Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-01-22
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1858.
IN SENATE.

In GENIAL
Mr.. FOOT presented the credentials of the Hon.
SAMUEL s. PHELPS appointed Senator by the Governor
Of Vermont to fill the vacancy occasoned by the death
Of the Hon. WM. UPHAM which were read and Mr.. p.
qualified and took his seat.
THE AMIsTAD CASE
message was received from the President of the
United States calling the attention of Congress to the
claim made by the Spanish Government behalf of its
subjects in the of the Amistad." The President
says Respect the Spanish Government demands that
its urgent representations should be canddy and impair
tally weighed If Congress should be Of opinion that the
claim is just every consideration points to the proprety
Of its prompt recognition and payment and if the two
Houses should come the opposite conclusion il is equal
y desirable that the result should be announced without
unnecessary delay" The message referred TO the
Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be
printed.
The President Of the Senate laid before the body COM
munication from the Secretary of War; made in comp
with resolution of both December 1852 giving an
examination of the Board appointed to examine the Blue
Lick Springs to select site for the establishment Of
Western Military Asylum; which referred to the
Committee Military Affairs and ordered to be printed
[They report lst That the locality not eligible in
the sense of preferable site.
I'd That although the site quite healthy and sur
rounded by abundant of subsistence at reasonable
rates, it was not comparatively accessible
sired.
3d. That it not clear that Congress by the provi-
sion Of law would pay for the property of the Treasury
Of the United States, should the board contract for its
purchase. And,
4th Because the Board decided at the same meeting
that 1t was not assured of the sucency of its
to proceed with the establishment of Western Asylum
Also, communication from the Acting Secretary Of
the Treasury in compliance with resolution relative to
the coinage Of the United States Mint and its branches
report Of the Director of the Mint Referred to the Com
nittee on Finance, and ordered to be printed
Petitions were presented by Messrs. DAVIS FOOT
BRADBURY, HUNTER, HAMLIN, JONES, Of Tennessee
DOWNS, and SHIELDS, and referred to appropriate
committees.
REPORTS FROM COMMITTEES
Mr.. HUNTER, from the Committee ON Finance report-
ed House bill making appropriations for the support of
the Military Academy for the year ending both June,
1854, with amendments, which concurred in and
the bill, as amended was read third time and passed
Mr.. HAMLIN, from the Committee on Commerce ask
ed to be discharged from the consideration Of the memo
rails Of the importing merchants Of Boston, relative to u-
ties not paid under protest. and that they be referred
the Committee on Finance; which agreed to.
Also, from the to be discharged from the further
consideration of the memorial of Richard Evans and other
revenue ofhcers and the memorial Of shipowners and
merchants Of Boston which was agreed to-
Mr.. H. said that he was directed to report the follow
ing resolutions from the Committee on Commerce:
R'orcd That the Secretary the Treasury be repaired
to have prepared and submitted TO the Senate its
sion general law with the view Of supersedng all
existing laws the subject and which shall embrace all
needfu provisions for regulating the foreign domestic
commerce of the United States in American and foreign
the assessing and collecting OF the duties connected with
the same including fees Of all kinds tonnage duty and light
money the registering enrolling, and licensing Of vessels
emolumen OF officers
and employees OF every kind the levying and remission of
penalties fines oreures service marine
IN all its details and providing generally for the due perform
OF all the duties Of description connected with the
revenue service in all its branches and details including all
the requisite official form to be observed the transaction Of
custom house business.
Resolued further, That the preparation Of the said reye
code law shall be distinctly shown what pro-
visions Of existing laws which retained what any por
ton Of said existing laws that omitted and what new pro-
visions or additions made.
Mr. JONES' of Iowa. from the Committee on Pensions
the petition Of Sarah Bruster and Jane Howard of Ten
nessee, and that il be referred to the Committee on Pub
lie Lands which agreed to.
Mr.. BADGER, from the Committee on the Judiciary
asked to be discharged from the further consideration Of
the memorials from citizens Of the States Virginia In
diana, Fnois, Pennsylvania, Delaware New jersey Yer
mont and Mississippi for abolshng the Office Of chap
lain which agreed to- and the report ordered TO be
printed
Mr.. FOOT, from the Committee on Pensions was die
charged from the further consideration of the following
petitions OF Ebenezer g. Atwater Samuel Church Car
iace Porter, VIM l.. Martin Caroline L. Eustis Eliza
beth r. Drane, David Linn, and Thankful Reynolds.
VIEWS RESPECTING COLONIZATION
On motion by Mr. MASON, the Senate then took mn |
he joint resolution decaratory Of the views Of the United
States respecting colonization the North American con-
nent by European Powers and respecting the Island Of
Cuba; when
Mr. MASON said that it might become his duty before
his resolution to vote to speak large upon the
merits Of the subject but he simply desired to sneak
upon point which he thought was msinerpreted bv
he Senator from Michigan He desired to speak Of Mr.
Monroes message asserting principle intended to be
applied % the affairs Of Spanish America alone He de-