The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-06-07

national Exhibition at Philadelphia in 1876.
...."Adjourned.
In the Senate, on Wednesday morn.
ing, May %, at o'clock, vote was reached
on the extension of the Hsbeas Corpus
(Ku-Klux) bill, and II passed-yeas %,
nays 10. .... The Civil Rights bill was passed
-yess 81, nays l4......The Senate reassem-
BLEED at o'clock. The Supplemental APP
portion nent BILL which gives additional
Representatives to several States that have
large fractions, passed THE Finance
Committee to-day considered the House
Tariff and Tax bill. A large number OF
delegations were on hand, representing
almost every conceivable interest, and i'm
ploring to be heard. The most important
change made in the bill was that raising
the whisky tax to 20 cents a gallon ..... After
the reception of various reports, the Senate
adjourned.
In the House, on Wednesday, May 20,
when the Amnesty bill was received from
the Senate, there was a brief but exciting
discussion because the question was raised
whether it required the approval OF the
President The Speaker ruled that the
signature of the President was necessary
The number of persons relieved Of dis
abilities by the bill is estimated at $50 900
and upwards. The House went into Com
mittee of the Whole on the Sundry Civil
Service Appropriation bill. Having pro-
crossed as far as the forty second page of
the bill, which contains fity-thre pages,
the committee rose, and the House then adj
journed
In the Senate on the 23d, Mr.. Trum-
bull, from the Committee on Judiciary, re-
ported without amendment the House bills
TO repeal the requirement for the iron clad
oath of office, and relating to new trials in
the Court of Claims, and the Senate bill TO
refund taxes paid by State judicial officers
on salaries. Also adversely to the House
bill to allow persons accused of crimes to
testify in their own behalf in United States
Courts.....A very little business was trans
acted, when the Senate went into executive
session, and at p. IN. adjourned.
In the House on the Odd there was very
little business of Importance transacted be.
fore the Sundry Civil Appropriation bill was
reached In Committee of the Whole. This
oc 'upied the entire morning hour, and the
bill as reported was passed under a suspen-
sion of the rules. The evening session was
devoted to a discussion of the bills reported
from the Committee on Naval Affairs.
In the Senate on the oath the Post
office Appropriation bill was reported and
the report agreed to-. Committees of con-
ference on various bills were appointed ......
After a short executive session on the treaty
the Senate adjourned.
In tho House on the oath, Mr.. Henderson
was declared entitled to his seat in the Texas
contested election case. Two thousand dol
lars were awarded the contestant for his
expenses.."..M Mr.. Kerr called up the Senate
bill for the sale of lands held by the Gov
eminent under direct tax laws, and moved
a substitute therefor providing for the re-
demption of such lands within two years,
which was passed.....A bill authorizing the
issuance of college scrip in Ark;fnsas was
passed. Two thousand dollars were APP
priated to reimburse the funeral expenses
of Admiral Farragut...,A Commission was
appointed, with the Speaker as President,
to sit during the recess and revise the rules
of the House, and report at the opening of
the session in December next.....All of the
amendments to the Army Appropriation
bill have been disposed of and committee
Of conference ordered on the disagreeing
votes...". The widow of Gen. Robert Ander-
son was allowed pension of $50 per month.
1.-THE Postothce appropriation taken up,
and without disposing of it, the House took
a recess until evening.
IN the Senate, on the 25th inst, Mr..
Sumner made personal explanation in
reference TO an article published in the New
York Times, which grossly misrepresented
him, in connection with the debate in ex-
ecutive session on the Washington Treaty.
......A bill TO REIN burse Kansas for war ex-
peuses was repor ed...".The time for the
executive session having arrived further gen.
eral business was postponed and the Senate,
after remaining in session for about three
hours, adjourned until the 28th.
There was a protracted call of the House
On the night of the oath for the first time in
this session, the result of which did not end
till o'clock Saturday morning. 1t was
made upon bill TO pay one Wallace, of
Lexington, Mo-, 81 900 for property de-
stroycd during the war. This extraordinary
attempt to command a quorum was to pre-
vent another precedent being established TO
pay that class of claims. Members were |
dragged from their lodgings by the Speak |
ar's warrant, and brought into the House, |
where they were either ined or excused on |
account of illness. Judging from the ex
,uses of that nature, a regular epidemic |
must be prevalent in that city. The mem
Ders had refreshments served on their desks, |
not being allowed TO leave the hall while |
ne call was in progress. The result, after |
Ill, was that the dill passed by two to one, and |
hen the House adjourned till Monday, !
hereby losing whole day for business.
In the Senate, on the 9th ult., the |
pill further regulating the construction of
BRIDGES across the Mississippi river was
passed ......At the request of Mr.. Trumbul, |
he Chairman, the Committee on Judiciary |
vas discharged from further consideration
# petitions against recognizing God in the
in favor of the exclusion of
PERSONS addicted TO the use of intoxicating
liquors, and against amending the Consttu-
ion so "a to make foreigners elig bile for the
Presidency The bill to pay Kentucky's
var ella ms was passed 1.-THE Brazilian
teamship subsidy scheme was defeated.....
The House bill granting the right of way to
ne Dakota and Grand Trunk Railroad Com
,any, and the bill amending an act to estab-
ish ard protect national cemeteries were
passed. The greater portion Of the days
ession was devoted to the consideration of
he Tariff bill.
In the House, on the 9th ult., a substi-
ute was adopted for the bill relating to pen
ions, and the bill, as amended, was passed.
t fixes monthly pensions for disabilities as
ollows Loss or total disability of both
lands, loss of sight, one eye, the sight of
ther having ben previously lost, loss or
otal disability of both feet, or other total