The Whig standard. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1843-1844, 1844-01-26
.TWENTY.EIGHTH CONGRESS,
8 FIRST SESSION.
THURSDAY, JANUARY IS. l944.
M SENATE.

THURSDAY, JANUARY Is. 1914.
SENATE.
Communications were received from the Navy
Department, covering a report from the Bureau
Of Equipments, &C., signed David Henshaw.
The following petitions were then presented q:
y Mr.. HUNTINGTON, from the Hartford and
New Haven Railroad Company, asking remis-
sion of duties on their road iron.
* Mr.. WRIGHT, from some person asking COM
pensation for the capture Of British armed schr
during the last war Mr.. w. also presented
letter written to him by our consul at Genoa, re-
speeding the purchase of a library for thease OF
the Congressional Library.
Mr.. ARCHER gave notice of bill for chang
ing the time of meeting of the circuit court at
Clarksburg and Wheeling, western Virginia.
v Mr. FOSTER, from the Military Committee,
reported bill granting compensation for slave
taken in the service of the United States in the
Florida war;
Mr. BARROW, from the same committee, re-
ported a bill to repeal the act dsmounting the I'd
4 regiment Of Dragons.
Mr. SEMPLE'S resolution calling on the Pre-
sdent for variety of information in reference to
consuls vice consuls, and commercial agents, in
the service of the United States, was taken up /;
and, after an amendment by Mr.. Foster, inqulrng
what portion of these agents were foreigners, the
resolution was adopted.
Senate bill (No. 33) appropriating land for the
improvement of the navigation of the Fox and
Wisconsin rivers, was next taken up Mr.. Tap
pans amendment was read, proposing to reserve
the land until Wisconsin becomes State, and
objected to by Mr.. Woodbridge, who urged the
policy OF making the Improvement at once, in or
der to facilitate the settling Of the country. What,
. he asked, are your acres worth, SO long as they
are inaccessible? As to the exception taken to
having the ork conducted by the corps of To-
biographical Engineers, on the score OF expense,
it was true that this corps would think more of
the work being well done than cheapy DONE. He
believed that no body of engineers, not even the
scholars of the polytechnique school of France,
were superior to this Typographical Corps OF En-
gineers
The amendments proposed were adopted
r. Mr.. HAYWOOD, of North Carolina, was OPP
posed to the whole bill, and intended to move its
indefinite postponement, and call the yeas and
nays. He wished to see where those Senators
and Statesmen were who had always insisted that
the public domain belonged to all the States, and
could not be taken for partial objects. He denied
the power of the Senate to dispose Of the public
+ land in this way
Mr. TALLMADGE replied to the Senator, and
said if his views were correct the action of Con-
gress for years would be subverted. He argued
that the purpose Of the appropriation was not To-
Cal, but national, to make highway for the trans
portation Of troops and munitions of war.
Mr.. TAPPAN made some remarks, which
were responded to briefly by Mr.. HAYWOOD,
who raised new point that of the "Consttu-
tonal propriety'' Of making this appropriation
upon which point he was rather hard pressed by
Mr.. TALLMADGE.
Mr., HAYWOOD, by general consent, with
drew the motion for indefinite postponement, and
the subject was laid over until tomorrow.
OREGON.
Mr.. SEMPLE'S resolution for abrogating the
existing convention with Great Britain, in refer
ence to Oregon, was called up.
Mr. ARCHER movedits reference to the Com
mittee on Foreign Relations and made some re-
marks in support Of his motion. The subject
was further debated by Messrs. MOREHEAD,
ATCHISON, and ALLEN, and finally postponed
until Tuesday next.
The Senate went into Executive session, and
then adjourned until Monday. .oa3