The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-06-24
THE NEWS.
Compiled from Latest Dispatches.
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dered. :. On motion Of Mr. Garland the House
amendments to the bill regulating the pay and
CURED ..Mr. Wallace Submitted SeI res SSa
ton, which was adopted, requesting the
President to communicate to the Senate
which has y
to the agreement of February II, 1871, more
particularly with reference the question Of
naturalization in the United States Of natives
Ct Spain. !. .Thoslfll wRs passed amending Sec
ton SsSi of the Reyfsed Statutes by adding q
provision tbat dealers in leaf tobacco to an
sMcmHf Lee saep $40 Pssads i'r any one I.
from planters, shall be required to pay 4
spsciAl Sa1S OF -&l5, instead of the SIS re
autret~fsom deelcrs in leaf tobacco: The
bill we've insisted on, and Committee Of
Confersnce Was appointed. Mr.. Window
spoke On tAe report Of the Exodus Comm ittee,
rk.ieuling the idea that the Republican party
haienconraged the movement; he was sure
it was caused by tho ill-treatment which the
blacks had received at the hands of the whites
sHod hc.s Io IN sss ,sss tn oi
North.
HoUsR-The Conference report on
tho House BID rcati1g Aofhe lub,iss lands was
agrccGso-A . 8.S. The Senate smcnd,
non-concurred In, and a conference was order.
cd, as was also another conference on the
Sundry Civil Appropriation bill. Mr.. Bick-
resoStos ssd tSe
Eel sEain hlibustered and left
tae tfouse without quorum. After sew
sral xeli csas. Nr. '.1ickncaiz stated that it
was evident the Republicans did not intend to
aliow the resolution to be voted upon, and
he withdrew his demand for the previous
Question and moved that the resolution be
made special order for the first Monday in
nays. ~ Onmotion Of nj. Wright, the joint
r Tss%.Cs to snforcE the Eigh,,Hour law was
the pensions of certain soldiers and sailors
whoar utterly helpless on account of injuries
received or diseases contracted in the service
OF the country was passed.
r. SENAxlk-Mr. Morgan submitted
cnneuteut tesnlution on the 18th declaring
that 0he PreGdent of tho Senate is not invested
by tho Constitution of the United States with
the right to count the votes of Electors for
President and vice-President of the United
shall be received and counted, or what
votes shall bc rejected, and asked present con-
sidSrationsl but Mr.. hgalls objected, and the
6emmtsse On ihe sSnfy q ciS Con 4p
Prnprat30n3ll waSsA agreed to- The House
DILL providing for a Joint Commission to con.
S S the French claims was passed. The
Presidents message vetoing the Deputy-Mar-
shals hlu was Laid on. the table and ordered
RousE-The Conference reports ON
the Sundry Civil, the Agricultural and the Cen
eral Deficiency Appropriation bills and on the
bill establishing titles in Hot Springs, Ark,
were agreed to-. A bill! was passed to consti-
tute a Joint commission for cal rying into eff
5ect the co4yention concluded between the
settlement of. certain claims of citizens Of
either country against the other, and signed at
washington on fhe 18th of January, 1850, and
making an appropriation of 100000 for the
SENATE.-House bills were passed
on the lsth-authorizing the Secretary of the
Interior to dispose of part of the Fort Dodge
military reservation to actual settlers: amend.
ing Section s237 OF the Revised Statutes, re-
garding homestead settlers, by adding pro-
Hiso that settler shall be allowed twelve
months from the date of fling in which 10
Go, commence his residence upon said lands.
Mr.. Logan, but Mr.. Withers objected to a third
reading. and it was left ON the table Messrs.
Mlndom and Blair submitted a minority
idn in which ne they Claim aSs, tSsse
was no cvidSnce whatever to show that the
exc ms was pemoted for political pu poses,
anu that the Republican party had nothing di-
sssS or !aeses1ly g a2 &isew aae MOI as!s5:
The usual resolutions Of thanks to the Vice
PRESIDENT and President pro tenn. were adopt
ca, and at noon the Senate very quietly ad-
journed sine die.
HOIsE.-The Committee on the Dom
aelly Springer affair. submitted unanimous
report. that the weight of testimony shows that
the anonymous letter was written and sent by
II. H. Finley. Mr.. Manning, from the Com
mittee on Elections then presented report
in favor of unseating W. ID. Washburn
md W q, admitting lgnstius Donneily. and Mr.;
another report declaring that MIR. Washburn
Il, and Mr.. Donnelly is not entitled 10 the scat.
Both reports were ordered printed and recon-
mitted At noon the Speaker declared the
Congress adjourned without day.
g. From w ashingt0n.
A MEETING of the Cabinet was held
in Washington on the 18th, at which aflida-
Wits by the Captain of the Ethel A. Merritt,
describing the late outrage on that vessel by
n Spanish man-of-war, were submitted Sec
Rotary Evarts was instructed to demand an
explanation from the Spanish Government.
The bill relative to timber-trespass-
ers on public lands, passed by Congress at
its recent session, provides as follows:
That when any lands of the United States
Shall have been entered and the Government
price paid in full no criminal suit of proceed
1ngs by or in the name of the United States
shailthereafter be he'd or further maintained
for any trespass upon or on account of mate
rial taken from said lands, and that no civil
suit shall be maintained for any trespass upon
or material taken from said lands in the ordi-
nary clearing Of land, in working a mining
claim. or Tor agricultural or domestic purposes,
bona fide settlers or on account of any mate |
rial taken by any person without knowledge |
OF the trespass. or without fraud or collision
By any person who in good faith has paid the
oshoes OF the United States for the same;
provided. that the provisions of this section
sna,l apply only to trespasses committed prior
to March !, 1879; and provided, further, that
defendants in such suits shall exhibit to the
proper officers evidence of such entry, and
pay all accrued costs. 1t also restores the
provision reducing the price of lands within
they were placed 10 the market at $3.50 per
acre prior to 1851.
The President has vetoed the Deputy
Marshals bill, and In message to the Senate
sets forth his reasons for so doing at consid-
cradle length.
A NEW and dangerous counterfeit
500 bill has recently been put in circulation.
It purports to be issued by the National Ex-
change Bank Of Baltimore, and to DC of the
rs series. 1t is printed on fiber paper.
= GENERAL GARFIELD reached WASH
ington on the 18th and held reception dur
ing the afternoon, which was attended BY
gentlemen of all parties.
THE President signed all the regular
annual Appropriation bills in time to an
nounce their approval before the hour of the
final adjournment Of Congress on the 10th,
and all consequently became laws. Several
nominations failed to receive action, and cx-
pired at the close of the session. Among them
was that of John F. Iartranft as Collector of
Customs for Philadelphia. In accordance
with one of the provisions of the Sundry
Civil Appropriation bill, the President nomi-
nated Colonel Albert J. Myer Chief Signal
Officer, with the rank Of Brigadicr- General,
and the Senate confirmed the appointment
Among the other nominations confirmed was
that of General X e. Drum as Adjotant- Cen
eral, vice Townsend, retired.
A RECENT report of the Department
Of Agriculture says that the acreage Of spring
wheat in the United States is slightly in.
creased over that Of last year. Winter wheat,
was generally reported in good condition
Cotton prospects were better than in 1879 and
the weather had been uniformly favorable.
In the Senate during the recent