The daily union., 1854-01-08

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ported the following resolution which was adopted
Resolped That ,bete be prlned for The of the
be OF ths House 1000 copies OF The report ol the
exnoratiors 81 the yer ma1n and is t,ibnaIis mad
BY ousnants ii9ndoa and Gibbon, W,th The eecomPa-
I nyng maps aad rlales.
4 ESTIMATES FOR RIVERS AND HARsoRs
1 The SPEAKER remarke that on the 3ls OF Decem-
ber last, by unanimous consent the further considefa
OF letter from THE Secretary OF War; transmitting a
memorandum explanatory Of the estimates for rivers and
/ harbors, was postponed until to-day There were two
motions pending in relation 10 one 10 Ieer II 10 the
Committee on Commerce, and another amendment by
Mr. EwiSe TO refer the subject 10 The Comni,tee on
Roads and Canals
| The motion to refer it to the Committee on Commerce
was the hrat brought under consideration.
MIR FULLER considered thai il would be most proper
TO refer the estimates 10 the Committee Roads and Ca
nsls, and that The Committee oil ays and Means ought
TO be discharged from ibe further consideration OF the
subject
Mr.. MILLSoN understood that the estimates had al
ready been referred 10 The Committee OF Ways and
Means, and he wished 10 know whether that committee
wished 10 he discharged from The further consideration
OF those Aates aud whether that committee wished
them to b. referred to lhe Committee Commerce He
Wished them 70 remain With the Committee OF Ways and
3 Mr. BOJSFON was desirous thal The Commitiee al
Ways Means snouid be discharged from The further
consideration OF the estimates
blf. DUNBAR, IN Gt the Committee Com.
'nerce, wished To nndeceige the House IN reference to
remark q the gentleman from Kentucky, Mr. EwINO.l
That .he Committee Commerce was opposed 10 INFER.
nal improvements. As member Of that committee, he
declared himself decidedly in iavor OF internal improve
msnt
MIR. EWING replied that so far as ,he gentleman from
Louisiana ar, DusnAel vas concerned he would will
may fnst MIN bal II happened that the Committee
Commerce were not all OF the opinion.
/ MIR. DUNBAR did not wish TO accuse The gentleman
from Kentucky Mr.. EgINol with any unairness hut 30
far "a he nr DuNn,Rl knew OF the Commi,lee on Com
merce, he believed the majority of tha, committee
were IN Favor oil internal npo and he coatended
that the estimates should be referred 10 that committee
d dsaass itself .. o
Improvements. He would support the motion of refer
ence TO that committee
advocate OF general sysem of internal improvements
such would lead extravagant expenditure OF the
pubic money and to corruption such existed under the
administration OF John Qnincy Adams, but he was IA
vorabe 10 great national improvements, such those in
4 relation 10 rivers and harborS.
| Mr.. HUNT was not altogether satisfied with the ex-
Mr.. CAMPBELL said that If the gentleman from
! LOUISIANA lMr. DuSBARl had defined what he meant By
system Ut internal Improvement he would have been
better understood He (Mr CO. stood there opposed to
any partial System II for that reason that he would
do all IN his power 10 strike down the law for the
protection OF the iron trade, unless gentlemen frem
Pennsylvania would come forward and declare that they
would protect the other branches OF national industry
He should support the reference OF the estimates TO the
Committee on Roads and Canals
MIR. WENTWORTH, OF Illinois, thought that the
House ought to place degree OF credit what he
should say in reference to the Committee Commerce.
and he say that ne believed the House could trust
that committee greater extent than they could any
other committee in the House The records OF the
House showed that the present chairman OF the Committee
on Commerce mad voted for internal improvements.
/ Alter remarks irem Mr.. GRAY and Mr.. FULLER.
Mr.. CAMPBELL explained that the only object he had
! in view was TO secure fair and liberal appropriation
4 FOR improvements IN The rivers and harbors OF the
country.
| Mr.. EWING then withdrew his amendment
/ Mr. WENTWORTH said that by distinct vote OF the
House previous occasion the subjaci had been
terrcd TO the Committee Commerce. and that commit
lee ready 10 prepare bill upon the sutjsct
AZ fslpx xp1tt He the
previous question, which seconded.
! The question then pa, whether The Committee OF
Ways and Means should be discharged from the further
consideration oil the estimates; when was agreed 10.
/ Mr. JONES, OF Tennessee, moved that the commun
cation be laid upon the table; which question was put
Gnd negaliyed.
The motion Of reference to the Committee on Com
mercs then put and affirmed
| Mr. LANE, on leave, introduced the following bills
which read twice, and reeffed 10 the Committee on
| Military Adams:
bili authorizing the Secretary OF War settle and
adjust the expenses OF me Rogue fyer war IN Oregon
1 Also, bill provide for The continuation OF The
military road IRON Myrtle creek TO Scotsburgh, In Or
egon
the day proceeded with. and the following private
bills Of the Senate were read twice and appropriately re-
frrred
AbtS sa) for The relief o. the legal representatives
OF Msjlr CaieD swan, deceased.
bal Is 56l loo The feiet oil the legal representatives.
OF Df. WIN Somefye, deceased
A bill Is 7i) Tor lhe relief OF Joseph Gonder, jt and
Jonn Doh
A bill Is 76) authorizing Victor Morass to rellnqush
crriain lands aud enter the quantiy elsewhere
A b (S Sl) changing the name oi the American
buli steamer Falcon" 10 thai OF - leen City"
h (S 73J for ihs Feiel oi the legal representatives
OF Joshua Kennedy, deceased
message was received from the Senate by Maeheo,
their CHE. clerk in0fmng the HOUSE that the Senate
had pa ssed bill Tor the relief of Joseph Mitchell, and
gskiag therein the concurrence OF The House.
THE PRIVATE oALrEDAR,
On motion Of Mr.. FAULKNER, the House then re.
sol red itself i.lo a Committee Of the Whole, and pro-
cseied (N DISNEY in the chai 70 the consideration Of
the bills on ihe lusae calendar
Spvera private bills on the calendar passed by
or 0tihtf consideration, aad tue committees agreed TO re-
por the following
A bill Tor the gehet or Lewis B. Willis, late paymas,er
IN the army Ul The United States.
bill fo tue reie OF tne legal representatives OF lsaac
o. Simoni0n.
A bill Tor the relief Of William Blake
The committee then Fote.
CELEBRATION or RATTLE or SEw oRLEANs
Mr.. STANTON, Of Kentucky, moved that when the
iouse anIuun, aJlonrns meet Tuesday next, in
consequence Of Monday being the day set apart to cele
braie the battle OF New Orieans which agreed to,
Nit DISNEY, from The Comm'ee Of the Whole, re-
ported The three private bills agreed TO BY the commit
tee, with a. recommendation that they be passed by the
House.
The bills were accordingly read third time and
passed.
on motion of Mr.. WHEELER, The House proceeded
TO the consideration OF tie business The Speakers Ia
bic
Ihe following additional bills Of the Senate were read
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