Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-02-05
TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS.
second Session.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY, |, 1871.
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The Vice President laid before The Senate
communication from the Secretary Of he Treas
ury, in answer 10 a resolution offered by Mr. Cam
eron, and adopted on The 9Th ol January, in rela
lion 10 The means oil increasing The revenue hy
increased or diminished duties upon articles now
dutiable, and by laying duty upon articles now
free.
The Secretary recommends an increased duty Of
10 per cent. on coal and iron, ciuih> and cassi-
meTes costing over al rer square ia;d, and white
and rcd lead OF 20 per cent on brown, white and
refined sugars; and Of per cent. on cotton prints
costing over 80 cents per square yard. and coltcns
not printed costing over 20 cents per square yad
This increase Of duly, he says, will produce in
The aggregate Sl,4iS, 000
He recommends, decrease Of per cent. in
the duly now levied npon axes, hammers, CHS
sells, plough shares &c, and on COTTON goods not
costing over cenls per square yald, and not
weighing over one third III. To The >qjare yard.
This decrease Of duty is estimated 10 produce
$4,000,
A duty is again recommended upon lea and
coffee-but il The foregoing suggestions are
adopted he recommends that il should he ID per
cent. instead OF 25 as before recommended
Mr.. Dayton presented the credentials oi his
colleague, the Hon. ]. w. Miller, reelected for
six years from 4;h March next.
The judiciary was instructed 10 inquire into The
expectancy Of extending he admiralty and mari.
time jurisdiction oil The United States Courts 10
all cases arising upon the navigablc waters OF tie
United States.
On motion Of Mr.. Rusk, HE bill IL establish
post routes in Texas was lakrn mp, and after n
disclaimer on his part that any thing in the bill
could in The slightest dessee af-et The question 81
jurisdiction to the territory between 'ic NaeccS
and he Rio Gsande, il was real third time and
passed.
The committee on naval affairs reported bill
10 separate The staff from The line Of The marine
corps
The House resolution If thanks 10 Gen. Tay-
lor vas passed by informally.
Mr.. Sewer gave notice that he should call up
the three million bill Tomorrow, al one o'clock.
The army bill was taken up, and The question
being on lis passage, Mr.. Houston moved TO re-
commit il 10 The committee on military affairs
with instructions 10 report il conlorm2b.y 10 his
amendment (oheed lasiweek and releclsi) chang
ing The character ol the troops from regulars 10
volunteers
MIR. Houston defended The motion in speech
Of much ability in the course OF which ne main
tanned that volunteers were every way more expe-
dienl than regulars in the present instance.
MIR. Huntington said that as long As molten
move 10 amend the instructions proposed BY Mr..
Houston, by striking them out, and inserting IN
slIuclions 10 the commune 10 strike out The pro-
viso in The bill which gives the soldier The option
Of taking Sl00 OF i per cent. loan, instead Of
lG0 acres Of land.
MIR. Huntington made a brr speech in sup
nuli II The Amendment 10 The Instructions pc
posed by hin,
AIIeT some remarks from Messfs Simmons,
.Jarnagu ami Crilenden. The ans ndmenl vas
neeatived-yeas IS, nays D
The question then recurring npon The molten
of MIR Houston, j: was Ecgdivcd without d..
vision.
The bill was then pa.scd-yeas 60. nays =,
fCicy, Corwin and Davis
The Senate then went into Executive session,
and after some time spent therein, adjourned
HOUSE or REPRESENTATIVES,.
The consideration or Mr.. Thompsun's resou-
ton Of inquiry, under consideration when the
House adj jurned on Saturday, was resumed, the
question being on The amendment offered BY MI.
Ashmun, including a call for all information
relative 10 the return of Santa Anna 10 Mexico,
with which the Executive of this country was in
any way connected.
The amendmen, Of MIR. Ashmnn was rejected,
Il; 10 o. and the resolution, as of Dded By MI.
THOMPSON was adopted, l0l 10 63.
The bill from the commi',ee on foreign re'a-
tons reported by Mr.. Charles j. lneefsoll on
The 20h January, and made The special order ui
The day for The first Monday 10 February, making
further provision Tor The expenses attending The
intercourse between the United States and 10
reign nalioas-lhe three million billo enable the
President 10 conclude treaty Of PEACE with Mex
ico-was then taken up, and Mr. lnseIso!l
moved poslponcnien, Of lis consideration until
Monday next.
Mr.. Preston King proposed an amendment
prohibiting slavery in new territory 10 be &C
quired bur The motion was declared not 10 be ID
order while The question oil roslponement was
pending. Mr.. Ingersoll's motion prevailed, 81
10 So
Mr. Reuben Chapman offered resolution Of
inquiry as 10 The reason why The Alabama Teai-
men, had been stationed and retained on The Rio
Gfande, by Gen. Taylor, instead Of being
marched 10 Monterey, and allowed 10 padici-
pate in the battle Of lha. place. while other re-
eimen,s had been allowed 81 10 participate; and
also under wha, order Gen Shields had de-
priyed OF his command Cap. John Macduff, and
ordered him home without the benefit Of a court
marlial7
Mr. Chapman stated that throughout The State
OF Alabama there had been un'y'r sal complain,
of The treatment which the Alabama regiment
had received in Mexico. AID he sent 10 The
clerks table The proceedings OF meeting Of that
regiment, held al Camareo, which were read, eX-
pressing in strong terms their discomfort, and
OF This treatment. As 10 Captain
Macduf1's case, he also read letter on The sub
ject from the Colonel Of The Alabama Regiment,
in which ii is spoken of as one Of great hard
ship.
The resolution was adopted, and reconsider
alton proved when Mr.. Douglass defended Gen.
Taylor and Gen Shields. conlending that The Ala
bama regiment had no better reasons for CON-
plant than had The Indiana regiment or any other
regiments which had not been allowed 10 panici-
pale in The battle. As 10 Captain Macduf, it was
his duiy 10 repnd his case 10 his commanding