The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-12-16
TWENTY.N NINTH CONGRESS,
FIRST SESSION
TvsspAr, December l6, ls45.
IN SENATE.
The Journal of yesterday having been read,

Inc journal oil yesterday having been read,
MIR. ALLEN gave notice that Ne would, to-mor-
row, offer for the consideration Of the Senate, a
Joint resolution advisihg the President Of the United
States 10 give immediate notice TO Great Britain of
the termination of the joint occupancy Of the Oregon
Territory.
Mr.. JOHNSON, of La, presented the petition of
Caleb Green late clerk of the United States district
court for the district OF Louisiana praying the pas
sage OF an act TO refund to him an amount of Office
rent Paid by him for the accommodation of the
reccrds of his Office; which wSn ieierred TO the
Committee on Claims
Mr.. SPElGHT, in pursuance Of notice given,
asked and obtained leave to introduce hill provid
ing for The appropriation of alternate sections OF the
public lands for the improye,aent of Pearl river;
which was read frat and second time and referred
to the Committee on Public Lands.
MIR. CAMERON presented the memorial of the
Philadelphia Board of Trade, praying an appropria-
ton for a survey of the Ohio river, with view to
its Improvement by means of slaok-water naviga-
ton; which was referred to the Committee on Roads
and Canals
Mr.. C. also presented a memorial Of citizens of
Western Pennsylvania and Ohio, praying the con-
struction of steamboat canal around the falls of
ST. Marys; which was referred to the Committee on
Roads and Canals.
Mr.. G. further presented the petition Of VIM. w.
Hubbell, of Philadelphia, asking an appropriation
for the purpose Of defrayng the expenses Of pro
posed experimental trials Of explosive concussion
shell, to be used for military purposes invented by
him; which was referred to the Committee on Mil
ilary Affairs.
MIR. STURGEON presented the petition of
Mary Reside, praying the payment of sum of
money found to be due TO her late husband, James
Reside, by the verdict of Jury in suit instituted
against him by the United States; which was refer
red to the Committee on Claims.
Mr.. JARNAGlN presented memorial from the
State Legislature ofTennessee asking the relinquish
ment to that State of certain lands lying south and
west of the congressional reservation line and grant
of land to the West Tennessee college at Jackson,
in said State, for the purposes Of education; which
was ordered to be printed and referred TO the Com
mittee on Public Lands.
Mr., ]. also, in pursuance Of notice. asked and OBJ
tanned leave to introduce bill for the relief of John
A. RUSSELL heir of VIM. Russell, deceased which
read first and second time, and referred to the
Committee on Claims.
Mr.. DIX presented memorial Of the pilots Of
the port Of New York, praying the repeal or modi-
fcation of the act of March Cd, 1887 concerning pi
lots; which was ordered to be printed and referred
to the Committee on Commerce.
Mr.. ATHERTON gave notice of his intention to
ask leave Of the Senate to introduce bill providing
for the settlement of the claims of New Hampshire
against the United States.
Mr.. MILLER offered the following resolution;
which, under the rule, lies over
Resopsd That the Committee Commerce be instruct
entry at Jersey city. in the State OF New Jersey.
Mr.. UPHAM presented remonstrance of citi-
zens of Vermont, against the admission of Texas
into the Union as slave State; which was laid upon
the table.
Mr.. BARROW presented the memorial Of Vii
leneuve LIE Blanc, praying the confirmation of his
title to tract of land in the State Of Louisiana;
which was referred to the Committee on Private
Land Claims.
Mr. DIX presented protest from the citizens OF
wilma, Jefferson county, New York, against the
admission of Texas into the Union with consti-
tuition toleratng slavery; which was laid on the
table.
Mr.. HUNTINGTON presented a similar remon-
STRANGE from citizens of Connecticut; which also
was laid on tho table.
Mr.. LEVY called up the following resolution, of.
fercd by him on the 10th Instant
Resop.d That the Secretary Of War be required trans
pared in the Bureau Of Typographical Engineers
The resolution unanimously agreed to.
The PRESIDENT laid before the Senate
a message from the President Of the United States,
transmitting report from the Secretary Of State,
containing the information called for by the resol
ton of the Senate of the 9th of January last in rela
Armstrong against the government of Portu-
On motion of Mr.. JOHNSON, of Louisiana, the
message ordered to be printed, and referred to
the COMMITTEE on Foreign Relations.
The PRESIDENT also laid before the Senate a
proposal from F. Jefferson & Co., to do the printing
Of said Senate, at an average reduction Of 80 per
cent; which was laid upon the table,
The PRESIDENTS also presented report of the
Secretary ofthe Treasury, accompanied by re-
port of the superintendent of the coast survey, show
ing the progress made during the past year in the
survey of the coast of the United States.
Mr.. HUNTINGTON said that this report was
a very important, interesting, and useful docu-
ment, and much sought after; and, therefore, moved
that $50 copies be printed for the use Of the office
of the superintendent Of the coast survey.
MIR. DAVIS suggested as modification Of the
printed for the use of the Senate; which modification
was accepted by Mr.. H., and the motion was agreed
Mr.. BENTON presented the petition Of sixty
four steamboat captains navigating the western
rivers, praying the construction of canal around
the falls Of the Ohio river which referred to the
Committee on Roads and Canals.
Mr.. BREESE offered for the consideration of the
Senate, the following resolution; which, under the
rule, lies over:
Resoiped That the remaining copies of Brevet Captain
Fremont reports of his expeditions to the Rocky noun
with the maps and engravngs to be printed for the
the Senate be bound good muslin binding under the d
to be advertised by him in two newspapers Of general cir
culaon and price thereof not to exceed fifty cents pei
copy.
I. Mr.. JOHNSON, Of Louisiana, offered the follow.
ing resolution; which, under the rule, lies overs
Z Resolued That the Committee the Judiciary be in
sructed TO inquire into the expedency Of increasing the
compensation of the United States district attorney for the
district of Louisiana in consequence Of the duties imposed
upon him entitled An act to provide for the
of land claims within the States Of Missouri Arkansas
and Louisiana and in those parts Of the States Of Mis- p
p and Alabama, south Of the slst degree north lat
ude and between the Mississippi and Perdido rivers"
proved June 18th. lsi and by the repeal of act
titled An act to repeal act for the better organization
OF the district court Of the United States within the State
of Louisiana and for other purposes approved February
Sd, ls45.
Mr.. WOODBRIDGE, pursuant to notice given
yesterday, asked and obtained leave to introduce a
bill to amend an act confirming certain land claims
in the State of Michigan; which was read first and
second time, and referred to the Committee on Pri-
vate Land Claims.
Mr.. NILES (after few preliminary remarks
not distinctly understood) said that it occurred
TO him that this precpitate debate might have from
the hasty manner in which gentlemen had express
ed their sentiments, an unfortunate conclusion
These resolutions themselves upon the table
mere subject of inquiry or instruction to their