Litchfield enquirer., 1846-12-31
CuNGR ESS.
WASHINGTON,

WASHINGTON, Dec. -.
The Senate did not sit to-day. The
House wcr. eng ,ged exclusively on pr;-
vlte lis.
Mr.. Barrow offered resolution calling
on the President to inform the Senate
whether any agent had tcen sent by him
to Havana in relation 10 the return OF
Santa Anna TO Mexico, and calling for
I all correspondence in relation thereto
! Laid over.
Mr.. Breesc, introduced bill creating
the office of Surveyor General OF Ore
gon:
The special order, the bill for the ad-
III sSion of Iowa, into the Union was then
taken up and bill, granting pension
TO Patrick Kelley, Maj Ringgold's mutt
lated teamstcr, passed.
TUESDAY, Dec. 22,
In the Senate, to. day, Mr. Rusk in:rocu-
ced a resolution instructing the Military
Committee to inquire into the proprie,y OF
increasing military posts also instructing
the Post Office Committee to inquire into
the expediency Of transporting free mails to
the army.
Bills were reported establishing general
pre.emplion to actual settlers OF the public
lands, and providing for the sale OF the min
eral lands ..
Mr. Barrows resolution calling upon the
President tor information in relation 20 ne
gociations with Santa Anna at Havana was
postponed till Tuesday week
nj r. Sewer introduced resolution OF en-
ouiry into the expediency of constructing
railroad from Missouri to the Columbia
River. ~
Inthe House Mr.. Martin introduced
resolution to allow volunteers engaged In
the Mexican war to receive their letters oy
mail free of POSTAGE The House refused
to suspend the rules TO receive the resolu-
ton. ..... ..-... z.
The House then went into Committee of
the Whole Oh the reference Of the Presi-
dents Message to appropriate committees,
and Messrs. Morse and Martin defended the
course of the President in reference to the
Mexican war ......,. ... PEI.
... ~ "WEDNESDAY, Dec. 70.
SENArE.-Mr. Breese, on leave, intrOdu-
ced bill to organize territorial govern
ment in Oregon. .5 .-.e.. ,.-. -.t
Mr.. Dickinson presented bill relative
TO the United States District Court, New
York. j., .,.., ... ,a.. $3.50.
i ne SUulWllkcC vi 4tOduS ohu NoiN'SAN
ported hill to relinquish the Cumberland
Road to the States through which it passes.
The Committee ON Naval Affairs were
instructed to inquire into theRutiliiy of iron
as a material for the construction of vessels
of war, and providing for the repairs of gov
erAment vessels by contract. H.. ..... T.. r.
HOUSE Unsuccessful attempts were
made to introduce Suudry resolutions. 4
Several. bills, not of a general interest,"
were reported ,3s,ssfss, ,.aShs.s,I
: Mr.. Douglass reported bill to establish
Territorial Government in Oregon, which
+ was made the order Of the day TOR the hrs'
Tuesday of January.
4 The Committee of the Whole resumed the
= copsideI alton of the Presidents Message.
Mr.. Washington Hunt has the noor as
this despatch closes.
...D'' .n'* THURSDAYS P. NJ.
ii In the Senate, to-day, Mr.. ]. M. Clayton
~reseuted memorial signed by the citizens
Eof Delaware of both political parties, re,
bsommending the adoption of measures car
calated to procure an early ana honOraDN
osace with Mexico. Mr.. Clayton, in pre-
venting the memorial, expressed ms near,
sconcurrence With the memorial; but ne al
,ded, he could not see how the OBJECT OF tnei
Imsmorial was attainable without hghtn
a.