The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-05-15
Washington Correspondence of Crescent.

WASHINGTON Friday. May 5.
The proceedings in Congress yesterday were OF unusna
and unexpected interest resulting in the removal OIL e
Regiment Bill from the embargo in when IL mas oee "
long confined upon the Sneakers table, and its reference 10
the Committee Military Affairs Inc lnehaS u re .k
mni5traton attempted its reference 10 .he Ooii 80 80.
Whole with the view of facilitating the passage oi t
and on this motion came the great struggle Del"ee
,,h. If the two paries There large NUMBER u
members absent and no could tell the result uh
vote was taken The Administration Were oeIea.e -
votes mon their motion to refer as proposes e .h.,,
All other measures passed from the tabie-some Vi IT,
,,d mn many weeks-witf out serious opposition he
the hill authorizing the Secretary OF the Navy ~ -
for the supply of American hemp, upon ne 49,. -
maid for the five years past, was carried uiioas
ons opposition and this long pending mattef Is no"
both Houses. A. p;1. $780,
The bill repeaing the power given 10 the Eesiue SUM-
n diss one of the two Major Generals at the close
oftbe war with Mexico was passed IN the House Dy 'oe
of 81 tn &C. The Senate have yet to act upon tnis DILL
o ,nortapt bills were also reported to the House and
,,ost mportant to the newspaper public act to
cheapen the transmission of intelligence. Summary the
hill reported to-day proposes the following provisions All
newspaper the supeces of 1900 square inches free
of postage thirty miles half cent for distances
between thirty and hundred miles and cent for all
distances beyond Newspapers under the supeces of 500
square inches free of postage for all distances under thirty
miles, and pay only one-fouT beyond. Pamphlets and
magazines and all newspapers beyond the size above
toned pay cents for the first and half
for all beyond and this for all distances Magazines
and pamphlets are also entitled to the benefits Of free
exchange.
sent you by mail yesterday three important bills reported
few days since by the Naval Committee Another i'm
poranact reported to-day for the establishment Of two
lines Government steam vessels to run between San Fran
cisco and Monterey and Shanghai and Canton This is
line for four vessels and the second proposes The employ
ent of vessel to between San Francisco Monte
rey and the Sandwich Islands, for the protection of Amer
can commerce.
The Committee Commerce also reported an important
act designed regulate trade between the States and
Canada. l copy the bill in full, as it is brief:
Be it enacted etc., That the articles hereinafter men;
Toned being the growth and production OF the UnIled
States and admitted by law Canada free of dnty that
on and after that day the like articles being the production
and growth OF Canada, shall be admitted INTO the United
States of duty when imported direct from said Province
long said enumerated articles admitted into Canada
from United States free of duty unless Otherwise directed
by Congress wit: grain and breadsutfs OF all kinds
This bill took its course upon the calendar.
Most of ALL in the of interest, bill in the
Senate for the protection of the Pres
dent take temporary military possession Of the country
The Introduction of the bill called forth spicy debate,
and some remarks of Mr. Calhoun against the war; in
nounced the war only unconstitutional and
but declared that took good deal of ingenuity the
part of those administering the Government to bring
Mr. Cas- and Mr. Fooe, were both after Mr.. Calhoun for
this, and the day given to the subect-Mr Calhoun
not succeeding effort made by him to postpone the SUBJ
ect-but yet successful in submitting call for coespon-
dence on the State Department having bearing the
question. ORLEANS.