The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-01-30
THIRTIETH CONGRESS.
FIRST SESSION.

We gave this document yesterday.
THIRTIETH CONGRESS-.
FIRST SESSION.
Senate.
WARRINGTON, Jan 81, ls4s.
Cloudy and sultry morning. Thin attendance OF the
soveeigns 1t the Capitol Slim representations of the
States on the floor Of the Senate.
Mr.. BAcBY's REVOLUTIONS.
PendfnR the business OF the morning hour,
Mr. BAGBY rose and stated, that, in submitting his
respecting the relative OF the Federal
governments, respectively under strict construction
rights, he had omitted important point which he
now wished to supply; and he would accordingly ask
the series heretofore offered should be taken up he
would move to append to them this additional deoara
Of slavery in territories of the United States the power
over that question does properly belong to the people
such territories, SO
MIR. YuLEI, from the Committee on Naval Affairs in
trodu ced bill tor the relief Of the officers seamen
marines OF the brig Somers. lost in the Gulf.
After debate, clark was allowed to the Committee on
printing on MIR. Cameron's motion.
COURTS MARTiAL-MR BENror's s,LL
Mr. BENTON, pursuant to notice. introduced bill pro-
vding fora alteration of the plan Of conducting
military courts of inquiry, and courts martial which
was read The bill provides that
All proe;sd1s: Of court. martial shall be made
Ihat persons under trial by courts martial shall
have the right OF counsel.
to that the court shall have no dis
oretion to omit parts Of the evidence the record
but that ell the evidences must be reoordsd)
All matters submitted to the dscsion of tn court
shall be taken BY yeas and nays, and the votes shall
S. All matters Of evidences submitted and rejected
shall nevertheless form part Of the record.
Committee Military Affairs
IMPORTANT APPLICATION.
MIR. BENTON presented memorial from John Charles
Fremont Lieutenant Colonel OF the Regiment of Mount
ed Rhemen asking that committee may bs appointed
with to send for persons papers, in an uves
tgston into the debts by said Fremont in
California In the name and The faith of United
Sts.es
now in this city from CALIFORNIA; aud hence this appca
on aud for Inquiry into the nature and extent of
all these California claims for which the Uuitsd states
is be held responsible aud for which Li.utenat Cola
n. Fremont himself personally committed to the paw
msnt of forty or hsy thousand dollars There are
sr In this city ohce OF the Army and the Navy
citizens ali from California Sir and Vii Of them under
stand the nature Of thsse claims. 1t Is due to the
the petitioner himself sir, that this good oppor-
runty for sscertaining the true character Of these
cause, sir. it may be that unless these claims are
now ex imined, there will be presented here
claims all uoder tho vouchers sir of jobn caarles rs
uoot and which mel, her he any Of associates 10
ascertain tasss Calfornia CLAIMS and Nj Fremont
bout Them, for sns:. i Just nor :sss.ss claim
.hoh they do not Just exactly uudsSitpd' The ps'i
TONER AXIS committee sir, with p0 ossnd for per-
The referre to the Committee on Military
THE PUBLIC PRINTER. UNDER EXAMINATION.
Mr. ASHLEY resolution, izog NE Co pmxtee or
Printing 10 inquire why the public printers have laid
certain Pub Doc upon the tables Of the ssnstseand
20 report upon the same, taken up
MIR AsHLkY rendered In c-rtsh bec,hc com.
paints against the public printers 10 ths qtion of
the work-ths work was not only delayed but badly
printed
Mr.. CAMERON said the printers had bsen dis
in an invoice OF paper Toe committee pratt had
now clerk, and would investigate the sutj II
week or two change made for the better, the
committee would recommend some proposition to tae
senate.
Mr. ASHLEY said he had received an BUS letter
feom some person pointing out twenty odd
single page ofs printed document. He thoughtsthese
thing ought not to be- continued
Mr. p,cKrssor defended Messrs. Wendell and Van
Benthtysen In their contract for the work they had
stopped the old system OF monopoly under which men
grew rich In a single year With regard to the anouy-
NOUS letter he thought that Ia all such
cation of tho Irish Lord should be followed that ia
that no respect ought to be paid TO
unless the writer's names are at the bottom. -
Mr.. CLAYTON argued for An examination into this
matter p
Mr. NILES spoke dccsivey against the style in which
the public printers executed their work IL was full of
inferior to the printing heretofore for
the Senate Never before had the Senate had any din
always been done in a satisfactory manner
Mr. ASHLEY followed the same side
out just as he mad predicted He had told the senate
when they about adopting this contract system
that it would fail He had told them that this isera
Die system OF huckstering out the public printing
not answer And 1t had 30 turned out The fact is
that We cannot do anything for the prompt, faithful
and proper execution Of our printing, till sstat-
lish an Office of own, separated feom your
nocksterng contract system, and from the par
amount OF wok on hand the public printer. would 5.
com eled to extraordinary outlay, for means and
printers, which their contract would justify They
would probably lose IN doing $40 900 $50 600
He was not for censuring these men. They had CON-
Gtsd mstakes-sne Of his reports which they had
printed mad boen 80 charged especially In the spelling
Of the 20 maze almost upintellig BILE But
these things might De- reasonably accounted for from
the p~cuiLr ain suites with which these printers
MIR. CANrsos pleaded the cause OF the contractor.
Toey ought to b, allowed further trial All penn
tsrs acre were combined against them, anxious
Dresk "a, q down. He would hold them to til air
tract snd ne believed fair chsnc- were given them
they would yet satisfactorily fudi their
After some remarks by Mr.. ASHLEY,
Mr. IuRSET, on the sAme side apprehsnded that the
next thing would be petition for further pay beyond
Mr. CAs moved to lay the resolution Informally upon
the table.
bir. DlcKrSsoN-One word | have notion that the
contractors will come here and ask additional pay to the
sum OF their contract
The resolution va: laid aside.
THE TEN RgsMErrs
The bill for ten additional regiments to the ARMY on
motion OF MIR Cas- was taken up
MIR. PHELPS rose to the examinaton of the subject,
ana ana ss M not my purpose 10 addressing the Be-
it's merits or demer sir to inquire Into where the
blame rests for the provocations to the The ina
portant questions now before are-how shall thi,
war be prosecuted while N lssts!-and above all how
shall IL be terminated? Wbsn these questions are dis
posed or and the country restored peace then We
may ourselves in asking who Ia responsble for
this war; Mr.. Phelps, With these introductory re-
marks. esid that after attention bestowed upon
the felt 1t bis duty TO submit the results OF his
examination to the Senate The nrst enquiry is what
have been the conseq OF this far: and
when shall have sscerained that fact rhs have
the upon which to cslculsos the results hereafter
Setting out upon this platform Mr. Phelps spoke for
some two hours entirely the effects OF the
the national hnanoes the trade and currency Of the
country He assumed that the expenditures of the
beyond the rscsps for the last two years