The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-02-23

Mr.. SABINE, DeNevlng tnat there could be no
| measure OF reciprocity matured during the few
days that remain of the present Congress- and
being esirous at least of patching IN the sherv
difficulty until the new administration could have
time to act upon the whole subject, introduced the
following substitute for the bill under CONSIDERED
ton:
BILL to regulate the taking, curing and selling
OF nsn, and oils obtained therefrom, between the
inhabitants of the United States and the inhab-
itants OF the British possessions of Canada, New
brunswick, and Nova Scotia, including Cape
Breton, Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island,
and the islands and dependencies of said pos
sessions.
BE it enacted By the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatiUes Of the United States of america in Con-
sress assembled, That the President of the United
States shall Issue his proclamation authorizing the
inhabitants of said possessions and the islands and
dependencies thereof to bring IN and make sale OIL
in the ports of entry of the United States fish of
every kind both fresh and cured and oils obtained
therefrom, the produce of the fisheries Of said in
habtants, subject only to the same duty and other
charges of Government as are now or may be i'm
DO ed on the same articles of the produce of the
fisheries of the inhabitants of the United States
but on the condition that he shall first receive salts
factory evidence that the inhabitants of the United
States shall be permitted to enjoy in the said pos
sessions and the islands and dependencies thereof
the four following privileges, viz:
First. The privilege, in common with British
subjects, to take in salt water fish of every
kind, on all the coasts or shores, without restrc
KID
Second. The privilege of freely using the crown
or ungranted lands and shores for the purpose of
curing, packing, and otherwise preparing for
market the fish and oils obtained therefrom and
taken
Third. The privilege of freely contracting, by
lease otherwise, with individual owners oc-
| cupants of lands and fishing privileges for rights
of taking, curing, and otherwise preparing for
market fish of every kind, and oils obtained there
FROM
Fourth. The privilege of carrying to, and sell
ing in the free ports ports of entry fish of every
kind, both fresh and cured, and oils obtained there
from, the produce of the fisheries of the inhabitants
OF the United States, on the same terms as to duty
and other charges of Government as provided
in this act for the admission of the same articles
into the ports of the United States.
Sec 2. Be it further enacted, That all the acts
and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions
OF hls act be, and the same are hereby, repealed.
Mr.. TUCK remarked that the first authority in
relation to reciprocity came from James K. Polk,
late President of the United States. The next au-
thority was Mr.. Buchanan, who recommended
the matter with respect to the Canadas 1t has
been fortified by the authority of previous Con-
crosses, and by men not only high in the conf
dence OF their party, but in the estimation of the
people of the country. The bill, there fore, comes
here doubly fortified He asked gentlemen not to
vote against the bill until they shall have exam
ined it. He briefly advocated the bill on high ma.
tlonal grounds.
The morning hour expired.
The House took up and concurred in the Senate
amendments to the bill regulating the fees in the
several courts of the United States.
COMMODORE JONES.
The SPEAKER, by request of Commodore Jones,
laid before the House letter from that gentleman,
in which he stated that certain vituperatiye and
slanderous imputations had been made, not only
upon his official conduct, but he had been charged
with being concerned in fraudulent transaction,
and this was calculated to do an irreparable in
jury to him, without being confronted with his
cusers. A few witnesses from California, he says,
will not only prove the falsity of all the charges
but expose the malgn combination to injure him.
He ask ed that the papers in the be referred to
the Committee on Naval Affairs, and that they
take testimony under oath, and allow him the
privilege of appearing at the examination.
Mr.. BOCOCA moved that the communication be
referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and
printed.
MIR. STANLY eaid he had examined the papers
in the case of Mccormick, (out of which the
charges crew. and came to the conclusion that
the bill reported allowing him $25,00o, and passed,
was improper one. Mccormick was iieuten.
ant in the navy, and sent out to California
with steam saw-mill in John Y. Mason's time
The budget was very large one, and he suggested
that there BE- printed those parts of it only which
relate to the Mccormick claim.
Mr.. STANTON, of Tennessee, said he had look
ed at the papers, and he was not satisfied that the
gentleman from North Carolina was right in the
opinion expressed as to the improperly ofthe claim
the award OF two gentlemen, one of them appointed
by the Government and the other by the claimant;
gentlemen whose characters were uninpeached
and he believed unimpeachable
The communication was referred to the Com
rnitee Naval Affairs, and the document, in part
ordered to be printed.
INDIAN APPROPRIATIONS BILL.
The House resolved itself into o Committee of
the Whole on the state of the Union, (Mr Bocock
n the chair) and resumed the consideration of the
bill making appropriation for the service of the
Indian Department.
Mr. JOHNSON, of Arkansas, offered an amend
lnent appropriating ,7b9, 900 tor the benefit of
the Creek Nation of Indians; or twenty cents an
acre for 1000 of land taken from them,
and for which no compensation ever rendered.
He addressed the committee upon the subject
Mr.. GIDDINGS made statement in reply to
letter written to Mr.. d G. Allen of Ohio last au-
tumn, by the Hon. E. Whittlesey, relative to MIR
GIDDINGs's mileage. He did this, not to vindcate
himself but to disabuse his constituents
Mr.. FITCH offered an amendment, appropriate
ing S66,246 to pay the Shawnees for one hundred
thousand acres of land, under an article in the |
treaty of 1881; and sustained it in few remarks
Mr.. HOWARD addressed the committee upon
the subject; when,
On motion of Mr.. HOUSTON, the Indian Ap-
preparation bill was informally laid aside; and
The amendments of the Senate to the West Point |
Academy bill were taken up. portion of them
only were agreed to.
The House subsequently acquiesced in the action
of the committee on the last mai med bill.
And the House adjourned.