The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-02-24
House of Representative.

WARRINGTON, Feb %, 1858.
OF GEN. ON ANNOUNCING HIS ACCEPTANCE
OF TIE oFFICE OF PRESIDENT.
Mr. JONES, (dem.) of Tenn, from the joint committee
appointed to wait upon Franklin Pierce and inform him
of his election reported they have performed tho duty
assigned to them and the President elect sgnined his
cepance Of the Office to which he has elected by the
people, and said You will please communicate to the
respective Houses Of Congress my acceptance Of the trust
confded to and at the time, express to them
my grateful acknowledgements, and them Of the
deep of obligation with which regard this mani
estaton of confidence the part Of my countrymen;
and it will be my earnest desire to prove that their
dence has not been mispaced The report was ordered
to be entered on the journal.
THE RECIPROCITY puI.
The House resumed the consideration of the bill estab
shng reciprocal trade with the North American. pro
vinces on certain conditions
Mr. Tuck, (whig) Of N H, resumed his remarks from
yesterday in favor Of the bill and concluded by saying if
it should fail now and should be his fortune be
next year. he would go for comprehensive system
Of reciprocity.
Mr. C1NcMAN (whig) of N. c., said he disposed to
settle fishing difficulties II Great Britain viii allow
people to fish where her people do he willing to
let her citizens sell their fish in markets on the same
the report which Accompanies the bill bnt to the i
taon Of the trade proposed The navigation OF the ST.
country at large, and is only confined to section II
there to be free trade let be general system. He
had idea Of seeing this system carried out during this
session. did he believe the bill under considera
tion likely to pass He would not he should vote
to repeal navigation Laws entirely but he would con
sent to this If Great Britain viii give similar equivalent
If can beat Great Britain five to in the direct
trade there will be no detriment coast He
had introduced amendment which would not nure the
revenue, namely: the Throwing open our ports to the
free competition OF Great Britain condition that she
will He He hsa 5 pr this in good ah
Mr. TowNsHEND, (dem) of Ohio, said-The gentleman
from Maine r Fuer) seemed to be afraid the agricul
tural interests of the Northwest will be sacrificed by this
bill, and that the gentleman from Nev Hampshire en-
deavored to relieve the House of their fears 1t is
known that Upper Canada last year produced twelve mil
lions and everyone is that wheat in Ohio Illinois,
Indada, and Michigan is the great staple The amount
which Canada produces is limited by soil and climate,
while is ilmitable. single county (Wayne) in
Ohio produced two millions OF bushels Of wheat, and
there eighty five counties in the State He repeated
with this capacity for producing wheat have
to fear competition with Canada. We wanta market for
beef and pork in the British provinces and they have
articles which need-amongst them lumber. Ohio is
resdy for free trade and direct taxation The provisions
of the bill however, are too restrictive The word 'eoa
is not in it, and unless this be inserted we know Canada
will not accept Of the 1t is well known that
Pennsylvania at present monopozes five millions of tons
of coal and obtains for 1t 600 0OO annually The coal
Of the British provinces highly btuminous while that
of is anthracite and being used for different
purposes separately and sometimes mixed he thought
ed the people of that State The people of the West
obtain lumber from Maine and North Carolina where
there Is an OF BoOu HlrSL
to Canada They have now to pay 20 or 80 per cent
duty. He likewise showed the Importance of obtaining
the free navigation of the St. Iawrence-this abso-
lutey vital to the Northwest.
The morning hour here expired and the House went
into Committee of the Whole the state Of the Union
INDIAN APPROPRIATION BILL"
The amendment pending to pay the Creek nation
of Indians 81 900 for lands taken from them and for
which no compensation rendered.
Mr. HOWARD (dem) Of Texas, contended that an ample
equivalent had already been received by those Indians
Mr. JOHNSON (dem of Ark, replied in advocacy of the
amendment, which, on the motion of
MI. ToomBs (whig) OF Ga, was amended by adding
that 1885, lei shall be applied to payment for depreda
tons committed certain citizens by the Creeks.
The amendment thus amended was disagreed to.
After further proceedings the committee without
coming a conclusion on the bill, and the House
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