Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-07-26

granting pensionato the heirs of officers and men
killed IN the rec4at Custer fight with the indians.
Bills were passel-to remove the political disanii-
ties OF r. y. Il. BAuregard; 10 pay the states o! Call
foruia and Oregon the expenses incurred in sup
pressing Indian ,ostilitie- in lo7s3. Aresolution
was adopted tor be appointment Of committee
to proceed to CALIFORNIA 10 investigate. conformity
with the Senate cemmitea. or otherwise, the ex-
tent and effect q the Chinese immigration. A
resolution was offered, directing the Banking
Committee to reIpr, on the 18th. bill to repeal
the Resumption bet but motion to adjourn
was interposed arl carried-10O to 40.
A resolution Was adopted in the Senate,
on The. 18th. auth,rizing the special committees
appointed by the aousc and senate to inquire into
the subject Of Chinese immigration to act as a
joint special com nttee Of the two house. Con
siderable poiitca discussion was iadulged in ON
the River and lI,sbor Appropriation bill, Messrs.
Merrlmon. Mort"H SaulsbUr5 and sherman par
ticpating in the dtbate A new Cone ence Com
mttee was Appointed on the Consular and Diplo-
matte Appropriation bill. Conference report
was made and agieed To on the bill to declare for,
teited to the Uhted States certain lands granted
to Kansas TO AID in the construction of
railroad etc -. 10 the House. the Senae resolu-
ton making Joint committee OF the special
committees OF til two houses on the Chinese ques-
ton was conculred in. The bill TO protect the
Texas frontier WIS considered in Committee of the
Whole, and spirited political debate ensued,
mainly relative the Hamburg affair, the pending
question being IN an amendment that no troops
should be withdraw from South Carolina; sub
stitute for this amendment was offered. accepted
and agreed 10 IS to 81 prot ding that no troops
should be taken from any State or service where
pubic interest requires their continuance
The Impeachment trial was continued
in the Senate, On the 18th and Post-trader Evans
was sworn and testified that his dealings
for the posttradership were with Marsh. to
whom he had paid at different times. sums ag
gregating Owed $4,000 Belknap had never re-
quested him Il see Marsh about the appointment
nor had Marshever intimated TO him that he M }
had to divide 9Th any one. Ii. I. Crosby Chief
Clerk in the Wtr Department testified in regard
to letters and records of the department relative
70 Evans appointment. The defense then
announced tnecase clos, d on their part, and an
order agreed 10 that three OF the counsel for
the defense and three Of the managers might argue
the case in such order they might determine On,
and the court adjourned to the 10th A Confer
ence report was made on The Army Appropriation
Dill according 10 which all matters relating 20 the
reorganization OF the army were to be submitted
to a Commission consisting Of two members OF
each branch of Congress the Secretary of War
and two army officers, the House having re-
coded from all its amendments relating
to the reduction reorganization and pay of the
army, the total amount opriated by the bill,
as agreed upon by the Conference Committee, be-
ing $50, 069 663 81 so, 800 less than last year A
Conference report was made and agreed to SO 10
to l2--on the Snndry Civil Appropriation billthe
| total amount appropriated being $1d,229,7 ,1-be-
ing STI3ot6 more than as originally passed by the
House. and 50 1874 less than agreed upon in the
Senate A resolution adopted in the House
directing careful survey of the Union and Cen
tal Pacific Railroads. The Senate bin extending
the duration Of the Court of the Alabama
Claims Commission to Jan. l. 1877. Vas passed.
! he unanimous report of the Committee on the
South Carolina contested election case. that Meth
er Mackcy Sitting memberl nor Butts (contest1n)
was entitled to the seat, was agreed to. The Con
ference report on the Army Appropriation bill was
agreed TO. The bill for the protection of the Tex
as frontier was reported from Committee of the
Whole and 10 uupulmpp nj proyiUinu that n n
of the troops shall be taken from any State or
service where the public interest requires their
continuance was rejected-yeas 10 nays SO.
In the Senate, on the Goth, resolution
was adopted requesting the President to commu-
nicate, If not incompatible with the public inter
est. any information in his possession in regard
10 the recent slaughter of American citiz ns in
south Carolina. The House bill to continue until
July 81 the act to provide temporarily for the ex-
pendltures OF the Government was concurred in.
The impeachment trial was resumed, and
Mr. Blair opened the argument for the de-
Tense, and Manager Lyndc followed for
the prosecution, the former claiming and
the latter denying that the impeachment
should be dismissed because more than
one third of the Senate had voted against juris
diction in the case. In the House, bills were
passed-for the protection of the Texas frontier;
extending to July 81 the bill making temporary
provision for the expenses of the Government
Senate bill to punish the counterfeitng of trade
marks A Conference report on the Sundry Civil
Appropriation bill made and adopted. A
Conference report on the bill for the sale OF the
reservation of the confcderated Otoe and Missouri
Indians in Kansas and Nebraska was not agreed TO