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CONGRESS-.
THIRTY-THIRD coNGREss--FIasT SESSION
Senate. January 10, 1854.
On motion Of Mr.. Cass the Presidents mes
sage, communicating correspondence relating
to the affairs Of Central America, was post
poned until o-morrow.
The Chair laid before the Senate commu-
nicaticn from tho Secretary Of the Interior,
transmitting a report from Messrs German
and Young commissioners appointed to inyes-
tigate the charges alleged against Alexander
Ramsey late Superintendent Of Indian Affairs
in Minnesota Referred, and ordered to be
printed
Mr. Fish presented the memorial Of ii. X.
Brown, praying that he may be allowed to
take certain pieces of condemned brass cannon,
to enable him to cast an equestrian statue Of
Washington in the city Of New York
Mr., Mallory gave notice Of q bill to repeal
the tonnage duty on Spanish vessels
Mr.. Seward presented memorials asking
that an expose may be made of the tax collect
ed on coasting vessels under the act Of 1897
Mr.. Gwin, from the Committee on Finance,
reported a joint resolution for the relief Of
George R. Floyd, late Secretary of Wisconsin
Territory, and his sureties; which, after ex-
PLANTATION, was passed.
The resolution heretofore submitted by Mr..
Jones, Of Tennessee, directing an inquiry wheth-
er any change had been made in the plan Of
the extension Of the Capitol, and if 80, by what
authority, and whether such change would in
volve any additional expenditure of public mon
CIV was takAn nm and agreed In
The resolution submitted yesterday by Mr..
Jones, of Iowa, calling for statement Of the
expenditures made under the appropriations Of
1852 for the improvement of Western rivers
and harbors, was taken up, and agreed to-
On motion by Mr.. Dawson, it was ordered
that 50 much of the message of the President
AZ related to the District of Columbia be refer
red to the Committee on the District of Column
bia.
message was received from the House Of
Representatives, announcing the death of the
Hon MIR Muhlenberg, of Pennsylvania; which
was taken up.
Mr. Brodhead addressed the Senate in ap.
propriate terms upon the merits of his deceased
friend and colleague, and submitted the usual
resolutions of respect.
The resolutions were unanimously adopted,
aud the Senate adjourned.
House Of Representatives., Jan. 10, 1854.
The Chaplain, Rev. Mr. Slicer, delivered an
earnest andsimpressve prayer, in which he al
luded in appropriate and affecting terms to tie
recent death of member of this body, and to
the bereaved family and friends Of the deceased
whose hearts bleed under the affection they
have experienced
After the Journal was read
Mr.. Drum, Of Pennsylvania, arose and an
nounced the death of his late colleague, the
Hon. Henry A. Muhlenberg which occurred in
this city at 10 o'clock on Monday night Mr.
Drum made this announcement in eloquent
terms of grief for the loss Of beloved friend
and Of condolences with the bereaved family
who mourn the sad event Mr. Drum concluded
by presenting a series of resolutions to the
effect that the House has heard with deep emo
ton the account OF the death Of Mr. Mullen
berg; that the House tender TO the relatives of
the deceased the assurance Of its sympathy in
this affecting event that az testimony Of
respect TO tho memory of the deceased the
members &C the House will wear the usual
badge Of mourning for the period of 80 days
that the Clerk of tho House be instructed to
communicate u copy of these resolutions to the
family Of the deceased that a committee of
four members be appointed by tho Speaker, to
accompany the remains Of the deceased TO his
late home, in Berks county, Pennsylvania; and
that, as a further mark Of respect, the House
do now adjourn
MIR Dawson, Of Pennsylvania followed, ard
in brief speech paid feeling and earnest
tribute to the worth Of the deceased, who WIS
cut Oft from life in the period of early man.
bood--being, we believe, but thirty years of
age-aDd wh0ee practical usefulness whose
liberal attainments, whose manly energies and
social virtues, had won for him the ardent af-
fectiops Of his familiar friends, and the conf
dence and respect of all
MIR. Stranb, Of Pennsylvania, addressed the
Houee and spoke at some length of the charac
ter and worth Of his departed friend, and Of
his ancestry, and their services To bis native
State and TO bis country, from tho period Of
its early history to the present moment.
The resolutions were then adopted, and the
House adjourned
New MsxIco--A letter from Santa Fe to
the Ohio STATE Journal says that there is not n
Protestant Mexican in all New Mexico. There
are foar Baptist and two Methodist missona-
ries each Of whom has school, but no con
gregaticn. The people Of the Territory pay no
taxes, and the Legislature will not tax them,
nor will the local authorities There ia. there.
fore, not dollar in the ACCOMPLISHMENTS,
municipal or State---nor any probability oil
there being any There is no Jail strong
enough 10 bold . prisoner.
Mr. Bayard Taylor is n fne-looking man.
Elk feet in height; his eyes and hair are light
brown; his beard aud moustache are of a
similar color. His age is about %, and he
looks every inch the gentleman and the poet.
John Avery Parker, who lately died in New
Bedford, leaving fortune Of over million Of
dollars, was when young man, warned out
80 a -. L..