The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-01-06

TIE western waters In fcla0On 70 this subject
Mr. PRESTON said he received last night q
telegraphic despatch from principal officer Of the
United States in the West, asking him to use BIZ
efforts for extension Of time in order that the
boats in that section may be equipped, as required
by law. He presumed that his correspondent al.
luded to the resolution from the SENATE.
Mr. LETCHER withdrew his objection, when
the joint resolution was taken up, and having been
read, it was amended by extending the time for
ninety days from the first of January last; and in
this form passed.
EXTENSION OF TIME OF PAYMENT OF DUTIES ON
RAILROAD IRON.
Mr.. COBB called up question relative to bill
for the relief of the Memphis and Charleston, or
Tennessee, Mississippi, and Alabama, the Alaba.
ma and Tennessee River, the Coosa the New Or.
leans and jackson, and the New Orleans and
Opelousas, and Great Western Railroad Company,
by extending for four years the time for the pay
ment OF all duties on railroad iron for the Of
those companies, except only the amount due for
! custom house fees. The payment of duties to be
secured by satisfactory bonds. and the money to
carry an interest of six per cent. a year.
An amendment was pending to include the RAJ
leigh and CASTOR Railroad Company in the pro
visions of the bill and another, that the act shall
apply to all railroad companies in the United
States now in the course of construction, or COM
menced within one year from date.
This bill, on the Goth OF August last, was reject
ed; I'd the question now pending was on the mo-
ton to lay upon the table the motion to reconsider
that vote.
The House decided the question in the af1irma.
tive-yeas ID, nays 73-as follows:
YEAS.-Messrs.. Allison, Babcock, Barrere,
Bartlett, jr,, Buell.. Burrows. Busby, Joseph Ca
bic, Chandler, Chapman, Clemens, Cleveland,
Curtis, Dawson, Disney, Duncan. Eastman,
Evsns, Ficklin, Florence, Floyd, Thomas J. D.
Fuller, Gaylord, Giddings, Gilmore, Green
lsham G. Harris, Hart, Haven, Hubbard, Hillyer.
Horsford, John w. Howe, Thomas nj. Howe In
gersoIl, Ives, Jenkins, Andrew Johnson, John
Johnson, Daniel T. Jones, George w. Jones,
Kinr
Martin, McNair, Miner Henry D. Moore, Morri-
son, Newton, Peasee, Penniman, Perkins Ridd Ie,
Robbins, jr., ROBBIE, Ross. schermerhorn, David
L seynour, origen seym our, Shelton, Benja
Stephens, Thaddeus Stevens, stratton, Stuart,
Sweetser, Thurston, Townshend, Walbridge,
Walsh, and Washburn, jr.-74
NAYS.-Messrs. Abercrombie, Averett Bocock
bragg, breckenridge, Brenton, Briggs, Brooks,
Albsrt G. Brown, Caldwell, Lewis B. Campbell,
Thompson Campbell, Cartier, Caskie, Chastain.
Clark. Clingman. Cobb, Conger, Cottman, Cul
lom, Darby, John G. Davis, Dockery, Edmund
Harris, Hendricks, HEM, Holiday, Hunter, Jack
| son, James Johnson, Robert w. johnson, Landry
Little. L ckhart. Marshall. Meade, Miller. Mill
son, Molony, John Moore, Morehead, Murphy,
ell, Price, Richardson, Robinson, Scurry, Smart,
Smith, Frederick P. Stanton, Alexander H. Ste
phens, Taylor, Venable, Wallace, Watkins,
WEIGH, Addison White, Alexander White, Will
So the House laid the motion to reconsider upon
the table. a aE.szt e.E III
Mr.. BOCOCK remarked that, under the rules,
the Speaker had right to determine the question
the other way, If he chose to vote. ..
THE WIDOW OF GENERAL WORTH
On motion of Mr.. POLK tAe House proceeded
to the consideration of the report of the Committee
of Conference on the bill for the relief Mrs Mar.
garet NJ Worth, widow of General Worth, which
proposes that the House shall recede from it's
| amendment thereto. g 4# -ssfa -.
Mr. ORR opposed the report. He said it allowed
to Mrs. Worth fifty dollars month during her
| lifetime, or ak hundred dollars year, when, if
General Worth had been shot down in Mexico. or
died in consequence of wounds received, his wi.
dow would be entitled, under the pension laws, to
but thirty dollars month for five years. The
precedent was an important one. He was in favor
of general law, so that the same justice may be
dispensed to the widows of all officers who have
died as that proposed to be extended to Mrs.
Worth and also to the widows OF privates who
have died those who leave their families in inf
nitely more destitute circumstances than the off,
GERS He considered the passage of the resolution,
as it came from the Senate, a bad precedent
Mr.. POLK replied to the gentleman, who, he
said had objected to the resolution because he con-
sidered it to be setting bad precedent. But such
precedent has been set, in the case of the widow
of Commodore Decatur, and in that of as gallant
soldier as ever barred his bosom to the foe-Coo
mel X. M. johnson. He could enumerate other in
stances. The gentleman said that Worth did not
heart could have asked for death-place, it would
have been within sound of the booming cannon,
the merry beat of the drum and the shriIl fife He
did not die of lingering disease, like many of
the gallant spirits who were called home. He died
not of that disease which is accompanied by
cough and hectic flush; but the cholera claimed the
heart of Worth. He left widow and three chill
dren; one of them boy, ten years of age, who has
to be educated. And would an American Congress
debate this question:? Would the House hesitate
to afford widow of SUCH a man, with the marks
of sixty years upon her brow, the means to edu-
cate the children springing from his lons In
conclusion, he moved the previous question, which
was not seconded by the House.
Mr.. HARRIS, of Tennessee, said that under the
general law the widow was not entitled to pen
sion. her husband not having died from wounds
received in battle The Committee ON Pensions,
however, under the peculiar circumstances of the
case, had agreed to extend to her such pension as
she would have been entitled to had General Worth
fallen in battle, or of wounds therein received. But
the resolution before the House, allowing her sixty
dollars month for life, violated all the principles
of the general law, and therefore he was opposed
to it. ~ ..--as ...s - -
Messrs. JONES of New York, STUART, CAMP
BELL Of Illinois, sACKETT, and DEAN, advo-
Gated the report of the Committee of Conference
the latter saying that the family of the late Gene
raj Worth are now in destitute circumstances, the
house owned by the deceased having been sold over
them, and they turned out of doors, and rendered
dependant for subsistence on the charity of their
friends. -,5~z .-..-s.
Mr.. SHELTON opposed the adoption of the re
port.
The question having been taken, it was concur
red in-yeas SO, nays 48.
lit allows the widow of General Worth sixty dol
lars month for life.]
LIEUTENANT GENERAL.
The House resolved itself into a Committee of
the Whole on the state of the Union Mr. RICH
ARDsoN in the chair-and took up the bill to sup
ply deficiencies in the appropriations for the pre-
sent fiscal year. @
MIR. SMITH, of Alabama, in the course of his
remarks, said he was not here for the purpose of
defending the private or political, or per. onal
charactersof General Scott; but rose to advocate
the resolution proposing to confer the title of lieu
tenant general for distinguished services in Next
co. Hewoud address himself to it as military
question. NO man was more sincerely and earn.
estly opposed to General Scott as q candidate for
the Presidency than he was; but notwithstanding
he had ever been an admirer of his military char.
acter. He bad taken some pains to examine into
this subject, and never rose to address the House
unless ne was prepared to do 30. a
he yesterday expected that the gentleman from
Tennessee (Mr. PoLK) would bring forward some
substantial argument against the resolution, but
he was disappointed. 1t seemed that the gentle
mans opposition to it merged itself in simple
personal attack upon the private character of
General Scott. =
Mr.. POLK said that this charge was unjust.
Inc gentleman mistook. He had relied on Jack
son, Wilkinson, Dewitt Clinton, Worth, Pillow,