The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-12-28
Congressional.

WASHINGTON, Dec. l9-In the Senate, to-day,
number Of petitions and memorials on a variety OF
subjects presented, and appropriately referred,
Mr.. Benton presented the contract of Mr. Aspin-
wall and others with the Government Of New Gra-
NADIA for the construction of railroad across the
Isthmus Of Panama, which after long debate, lin
which determination was apparent, that all pos
sible information should be procured before the bill
was acted on by the Senate) was ordered to be
printed.
In the House, on motion of Mr.. vinton, the
House resolved itself into Committee of the
Whole, and the Presidents Message was taken up
for the purpose of referring the different portions Of
it to the appropriate Committees. On motion to
mlttee on Manufactures, Mr.. Cobb moved that the
subject be referred to the three Committees, of
Manufactures, Agriculture, and Commerce, and
that they should sit jointly. A long and animated
debate ensued, in which Messrs Cobb, G. J. In
gersol |. E. Holiness Gentry, johnson, Of Pa Vim
ton, and Greeley participated Mr. Greeley want
ed the Committee to report answer to the Presi-
dents Message, which he considered an indecent
attack upon the policy of the Government since the
establishment of the Constitution The debate was
continued by Messrs. Marvin and Bailey, and with
out concluding it, the House adjourned.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20, P. Mn the Senate,
Mr.. Douglass moved that the bill reported at the
last session from the Committee on Territories for
the organization of Territorial Governments in Ne
braska and Minnesota, be recommitted to that Com
The bill for the graduation and reduction Of the
price of the public lands was made the special or
der for the second Monday in January
The bill admitting into the United States certain
products of the province of Canada free of duty,
provided they will reciprocate, was made the spe-
cial order for the 4th Of January.
The bill making provision for draining the Ever
glades of Florida, after brief discussion, was
passed.
In the House, Mr.. Vinton, from the Committee
Of Ways and Means, reported a bill to carry into
effect the 18th article of the Treaty with Mexico
Mr.. Smith, of Indiana, from the Committee on
Territories, reported bill for the organization ola
Territorial Government in Upper California, and
extending the ordinance of 1887 excluding slavery,
over said Territory. The bill was committed to the
Committee of the Whole on the state Of the Union.
The House then went into Committee of the
Whole on the Presidents Message, and a Protec-
tive Tariff was debated by Messrs. Fisher, Lahm
and Hunt.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 81, P. Mn the Senate,
Mr.. Atchison presented the credentials Of Mr., Sc
bastian, elected by the Legislature of Arkansas
the successor of Mr.. Ashley, deceased, and he was
qualified and took his seat.
Mr.. Niles submitted resolution requesting the
Post Master General to transmit to the Senate
copy Of the Report Of S. R. Hobbie First Assistant,
the reduction of the rates of postage, which was
adopted.
The bill to compensate the recaptors of the Fri
gate Philadelphia, in the harbOr of Tripoi their
legal representatives, was taken up and passed.
In the House, Mr.. Evans presented the memorial
of the messengers who conveyed the Electoral votes
of the respective States to Washington, praying
the members of Congress to reduce their own
mileage.
Mr.. Vinton, from the Committee on Ways and
Means, reported a bill making appropriations for
Fortifcations for the year l949.
Mr. Goggin submitted a resolution similar to that
proposed in the Senate by Mr.. Niles, and il was
adopted
Mr. Gott submitted a resolution requiring the
Committee on the District of Columbia TO report
forthwith bill prohibiting the slave trade in the
District of Columbia. Mr.. Cobb moved that the
resolution be laid on the table, which was rejected
ayes 80, noes IS. The previous question was
then ordered-ayes IS, noes 49,. Shall the question
be put now, was carried-ayes liz, noes 81. The
resolution was then adopted-aYes SO, noes 81.
Mr. Stuart, of Michigan, then moved reconsi-
Iteration, and debate arising the subject lies over
under the rule.
Mr.. Flournoy submitted a resolution, instructing
the Committee on the District of Columbia TO in
quire into the expediencv of retroceding to the
State of Maryland all of the District except that
portion of it occupied by the Public Buildings and
Grounds, which was adopted.
Mr. Jones, of Tenn, moved q reconsideration of
the votes and debate arising, it goes over under the
rule.
Mr. King, of Ga. introduced joint resolution for
the appointment Of Geologist to accompany the
expedition for the survey Of the coast Of California
at a salary Of $1,000. The resolution was read
first and second time and the House adjourned.
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