Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-06-12
TUESDAY, JUNE s, 1852.
IN SENATE.


Mr. HUNTER presented resolution Of the Legislature
of Virginia passed unanimously nsructing their Sena
tors and requesting their Representatives to their best
exersns for the officers and men Of the Peters
burg volunteers such pay and emoluments they
by law entitled and which have not been received by
them.
In the discharge Of this gallant corps Detroit in 1879
acting Adjutant Gen. Butler said that II was almost ex
cusiyey composed Of individuals who had been nursed in
the lap of and yet had borne the hardshps and p
vations Of military life in the midst Of an inhospitable viii
derness with chesfuncss and activity which
surpassed that their conduct in the field exoeed
by no other corps and while in camp they set
pie Of subordnson and respect for military authority to
the whole army Et A l1htr
The resolution was read ordered to be printed and
ferrcd To the Committee on Military Affairs
Also, resolution instructing their Senators and
questng their Representatives 70 urge upon Congress the
necessity for such legislation shall speedily the
controversy respecting the wire suspension bridge at the
city Of wheeling preserve the At present
existing which read ordered TO be printed and
ferred to the Committee on the Judiciary. .. M
MEMORIALS, &c.
Memorials presented and referred to appropriate
committees, via:
By Mr. sOULE: Resolutions adopted at q large and
enthusiastic meeting Of the inhabitants Of New Orleans
in relation to the establishment Of navy yard Mt that
place One Of the resolutions says that the citizens
Il to themselves and 10 the great commercial interests
Government that protection which the Importance Of the
commerce of the place deserves Another that New Or
leans being Of the principal cities Of the Union and
the first and most prominent Of the South considered
by her citizens 10 be entitled 10 fair proportion OF the
public expenditures compared with any other city Of
the Union Of the relative importance; and having
contributed largely 10 the general funds which have been
expended In other cities 10 their great advantage and i'm
provemen should in her receive the consdera
ton Of Governments In order 70 promote her advancement
by reasonable attention 10 her wants
Also, from the New Orleans 0peousas, and Great West
ern Railroad Company, asking the right Of way and q
donation Of public lands They demand all the lands
within ten miles OF the road and IFS branches TO st. Louis
each sde or equivalent in other lands the lands
to be patented to the company the line Is bonaAde
placed under contract the onehah 10 be disposed Of by
the company by the time the road is completed and the
remainder within six years thereafter.
This road is proposed to be from Agiers opposite
New Orleans through Opclcusss point the Sabine
near the 32d degree Of north latitude and for the
construction Of branch to start from the main trunk ut
the most suitable point to pass into Arkansas In the d.
rection Of Little Rock, and thence by the most eligible
route to the city Of st. Louis 80
Mr. S0ULE said the whole subject was one Of conside
rabe moment and commended itself 10 the attention Of
the country, and particularly to the Committee the
Post Office and Post Roads, TO which he would most Sc
rousy commend It, hoping II would receive Its early con-
siderstion.
Mr.. BR0DHEAD, from the Committee of Claims, to
which referred the memorial OF Hiram McCarty ask
ing remuneration for losses sustained by adherg TO the
American Gauss during the last with Great Britain,
submitted nm adverse report on the same which was or
ipred to be printed str ~. bEsF
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