Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-03-27

favor of cheap TRANSPORTATION was received and re-
ferred. Bills were introduced--for the re-
lief of certain settlers on railroad lands;
providing for the opening and improving
of certain water routes The financial
question was further considered, Mr. Davis (W.
Va) expressing the conviction that the remedy for
the present evils was in the transfer of banking
capital from New England to the South and West,
and not iniation.. The Army Appropriation bill
was considered. Adjourned
The regular session of the House on the
18th was devoted exclusively to debate on the bill
to regulate Interstate railroad commerce. on which
subject several written speeches were delivered.
The evening session was gwen TO the Dill to re-
wise and consolidate the statues.
In the Senate, on the 10th, bills were
of the act to prevent the ex-
termination of fur bearing animals in Alaska; au-
thorizng the employment of certain aliens and en-
gineers pilots; appropriatlng Sl00OO to pay the
expenses of the Joint Committee to investigate
into the aSa Of the 6a aairs Eouse 81
bill repeating the thirteenth section of the act OF
March 3, 1855, regulating the carriage of passen-
gers in steamships and other vessels, etc., was re-
The Army Appropriation bill was considered and
several amendments were agreed te. Executive
session and adjournment.
In the House, on the 10Th, bill was
introduced to amend the act of 1893 in regard to
the enrolment and licensing of vessels employed
in the fishing and coast trade. The Legislative,
Judicial and Executive Appropriation bill was con-
sidered in Committee of the Whole, and after an
exciting debate on the, question of mileage an
amendment to reduce the amount one-half was re-
jected-5S to So Other proposed amendments
were also rejected. Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the Goth, resolutions
of the California Legislature were presented, pro-
testing against any further subsidy to the Pacific
Mail Steamship Company, and instructing the
Senators and Representatives from that State to
use their influence to have Articles 5 and of
the treaty with China modified so as to discourage
the further immigration of the Chinese. 80. The
Committee on Public Lands reported unfavorably
on the Senate bill granting aid to the At
lantic & Great Western. Canal Com
pany The bill to equalize the National
Bank circulation was made the special order for
the 23d. :. The Army Appropriation bill and the
Fertilization Appropriation bill were passed, with
amendments. :. AT the request of the House, a
Committee of Conference on the bill in regard to
paying annuities to the Seminole Indians was
granted, and Messrs. Buckingham, Ingalls, and
Stevenson were appointed on the committee on
the part of the Senate. adjourned to the 23d.
In the House, on the Goth, the Georgia
contested election case was considered, the ma
jority report being that Rowles, the sitting mem
Der, is not entitled to his seat, and that Andrew
Sloan, the contestant, is. The minority report
takes the opposite position. The Republican
members of the committee join in the majority
report, and all the Democrats in the minority re-
port. bill giving the approval of Congress to
the route and ternini of the Anacostia & Poto-
mac Railway in the District of Columbia was
passed. Adjourned.
Senate not in session on the 21st. In
the House, the bill appropriating $250,QOO for a
bridge over the eastern branch of the Potomac
River was rejected. "A bill was passed appropri-
atng $9 900 to pay the schOOl-teachers of the Dis
trict the amount to be collected by tax personal
estate and on banks and other corporations
The Georgia contested election case was taken up
and debated. Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 23d, resolution
was presented from the Legislature of Michigan,
and referred, praying Congress to amend the
Postal law so as to permit the free exchange of
newspapers and their free circulation in counties
where published. IA petition signed by 7OO
business men of New York. asking that the vol
ume of legal tenders be fixed at 100000 600, and
ffavog free banking e. was ERe% o nd
Exchange was presented, signed by every member
thereof, protesting against expansion of the
currency, and asking legislation for a
petitions relating to the currency question
were presented. "A bill reported from the
Committee on Territories, without amendment, pro-
viding for the formation of Pembina Territory, the
Territory to consist of that portion of Dakota
which lies north of the 46th parallel, embracing
area of about 1900 square miles. Mr.. Sherman.
from the Committee on Finance, reported bill
to provide for the redemption and reissue of
United States notes and for free banking, and
gave notice that on the gath he would offer it as
substitute for the pending financial bill
to equalize the distribution of the Ma
sented and referred of colored citizens residing in
the Indian Territory, setting forth that they are
deprived Of their civil rights. The bill to
equalize the distribution of the currency was
taken up and further debated. Adjourned.
In the House, on the 23d, among the
bills introduced and referred were the follow
inO. Racpaotiun which fOrhidS "a
payment for army supplies, etc., to persons not
known to be opposed to the rebellion; for the
relief of settlers on railway lands; grant
to a%d TO
the Washington, Cincinnati & st. Louis Railway
Company to- extend and construct its lines into the
District of Columbia and through West Virginia,
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois to st. Louis, and a
branch road from some point of 1t in Indiana to
Chicago, and giving the guarantee of the United
States ON its first mortgage bonds, sections of
the road are completed Bills were passed
appropriating $4,000 for the expenses of
the District Investigating Committee; making ap-
propriations for the removal of the KiCkapoo and
other Indians from the borders of Texas and New
Mexico to the Indian Territory. =. The Currency
bill was then taken up and amendments, one fixing
the amount Of circulating notes at 1886 coo 0oO and
another at 1882 600 000 were rejected after which
the bill fixing the amount at $400,OO0,OO0 was
passed-yeas 1858, nays n. The text Of the bill
is as follows: Whereas, the existing uncer-
tainty as to whether the amount of legal
tender notes now authorized by law to be
kept in general circulation is $780, 900 or $780,
000 900 is calculated to derange the business of the
country and unsettle values; therefore, be it en-
acted etc. that the provisions of the law existing
prior to the act approved April H. 1866, entitled
An act to amend an act to provide ways and
means to support the Government approved
March g. 1866 be and the same are hereby declared
to be in force to authorize the amount of
legal-tender notes of the United States to be
$4oO, ,0OO'OOo, to be kept in general circu,
States notes issued or to be issued
shall never exceed $400, 900, 00On. IAN amend
ment was made to the Legislative Appropriation
BILL providing that no civil officers of the Govern
ment shall receive in addition to regular salary
any compensation or perquisite from the Treasury
property of the United States, or shall make any
private of such property or of the labor of any
person In the employment OF the United States....
A TOUCHING story is related of young
man from the vicinity of Ebensburg, who
was violently attacked some eight years
ago with the Western fever. He followed
the track of the setting sun, and upon ar
irving at his destination he possessed but
a dollar in the world After eight years
of incessant toll he last week returned to
his native hills, having accumulated the
sum of one hundred and
thirty-eight cents over and above the
amount necessary to pay his fare back
JoKanstoaon Pa Tribune.
SHORTLY after the American steamer