The daily union., 1852-09-11
ON. WASHINGTON SATURDAY MORNING. SEPTEA BER H. 1852.

dental manner | wish 10 obtain niormaiion' as %
whether We have got any guns Of this description and
il so. why they cannot be sent there Without much ex-
1 pepse-
the honorable senator from Michigan. My own nyes
cations have brought me 10 precisely the same eonea
sions We have hed our arsenals WIN arms we nave
got so many on hand that are not able 10 ava our
selves OF improvements in their manuaetureso that II
wa were TO get into war, great many OF them would
be useless But there are very lew q these ggns 70 the
scrption on the continent These large Paxhans
cost about 81 900 apiece at any rate, they will cost
81 900 apiece by the time you get them 10 California. nj
impression that the department contemplate having one
hundred OF these guns taken TO California II they can,
for 100000. and use the other $4,000 or temporary
maj gazne, and powder and shot for these guns. Bat
my impression thai might as well conhne the appro
praton to Sl00.0oo-ha IS 10 provide for hty guns
and fifty, IN my opinion, viii be amply sufficient Tor
Il Mr.. GWIN hope the appropriation asked for will
not be diminished. There is not gun on the Pacific
coast with the exception OF two small ones. The
entrance the harbor OF San Francisco. which is less
than mile wide presents one OF the haest places in the
world 10 be fortified. and yet there is not single gun
there Then there is the harbor OF Monterey. You
shoot pistol its entrance, II be defended
easily any harbor in the worlds but there is not a
particle OF defence there OF any description hope the
appropriation asked for will not be diminished. Every
cent Of II is needed; and we need arms there al this
time.
Mr.. CASS. trust the appropriation will be dimin-
shed II must be evident TO the Senate That there rs no
proper information before which will give US light as
10 the matter II is no use for gentlemen to say Is
this that, the other We should have specific in-
!. MI GWIN Permit me to state 10 The honorable SEN
ator that there most able report from SPECIAL
board presented 10 this very session this sub
ject i is in The possession OF The chairman Of the
Committee Military Affairs; and in that report they
make estimates Tor this appropriation.
Mr.. CASS. have seen all that before have seen
reports OF tohcaton engineers from the time OF General
4 Bernard who commenced system that would have
swamped the revenues oil England, II had not been
I knnp hat nnhe af fhasp
we have hand and in what part OF the country they
are As proyident statesmen egslaing now we ought
able gentleman from Illinois is entirely rgnt ~ proposing
reduce the amount 10 be appropriated until we can have
information 1t is not very long while till nex
! winter, when meet again. at
! Mr. SHIELDS To speak reasonably, think thai
fifty of these immense guns-ten-inch Columbans and
eght-inch Coumblans-are as much as can be used al
present that points and they the proper guns to
fortfy that point No other guns can do IT, Although
the honorable senator from California thinks the amount
ought TO be 100000. think $4,000 for this purpose
will be ample and therefore move TO amend the amend
, ment so as TO make II read
For fortifcation 800 00O of which $50 ooC
shall be applied the purchase and fabrication of guns Of
for the defence of the Pacific coast OF the United Sate
Mr. WELLER. desire 10 ask my friend from Hi,
nos whether an appropriation OF S5o'ooo VIII pay 1o
the fifty guns OF which be speaks!
7 Mr. SHIELDS They estimated al 81 900 apiece.
The amendment to the amendment agreed 10, and
he amendment as amended was agreed 10.
Representatives by Mr. Forney their clerk, announcing
the Senate that The Speaker Of the House having
!, signed several enrolled bills he had brought them 'o
. the Senate for the signature OF It's President
The PRESIDENT pro ten then signed the bills
which had just been received from the House OF Rep
resenlalves-being bill TO amend entitled " An
act TO reduce and modify the OF postage in the
United States, and for other purposes, passed March
81. 1851 bill for the relief Of Mrs. Mary A. Davis
; monthly mail from New Orleans 10 Vera Cruz, uia Tam
pco and back in steam vessels bill for the relief OF
Mrs Margaret Helzel, Administrative of A. X. Hezel,
late assistant quarteImaster IN the army OF the United
States; and bill authorizing imported goods, wares,
and merchandise, entered and bonded for warehousns
and places
to the committee TO be presented TO The President oil The
Nit STOCKTON. Mr.. President, crave the at,en-
tion of the Senate for few moments while, in per-
Torrance of Duty sacred duty, which devolves upon
me senator OF the United States, propose amend
ment TO the bill now under consideration
Mr. President, Mrs Priscilla ID. Twiggs lost a bus
band and son in The recent war with Mexico. With
patriotic ardor at the call OF their country they rushed
TO the battle field and both founI where heroic vaor led
them, bloody grave. IL Is hardly necessary Tor me to
say anything but ihs-,hat the gallant son left The
ond lieutenant OF infantry with the promise tina, his
mission should follow him. tie was killed baiore
he received that commission, and before he was regular
ly, rather technically, mustered into service. The
counting officer of the treasury could not, therefore,
der existing laws, pay her the amount oil S233 49, which
would have accrued TO him he had been mustered into
Infantry. His mother petitions the Senate, through me,
authorize this small amount OF money to be paid TO her
his legal representative; and ask the Senate,
the most direct and practcable way OF complying with
the just claims OF this unfortunate and doubly beeayed
lady, that they will (passng il necessary all ordina.
~ forms oil egsaion) adopt this proposed amendment by
a unanimous vote. The pitianee asked is the pay pre-
scribed by law for second Lieutenant OF nanry from
the LIST OF June l64T which day he entered into the
service OF armies Mexico To the l2h of September
OF the year. which day he fell IN battle ln pro-
posing payment OF this debt senators not suppose
that make any appeal to their sympahes. No, no.
can only ask 10 the and behalf OF this almos,
lady, who has given her husband and her
son 10 her country, jusuce-even-handed justice. !
send TO the desk the proposed amendment:
For payment Priscilla ID. Twiggs the amount OF
the allowances which would have accrued
son. George D. Twiggs, had he been regularly the
vice second entenant OF Infantry from the fret day
Of June, lSi7, the date which he lett the United States
10 the I2h September Of the year, when be fell In
batde al The National Bndse Ia Mexico, Sls3 2s."
4 Mr. SHIELDS | can verify the statement Of the
honorable senator from New Jersey feel in debt, as il
WERE 10 this unfortunate family This young officer
msnd al the tIme--the regiment OF infantry Major
Twiggs his father, fell in the battle Of CehpnIiepec
appointed him to command the stoming party at the
stormng OF that place, and him fall was close
to him at the time SO that, far as concerned
could not lei this occasion pass without saying that II
this young gentleman had lived, he would have iakcn y
place in The command which had the honor 10 lead
His father occupied high position He was brave
and gallant officer. He fell in the storming OF Chepol
lepec, and bis son fell his way JOIN him. take il
for granted that there will objection 10 the end