The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-03-05
FROM WASHINGTON.
Indian appropriations Boua'y Act
COMBINATIONS and Appointments.

Indian Appropriations New Bouaty Act
Combinations and Appointments
Secretary Richardson reports to the
senate, in response to their inquiry,
that ii will take four years TO have Sil-
yer enough coined by the mints to re-
place the fractional currency.
The house committee on appropria-
tions has completed the Indian nppro-
priaton bill. 1t appropriates five
million dollars, being a reduction from
the estimates of 81 ,5OO,0 600.
The joint committee ON Library
have decided it is not cEpedicnt to rec
ommcnd the purchase, this season, of
the Catlin collection Of paintings and
implements of North American ludi-
ans. The price asked is said to be
about 800, 900.
The president has approved the act AT
thorizing the secretary of war to ascer-
tain the amount Of expenses incurred by
the territorial authorities of Dacotah
for arms, equipments military stores,
supplies and all other expenses Of the
volunteer forces of the Indian war OF
1862.
The senate has confirmed John W.
jenkins, of Virginia, to be secretary of
Colorado, aud Tom. B. SeaMght, Of
Pennsylvania, to be survegor-general
of Colorado, but the nomination OF Gen.
Edwin McCook, to be governor Of Colo
RADIO, has not been confirmed. The
President has nominated William A.
Simmons to be collector of the port Of
Boston, vice Thomas Russell, who is to
be minister to Venezuela. The senate
has, to this time, failed to confirm Cen
Van Buren, (of Vienna fame) as con-
sui to Karagawa.
Tho senate committee on public
Lands agree to recommend the passage
of bill extending until December !,
1876, the time for the completion of the
Wisconsin Central railroad. The law
now requi es it's completion by next
May under penalty of forfeiture OF its
large land grant. The committee also
took action on house bill amendatory
of the act to encourage the growth of
timber on the western prairies and will
report amendments limiting the amount
of land that may be thus required by
homestead settlers, in addition to the
100 acres Of homestead, to 40 planted
with ,rees contiguous to said home
stead.
by full vote Of the Judiciary
committee, Il bill has been presented to
the house providing that whoever, being
creditor of the United States on ac-
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of April, 1861, or claimant of any
bounty of the United States given by
law for military or naval service, donr
before the lith OF April, 1861, shall he
| entitled to receive the amount due and
payable, Notwithstanding any pnticpa.
tion or sympathy in the rebellion, ol
the exercising of the functions of any
office whatever under any authority OF
pretended authority in hostility to the
United States, and all laws and parts OF
laws contravening the provisions of this
act be the same are hereby repealed.
Accompanying this bill is report from
the Judiciary committee, to whom was
referred house resolution Of March |
1867, prohibiting the payment OF debts
due by the United States before the
war unless loyalty is proved, and also {
house bill to repeal the oath ut present
required Of applicants for pensions, and
to prescribe another oath. The COM
mittee, having considered the above
mentioned resolution aud bill. report
that at seems to your committee that
as oil her property and rights OF pro-
perty of porsOus engaged i'll the late re-
hellion have by general acts of the am
nesty and laws of the United States,
been exempted from confscatiou, there
can be no reason for now retaining on
the statute books such acts and parts OF
acts as were very properly enacted to
prevent aid and comfort to the enemy
of the United States during the war,
which, by their impcdiments to the
creditors of the United States in re-
cciving their just dues, amount to con.
tiscation, aud also such acts to the samt
effect which were passed to hinder anG
prevent dislOyal persons whose dishbiii
ties had not been removed because o
their participate in the rebellion iron
making any claims against the govern
merit for debts due, and claims not oris
ing out OF the rebellion prior thereto
should also he repealed. Therefore
your committee have reported the nc
companying bill covering the resolution
and referred to them, so as to remov
all disabilities in that regard.