Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-04-12

In amount suficiert 10 redeem and replace the
present fractional tcurrency, aud mAKee silver
coine of one dollarflegal- tender In SENS of fifty
dollars, and lesser tcOfns IN sums OF twenty i've
dollars.
The Senate wa not in session on the list
!. In the House, &e bill to amend the laws con-
corning commercelnd navigation and the reeu
lation Of steam veseels was debated ct consider
able length. A resolution was adopted directing
the Committee on Military Affairs to investigate
charges of corrnpt md base practices alleged TO
have been committed by Horace Boynton, clerk Of
euch committee. whsle an 0icer Of the Internal
Revenue Bureau in Texas.
Mr.. Morton introduced bill in the
Senate, on the 3D. to amend the act to enforce the
right OF citizens to vote in the several States the
object OF the amendment bling to bring tue En-
forcement act within the lste decision Of the Su.
preme Court. A bill WIS passed amendatory OF
the Bankrupt law, bv providing that no volun-
tarY assignment by debto' OF all his property,
made In good faith, for tht benefit OF creditors,
and valid according to the law OF the tate where
subsequently adjudicAted a bankrupt, be a bar
to the discharge OF said debtr. The motion 10
reconsider the vote by which the bill reducing
the Presidents salary was paced WAS lost-yeas
"a. nays 81 Announcement was made that the
House had adopted the Belknip Impeachment ar
ticles. Several bills were Introduced and re-
ferrcd In the Houee. The ahicles OF impeach-
mcnt Misunderstanding DcIAudp were dUOptcO,
and Mesrss Lord, Knott Lynd., Mcmahon, jerks,
Lapham and Hoar were appointed ss managers
Of the prosecution on the part OF the House, Mr..
Lord standing as Chairman OF the Board OF Man
ayers. Bills were pAssed-autbOrizng the sale OF
the Pawnee reservation in Nebraska; amending
the Pension law for the war Ct 1872
In the Senate, on the 4th, Messrs.
Boutwell,, Cameron. Wise, Ogesby, Bayard and
Mcdonald were appointed by the chair as the
Al ipo mi nf,t ta fooc
ton in Mississippi. The In parchment managers
or the part Of the House appeared and presented
the articles Of Impeachment against w. W. Bel
KNAPP late Secretary Of Var. message was
for the relief Of G. B. Tyler aud E. Il Luck
EFT, assgnecs OF W. T. Cheatham;
the bin provides for the refunding TO
such assignees Of money paid for two months
in 1s69-10. A bill Vas passed in the House pro.
yiding that no person shall be prosecuted, tried
or punished for any offense, except against the
internal revenue, Unless indicted within three
pitted. A report was made that the impeach-
ment articles had been read in the Senate, and
that that body would take action in the matter
When considering the Legislative Appropriation
bill an amendment was offered and finally reject
ed to omit the item for the Presden IS salary fix
ing II at $25 600 year after the 4th OF March,
1871 until action shopld be had on the SPECIAL bill
fixing the Presidential salary.
Bills were passed in the Senate, on the
thesale of the Menononee res
ervalion in Wisconsin, under the direction of
the Interior Department; House bill to enable
the Secretary Of the Treasury to pay judgments
rendered by the Court OF Alabama Claims; House
bill authorizing the sale of the Pawnee reserva-
ton The Senate organized ~ Court of I'M
parchment, and an order vas agreed to that
summons be issued to ex-Secretary Beknap re-
turnable on the nth OF April, to which time
the Court adjourned. The bill fixing the
rate Of postage on :lird.cass mail mat
up and debated In the House, resolu-
ton WAS adopted directing the Secretary of the
Treasury to furnish the House with an itemzed
account OF the amount expended under The item
of $500. coo appropriated for light and fuel for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1874 bill was
parsed regulating the winding-np of National
banks. Announcement was made of the action
Of the Senate on the impeachment question. The
bill to transfer the Indian Bureau Nom the In
terror to the War, Department was debated
in Committee of heWhole, as was also, at the
evening sessi n, the Legislative Appropriation
bill
In the Senate, Oh the 9th, favorable
report WAS made from the Committee on FL
nance on the House bill to provide for the de-
hciency in the Engraving and Printing Bureau
of the Treasury Department. The House bill to
amend the Revised Statutes in regard TO lmita-
lions In prosecutions for crime was amended
and passed. The bin fixing the rate of
postage third.class matter was taken
up, and amendments were submitted
and ordered printed. Adj ou rned to the 10th.
In the House, the Senate bill liking the Presi-
dental salary. after the 4th of Marcb b, 1877, at
5000 year. was passed without discussion.
The bin TO carry INTO operation the Hawaiian
treaty was discussed,And the Legislative Appro-
priation bill was further debated in Committee
of the Whole.