Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1853-01-12
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memorial aof y Ohm, d M.1Stanly,i praying
Congress to purchase his gallery Of 1ndi-
an portraits, now on exhibition at the
Smithsonian Institution, yre sili Al sisis
~ MIR. Cass submitteda resolution, calling
on the President for information respec-
ting the establishment of a new British
colony in Central America, called the CO.
lony of the Bay of Islands; and also
asking what measures have been taken to
prevent the violation of that article of the
treaty of Washington, of July a, 1850,
between the United States and Great
Britain, which provides that neither par
" shall &c occupy or fortify, or coionlze'
OR assume. or exercise any dominion over
Niearaoua. Costa RIGA, the Musqulto
coast. or any part of Central America"
The hill granting a pension to Avery
Dorner, was considered and passed, as
was also the bill granting pension to
Sarah Crandall. and the bill for the re-
lief of Captain Langdon @. Easton.
=, Mr.. Dodge -ef Iowa introduced bill
.forsShe relief of the working men on the
addition to the Capitol.
-, ,Afesan executive session the Senate
ssdiouFnsd, 81. So.
- HoUsE OF REPREsENrATIvEs.-
House devoted its session to the conside-
ration of the resolutions of Mr.. Harris, of
Tennessee, proposing to receive and dis
pose ofreports from committees, to which
objection might not be made. The
House adjourned at an early hour.
"WEDNESDAY, Dec. go.
SESArr.-Ths Chair laid before the Sc
nate report OF the Secretary of the In
terror, giving statement of the disburse-
mems made by John R. Bartlett, on the
Mexican boundary Commission.
A joint resolution was received from
the House, authorizing the employment
of two clerks and one messenger in the
office Of the superintendent of the public
printing; which was considered and pas
sed
Mr. Brodhead introduced bill ma
king further provision against counter
feiting the coin of the United States, or
passing the same.
- HOUSE or REPRESENTATIVES, Mfr.
Francis P. Fay. elected to serve out the
unexpired term of the late Hon. R. r.
Rantoul, of Massachusetts,, appeared in
the Hall and took his seat.
THURSDAY, Dec. 80.
SENATE.-The Chair laid before the
Senate report of the Secretary of the
Interior, in relation to the steps taken to
establish lunatic asylum in the District
of Columbia also Il report of the board
appointed to examine the claims against
tle government for subsistence, &c, fur
nished for the uso of the volunteers under
the command of Captain John G. Fremont
in California, in 1916.
Mfr. Jones of Tennessee, submitted n
resolution calling for report of the COM
missioners who examined the Blue Lick
Springs and other places with n view to
the location of a western military asylum.
HOUSE, OF REPREsENrATrvEs.-M Ed
ward P. Little, the gentleman elected to
fill the vacancy in the Massachusetts de-
legation, occasioucd by the death Of the
late Hon. Grin Fowler, appeared, Was
qualified, and took his seat.
The Speaker laid before the House va
rious Executive Department communica-
tons which having been disposed of, an
invitation from the Jackson Monument
Society, inviting the House to participate,
on the 9th of January next, in the cere
monies attending on the Inauguration of
the equestrian statue of Jackson, was laid
before the House. from the Chair.
-FF-- MoSDAY, Jan. Sd, 1859.
SKNArE.-Several memorials were pre-
scented and referred.
Mr.. Smith presented Il memorial from
the son of DR.. Horace Wells, of Hart
ford, Connecticut, claiming reward for
the discovery of the an8sthetic agents
which, after some debate was laid on the
table.
Mr.. Cass submitted memorial, pray
ing that measures NAV be taken to Sc
cure the religious liberty of American
citizens in foreign countries.
Phe bill to revive a portion of an act
for the relief of the widows of deceased
soldiers was taken up, and, after long
debate, the Senate adjourned.
HoUsE OF RErREsENTAr1vEs.-On mo-
ton Of Mr.. Houston, the House next went
into a committee of the Whole on the
state of the Union, (Mr. Richardson in
the chair and after the committee had
disposed of the naval and invalid appro-
priation bills, the West Point Academy
appropriation bill was taken up, on which
speeches were made by Messrs. Venable,
Stephens of Georgia, Brown of Missippi.
and Wilcox.
q, Mr.. Polk having next obtained the
floor, the committee rose, and the House
then passed the naval and invalid pension
appropriation bills.
Mr.. FickTiu reported, from the Com
,mittee on.thc DistFictof Columbia, bill
ito suppress the circulation of small notes
in this District which was referred to
the Committee of the Whole on the state
of the Union, and made the special or
der for Tuesday, thee 18th instant. AZ
ter which the House adjourned.
TUESDAY, Jan. 4.