Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1851-12-20

7 Mr. GwIN presented petition from officers Of the
s. Falmouth in the Pacific squadron, asking
1 extra pay Referred to the Committee Naval Affairs
INTERVENTION WITH FOREIGN NATIONS.
| Mr. WALKER submitted the following resolution fol
consideration:
ing struggle in Europe between the republican masses fol-
constitutional Governments the side and the advocates
OF monarchy for absolute Governments on the otn ana
whereas pressng behooves the OF the Anne
can people of the united sovereign States of America to
rouly consider and betmes inquire into the relations of the
Government and country to this struggle, and their duty in
view of it, themselves foreign nations and the interna
tional law: Therefore
BE resorea That the Committee on Foreign Relations be
instructed inquire and report upon the expedency
open declaration by Congress foreign nations and the
world that the United States hold strictly to the policy and
principle that each individual nation state
for itself the exclusive right and sole to take care and
dispose of its internal concerns without and exempt
FROM the intervention and interference of
ment state confedecy alliance power whatsoever and
that such Intervention interference by the part
any foreign government state confederacy alliance
constitutes inacon of the law of nations authorizing and
usfyng the interposon of any all other governments,
confederaces powers at their discretion to prevent such
and to repair such nfracon Of the law of
nations.
Resolved further That same committee be instructed
to inquire also into the expediency Of requesting the Presi
dent Of the United States negotiations to be opened
with all other constitutional Governments with view and
the end Of obtaining their cooperation with the United States
in the declaration aforesaid and the pdicy and principle
thereof and in the observance defence and maintenance the
law of nations in this respect.
WIDOW OF GEN. WORTH.
Mr. BORLAND moved to take up the bill for the relief
Of Mrs Margaret L. WORTH speaking of the great merits
Of Gen. Worth officer, and his song claims upon
the consideration of the country The bill had passed
the Senate at the last session with greet unanmiy
did not get through the House from want of time
After debate the bill was taken up and was or
dered to third reading, by the following vote:
YEAS-Messrs Atchison, Badger Bradbury Borand Brod
head Butler Chase Clemens Davis Dodge Wisconsin, Dodge
Of Iowa Douglas Downs Fech Fish Foote of Vermont eye
Xvi Iowa Jnpaa arTa
Mallory Mangum, Mason, Miller Morton, Norris Sebastian
Seward Shields Smith Spruance, Stockton Sumner Upham
W ade, and Walker-39.
NAYs-Messrs. Dawson Hunter King, Pratt, and Under
Wood.
COMPROMISE MEASURES.
The special order was then taken up viz the resolu
ton offered several days ago by Mr. FoeE approving the
compromise acts of last session. and declaring them emit
tied to be recognised defnitive adjustment and set
emsnt of the dstractng questions gowng out of the
system of domestic slavery, and, sWh, that said
should be acquesced in and respected by all good
citizens y
Mr.. MASON rose and addressed the Senate at some
length, when, after explanations by Messrs BROD
HEAD, RHETT, HALE, and FOOTR-
On motion, the Senate adjourned.
THURSDAY, DECEMBEI Is, 1851,
Mr.. UNDERWOOD presented tie memorial of Leslie
Combs of Kentucky in which he states that the late
republic of Texas indebted lin 500 900 for which
the memoras held the bonds of the said republic for the
payment of the interest seni-aually, for which the
customs soenny pledged ana set apart said bonds
had been regularly filed in the Treasury Department.
That he petitoned Congress Immediately the annexa-
ton of the republic to the United States to pay him the
debt with interest but that he has never yet received
either principal interest In The act of Congress fixing
the northern boundary of Texas millions of dollars
stipulated to be paid to Texas FIVE of whh to
be retained till certain creditors If the State should file
releases of their debts in the Department hPresdent
had directed that creditor should be pad any part
of his debt ont of the reserved SIS 000 Until all of
them shall file releases in full in other words
der twelve millions to retain FIVE The memorhst says
he is convinced that Congress intended N disgrace
themselves by repudiatng acknowledged debt and
concludes by asking that he may be paid what due him
in full without asking him to take onehalf referred to
the Committee on Finance.
Mr. U. also presented the memorial of Ashbura Regain
native of Georgia. and citizen of the parish d Natch
toches in the State of Louisiana stating that hehad dis
covered plan to prevent the overlooking Of f Mssis
spp and its tributary streams and to drain an reclaim
the inundated lands in their valleys. He proposes to
turn the surplus waters into Hudsons bay and M Allan
tic ocean, and says ne complete the whole IN en- years.
and is willing to receive for his compensation snly
half the lands reclaimed Mr. u thought itxould be
excellent bargain and he would move its reference to
the Committee on Roads and Canals.
Mr.. MASON presented the memorial of Charls Fletcher
proposing to establish line Of mail-steames between
Norfolk, Virginia. and the ports of Cadiz and Gibraltar
and asking that the Secretary of the Navy may author
lied contract with him for transporting the mails be-
tween these ports Referred to the Committee Naval
Affairs
BILLS INTRODUCED
The following bills were introduced on lave read a
first and second time, and appropriately referred:
By Mr. GWIN: A bill granting the righ of way for
and to and in the construction of line of telegraph wires
from the Mississippi river to the Pacific ocean
By Mr. FOOTE: bill granting to the State Of Msss-
sppi the right of way and donation Of public land for
the purpose Of locating and constructing railroad from
Brandon to the eastern border Of said State in the rec
ton Of Montgomery, Alabama; which was read
Mr. FOOTE asked that the bill have its second reading
not with view reference but that it might be at
Ho etot ,pfnxr
Senators that the in all respects as that which
had passed last session, and involved but small quantity
of land As it matter of some Importance to have
the measure adopted without delay he trusted that he
might have the unanimous of the Senate to take
it up and dispose of it.
Thebi considered in Committee Of the Whole and
ordered to be engrossed for third reading
THE COMPROMISE.
The following resolution submitted by Mr. FooTE came
up the special order:
BE resoved That the series Of embraced the
acts entitled An act proposing to the State of Texas the
adjustment of her northern and eastern boundaries the ren
quishment by the said State Of all territory claimed by her
exterior to said boundaries and OF all her clams upon the
United States, and to establish Territorial Government for
New Mexico approved September 1850; An act for the
September O. 1866 "An establish Territorial Gov
eminent for Utah. approved September 8, $780, An
amend an act supplementary the entitled respect
ing futves from usce and escaping from the
proved September 49, 1850 An suppress slave
trade in the District of Columbia approved September 90
1850 commonly known the Conproise Acts are in the
Judgment of this body entitled to be recognised denitve
adjustment and settlement Of the dsractng questions grow
ing ont of the system Of domestic slavery, SUCH
said should be acqueced respected by
good citizens
Mr. HALE desired to make an explanation.