The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-03-13
TWENTY.NINTH CONGRESS,
FIRST SESSION.
THuR.pAr, March II, ls46.
uoJsR OF REPRESENTATIVES.

and report to this House whether any and wh.
stsies and that they report BY bill or otherwise,
Mr. G. s. HOUSTON said he thought me SUI
lect should 60 TO the Committee on oIos 81
He asked that the resolution might DC Ss"i" '~"
And il was read IA oesred the
resolution by the consent OF INC
COMMITTEES on Foreign Affairs d IN. followins
members were appointed the Son" i Ms
W. w. CAarBELL, SinrsoH' ~
Mcdowell, and WisrHHor'
-, r,,osAaY SOLDIERS AND PENSIONERS,
NJ w G BROWN, on leave given, offered the
f.IIoyins resolution; which was adopted;
R,,,I,.S. That the Committee Revolutionary Pen.
.oas nquirs uts the expedieney Of making more amP
provsion Ter the INDECENT soldiers and pensioners 's
revolution
CLAIMS AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT.
Mr.. AsHMUN. ON leave given, offered the fol-
lowing resolution; which was adopted
Rs,or.d rsst the Committee the Judiciary be an
struced consider what measures can be sdSP.sd
bic citizens having honest ana nS,etsss Of con
Tress now deny.
rHE PUBLIC DOMAIN.
MIR. ANDREW JOHNSON asked leave at this
time TO introduce a bill (Which he desired 10 have
referred to the Committee OF The Whole on ne sase
of the Union) entitled "a bill TO authorize every
Door man in the United States, who is the head OIL
family, TO enter l60 acres Of the public domain
without money and without price"
Mr. CULVER Directing, the bill was not ln'ro-
duoed,
roRrs ENTRY.
Mr.. CRoZlER gave notice Of a motion for leave
90 introduce a bill to declare Knoxville and Chat
tanooga in the State Of Tennessee, ports OF entry
Mr.. BRoDHEAD called for the regular orders
The SPEAKER then proceeded to call for
Repeats FROM COMMITTEES.
Mr.. HUNGERFoRD, from the Committee o.
Ways and Means, made an adverse report upon
the resolution Of the House Of the 18th OF January
last relative TO the expediency Of providing by law
for the coinage Of onedolar gold pieces; which re-
port was laid upon the table.
Mr.. GORDON from the Committee Of Claims,
made adverse reports upon the Of the heirs OF
Christopher Miller, deceased, Of VIM. b. Mott, and
OF John Martin; which reports were laid upon the
table
Mr.. DANIEL, from the Committee of Claims,
made adverse reports upon the Of s. F. Chap
man and VIM. Jenkins; which reports were laid
upon the table.
MIR. JOHN A. ROCKWELL, from the same
committee, made adverse reports upon the cases OF
Samuel D. Sizer and of Harvey and Margaret Hol'
gate; which reports were laid upon the table.
Mr. GILES, from the Committee on Commerce
made reports to accompany bills for the relief Of n
and L. Dana d Co., and for the relief OF Philip and
last, and committed to Committee Of the Whole
House on the state Of the Union.
MEXICAN UNDERWRITERS.
Mr.. CALEB B. SMITH, from the COMMITTEES
on Foreign Affairs, reported a bill making an ap-
propriation for the payment Of two instaments Of
the Mexican indemntes provided for by the con-
venton of the 3Oth January, lS43, between Mexico
and the United State. Read twice and committed.
VALUE OF COINS.
r.
merce, to which referred the bill further Il
amend an act supplementary to an act to fix thu
value OF certain moneys Of account IN computation
at the custom-house, approved March the Sd, lS45
reported the same to the House. And the question
was stated, "Shall the said bill be engrossed anc
read third time to-day" when
RIVERS AND HARBoRs.
On motion of Mr. YANCEY, the House re-
solved itself into Committee Of the Whole on the
state Of the Union, (Mr. THOMAS SMITH, of Indiana
in the char,) and resumed the confederation of the
bill making appropriations for the improvement OF
certain harbors and rivers, and the amendments
thereto pending.
Mr. CONSTABLE, who was entitled to the floor
from yesterday, addressed the committee during the
allotted hour At the outset of his remarks he gave
notice of an amendment which he intended to offer
when in order, to appropriate go, 600 for the inn
proyement Of the harbor Of Havre-de-Grace, Mary.
land. He showed the importance of this work as
connected with the great lines Of communication
north and west, ana as an easier, nearer
and safer channel of transportation for the produc
tons of the valley of the West far south as Ten
nessee than either the northern route by the lakes
or the so, ,hern one via New Orleans and he devo.
ted large portion of his hour lin reply TO Measrs
YANcrY PAYNE, RHErT, and Conn to the defence
of the constitutional power Of Congress for the i'm
provement of the navigable waters of the country
basing it upon the granted power of Congress tc
CIRCULATE commerce with foreign nations and among
the several States"
~, rL. of h., Lo o,l.
bers are in course of preparation and will appea,
hereafter.l
Mr. COLLIN followed in speech directed al.
most entirely to a consideration OF the tariff.
Mr. JOHN A. ROCKWELL then obtained the
floor. 1t was not his intention, he said, to follow
the of the gentleman who had Just taken his
seat. At proper time and when the subject came
properly before the House, it would be an easy
matter he thought to answer the suggestions made
by that gentleman. All that he, (Mr r. y proposed
now to do, to throw out few ideas in regard to
the general subject of internal improvements and
the expediency and propriety Of an amendment
which he proposed to have read, and to offer when
AZ should be in order.
the bill, to show that especial favor had been
shown to the North and East in the apportionmen,
of these appropriations and that far ne the
amount of money for the seaboard in the North was
concerned the preponderance had been given to the
South.
When the bill had first come up some objections
had occurred to his mind, not strong however as
to prevent hs voting In its favor unless it assumed
much worse form than that which it now took
One of these objections this: where would be
1.-THE money in the treasury not otherwise appropri-
ated" out of which the means to carry out the OBJ
jecs of this bill were To come from, IL certain meas
nres now IN contemplation were to be carried o,,t
For, he verify believed that IL the tariff bin the sub
treasury BILL and the bill to establish a ware housing
system became laws, there would not be money
enough TO meet the other expenses of the govern.
ment Very far from it.
Mr. r. then proceeded to examination Of the
constitutional objection TO this bill, far il ap.
piled to the distinction drawn between improve
ments for harbors the seaboard, and for harbors
rivers and lakes. He argued that the distinc-
ton was unfounded-he would not say absurd, be-
cause intelligent gentlemen this floor had sustain
ed and advocated it. And he entered into some in
tereHting statistics, showing the importance Of our