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retary OF die Navy IN report In relation 10 the forh
cations necessary III Key West, Fiorida, was con-
sdcred and adopted. ..-.t
AS, Inc report of The Committee Of Claims. on
the memorial Of Joseph Ratciif that said committee
be discharged from It's further consideration; which
repnTt was eoncurred IN.
Also the adverse report Of the Committee of
Cuims on the petition OF William Morrow; which
was 'OnCuned IN. e.tae-a.# E..E .# rE
Also. the adverse report OF said committee on the
petition Of Edward d. Iippe,Ii which was concur
led in.
Also, the adverse repnrt Of the COMMITTEE on Ia
dian Affairs the petition Of A. r. 3. Hunter, for
remuneration for supplies furnished TO Cherokee In
d!sDs in 1885, which was eoncuned In.
Also, the bin for the relief Of Nathaniel Goddard
aud others; when ....l ..
The PR EsIDENT said that The question would
DO on putting the bin upon It's third reading
MFR. TURNEY objected 10 the bill.
Mr.. J. M CLAYTON suggested that the ball be
passed by nrormallyj which was agreed TO.
PERMANENT PRESCRIPTION srsrEM.
Tie Senate also proceeded 10 the nsideration OF
the bill providing for the establishment OF perma-
nsnt general pre- emption system IN favor OF actual
settlers upon the public lands.
Mr. BREESR moved that this ball be made the
special order Of the day for the first Monday in
Marchi which was agreed TO.
M b. then called Up the bill for the relief Of
Pierre Mensrd and others, Of the State Of Illinois,
sureties Of Felix ST. Vrain, late Indian agent, de-
cCased.
The bin was considered in committee Of the
whole; when
MIR. JARNAGIN called for the reading of the re-
port accompanying the bill; which was ordered.
Mr. ]. said that toe claim a very strong one,
and he hoped that the bin would be passed.
Mr. NILES moved an amendment by which the
petitioners would be allowed legal Interest on their
claim. ..... .r
The bill Vas reported back TO the Senate, when
the amendment concurred IN, and the bill was
ordered To he cngrossed for Mird reading.
Mr. PHELPS moved that the regular order be
postponed, and that the Senate take up the bill for
de relief Of the legal representatives, Of Jethro
Wood.
Mr. Dix hoped that the regular order would be
proceeded with, as there were several bills impor-
iant to various parties concerned, which should be
Eried upon.
The motion to postpone the previous orders was
nesatved
The Senate proceeded to the consideration OF the
tin for the relief OF Mary McRta, widow Of Co
lionel VIM. McRea, late Of the United States army
Mr.. BENTON offered few remarks in favor Of
tho bill.
Mr.. PEARCE opposed the I'LL on the ground,
mAialy that the pension fund wns insufficient 10 the
carrying Of the principle involved in its pas'age,
and moved that the blank le in the BILL in which
place the date at which the relief should commence,
be filed with January lst 1876.
Mr.. MANGUM moved that the blank be filled
with November, 3d. 1892 the day Of the death Of
Colonel McRea. Mr. NJ. feil II peculiar interest in
this Gaze, and considered il isolated one, which
r'ood on higher ground perhaps than any other
which could he found At the present time; AID he
hpiSd that proper relief would be granted to this
n"sjv widow ofone Of the most meritorious officers
ever in the service Of the United Safes.
Mr.. CRlTTENBEN was entirely opposed to
tho principle 0f granting pensions 10 the families Of
Offices Of ei'hcr the army or navy who died in the
uaunl course OF nature, and nor in the service Of
their country. In the present case he would GRAFT
relief not 10 the extent proposed by the gentleman
from Scrh Carolina, [Mr. MAsorSI,l by which
son9 six Thousand dollars would be given as egc-
cy in fact 70 the relatives Of the widow, but in
f5vor Of applying her present and future wants
by filing tbs Dlsnk in the bill with January LIST,
1876 r
The PRESIDENT stated that the question
would be taken first upon the longest time proposed,
which was the 81 November, 1892, the motion OF
Mr. MLGsy,i which omotion negstived.
Tac ques, a W., ihtn taken upon the motion to
f. the bionS with January lst, 1885, which was
agcesd 10. ..' ..,....- ...
Tie biR was then reported to the Senate, and the
amehdnlent concurred in; when
M BEN ron moved that the bill be laid on
thn table for the present; which motion was agreed
to.
AUGMENTATION or THE sASf-RELsrieSs CT THE
UNITED sTtTEs AND sREaT BRITAIN.
Ga mo!o0, the Senate then proceeded 10 the con-
sicrayoR OF the special arder Of the day-the bill
reported by Mr. FAIRFIELD, from the Committee
on Naval Affairs, for the augmentation of the navy
Of the United States, 10y the construction of ten adj
diuoaa steamships, aud for other purposes, with
the amanhnents offered thereto.
Mr.. W fr5rCOTF continued and concluded his
remark IN favor of the BILL a full report Of which
j. Ia course OF preparation, and will appear in few
days.
In the course Of his remarks to-day, Mr.. WEST
corr interrupted by
Mr.. CASS, who asked permission to offer some
explanation relative to remarks made by him on a
former occasion, and which the honorable senator
from Florida apparently misunderstood. He (Mr
c. had been represented rs ''war man." He de-
MED that. But he had expressed his fear of the
occurrence of war. He was still afraid that that
contingency might arise. Every day increased his
epprehenstons; and he might s,y that the informa-
lion they bad received in answer 10 the call made on
the President had fully confirmed what he had said
Oh the 18th Of DscGnner. He had then said that
there was cause for apprehension; he might now
say there was cause for defensive measures. The
flat OF extensive srmamcnts being fitted out by
Grea, Britain, and the fact that they would he d-
rscted against this country in case of war, could
not be denied by any one. All that he had said
had, he repeated, been fully borne out: and he
would say 10 his friend from Florida, who had mis-
apprehehded him, that his Impressions remained
precisely 10 they werc--his views Of the future
course which ought to be taken remained still the
SANE, He said as he had said the other day. that a
Is" soft words in the English papers amounted to
np'hingi they showed merely that the paroxysm had
subsldcd for moment. But to any well-found.
ed reasonable belief that the relations Of the two
countries were in a satisfactory condition, or that
they were likely so TO br soon, he knew nothing Of
il Whatever He repeated every word of what he
had aaM on former occas sion.
Mr.. w ESTC0TT explained that he had merely
Designed to rcreut what the honorable senator had
sed on a former occasion, that it was utterly inn
possible to prevent hostile collision Of the two
Iias5es Of settlers in Oregon, under two separate
Jurisdictions, and that the only mode Of preventing
mat WAS 70 give the notice. ... .-
Tar rrnIt,.s Of Nr. WESTCoTT having been
concluded,
MI DICKINSON rose and said that as the
chairman Of the Committee on Naval Affairs Mr.
FAiRfmLpl was necessarily absent, and wou, not
IN all probability DO in his seat during this week he
~ould suggest the propriety Of allowing the bill to
lie over informally. ....
hlr. MANGUM objected and insisted that the