Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-04-24
CONGRESS.
IN SENATE.

i
message received from the President Of the Uni
ted States inviting the attention of Congress the state
of affairs in the Territory of Oregon, growing out Of
conflict OF opinion among the authorities OF that Territory
IN regard to the location Of the seat Of Of said
Territory Referred to the Committee on Territories,
and ordered to be printed
1.-THE President recommends, in order to appease the
strife which seems to have arisen in the Territory that
the seat OF be either permanently tempo
rariy ordained by act Of Congress- and that the body
should its approval dsapprovG of such law
may have been enacted in the Territory the place al
legged to be its seat of and which may be
enacted until intelligence Of the decision of Congress shall
reach them.
The PRESIDENT of the Senate laid before the body
communication from the Department Of State showing
the number Of passengers who arrived in the United States
from the both Of September 1885, to the lst of January
1852.
The whole number of passengers that arrived in 1861
it appears, was 4OS,S2S. In Maine, 1864; in New
Hampshire l08; in Massachusetts, 1851 in Rhode
Island, l75; in New York. 294 445 in Pennsylvania,
1896; in Virginia, 20; in Georgia. $40. Out Of the
numbers in the States named there WERE females in
Maine, Il2 in New Hampshire 49, in Massachusetts,
,430; in Rhode Island, 80; in New York. 1881 in
Pennsylvania 1857 in Virginia, IA; in Georgia. 2O6.
Mr.. DOUGLAS, from the Committee on Territories to
which referred the memorial Of Henry O. Kelley in
relation to the protection of emigrants and teegaphc
line from the Atlantic to the Pacific, reported bill
the protection OF the emgant and elegraphic ine
and for overland mail between the Missouri river and
the settlements in California and Oregon.
This bill provides three new regiments to serve for
three years. to be used in guarding emgant routes tee
graphic lines and conveying the mails between Missouri
river and settlements in Columbia and Oregon 1t esa-
blishes posts and in addition station houses to be
placed at suitable distances the roads, bridges and fer
res to be kept in good condition the Geographic lines
be and the employed in erecting them
and also the emgrants along the line Authorizes OReey
and his associates to establish the line at their
pense permitting them to occupy the stations without
charge, and appropriating dollars to carry the
whole into effect.
THE DEFICIENCY BILL
The Senate then proceeded to the consideration Of the
deficiency bill, the amendment pending being increase
the compensation to the Collins line of steamer; when
Mr. MILLER and addressed the Senate ut consid-
cradle length, advocating the adoption Of the amendment
as measure of sound national policy and in accordance
with justice to the proprietors
Mr. SEWARD rose to address the Senate but the hour
being late the further consideration of the amendment
was passed over informally by unanimous consent.
MIR. HUNTER offered sundry amendments, which were
agreed to, also one by Mr. HAMLIN.
Mr.. BORLAND then moved to further amend the BILL
and sent to the Chair amendment which ordered
to be printed in relation to the publication Of the laws
and public advertisements
As the amendment understood from the reading it
was to select paper in each Congressional district of
State and in each Territory, and four in the Dis
trct OF Columbia in all to be given to the papers
having the largest number of weekly subscribers Those
in the District of Columbia having the largest number Of
weekly subscribers in the United States That the pub
lie advertisements to be inserted in two of the papers
of each State and in four the of Government
Mr. BoRLAND avowed his object be the most
extensive circulation of the laws throughout the States
and at the time to take out of the hands of any Adj
ministrat0n kind of patronage whose tendency to
subsidze the press
On motion, the Senate adjourned.