American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1846-06-13
Reported for The American Republican,
FIRST SESSION of the 20m CONGRESS.
WAsHNGToN, June IL, 1886
sen ATE.
SENATE.

! lICdSuIy aHu war lJtpitllleiJs,--OIl COuCcE-
mng the Houmas grant and the other in ref
erencc to 4 dry dock at Pensacola.
/ Mr. Allen submitted a resolution, that the
| 4Oth rule Of tie Senate, which requires that
certain bushes. shall be transacted with closed
doors, be resciuded, and that the Senate sit with
open doors upon all business;-the resolution
lies over.
On motion Of Mr., johnson, Of La, the report
Of the committee On Foreign Relations on the
claim OF the owners ofthe brig Gen. Armstrong
was referred the Secretary Of State.
The bill for the relief Of Elijah White, was
rejected--ayes 20, noes %.
A bill for the relief Of Nathaniel Philips, was
passed.
Bills were ordered to be cngrosFod for the re-
lief Of ]. Throckmorton; of Benz. Adams s. Co.;
Of Saitmarsh < Fuller.
The clerk of the House brought in the Sup
Elemental War bill, with n message that the
/ House recedcd from certain of their amend
mcnts and insisted upon others.
bill was then taken up providing for the
purchase and distribution among the States Of
the decisions Of the Supreme Court.
E5Mr Benton made his usual demonstration
against the "book-buying" business and eXtrav-
agant printing Of Congress.
| MIR. Ashley who reported the bill from the
| Judiciary Committee, said that it was recon-
mGndod by the committee, and asked for by
resolutions from thjrte9n States, which States
| he named, and observed that he could see no
| distinction betw those resolutions and in
! struCtlons.
A message was here received from the Pre-
sident, covering an official account from the
! War Department, Of the recent battles OIL the
| Rio Grande; which was ordered to be printed,
H. ra,,lio5 -, NJ Agl,lov, opH
gested how these resolutions from the different
States were probably obtained, viz; by some
one who had parcel of unsN!eaole books, and
made personal efforts
Without dispssing Of the question, at q little
past | O'Clock the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
Mr.. Mckay gave notice Of his intention to
| call up the Tariff Oh Monday next.
| Mr.. HARRISON made personal explanation
by order of the committee of military affairs i'll
reference TO tie article in the Union of yester-
day respecting the delay in the passage by
Congress of the bill to organize u corps of sap
pers, miners and pontoniefs. He controyerted
the position that any blame could be attached
TO the military committee on this ground.
MIR. Mckay moved that the House go into
committee Of the whole. Lost--yeas 81, noes
IS.
Mr., T. Butler King made report from the
committee on naval affairs, with bill directing
the Secretary Of the Navy to enter into con-
tracts for the conveyance OF the mail in ocean
steamers.
The report recommends and the bill provides
that the Secretary shall make contracts with
MIR. 4. 4. Collins, of New York, for line
Of five steamers between New York and Liver
pool, TO be paid S3S6,C00 per annum for con-
yeying the mail, and
Mr.. A. G. Soo for ten steamers-four 70
carry the mail between New York and Havre |
-four between New York anu New Orleans,
touching at Norfolk, Va, Charleston, S. G
Savannah, Ga, and Havana, Cuba-one to
run with the Pacific mails between New Or
leans and Chagres OF Bali2e-and the other TO |
be kept as Il reserve. The terms TO be that the
Government shall advance 81 900 900 in por-
tons as the construction of the vessels progress,
to be repaid in annual instruments of 5000;
and Mir. SloO to receive the hostages Oh the
mail matter carried in the Havre and New Or
leans lines, and 100000 per annum for the
ChGgres service.
The steamers are all to be given up to the
Government whenever required at an appraise-
ment, and Mr. Sloo's steamers are to be COM
manded by naval officers and carry four mid
shpmon each, as naval officers.
The bill was read twice, referred to the COM
mtttee of the whole, and bill and report order
cd TO be printed.
Mr. Daniel moved that the private calender
be taken up.
| The supplemental war bill was taken Up
! The House receded from some Of the amend
ments to which the Senate had disagreed, but
/ by yeas and nays Insisted or two:
LIST, that, providing that at the close of the
war the additional Major Generals and Briga-
der Generals should bo reduced to the present
number without reference to date Of commits
sion, the House refused to recede from by yeas
| So, nays 93.
ID, on that reducing the amount Of rates as
to staff officers, the House refused 10 reCedG
from by yeas 49, nays %.
Mr.. Schenck made report from the select
Ingersoll investigating committee, which mere
| w submitted the testimony without drawing
conclusions, and with resolution that it be
printed, and the Speaker transmit copy 10 the
| President and Secretary of State. The report
was laid OH the table and ordered TO be printed.
The resolution for distributing the 10th vo-
lumo Of the laws Of the u. States was debated
for an hour.
A motion to go into committee Of the whole
was rejected by rs yeas 80 nays.
The judiciary committee reported bill re-
| lative to the payment Of claims.
MIR. Hunt, of n. Y, offered Joint resolution
to give a silver medal to Gen. Taylor and army
and moved suspension Of the rules for its re-
ception, which was lost.
A motion to suspend the rules to receive a
resolution for an adjournment on the 29th Jul
ly, was lost by yeas S1--nays 81. Not two
thirds
A resolution to meet at 10 o'clock was sub
United and a suspension of the rules moved.
Yeas ll9-Noes 47--so the rules were suspen-
dod.
Mr.. Collamer then submitted resolution
! thnt thn IInnpn chnnld 1nent herenltnr at 10