Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-05-15
CONGRESSIONAL.

In the Senate, on the 5th, the bill for
the relief of persons suffering from the overflow of
the Mississippi River, which appropriated 100000,
with an additional section directing the Secretary
of War to issue temporary supplies of food and
army clothing to those suffering, and apprO-
priating, $6O,OOO additional for that purpose was
reported from the committee and an amendment
was offered providing that the provisions of the
bill shall expire the 1st of September next, and
after considerable debate the biIlwas recommitted
"A favorable report was made from the Com
mittee on Public Lands on bill to extend time to
pre- e-emptors on public lands in Minnesota to make
final payment. =. The Supplementary Civil Rights
bill was further considered. Adjourned.
In the House, on the 5th, a bill was
passed providing that in the adjustment of all
railway land grants, if any of the lands granted be
| found in possession Of an actual settler whose
| entry or filing has been allowed under the Pre-
| cmption or Homestead laws subsequent to the
| time when the right Of the railway company was
declared to have attached to such lands, the COM
pany shall be entitled to select an equal quantity OF
other lands in lieu thereof from any public land,
within the limits of the grant to which the COM
pany shall secure title, the same as though orig
inally granted. The bill defining the rights and
| duties of citizens abroad was recommtted TO the
Committee on Foreign Affairs II: :Ine &c Centennial
| bill for an appropriation of $4,000, 600 was de-
bated at considerable length in Committee OF the
Whole. Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 9th, the House
bill amendatory of the National Currency acts
and to establish free banking was reported from
the Finance Committee and placed on the calen-
dar, with an amendment in the nature of substl-
tute Bills were passed-tO establish an assay
office at Helena, Mont to facilitate the expectation
of distilled spirits, and amendatOry Of the acts IN
relation thereto. . Executive session and adjourn
ment.
In the House, on the 9th, minority
report was made from the Judiciary Committee
and ordered printed the condition of affairs in
South Carolina briefly reciting the list OF grlev-
ances complained of, and predicating from them
that the charges of the memorallsts are true, and
stating that s. in view of the whole case, we can
not hesitate to recommend the appointment OF
committee of both houses of Congress, with power
and authority to go into the State of South caro-
lima and fully inquire and investigate into the con-
dition of the State aud the charges and complaints
of the memoralists." -. Bills were passed-to
amend the Consular and Diplomatic bill; Senate
bill for the relief of settlers on the Fort Randall
military reservation in Dakota, confirming the
their lands prior to June, 1860 when the reserVa-
ton was established, and of those who made set
Elements in good faith between 1867 and 1870,
when the reservation was not occupied for mlll-
tary purposes. The Centennial Appropriation
bill was further debated in Committee of the
Whole. Adjourned
IN the Senate, on the 7th, sundry me-
MORALS from citizens of Wisconsin asking for an
appropriation for the improvement of the Fox and
Wisconsin Rivers and the mouth of the MISSISSIPPI
River were presented and referred. Bills were
passed-House bill for the relief of persons suffer
ing from the overflow of the Mississippi River, with
Which he secreary of Wa
to issue temporary supplies of food and
army clothing to destitute persons there,
and appropriating 100000 for such purpose:
the provisions of the bill to expire the 1st of
| September; authorizing the Secretary of the
| Treasury to transfer, from time to time, to the
| Office of the Assistant Treasurer at New York,
from the bullion fund of the assay office at New
York, refined gold bars bearing the United States
5amP 81 62 81 t2m any melt Of 6 86ve That
| the United States, and to apply the same to the
redemption of coin certificates or in exchange
/ for gold coin at not less than par, subject to
/ such regulations as he may prescribe; CIV
| ing the assent of Congress for the i'm
provement of Wolf River across the Menomonee
| Committee was asked for by the House, and or.
dered, on the Senate amendments to the bill to
facilitate the expectation of distilled spirits and
amendatory of the acts in relation thereto. Bills
were introduced --amendatory of the act to aid In
the construction of a railway from the Missouri
River to the Pacife Ocean, providing that the
bridge across the Missouri River from Omaha
Neb., to Council Bluffs Iowa: shall be operated as
part of the continuous line of the Union Pacific
Railway; for the relief of settlers on odd-num
bered sections of land within the limits of the
Union Pacific Railway in the Territory OF sDakota
-. Executive session and adjournment % -a
In the House, on the 7th, the Senate
amendments to the House bill to facilitate the ex
portation of distilld spirits and amendatory o
the act in relation hereto were non-concurred IL
and Committee Of Conference was ordered. =
The Centennial Cebbration bill was taken up IL
Committee of the Whole and after lengthy de
bate a motion ordering the bill to a third reading
was rejected-yeas 80, nays 13S. A motion wa'
, made to reconsider and motion to lay the motor
to reconsider on th table was lost-117 to 12O-anC
the motion to reconsider was agreed to-114 to IL
This result was brMght about by the personal In
, huence and persuasion of the Pennsylvania mem
bers with the understanding that the bill would 0t
recommitted. A notion was then made to lay the
5 bill on the table. Adjourned. Nas
4 In the Senat, on the 9Th, several House
Y bills of private nature were passed, inclEdinG
one to relieve crtain persons, members of the
Fifty-eighth regirent of Illinois Volunteers, from
the charge Of muiny. "A favorable report was
e made on the billxplanatory of the resolution fo
y the relief of the ettlers upon the Shawnee lands
in Kansas :. Thfbill to enable Indians to becoms
/ citizens of the Tilted States was reported with
4 out amendment. The Geneva Award bill wa'
:, on motion takenlp and briefly debated. -. Execu
q tive session and djournment until the 18th.
s. In the Houe, on the 6th, the motiontc
lay the Centennial bill on the table was with
: drawn, and the all was recommitted :. The Sen
ate amendmentto the bill for the relief of The
sufferers by the Mississippi River overflow, chang
= ng the amount 'om 100000 TO $4,000, was con