The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-03-15

WEDNESDAY, MARCH is, ls4s.



TIE Journal having been read
Mr. GREEN presented petition OF citizens OF fayete
and Palmyra land districts IN the o.ate q pray
WA upon the motion OF MIR. g., referred to special
comm''i Tx 1oR THOMPSON submitted an amendment
which he proposed offer to the bill in relation TO bounty
lsnds n soldiers who have been promoted to commits
sions. whenever should be in ORDER which order
Mr.. WILEY. from the Committee on Invalid Pensions,
reported bill for the relief of John Knight read twice.
and committed.
Mr. MES, from the same committee, reported bill for
the relief OF Thomas Flanagan read twice. and commit
Mr.. FARRELLY, from the Committee on Patents, re.
Jehro Wood, accompanied by adverse report which
hs moved to have referred 10 the Committee Of the
Whole House, stating that the committee not pre-
pared to make any strenuous opposition to the said bill
Mr.. NELSON moved to lay the bill upon the table
and that the report be printed which motion agreed
Mr.. JOHN B. THOMPSON. from the Committee on
Printing, reported resolution in favor of printing ten
thousand extra copies OF the abstract Of contracts reported
ssh osscsd to y.
age OF the resolution 1t was unusual to print such docu
ments. and he could necessity for the printing
N Mr. CROZIER explained. The proposition had been
approved OF by the Committee on Expenditures in the
Department of War, and also by the Committee on Print
The history Of the enormous expenditure Of thirty, and
perhaps nifty millions OF dollars Ii considered BY
the committee important that the people, who pay the
iturs had been made He believed It was was document
which would be read with great interest by every portion
Of the country Again: it was the duty Of the Commit
whether any frauds had been committed upon the govern
ment in that department II was not necessary for him
TO tel the HOUSE that most stuPendous frauds had been
with law They had been given out in an illegal man.
ner--ip such mode, many of them, to deprive the
government of the advantages be gained by the con-
tract system. The printing would develop information
upon this subect-informaton which was due to those
officers Of government who had dealt honestly and faith
Mr. c. referred to ono instance OF a contract which
ought 10 be marked. When Gen. Taylor was on the
Rio Gande. and about the transportation Of his baggage
TO Monterey, be was able to hire mule and driver
33 cents per day; and at the game time, eight hundred
horses were purchased by the government agent for the
same pupo:s in the State Of Ohio at the very highest
army cost the government over three thousand doars-a
sum equal to the entire Of the transportation Of the
also to contract which seemed fair on It's face being
made under published proposals for the transportation
pertaining to regiment raised in Tennessee, by which
the government was derauded out of considerable
And he doubted not that there thousands of like
cases. which this printing would bring light Removed
the previous questions and under its operation, the
Mr.. vTNfON. from the Committee on WAYS and
Means. asked that said committee be discharged from
Mahoning county. Ohio, praying that the government
issue 600 Of treasury notes for national cur
rency from petition OF czens Of Ohio, that further
Of The House Of the 2ist December ls47 in relation to
siss under he act asd June 1885, from resolutions
lshment OF branch mint 1t Charleston and the petition
Of the Chamber OF Commerce of Charleston. South Caro-
the % 10 Se @ Of
JsI6 and the independent treasury law and that they be
sey:1al l laid nPon the table
scented adverse reports in the OF John Walker Ben
amin PeIham. and Joseph Hale laid on the table, and
ordered M1 h e e RTin tsdm u. .,. ,on;.,.
said committee be discharged from the further consdera
hon OF the petition Of Samuel j. Bayar late receiver at
Fairfield Iowa. and that it be laid upon the table agreed
Mr. DUNN, from the same committee. presented an ad-
verse report upon the petition Of Levi Leaky laid the
ss ss ssn. committee asked
discharged from the further consideration of the Of
n c. Oiear Peieg Phelps, Of Louisiana, and the
ton to the expediency Of paying to the officers and
who volunteered to capture the brig Philadelphia
then lying in the harbor of Trpo and that they be laid
Mr. r. also made an adverse report upon the petition
Of Harvey Richardson laid on the table, and ordered
MI. GOGGIN, from the Committee on the Post Office
and Post Roads, reported the following resolution which
was agreed to:
vide The Of the mail Seween the United
the day Tor the hrst wednesday In April!
Mr.. ALEX. EVANS moved that the bill reported by
him from the Committee Public Lands, in relation to
bounty lands to soldiers who had been deprived of them
by being promoted to commissions, be made the special
order for Wednesday two weeks.
Mr.. BOYD modified the motion, so as to include the
bill for the purpose reported from the Committee on
Military Affairs and, thus modified it was agreed to-
MIR. THOMAS, from the Committee of Claims, made
adverse reports upon the of Dorcas Jewell and ia
cob Yearly: laid ON the table.
Mr.. MURPHY, from the Committee Engraving,
made report in relation to the maps TO accompany the
Presidents annual message and the accompanying docu
mens; which laid the table, and ordered to be
printed.
Mr., HARRISON, from the Committee on Military
A reported back the House bill for the relief of the
volunteers engaged in the military service of the United
States with m amendment referred to the Committee of
the Whole on the state of the Union
Mr.: TUCK, from the Committee on Naval Affairs pre-
scented adverse reports upon the petitions of H. s. Sell
wage and VIM X. Ashards: laid upon the table,
reported bill to transfer the towns of Vinal Haven
New Haven. and Isesboo from the collection district OF
Penobscot to that of Belfast in the Stale of Maine read
twice, and referred TO the Committee of the Whole on the
state Of the Union.
Mr. PETRIE, from the Committee on Invalid PEN
sions reported bill for the relief of Parmelia Savn
Also bill for the relief of Jonathan Slyter severay
read twice. and committed.
Mr. DUNN, from the Committee OF Claims, reported
bill for the relief Of the legal representatives of George
w. Milan: read twice, and committed
Mr.. MCKAY moved that the House resolve itself into
Committee of the Whole the state OF the Unon for
the purpose Of taking up the special order of the day.
to wit: the bill requiring all moneys receivable from