The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1854-04-10

rHIRrY-rHrRD cosGREss-rrRsr SESSION.
Yesterday. proceedings.

Yesterdays proceedings.
WASHINGTON, April 6.
SExArE-The House bill, granting PEN
sion to Brigadier General Leavenworth, was
passed.
The chair presented a communication from
the State Department containing certain
CORES pondence Between the American Con-
sui at Smyrna and the State Department, re-
lative to the imprisonment OF Martin koszta,
which was laid on the table.
The Senate then vert into executive ses-
sion ard adjourned.
House. The House took up billreported
from the committee on Post-oifices and Post
roads, authorizing a contract to be made for
conveying the mails between New Orleans
and San Francisco, the service To be paid Tor
according to the time employed, increasing
the pay the number ofdays decrease, until
s 1 ,600,000is to be paid for carrying the mails
in ten days from point to point Pending the
debate to refer the bill to the Committee of
the Whole, the deficiency bill as reported by
the Senate, was reported from the committee
Of Ways and Means. -. =
An immense amount of correspondence be-
tween this and the Spanish Government,
touching The various acts Of the cuban au-
thorities toward American citizens and ves-
seis, including the Crescent City and Black
Warrior, opening the u. ). mails, &C., was
sent in from the State Departmental answer
to resolution calling tor information on the
subject. A II referred 10 the committee on
Foreign Affairs.
The House went into committee on the
general app -opriaton bill.
| Mr.. Preston made powerful speech in ia
vor of the Nebraska bill, without the Clay
ton amendment.
! Mr.. Smith. of New York, spoke against the
bill, when the committee rose and the House
adjourned.
| WASHINGTON, April 4.
! Mr. Mason moved to 90 into executive
session, which was disagreed to.
| The private calender was taken up, and 36
of the Senate's and IL of the Houses bills
were passed and 40 postponed.
Mr.. Chase introduced bill granting LAND
to the Cincinnati and Macknaw Railroad
Company, referred.
Mr.. Dodge reported bill establishing ad-
ditionnl land districts in Minnesota, passed.
/ Mr.. Gwn said, on Monday ne would ash
To be heard on the Pacific Railroad bill.
Mr.. Badger said he would, on Monday, ash
the Senate to take up the bill allowing cred
it on railroad iron.
The Senate then adjourned till Monday.
HoUsE-The bill empowering the Pos
Master General to contract for carrying th'
mails between New Orleans and San Fran
cisco, according to the time occupied, was Ia
ken up and debated until the expiration o
: The morning hour.
: Mr.. Parker, from the committee on Judi
: cary, reported bill relating 10 the feloniou
burning of the steamer Martha Washington
He strenuously urged the importance Of tn
Government aiding in the prosecution Of pa
Ties nov awaiting trial. Arkansas. Final
IL, after debate, Mr.. Jones, Of Tennessee, oh
jecting to it, the bill was referred To the cou
> mittee of the Whole.
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SENATE The consideration OF the bill t
= reduce and graduate the price of public land
was further postponed for one week.
HoUsE.-Mr. Bennett reported bill I
!, equalizc grants of land TO the several Sist>
;, for CERTAIN purposes. II is said the comn,itte
. on public lands were opposed to the BILL bt
:, were waiting to take the sense of the llous
: on the subject.