The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-08-24
TYlIRTy SECOND CONGRESS.
FIRST SESSION.

TYuRTy SECOND CONGRESS-.
FIRST SESSION.
WAsHNoror, August %, 1852
THE LoBos ISLANDS.
{ The Chair prssented message from the President
ccrYmunicsting the correspondence relative to the
Lobos Isands Referred, and ordered to be printed.
ENGRAVING WASHINGTON
Mr.. CoorrR desired to present to Congress copy OF
engraving Of Washington by Philadelphia artist,
but after confederation deferred 1t TIL some future
occasion.
AND DIPLOMATIC APPROPRIATIONS
Hr. HUNTER moved to take up the Civil and Diplo-
matic bill. Agreed TO.
The amendment pending was that moved by Mr..
Badger apprcpratipg $4,000 for the removal OF Long
Bridge over The Potomac.
The debate renewed the question involved being
whether new bridge ought not to be constructed
The amendment. after debate was rejected
An amendment for the repair OF the bridge also
The proposition for an incrcase Of the salaries of clerks
who now receive 13o0 or less year 20 per cent was
off per cent.
The bill was then postponed and the body took up
- THE RIVER AID HARDoR
10 amendment pending was ono approprating $780,
900 for the purchase Of enas beats dredging maohncs
60 This was after further debate greed to- byYeas
sc; nays, 10.
Mr. DovorAs, (dem.) of III. offered his amendment su
thorzipg the States to levy tonnage duties on vessels
lows -
secAna bo It fursher orscted. That Congress hereby
conents that each State may autherie pa6o aathor
tiesof any city town within limits which
oaif # Ns,so: The banks
a.S * oa rsos II s 'irsa Mosn As' e. sups1
& sssp ssps @ sa t1 H GF If% e. as lake
upon Sost and se.sss
Sxa sssGt ynsf s rs ss n
said duties sha be exoended exclusively in constructing
@ e & sF ss
as The States bOrdsrr on said iskes or either Of
son y e. and saa Sss.si s hsseA sse s
may AXE or csuso 20 be made such works and
s1a s nd
Sy s ase
ss purpose they may BY uniform rule divert portion
eed the towns an Within tho States
int sqsh and compact and case canal
may be collected thereon, dcfray the expense
ss:stss SSs 1sss s's all cases where
% ay s sfs & Es y .ay s ss IN
ssnts that h legislature thereof may provide for the i'm
Wholly .Ea 5e Vsp Ss DIOR
a pr may yn y ni o. n sySsSaag sn
same Provded That the funds derived from such due.
s.vigation and shs b applied TO no other
beeoleG'ed than may be necessary for the obos herein
navigable river may sitnatsd in part
sns q nsy swS Or
sssus ne joint ssten b C2Tpaot W.T.:
ton Or water and for fhis may lay da
ss Of ,cpIsss not ION cents per oa Al
funds derived dutes sbs bs expended solely la
and applied sa sas1 a moro
Or higter duties .ha be collected than ay necessary
n AL
Mr. DouoIAs entered into an elaborate speech in sup
port Of the amendment pointing out since 1889
cases where Congress has given It's to States for
particular improI TO levy tonnage duties He con.
fdered that this system would soon general and
instead OF The occasional and almost Intellectual appro
proons made by Congress for such improvements there
would be permanent fund always raising for that pur-
pore The nine States on the Mississippi could each
choose commissioner and the nine would constitute
board who could administer the funds raised and ap
ply mort probably to the objects contemplated Tho
steamboat captains and pilots who had practical nc
qusnapce with those rivers could point out the places
where Improvements might be made with advantage far
better than the United States engineers The present
unequal appropriations for River and Harbor bills would
be unnecessary No River and Harbor bill had yet passed
without arranging Il So that by its particular tems it
could command sun cent votes to pass it,
MT CAss. (dem) OF Ill, thought the subject was too
Important to be scted upon at this late stage Of the sc
II ought to be laid over. There was one objection
ch now suggested itself to his mind it that these
tonnage duties imposed at New York Albany, Buffalo,
and on to MILWAUKEE, 60 would all be added to the cost
of the merchandise carried there and should Ia fact
have to be paid by the agricultural consumers.
MI SMITH, (whig) Of Conn, desired to call attention
to this most extraordinary proposition introduced In so
extrpordnafy manner by the Senator from Illinois.
lie deed to let the people Of the Vest know what tho
Senator had introduced respecting them how no In
tended to tax them to improve their rivers and hnrbor
Mr. DOUGLASS supposed the Scnstor intended reply
to tbe speech he made the other day tho Circular
MT SMITH said the Senator intended to address the
people OF twenty eight States lie thought he could give
the Senator enough to do in Illinois. He polluted out
many constitutional objections TO the amendment and
said that in the several cases In which Congress had
given s assent to eyyipg such duties that assent was
given where the States had epated before such assent
vas asked This amendment gave tho assent before tho
leRhson Of the State while heretofore tho legislation
Of the States preceded that Of Congress.
Mr. DOUGLAS said In some cases, Congress had legis
lated first.
Mr.. SMITH said that such case may have slipped
hrougb but the legislation Of the States had
Mr. DOUGLAS said that was not so
MR. SMITH said that, as the Senator from Illinois had
expressed himself fully, he had better now keep his
Mr. DoucIAs-I can show you case where Congress
did and
The Cram asked IL tho Senator from Connecticut
yielded the floor?
MIR. SMITH said he did not
The CnAR1he Senator from Illinois Is out Of order
Mr. DoueIAs-The Senator has stated what Is false.
CInEs--" Order, ordcrn
The snAin ead tina Senator from Illinois was oot Of
oIoe ~ wss out Of order to say that statement made
Mt DouoiAs asked II, when one Senator made o mis-
statmenI and he rose oourteously TO himself right
ard the Senator persisted in stating what not true,
The Cia said 1t was his duty to take bis seat until
speech.
Mr. smIrn resumed aud entered into an exsmiustion
otfbe detsls of tho working OF the new system lie
asked how Kentucky and Missouri were to collect dutie-
on vessels passing down the river between them Were
ey 70 nsve cutters or wore they TO erect forts TO pc