The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-01-09
MHDsEspAy Mo1Siss.JAsuAnY ssae .. 1850.

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WEDNESDAY MORNING. JANUARY 0. 1850.
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+ CONGRESS-. -. Z
4 MONDAY, Dec. 81, 1s49. LIN the Senate mess
| age in writing was received from the President
through Col Bliss, his private secretary.
/ Mr.. Webster presented the petition of Caroline
" Eustis, widow Of the late Gov, Eustis Of Mass.
Her husband was surgeon in the army during
the revolution, but the pension laws do NOT al
low her a pension. The petition was referred %
| the CoIhmittee on Revolutionary Claims
+ MIR: webster ihtipated. his intention to call up;
/ alter the holydays, the.4subject Of indemnity for
French sPosiations pFer to 1S0o., He also pre-
sented petitions praying for the abolition of spirit
| rations and coFPoreal punishment in the navy:
| Affairs. -
branch mint an New Yor and for the abolilion ot
| splrit ratlons and jogging in the navy.
Z LoatstdnG Petitions
| Mr. Downs presented the proceedings of-a meet.
ing of fmembets of the bar'of she Ninth and tenth
judicial Districts in the State Of Louisiana
Of atteratiQns.sf the ACT Of March ID, lS49
4 creating Western District of the United States
Court ior tkat State which was referred to the
Cenmittee on the Judiciary. t ~ iae-
Mr.. d. also presented the petition OF citizens Of
the, parishes Of u MON and Claiborne, La, asking
the establishment Of mail route from Farmers
vile to Homer, IN that State; whichswas referred
To the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads
MI ID. also presented the petition OF Eli R. w.
Ross, asking the confirmation of hs title to tract
| Of land in the State of louisiana
Mr. d. also presented the petition of Morgan o.
Ross asking the confirmation Of his title to tract
Mr.. D. also presented the petition of Charles G..
Henderson and Vim. L, Remington, heirs of JAS
" Henderson, asking confirmation Of their title to
Z tract Of land .e-- =
Mr.. D; also presented petition Of inhsbi,ahts Of
the n parish OF Warehouse, La, asking confirmation
yated BY them said petitions were referfedt to the
| Committee on-Private Land Claims. =,
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Alter report from the Committee on Printing.
| MIR. Downs submitted the following resolution,
| which lies over under the rule: -
Res3trd That the President the United States be re.
place ss wS nc aiseS ST S @ a es1 +
asngon, the authorities of Cuba, or the American
Gs oes oS9s Bs lie es Spanish oasa
6 with he dstct S,toeS 81 I UniI
ted States for the district Louisiana oTuhes cfcers
!ouehne hisaia Also, copies Of all the proceeding and
testimony and rgueuts Of counsel repoed to the Gov
Cohen, and ali the proceedings had and re-
gethe with all other documents correspondenee
and other papers tuuclnssaid affair in possession Of the Gov
| Tie lEorh,ons at Sal Lake
MIR, Underwood presented the memorial of vii.
ham Smith and Isaac Sheen, representing them
selves to be the legitimate Presidents of the Church
i ot Jesus Christ, or Latter Day Saints, and also
twelve members of that church. They say in this
memorial that they belong to that church and sect
whioh.lS more commonly known by the deIornina-
4 ton OF Mormens and they represent that prior to
Inc emigration Of this people from Nauvoo in the
state Of. Illinois, fifteen hundred of them took the
following oath: 9 You do soiennly swear in the
presence Of Almighty God; his hoyahgels and these
witnesses, that youwil ayenge the blood of Joseph
Smith upon this nation, and so teach your children
and that you will from this day henceforth and for
ever begin and carry out hostility against this ma:
noni and Keep the same profound secret now an6
ever So help you GOdn "a ,,,'. y
They furtherrepresent that this people, now set
tled near the Great Salt Lake, have in their prac
tlce and by their institutions tolerated -polyganly
| Ihey charge upon them various offences and crimes
and they call on the authorities OF the nation 10
tabllsh system of governmentby which the <pey
petratIon OF those crimes and offences m;ry be pre-
Mr.. Underwood then read a parasprapb from :, e,
Louis paper stating that two Indian agents sba,
oeen seized and subjected to trial by the Mormon
| upon charge ofhaying been instruHlentaI-in dri
wing them from the St1te of Missouri, and were on
| cleared IN consequences. of being able,to prov,
~ Aou hot participated m that act, aItsals(
charged the -Morfnons with having imposed dutie,
upon all goods imported into the Salt Lake re5ioS
| from the United States. - ss'N'
Mr.. Douglass said that he had seen the pubIica.
aon Just read by the Senator from Kentucky and
had inquired of Mr.. Babbtt the DELEGATE ~
gress from the government Of Desefet, Whether tbe
Ghafges were true or not. Mr.. Babbittstated that
these transactions were alleged to have occurred
SINCE he left but thahe understood the ca Sc 40 be
mat mat .ne Mormons having assembled in large num-
Ders IN the nelghborhood of the Salt Lake with the
intention OF making their permanent home there
found It necessary to establish government for
their protection until Congress should provide one
ior them and they found it necessary when thew
had established their government to provide the
means of raising feveniie for its support. The
course adopted was 70 impose duties on all goods
brought in and sold within the.city of Salt Lake.
whether by Morm9ns or anti Mogmons, residents
ornon presidents, all being placed upon an equality
Mr.. Babbitt assured Mr.. Douglass that the duty
was not imposed upon goods that Were not sold
m the city, and that large quantities of goods
large caravans conveying goods passed through
without being molested; furthsrmoEe, that these,
caravalls sold then goods outside of The limits of
thus Mormon settlement without paying any such.
duty, and that the duty was only imposed ON those
who retaed their goods inside of the city, and ii
was merely Tor the purpose of providing reRenue for
the support of the government they had established
until Congress should provide one for them. The
memorial was referred to the Committee on Terri
tories go. --.. -
Mr. King presented the memorial Of the heirs OF
John MaIraststhe heirs of John Smith, the heirs Of
John Guion, and the legal representatives Of Joha
Mr.. Burt asking indemnify for French spoliat
prior to 1900 Mr.. x. observed that, as other gen
tlemeh who had presented memorials of a similar.
character, had proposed that they should lie upon
the table, with view to some ultimate decision as.
tothe manner In which they should be disposed Of
he would make the same motion in regard to these
suggesting, at the same time that he thought II
would be better that they should 90 to select com
Inittee, whenever the Senate shall think proper to
refer them Mr.. TX, also presented the memorial Of
the committee of the Tennessee Mississippi and
Alabama Railroad Convention, asking the enact
inent OF a law granting TO the Tennessee Missis-
,sippi and Alabama Railroad, Company the right of
way through the public lands and the use Of the
tfnben and other materials on those lands for the
construction Of their railrOad which was referred
to the Committee OF, Roads and Canals
-Mr. Davis, of Mississippi presented the memo
rial of the heirs of John CAMERON asking indemnity,
for French spoiiatiOns prior to 1900 !; which was
ordered to lie on the table.
Mr.. Borland presented the petition Of Thomas
and Elizabeth Armstrong heirs Of Josiah Fletcher,
asking compensation for losses by depredations
committed on his property by hostile Indians in the
Creek war; which was referred to the COMMITTEES
on Claims. Ma. B. also presented a, memorial of
Benjarnin E $ Ely, proposing for the consideration
oil Congress plan for maintaining mihtaryrforee
an the Territory Of California which was referred