Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-02-04
cONCKEss--2r sEss!oN
TUESDAY, Fen ! 1888.


| Mr.. Seward presented the pint Gesolaon OF ly No,.
| York Legislature concerning he imprisonment ii tie
,'atiai family in Tuscany for tie alleged crime Of Din
tie Scriptures. Referred ~ the committee foreign rel
| liors
Also petitions from steamboat owners Rev Y0k rr
ing suspension OF The steamboat law Of last session Tho
petition OF John Duhetty q! Pcnnsyyano, pr posing
coost!uc, the Pacc a road With Government ceca'es
petition from Ohio praying the repeal Il the irgtlvc a!Gv
law
tic introduced Join, resolution approptiang $500 he
expended by the State Of n. York IN erecting
| to Gen. Nicholas Hcrkimer referred.
Mr. Shields reported '3.nt resolution relating ii
smc0n OF certain bridges the Potomac riye ap
p,opria,cs $4,000 for The repair oi The ra ttdgc, 4l
$50 U0C or tho construction i b.dgc It ne "a: ! tho
| c!ain bridge.
A hill for Tho relief Moses 0Ts,cad taken up NIT
amended ~ providing for pension 10 the "iiU" q
Lieut. Col Ca!2 who was Killed IN CaisFni !; Jr': last
House bill the relief Of General EGurCt Riley Hat
enable him 70 se'c lis accounts with lie LG.ca Stu,s
was taken up ard alter long debate The nep. '..,
il; which was rejected rhc h.! otccd 10 t. g sad
| Mr. Gwn objected 70 its h,rd reading day IN, str.
10 have attached bill aran'ing 10 Caionn S5GUQCU
cut Of the civil fund collected in that -clc aclo!c IL, utr
sun into the Union.
The Pacific rail road bill taken IN. Sgytra! ot!cEt
mcnts proposed, and il was then postponed
The Senate took up the resolutions reported II Tie asi
sion by the committee foreign relations, relative ia
dpy ths government 10 protect the ehr oi It's czei
under the Garay grant, for ralrotd over tie !sfln'os u
Tchnantcpcc.
MIR Mason addressed the Senate for hoGr and h,!
vindicaon of the Garay grnnt in iavo - COMMUNICATION
hy ruantopsc with tnc Pacific as the best AMI mns
cabe route and in exposition Of ;hc Guii,s {" this
government p'osc, 'nis grant Owned by ~ czea-
Mr. Downs obtained the !1o and the SENATE atou,'ri-
| HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Dir. Duuhl ol lut!ana from the committee wGyg ar
means ported bill and submitted an ancndn'tht Tue
ihc bill is arlhoTls@ nn Issue 81 silver coinage
les gi Than that present ia ccG1tiOE 10 he rccc a
b. puhc departments III less Than Ave ""rs !" ros
al NJ dues; and lkrs god The standard "i Haide aGa s'-
yer subservint it, He cspainG Il length c nasu:r aud
olec; the oil md stated and mt the otJcet"n5 .
might be urged Tire sesnotase on The con9sc =" ivf y
be merely sufficient 10 meet the EXPENSE and is TO be i'm
| tied 10 one hall pcr cent
The morning having expired before hc conCGied, .ht i
was ordered TO b. printed.
Mr. Jones of Tennessee moved take mp he bill stcl
shng the giving bail and imprisonment for debt r,>rc
process Congress be said some time since, abolished ~
prsonrent Anal process but not process: 10
consequence of which, persons may he committed to- pn
The object of first provision of the bill 10 10 aool.h
psonnent process the scc"nd though 10 "'n,1i
i.r,ns effect liberation Of ar individual, "!rs
is one of peculiar hardship He from Nc" ilt tAi
prosecute claim o $24 600, which hai been "','T''d
By Congress bat had been confined FOR several m"n h 81
Tie suit the attorney who had prosecuted III. ci.itH a'
Who IL stated hg NJ Chagman, ID ccc:cd IS Vv
Mr. Jones concluded hy moving the p!csi5rs Gn.-'3'.
under he operation Of which the Dill var read !d "c
and pasSed--ycas l3 rays -.
The House into conmiil." OF the "ii"'' un4
lock lp the bill irr the sgrport OF the army.
Various enendncnts were moved, amouG offers, enc
storing suicrircndcncc IF the a!mocs TO civil scqyr
| tcndcnts
Nj Evans Of Maryland opposed the are,.m1ats te
feet Of which would be 10 create appointments lt pgr
pars,ns He c"n'cnded tina, the armofies lad been tld
managed under civi! management and that nc rcc 4 "
had been much reduced under military supe:ircnccncH
IT.,
ment sud suIec had been before Congress turin. three
years a report had been published careful invest
cation had been into in the report, and comrason
had been made between the expense oi The military and civil
supentendence which had heen less under HE io,'r '
the ultrr. He denied that the object Of the ancndmcnt 81"
| TO provide for Political parzans.
Slr IrgcrsnI o Conn., was iu favor Of the amendment.
on the ground tla, American ci.izens shoud no.
under military rule; ard cite! cases ' WHAT h" c""='"H
BE- hardshrs, in which ~Drkr!ca permitted 10
books papers during th" hours Of iahnr and ~
cd be pnncrau in ief atntance and attention 70 t
duti.s q: Springfield.
Air Stary p( r o. opposed the arcnIn.cn. anl chi",g
into disqUson upon the f!hy and prevalent use u -
blrco "ic is prohibited r he Gru0ry Sprsa,d ~
predicted that il The Amendment we-c carried TIE dr
would be filled with stump speakers and Ia Wc ~men Ngl
get Up meetings instead OF ntf"'ded 10 rhe!r work
Mr. Wilcox Of Miss, attributed the proposition 7" : vi
spirit CT donI-ga gisTl %ic. prevails III ms r3"n% a
The prejudces that eSs. against te military 'ue tr hd
been tinctured with this spirit: he sui when hc went e.
Mexico found IL subvesiyc OF dscp:inc and ""= sa
fed that military instead Of civil hond exercise cor
naad in Of emergency being better qualted ,!
| their education
He .as !esrJGs ha ispo:t shou' g" n7dc by ~ Sc
crc,arv II War IN the subject but satisfied THAI Gol'.
rr could addEcei to GtHrt l1 70 chanG hls nU1 -"
:.!t..g t. tp l!opyge; chang 20 "i.cl tc oElc-
n t4It ot M, followed 10 support C TIC Etee''o"'
| e!g: which HE committee Tos"
! The srratg resolution aPrGiarg committee % in
gale FOR President and Vice pfcs"n; o tho bn
| ted States then adopted
Mr. nsus;on G Ai-hImr moved tha, he tcbat tfa
tIE before TIC in hour ao,s
asain goes committee
several messages from President ayrg
ports from the Departments reported The House h
adjourned.
DISCHARGE OF NEAL.
/ PMfLApELPHIA, Jan. 3l-Richart Neal, the
charged with enlcing slaves from Anne Aroatti comfy
Nd This morning discharged from custody BY tn Sn
preme Court agent Of Maryland icing IN attendance
1.-THE agent for the State OF Maryland, Nj John Liant