Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-01-31
General News summary,
CnNGRESSIONAL.

bassed-for the protection of owners of saw mills
on the Mississippi River; fer the erection of pub
lie buildings at Nashville, Tenn. for the sale of
portion of the lighthouse reservation at Fort Ora
tot, Michigan; to enable the Commissioner of In
dian Affairs to purchase certain improvements
within the NeZ PerCes reservation In Idaho Bills
years settlers on lands to which Indian titles
had been extinguished; authorizing the Texas &
Pacific Railroad Company to make payable in law.
ful money the bonds which It has hitherto been
Pinchback as Senator-elect from Louisiana were
presented. The bill to authorize the construc-
tion of six new sloops of war was taken up, snd
an amendment was agreed to limiting the aggre
gate tonnage Of tho vessels to 10000 tons and he
aggregate cost to Sd, 10000 ~ =
In the House, on the 21st, the Commit
tee on Appropriations were instructed to inquire
into the present value of existing telegraph lines
the cost of constructing the same and the probable
cost of new lines. "A bill was passed, authoriz.
ing settlers on untimbered land to enter forty
acres of imbered land for every hundred and sixty
acres of untmbered land, at 81 IS per acre. :. "A
report was made from the Committee on Elections
that Mr. Niblack, contestant. was entitled to the
seat from Florida, as against Walls THE bill fol-
the admission of Colorado was taken up and de-
bated. The bill reported from the Committee on
Commerce, for the encouragement of the foreign
commerce Of the United States. was considered.
In the House, on the 22d, bills were
passed. amend the act granting the right OF
way to the Walla Waa & Columbia River Rail.
road Company; appropriating $f13,5Oo to supply
the deficiency for the expenses of the United States
Mixed Commission on American and British
claims The bill for the admission of Colorado
as State was taken up and debated. message
was presented from the President, vetoing the act
reducing from two years to six months the time In
which new trials may be, on motion of the United
States, granted in the Court OF Claims.
In the Senate, on the 22d, bills were
passed-House bill abolishing the grades of Ad
miral and Rear-Admiral Of the Navy; to authorize
the Secretary of the Interior to negotiate with the
Creek Indians for portion of the lands occupied
by them; supplemental to the act Incorporating
the Texas Pacific Railway Company; to provide
for the construction of ten new sloops of war; to
abolish the franking privilege on the 1st of July
neyt-33 to 49,. "A substitute for Mr.. Morton's
bill to regulate the distribution of the Geneva
award was reported from the Judiciary Committee
THE bill to allow women to vote and hold
Office in the Territories was indefinitely postponed
-. The credentials of Mr.. Mcmillan, elected by
the Warmoth Legislature to fill the unexpired
term of Mr.. Kellogg as United States Senator from
Louisiana, and the credentials of Mr. Ray, elected
by the Kellogg Legislature. were presented and
referred. d., y.- ..~ .. g..
In the Senate, on the 23d, Mr.. West
was appointed to fill vacancy on the Committee
on Pacific Railroads, and Mr. Ames on the Com
mittee of Commerce "A bill passed appropriat-
ing $4,000 to the expenses of the Investigations
IN agga gad ans to arkansas hs sscoHs Petitions IL
presented-for the repeal OF the Bank
rupt law; from soldiers, for the
passage of the Bounty Land bill: An amend
pay of members of Congress to $4,000, was tabled
81 to IS.
In the House, on the 23d, bill was
passed relieving from taxation all alcohol used
for scientific purposes "A resolution was passed
reciting the allegation that members Of
the House who have. been interested :, with
~ n-1 o. f0rU rfu
which has received a subsidy in lands, had been
managed by the Credit-MObiier. and directing
that the Select Committee, the first Committee ap-
pointed (Poand's), investigate the matter and re-
port what members have been interested with the
Dubuque & Sioux City and the Central Pacific
Railroads.
In the Senate, on the Gath, a bill was
introduced to authorize the construction of a
pneumatic tube road from New York to Chicago.
-. The Legislative, Executive and Judicial Ap-
ments were offered and debated relating to the re-
covery of the interest paid by the United States on
the bonds issued for the benefit of the Pacific RAN
roads. Adjourned to the 9th.
In the House, on the Gath, report was
made from the Committee on Elections, and adopt
ed, that neither DeLarge nor Bowen, is en-
titled to seat as Representative from South
Carolina "A large number of bills relating to the
District of Columbia were passed.
In the House. on the Goth, several re-
ports and private bills of no public interest were
disposed Of. -. The President was requested to
furnish information concerning the occupation by
British subjects of land In San Juan Island. or
other islands acquired under the recent award,
and whether legislation on the subject is neces-
sary.
In the Senate, on the 9th, among the
bills introduced were-relating to naviga5le
streams; appropriating $2,OO0OOO for the promo
tion of education in the Southern States. "A
bill was reported from the Committee on Com
merce authorizing the Secretary of War, in the
name of the United States, to receive from the
State of Michigan all the latters right and title to
the st. Mary's Falls Canal, the bill not to take
effect until the tolls received shall have re-
imbursed the State for expenditures or liabilities
was passed to require the National Banks
to restore their capital when impaired. and to
amend the National Currency act. t....The Leg
islative Appropriation bill was taken up. and an
amendment was adopted directing the Secretary
of the Treasury to withhold all payments from
any railroad company, or its assignees, on account
of freight transportation of any kind over their
respective roads to the amount Of the payments
made by the United States Of the interest upon
the bonds of the United States issued to any such
company, which shall not have been reimbursed,
together with five per cent. Of the net earnings
due and unpaid, as provided by law, and proV1d-
ing that such company may bring star by which
the right to recover shall be determined.
In the House, On the 9th, among the
bills introduced wsre-authorizing the construc-
ton of railroad at La Crosse, Wis; for the en-
largement of the James River and Kanawha
Canal: for the appointment by the President OF
three Commissioners to inquire into the general
menag ement Of railroads engaged in transporta-
ton between the several States. Bills were
passed-declaring the meaning of the amendatory
bankrupt act of June to be to exempt from judg-
ment against bankrupts the amount allowed by the
Constitution of each State respectively, existing
in the year 1871; granting the right of way over
the public lands and territories to railroads. ex-
cept over the military and Indian reservations; |;
Senate amendments to the House bill abolishing
the ffanking privilege-133 to 48.