New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-03-29
NEW ORLEANS:
MONDAY MORNING, MARCH 20, 1867
Congressional,

WAsHrS oroS, Mach 90 1852
IIoUst OF REPREsESrArwEs--0n motion of Mr. Orr of
s. C., the of the President with tie accompany
ing papers relative to the of Prosper NJ Wetmore
referred to the Judiciary committee.
Resolutions Of the State of California and
ordered to be printed calling for the return Of moneys
longing to that State which had been appropriated by
the General Government and increase Of the salaries
of the Judges there.
Mr. johnson. of Arkansas, moved for the unanimous
consent Of the House to extend the debate the dece
cy bill one hour to enable him to enter into explanations
relative to items which the committee of WAYS and means
had rejected 1t was agreed that the debate should be
prolonged two hours when the House went into COM
ntee the state Of the Union and took up the bill
Mr johnson, chairman of the committee on Indian AT
fairs after iudng to the rejection thirteen items out
Of twenty-six and the reduction of three Others,
Tectcd with the Indian appropriations by the committee
of ways and means proceeded to discuss those which
complicated and difficult leaving the others to be
debated under the five minute rule. Among the Indian
claims to which he referred the part Of the
Seneca Indians in the State of Network for between tr
ty and forty thousand dollars Of which they had been
fauded several since by the dishonesty agent
and another behalf the Creek who stated
had been defrauded of from million and half to five
millions acres OF land subsequent to the last with
Great Britain.
The hour expired before Mr. johnson had finished the
speech and Nj Brooks of NewYork followed expressing
his regret that the chairman of ways and
been permitted to give exposition Of the deficiency
bill, as be Mr., b. would not have been called upon to
defend bill which has only been indirectly assailed He
attributed the necessity for annual deficiency bill to
the circumstance Of the fiscal year terminating on the end
OF June which renders 1t impossible for the Government
IT was the duty Of Congress TO scan and Tor which II
held responsible He went to show that deficiencies
had always existed and cited those for which provisions
had been made by Congress during administrations
He said it impossible for the government to foresee
what amount shall be required for the general service Of
the country vherr Of the clerks Of the House had
called for Slo0cOG 10 meet DEFICIENCIES $4,000 Of which
included in the bill and attributed the increase of
rtory since the Mexican by which the extent had
been nearly doubled it being previously 100000 square
miles while the additional territory is 100000 square
miles Hence the increased expenditure of the quarter
masters department caused by the necessity Of defend
Ing the frontier against Indian warfare and protecting
lhe Mexican frontier against American invasion by
fahless to their country and dshonorabe civilization
and which called for the maintenance of force
in that direction He then advered the hostile
tude assumed by the Indian tribes generally of which
there no less than sxty-fve in Oregon alone the
cost Of subdnngAwhe may be estimated from that
tending the Florida where only eleven hundred
to be contended against and concluded with general
fence Of the administration
The hour having expired. motion made and car
ricd that the committee rise, after which the House adj
iourned previous to which message received from
the President informing the House Of bills which he
had given his assent.