Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-02-16
General News Summary
CONGRESSIONAL.
Senate not in session on the Cd.

| Denule nOJ Ill SESSION on inc Su.
In the House, on the I'd, memorial
was presented against the passage Of the Chicago
Relief bill as impractcabe, unjust, unsettling val
ues, complicating the collection Of revenue, open
ing way to fraud, and imposing on few classes
burden Of relief which should be borne equally
| alike by all. An amendment to the Indian APP
preparation bill was adopted providing that no
payment be made to hostile Indians, and
that deductions for Indian depredations are
to be made, and then the bill was passed. Several
bills for the extension of patents passed The
bill to establish an Educational Fund, and to apply
the proceeds Of the public lands to the education
Of the people, was taken up and lengthy and ami
mated debate ensucd. =. A bill was introduced ex-
tending to Toledo the privileges of the 35th sec
tion OF the Internal Revenue act allowing goods to
be taken there in bond Adjourned, the ses
sion on the Sd to'be for general debate only.
In the Senate, on the 5th., the creden-
tials Of Mr., Ransom, as Senator-elect from North
| Carolina, were presented and referred Memo
rials were presented from Michigan umbcrmcn
ngOinst the Chicago Relief bill. Bills were re-
ported from the Committee Public Lands
| without amendment, to extend the time for the
| state Of Wisconsin to complete the road from
| additional lano ulstIivts in minnesota, TO
continue in force the grant to Nevada for
settlers burned out in Minnesota, Wisconsin and
| Michigan, with an amendment allowing them
year from the passage Of the act to rebuild on and
occupy said homestead lands . The Amnesty bill
was taken up, and a motion to table the pending
bill and take mp the last Amnesty bill passed by the
| amendments offered to the pending bill were dis
cussed at considerable length. Executive session
! and adjournment.
In the House, on the 5th, bills were in
MISUNDERSTANDING the Freedmen's Bureau for
the organization of the Indian Territory Of Okla
hannah; for a railroad bridge over the Mississippi
for the Western Union Railroad Company A
bill was passed removing political disabilities from
all persons who took the oath to support the Con-
stitution of the United States postmasters or
| DOstmnStprS: United States MArGhOls
deputy and assistant United States Marshals
Judges OF Probate and Judges Of other
courts of inferior jurisdiction in any State and
| clerks or other officers of such courts; clerks
and registers of equity courts and masters and ex-
aminers IN cchancery; sheritis and deputy shcrhs:
justices OF theipeacc and all municipal officers in
Guiding Mayor, Aldermen and other officers Of any
city, town, or village; consables and all other
| ecutive and administrative officers who were by
law elected to office previous to the rebellion and
whose general duties were restricted to the city,
county, town; village or parish for which they were
elected; plOCided, that the benefit of the act shall
not extend to any persons although included in the
foregoing classes who resigned their seats as Mem
bers Of Congress, or who resigned officers of the
| army or navy, and afterward Joined the rebellion
or members Of the convention in any State which
adopted the ordinance Of secession. Provided
that persons relieved take the oath of allegiance
to the United States before a clerk OF the United
States Court Of the district in which they reside
| adopt resolution declaring that the highest pa
| triotism and most enlightened public policy de-
mand of all political parties, and Of all citizens.
| Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution, and
! such reasonable legislation of Congress may be
necessary to make them, in their letter and spirit
the most ehectual-l20 TO 81: to suspend the rules
and adopt the resolution recognizing the Thir-
teenth Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments as
valid parts of the Constitution-1G6 TO %. .Ad-
! journed
In the Senate, on the 9th, a petition
.. was presented from New York merchants, favorng
reform in the Civil Service in the seizure Of books
| of merchants . Memorials were presented-oft the
! householders OF the District OF Columbia, asking
the aid OF Congress to protect them against the cx
| ting forth that it has already incurred debt of
S130O0o 900, equal to onesixth of the value Of the
whole district; of Lucy Stone and Others for
mans suffrage and the right OF office IN the Terri
| tories A bill was reported making 1t an Of
! fense punishable by one years imprisonment and
$1,000 fine, for any private corporation, firm, in
dividual TO issue any obligation promise to pay
to be used as a circulating medium currency 49,.
A resolution offered, asking the President to
! sion relative to the alleged intention Of Great
| Britain to revoke the Treaty Of Washington, on
which resolution an animated debate ensued, when
! the resolution went over, and the Amnesty bill
up in regular order, and further discussed.
Executive session and adjournment.
In the House, on the 9th, bills were in
| trOduced-for the construction OF a bridge across
the Mississippi, from St. Clair County H., to South
st. Louis; for the establishment of the mail
service to Australia, to promote telegraphic com
muncntion between America, Asia and Europe; for
the sale of the Miami Indian lands in Kansas i ant
ing pensions to certain soldiers pilots and others
! in the Black Hawk war; for bridging the Missis-
/ sippi at Muscatine "A bill was reported and
recommitted, refunding all taxes heretofore
collected on any income, from salaries of officers
| of State Governments A protest was presented,
of the Radical Reform Club of Philadelphia against
the introduction of religious test laws into the
Constitution. A petition was presented OF sol
diers for equalization Of bounties The bill to
establish educational fund, and to apply the pro-
ceeds of the public lands to the education of the
| DCODlp further considered amendments
were debated. Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 7th, petition
was presented OF many Irish citizens against free
trade. Bills were reported from committees-with-
! out amendment, House bills extending the priyi
| leges Of the act of July H. 1870 TO the port of
| Toledo Ohio authorizing the transfer from one
car vessel to another of goods in bonded trans
portation under the regulations Of the Secretary of
clerks in the Executive Department authoriz-
| ing the purchase OF secured obligations of
introduced to provide for the appointment OF a
! Commission on the subject of prohibitory legisla
| tion for the suppression Of intemperance. The
annual Pension bill, approprating over $3OOO0,OOO
was reported from committee, with amendments
| and passed A resolution was adopted directing
inquiry as to whether any United States Senator
has received money, under of counsel fees
| or otherwise, from the Treasury OF the
| United States. in violation Of law The Amnesty
| bill was taken up, and Mr. Carpenter's substitute
| for Mr. Summers Civil Rights bill was rejected
| year. II; nays, 35. motion was made to strike
out the seventh section OF Mr.. Summers bill which
| would repeal all laws, whether State or National
which discriminate against and color by the
use Of the word white; to this Mr.. Sumner con-
| sented, but objection being made the question
| went over. Adjourned.
In the House, on the 7th, the Educa-
tional bill was taken up, and amendments were
agreed to-that the bill shall not abridge the power
OF Congress to interfere with granting bounty
lands requiring distribution to be made on the
basis Of school age OF the population also, on the
RIM Tntv
providing that the bill shall not affect existing
laws and regulations in regard to the
adjustment and payment to States upon their ad-
mission into the Union of five per cent Of the net
proceeds of sales of public lands within their re-
spective limits that the act shall not impair or
suspend any Presumption or Homestead law All
| of the substitutes on which votes taken were
! rejected but pending the consideration Of mo-
tion to reconsider one OF them the House ad-
journed.
In the Senate, on the 9th, memorials
were presented from merchants OF Wisconsin, Chi
cago and elsewhere, complaining of hardships and
injustice arising under the administration OF the
Revenue laws Bills were passed the
Secretary Of the Treasury TO redeem three millions
per month Of three per cent certificates; TO restore
the records of the United States Courts in the
Northern District of Illinois bill was reported
to establish the Territory Of Ozibaway to consist
OF that portion of Dakota lying north OF the 46th
parallel with an amendment changing the name of
the proposed territory to Pembna, A bill was in
oduced to prevent the increase OF the debt of the
District OF Columbia, declaring void the District
$4,000 900 loan TOT 1871 and also the act authorz-
ing the issue of 100000 in favor Of the Piedmont
Railroad The Amnesty bill was taken up, and
Mr.. Sumner withdrew his consent to the striking
out Of the seventh section, repeating or annuling
all laws discriminating against any person the
ground of color, and the motion TO strike out this
section was lost-yeas 25 nays 49, A motion to
strike out all reference to churches was agreed TO
80 TO 23-and motion TO strike out the fourth
section In relation to jurors was ostyeas H. nays
| H.. Adjourned
In the House, on the 9Th, report was
made from the Committee on Elections in the Penn
sylyania case OF Cessna against Myers, that Myers
was entitled TO the seat. The Senate blu Iefund.
ing ~ per cent dividend tax on banks, insurance
companies, etc, during the last i've months was
tabled. and an original hill to the same effect was
referred 81. The Educational bill was taken up all
pending substitutes were rejected, and the bill as
amended was passed-115 to 9s -. The members
prOoeeded 20 draw for seats After Mhieh the Honse