New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-04-08
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sESATE-Mr. Morton presented the memorial Of Henry
,ohnson OF Washington City setting forth that he has
V'hted machine by which the yeas and nays can he
aken IN legislative bodies without that dslay If business
@ tlas no" ensues under the present system
hr i,aWson presented the memorial Of John las Flour
my m ''eorg1a protesting against the admission Of Utah
~ state in the Union in consequences of the Mormon
| M regards poyramy
Mr seWf1d presented the mortal citizers New
% y prgi Congress to protest against the nerven-
~ " " isuS8la IN the case of Hungary
sumner presented several petitions in favor of cheap
Hr Brodhead presented the memorial Of certain cti
| y, ~ "i piftshurF and st Louis, pra yfne patent
ar soriand presented resolution calling upon the
Jet the naval expedition has recently been ordered 70 The
" Indies and calling for copies If the orders and in
ftrcti0ns givcn to its commander
Mr. said that if this expedition was really sent ont
RS stated in the newspapers Congress would shortly h.
called upon to make large appropriation expenses
1t was proper that before the expedition sailed the conn
try should know its object
Mr. Gwin objected to the consideration of the reso,
t'on and 1t was laid over.
Nj Douglas introduced bill changing the name Of
,nid'hpman Joseph Louis Breeze to Samuel Livingston
reeze and after debate bill was ordered to be
| engrossed yeas 2s nays Js
On motion Of Mr Soue the Senate took up the bill to
rosde for atrnonthly mail from NewOrieans to Vera
Lruz via Ianpco and back. in steam vessels The bill
vas amended 70 to authorize the Postmaser-Gencral
70 into contract for the transportation of the mail
rhonthiy between New0rleans Vera Cruz for five
at sum not exceeding 100000 year. the steam-
70 be Of not less than 800 tons burhen adopted to war
VI Hunter moved to strike cut the words and
ped 20 war purposes and long debate took place.
after which it agreed to- The debate was
and the bill was reported the Senate and the amend
men. made thereto by striking out adopted pur-
The bill then ordered to he engrossed and .h s
ate adjourned ' ~ W ~
Hot-sE.-on motion of Mr. Evans Md. the resolution
calling upon the President for information relative to
survey Of the Ohio river laid over for future coside
ration Mr. Evans stating that the application for infor
nation on oath was unusual.
1t was also agreed to defer action the motion to re-
consider thr vote on the bill for the the
navy and the Speaker prGcerded to call for reports OF
committees were submitted by MI Cobb Of Ala
from the Committee Public Lands among which was
M BIZ to dispose 9f 1890 acres Of land in Michigan and
third time He also reported bill granting the right Of
way for railroad line from Charleston to Memphis and
he called the attention of the House to the Importance Of
granting the land and relied upon the wisdom and intel
lgance Of the House to pass it,
Mr. johnson Of Arkansas. said as this is test bill.
there being other applications of similar description Of
hls before the House; he should that it be put
subject might he ascertained
Mr. Evans Of Md opposed to making bill test
son and wished for further information Details
before he voted IN its favor
In reply to a question from Mr.. Fowler, of Mass,
whether Mr. johnson would vote in similar grants
u the old States he replied in the negative the House
would not vote for previous question which called
f'r he should consider it manifestug intention Of
taking UP all the bills Of similar description.
Mr.. Johnson at the suggestion Of Mr. Cobb withdrew
his motion for previous question and the I'LL to
the Committee on the State of the Union.
Mr. Marshall. of Ky. moved for leave to Withdraw the
words under oath in the resolution calling for rfor
nation relative to the survey Of the Ohio river and Mr.
Evans consequently Withdrew his molten defer ccnsi-
deration.
On motion Of Mr. Orr Of 8 c. the House resolred itself
into Committee of the Whole on the state of the Onion
and again took up the Homestead bill.
Nr Williams, of Tenn took the floor and entered into
review Of what took place on former occasion, when
Mr. sade. of Vermont by his infammatory remarks in
tuced the Southern members from the House. to
consult upon proceedings He then adyerted to
the altered state of things when antiayery petitions
are presented and defended Mr. Fillmore from the
charges brought against the President former day
nf ~
r'cal character in which be supported the return Of
Mr. Fillmore aud deprecated that Of Gen. Scott the
next President. lg4
Mr.. Inge-son of Conn. followed and defined his posi-
ton having he said. been elected without giving any
edre with reference tn the question which aeitated
the Union He quoted the resolutions Of the democracy
# Connecticut in which they pledged themselves sup
port any candidate for the Presidency who shall be nci
mated at the Baltimore Convention in June. He dis
avewed all sympathy with abotonsH. and commented
at much length the of Mr. Rantoul poll
efan (who intinated that at proper time, he should
rpy insistfd the attachment Of the people of the
New England States to he Union and expressed his
cussed. the practical bearing of which be commented
and to the Importance Of which he said the people
Of the North had only Of late awakened He went into
dgresion Of length to touch upon the vices Of
don and the poverty Of Ireland and concluded with
ing the House that on the compromise question the peo
pie OF the North are perfectly sound.
Mr. Fowler of Massachusetts took the floor replied
to the speech of MIR ilyer, former day which
tanned some reflections the social condition of the
State he represented which he with that
Georgia and contended that the Massachusetts, girls
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schools and stated the large voluntarily paid
nua for their support exclusive of colleges and
, VI iii&her order ana pointed ont the gra-
uyns results OF the course thus pursued in the unver
sal dissemination of knowledge He concluded by advert
ing to questions Of general interest among which he con-
dered the distribution of the public lands for education
and internal Improvement and for that purpose he said.
he should give bis support to tie bill.
By the time Mr.. Fower's hour had expired that for
adjournment being FIVE o'clock had arrived when
the committee rose and the House adjourned
GooD STORY. - The following excellent
story is told of Mr. sheaf, grocer, in Ports
mouth, N. H.:
1t appears that man had purchased som
wool of him, which had been weighed and paid
for, and Mr. Sheaf had gone to the desk to get
change for a note. Happening to turn his head
while there, he saw in glass. which swung so
as to reflect the shop, stout arm reach up and
take from the shelf heavy white oak cheese.
Instead of appearing suddenly, and rebuking
the man for his theft as another would, thereby
losing his custom forever, the crafty old gentle
man gave the thief his change as if nothing had
happened, and then, under the pretence of lift
ing the bag to lay it on his horse for him, took
| hold of it--he exclaimed
''Why, bless me, must have reckoned the
weight wrong
''oh, no" said the other, ''you may be sure
you have not, for counted with you.''
swell, well, we won't dispu1e the matter, it
is so easily tried,'' said Mr. s., putting the bag
into the scales again. 'sThere," said he,
told you so !; | knew | was right; made mis-
| take of nearly twenty pounds; however, if you
don't want the whole you needn't have it; I'll
take part of it OUT
''No, mol" said the other, staying the hands
of Mr.. S. on their way to the strings of the bag,
81 guess will take the whole
And this he did, pay ing for dishonesty by re-
ceiving the skim-milk cheese for the Price o.
| wool
| NOTICE.
| TSOOTS, SHOES, HATS AND~ ~k,
| - CAPS AT WHOI .ES SALE,-Th. subscribers Ia A&4
have hand will continually receiving a y
A COMPLETE ASSORTMENT OF BOOTS, SHOES HATS ES.
AND CAPS, WHICH THEY OFFER FOR SALE AT LOW PRICES
AND ON FAVORABLE TERMS Their consists part OF