The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1852-08-12
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
TUESDAY, AUGUsr 3.

carried
/ Mr.. Orr then submitted a resolution, tcrmi-
( mating debate on the civil and diplomatic bill
in one hour after its consideration shall he re-
/ newed.
The resolution was adopted
! The House then went into Committee of the
! Whole on the state of the Union, and took up
the civil and diplomatic bill, message from
I the President of the United States having pre-
yiOusly been announced
Mr.. Howe. Of Pennsylvania, made a speech
of an hours duration in which he animadyert-
ed upon the platforms of the Wing and Dem
ocratic parties ~ laid down in their COnven-
tiOns recently held at Baltimore, which he
cOntended were similar in their nature and
tendency. He went on to rcprehcnd the North
! ern Wings at the Convention for having agreed
To Il provision Ia which not one in "a thousand
at the North was not opposed, and analysed
the mode by which this had been effected in
the Convention. He denounced the precipitate
manner in which the Fugitive Slave Law had
been passed by the last Congress and which
was effected, ne said by the lodging of North
! crn Wings and Democrats. He then analyzed
that law. which he considered rs one of unne-
ceSsary severity, and as comforting undue pow
ers upon those appointed 10 carry IT into effect;
adyerted to the laws of South Carolina by
which the citizens of Northern States are sub
iect to imprisonment and may be sold into sla-
very for Jail fees; and concluded as he had
commenced with eulogizng Gen. Scott.
The Committee proceeded with the consider
alton of the different sections of the bill After
a lengthy debate on the clause appropriating
sd. 1925 for publishing the laws, on which no
action was had
MIR Evans, of Maryland. moved that the
Committee rise; and there being no quorum
present and the yeas having the majority the
Committee rose, having disposed in the last
: two days of twenty-nine items in the appropri-
l alton bill, out of three hundred and twenty
The House then adjourned.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST A.
f The Speaker laid before the House n memo
rial from the ceaks and messengers in the
, Treasury Department respectfully asking that
, their salaries be increased to the extent of
twenty per cent, to meet the expenses of living
in this city.
MIR. Gentry. as a housekecpcr, knew that
the facts set forth in the memorial are true
The prices of articles used in families have ad-
, yanced largely, and he thought it hut just and
proper that the prayer should be granted
The memorial was referred to the Commit
tee of Ways and Means
The House, after the transaction of business
OF no particular moment, resolved itself into a
, Committee of the Whole Oh the state of the
Union on the General Appropriation bill
f MIR. Bowie offered an amendment, apprOpri-
ating 100000 in aid of the completion of the
Washington National Monument, with "A view
of carrying out the resolution of 1879, which
resolved that monument to Washington should
be erected in this city and toward which no
has hpap do az tba NH Ito
The Chairman ruled the amendment out of
order, not being aware of any existing law
upon the subject; and in addition that the
amendment was not german to the bill under
consideration
The decision was sustained--veas so nays
80.
Among the amendments adopted was one
offered by MIR. Evans, requiring foreign vessels
= coming into our ports to pay II lighthouse
tax That gentleman stated, in his remarks,
that our vessels have paid to the Trinity Board
Of England within the last ten years 81. 100 900,
while English vessels have paid nothing for
similar privilege to our Government
{ After further proceedings the Committee
rose
The Speaker laid before the House a letter
from Humphrey Marshall, resigniDg his seat
as a member of the House and rendering his
best wishes for the welfare of the members
The House then adjourned.
THURSDAY, August s.
The House resumed the confederation of the
bill regulating the fees and costs of the Cir
| cult and District Courts of the United States
when
Mr.. McLanahan explained its provisions,
and showed the enormous increase OF the Judi
ciary charges within the last two yaers; insist
ing upon the necessity of retrenchncnt and re-
| form.
Pending the consideration of the subject, the |
morning hour expired.
The House then resolved itself into Commit |
tee, and took up the General Appropriation
bill
On motion of Mr.. Bayly, an amendment was
adopted appropriatng $4,000 for outfits for
Ministers Plenipotentiary to England, Russia
and Mexico it being stated that the Ministers
now i'm those countries have asked and receiy-
ed permission TO return home,
An amendment was also agreed to, apprO-
priating 81 ,OO0 for outfit and salary for the
Commissioner TO China-thus elevating the
station 10 the first rank.
MIR. Bowie offered IN amendment, appropri-
ating S.. 900 for the repairs of the two bridges
over the Eastern branch which was voted
down, and after exciting debate, similar amend
mcnts were submitted, but not disposed of be-
fore the Committee rose.
In the course of the day Mr.. Walsh gave
notice, under the rules, Of his intention to in
troduce bill with the following title viz: An
act amcndatory of the law approved July 80,
1876. commonly known IN the tariff law, and
10 impose q duty of 40 per cent nd valorem
upon all yarn imported into the United States,
to DO manufactured or changed by machinery
into cordage.
The House, at half past o'clock, adjourned.
FRIDAY, AUGUST g.
Mr. ngersolI presented the resolutions Of the
Legislature of Connecticut, approving of the
Compromise measures. including the Fugitive
Slave Law and moved that they be laid upon
the table and printed
Mr. Cleveland moved to postpone the motion
to print until the second Monday in December,
as he designed to speak upon the subject but
this motion was superseded by the adoption Of
that Of Mr. Ingersoll
The House resumed the consideration Of the
bill to regulate the costs and fees Of attorneys,
marshals, and clerks, Of the circuit and district
courts of the United States.
Mcssrs Bowie, Haven, and McLanahaD, de.
batcd the subject until the expiration OF the
morning hour
The General Appropriation bill was taken
up in Committee OF the Whole on the state OF .
the Union. 4,
Several amendments were made, one, after
debate appropriating $4,000 for the repair OF )
the two bridges over the Eastern branch; an
other, appropriating SO, 200 to make the Pat
cnt Office conform to the wings. 4
Mr., Strother made two Intellectual attempts
10 get an appropriation for the repair Of the ;
Long Bridge. The bill appropriates. among
other items for the City, $40 for the com ,