Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-04-28

TO the repjlea,ion Of tho House by the 2itb, the
Managers their reo lder by the 20 and lhat thes
trial proceed on The Hth. The Court rthcn ad-
iourned The message veiong the bill reducing
the salary Of the Presfdent was laid before tue
Senate The House bill TO define the tox on fer
mented and malt liquors was passed; a mollon
TO reconsider the vote by which the bill IN regard
to counting votes for President and Nice-Prcsi-
dent was passed was agreed to--3l to 8-and the
House bills were introduced-for refuneing the
intcrcst-bearing bonds of the United States in
United States cOnsols bearing four per cent
gold interest snd having forty years TO run TO
provide for the coinage Of Centennial coins
The report in the Florida contested election
case was agreed to, and j. Q. Finlay was sworn
in. The SGrgeantai Arms reported that ne ad
obeyed the writ OF hdbeds corpus in the ualiet
Kilbourne case, and that the Judge had ordered
Kilbourne into the custody OF the Marshal.
THURSDAY, April 20.--The Senate unan-
imously passed a bill authorizing the Secretary
Of the Treasury to allow Mrs. Minnie Sherman
Fitch to receive, free from duty, the wedding
presents from the Khediye Of Egypt. Amend
nents were offered TO the bill to amend the laws
relating to the legal tender of silver coin. Ad'
iourned to the 2ith... Bills were introduced in
the House--to grant to Ohio the unsold and un-
appropriated public lands in such State; to limit
the power of courts to punish for contempt; to
enlarge the privileges of the writ Of hG6eds cor
pus. The Senate amendments to the Consular
and Diplomatic Appropriation bill were nOn-con-
CURED in. Some Of the Senate amend
ments to the Deficiency Appropriation bill were
lutiOn was adopted reciting the charges made in
newspaper report affecting the official conduct
of Secretary Bristow in regard to the remission
Of a forfeiture in the case Of the bark Mary Mer-
ritt, seized at Milwaukee in 1862 for a violation
of the custom laws, aud instructing the Commit
tee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department
to Investigate the matter. The bill 10 transfer
the Indian Bureau TO the War Department was
taken up and amended.
FRIDAY, April 21.-Senate not IN ses-
sion. "A bill was introduced in the House to
regulate the privilege of a writ cf hdbedS corpus
in certain cases. Bills were passed-concerning
corporations engaged in the business of distilling;
to transfer the Indian Bureau to the War Depart
ment-l29 to 9i-providing that, after the first of
July next the Secretary Of War shall exercise the
supervisory and appellate powers, and possess
the jur sdiction, now exercised and possessed by
the Secretary of the Interior in regard 10 Indian
affairs.
SATURDAY, April 22.--No session Of the
Senate. IA bill was reported from the Commit
tee on Foreign Affairs in regard to citizenship
and to define certain rights Of United states cti-
zens in foreign countries. and the duties Of Dip
lomatic and Consular officers. A substitute was
offered for the bill reported from committee to
amend the charter of the Freedmans Bank.
MONDAY, April 24--In the Senate, the
bills to abolish the office of Supervisor of Inter-
nal Revenue, and to amend the laws relating to
the legal tender of silver coin were debated. Mr..
Jones, of Nevada, making a long argument In
favor of the double standard of gold and silver
money. Among the bills introduced in the
House were the following: To increase the cir
culaton of National Bank notes. to relieve the
National Banks from the tax on their circulation;
TO liquidate the National debt and to strengthen
the public credit; to reorganize the navy a joint
resolution was passed, requesting the President
to take such steps ess may tend to obtain the
imprisonment in England. A resolution was
offered for the appointment Of select committee
OF nine 10 make examination into the manage,
Of nw1a tom INEpaa Il
other Federal offices in that city, with power 70
sit in New Orleans during the recess, and mo-
tion TO suspend the rules and adopt the resolu-
lion was rejected-1I6 to n, less than two-thrds
in the affirmative. Mr. Bainc made personal
explanation in regard to the newspaper charges
Company.