The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1852-07-11

lie such vessel 10 oil me articles
Aforesaid those Of each description be secured In such
chest sale or apartment containing no other article, and
carried below the waerline, distance from any fire,
be specified in the certificate proptded That any such
cefcaie may be revoked annued at any time by the
inspectors upon pToo that either OF The said articles have
been carried board said vessel, place Ia
her not authorized by such certificate, that any Of the
provisions OF this act IN relation thereto have been violated
Inc said inspectors shall keep regular record OF cerf
Gates OF inspections OF vessels, their boilers engines aud
machinery whether Of approval disapproya and when
recorded, the original shall be delivered 10 collector
the district they stall keep like cord of certificates
which gne by Fiction, or either Of them, and when
corded deliver The originals 70 said collecIorj they shall
gneers and all reyocaons thereof and shall from tne 20
me Tepor IN writing their decisions all applications for
sncn licenses OF proceedings for The revocation thereof
Ia the same section strike utthe foowingi
'lt shall be unlawful Tor any person 10 employ, any
person TO serve, engineer pilot who is NOT licensed
800 each offence P,opded hoso That IL The yes
sci leaves her port with complement OF engineers and
pilots and her voyage is deprived OF her vice, the
services OF any OF Them, without the consent fault col
fusion OF the master, any interested in the
vessel The deficiency may he temporarily supplied until
the vessel returns 10 her port"
And insert in lieu thereof the foIlowingi
. No shall act as pilot engineer be employed
such, board of any carrying
gers, Who has license for that purpose continuing in
force and any peon SO offending shall forfeit 500 for
each offence Nor shall any such vessel be navgaed with
out competent master and. foil complement Of licensed
pilots and engineers serving board such and every
person who shall violate This provision, aid
bsren shall forfeit and pay dollars for each offence
lrvlces OF such licensed officer during voyage with
the fault collision of the such vessel
OF Them, and the deficiency shalt be supplied
as paecable such owners shall be exempt from the pen
atty Aforesaid
The next amendment offered by Mr. GEYER was
In section 26 strike all after the and in
All original certificates of the inspectors required by
this be delivered him. and shalt give tel
owner Of the vessel therein named, certified copies
thereof OF which shall be placed by such master o.
in nspieuous place in the vessel where II
will be most likely 10 bs observed by passengers and OH
ers, and there kept at all times, during voyage and
he
other shall be retained by such master evil
of The authority thereby conferred and il any per
shall receive carry any passenger on board any
such steamer not having certificate ot approval re-
quired by act and certified copy thereof placed and
kept aforesaid who shall receive or carry any gun
powder, oil oil turpinDe or materials which ignite by
gers. not having certificate authorizing the same and
certified copy thereof placed and kept aforesaid or
who shall carry any of said ARTICLES at place or
in au,ho,ized by such certificate shall for
felt aud pay Tor each offence hundred dollars be
covered by action Of debt any court Of com peent i
risdction,"
The question being taken the foregoing amend
ment the Chair declared il adopted.
Mr. WELLER | call for division OF the house.
Several SENATORS. "No, no."
Mr.. WELLER. We shall not be able to understand
anything about the bill directly if go on in this way
offering amendments to II seems to me that il would
ments offered by the senator from Missouri Mr. GEYER
made 10 the bill, and then have it changed as may be
best alter IS reported 10 the Senate. The amedmens
as understand, have all been agreed upon by the com
nlitee who reported this bill, and ii strikes me that il
would be better plan 10 have the amendments as agreed
upon by the committee adopted now, and then have the
bill prnted as amended and If the IRON Mis-
sour Mr. GEYER] wishes any other amendments made
he can otter them at any time in the Senate Now
confess that do not understand this bill, and DO moi
believe that many other senators do Thus far have
taken IT and the amendments proposed with generous
confidence, and allowed them adopted as they are
proposed without arguing upon my part. am willing
TO take The bill as the committee have reported ii but
may not be willing 10 take II alter twenty or more
amendments have been made TO by senator's, without
consultation with those who have charge OF the bill
Mr.. DAVIS will state 10 the senator from Cal.
iornla MIR. WELLERl that the amendment which pre-.
coded THIS last is substantially mere amendment OF
phraseolosy-some little change in the character OF the
phraseoogy but not In the substance of the provision
that the senator from Missouri Mr. GEYER proposed to
strike out and therefore made no objection 10 it, This
whole matter IN regard 10 gnnpowder have expressed
my opinion upon to the Senate heretofore If | am
called upon TO vote upon this matter, must do so in ac-
eodance with my opinion, that vessels thai carry pas
sengeTs should not carry gunpowder. As the senator
from Missouri Mr.. GEYERl viii perceive every por.
ton OF thus amendment relates to the carrying OF gun
powder friction matches and articles OF that Sort which
are either explosive ~ their character Or highly combus
tble IN their nature, one way the other hiak the
better way wou be TO exclude those articles altogether
from passenger vessels But this is proposition so
understood BY everybody that il requires Argument at
all Each gentleman al once say himself whether
he would be willing 10 90 board a vessel carving
gunpowder II he thinks il il Safe why them he can 70
maj way out u ne lnlnks an improper and dangerous
article to lake board vessel carrying passengers then
he VIII agree with Inc that Il should be excluded alto.
geher.
Mir RUSK. have been extremely anxious 10 get
through with these amendments, that could have
lhe bi anu amendments printed and laid upon our tables
tomorrow am opposed to all these amendments 10 n.
laton 10 gunpowder and should have called for d.
vision OF the vote II had not noticed the vacant seas
here in the Senate, and the almost certainty that we
would have had no quorum present; and thought the
better plan would be TO let them pass low and have the
bll with amendments printed for us tomorrow,
The great difficulty m regard to gunpowdcr Is hs-tlat
persons who on board vessel where there is punpow
der become entirely crazy ii the vessel gets on ire and
they learn that there is gunpowder on board They lose
all their courage then and all the passengers become
crazy, as Il were, t0m fear OF toe result OF The fire reach
ing The explosive material, asd oss OF life Il occa.
soned by that Tear Than from any accidents that have be-
fallen the powder And as no inconvenience would re-
suit TO merchants from requiring that vessels that carry
these explosive and dangerous articles should carry no
passengers, in comparison with the awful risk OF human
lite that would we incurred by putting passengers on tie
vessels that carried these articles think they should BE-
excluded from the passenger boats altogether
Mr.. WELLER believe there is not upon the west.
e waters that distinction drawn between passenger and
freight boats that there il in the East All those vessels
engaged upon those waters to carry passengers also
carry freight cannot myself as ibe senator from
Texas Mr. RUsKl says, the necessity OF all these amend
mems IN relation TO gunpowder. do recOlect OF
single instance where passengers have been DESTROYED
upon those wSers IN consequence of gunpowder being
upon The boats upon which they travelled All those
melancholy accidents which have occurred upon The
western waters have resulted from other causes not from
the carrying OF gunpowder upon any OF their boats As
has been very well remarked by the senator from Texas
hf kUsK more lives have Deen lost by the terror PRO.
duced BY the alarm that there gunpowder on boar than
by the gunpowcer itself The senator from Missouri
lMr. GEYERJ or the senator from Massachusetts Mr.
DAvs] may perhaps be able to tell me of some instances
phErp 4, hp, hoe hna, a. -. A.