The New York herald., 1850-01-17
THIRTY-FTKsT COsGnEss.
WAsHrscTos, Jan. l6, 1850.
Senate.
FIRST SESSION

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10, 1880
Senate.
coNnusIcATIsa FROM pEPARrMEsr.
The vrcK PArsrprSr laid before the Senate a comma.
nicstion from the Navy Department, transmitting .
list OF punishments In the navy.
GOVERNMENT cHkPLAINs.
Several to the ployment Of chap
lains to Congress aud in the army and navy,
ceived aud brief conversation, we're referred to
the Committee on the Judiciary.
THE SHIP owSEEs.
Mir PsARcr presented memorial OF merchants and
sh., owners insurers and other engaged In the CON-
Of Baltimore, asking that the liability Of ship
for may BE- clearly defined and stat
ing that the extent of liability claimed for losses
by ere casualty is fraueht with rui to the
Of the csIscious ships Referred to the Commit
tee on Commerce.
AMI sLAvsAr MrMsRIAL FROM
MIR. sswAED presented memorial of citizens Of the
the District Of Columbia, which he moved oe referred
TO the Judisry Committee
MIR BERElAS moved that the motion be laid on the
table.
Mir KISe said 1t was the duty of tn. Chair knowing
that there objection to al such papers To state tue
qutttop hrst ON the reception of the petition.
Ibe Wen PkEsfDkNT expressed his readiness to do
whenever objection was actually made. otbsrSis ne
had right TO pus any question except upon the mo-
tiCp made by the Senator presenting a paper.
The ayes and nays were then ord-red aad taken re-
sutng yeas 81 nays 10 90 that the petition was not
received,
tn, MALICIOUS TsrEpon WEST rOrsr CADETS.
Mr. D,cKNso> tuomitted u resolution, iDauring
vhsth,r certain Paragraph IN the tgaalou OF the
Wet Point Military Acsd-my OF spy construct
thereof vas calculated TO interfere with ,hs flee
ercse OF the religious irssdon VI the cadetsl Adopted
PhofosED hLDCCiiOS % Tnh BoUSDAR, oF rgrA,
MIR BESIOS, In pursuance Of notice ASKED leave TO
her boundaios ana cede her exterior territory TO
the United State; and the rei.qu isent of the
claims Il Texas O. the United States. for cOnsd-ra-
tion a fifteen mi preceded TO state bis
therefor. The state Of Texas either
her convsuienc- or the equality ot her position
with references 90 other att containing about tnrss
hundred hfty Thousand SQUARE niilcs, portion of
which in the region Of perpetual hOsers and
otle er Ia that 81 perpetual aud ice lt va.
csstsTy therefore. fOr her couyenieuce, aud
sary Tor the tnisd Sats that her beunds les should
b. reduced The proper time to bsv. made that re-
ducion before her xstion aud he desired to
sccompii,b now What he eBdesvor.d TO have doue at
that uDe. he principle oi the proposed reduction
such 20 siv- t. the state OF fexss all hes
Tie toabs sbd OrgsBiEd uanicip. goTerumsnt;-it
pruyoss to restrict h,r western boundary to the
bundled and seeend degree 81 rest longitude and her
northern 10 the main south loot OF t1e k-a River.
between the parallels 81 buDdrrd aud hundred
snd two degrees of west longitude These oJuadsries
would eIciue territory OF hundred aud tn
tsLd square nilts, stiii too much Tor fns
bah ALEC proposed that WhrD the pOpuis,ion OF the
1suioiy ceded by Irxss -hsll contain population of
buLoT.a thousand tous ~ shAii b. sdmtted into
a., uon state The N,ssrn bos of this "a
State the entire front OF the Territories II
tatcrnia aud New Mexico tie described the ~ild
dub O tie country proposed To be cedsd by Texas the
d,lrsdstoy sna vicious character u tae savage ~no
able f,itihcstioDs, military posts I~sds, SC In aud
through that country The coil hc-sver belonged to
T,1ss IL lett TO her with her debt. the 4 s
States could the rigbt 81 way which IN
disp.rsio.. only by negotiation With texas rni- ne
c,siy for the " portion II tue territory named,
vss snether reason Tor is acquisition BY the United
States AnotkeT thai - conhict growing
up between the people Of that Territory aud state
oi I.Ass q cou hiet hioh the United States must
scCnsr o. later become party sud winch ~ood be
ended With the sooptou of the proposition contained
ga the bill tie urged the subject gu the attention II
senate aud the hope that its PROPOSE
tiops would be adopted
The bl was read, ana refsrrsd to the Con nittee
the judiciary.
lnr rlHsiroRI.L sovtAsMsSrs-ss roors's uLL.
Mr. toOIk, pursuant 10 NOTES. asked leave to iutro-
duct bill to Orgsnze territorial sOvernmu at for all
Ne~ Mexico. Dts-ret sui with tbs consent Of
the q T,xss TO erect the district uf Jacinto into
state &C. he admitted In the oon aud also proceeded
10 explain IT. objects and his reasons for introducing
~ hs had hinsef long age Uncovered the necessity
for the reduction Of the boundaries of fexss sod nDL
bed the whole country this twenty millions OF free
cover the necessity He knes that there vas ques-
tion which threatened that Dion shioh AL patriots
looked upon witb 80 much reverence. aud whish bad
been us BY unrrincipied dsmssDguos in she free
state Tor the bsssst purposes, aud with vie~ of
ttttpN that question. snd quetiug the agitation he
bad gwen notice that he would INTRODUCES tins bill
he tsd carefully framed his bill en- srre
the ground of agitation. The Annexation Of Texas
settled the nische,ous question Of slavery with
tore a foot a Tree scil within her borders He vas
utterly opposed nov to opening The doors again,
b,ubdatisr Cf 1sxss by such means as had bsen pro
tcsed The constitution pressDt.d by Tvxas sad
sanctioned by the resolutions OF ssasxstion, pro-
,ided tor the admisson into the uion q one slave
state, with sl her teritory. laid down by nsr in
an act declaring Der b,UBdafist. and he could not
ssspt for moment 60 an act toleistisg lne ~rest-
ing OF any poftcn 81 That terri ory, thus admitted
into the [ nivn from the South His bn proposed,
that with the conseUt q TeIss hrst had snd OBTAIN
into state, to be named in honor of the battle Of