Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-03-22
General News Summary,
CONGRESSIONAL.

CONGRESSIONAL,
In the Senate, on the 9Th, bills were
introduced providing for the pay Of female nurses
during the war; providing for refunding to State
officers taxes paid on thclr salaries. On motion,
the Secretary Of the Interior was directed to com
muuicate the Information In hH possession concern
ing the occupation Of the Indian Territory by un-
authorized persons. Mr.. Trumbul gave notice OF
an amendment to the resolution Of Mr.. Conkling
requesting the President to transmit TO the Senate
a statement Of recommendations to office made by
senators sear and RON Neb+ssa Ss SsEs in2 of sli s
further information and details concerning
reoommendations for appointments to and re; re;
and Roger Sherman were formally presented to the
United States in theneme of the people Of Connect.
Representatives, and, after appropriate addresses
by Senators buckingham and Ferry, a resolution
accepting the statues and returning the thanks OF
Congfess to the people of Connecticut for present
ing them, was unanimously adopted The Legis-
lative Appropriation bill was further debated, and
the yeas and nays were called for on the pending
amendment, appropriating $4,000 to be expended
by the President for the promotion Of the Civil
Service reform, but without voting thereon the
Senate adjourned to the 1lth.
In the House, on the 9Th, bills were
pa-srd--uutnoriaing tins Secretary of the Interior
to negotiate with the Ute Indians in Colorado for
the extnguishment OF their right to the south part
Of their reservation; for the payment Of 800
bounty to soldiers, or their widows and orphans,
who were mustered into the service prior to the
provision Of United States Judges to those
who had resigned after the LIST of January,
1865, and before the passage OF the act OF
the 10th Of April, 1869, after having attained
the age OF seventy years, and held their COM
missions at least twenty years, the pension to COM
mence from the date o. resignation The Post
Office Appropriation bill, appropriating &2S 0OO
was considered in Committee Of the Whole, and
an amendment to increase the pay Of letter-car-
riers was rejected-20 to "a. A resolution
Off oh cd N or he
ment Of Joint Committee Of three from each
house to devise the wisest and best means for the
pacihcation OF Mexico, and the establishment OF
law and order our own borders. Adjourned
to the 18th.
In the Senate, on the 18th, several
remonstrances were presented against the Chicago
Relief bill Twelve thousand copies OF the cen
sus report were ordered to be printed. The bill
for the appraisement and sale OF Kansas Indian
lands, in the State Of Kansas, was reported, with
amendment A bill was introduced approprat-
ing 100000 for a Government building at Carson,
New ... The Appropriation bill was further consid
cred, and q lengthy debate ensued on the Civil
Service question, when the pending amendment
approprating $4,000 for the Civil Service Reform
was agreed to-25 to Gland a motion to lay on the
table the amendment repeating the laws providing
for the publication Of laws In newspapers was lost
... .Ad djourned.
In the House, on the 18th, bills were
introduced and referred-to abolish the grade Of
Vice Admiral and Rear Admiral, and to correct
other abuses in the navy; authorizing the con
struction of bridge over the Ohio River at Hen
derson, KY; to tax incomes OF over $4,000; to con-
meet the telegraph system with the postal SYSTEM
various land dgrant bills. resolution was adopt
ed for investigating the charges affecting Secretary
Roheson. A motion to suspend the rules and
adopt the resolution declaring II to be unconstitu
tional, and a tyrannical usurpation Of power for
Congress to attempt to force mixed schools on
States or to pass any law interfering with churches
public carriers, or innkeepers, was rejected yeas
50, nays 81 =. The Senate amendment to the House
bill for a Government building at st. Louis was
non-concurred in, and Committee of Conference
ordered The Speaker announced as the Select
Committee on charges against the Secretary OF the
Navy, Messrs. Blair Mich j. Sargent, Peters, Voor-
hees and Warren. A bill was passed to suppress
the system Of straw bids for carrying the mails,
and authorizing the Postmaster-G General to accept
new sureties from contractors in place OF existing
the Secretary of War for detailed statement as to
sales Of arms and ordnance stores since June, 1865
instructing the Committee on Ways and Means to
report on the proprety OF aboishing all internal
revenue laws, and imposing taxes on States in pro-
portion to population declaring that the policy of
granting subsidies in public lands to railroad and
other corporations ought 10 be discontinued, and
that every consideration OF public policy and equal
justice to the whole people require the public lands
to be held for homesteads for actual settlers and
for educational purposes. Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 18th, bills were
passed granting right OF way to the Great South
ern Railroad in Florida authorizing the construc-
tion OF bridge at Bonneville, Mo. A bill for
refundinR to state officers taxes paid on salaries,
was reported adversely and put on the calendar.
petition was presented, signed by 5000 soldiers
Of Indiana for a modification Of the Homestead
law and equalization OF bounties -. Bills were
introduced - to prevent the destruction
OF timber on public lands; providing that votes for
Congressmen shall be by written or printed ballots;
to provide an adequate supply OF circulating
medium for the States needing it,. The Legis-
lative Appropriation bill was taken up and the
amendment repeating the law authorizing the
publication OF laws in newspapers, was laid on the
table-42 to 2l-and an amendment was adopted
appropriatIng $4,000 for such publication. Several
other amendments were offered Adjourned.
In the House, on the 18th, resolution
was adopted, declaring b. F. Myers entitled to u
seat from the Sixteenth PENN District A mo-
ton to reconsider the vote by which the Amnesty
bill was passed was made and laid over. The bill
granting to the Central Pacific Railroad the use Of
half OF the Island Of Yerba Buena, in San Fran
cisco, was taken up and recommitted with instruc-
tons. The PostOfice Appropriation bill was
considered in Committee OF the Whole. Ad-
journed.
In the Senate, on the 18th, bill was
passed, authorizing survey ana marINInE Of the
boundary line betwssn tina United States and the
British Possessions, from the Lake OF the Woods
to the summit Of the Rocky Mountains. The
resolution asking the President 10 communicate
to the Senate the number Of recommendations
for office made by the Senators from New York,
Illinois, Missouri and Nebraska was called up,
and considerable debate followed. The Legis-
lative Appropriation bill was further considered
and several amendments were disposed Of. Ad-
iourned.
In the House, on the 18th, bills were
passed-providing that minors shall not be enlist
ed in the military service without the consent OF
their parents or guardians granting to the Daven-
port St Paul Railroad right OF way over the Gov
ernment Rock Island Qll) bridge, the company ia
contribute one-third OF the expenses OF maintain
ing the bridge. The Post-Oh Appropriation bill
was further considered in Committee Of the Whole,
but none OF the pending amendments were dis
posed Of Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 14th, the bill for
the erection OF public buildings at st. Louis was
reported from the Committee on Conference and
eoncurred in. 1t provides that the amount OF the
| appropriation nxed by the House shall not be in.
creased A bill was introduced furnishing trusseI
to disabledisoldiers The Legislative ApprOpria
| tion bill was taken up, and amendments were
adopted increasing the salaries OF United States
District Judges and Judges OF the Court of Claims
| to $1,000; providing for the transfer OF Judges
from District to another, according to the ext
| igencies Of the occasion; and appropriatipg the
necessary money to pay the increased salaries
| The bill was then passed The tariff bill waf
| taken up, and notice was given OF an amendment
making tea and coffee free e. Executive session
and adjournment.
| In the House, on the 14th, large mum
Der OF private bills were passed, including some
for the remission Of taxes on spirits destroyed by
the Chicago fire. The bill to extend the time fol
| the State of Wisconsin to complete the Lake St
Croix Railroad was taken up and debated, and
substitute was moved declaring the lands all for
fsted to the United States and reserving them fol
homestead entry and settlement under the Home
stead act Of 1852 =. A report was made and agreed
TO from the Conferences Committee on the bill fol-
a St. Louis Custom House, approprialng $500,OOC
for a site and .75OO 900 for the binding. A re-
port was made on the Alabama Contested Election
case, with resolution that Handy, the sitting
member, is entitled TO the seat. Adjourned
THE OLD WORLD.
A London dispatch of the sth says the Med
ical Commission had found that O'Connor