The Somerset herald and farmers' and mechanics' register. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 183?-1852, 1846-01-06
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gSGh Congress---Ett Session.
SENATE.
TUESDAY, Dec. %, ls45.

MIR. Webster rose and said:
MIR. President, by this mornings mail
I have received memorials, signed by Sc
veral thousand Of our fellow citizens. a
.raipst the admission of Texas as a slave
State The bill for her admission pas
sed the Senate Yesterday. These memo
rlais. therefore, are little too late for
Texas. but they may do for CUBA. |
pray leave, therefore, to present them to
fhe Senate.
The memorials were received, and laid
On the table.
Mr. Westcot presented a memorial
from the Legislature Of Florida, asking
for The appointment of board of COM
snjssioners 10 ascertain losses of citizens
OF Florida for which the United States
should make remuneration in the Semi
mole war.
The reference OF different portions of
She Presidents message to the several
committees was continued from last
Thursday. md concludeda
PETITIONS PRESENTED.
BY Mr.. Breese: A petition from John
c. Brown and others, praying the estab-
iishment of mail route from Cairo TO
Bclleviilc, Illinois.
Also, the petition of Emelinc Owens,
widow of the late Col. j. Il. Owens, ask
inc relief for losses sustained by Der from
rhe ravages of the United States soldiers
during the Black Hawk war in 1892.
BY Mr.. Cass: The mem orial of John
Crowell; late Indian agent of the Creek
nation, asking further allowances in the
settlement of his accounts.
BY Mr.. Westcot: The petition of Ar
chibald Smith, Of Florida, for the remu-
neration of damages sustained in conse-
Quence Of suit against him by the Uni
led States.
Also, the petition Of Col. Robert But
Ter, of Tallahassee, for the remuneration
of private property applied to public u
ses-
Also, the petition Of Mrs. Susan Nc
Cullogh for pension.
Bv MIR. Barrow: The petition Of A. NJ.
Gray and others, praying the confrma-
ton of land claims in the State of Louisi-
ana
By Mr.. Davis: The petition of Chas.
Fletcher, Of Lancaster, for mail route
20 the Pacific Ocean.
BY Mr.. Sturgeon: The memorial OF
Henry Ettng, a purser in the navy, pray
ing 10 be Unidentified for expenses and
losses incurred in a suit against the Com
mercial Bank of New Orleans for the re-
corery of the public moneys deposited in
said bank.
BY Mr.. Benton: A petition of David
ID. Porter, praying for pension for Mrs.
Eveline Porter, the Widow Of the late
Com. David Porter.
By Mr.. Lewis: A petition Of c. G.
Gunter, praying that the title TO Creek
reservation NAV be vested in him.
BY Mr.. Dix: The petition of Daniel
r. Baker, soldier in the last war, asking
pension.
RESOLUTIONS.
On motion of Mr.. Niles it was
RESOLVED, That the Committee on tie
Post Office and Post Roads be instructed
20 report bill providing for conveying
the United STATES mail TO and within the
State Of Texas, SO far as in their iudg-
ment the public interest may require.
On motion of Mr.. Breese, it was or
dere5 that 5000 extra copies of the re-
port Of the Commissioner of the General
Land Office, besides the number already
ordered, be printed, without the maps, for
zhe use of The Senate.
In - Il.
the Senate adjourn it adjour to meet on
Saturday next.
On motion Of Mr.. Johnson of Louis
lana,
RESOLVED, That the Committee on
Pensions be instructed TO inquire into the
expediency of passing an act to continue
the Office Of Commissioners of Pensions.
On motion of Mr.. Cass,
REsoLyED, That the Committee on
Commerce be instructed to inquire into
the expediency making an appropriation
for the purpose Of deepening the channel
over the fats at the mouth of the river ST
Clair, in the State Of Michigan.
On motion Of Mr.. Haywood,
RESOLVED, That the Committee on
Commerce be instructed to report to the
Senate bill for extending the revenue
laws of the United States o7er the State
of Texas, and establishing collection dis
tricts therein, and to provide for the col
lection Of duties which are or may be-
imposed by law upon goods imported IN
70 said Sat Of Texas from an Ter the
ps iod at which tie act @dmitting the said
state into the Union shall be finally exc
ted, under the provisions of the laws
OF tie L. States already passed.