The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-03-27
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
THURSDAY, March 26, 1852.

DEFICIENCY BILL.
)n motion of MIR. HOUSTON, the House
mt into Committee Of the Whole on the state OF
i Union on the deficiency bill.
Mr.. FITCH, of Indiana, moved an appropria-
In Of $22, 500 for removal and subsistence Of the
bttawatamies, from that State; agreed to.
Mr.. JOHNSON, of Arkansas, moved an appro.
alton Of $50, 900 for removal and subsistence OF
aoctaws, which was agreed to-.
Mr. JOHNSON also moved to increase the ap.
ppriation Of $l2 900 for contingencies of the Ia.
In department, to So, 600; agreed to.
IMr. McCORKLE, Of California, moved an ap-
opriation of $3.50 900, for paying drafts Of In
IN commissioners, in that State, drawn upon the
department. Of the Interior, for supplies furnished
expenses incurred in regulating treaties with
rious Indian tribes of California; negatived.
INF. JOHNSON, Of Arkansas, moved an APP
opriaton of $4,000 for negotiating treaty
lth the Indians Of Oregon, west Of Cascade
puntans which, after some debate, was agreed
Mr.. HOUSTON, Of Alabama, moved to insert
appropriation of $4,000 for the completion of
,idings for the use of the superintendent of In
an affairs and Indian agents of Oregon; which
as agreed to.
Mr.. LANE, Of Oregon, moved to increase the
'propriation for travelling expenses of the SUI
srintendent Of Indian affairs in Oregon, from
900 to $4,000; which was not agreed to.
Mr.. BAYLY, Of Virginia, moved to insert an
ppropriation Of SO 900 to supply deficiency in APP
opriation for the relief of certain prisoners lately
lprisoned in Spain; which, after debate, was
| creed to.
On motion Of Mr.. HOUSTON, Of Alabama,
I ,48O "a was appropriated for cemetery in
|texico.
The committee rose without coming to any
Dte on the bill.
A motion to adjourn over until Monday, was
egatived
SIGNAL LIGHTS.
\ Mr.. FLORENCE gave notice of his intention,
,-morrow or some subsequent day, to ask leave
introduce bill to prescribe, by law or reguIa-
on, the number, character, and position of sig
al lights to be borne by steamers and vessels,
etween sunset and sunrise, on the waters Of the
United States.
At half past clock, the House adjourned.
on is felt in New Orleans of the approach ola
ew disease which is called the plague, and is now
aid to be prevailing in some Of the West India
Hands. A disease called by the same name has
iade it's appearance in some parts Of the West
! is said to be like the cholera, but more fatal
" neither IL is the same disease as tndt WHICH goes
" the name Of plague in the East is not stated.
The Boston MEDICAL Journal alludes to the sub
ect as follows:
SIT is very certain, from the accounts received
9th here and in England, that the true plague
as been introduced into Madeira, and the work
+ death has been really appalling. The ques-
ion has frequently been agtated, will that dread
al disease ever reach this continents There is
eason to believe it will the wonder is why it
as not been already. Our commercial intercourse
extensive with various parts of Africa and the
static shore Of the Mediterranean, where this
reat scourge is never dead or dying, but simply
eposing from one period to another like a ia
gued giant, to gather strength for renewal Of
laughter. Should it come, it may be hoped there
viii be found more science, and stronger barrier
medical skill, to mset and disarm it of its ter
ors than has been exhibited in tropical climates,
II in the filthy, scourge-nviting regions of Moslem
Turkey. Plague appertains to the Arabs in this
ge and where the same condition of things ex-
ats as charucterizes their modes of life, their SO
,aI condition, and the absence of al common
ense efforts to avert or arrest it, will have an
bidng foothold"