Weekly miners' express. (DuBuque, Iowa) 184?-1849, 1849-01-02
Congressional.

report OF the proceedings OF Congress, W.
shall be under the necessity Of putting j
in as condensed form as i, is possible
to do, aud still retain an ineligible con
)nection. We shall endeavor TO follow uI
the reports as we receive them by mai
from day 10 day, bearly touching upor
that which possesses but little general in
terest, and giving full report Of what
lever may particularly interest our read
ers in this section Of country.
i Tuesday, Dec. 5.--SENATE.-The Vice
! President appeared in his seat to-day
The. Annual Message Of the President
was received and read. On motion oil
Mr.. Breese, 10000 copies, with the &C.
companying documents, were ordered tc
be printed. 5
lIousE.-Mr. McClelland gave notice
Of sundry bills for the improvement Of
harbors on the Northern Lakes; and for
the appropriation Of land for the construc
tion Of Canal around the falls of Ste.
Marie, in Michigan. .r.... IF
Mr.. Gaggin Of Virginia, of bill for
the reduction Of the rates Of postage OF.
letters and newspapers; establishing uni
form postage, and correcting the abuses
Of the franking privilege.
Mr.. Greedy, Of New York, Of bill to
discourage speculation in public lands, and
to secure homes thereon TO actual settlers
and cullivators. .. ..ys--.-- .. F.. 49,:
The Message was received and read,
and on motion Of Mr.. Broadhead, $4,000
copies with the accompanying documents
were ordered to be printed. Hon. Shep-
herd LETTER appeared in the House to-
day. ..-.
Wednesday, 6M.-SENArE.-The Vice
President laid before the Senate the re-
port Of the Secretary Of Statc,-also re-
port Of the Treasurer Of the U. States.
HoUsE.--Rev. R. R. Gurley was re-
elected Chaplain for the Session.
Mr.. Wentworth asked leave 10 intro
duce the following resolution; which be-
ing objected to, was not granted:
Resolved, That the President of the u.
States be requested to inform this House
whether he has received any information
Of the Imprisonment or arrest Of citizens
ofthe United States in the Province of l.
Ireland, by the British Government; and
if so, the causes thereof And also, if
not deemed inconsistent with the public
interests, TO inform this House what steps
have been taYen for their release; and to
furnish it with copies Of all correspon-
dence that has taken place in relation 10
the matter.
Thursday, 7h.-The ceremonies ap-
propriate on the occasion Of the official
announcement Of the death Of Hon. Dixon
Fl. Lewis, late Senator from the Stare of
Alabama, occupied the attention of both
Houses during their entire session to-day
after which, they adjourned over to Mon
day.
Monday, Dec. 11M-SENATE.-The V.
President laid before the Senate reports
from the Secretary Of the Navy and of the
Treasury.
Mr.. Davis, Of Mississippi, moved that
10000 extra copies Of the report of the
Secretary Of the Treasury be printed for
the use Of the Senate. Upon this motion
quite an interesting and somewhat extern
ded discussion arose, in which Messrs.
Cameron, Davis Of Mss, Allen, Hale,
Foote, Niles, Wcslcott and Metcalf look
part. ......
Mr.. Davis desired the general circuls-
ton Of this document, as it embodied the
evidence with regard to the new system
of finance now in operation, and which
has been in operation long enough to be
decided upon.
Mr.. Cameron, Of Penn, thought the
country had decided upon that system in
the recent election. In his State, this f.
nanciaI system, growing ont Of the Tar
if Of 1916, was distinctly before the peo-
pie, and decided against. 1t was unlortu-
nately through the influence Of this sys-
tenn, introduced by the present Secretary
of the Treasury, that the candidate for
whom he voted had been defeated. He
regretted this defeat, but feared that il:
would be succeeded by others, unless they
made some change. a ..-.
Mr.. Davis denied that the issue oc the
tariff had been before the country. He
would like to know when, where, and in
what form, that Senator or any other,
had presented tho ;sc,Io of tho ,f,r;a> ~