The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-03-22
Proceedings in Congress.

TetdIy Oh Inc wan aHcctcH W coAi-
municate the information in his possession |
concerning the occupation of the Indian |
Territory by unauthorized persons.....Stat- !
ues OF Jonathan Trumbull and Roger Sher- |
man were formally presented to the United |
States, in the name Of the people of Connec- |
ticut, to be placed in the old hall of the |
House of Representatives. In making the |
presentation, Mr.. Buckingham and Mr..
Ferry made appropriate addresses. Mr..
Anthony offered a resolution accepting the |
statues, and returning the thanks Of Con- |
gress to the people OF Connecticut for pre-
senting them, and briefly addressed the
Senate on the subject. The resolution was
unanimously adopted 1.-THE Senate then
went into executive session, and soon after
adjourned to Monday, the l1th.
In the House on the same day Mr.. 6hanks,
from the Committee on Indian Affairs, re-
ported a bill authorizing the Secretary OF
the Interior to negotiate with the Ute In
dams in Colorado for the extnguishment Of
their right to the south part Of their reser-
walton. lie explained that t.,is reservation
contained 100000 acres, including valua-
BILE mineral lands, while the Indians only
numbered 1000. It is desirable TO have the
title put in the Government, so that mineral
interests there might be developed. The
bill was passed. ..... The amended bill making
Pittsburgh port of delivery was concurred
in......The bill for the payment Of 500
bounty TO soldiers, or their widows and
orphans, mustered into service prior to
July %. 1861, up TO which time no bounties
were allowed, was taken up. On motion OF
Mr. Kellogg, Of Connecticut, the bill was
amended, making it apply to soldiers who
were mustered in before the 9th day OF
August, and was then passed......The House
| went into Committee of the Whole on the
Post Office Appropriation bill. The bill ap-
propriates $2s ,25O000. Various amendments
| were proposed and rejected, and the COM
mittee rose without reaching q vote......Ad-
journed to Monday. March ii.
| In the Senate on the 18th twelve
thousand copies Of the census report were
ordered to be printed AFTER the introduce
ton Of several new bills the Appropriation
bill was taken up. The amendment APP
propriating $4,000 for civil service reform
was adopted by a vote of Is TO 2l...... With
out further action the Senate adjourned.
In the House on the llth reso'
luton was adopted for Investigate
ing the charges affecting Secre-
tary Robson, and Messrs. Blair (Mich.),
Sargent, Peters, VOORHEES, and Warren were
appointed select committeeman Getz
offered resolution instructing the Commit
tee of Ways and Means to report on the
propriety Of abolishing all internal revenue
laws, and imposing taxes on States in pro
portion TO population, which was agreed TO
Mr.. Farnsworth, from the Post Ofcs
Committee, reported bill to suppress thu
, system of straw bids for carrying,mails, ant
providing that any person who has put in
| bid and who then fails to enter into con
, tract and TO perform service, shall b
deemed guilty Of misdemeanor, and be liza
t bic to penalty of $1,000 fine and one year
D imprisonment. An amendment authors
|. | ing the Postmaster General to accept ne'
, sureties from contractors in place OF exist
D | ing sureties was agreed to. The bill 9
/ amended then passed $3.50. Mr.. Killinger o.
8 fered resolution declaring that the polio
. of granting subsidies in public lands
: railroad and other corporations ought to b
discontinued, and that every considerable
!. of public policy and equal justice TO tn
1 whole people require the public lands to
Q held for homesteads for actual settlers an
!. for educational purposes. Agreed to will
f out Acknowledgment.
: In the Senate on the 18th the bi
granting the right Of way to the Grei
4 Southern railroad in Florida was passet
n ......A resolution was adopted asking th
President to inform the Senate wh'
!. amount of money had been expended by th
l y
J, telegraph service, including cable di
patches, and the rates paid...... The Legisli
tive Appropriation bill was taken up. A
amendment was adopted appropriatin
q $5O, 900 for the publication Of laws in II
= newspapers. An amendment providing thu
after the publication of the laws OF Il
present Congress the publication of the Law
Il in newspapers shall cease was also adopte
......Adjourned. 49,,
II ing to the Central Pacific railroad the u
y of half of the island of Yerba Buena, in 8,
e Francisco harbor, was taken up and hnal
D recommitted to the Pacific Railroad Cor
10 mittee, with instructions to amend by pr
> viding that the President appoint thr
n commissioners at the expense of the Centr
e Pacific road to hear all parties intereste
ic who shall award, three months alter q
At appointment, such sum for the use Of hi
y Of the island as shall be just and equltao
d to be paid by the Central Company .....
j. resolution declaring B. F. Myers entitled
,e the seat from the Sixteenth Pennsylvar
to District was adopted......The House We
10 into Committee Of the Whole on tho Pot
ar Office Appropriation bill, and soon after .
8 journed.
&c In the Senate on the 18th bill v
is passed authorizing . survey, and mark
IA of the boundary line between the Unit
States and the British Possessions from
4. Lake of the Woods 70 the summit Of
Rocky Mountains. The remainder OF
n session was taken up with the discussion
a. Mr. Conkling's reso luton as to rccomm.
nd dations for Office by the Senators from
n York, Illinois, Missouri and Nebraska.
w In the louise on the same day bill '
of passed providing that minors shall not
re enlisted in the military service without
nd consent Of their parents or guardians..'