The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-04-09
tIYaOf a; $4,000 for next year iOt that Put,

ton Oi 1000 for next year Tor that buT
pose The amendment was concured h
by a vote Of 70 to a. ''.s,u9l y I. ''. ~ y
The Senate amendment striking ou
the allowance Of the Register OF the Trea
sury Of $125 for every hundred bond
signed by him not to to exceed 1, 500, IVA!
concurred in. 2.
Aler3acting on tlIiyty.three amend
mCnts the committee rose. - - q
Mr., KENDALL introduced % bill 10 re
, lqnire uniform charges for the transporta
ton Of freight and passengers by railroad
companies, to discriminat atons In fayoI
Tor against particular parsons or places
Referred to the Committee on Commerce
i House adjourned. 90 ''"' %" '',,.+ ,,,.,i q
/ 49,, SENATE. sr,..,,, -.
The VICE PREsIDENT laid before the
Senate q certified copy Jot the report ol
the investigating committee Of the Kansas
Legislature relative to bribery and cor.
Eruption In the Senatorial elections Of 1867
and 1871. a' ea. 3i.1 .., ,.,,5 ID, ..,l !,
Mr.. PoMERoY moved 10 refer It to the
Committee on Elections, and said he
hoped there wouldbe On early action and
report, ,,.fts,y,,,yl .sstf.. .>r.4,,
| Mr. CALDWELL expressed tho same
lhope, and said he had been waiting for
the report for some time. ,,.r.zSn,
| The report was referred. kGSS ,5BHk
| Mi SGAssRRIY esented D resolution! a
the Legislature Of California, setting forth
the dangers in Arizona from Apaches, :
On. motion Of Mr.! BLAIR abill passed
authorizing the construction of bridge
across the Missouri River at Bonneville,
Missouri. Ct ,.,,.F A.. r4.,s...,fi
The Indian appropriation bill came up,
but on, motion of Mr.. HOWE the bills
from the Committee on Claims were taken
up. ,tit
"A bill for the relief Of Mrs. Martha Rus
sell, OF Tennessee, appropriating $14, ,975
to compensate her for cotton, and other
articles, destroyed by the Union army
after the battle OF Stone River, was
passed.
A bin appropriatiig $4,000. for the
relief Of ]. Milton Best, OF Kentucky /, as
compensation for the destruction Of his
property by the Union army, passed; yeas
q, nays u .gsbff4 -r!lg tI-,f asa.
Other bills were passed as follows: Bill
Tor the reliefofthe U. 8! Express Co. by
issuing To them certain amount Of Uni
ted States bonds in lieu Of the bonds de.
stroyed by fire in January 1866, and re.
funding to them the value Of certain treas.
Jury notes destroyed at the same time; bill
for the relief Of those suffering from the
destruction OF the salt works in Kentucky
by the army under command ;of General
Buell.; bill conierring on the Court of
Claims power to hear, and determine the
claims of. W.jP Parisha& Co. for damages
for alleged violation by agents of the Uni.
ted States Of contract made with them
for ice to be used by the army in Nash
vile, Cairo, st. Louis and Memphis dur.
ing 1868; bill Tor the relief Of the heirs Of
John Minor Bolts, paying them 81 800
balance due for injuries done TO Bolts pro.
perty by United States troops during tho
war; for the relief of the loyal citizens of
Loudon county, Virginia, for their 1.-Two
stock seized by the United States during
the war; for the relief Of Messfs. Powell
and Dickinson, Of Knoxville, paying them
$64, 900 for cotton seized by the United
States army; to pay Minerva Lewis, the
widow ol James Lewis, 5000 for his
steamer used in capturing Island No. 10;
authorizing the Internal Revenue Depart.
menty to settle the claim Of Robert Will
lliams, Jr., Assessor Of Internal Revenue of
the Third District of Ohio, for stamps
stolen from his office; bill 70 pay Joseph
Segar, Of Va, for the. use of his property
near Fortress Monroe. ~. ~"
MIR. RAMSEY called up the bill TO break
up the system Of straw bids for mail con.
tracts. Passed without amendments.
MIR. COLE, from the Committee on Ap-
prppriations, reported the denciency >ap-
ptopfiation bill with numerous amend
ments, the principal ones cutting down
the appropriations for the QuartermasteTs
Department $245 600, and making the
newlappropriation 100000. NJ 81
( Bills were introduced as follows :
By Mr. KELLOGG, to provide for the
transit of merchant vessels Of heavy
draught, across the bar at the mouth Of
the Mississippi river, by subsidizing the
National Ship Building & Towing Co.
Bills were reported as follows: By Mr..
Wilson, from the Military Committee, in.
cooperating, the National Soldiers and
Sailors Orphan Industrial Training Asso.
ton; also authorizing the Postmaster Gen.
eral to place to the credit OF the Treasurer
OF the United States, for services Of the
Postofice Department, the net proceeds
Of the money order business; and another
by Mr.. CAssRRLY, providing that all regu.
lar contracts hereafter made for over
| So, 900 per annum, may in the discretion
Of the Postmaster General, be continued
lin force not more six months, un.
til q new contract shall be made;
by Mr.. STEvENsoN, from the Indian Com.
mittee Of the House, bill authorizing nc
gotiations forthe purchase Of the southern
portion Of the Ute Indian Reservation in
Colorado; by Mr.. CoRBETT, from the
Committee on Commerce, with amend
ments, bills authorizing the construction
Of bridges across the Mississippi river al
Quincy Ill, and at Warsaw, III. 5ais "a
On motion Of Mr.. COLE The Senate re.
sumed the consideration of the Indian ap.
preparation bill. .... ~ 49,,
!. The pending question was on IMr.
WR1GHT,so motion to reduce the appro,
prlation for the Sioux Indians in Montana
from $500, 900 to 10000. ra.f l,'we' 2
The motion to, reduce the appropria-
ton was lost, and without disposing ol
the bill the Senate adjourned o'.i,i I.
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