Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1872-05-31

establishment of an agricultural colleges to settle
land in Iowa in relation to settlers ON certain Ieee
yations in Minnesota. The following 6il1 S were
passed.; In relation to settlers on the West Msc ~
bridge across the Mississippi at or near hed WHY,
Mimi. and to establish it as post route'''-Au-
In the House on Thursday. May l6. the Tariff and !
Tax R taken gp in peoced o@
per cent Paper of all kinds was added to the ,ss
da af Ts To- be es
tion for adjournment sine die on Monday June 4 as
following bills were passed To create an additional
land district in Kansas relating 70 the Az
granting like right of way to the
Th rst a n ar wsg R Ss
for the relief Of certain homestead settlers on pu PIC
Aug H. 1854 TO graduate and reduce the price OF pub
lie Iands.....Adjourned. E aa
In the Senate on Friday, May IL, the
bill to amend the to provide for the greater secu
steam was passed...The Habeas Corpus Suspension
bill came up as unfinished business but was postponed
bill w ss taEen up in Committees Of the Whole All Of
offered By General Butler pToydg that rGm p aid
in greenbacks Treasury notes. The Maine interest
carried the day in the closing section by the ADOPTION
steel in rods and bars and bolts wooden sailing
vessels, built in the United States for the foreign
list to-day are saltpeter ganpowder emery ore,
internal revenue sections of the bill, after motion
by MIR. speer to repeal the whole internal revenue
system, on which no vote was taken, the House au-
journed ..t ...-s.I,, q. .r.s.-i
In the Senate on Saturday, May is, Mr..
Sherman reported from the Committee on Finance
bill to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to issue
bonds in lieu Of bonds ana deisGed rassed
discussed through the morning hour. After agreeing
to ad
experiments with, and tests of, heavy ordnance the
Senate went in executive session. ana soon AFTER ad
journed. - ,
In the House on Saturday. May Is. number Of
private bills were passed. the most OF which
was the bill making appropriations for the payment
of claims allowed by the Southern Claims C1mm ms
question being test case involving large drains on
the treasury was the Senate bill to pay $250o TO pr
the destruction of his dwelling house and contents by
United States troops under order of the commanding
officer. Passed....AdJourned oa~ t.H
In the Senate on Monday, May 20, the
Supplemental Apportionment bill, giving one add
tionaI representative to New. HAMPSHIRE. Vermont
New York. Pennsylva mia, Indiana, Tennessee, Lousi-
ana, Alabama and Florida, came up. The bill was
laid over for further examination the evening
ton. the Mississippi Senators, Messrs. Alcorn and
Ames occupying most of the time in abuse of each
In the House on Monday May 20. Mr.. Dawes moved
Whole DISCHARGED rom further consideraton Of the
Tariff and Tax BILL and that that BILL as amended by
eS 40 es
The resolution for final adjournment on the
Buer 1Hs the Pres
dent OF the United States if not detrimental to the
Executive has any knowledge of any promise being
made by any official person that claims ior indirect
Arbitration, and if so, by whom such promise was
made or understanding given, and. if any what ar
British Government by which the American Senate
should not be placed in position recurring confess
rangement Whatever has been made with the Govern
ment of Great Rritain with official thereof by
controlled or infuenced in this behalf and if SO, by
whom, and when, and by what authority such ar
Foreign Affairs....Mr. Cox offered resolution re
questng the President to join with the Italian Govern
ment in protest at the intolerance andcruelty prac
tsed toward the Jews of Roumania. Adopted.
Adjourned. UE gIf 3 t3>H 80 HHoIH
In the Senate on Tuesday, May 81, the
Finance Committee had under consideration the
House Tax and Tariff BILL and a disposition was
manifested to increase the reductions So 600 to
$15 600 OOO making all $6OOOO00O 100000
THE Habeas Corpus Suspension bill was taken up
At 2:45 M the Senate was still in session. without
immediate prospect OF hnal vote on the bill or adj
In the House Tuesday, May p, Mr.. Beck pre-
bond destroyed by casualty The bill is altered
to apply only to spirits destroyed by accidental fire
other casualty, and without any fraud collision,
neglect of the owner, on which taxes had not been
paid at the lime of destruction. and which spirits
were in the custody of officer of the internal reve-
nue. in any distillery, warehouse or bonded ware
house. The report agreed to:.....The Postoice
Appropriation bill was dis cusSed Tho Senate amend
ment doubling the service and subsidy for carrying
the mail between San Francisco Japan, and China
was concurred 1n..Ameng the bills passed at the
evening session those incorporating Loomis's
Aerial Telegraph Company, and relative to the Gem
tennial International Exhibition at Philadelphia in
1S76......Adjourned.
In the Senate, on Wednesday morning,
May %. at O'clock vote reached on the
tenton of the Habeas Corpus (Ku- Klux) bill. and it
passed-yeas 2S nays l5.. The Civil Rights bill
passed-yeas 81 nays IA 1.-The Senate reassembled
at O'Clock. The Supplemental Apportonment bill,
which gives additional Representatives to several
Finance Committee to-day considered the House
Tariff and Tax bill. A large number of delegations
on hand, representing almost every conceivable
interest, and implorng to be heard. The most i'm
portant change made in the bill that raising the
whisky tax to 20 cents per the recep-
ton of various reports the Senate adjourned
In the House, on Wednesday, May %, when the
Amnesty bill received from the Senate there
brief but exciting discussion because the question
was raised whether it required the approval of the
President The Speaker ruled that the Presidents
signature was necessary. The number of persons
900 and upwards...T The House went into Commit
tee of the Whole on the Sundry Civil Service Appro
prlatlon BILL Having progressed as far the forty
second page of the bill. which contains fty-three
pages, the committee rose, and the House then adj