New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-05-11
Congressional.

WARRINGTON May B. 1852,
SESAvE.-The Chair laid before the Senate commuui-
from the several departments reporting plan
classifying the Clerks in the several departments appor-
toninA their salaries etc, which ordered to be
printed.
Mr. Srodhead presented petitions favor the esab-
lishment of government printing office.
Mr.. Sumner presented the resolutions of the Legisla
ure of Massachusetts upon cheap ocean postage.
Mr., Felch, from the Committee Public Lands re-
ported adversely upon all the petitions praying for the
modification of the bounty land law,
bill for the relief of Ursula E, Cobb was passed
The bill granting lands to the State of Wisconsin aid
in the construction of certain railroads in that State
taken up, debated and ordered to be engrossed
Mr. jones' Of Iowa. reported bill granting pension to
Jim Gopun free negro revolutionary services The
bill considered, and after explanation ordered
be cngrossed for third reading.
Mr. Atchison moved to postpone all other business and
proceed to the consideration of executive business to
consider some Indian treaties Lost-ayes IL. 23
The Deficiency bill was then taken up.
Mr. Rusk addressed the Senate till hafpa two O'Clock
in favor of the amendment granting additional aid to the
Collins line.
The bill then postponed and the Senate proceeded
to the consideration of executive busness shortly
after adjourned.
House. REPREsESrArIvEs-The first business entered
into this morning was the reading of bill refunding be-
tween seven and eight thousand dollars advanced by
Lieut. Hunter, U S NJ. while in active service which
had been sent from the Senate.
MIR Polk of Tennessee moved the previous question
and the bill was ordered to be engrossed
Mr.. Evans of Maryland contended that the bill made
appropriation, but the objection overrued by the
| Speaker.
Upon the third reading of the bill the yeas and nays
ordered and il carriedyeas 104 nays 55 with
any explanation statement as to the merits OF the
bill, which was cut off by : the previous question
Mr. Mcdonald, of Maine, chairman OF the Committee
Revolutionary Claims moved to take up bill for the
relief of Jane Irving daughter of the late Gen irving
by granting half pay of captain for services performed
by the latter during the revolutionary war; which was
read II third time and passed.
Upon the motion of Mr.. Cobb, of Alabama, the House
up business the Speakers table, consisting of
messages from the President reports from the Depart
lnents bills and other documents which severaly
disposed of Among these was the Agricultural report
100000 copies of which were ordered to be printed
An relating to the salaries of officers of the Terri
rie of the United States called up desutory discussion
Mr. Jones' of Tennessee, described the first section OF
the bill re-enacting the second section which it
peals The object of which to meet difficulty arising
out the Judges having absented themselves from the
Territory Of Utah He was in favor of passing special
bill in their favor but thought they should have given
up their situations and allowed others to have been
| pointed -.
Mr. Marshall of Ky, said under the present law an
who absent himself for sixty days loses his salary
for the year, which is manestly unjust The bill pur
poses to deduct merely for the time during which an
shall be absent but not when leave absence
| been obtained from the President, ,..
Mr.. Stanton of Ky, stated that the Judges of Utah
had been plundered by the Indians on their way
had subsequently been compelled to the Territory
| object of the bill, he said, to remedy this.
The bill was ultimately referred to the COMMITTEES on
| Territories.
Mr. Johnson of Arkansas moved to suspend the rules
to enable him to submit the usual resolution that the
House take from the 18th to the 18th of May
which being objected to- chiefly account of the tims
! that was chosen, I- 4. "a l..-
The yeas and nays were ordered the act provide
for the the satisfaction of claims of Ameri
can citizens for spoliatous committed by the French
prior to July 1901 but before they could be taken
tion made to adjourn upon which the yeas and nay
called for and tellers having been appointed tn
motion for the yeas and nays, it was agreed to.
The motion then withdrawn. and the yeas and nay
not taken the motion to adjourn which has
renewed and agreed to.