The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-05-06
TWENTY NINTH CONGRESS.
30 First Session. "a
. WEDsEsDAr, May 6, l546. .a' %
In SENATE.
The journal having been read

ofChas. M. Gibson, praying compensation for wag'
on and team OF horses captured by the Seminole In
dams in Florida; which was referred TO the Com
mittee Of Claims
Mr.. MoREHEAD asked leave to withdraw from
the files of the Senate the petition and papers o.
Samuel Y. Keene, and that they be referred to IN.
Committee on Revolutionary Claims; which was
agreed TO. .a
MIR. CoRWIN presented the supplemented q me
mortal Of the heirs and legal representative ~ "i
tain Benjamin Harrison, Officer 10 ~ "e
tlonary army, praying the aoT Was ordered 10 be
nr;n,sd NJ v.s..1sS 20 the Committee on Reyolu-
tionary Claims.
nxrosrs OF COMMITTEES.
M. LEWIS, from the Committee on Finance,
a. whom was referred the bill TO supply Deficiencies
OF appropriations made for the service Of the fiscal
year ending June 30, l647, together with certain
amendments made by the House 10 certain Senate
amendments, made report recommending that the
Senate do rsosdS from their fourth amendment 10
said bill, and that the Senate do concur with the
House of Representatives in their amendment 10
the eighth amendm ent and that the Senate do inSi
on their third and ninth amendments TO said bill.
Mr.. l.. also, from the Committee on Finance, re-
ported ian act making appropriations for certain
Notifications of the United States for the year ending
on the 30th Of June, l047," with an amendment.
Mr.. ATCHISoN, from the Committee on Pen
ssns submitted adverse report upon the petition
Of Margaret Highlands which report was ordered to
be printed. I.
Mr. JOHNSON, of Louisiana, from the Com
mlttee on Pensions submitted adverse reports upon
the pslons of Hezekah Wmgate, Thomas Hall
and Jas. Updite; which reports were severay order
ed to be printed.
Mr.. J. also asked that the Committee on Pensions
should be discharged from the further consideration
of the petition Of Michael Harrison, and that il be
referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs; which
was agreed 70.
MEXICAN RAILROAD.
Mr.. j. also, pursuant TO notice, asked and obtained
lsaye to introduce bill for the relief OF the Mexican
Railroad Company which was read a first and sec
ond time, and referred TO the Committee on Public
Lands
DEFICIENCIES OF APPROXIMATION
On motion Of Mr.. LEWIS, the Senate proceeded
TO the confederation of the report OF the Committee
on Finance upon the act to supply deficiencies OF
appropriations made for the service Of the fiscal year
ending June 30, ls47;" which report was concurred
On motion of Mr.. LEWIS the Senate considered
as in committee Of the whole, the "bll making ap.
preparations for certain Notifications OF the United
States for the year ending on the 30h of June ls47
which had been referred TO the Committee on FL
nance, and reported back with an amendment, in
creasing the appropriation for Fort Monroe Hamp'
ton Roads, Virginia, from S35 900 to SIS 900; which
amendment was concurred IN.
Mr.. YULEE sgnifed his intention Of moving
an amendment Increasing the appropriation for the
Notifications Of the Florida REEFS and he desired
time TO procure certain necessary information in re-
laton TO the subject he expressed the hope that the
bill would be passed by informally for day or two.
By unanimous consent, the bill was passed by in
formalys
PRIVATE LAND CLAIMS.
Mr.. ASHLEY moved that the prior orders of the
day be postponed, and that the Senate take up for
consideration he "bill to amend the act approved
June 18th, 1874, for the adjudication Of private land
claims before the courts, and for other purposes "
relation to the bill, which, unless it was passed
speedily, would be Of whatever. The object OF
the bill was, to compel persons holding presumption
claims upon unsurveyed public lands, which have
been settled upon by other citizens and improved,
under the impression that the said lands were por.
ton Of the public domain, to take other lands in lieu
Of those claimed by them, that innocent settlers
might not be robbed Of their improvements, made in
many cases through period Of twenty and thirty
years.
Mr.. wEsTCoTT expressed the hope that
the motion would not prevail; himself and col
league were DESTROYS of taking up the Florida judi
clal bill, but had given way several times to other
subjects they were anxious now TO press speedy ac-
ton upon the subject ..
The motion was not agreed TO.
ra. e- HOUR OF MEETING.
The following resolution, submitted yesterday by
Mr.. SPEiGHT, was considered and rejected
yeas l6, nays 90 T'.
Rsoteed That after this day the regular hour to which
the shall stand adjourned shall be II m until
otherwise ordered. a... .. - .-. . .-f-
s.Ea CLAIMS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
The Senate resumed the consideration of the "bll
providing for the settlement Of the claims of New
Hampshire against the United States"
The question recurring upon ordering the bill 10
be engrossed and read third time,
Mr. ATHERTON Expressed His reoret that be
obliged again to trcspass on the patience of the
Senate by offering any remarks in favor of the bill
Several senators, however, appeared to entertain
some misconceptions of the character of the claims
of New Hampshire, and therefore il was his duty to
endeavor to set them right. He then made sac
cnct and able resume of the extended argument Of
fered by him some time since (and of which we gave
report replying at the same time to the objections
urged against the bill in consequence, as he alleged,
of Misrepresentation on the part Of senators.
Mr.. J. M. CLAYTON thought it would be dam
gerous TO risk vote upon the bill while the Senate
so thin, and during the absence of the senator's
from Kentucky and Vermont, Messrs CRIrrEN-
DEN and PHELPs,l who had taken an active part in
opposition to the bill, and hoped that the subject
would be allowed to lay over until their return.
MIR. ATHERTON was not willing to consent to
postponment of the consideration Of the BILL AL
though the senators were many of them absent, the
absentees were divided about equally upon the bill
IN question, and he expressed the hope that all OBJ
lection would be Withdrawn, and the question be
taken upon ordering the bill to be engrossed.
MIR. MOREHEAD moved that the further con.
sideraton of the subject be postponed until Monday
next. Ig gsaaHWDF rHthaErG"' l.a .. ....
Mr.. ALLEN observed that il the Senate was toe
thin to act upon the bill in question, il was toe
thin to act upon any other subject il too thin to &C
upon this claim bya State for some 900 or 81 900
it was too thin to act upon any private claims few
of which, he would venture to say, involved a les
amount than the claim under consideration. t,Z
He contended that the constitution contemplate
the governor Of the State and local authorizes a
substitute for the federal government in the pecu
liar circumstances of the He thought that tn
federal government ought to be quick in meetin
these demands in order to encourage prompt an
efficient obedience the part of citizens without re
sorting to standing armies and other stern an
harsher measures TO maintain the rights and interest
of the country. ....-
Mr.. MANGUM did not understand that the onl
reason for the postponcment the thinness of I'll
Senate. He did not know that that was an adj
quate reason, unless in very peculiar circumstance
for the postponement Of any measure But tn
reason why he desired the postponement was Ii