
no bounties were allowed, was taken up
On motion of Mr. Kellogg, ofCoInecti -
cut, the bill was amended, making it
apply to soldiers who were mustered in
before the 9th day of August, and was
then passed
Mr. Brooks On W offered the follow
ing resolution:
Resolved, the Senate cOncurring, That
the President of the Senate and Speaker
of the house Of Representatives appoint q
Joint Committee OF three from each body,
TO devise the wisest andsbest means for the
pacticatiOn Of Mexico, and the establish
ment Of law and order on our own borders.
Mr.. C0glan however objected and the
matter went over.
The following axe some Of the more
important bills introduced and referred
during the week: BY Mr.. Morgan--To
| abolish the grades Of Vice Admiral and
Rear Admiral, and correct other abuses
in the navy. By Mr. Rice-To tax in
comes over $4,000. BY Mr.. Palmetto
connect .he telegraph system with the
postal system. This is substantially the
Hubbard postal telegraph bill introduced
and referred.
| During the discussion on the navy De-
partment Mr. Blair (Mlchigan) asked
| leave to offer resolution stating that
charges have appeared in papers of large
| circulation, in New York and else there,
calculated to affect injuriously the reputa.
ton of the secretary OF tue Navy, and to
cast doubts On the integrity of his admin
lstration of the Navy Department and,
therefore, providing for the appointment
of a select Committee of five to investigate
any irregularities charged, and to inquire
generally into the administration of affairs
of the Navy Department during the in
cumbency of the present Secretary.
Mr.. Sargent stated in behalf, and at the
request Of the Secretary of the Navy, that
he desired the investigation should take
place, and courted it to the fullest extent
Mr. Banks said there was nothing al :.
legged IL the resolution that justified an
inquiry, and it ought not to be made ON
newspaper charges. Every member of
the House, and every member of the Gov
eminent, had Ueen, and always would be,
abused by newspapers, and the House
ought to have something more than cita-
tions of this character.
After considerable discussion objections
were made to the reception Of the resolu
ton, but on lis being brought forward
again on the following day it was adopted
and an investigation ordered. The fol
lowing is the committee as announced
10y the Speaker on the charges preferred
against the Secretary OF the navy: Messrs.
Blair of Michigan, Sargent, Peters, Voor
hees and Warren. re-
Mr. Getz offered resolution instruct
ing the Committee of Ways and Means to
report on the propriety of abolishing all
internal revenue laws and imposing taxes
on the states in proportion to population,
which was agreed to.
Mr. Killinger offered resolution de-
claring that the policy of granting sub
sides in public lands to railroad and other
corporations ought to be discontinued,
and that every consideration Of public
policy and equal justice to the whole PEG.
pie requires the public lands to be held
for homesteads for actual settlers ard for
educational purposes. Agreed to with.
out division.
An honest carpenter in Somerville,
Mass, while recently repairing q
very ancient bureau for citizen of
that place found a secret drawer con-
tanning an old-fashioned gold watch.
several gold pencils, and number
of Spanish doubloons, valued at
$3.50. The owner of the bureau
shared his good luck with the dis
coverer.
David Dudley Field in an argu-
ment on Friday last, denounced At
torney General Barlow as a ''rnalic-
ious, stupid scoundrel." 1