Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-03-27
FORTY-sECOND CONGRESS.
SECOND SESSION
rrrspAr, March 49,

SECOND SESSION
TUESDAY, March 10.
10 the Senate the bill to pay 100000 prize
money to the officers and crew Of the kearsargc
for the destruction Of the Alabama was passed.
4 bill to reimburse marshals for expense in taking
the ninth census was reported The Chicago
relief bill was considered and the substitute pro-
posed by the finance committee agreed to.
In the House, a resolution was adopted calling
upon the President for information relative to the
case of Dr. j. T.. Howard, citizen Of the United
States, who has been transported by the Spanish
authorities in Cuba to penal settlement in Az
RIGA The bill providing for the publication OF
reports of congressional proceedings was passed
The judiciary committee was directed to investi-
gate the charges against Mark H. Dolahay, dis
trict Judge for Kansas Consideration Of the bill
to carry into effect the provisions Of the Wash
ington treaty was postponed for four weeks. The
committee Of ways and means was instructed to
consider the cxpcdiency Of making the fiscal year
begin January lst The Pacific mail subsidy was
discussed in committee Of the whole
WEDNESDAY, March 20
In the Senate the Chicago relief bill-thot re.
ported from the finance committee-was passed.
A hin was reported 20 confirm the sales Of Shaw
nee Indian lands in kansas. The tarin bill was
discussed without action
In the House the bills relative to the c1nstruc.
ton Of bridges across the Ohio River, and author
izing the building Of bridge across the Missis-
sippi at Clinton, Iowa, were passed. \ bill was
reported for the appointment of commissioners to
superintend the shipping and discharge Of sea-
men on American merchant ships and for the fur
Their protection Of scamen The bill for the re.
organization Of the civil service, a special order
of the day, was postponed for four weeks. The
post-oilice appropriation bill was considered in
committee Of the whole, and the amendment
making the Pacific mail service semi monthly and
the compensation s 900 600 was rejected. The
bill was subsequently reported to the House and
passed.
TnraspAY, Mar 81.
In the senate, the House bill making pensions
payable from the date Of discharge, or the death
Of the person on whose account they were grant
ed, was reported adversely aud indefinitely post
poned Tie tariff bin was discussed In the
House the bill for the appointment Of shipping
commissioners was postponed for two weeks y
bill to facilitate commerce between the United
States and Asia was reported, discussed and Ia
bed The Chicago relief bill was referred to
the WAYS and means committee. The army APP
preparation bill was considered without action.
FRlpAY, Mar %.
In the Senate bills were reported to secure
homesteads to actual settlers on the public do
main, repeating the prescription laws and pro-
yiding for homestead settlements only, and 20
incorporate the Great Salt Lake and Colorado
River Railway Company with grant Of right Of
way The soldiers homestead bill was passed
The tariff bill was discussed and amended by put
ting tea and coffee on the free list The Senate
adjourned until Monday
In the House tho day was devoted b the pas
sage Of large number Of private bills and the
consideration Of matters concerning the District
Of Columbia
SATURDAY, March %.
The Senate was not in session. In the House
no business Of public character was transacted
MoNDAY, Mar 25
Ia the Senate bills we're passed for the sale Of
the marine hospital in San Francisco for the en-
ploymcnt Of surmen at the liie-saying stations on
the New Jersey coast establishing a collection
district at Duluth, MINI, and making st Paul
a port Of entry to enlarge St. Mary's Falls canal !,
authorizing the extension of the track Of the Lake
Ontario Shore Railroad across Oswego harbor .
extending the customs and navigation laws over
Alaska and adjacent waters and islands authoris.
ing the construction Of railroad bridges across
the Ohio River at Evansville and Mount Vernon,
Ind. providing for the deepening of tho St. Clair
flats canal increasing the salaries Of various con-
sulates, and authorizing mail steamship service
between New Orleans and Mexican ports
In the House the Senate soldiers homestead
bill was passed bill for the erection ola colossal
statue of Admiral Farragut in Farragut square
Washington, was reported and passed.