The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-03-02
THHtTY-sECOND CONGRESS-
SECOND SESSION.

! Senate. s>N$
/ WASHINGTON March I, 1855
DIPLOMATIC ROUTE BILLS, src
Mr. HUNTER (dem) OF Va moved TO take up the Civil
and Diplomatic Appropriation bill
Messrs DAVIS and eoorxR desired time to maL.. re.
ports.
The CHAIR by consent laid before the Senate the ansu
al report of the Regents Of the Smithsonian nsttuticn
and the report of the Coast Survey Bureau
Mr. HuNrrR said if this bill be post poned any longer
there would be time for House to act on the se
Mates amendments n
His motion was agreed to- and the Civil and Diplomatic
/ bill taken up.
BY unanimous consent and without most naming tho
previous named bill,
Mr. RusK (dem) Of Texas, w@s allowed to report the
Post Route bill, with numerous amen dments proposing
additional post routes, all of viii c were agreed to with
out being read. He said unless the bill was now con-
sdered there would be time fer the ,ment of the
amendments.
TWAS then considered
Other amendments, providing for the panish ment OF
counterfeitng stamped envelopes making the salary Of
Assistant Postmasers General So 600 each per annum
they hereafter to be appointed by the President with the
advice and of the Senate and whenever either
of them shall Postmaster General to receive $500
year in addition to their saary-and to make all rail
roads post routes adopted, and the bill then
passed.
The Civil and Diplomatic bill was resumed.
, An amendment, approprating 500 geo for heating
lighting, and refurnishing the Presidents house,
adopted.
Several small amendments were agreed to.
The question then REQUIRED Mr.. MASON amendment
Temporarily laid over), to repeal all duties railroad
iron, which Mr. DOUGLASS (dem.) Of Illinois, had moved
to amend by suspending for three years instead OF
pealing the duties railroad iron.
Mr. BRoDHEAD ldem of Pa, said he desired to know
whether tns tari debate was to go on or not The op
tion Of the subject and determined it should
pass without fun hearing The amendment and debate
nj nd nf in Ha haI
to have an understanding now whether the debate
Mr.. MASON, (dem) of Va, said he offered the amend
ment under sense Of duty he having been instructed to
pealpg the duties but the proposition out of pace
in the bill. He hoped IT would be voted down.
amend the tariff or to engage in any general legislation
upon the appropriation bills. No such bill should be
the o M ss an
BILL and other propositions be added to this BILL He
would not hesitate to vote against and resist such s
aton, whether by SO doing the appropriation bills
lost or not
Mr.. MAseUM, (whig) ofN. c., said he was under in
strucons to vote for this amendment while at the
time he thought 1t ought not now to be brought for
ward.
Mr.. BunER (dem) Of s. c.. said he did not care what
his instructions might be, he would vote to vio
late the rights Of the minority by making the Appropria
tion bills omnibus into which every favored
by majority might be crowded.
Mr. MASON said he agreed with the Senator last u
ns Oh sSsa s 1 S n but
gnrded and maorites ON former occasions had forced
through their appropriations in this They must
others do make their constituents the victims Of
| their forbearance.
Mr. DAVIS (whig) of Mass, said he was preparedto go
at large into the discussion of this matter, but If he
could receive the that would be voted down
he would forbear his remarks.
Messrs Bright, Toucey. and Weller, all said they
in favor of repeal of these duties but they die ap
prove of putting this question in the Appropriation
DOUGLAS said ecuil rot consent to any arrange
ment TO vote down tn amendment bat he would with
draw his amendment in order to allow the Senate to vote
\ di1fc'ly on the anne nGment {, Mr. Mason.
Messrs. boRIAND, UNDERWOOD and BELL. opposed the
an' pGMent.
IEe ouestion taken Mr.. Mason's amendment,
al it rejected by yeas TO- nays 49, as follows
YF4s.Messrs. Badger, Brooke Charlton, Chase, Daw-
son, De saussure, Dodge of Wis Douglas, Downs Ftz
patrick Hale Hunter, Jones Of Tenn, Aangum, Mason,
Rusk, Shields Sumner and Walker
NAYs-Messrs Adams Atchison Bayard Bell Bor-
land, Bradbury, Bright, Brodhead Butler Cass Clarke
Cooper Davis Dodge of Iowa Felch Fish Fooe, Geyer,
Of es M9EG %
spruance Toucey Underwood, Wade and Weller.
Mr.. BRADBURY, (dem) of Me-, offered an amendment
United States District Courts This debated great
length for an hour, wlen it was withdrawn.
| THE AMENDMENTS TO THE DEFICIENCY BILL.
The Deficiency bill returned from the House. with
several amendments disagreed The Senate insisted
on its amendments, and Committee Of Conference was
THE CIVIL DIPLOMATIC BLL-orPos1IoN
/ AMERICA,
Mr. DOUGLAS moved to strike out the appropriation for
the mission TO Central America He did wish to send
that mission. because of the object for which it in
tended. Ry the Clayton and Bulwer treaty it was under
stood the Britt protectorate of the Mosquito coast
abandoned. Great Britain however has not abandoned
it, she continues it yet Lately she has proposed to
ter into negotiations to make arrangements by
which she abandon that protectorate To enter into
such negotiation such object would be recog
that she had abandoned by the Clayton and
Bulwer treaty Were this government thus to recognize
negotiation shs would leave the matter it stands
| but with acknowledgment part that she, by
the Clayton and Buwer treaty, did not surrender that
Mr.. MASON differed from the sepator-nnd point of
order being raised the amendment withdrawn for the
Mr.. HAMIN (Jem.) of Me-, offered an amendment ap-
propriatng $4,000 to be paid to Wendell and Van Ben
thuysen to losses sustained by them printers to
the Threth Congress, which, after considerable debate
wa ruled out of order.
Mr.. FISH, (whig) OF N y moved to amend the bill by
adding thereto five additional sections, providing for the
establishment in the city of New York, Office for the
receipt and for the melting refining parting and assay
ing etc. OF gold and silver bullion and foreign con and
for casting the same into bars, ingots, dscs-the
United States Treasurer in New York to be treasurer of
said Office The President Of the United States to
appoint such other clerks and authorize the employment
of wokmen &c. necessary for the proper conduct and
arrangement OF such office. The owner of any gold
silver bullion, in dust otherwise of any foreign
COIN may deposit in said Office and get receipt there
for as in cases Of deposits at the minsuch bullion to
be melted pared refined, and assayed the net value
thereof to be asceraned and the certificate to be issued
therefor payable in coins of the same metal at the
subtrcasury in New York at the mint, Such certif
Gates shall be receivable for thirty from their date
payment Of debts to the United States All gold silver
bullion ana foreign CON- melted and assayed safOresad
be cast into bars ingots, discs, either of pure
metal or standard neness with stamp thereon Of its
weight and fncness. No ingot bar shall be of less
weight than three ounces unless of standard fneness
All asayed bullion and foreign coin to be Immediately
transferred to the mint The general operations OF the
office 10 be under the general direction of the director Of
the mint The laws relating to the mint to be appca
bic TO the Office The charges to be allowed as at
the mint One hundred thousand dollars is appropriated
to carry this act into effect The Secretary of the Tea
sury authorized to procure by otherwise such
buildings in New York for said assay Office and to pro
cure machinery nd implements.
Mr.. BRoDHFAD, (dem) of Pa, opposed the amendment
Mr.. CLARK, (whig) Of II. l., supportedit.
Mr.. PEARtE Chg) of Md, made the point Of order
that this amendment not in order. 1t not
recommended by the departments
Mr.. FISH said it had been submitted to the chairman
ofLthe Committee Finance and it to be regretted
that this point of order had not been suggested before
Nj HUNTER said he in favor OF the amendment, It
| 1t was in order
Mr read letter from the Secretary Of the Trea