Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-12-10

by the Of Martin Kostza in the harbor of Smyrna
from the forcible and illegal seizure and imprisonment on
board the Austrian brigof-war Huszar
Resoud That the President of the United States be and
is hereby requested be made sword with suit
able devices and presented Capt Duncan N lngaham
testimonial Of the high entertained by Congress OF his
Vaor prompness and udcious conduct on the above me-
| morabe occasion.
Resolved That the President Of the United States
the foregoing resolutions be communicated 10 Capt lngr
ham in such terms he may deem best calculated to give
| effect to the objects thereof.
Mr.. BAYLY, of Virginia. objected to the introduction
Of the resolution, stating that he did only because he
thought it premature
Mr.. DEAN then gave notice that early day he
would offer it for the action Of the House.
cHAPLAISs, AGAIN
Mr.. FLORENCE offered the following resolution:
Resoved 1.-THE Senate concurring) That two Chapains be
elected by the Senate and the other by the House Of Re-
personalities and that they ocate alternately during the
present session of Congress.
Mr.. f. stated that he offered the resolution at this
time believing that it would bring the subject before the
House and make it perfectly in order
Mr. JONES, Of Tennessee, said that being still Of the
opinion that there was authority under the Consttu
ton to employ chapans of any denomination for the Go
vernment for the House, and believing further that
it was buresque upon the Christian religion for the
House to elect chapains he would to lay the
luton on the table,
The yeas and nays were ordered on this notion but
before they taken
The annual message Of the President of the United
States received and read to the House, which
pied an hour and ten minutes.
Mr. FLORENCE moved that the message be referred to
the Committee Of the Whole the state of the Union and
prnted and that 10000 extra copies Of the message,
with the accompanying documents be also printed for the
use of the House
Mr. ORR moved 10 reduce the number Of extra copies
proposed to be printed to 10000 which he said was the
| usual number. This a cumbrous document, not
usually read and he thought the number of copies he hat
moved would be amply sufficient
Mr. HOUSTON suggested TO the gentleman from Soutl
Carolina that this was the beginning of Admins
L trait nnd nT fba naQg and
ments intended to develop its policy Under these
circumstances, although he knew that only fifteen thou
sand copies printed by the last Congress, it seem
ed to him that twenty thousand copies small mum
Der ask He therefore hoped that the gentleman would
not persist in his amendment but would allow the org
| nal proposition to be adopted
Mr.. ORR replied that it only of recent date that
tho number printed exceeded ten thousand copies In
his Judgment, fifteen thousand copies was the greatest
| abundance.
Mr. PERKINS, of New York, believed the gentleman
from South Carolina mistaken in saying that the mes
sage would generally be read. If it should be print
ed pamphlet form and circulated among the consttu
of the Representatives of his State he very
tain it would be read.
Mr.. WENTWORTH moved to increase the number Of
copies to thirty thousand, believing that such number
would be necessary to supply those who wished to
the message.
Further debate ensued when the previous question
moved and seconded and under its operation the amend
ments of Mr.. Orr and MIR. WENTWORTH were severally
rejected.
The motion OF Mr.. FLORENCE was then agreed TO-
The House again took up the resolution respecting the
election of Chaplans and the being taken the
motion of Mr. JONES of Tennessee to lay the resolution
the table, it decided in the negative-lS to 1885,
The question then being the adoption Of the resolu-
ton
Mr. HENDRICKS moved to amend it SO as to elect the
chapan for the present Congress instead of the present
session; which not agreed to.
Mr. HEM also moved to amend the resolution by add
ing thereto the following provso:
Procded That the compensation of said chapains shall be
deducted pro from the per diem compensation of the
members of the Senate and House of Representatives.
The amendment rejected.
The resolution then agreed to.
And the House adjourned.