New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-05-06
XXXIId CONGRESS ). FIRST SESSION.
SENATE. WASHINGTON, May 5, 1s'

SENATE WASHINGTON, May s. 1852
The Senate commenced business at 20
minutes past II o'clock.
The CHAIR laid before the Senate a re-
port by the Secretary of War; communicating answer
to the resolution of the Senate the Names number
and salaries OF persons in the civil employment OF
New Mexico.
Mr.. FISH presented resolutions by the
New-York Legislature in favor of the equal distribution
of Public Land. among all the States for educational
and other purposes
Mr.. DOUGLAS reported back the House
bill regulating the mileage of the Delegate from Oregon.
II repealed The law limiting the mileage of that Delegate
. to $500 II was considered and passed.
MIR. UNDERWOOD gave notice OF q bill to
repeal all existing laws giving compensation TO Mem.
beers of Congress- and to substitute new system Of
compensation.
MIR. MALLORY introduced bill for estab-
fishing Steam Mail Line from California to Shanghai,
China, via the Sandwich Islands.
The Senate then took up and passed the
engrossed bill for the relief of the negro, Jim Capers
On motion of Mr.. FELCH, the Senate
next dispose OF the bill granting land to Michigan to
aid in ucng railroad across the Peninsula OF
that State 1t was amended to conform to the
other bill like purposes and ordered to be engrossed
After hich the Senate took up the bill
granting lands Michigan in trust for the Seilwauke
Grand traverse and Mackinaw Plank Road Company.
The bill was reported by the Committee with an amend
ment making the grant Of land directly to the state tor
the purpose Of constructing railroad from Sellwaukc
on Saginaw River TO Grand Traverse Bay, thence to
the Straits of NIackinaw This made TO conform
also 10 the other bills and then ordered to be engrossed
The Deficiency bill was next taken up.
Mr.. UNDERWOOD moved to postpone it,
and take up instead the bill granting land for railroad
across Illinois and Indiana, connecting Louisville and
ST. Louis.
Mr.. MANGUM opposed the motion, and it
was lost. 80.
The question pending being the Collins
Line amendment,
Mr.. HUNTER addressed the Senate in
reply TO those who advocated the amendment He said
the amend nent was properly worded contained
I'm appropriation of a not suited to the calculations
made by the Senators
Mr.. BADGER said that there could be no
mistake about the amendment 1t proposed that the
ser,ce should be increased to 90 trips year. and for
the extra trips and all others since January 1882 there
was 10 be compensation of $4,000 trip, making, in
addition to the already appropriated that mention
ed in the amendment namely S&36OOo.
MIR. HUNTER said the amendment then
meant that the Collins line receive S 600 for
each trio this year. The effect Of the amendment would
not stop here We have contracts with Bremen and
Hayre lines and these with the Collins ine, are 70 al
ternate with the Cnnard line Pass TINS extra allow
snce 10 the Collins line and the avre and Bremen lines
| will demand the same, and why not The contract
with the Bremen line he understood, would expire In
another month two and perhaps the service oil tue
Il Ibis $50 coo trip to be allowed for such additional
service AT all the Senate may rest assured tha
If the compensation TO the Collins line be increases,
| these other lines will have the same claims and how
can they be refused and how can 1t be gwen TO one
without injustice the others In this way, the PROB
ability is that the expense OF the mail service performed
by the three lines would amount annually TO more tnan
fifteen hundred thousand dollars He commended that the
Cunard line allowed by the British Govern
ment only Sl4, 600 uip The aggregate sum PAID oy
Great Britain for the support OF all her steam Ines
which encircle the globe only 3cOOOcO or about
100000 and the United States IL called upon 10
contribute million and halt dollars to support tncse
three lines, performing number OF trips not exceeding
| that of the Cunard line alone
Mr.. RUsK said he was informed, on most
reliable authority that the allowance to the Cunard line
| was 9275000, or 81 $4,000.
Mr.. HUNTER asked who was the Sena-
| tors authority.
Mr.. RUsK said it was a gentleman from
| New-York named Livingston.
Mr.. HUNTER said the Hon. gentleman
Mr Rusk must excuse him. If he declined being gov
erned by that autho1y Mr.. Livingston was l1s Ise
| of the proprietor of one of the other Ines II Ion
gentlemen considered the allowance greaier, lney
might nay they ought to produce the oIcia uoe d
10 sustain them He examined the postal returns anu
commended that the United States did not receive re
the Collins ne in the iway OF postage one aonAi III
| every two paid to IT, ,na.~
] TWAS now asked to double the csmPensanon, uaoes
the deusive hope Of It's being returned Ia tne NAP ~
postage He said the United Stats derived no
from the Cnard line. Under the Postal tieay, ~
age On ship letters which would have received ~
how. He considered, for steam veseen % caIH sas
mail they win be constructed with aview 20 nau 81
vice. leaving out their warike feature, q AZ - go
and with Les expenditure each trip. In tnn way me
service would b performed By vessels which, WIZ