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wives of foreign BIRTH when married TO citizens the
same right Of dover native born wives Referred
ARKANHAs BONDS.

wives Of foreign birth, when married to citnsns tho
same right OF dover as native born wives Referred
ARKANsAs BONDS.
The Chair laid before the Senate report of the
Aching secretary OF the Treasury relative 10 Arkan
bonds, held in trust, from which document II appears
that the principal Of the bonds Ia five hundred and thirty
eight Thousand dollars on which there Ia due on In
terest three hured and twenty nine thousand dollars
making an aggregate of egh. hundred sixty sevcn
thousand three hundred and six dollars Of principal
and interest Pedes the above the United States hold
ninety thousand dollars Of bonds of said State In trust
received since July, 1872 and which interest ia now in
arear to the amount of thousand soven hundred
eelarSmakng the aggregate Of all tho tonds of the
and interest one million fourteen thousand and y-sx
dollars. Congress has, from time to time paid the
lhckasaws the interest the bonds held In trust for
them.
PETITION FOR A UNIFORM sYsrEM OF MARRIAGE
Mr. SEWARD presented memorial from j. Young of
New York praying that tho Constitution of the United
satos he amended 20 power Congress TO es
tabli.h uniform system of marriage and 70 punish its
sTATUR or JACKSON
Mr SHEETS, (dem) OF H. presented memorial Of G
moulds and furnace used by Clark Mills In making Jack
sSn s1aae ana PRAYING to be soTsd part Of any com
THE FREE FARM mLI.
Mr CAS- dem Of Mich presented petitions in favor
TONNAGE DUTIES on SPANISH vsssrrs
On motion OF Mr. MALLORY, (dem.) Of Fa., the Senate
took up the bill repeating existing laws concerning the
tonnage duty on Spanish vessels, and no commenceda
speech thereon a. half past one he yielded the door 10
Mr. Clarke on whose motion the Senate went into
EXECUTIVE SESSION.
TIE COMMUNICATION LAWRENCE RELATIVE
TO CENTRAL AMERICAN AFFAIRs-TgE AWARD TIKI FRENCH
EMPEROR IN THE CASE OF THE BRIG ARMSTRONG ErC
During the executive session, two messages were
ceived from the President One communicating the cor
respondence by the Hon. Abbott lawrence ani Others
with the government Of Great Britain and the state De-
partment, relative to the affairs of Central America
There are over one hundred dispatches communicated
commencing in 1846, and continuing down to 1850. No
opportunity afforded of examining copying any Of
message
were referred and ordered to be printed
The second message communicated the award of Louis
Napoleon in the OF the claim by the United States
against Portugal concerning the brig General Armstrong
We make the following abstract Of the documents
Mr. Ryes under date of December l3 1852 states that
pursuant to invitation he attended at the Office Of the
Minister Of Foreign Affairs Of France December 11th
each presented will copy Of the award without any In
tmation OF its nature and with declaration that the
with the changes in the government that he had had
opportunity of delivering the award in person. or at
an earlier day. The award of the Prince President
recites the convention by Portugal and the United
States by which referred to him the controversy rea
tive to the American privnteer General Armstrong
which was destroyed in the port of Fayal the 9th
day Of September 1914 and states that having turey
considered and examined the evidence &c. 1t Il clear
that the United States were at war with England at that
tme that Portugal was preserving her neutraty that
the General Armstrong commanded by CAPITA IN Reid
legally provided with letters Of marquee and rned for pri
eerng purposes that she cast anchor at Faya the
10Th September 1874 in the domnions OF the Queen Of
Portugal on the same day English squadron entered
respect TO the rights Of sovereignty and of neutrality
bloody encounter took place between the Americans
and the English and tho next day an Eng
lish vessel to range herself near the Ameri-
can priyateer, for the purpose of cannonadpg her
and that this determination being followed by the act
capt Reid and his induced to abandon
stfoy her he docs not consider it clear tina. if certain
Brith lcngboas the night OF the 26th approached
the General Armstrong that these boats were manned by
men provided with arms and ann uniton; but he consd-
srs II clear that these engboats having approached the
brig the crew Of the later having hailed them and
ly rpd ftpO, Wine
some and wounding others mortay without any attempt
having been MADE BY the repel by force
Governor for protection until blood had been she'd and
when the firing had ceased the brig anchor under
the castle at the distance OF stones throw The Por
tuguee Governor then informed Of what assing
and on several occasions he ntcrposed with the British
commander to obtain cessation OF hosties and COM
planned of the violation neutral territory and eec
lively prevented American sailors on land from
embai king for the purpose of proloDgng the conflict
which was contrary to the laws OF nations The weak
ness OF the garrison prevented any armed intervention
Con idering, in this state OF things that Captain Reid
not having applied from the beginning for the inerven
ton of the neutral sovereign, and having had
TO arms in order to repel an unjust aggression
had thus failed to respect the neutrality of the territory
Of The foreign sovereign and released that sovereign Of
the obligation in which he in to afford hun protection
by any other means than that OF pacific intervention
from which it follows, that the government Of Her Most
Faithful Majesty cannot be held responsible for The
suits Of the collision which took place in contempt Of her
rights OF sovereignty in violation Of the neutrality Of her
territory and without the local officers or lensnants
having been required in proper time and enabled to
grant aid and protection to those having right the
sametherefore, We have decided and declare, that
States against Her Most Faithful Majesty has ounda
on and tba, no indemnity is due by Portugal in
sequence Of the os Of the American big General Arm
strong armed for privateerng purposes Done ind sign
Tuileries, Nov. Goth, 1882
(saned) L. NAPOLEON.
At quarter before four the Senstc by vote of 20 TO
20 adjourned without doing anything with Mr.. Badgers
nomination.