The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-03-22
In the Senate ON the 9th Mr.. Logan

In the Senate on the 9th Mr.. Logan
ment of certain officers in the Quarter
masters Department. On motion of Mr..
Thurman ii was amended so as TO apply also
to the Inspector Generals Department.
Passed..... The Senate then resumed con-
sideraton of the Legislative Appropriation
bill. An amendment giving the Land Office
forty additional clerks OF the first class was
adopted. The Senate went into executive
session, and soon after adjourned.
The time Of the House on the 9th was
taken up with discussion of the bill grant
ing half Of Goat Island, in the harbor Of
San Francisco, TO the Central Pacific rail
road. vote was not reached.
In the Senate on the 9TH bills were
passed for the erection of public buildings
at st. Louis and Little Rock......A resolution
was passed directing the Committee on Com
merce to make thorough inquiry into the
subjects of immigration and the treatment
of imm grants after their arrival in this
country and, also, into the quarantine ana
health regulations at the chief ports in the
United States.....The Legislative Appropria
ton bill was discussed until adjournment
In the House on the 7th bill was passed
to allow the Chicago and Northwestern Rail
road Company TO change it's projected line
of road between Fond du Lac, Wis, and
Escanaba, Mich, the grant of lands not TO
be increased or changed thereby ...... The
Deficiency Appropriation bill was passed.
......After some further unimportant business
the House adjourned.
In the Senate on the Sth the Secre-
rotary of the Interior was directed to COM
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
unanimously adopted....The Senate then
went into executive session, and soon after
adjourned to Monday, the llth.
In the House on the same day Mr.. Shanks,
from the Committee on Indian Affairs, re-
ported a bill authorizing the Secretary of
the Interior TO negotiate with the tie IN
dams in Colorado for the extnguishment Of
their right TO the south part OF their reser-
walton. He explained that tbs reservation
contained $4,000, 600 acres, including valua-
bic mineral lands, while the Indians only
numbered 1000. 1t 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
ill.,. The bill for the payment of 800
bounty to soldiers, or their widows and
orphans. mustered into service prior TO
July %, 1861, up to which time no bountics
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 APP
propriates SIS, 25O,OOO. Various amendments
were proposed and rejected, and the COM
mittee rose without reaching vote....Ad-
iOurned TO Monday, March IL.