The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-01-22

WAaREorox. Jan. Is. 1851.
the Chair laid before the SENATE report ~
the Secretary Of War Of tile number Of persons In
the employment Of that Department
Mr. Cooper presented three petitions in iavcf oi
the repeal Of the Fugitive Slave law He aaid the
PETITIONS did not represent the opinions Of the poo
Of that Stale were In favor Of sustaining the com
promise acts Of the last session, and would stand
by them and carry them ontin good faith.
Also petitions against the extension Of the areE
Of slavery, and infayor Of ;he modification Of the
tariff Of 1916.
Aaer other petitions, eto, the Senate took up the
bill to cede the public lands to the States, on con-
ditiOn that the States would eede Them in limited
quantities without cost to real occupants only.
MI. Feich opposed the bill, and ne had not con
cluded when The Senate adjourned.
AopaE--Mr BAyly said that but forty-two work
ing days Of Che session remained and unless the
general appropriation bills were made special or
der, they would be crowded into the last days q
The session, which would be productive Of much
mischief. He therefore asked leave 70 introduce
resolution, making the bills appropfiatng for ihe
support Of the Military Academy for Revolution
ary and other purposes, for Navy pensions, ana or
the support Of The Indian Department, the order q
the day for tomorrow, 20 be continued as such
until they shall bs disposed Of
Obiection being made, he moved to suspend the
rules bat The motion was disagreed to ~ yeas g.
nays SO.
Mr. Tnge said il would be remembered that dur
ing the last session not one day was given te The
consideration Of business for the District Of Coum-
ba. Il Was but right tllat some attention be given
10 the subject; and unless il be made special or
der, there was 70 probability that it would be con-
sidersd at all. He moved that the first Monday n
February be set apart for The purpose indicated
The House refused to suspend the rules. Yeas
121--Nays 63. Not two-thifds.
On motion Of Mr.sStephens, OF Georgia, it was
Res05osd, That the use Of the Hall be granted to Asa
Whitney to explain hl project of the construction Of
aioad Fom Lake Mehigan 10 the Pacific Ocean, on satnf
day evening next.
On motion of Mr.. Chandler, under suspension
Of the rules, IL was
Essof5ed, That the COmmitee Commerce be directed
% inquire ato the expedeney Of reducing The value Of the
increasing the proportion Of ahoy the aane both
report By bill 0r Otherwise.
On motion Of Mr.. Hammond, resolution was
adopted, that there be paid out Of the contingent
fund, TO the widow Of Jabez Gore, late assistant
clerk Of the House, the compensation to which her
husband would have been entitled at the end or
the session; and also, that the proper funeral ex-
penses be paid out Of the contingent fund.
Mr.. Lanahan, Of Pennsylvania, asked leave to
offer a resolution, that it would be inexpedient and
improper to repeal the Fugitive Slave act passed
al the last session.
Objection being made, he moved a suspension OF
the rules but tie motion did not prevail. Yeas
l26-Nays 81. Not two thirds.
Ihe House then went into Committee Of the
Whole on the State Of the Union, and resumed the
consideration Of the bill to reduce and modify the
the rates Of postage.
Mr.. Potter, tile chairman Of the committee who
reported the bill defended il, and answered gentle-
nen on the opposite side, when
The COMMITTEE rose and the House adjourned