The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-02-16
EIIfRTY-THIRD CONGRESS-,
FIRST SESSION.
Senate.


WASHINGTON, Fob is 1884
TIE EXPLORATION rHl
The CnArs laid before ths ssn,te Lieut. Gibbons report
being the second part Herndons Exploration Of the
Valley Of the Amazon.
HUMANE soCKrY-sHp WI EcKED MARINERS,
Mr.. EvERsI (whig) Of Mast presented the remorisl
Of the Massachusetts, Huase Society, asking sppro
,,iation "a aid that society in reecuiag shpMecked
mariners
TONNAGE DUTIES on SPANISH vgssELs, ETC.
Nr. HAnrr (dem IT Ne, reported bill to repeal the
tonnage du .iss on Spanish vessels
The Hsass bill for the relief Q, John oMssra WAS
passed.
Mr.. EvrsErT introtuc.dA bill to r.compsuse the disco
versr Of tbs ansesthetic agent ia surgical cases.
RIVERS AID HAERORs
Mr.. S1uARr, (dem Of Mich oderat resolution which
wss Laid oyer directing tbs g mmisse on commercs to
report bill making appropriations for the improvement
of rivers and hArbo,s.
NAVY.
Mr. RusK, tdem Of Texas, introduced bill TO provide
sor the surviving Cficers OF TIE iets Texas navy.
THB FRENCH sPoiIaIioS BiIL
wss passed, by yeas 27 to nays is
INAPPROPRIATE IN ONO
The bill granting TO the State of 0nio nll public lands
therein remaining UNFOLD ari rnapprspriated WAS
passed
DrBuouE GRAvIyAxD.
The blu Tsuqnishpg to the osn Of Dubuque, Iowa,
sertain lots sov used as 9 sraversrd vas passed.
ornCkss COURTS
Mr. rooMs, (~hisJ q &C. prsieatsd resolution,
which sdoptcd, Cireetips Snether
cation Is ssoesssry for the prosreion of ministerial Of
Beers OF tie courts OF she Unisd States ane report by
NEW PORTS or DELIVERY.
The S.u making Piatka and b',to~, Fla ports OF do
Ths ssnats then proceeded to the censiesration OF
NEBRASKA BILL
NR HorsToS proceeded to adt-ss the senate. He said
ss, sss to Keep Bis feet wns ns would DO this' he
u-gexcy rqurrg TIE hs'ty passage Of this bull
Ec yeteray hsd points ont na isha the indians in
ha aff kn,c ~.
Of Kansas might bs 30 IS to ss the Indian posses
sons to remain unci,urbsd TIE l1diAns yet
lated treaty Would the Unei Ssstes be fAi,n'ul
TO its obsstorss He was opposed 70 the policy Of re
moving Indians. He wcu d hAv- them tie down aud
cultvats arts Of civilization Hs knew msa Who IN tea
means than tho government during that period,
would .Ipoud in keeping 77P g..riaous sod troo,s
.suffcient reasons for voting against this bill Hs
oppoesd to uniting act the three
subjects o. HeGa,k. Kansss and the sssuri pro
mine. NebIaska had not sufficient population to Be
erected into Territory Kansal exclusivey Indian
Terory asd the repeal Of The Missouri comproniss
su OF evils His course upon the Missouri compromise
well known. He read letter blshsd In the Richmond
Enquirer ef the 9th rst, In Witch his op ,oson this
called vpsr Ii, For the suthot letter hs had no
Ill will he did not hate HIM; he could not dexrs 70 himself
any hatred towards him rhs writer however apoks Of
time, and II he should leave any Ia bis tr,ok ne (a,
Houston would avoid y; As be had frsquentil done
similar oeoas ions by strdiDg IL he bad some
reverence for tte Richmond Efquirer He 6rst saw 1t
when . sn sn boy, in Rockbri ge county, Va then
Thought 1t the osy Newspaper II the world Il then
other hands ard had great inf gercs and was much
peeted He claimed charity >. tho hands OF the ErYp
Of Vpnia beaufe he born in that state H. had
oeysr received commsncsou reward or auy other r,ask
Of favor at her hands Bat still he loved hr his
tive state and was proud 20 be able 20 sy inst from nsr
mountain tops no nrst looked upo7 nature aud from he
fountains o nsr streams be had hfst que1;hed hs tlrt
Eor her virtues he would laad he hnd FOR her iuarni
ties he wontd pity her. n. uld raise ps ri.t
asI h nd sgsinst her. But he thousht she had many
sors Who hso been spoiled He opposed, a. h htd
said TO the provsons OF this s relating to the Iudi,ns
and II tbers would be snyhine repugnsus q hi-
than those, vas the provision IepeaIing s,saou
somrf fomiss BE had aisfys stood upon that co ! sro
mice and in so dolny, he bal been sustained By ne
south, and By the vhcls ceuutrY The Missouri oonprs-
mise formed part OF the Constitution Of Texas and he
had ever supported II. Hs road long sx.
tracts frfm his rpeeoh on the Oregon bill Civ.
ing his resscns then for standing By the Missouri
line BE would also stand by the compromiss of 1850
He Dow tbs only Senator In that body who har
lot an tbs promise acts OF $780, Nc Sturgeon, Of
Psnnslvsnia, who was not In the SeuAts, the
oaly ether Senator who had voted for them all In
voug for than he (kr Houston) had supposed
Vas voting repeal Of ths Missouri oomproniss Those