The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1841-02-18
Tmfntp=& trth Congress.
SECOND Sc SSION.
in SENATE.
TUESDAY, February &c, 1871


Mr.. CurnBsRr, of Georgia. appeared in his seal tins
morning.
The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate q
communication from the War Department in com.
pance with resolution Of the Senate in relation "a
the instructions to the superintendent of harbors and
rivers for the sale of machinery, implements and
terals used ia the construction of the and of the
Cumberland road
Also, from inhabitants Of several counties Of Flori
da three several memorials desiring that the southern
portion of that Territory may not be ceded to the Sc
mnole Indians but that they be compelled to move
west of the Mississippi river
The following memorials and petitions were pre-
scented and appropriately referred
BY Mr.. FULTON; From citizens Of Arkansas,
asking the establishment of a certain mail route
BY Mr.. TAPPAN: From Daniel Robb asking
remuneration for acting as Indian agent
Mr. LINN asked to take from the files the papers in
the claim of VIM. Triplett, and refer them TO the
Committee on Private Land Claims.
BY Mr.. PRENTlSS From Citizens of Vermont
asking the enactment Of a bankrupt law
REpoBTs FROM COMMITTEES
By Mr. WILLIAMS, from the Committee on Ma
val Affairs joint resolution authorizing the Secre-
tay of the Navy TO enter into contract without adver
Using for American waterrotied hemp for the Of
the Navy.
BY Mr. PRENTISS, from the Committee on PEN
sions A bill for the relief of Esther Johnson.
BY Mr., NICHOLAS, from the Committee on Mi
litary Affairs bill making appropriations to com
plee certain military roads leading to the frontier posts
bordering on Texas and the Indian settlements.
BY MIR. SMITH, of Connecticut from the Com.
mttee on Revolutionary Claims bill for the relief
of the heirs of Daniel Pyatt, deceased
BY MI. WALKER, from the Committee Pub
lie Lands: The bill from the House of Representa-
tiyes to amend entitled tan act to authorize
the State of Tennessee to issue grants and perfect
ties to certain lands therein described &c. without
amendment
Mr. WALKER explained the objects of this bill and
desired that it might then be considered in Committee
of the Whole, and be ordered to third reading at
into the provisions of the bill its consideration was laid
over until tomorrow.
By MIR. LINN, from the Committee on Private
Land Claims A bill supplemental 10 an act entitled
An act to amend an act for the appointment of com
mssioners adjust the claims TO reservations of land
made under the 18th article of the treaty of 1890 with
the Choctaw Indians"
BY Mr.. HUBBARD, from the Committee Of
Claims A bill for the relief Of Caroline L. Ctheral
widow of DR. Geo. CItherall
Also, asking to be discharged from the further con-
sideration Of the petition of VIM. D. Cheever
Also, to be discharged from the bill authorizing the
Secretary of the Treasury to audit and settle the ac
counts between the United States and Daniel Geston
formerly Collector of the port of New York
Mr.. HUBBARD submitted the following rtsolu
ton:
Resolved, That the Senate will, on Thursday mex.
at o'clock, proceed to the election of public Printer
lot tue senate TOT the Iln congress
MIR. NORVELL submitted the following
Resolved That the 47lh rule be so far suspended as
that ladies introduced by Senators may, for the residue
of the session. be admitted TO the privilege of seats
within the Senate.
On motion of Mr. LINN,
Rcsoired That the Committee on Private Land
Claims be instructed to inquire into the expediency of
confirming the claim Of VIM. TripIe,t Of Missouri
to a tract of land.
Mr.. WALKER submitted the following:
Resolped, That the map of the country west of the
Mississippi made under the direction OF the War De-
partment by n. Ncoct, and the report in reference
to the same, be printed for the of Congress under
the direction of the Chief of Typographical Enci
neers and that 200 copies thereof be delivered to the
War Department and to the bureau of Typographical
Engineers for distribution, and 300 additional Copies
for the use of the Senate
Mr.. WALKER said the report Of Mr. Nicollet and
accompanying map of the region of the Upper Mis-
sisspp prepared under the direction of Congress and
the supervision OF the Department of War would be
found among the most interesting, accurate scientific
and instructive, made in this country Ii com
mcnces al the city of ST Louis, as its southeastern
point OF departure and terminates at our northern
boundary, etst of the Rocky Mountains extended
from the 39th to the 10Th parallel of north latitude
and from 80 to 100 degrees of longitude west of Green
wich. Stretching from near Lake Superior on the
east TO the great western bend of the Missouri river on
the west and embracing the entire basin of the Upper
mississippi, IL included region more extensive than
several OF the largest States of the Union Il was
most salubrious region and unsurpassed beauty and
fertility In mineral wealth il was unequalled i'm the
world, and was nersperscd with timber and prairie
and many hundred lakes, both fresh and salt that
might well Challenge comparison with those Of any
other country. This survey embraces 2i5 reorraphi
cal POSITIONS deducel from than ten thousand as
Economical observations. An enlarged system of baro.
merical observations has been carried on for several
years, in which Mr. Nicolle had been aided by MANY
scientific gentlemen and by these means the topo-
graphical features of the whole region and it's absolute
elevation above the sea- will be represented with the
greatest accuracy.
The report will represent the geology and botany of
tins vast rcgionits vegetable and mineral resources
The report and map may be highly honorable to their
unassuming but able and scientific author 10 the conn
try by whom he has been employed and 10 the S,cre
t1ry Of War who with so much zeal and energy has
pressed forward this important work The rivers
Mississippi and Missouri for several thousand miles
are surveyed and dellneated with the greatest accura
Cyl with all their physical features and incidents their
banks their hills, and valleys their channels shoals
and sandbors, with the velocity of current and deptb
of water. To the emigrant the farmer the merchant
and navigator-to the topographer and Qeoprapher
the botaDist, the minerast, and reologist2to tho
scholar and statesman, and To the whole cobnry this
was work Of the highest Importance To the Amer /
Ican patriot also, whose love OF the Union embraced