Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-03-15
General News Summary,
CONGRESSIONAL.


PLANTATION, stated that his health would not permit
his serving on the Committee for Investigation
into the alleged sale of arms to the French Gov
ernment. He regretted this but his physician had
imperativcy prescribed repose. Bills were re-
ported-Naval Appropriation bill, with amend
ments; TO establish a branch mint at New Orleans
a bill was passed providing for reporting and
printing the debates Of Congress- renewing the
old contract with the Globe until the end Of the
present Congress, with an amendment for less
expensive index. "A motion was made that the
Nice-President appoint the Investigating Commit
tee into the alleged sale of arms to French agents.
when the Yicc-President declined and resolution
was offered that Senators Hamn Carpenter Sher-
man, Sawyer, Logan, Stevenson and Harlan he the
committee. and suggestion was made that, in view
of the declension of Mr.. Sumner, Mr. Schurz
should be placed on the committee, when motion
was adopted to lay the resolution and amendment
on the table The Legislative Appropriation bill
was further considered e. Executive session and
adjournment.
In the House, on the 1st, the Senate
amendment to the bill removing the stamp duty on
canned fruit, etc, was concurred in IA bill was
passed. for moro effective system of auarnntine in
Southern and Gulf ports. "A resolution was
agreed to authorizing the Speaker to extend an
invitation to the Japanese Embassy to visit the
House of Representatives at such time as should
be convenient to the Embassy, aud consistent with
public business .. The Deficiency Appropriation
bill was furthered considered In Committee of the
Whole. Adjourned the session on the % to be
for general debate only.
In the Senate, on the I'd, a number of
memorials were presented from lumbcrmen in the
Northwest, setting forth their reasons why the
Chicago Relief bill ought not to pass, and a letter
was read in favor of the passage Of the bill .
Memorials for the modification OF the Homestead
laws, and petition from leading bankers and mer-
chants of San Francisco for a reform of the Civil
Service, were presented =. The bill to release to
the state of Indiana the lands known as the bed Of
Beaver Lake, in Newton County, was called up
and debated. Adjourned.
Tho HO,,go ~, tl,o OIL ;,to Go,,,
mittee of the Whole, and a number of speeches
were made on miscellaneous subjects. .Ad-
journed.
In the Senate, on the 4th, bills were
passed-to appoint Medical Purveyor in the
army; to create additional land district in Ne
vada, and also an additional land district in Mime
sofa; authorizing the Secretary OF the Treasury to
purchase site for United States public buildings
in Cincinnati. "A memorial OF the Wisconsin
Legislature in favor of a Niagara ship canal was
read. A remonstTance was presented from Mich
igan grocers against the sudden repeal Of the duty
on tea and coffee. Bills were reported, with
amendments, providing for the erection Of Gov
ernment buildings at Utica, n. Y, Raleigh, N.
G., and Little Rock, Ark, approprating for the
first 100000, and for the Others S1OO 0O0 each.
On motion, the Secretary Of the Treasury di-
rected to ascertain what terms sites for public
buildings are to be obtained in Harrisburg, Pa,
and Sacramento, Cal. The Legislative Appropri-
alton bill was considered. Executive session and
adjournment.
In the House, on the 4th, bills were in
troduced-to reorganize the Land Office; to repeal
the act authorizing the seizure Of books by revenue
officers; to test plan Of storm and flood signals;
appropratng $4,000 for damages by the destruc-
ton of the Lexington Court House N C. while
occupied by Federal forces for aid for a narrow
gauge railroad in Colorado. The Senate bill to
continue in force the grant TO the State OF Nevada
for college purposes was passed A petition
presented from business men of Chicago against
the reduction Of duties foreign salt :. The De-
ficiency Appropriation bill was further considered
in Committee of the Whole. Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 9TH, resolution
was offered and tabled that the election of Senators
in Kansas in 1867 and 1871 be referred to an In
vestigating Committee. to report what action
should be taken by the Senate A bill was passed
to extend the act of 1870 relating to the ranporta
tion of merchandise in bond to the City Of Pitts
burgh The order for appointing Com,
sales Of arms to the French came up.
and, after discussion, the Senate pro
ceeded 10 ballot for the Committee and the follow
Carpenter, Sawyer, Logan, Ames, Harlan and ste
venson. Mr. Stevenson asked to he excused, but
the request was denied-yeas %, nays 26. The
Legislative Appropriation bill was considered, and
amendments were adOpted-prOviding for the ex-
tension of the Capitol grounds aproprating $50,
900 to enable the President to put in fierce the Civil
Service Reform rules Executive session and adj
journment
Elementary to the Apportionment bill was reported
and recommitted, allowing an additional Repre-
sentative to each of the States Of New Hampshire
Vermont, New York, Tennessee, Louisiana, Ala
bama and Florida, such additional Representatives
to be elected from the State at large, unless other
wise provided by legislation. e. The Deficiency
Appropriation bill was taken up and debated. -.
Adjourned
In the Senate, on the 9th, attention was
called to circular signed "Giles A. Smith, and
addressed to leading railroad men throughout the
country. stating that movement was on foot to
secure the passage of act to increase rates paid
to railroads for the carriage Of mails fifty per
cent without reference to existing contracts, and
proposing that they should join the movement
and make contributions to aid it, The circular
gives a list Of railroad Presidents, who, 1t says,
have already entered into the arrangement,
among them William H. Vanderbilt, Thomas A.
the Philosophical Society Of Philadelphia was pre-
sented and referred, asking Congress TO make an
appropriation to enable American astronomers to
join those of other nations in observing the transit
of the planet Venus across the suns disc in Decem
Der, 1874 The Legislative Appropriation bill was
further considered, and several amendments were
disposed Of Executive session and adjourn
ment.
In the House, on the 9th, a reception
was given to the japanese Embassy, who were for
mally presented by General Banks and welcomed
In a speech by the Speaker to which Iwakura re-
sponded. There was an immense assemblage
present on the occasion. Ihe deficiency ApprO-
pratOn bill was further considered in Committee
OF the Whole, and an amendment TO pay laborers,
workmen and mechanics in Government employ
ment, at the rate Of full days wages for eight
hours work, was offered, and modified by a pro-
viso that laborng men in the United States who
work ten hours shall not be taxed to make up the
deficiency for those who only work eight hours,
and the amendment as amended was rejected The
bill was then reported to the House. Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 7th, bilh we're
passed-for the erection OF public buildings at St.
Louis and Little Rock; to provide for the dispos
ton Of that portion Of the military reservation at
Fort Ripley Mimi, lying east Of the Mississippi
River. "A resolution was adopted directing the
Committee on Commerce to make a thorough in
quiry into the subject OF immigration and treat
ment Of immigrants after their arrival in this coun-
try, and also into the quarantine and health regu-
lations at the ports Of New York, Philadelphia and
Baltimore, and that the inquiry extend
also to the treatment OF immigrants by rail-
road companies The Legislative Appropriation
bill was considered and all the amendments made
in committee where concWred in, except those
reserved to be voted on separately. An amend
ment authorizing the employment Of forty addi-
tional clerks Of Glass in the Land Office was laid
on the table substitute was offered for the
amendment appropriating $4,000 to be expended
by the President in putting in force the Civil Ser,
vice reform acquisitions, providing for the repeal
Of all laws or parts Of laws under which the Civil
Service Reform Commission was appointed by the
President of the United States and motion TO lay
the substitute on the table was carried-i0 TO 49,
when considerable discussion ensued on the original
hlhehumeht, Dut, WITHOUT fehchlng vote, the Sen-
ate adjourned.
In the House, on the 7th, bill was
passed to allow the Chicago & Northwestern Rail
road Company to change its projected line OF road
between Fond du Lac and Escanaba, Mich, the
grant of lands not 10 be increased or changed
thereby, The Senate bill for the redemption OF
the temporary three per cent. loan certificates al
the rate Of three millions month was reported ad
versey, and tabled by O large majority. Leave
was asked and refused for the Introduction OF
resolution stating that charges have appeared in
newspapers of large circulation in New York and
elsewhere, calculated TO affect inunoUsly the repu
tation of the Secretary Of the Navy, and to cas-
doubts on the integrity of his administration
| providing for the appointment OF a selec
! Committee Of hye 10 investigate any
! irregularities charged, and TO inquire generally
into the administration OF affairs Of the Navy De
Npartment during the incumbency of the present
| Secretary The Deficiency Appropriation bill
was taken up, and all the proposed amendments
were disposed Of, the one for the payment of I
full days wages to aborers and mechanics in nav