Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-02-13

counties of Lyon, Sioux, O'Brien and Osceola
there is great destitution, and, unless relief be
| speedily granted, there will be much suffering
and many must leave their claims.
The bill to remove the capital of Colorado
| from Denver to Pueblo has been defeated in
the Territorial Council.
CONGRESSIONAL.
In the Senate, on the Sd, petition OF
the colored citizens of Atlanta and resolution of
| the Georgia Legislature were presented denying
| the statement in A. Fl. stephens speech that the
colored people of Georgia did moi desire the pas
sage of the Civil Rights bill resolution of the
| Grand Army of the Republic was presented asking
an equalization of bounties The bill providing
| for the armlng and equipping of the whole body
| of the militia of the United States was reported
| unfavorably from the Committee on Military At
| fairs Among the bills introduced were the fol-
| lowing For the redemption and reissue of United
| States legal tenders and National Bank notes. and
| for free banking; to establish Bureau OF Health
ct Washington, under the direction of the Interior
Department. The Bankrupt bill was further con-
sidered anu several amendments were disposed of.
| ....Adjourned.
In the House, on the Sd, bill was
passed providing that the law which limits con-
| tracts in the Postofiice Department to one year
shall not apply to mail locks and keys mail bags,
Ar@y Aopro
priation bill was considered in Committee of the
| Whole, and an amendment was agreed to provid-
| ing that no money appropriated by it should be
paid for recruiting the army beyond 25UOU enlisted
men,. "A resolution was reported from the Elec-.
/ ton Committee to the effect that Hodges, of
| Arkansas, had pfiaaG fdcSe right to the seat.
| Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 4th, resolution
was introduced and referred providing for the
payment to Ray and Mcmillan, of Louisiana, of
Init
| States from the time they were elected to March
8, 1873. The bill to secure the equalization of
national bank circulation was taken up and de-
| bated Consideration of the Bankrupt bill was
| resumed and amendments were debated. :. Ad-
jOurned.
In the House, on the 4th, the resolu-
ton declaring that Asa Hodges is entitled, prsnsd
yfocie, to seat as Representative from Arkansas
was adopted, and Mr.. H. took the modified oath
| as member from the First District. The Army
| Appropriation bill was taken up in Committee OF
| the Whole, and amendments were adopted pro-
| viding that only actual travelling expenses, never
to exceed ten cents per mile, shall be. allowed to
| any person whatever in the service OF the United
States, and declaring illegal all allowance for
| mileage and transportation in excess of the
amount actually paid, and that no part
| of the money appropriated by this act
shall be paid to any railway company for the trans
portation of any property or troops of the United
States over any railway which in whole or in part
was constructed by aid of the grant OF public lands
the condition that such railway should be pub
lie highway for the use of the Government OF the
United States, free of toll or other charge for such
| transportation, nor shall any allowance be made
out of any money appropriated by this act for the
transportation of officers of the army over any such
road when duty and under orders as military Off
GERS of the United States. Messrs. e. II. Roberts
On. T. and Hamilton IN. - were announced by
the Speaker as members of the Joint Select Com
mittee on the Affairs of the District of Columbia,
in place of Clymer (Pa.) and Hale IN. ~, ex-
cused. An evening session was held for the con-
sderation of the bill to revise and consolidate the
| statutes.
| In the Senate, on the 5th, the House
| joint resolution authorizing the appointment of
| the Joint Committee Of the Senate and House Of
Representatives to investigate the government of
| the District of Columbia was passed, and the
Chair subsequently appointed, as the Senate mem,
bers of such committee, Messrs. Conkling, Boutwell,
| and Thurman "A bill was introduced by Mr.. Car
penter to restore the rights of the State of Louis
ana The bill to facilitate the execution Of and
| the mouth of the Mississippi River was taken up
and passed-yeas SO, nays o.. The Bankrupt bill
was taken up, and an amendment mel limit
ing the operations of the 39th section, as
amended and reported by the committee, to
persons owing So 900 and over was lost--yeas 20,
nays %. An amendment was offered and debated,
providing that persons who have stopped or sus-
pended and not resumed payment of their COM
mercial paper shall not be deemed as having COM
mitted an act of bankruptcy until after the expira
ton of ninety days, instead OF forty as In the
| original bill .. Adjourned
/ In the House, on the 9Th, bills were
passed-concerning practice in the Territorial
courts, and appeals therefrom; to amend the act
of March 8, 1873, to encourage the growth of tim
ber ON the Western praries. The bill to incor
pOrate the Colorado Canai Irrigation and Land
/ Company was reported adversely from the Com
mittee on Public Lands and laid on the table.
| The Army Appropriation bill was further consid
cred in Committee of the Whole. The bill to re-
wise the statutes was considered at the evening
| session.
In the Senate, on the 9th, bills were
passed-in relation to bounties, providing that all
| who enlisted in the army under the proclamation
| of May g. and previous to August, 1861, be paid a
bounty of 800, providing the same has not already
! been paid House bill amendatory of all act to pro-
in Montana Territory. "A bill was introduced
and referred providing that all lands
granted to railroad companies shall IL,
Bankrupt bill was taken up and several amend
| ments were disposed of, among those agreed to
| being one fixing the time at forty days within
| which any banker, broker, merchant, tradesman,
manufacturer, or miner who has stopped or sus-
pended and not resumed payment of his CONNER
| cial paper shall not be deemed bankrupt -.
| The Chair announced as a member OF the Com
mittee to Investigate into the Management of
| the District of Columbia Government, MIR. Morrill,
| (Me.), in place of Mr.. Cenkling. Mr.. Morrill, re-
] quested to be, and was subsequently, excused
| from serving on such committee. Adjourned.
In the House, on the 9th, number of
private bills were reported and acted upon, after
which the House adjourned, the session on the 18th
| to be for general debate.
! In the Senate, on the 9th, the credentials
Of John s. Hager as Senator from California were
presented and he was sworn in. Bills were in
| troduced-amendatory of the National Currency
| act; to amend the Internal Revenue laws .. Mr..
McCreery, at his own request, was excused from
| further service the Committee on Territories,
and Senator Hager was appointed in his place
| A bill was passed-40 to 20-for the relief of the
| East Tennessee University, and appropriatng
$4,000 to compensate that institution for property
belonging to it occupied and destroyed by the Fed
| eral troops during the late war. The Bankrupt
| bill was further considered and several amend
ments were disposed Of. Adjourned
| In the House, on the 9th, bills were
introduced and referred-to reduce the rate Of
letter postage to two cents fixing the salaries OF
Postmasters in certain cities; to regulate the
| hours of service in the departments at Washing
| ton, and to reduce the number of clerks; {;
for the construction Of the st. Philip
| Canal; also, of the Atlantic & Great Western
nessee and Coosa Rivers in Alabama, and the Oc-
mugee in Georgia; to repeal the Internal
Revenue taxes on ;, whisky and tobacco;
granting aid aid to the Atlantic 60 q Great eat
law authorizing railroad bridge over the Missis-
sippi River at Clinton, Ia. "A concurrent resolu-
| ton for sine die adjournment on the 18th of
May was debated and finally referred to the Com
mittee of Wa,s and Means. Resolutions were
adopted-declaring it to be the sense of the House
that Congress should not adjourn until some meas
ures are enacted providing for reform in the
present system of the currency en- the subject OF
transportation, and for more economical a adminls-
/ tration of the Government; declaring it to be
within the constitutional power OF Congress by
law so to regulate commerce among the States as
| to protect that portion of the internal commerce
! which is the several States from all unjust