Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-01-08
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.

steamers further time to make the necessary preparation
to bring their vessels within the provisions of act
Titled An act to amend act entitled act 10 pro-
vide for the better security of the lives of passengers
board of vessels propelled in whole in part by steam
and for other purposes" approved August 80, 1852.
Mr. LETCHER objected, and called for the regular
der Of business.
| MIR. SEYMOUR had no doubt that if the gentleman
from Virginia understood the he would not object
Inc law OF the last session went into effect the Western
waters ON the first of January and by its
was necessary Tor every steamer to be provided with
tam apparatus The of had made every
enort to comply with the law but Of them had
been able to obtain the necessary apparatus and the
spectors desired to give them ninety days enable them
to do Every boat liable to be seized without this
apparatus and he therefore desired immediate action on
the subject
Mr. PRESTON did not understand the purport of the
resolution OF the Senate but in confederation of what
had been said by the gentleman from New York he would
state that last night he received Geographic despatch
from the principal officer of the United States at Louis
wife, asking HIM, as the representative of that district
to advocate allowing time to the of steam
boats to comply with the law He presumed that this
was the intention of the resolution of the Senate and he
asked on account OF its urgency that the House would
now proceed to consider the subject.
Mr.. LETCHER Withdrew his objection and the resou-
ton was read three times and passed: Ayes l03 To-
DUTIES ON RAILROAD IRON
Mr. COBB said that it would be recollected that near
the close of the last session of Congress he moved to re-
consider the by which the House laid on the table the
bill reported from the Committee on the Post Office and
Post Roads for the relief of the Memphis and
or Tennessee, Mississippi and Alabama Alabama and
Tennessee River the Coosa the New Orleans and Jack
son. the New Orleans and Opelousas and Great Western
and Raleigh and CASTOR Railroad Companies The gen
teman from New York Mr.. JENKINs then moved to lay
the motion to reconsider on the table, and he r CO.
now desired to call this subject up. The BILL he explain
ed proposed to extend the time for the payment of duties
upon railroad iron imported for the of the above
named companies four years. they being bound to give
such security as the district courts might require, with
the IF
also pending to the bill extend the privileges of
the act to all other railroads in the United States now in
the course OF construction commenced within year
from the passage of the act the adoption of which he
would have objection.
The question then taken the motion to lay the
motion to reconsider the table, and it decided in
the affirmative by tbs following vote:
YEAS-Messrs. Allison Babcock, Barrere Bartlett Buell.
Burrows Burt, Busby Jos. Cable Chandler Chapman Gle
MEMS Cleveland, Curtis, Dawson Disney Duncan Eastman
Evans Fckn Florence Floyd Thos. J. d. Fuller Gaylord
Giddings Gilmore, Green, Iham g. Harris Hart Haven,
Hibbard Hlyer Horsford John w Howe, Thomas NJ Howe
Ingerso, Ives Jenkins Andrew johnson, John Johnson
King, Kurtz, Leteher Martin, McNair Miner Henry d.
Moore Morrison Newton, Peasee Penniman, Perkins Rid
die Robbins Robe Ross Schermerho, David L. Seymour
Orgen S. Seymour Shelton, benjamin Stanton Richard H.
Stanton Abrm p Stephens, Thaddeus Stevens, Sratton
Stuart Sweetser Thurston, Townshend Wabridge, Walsh,
and Washburn--74.
/, NAYS-Messrs. Abererombie, Averett Bocock, Bragg
Breckenridge Brenton, Briggs Brooks, Albert G. Brown
Caldwell, Lewis D. Campbell Thompson Campbell, Cartier,
Cullom Darby John g. Davis, Dockey, Edmundson Free
man, Gray, Hail. Harper, Sampson W. Harris Hendricks
HEM Holiday Hunter Jackson James johnson Robert
Mlson, Molony John Moore Morehead, Murphy, Nabers
Ods, Orr, s. W. Parker Polk Powell Price, Richardson,
Robinson, Scurry Smart Smith, f. p Stanton, Alexander
II. Stephens Taylor, yenable, Wallace, Watkins, Welch
Addison white, Alexander White Wilcox, Williams Wood
ward, and Yates-7S.
MRS MARGARET l.. WORTH.
On motion of Mr.. POLK, the House proceeded to con-
side he of of on he
disagreeing Of the two Houses the bill for the
lief of Mrs Margaret L. WORTH widow of the late Major
General WORTH Of the United States Army which recon-
mends that the House Of Representatives recede from
its amendment the Senate BILL and that the bill be pass
ed in the form in which it from the Senate
Mr. Polk moved that the House concur in the report;
upon which motion debate of considerable length
sued in which Messrs. POLK, JONES' of New York.
STUART, CAMPBELL, of Illinois, SACKETT, and
DEAN advocated the report, and Messrs. ORR HARRIS
of Tennessee, and SHELTON opposed it.
Mr.. DEAN demanded the previous question, which
seconded and under its operation the report Of the
mittee was adopted: Yeas o. nays As,
DEFICIENCY BILL--LEUTENANT GENERALsHIP.
On motion Of Mr.. MARSHALL the House then went
into Committee Of the Whole the state Of the Union
Mr. RICHARDSON, Of Illinois, in the chair, and resumed
the consideration of the deficiency bill
Mr. SMITH, Of Alabama, said that he not here for
the purpose Of defending the private POLITICAL personal
character Of Gen. Scott He merely advocate the
passage Of the resolution creating and comforting the
title of Lieutenant General, and it military ques
ton proposed address himself such and what
he might in reference Gen Scott be taken
in military view There in the country that
sincerely and ardenty opposed the ELEVATION of Gen.
Scott TO the Presidency than himself but his political
position him tempered by his admiration of his
military character
He referred the remarks yesterday by Mr. Polk
and said that he had expected that that gentleman would
have brought forward substantial arguments against
the passage Of the resolution He, however dsap-
pointed perhaps it because the gentlemans mind
was directed another and greater question for his OPP
position simply merged into personal attack upon
the private character Of Gen. Scott
Mr.. POLK The charge which the gentleman has made
against me- that the speech made yesterday was con-
ceived in q spirit Of personal feeling, is unjust. only
relied upon the testimony Of Jackson, Wilkinson De Witt
Clinton, Worth, Pillow Duncan, Brown, and host of
Others who form the galaxy Of the military of
this country show that Gen. Scott is unworthy of the
title
Mr.. SMITH. expect to answer the gentleman in the
spirit in which he made his remarks beg the gentle
man to be patient; | am patient myself
Mr.. POLK. SO am
Mr. SMITH said that he proposed to show that the
gument brought forward by the gentleman from Tennes
have been conceived Mt last but objection to Gen.
Scotts private and personal character. He did not init
that the gentleman had any personal motive be-
he discaimed il at the time and he proposed
to reply the gentleman according the argument he
had made and what it
The charge was that Gen. Wilkinson Gen. jackson, De
Witt Clinton and others had quarrels with Gen. Scott
the intimaon was that because Of these quarrels
Gen. Scott a knave Now the spirit in which he pro-
posed to this charge was simply this: that all
quarreednot once, but frequently Ii wasnot
sign when great quarreled that they were knaves
Why did the British papers, when candidates for the
Presidency we're announced say that the people Of the
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