The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-08-12

$4,000 per month"; to enable said company to complete the
steamship Franklin, now building by said company. and
to take security said ship for the money advanced IN
and said To be reimbursed from the payments TO
which said company may be entitled Tor conveying the
a 10 ana s sha oo
exceed $3.50 COO Ind further proptded That said company
shall complete said within nine months, and shall
also make arrangement with the owners of the steam
ship United States to form line with the Franklin TO
Haye in France and the company to run two ships only
TO Bremen.
After some few words from Messrs. ALLEN. DIX,
BENTON NILES JOHNSON Ms Of MARYLAND BRAD,
and nays, and decided as follows;
YEAS-Messrs. Badger, Baldwin, Bradbury, Davis of
Massachusetts, Dayton. Dix, Downs Foote Hale Hamlin
NAYsMesrs; Allen, Anterior, Atchson Berrien, Bor-
Davis of Mississippi, Dickinson Dodge Felch, Fitzgerald
flanagan, Houston, Hunter King, Lewis, Mason, Met
Walker, and Westcott-3O.
Mr. BORLAND moved amendment, authorizing the
Postmaster General TO make contract for mail steamer
down the Mississippi which was negatyed.
Mr. PEARCE moved to amend the BILL by inserting a
provision pay j. B. Sullivan claim for work done for
the Post Office Department; which was agreed to.
Mr. PEARCE moved an amendment tor the payment
of j. L. Graham, late postmaster of New York, for
penses inquired by him; which was agreed TO-.
Mr. YULEE moyed to amend the bill, by inserting a
clause rendering it imperative the Postmaster General
to let the different postroues in this BILL and those here
tofoe ordered by different acts ct the next letting after
the passage OF this act Heretofore he has exercised
to take If from him. as 10 the propnety OF establishing the
routes specified in the legislative acts.
The motion was disagreed to.
The Senate then took recess until o'clock
EVENING SESSION
Mr. HALE moved to take up the bill to regulate APP
peas from the trial of issues in the District of Columbia
the passage OF which was, he said absolutely neces
sary to enable the people of this District to obtain justice
Mr. BADGER thought it better, he said to leave the
matter as it
Mr. BUTLER advocated the motion TO take up the
ant InIrp from fha han
and orphans courts the decision of the circuit court
final There no appeal. He was not anxious about
the matter.
Mr. MASON asked if the motion was not to take up
the bill?
The VICE PRESIDENT pro tenn said that was the
motion; and that there bill now before the Sen
ae to wit; the bill to establish certain posroutes
The bill establish certain postroues then taken
up; and it was motion, without any action laid on the
table for the present
effect certain stpulatons of the treaty between the Uni
ted States of America and the republic of Mexico, of the
I'd day of February, lsis.
Mr. JOHNSON Of Maryland asked if the Senator
from sESpS p rspeS 10 e hs D and moved
to strike out the first section OF the bill which pro
vided for in the appropriation bill The motion to amend
MI BENTON moved to amend the bill by inserting
proviso, which we could not obtain to-day.
Mr. KING asked for explanation of the amendment
lON replied tlal lnee were inserted Chains 10
the amount of 100000 agreed by the Mexican and
American commissioners, and submitted to the umpire
who did it because he thought (perhaps wrong
ly) that his powers terminated with those of the board
There was also small which had been also agreed
on by the commissioners amounting to some 100000 or
$iO0O The proviso intended TO guard against the
payment of any claims on the justice OF which the COM
mssioners did not concur.
Mr. JOHNSON Of Maryland concurred in the view of
the senator from Missouri i would be great hardship
to compel these claimants to bring their evidence up
ara before board OF these papeT5 were
taken away by the Mexican commissioners tic asked II
the senator from Missouri had succeeded in guarding
sufficiently against the injustice which may fall on some
of the claimants by diversion OF portion OF the fund
of three millions and quarter to other clams' He
ered to the articles OF the treaty with Mexico which re-
lated to the claims of our citizens; and he was fearful
that under its construction of these articles, the treasury
might charge on this fund the 100000 which ought to
be otheT DNr provided snI Tor ,. 30 d
clear could be. tprovided that these amounts should
be paid out of the treasury If the amount of the claims
should exceed the 81 millions, the distribution must
be pro rata one. He thought there would be no
difficulty 1t was no longer question between the Uni
ted States and foreign country requiring an umpire.
but between the United States and her own citizens The
provso was constructed with great for the purpose
Of giving protection against any injustice to the claim
ants.
Mr. BRADBURY thought it would be great hard
ship to send these claimants back to commission.
There other claims which were not now under con-
sderation There claims not submitted to the ar
bter they had been presented the arbier would prob
ably have made the deduction which he made in
other claims and if they TO be partcipators equally
with all Others they would obtain by SO per cent
than they did whose claims allowed by the arber
He thought that the striking out the interest would make
the thing about right He certainly did not desire to do
any injustice to these claimants bat he thought the In
terest should be stricken out He would make motion
to strike out the interest.
Mr. BEN TON said that the question was not whether
we should allow interest but at what rate He said
that owing to the delay which had taken place. these
claimants had been compelled to go into the money
market and raise for their wants at eXorbltant
rates He disclamed any design on the part OF the com
mtee to do injustice TO any of the claimants There
were cases in which neither the board nor the umpire
deducted single cent others reduced lilte some
were reduced one half and others, One-thrd The av
erage may have been third But there was no regular
rule to 90 by Some had hundred per cent taken oil
He knew that in the claims under discussion there
would have been no deduction at all. The bill, he
thought, about perfect il stands 1t had passed
the revision of committee and had received much con-
sderaon AS TO the interest," it would be cruel to take
it away from persons who could show their accounts
and prove that they had paid three times eight per cent
for money
Mr. KING said that if he had known nothing of these
claims the argument of the Senator from Missouri would
have been sufficient to satisfy him that it would be most
unjust to allow this interest The American commission
ers had clearly endeavored to make the amount due 10
American citizens large possible and this the
canse of the deduction by the umpire There had been
no final decision, it could have become necessary
to introduce this bill AS far as the awards made
bv our commissioners, il would not look well in
to refuse to pay them but he good for the
payment of interest The effect would be to deprive 9th
ers of interest perhaps, Justly due to them He would
not look behind the proceedings OF our commission, al
though he might do SO but he should certainly oppose
the payment OF interest,
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