Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-03-21
Proceedings in Congress.


In the Senate on the 7th bills were passed
for the erection of public buildings at st. Louis and
Little Rock--..-A resolution was passed directing the
COMMITTEES on Commerce to make a thorough INQUIRY
immigrants after their arrival in this country; and,
also, into the quarantine and health regulations at the
Appropriation bill was discussed until adjournment.
the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Company to
change its projected line of road between Fond du
not to be increased Or Changed thersbs~-;The Def:
further unimportant business the House adjourned
In the Senate on the Sth the Secretary of
the Interior was directed to communicate the in
formation in his possession concerning the occupation
of the Indian Territory by unauthorized persons..--
were formally presented to the United States, in the
9 ma Ss IF IT the fb pe Hoss of o S9RR anTasent,;t f. be 3 PLACED &c 1s IN the
the ,presentation. MT. Buckingham and Mr. Ferry
resolution accepting the statues. and returning the
presenting them, and briefly addressed the Senate on
the subject The resolution was unanimously adopt
and soon after adjoprnedto Mo95ay: The iii.
ing the Secretary 2; the Interior to negotiate with the
their right to the south part of their reservation: He
acres. including valuable mineral lands, while the
Indians only numbered 1000. It is desirable to have
terests there might be developed. The bill was passed,
delivers dsii!esy s %as eS1au PTs R Pnrsl.Th9 Pbfd lit for he : pa R1Fs ct
o OF SlGS S %So ye fe s9uaieTs, or into ths SERVICES E.d1 DTior and I'd
July %, 1861, up to which time no bounties were
cct o0neetiic %as t thss 6li r Ras am ame @StsGn making 0a mn; ffts appiy to- to-
I fGaGlsTs s M6p w %sf them %q passed.. in RsiG He1 aae f fbs d Went ct
into COMMITTEES of the Whole on the Post. Office APP
R RaTfGus a%eP Ddni hn we're Per pro oPosedRF and REJECT s5a:G q. SEd
journed to Monday. March IL.
In the Senate on the 18th twelve thousand
copies of the census report were ordered to reprinted.
....-After the introduction of several new bills tt eAp-
PD rSPTiatii0R s So %e fn sa eiHil g Service dh sef amen %as ado aR-
ed by a vote of Is to Without further action the
In the House on the 18th a resolution was adopted
son. and Messrs. Blair Mich ]. Sargent. Peters, Voor-
heeg and Warren were appointed a select COMMITTEES.
mittee Of Ways AND Means to report on the propriety
taxes on States il PEoRoEtio1 to population. which
Committee, reported a . bill to suppress the system 9n'o Of
s straw ger 6ids w for S SasT S1t fn nail 2 bid and and Pho RFSVi thaSg fi;1t
to enter intS contract and to perform service, shall be
atty of 5000 fine and one years Imprisonment. An
amendment authorizing the PostmasteT General to
ing suretiss was agreed to-. The bill as amended then
FSss the policy K II %sasntf Gass Subsidies 8 ii s9fn Int S1S Sfel iahds
sS 1silTSad and and f fhst e eSgP0r c5b.Pdef 1Igbn to Of be SuS Sis;
policy and equal justice to the whole people require
setsieer @pi and daf fos 60 ed De afta aGfi pHrpeses. Agreed lST ae'u to
without a divsion---AdjOurned.
In the Senate on the 18th the bill grant
ing the right of way to the Great Southern railroad in
| Florida was passed......A resolution was adopted ask
ing the President to inform the Senate what amount
ofmoney had been expended by the Government dur
ing the past three years for telegraph service, includ-
ing cable dispatches. and the rates paid---Tne Legi-
las1Te 1 ARP aSopsed sPP r. Maf ask s5o gSi for an t6 am enS-
LEGATION of laws in the newspapers. An amendment
providing that after the publication of the laws of
the present Congress the publication of laws in
newspapers shall cease was also adopted $685.. Ad-
journed.
od II n p a9Sse r an t6s 1f she t t6s o 9i BaI gf "a fbs g.I to the 3,
Yerba Buena, in San Francisco harbor. was taken up
and finally recommitted to the Pacific Railroad Com
mittee, with instructions to amend by providing that
the President appoint three commissioners al the ex-
pense of the Central Pacific road to hear all parties
interested, who shall award. three months after ap.
as shall be just and equitable, to be paid by the Gem
trail Company.....A resolution declaring B. r. Myers
entitled to the seat from the Sixte nth Pennsylvania
District was adopted..--.The House went into Conn
mittee of the Whole on the Postofice Appropriation
bill, and soon after adjourned.
In the Senate on the 18th a bill was passed
authorizing a survey, and marking off the boundary
line between the United States and the British Pos
sessions from the Lake of the Woods to the summit
of the Rocky Mountains....Th remainder of the
session was taken up with the discussion of Mr.. Conk-
ling's resolution as to recommendation for Office by
the Senators from New York, Illinois. Missouri and
Nebraska.
In the House on the same day a bill was passed pro-
viding that minors shall not be enlisted in the mill
tary service without the consent of their parents aud
GUARDIANSHIP bill was passed granting the Daven-
| port aud st. Paul railrC ad right of way over theGov-
ernment Rock Island Qll.) bridge. the comp ny to
contribute one third of the expenses IF maintaining
the bridge.---.The House then went into Committee of
the Whole on the P~ostofice Appropriation bill, which
was discussed until adjournment.