The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-04-07
SPECIAL SESSION OF THE SENATE
go WEDNESDAY, April s, 1853.

20 WEDNESDAY,, April 6, 1853.
Mr.. SEWARD offered the following; which was
agreed to:
Resolued That the President of the United States
De requested, if in his opinion it shall be compati
BILE with the public interests, to communicate to
the Senate such official information as he NAV
have received touching the recent transactions
between Captain Hoins, Of the sloop of war Cyane,
and the authorities at San Juan de Nicaragua, to-
gethrr with the orders and instructions which
have been given to Captain Hollins in relation to
the affairs at that place.
PUBLICATION OF DEBATES.
The Senate proceeded to the consideration of
the following resolution heretofore introduced by
Mr. BADGER, namely:
Res0loed, That the Secretary of the Senate ha We
published in the Daily National Iatenieeneer the
full debates and proceedings of the Senate for the
late lie. islative session, and pay the compen.
sasion therefor as 10 allowed to the Union and Globe
and pro rata for what has been reported and pub.
ished in the Intdiigencer during the present Con-
gress.
After debate, in which Messrs BRODHEAD.
BORLAND, GWIN, HAMLIN, SEWARD, and
MASON. participated, the further consideration
OF the sobject-was postponed till the first Monday
~ December next.
ALEXANDER RAMSAY.
Mr. SEBASTIAN submitted the following reso
luton; which was considered BY unanimous con
cent, and agreed to:
Resofred, That the President be, and he ia here
by, requested to cause to be Investigated the
charges OF fraud and misconduct in Office alleged
against Alexander Ramsay, superintendent OF In
dlan affairs In Minnesota, and which were referred
to the Committee on Indian Affairs by resolution
OF 10th of January last and to report the results
OF such investigation to the Senate at the next SEES.
zion of Congress-; and that the record of the pro.
ceedlngs OF said committee under said resolution
be referred to the President, and be subject to such
order as he may make therein.
The Senate then went into an Executive session,
and alter short time spent therein the doors were
opened.
DISTRIBUTION OF cHARrs
Mr.. G WIN offered resolution, proposino to
place 1ve hundred copies of Captain Rnggold's
chart Of the coast OF California with the Secretary
tor OF San Francisco, for distribution among nayi-
gators. The charts, he said had aIreadv been
ordered but no provision had been made for their
A debate ensued, involving to some extent tho
question whether the ordering of these charts did
MT conflict with the clause in the Deficiency Bill
prohoitng the purchase and dist ibution of books
among members At its termination, the resolu-
ton was modified, so to place the thousa nd
charts With The Secretary of the Treasury for dis
t,rihuuon; and in this form Pasaed-yeae a., nays
Patent OFFICE BUILDING
On motion Of Mr.. HOUSTON, it was
Rtsoiued, That the Secretary OF the Interior be,
and he Is hereby, instructed to furnish the Senate
with the report OF an examination Con file in the
Department of the Interior) made of the Patent
Office building in 1851, under the direction of the
Commissioner of Public Buildings.
The Senate again went into Executive session.
OPEN AND SECRET SESSIONS.
When the doors were again opened, the Senate
took up for consideration the following resolution
Res0iued, That all proceedings Of the Senate
shall be public and open, except when mat
ters communicated in confidence by the Presi-
dent shall be received and considered, and in
such other cases as the Senate by resolution, from
time to time. shall specially ORDER and 90 much Of
the aSth. s9th. and 49th rules may be inconsis-
Messrs CHASE, BoRIAND and SUMNER
PHELPS, and BUTLER opposed it; when the fur
Their consideration of the subject was postponed till
to- morrow.
-sl YEA AND NAY MAeHINR.
Mr.. HOUSTON submitted the following reso.
luton, which lies over:
Resokcsd, That the Secretary of the Senate be |
and he is hereby authorised and directed to con
tract with Henry Johnson, the inventor, for the |
in the Senate chamber of HE new |
mode OF taking the yeas and nays: Provided. The |
eun of $l,too. 10 be paid odt Of the contingent
fund OF the Senate. 4l u ~
The Senate. for the third time, vent into an Ex-
ecutve session; and. after the doors were opened
adjourned. .3& .f
New YoRx AProIsTMENTs.-The New York
Euening Post publishes Washington letter, hav-
ing the impress of authority. which explains the
policy Of the Administration in relation to appoint
ments. That object 10 Of course to keep together
and consolidate 1he partywhiSh' elected PreSidtht
PIERCE Hence each secdon his ito Representative
In tho Cabinet. Aud hence also, the two sections
are represented by their leaders in the New York
city appointments.
/ The President. after hearing all sides. took the
matter into bis own hands. On this point the
letter says:
"The other circumstance worth noting is, that /
lh's has been peculiarly the President's own act,
Of which he freely says TO bis friends he takes the
whole responsibility; though, on proposing it, and
explaining lie grounds, motives, and meaning, he
received Nereeay eenewrsncs q ks s~tiys cs6taAt''
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