The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-06-29
Congressional.
from the aItimore SUM-


W.sHINGToN June 90 1875 Senate. - The
Vice President laid before the Senate a commune
cation from the War Department. called for by
resolution of the Senate, furnishing statement OF
the number of enstments made during the last
ninety days.
Several bills from the House were read the second
time and referred.
Mr. Felch presented the credentials of Thomas
FITZGERALD appointed by the Governor of Michigan
United States Senator in the place of Lewis Cass,
resigned, and he was qualified and took his seat
On motion of Mr.. Pearce, the bill from the House,
providing for an exchange of public documents by
Congress- was taken and passed Also, joint res
olution authorizing the presentation to the Govern
ment of France of series of standard weights and
measures fthe United States and for other purposes
House bill to extend the time for satisfying claims
for military bounty lands was received, read three
times and passed.
On motion of Mr. Dix, the bill from the House, to
prevent the importation ofspurious and adulterated
drugs and medicines was taken up and after debate
| was read the third time and passed
On motion of Mr. Badger, the bill to promote the
dispatch of business in the Supreme Court OF the
United Stetes, was taken up, considered, ana then
| postponed until Tomorrow.
Several private bills were reported and had their
| first reading.
| On motion of Mr. Anterior, the consideration of
| the Indian Appropriation bill was resumed, and
| Mr. Bell replied to the arguments of Mr.. Hunter,
on the claim of the North Carolina Cherokees. The
debate was further continued by Messrs. Atherton,
Hunter Bell and others, when the question on pay
| Ing the allowance to the North Carolina Cherokees
| was again decided in the affirmative, "a to H. One
| or two other amendments were adopted, and then
the bill was read the third time but its passage was
postponed until tomorrow. Adjourned
| House-AIr Burt, Speaker pro tenn, in the Chair,
| who was reappointed for the present week, Ii the
| Speaker shall continue i'll so long.
The Stond;pn Conm;ttoaS wore "a 1]ad for renorts
and several not of public interest," made. and
number of private bills We're reported, read twice.
| and referred to the Committee of the Whole.
Mr.. Houston of Delaware, from the Committee on
Accounts reported resolution authorizing the pre-
paration and putting into operation, for the use OF
! the House of Representatives, of Smiths machine
for taking the yeas and nays. Mr. Bowlln, OF Mis-
souri, after some debate moved to lay the resolution
| on the table, and the motion prevailed
Mr. King, of Massachusetts,, from the same COM
mtee, reported resolution authorizing the library
committee to procure a Quincy Granite or more
! permanent monument, with suitable inscriptions to
the memory of John Quincy Adams, to be erected
in the Congressional Burying Ground than those
| which have heretofore been erected to deceased
members of Congress. Mr.. Andrew Johnson moved
to amend by adding that the committee on accounts
be instructed to report to the House the entire tune
raj expenses of the late John Quincy Adams, and
the items comprising the same Alter debate, the
resolution and amendment were passed over
On motion of Mr. Boyd the Committee on Mill
tary Affairs were directed to inquire into the expe
diency of procuring of the inventor sufficient sup
ply of Colts recently improved repeating pistols to
our Indian and Frontier service; and If favorable
an amount necessary TO purchase them De added tt
the general Military Appropriation bill.
| The Committee on Revolutionary Pensions wa
discharged from the further consideration of the
olution of the New York Legislature, in favor o
granting pensions to the widows and orphans o
Ell hiatt
die bv wounds received in the service of their coun
try equal to the pay proper of said officers and sol
diers-and the same was laid upon the table.
On motion of Mr.. Yinton the House resolved ltsei
into committee of the whole, and took up the bll
making appropriations for the civil and dlplomatl
expenses of the government for the year ending
Both June. 1S49.
The committee was addressed by Mr.. Lincoln, Q
Illinois, on the subject of internal Improvements b
| the general government.
Mr. Wick. of Ia, followed, in carefully pre-
pared argument, generally in support of the doc
trines of the Presidents message on the River an
Harbor Bill
Mr.. Hudson, of Mass. next addressed the com
mittee, chiefly on slavery, in the course OF whlc
he expressed his intention to support Cen Taylor
| nomination.
. MIR. Fickln, of ILL.,. next obtained the floor, an
addressed the committee at length on the powers
i the General Government, in reference TO lnterns
Improvements.
MIR. Hiiard, of Ala, expressing desire TO addres
the committee, on his motion the committee rose.
MIR. Colamer moved reconsideration OF the rest
luton by which the House Yesterday fixed the dali
} hour of meeting at TO- instead of II A. NJ.
Mr. Stephens moved to lay the motion on the tt
= ble and on this the yeas and nays were ordered
/ and resulted, ayes GA, nays n.
The motion to reconsider then prevailed, whe
Mr. Rockwell moved TO lay the resolution on til
g table, which was carried, and the House hereaf
I meet at II O'Clock. Adjourned.