The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-01-29
THIRrY-sECoND CONGRESS.
Ta1DAr, January 70, 1863.
SENATE.
farArIrs WITH xIcAnAeuA
SECOND SESSION.

SENA1Es
raHArIEs WITH x1cAaAsuA.
The CHAIR laid before the Senate message
from the President of the Uuitod States in re-
spouse to resolution Of the Senate calling for the
correspondence by MIR. Squien and others relative
to treaties with tho Nicaraguan government. Inc
President 10 Of the opinion that the publication %
the public intsrese1s there negotiations still
pending. Referred and ordered to be printed.
PACIFIC RAILROAD.
Mr. RuSK. from the select committee to whom
was referred various projects and bills for rail.
tute for them all; which was ordered to be
printed.
ADJOURNMENT TILL MONDAY.
On motion Of Mr.. MANG UNI, it was ordered
that when the Senate adjourn it adjourn till
Monday.
COAL USED BIZ THE GOVERNMENT
Mr.. COOPER presented the following resolu.
ton which was agreed to,
ResolUed, That the Secretaries of the Treasury.
war and Navy, be, and they are hereby respect
lively required to communicate to the Senate the
qoanuy OF coal contracted for during the last year
oy each OF said Departments, their officers or
ageno, for the use of the various branches of the
public service connected with or under the control
OF the said Departments and that care be taken in
making the said communication to distinguish the
several kinds OF coal, as anthracite, American
pltumlnous, English btuminous, &C., together
used.
THE PRIVATE CALENDAR.
On motion of Mr.. BRADBURY, the Senate pro.
ceeded to the consideration of the bills on the pr
vate calender, to which no objection was made.
The following were passed:
Bill for the relief of the captors of the frigate
Philadelphia.
Bill for the relief of the heirs of Colonel William
Grayson
House bill for the relief of Maurice K. Simons.
Bill tor the relief Of Calvin B. Seymour and Will
iaro boynton, surviving partners of w. & H.
House bill for the relief of the heirs of jeremiah
Wingate
Bill for the relief of Jacob Gideon.
Bill for the relief of Ruff Van Brunt.
large number of bills were objected to and
passed over.
The Senate then adjourned till Monday.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, as
IMPROVEMENT FOB DEBT.
Mr.. STANLY moved that the House take up the
phi from the Senate concerning bail in civilcauses
In the District of Columbia, (abolishing all right
to bold to bail on mesns process.)
Mr.. SWEETSER objected.
MIR. JONES, of Tennessee, said that il he should
obtain the floor on Monday, he would move that
the bill be taken up. 1t was important it should
be passed man has been in Jail for three months.
Ii was a case of the hardest personal oppression
and tyranny ever known to the civilized world.
ALLEGED INJUsT1cE TO CLAIMANTS.
MI. maze asked the House to be discharged
from further service as a member of the Committee
OF Claims He bad entered upon the discharge Of
his duty faithfully, and he could say that every
member OF the committee had pro6tably and eff
GENTLY attended to their business. The committee
have prepared for the action of the House vast
number of bills in behalf of honest and just claims
against the Government The action Of the House
had been such that the committee had been called
but once during the present session and last SEES
slon: Now, he did not wish to bear any blame
He did not wish to be subject to the labor of inves
tigating cases involving law while be knew that
Congress will not act upon them. If it was the
object of the House to deny justice to claimants,
the sooner they and the country were made ac-
quainted with the fact the better. Having washed
his hands of the injustice towards the numerous
claimants, and placed the truth on record, he re-
spectfully withdrew his request to be excused from
service as member OF the Committee of Claims.
PRIVATE BILLIE
The House resolved itself into Committee of the
Whole on the Private Calendar. MIR. HALL was
called to preside
when the committee rose, the House passed
twenty-five of the bills reported,
And adjourned.