The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-07-27
TnlkTY-SECOND CONGRESS.
FIRST SESSION.
MONDAY, July &c, 1882.
SENATE.
NEwsPAPER POSTAGE.

NEwsPAPER POSTAGE.
Mr. DAVIS presented a memorial from publish
ersoT newspupers in Boston asking that the postagt
on all classes of newspapers may be UNIFORM, and
demonstrating against the provisions oil the bill
lately passed by the House, doubling the amoun
of postage on newspapers Weighing over We
ounces. -
The CHAIR laid before the Senate report iron
the Secretary Of the Interior. transmitting In com
ntance with resolution Of the Senate OF March 10
a voluminous record OF papers on the hles oi ina
ID .partment concerning the Mexican Boundary
Commission.
Nj WELLER complained of the delay which
hal taken place in the ransmission oil the iniorma
n IN and said that time would not now permit tho
report to be printed for the OF the Senate nj TN:
sc ision. With view to have such parts oil ~ al
my be necessary selected and ordered 10 De PRINT
ed he moved that the report be referred 10 The
Committee on Printing.
Messrs. COOPER and PEARCE defended the
Secretary of the Interior from the imnlitd inpu'a
ton Of having kept the report back till this time In
order that il might be published at this session
Messrs. RUSK ard HAMLlN urged the refer
suce to a select committee And after some re
n,rks by Mr. CLARKE, the subject was referred
toa. 1t committee. consisting Of Messrs. WEI
LER c. AXE, RUsK, CooPHR, and ioucEY.
INDIAN APPROPRIATIONS BILL.
Mr. HUNTER, from the Committee on Finance.
to which was referred House bill making appro-
priations for the current and contingent expenses
of the Indian Department. for fulfilling treaty
stonatons with aTious India ribes, Tor the year
ending June 80, 1858, reported the same oae3' WIN
amendments
raB-HMPTIoN RIGHTS.
On motion Of Mr.. SHIELDS, the Senate pro
oeeded to consider the bill to ProtecL actoa1 %,
tiers upon the land the line Of the Central Rail-
road and its branches, by granting pre.empioi
rights thereto; and the bill WAS amended and or
dered to a third reading.
}. T.. q. FLOYD.
Mr. GWIN from the Committee on Finance
FIR Telie O j
Floyd; and the same was considered and passed.
HEIRS OF GEN. J. c. WATSON.
Mr. CHARLTON said that his colleague (Mr
DAwsoN) would necessarily be absent after thii
day, and in his behalf he would move to take up
the House bill for the relief Of the legal representa-
tives of General James &. Watson, OF Georgia.
His colleague was anxious to dispose OF that OIL,
before leaving; and he appealed TO the courtesy Of
the Senate to Ia Ike up the bill.
Mr.. SUMNER objected to taking up the Dill
He said that the Senator from Ohio mr.. CHAsk)
had prepared an elaborate argument upon the Dill,
and he had left this city this morning. IL was not
expected that the bill. which was private one,
would be called up except on Friday, or taken up
ont Of its regular cou.se. Out Of courtesy TO the
absent Senator. he hoped the Senate would not
take ND the bill now.
Mir. RUSK said he understood that the Senator
from Ohio intended to disc uss the question OF the
right of property in slaves. This bill did not raise
that question at all. He would vote to take up the
bill, out OF courtesy 10 the Senator from Georgia,
the deathbed Of a son.
Mr. BUTLER said he had received q note from
one Of the par ties interested in the BILL asking that
il be not taken up during the absence Of the Sena.
tor from Alabama, (Mr. CLEMRNs)
Nr DAWSON asked that his colleague would
withdraw the motion.
Mr.. CHARLTON declined doing so. The bill
had already been postponed, with hi, colleagues
consent, at the request Of the Senator from Ohio;
and he thought conrtcsy now entitled him to have
il considered.
Alter some further remarks
The motion agreed to. The bill was then
considered; and, without any objection or debate,
went through the usual forms, and was read third
time and passed
THE BOUNDARY COMMISSIONER.
The Senate then resumed the consideration oil
the resolution submitted by Mr.. WELLEn some time
since, TO refer to a select committee the. charges
filed by Col. McCelIand, of the typographical
corps, against Mr.. Bartlett, the commissioner ap.
pointed TO run the boundary between the United
States and Mexico.
MIR. CLARKE then addressed the Senate in de-
fence of Mr.. Bartlett, and reply to portion Of
the remarks of Mr.. WELLER on the subject.
Without concluding, he yielded the floor to
Mr.. MILLER, wiiuse motion
The Senate adjourned.