Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-05-10
General News Summary,
CONGRESSIONAL.

In the army, providing that the promotion OF COM
missioned officers shall be incal, up to and includ
Ing the grade Of colonel in cavalry, artillery and
infantry. Bills were reported-directing the
Postmaster General to increase the present steam
ship mail service to Brazil TO semi-month-
lly service for ten years, At a cost to the
United States not exceeding S4A0,000 per
annum; adversely, and bill indefinitely post
poned to authorize grantors OF franchises for
the construction and maintenance of bridges
to mortgage the same with such bridges and
their appurtenances; without amendment, House
bill for the relief of settlers on Cherokee lands in
Kansas report was made and concurred in
from the Conference Committee on the Legislative
Appropriation bill &C.. The Deficiency bill was
further considered, and the amendment to equal
ize the pay Of men employed In Government
workshops under the eight-hour law was rejected,
and the section was passed substantially as 1t
came from the House, providing for the pay
mant, without reduction on account of the reduc-
ton OF the hours of labor by the eight-hour law
Of lnborers workmen and mechanics employed
by or In behalf Of the Government Of the United
May 1860. Amendments were offered and laid on
the table, appropriating $525 25S to Kentucky for
expenses IN eqnipping troops during the rebellion,
and providing that no account should be taken of
troops employed after May /, 1865 e.. Executive
session and adjournment
In the House, on the 26th, the Senate
bill TO amend the act of March s. 1872 for a bridge
across the Missouri River at st. Joseph, was pass
ed The resolution relating to the case of Or.
Houard was passed by a vote Of t43 to I3 the pre-
Is alleged etc. A resolution providing for n
final adjournment on the Goth Of May was offered
and rejected-yeas SO, nays 1906. "A bill was
reported from the Judiciary Committee, ordered
printed and recommitted, to remove political dis
abilities from some 10 600 persons. The Tariff
bill was taken up In Committee of the Whole.
Adjourned.
In the Senate on the 27th, the bill for
the relief Of settlers on Cherokee lands in Kansas
was passed. The Naval Appropriation bill was
reported from Committee OF the Whole and the
amendment providing that the number Of hours
constituting days work at Navy Yards shall be
h e same as shall be usual and customary In pri-
vate employments In the vicinity of such Navy
Yards was rejected. The Post-Office Appropria-
ton bill was taken up and read a second time, and
unimportant amendments were agreed to-. .Ad-
journed.
In the House, on the 27th, motion to
meet hereafter at II o'clock and adjourn at )
o'clock was adopted The Tariff bill was dis
cussed in Committee Of the Whole A bill was
reported from the Committee on Revolutionary
Pensions and passed. amendatory Of the law pen.
sioning soldiers and widows of the war OF 1912,
striking out limitations to length of service, and
as TO participation in the rebellion, and extending
the benefits Of the law to all widows of soldiers Of
1872 who were married prior to January l. 1926 81,
Adjourned
In the Senate, on the Goth, remon-
STRANGE was presented against the repeal OF the
Eight Hour law After a lengthy discussion a
resolution was adopted-33 to 13--providing that
during the present session 1t shall be in order at
any time TO move u recess, and pending appro-
prfation bill to move TO confne debate on amend.
ments thereto to Ave minutes by any Senator on O
pending motion, and such motion shall be decided
without debate and no amendment to any such
bill making legislative provisions other than such
directly relate to appropriations in the bill shall
be received. Adjourned.
In the House, on the Goth, several bills
were introduced and referred. among them one
to regulate and facilitate the payment of duties
on imported merchandise. Bills were passed
to remove the legal and political disabilities
from \. H. Rogers, the member elect from the
Raleigh District OF North Carolina substitute
for the Senate bill releasing to the State Of In.
diana the lands known as " Bed Of the Lake." in
Newton County, Indiana; Senate bill supple
mentary to the act of March 3, II, to incorporate
the Texas Pacific Railroad Company, changing
Pacific Railway Company, and making
provision as 10 issuing mortgage and Iand- grant
ponds, etc. The report OF the Conference Com
mittee on the Legislative Executive and Judicial
Appropriation bill was rejected yeas 81 nays 81
the principal objection heing to the provision fo
an increase of the salaries OF several executive
officers and of the Judges OF the Court of Claims
and the bill was recommtted to the same commit
tee. Senate amendments 10 the following Hons,
bills were cOncurred in-fOr the relief Of settler
on Usage lands In Kansas; extending for two
years the time of payment by pre-emption settler,
in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan and Dakota
to promote the development of the mining re
sources OF the United States for the relief of pur
chasers Of lands sold for direct taxes In insurrec
tOndFy states, substitute Tor the House Dill
pctuate testimony in United states Courts. Th'
Senate concurrent resolution accepting from tn,
! State Of Connecticut the statues OF Jonathan
| Trumbull and Roger sherman was adopted Tht
conference report the bill for a railroad brdg,
across the Arkansas River was agreed to- Ad
| lourned.
| In the Senate, on the 30th, the House
amendments 10 the Texas Pacific Railroad bill
were concurred in. Bills were passed-extend
ing for two years the time within which State
| may avail themselves Of the act Of 1866 grantin.
lands to aid In establishing agricultural colleges
| the Deficiency bill with an amendment restricting
the Jurisdiction of the Court of Claims in suits 70
| the value Of captured or abandoned property I,
! cases commenced two years after the suppression
/ OF the rebellion, the claimants proving afiirma
| lively that they never gave aid or comfor
! TO the rebellion: to repeal the duty ol
tea and coffee, providing that and after July /
1872, tea and coffee shall be placed the free fist
and no further import duty shall be collected from
the same and that all tea and coffee which may b
! in public stores or bonded warehouses on July /
| 1912, shall be subject to duty on entry thereo
| for consumption, and all tea and coffee remaining
in said stores on said July |, which duties shall
have been paid, shall be entitled to a refund of tn
| duties paid A bill was introduced authorizin.
the construction OF bridge over the Mississippi
| at Fort Madison, Iowa. Adjourned,
In the House, on the 30th, the bill t.
encourage the planting of trees and for the pres
! ervation of woods on the public domain came M
and, after debate, was rejected-SS to 81 "A bill
was passed providing for the issue of Unite
| States bonds In all cases where bonds have bee
! destroyed or defaced without default on the par
| OF their owners, under such rules and restriction
as the Secretary OF the Treasury may prescribe
| ....T The Tariff bill was debated in Committee O
the Whole. Adjourned
In the Senate, on the list, bills wer
passed-changing the time for holding the Unite
States Courts for the Western District Of Wscor
sin; repeating the provisions of the Army Apprc
priation act of 1870, prohibiting promotions In tn
staff of the army; to regulate elections In Wash
ington and Idaho Territories; the Naval ApprC
priation bill, with an amendment providing tina
| the pay OF chief engineers in the navy for the mex
nscal year shall be the same as that now liked b
| law for the naval constructors. A bill was re
| ported from the judiciary Committee authOrzin
terms of the United States District Court to b
| held at Fort Gibson, Indian Territory. =. Ad
journed,
In the House, on the 1st, the Senat
amendment to the House bill to abolish the du
ties on tea and coffee, making the bill take effeC
July l. 1872, was concurred in by a large MAJORITY
80; bllls were passed-regulating the mode Q
making private contracts with Indians; t
authorize the United States Circuit Court IL
! Indiana to make partition OF the reservatio
oI the bands OF Miami Jndiansi to provid
for the sale OF certain Indian land
In Kansas; authorizing the removal of restriction
on the alienation Of certain Miami indian lands
| Kansas to provide for the removal Of the Kansa
tribe OF Indians to the Indian Territory, and t
dispose Of their lands in Kansas TO actual settler
only. The Tariff bill was considered in Commi
tee of the Whole, after which the House took
recess until seven o'clock, the evening session
be devoted to Territorial business.
In the Senate, on the Cd, remor
STRANGE was presented from Wendell Phillips an
other citizens of Massachusetts against the repei
OF the eight-hour law. "A resolution was adopte
liking eleven O'Clock as the hour for the meetln
of the Senate on and after the 9th Bills WEI
| introduced-to establish two Judicial District
In lndianai to provide for the creation an
| organization Of railroad companies In th
Territories The resolution permitting Amer
can iplomatc and Consular officials to acceJ
testimonials from the Emperor of Germany WI
taken up, debated and laid over. .. The PottOfiC
| Appropriation bill, on the question pending Il
| increasing the payment for the China mail serviC
TO one million dollsrs, came up and was debate,
80 Executive session and adjournment,
In the House, on the I'd, bills wer
passed for the distribution of one thousand breecl
loading rifles and two hundred thousand car
ridges TO settlers in exposed localities in Montana
lor the removal of the Flat Heads and other Ii
difns from Bitter Root Valley, Montana, to Ii
regular resrrv tion In Montana; TO confirm TO tl
| Great and Little Usage Indians rese
v uon IN In ian Territory; TO abolish u
tribal rela ions OF the Miami Indians in two year
auer which Individual members of the tribe al
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