The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-04-27

that the VIII ma site the and cede
il to the United States. ask my friend from Texas, Mr..
Rusk chairman Of the Committee the Post Office and
Post Roads 10 take this petition into consideration.
satisfied that ii he examines all the documents will
to the conclusion that il would be just and economical
the part of the make the appropriation asked
for in the petition that il be referred 10 the Com
mittee on the Post Office and Post Roads
The motion agreed TO.
MESSAGE rRoa THE HOUSE
message from the House of Representatives was re-
ceived by Mr. McKean chief clerk announcing that they
had passed bill from the Senate making grant OF public
lands the several States Of the Union for the benefit of
INDECENT insane persons
Mr. COOPER submitted the following resolution; which
was considered by unanimous consent, and agreed to:
Rssoieed That the Secretary War be- and he hereby
relative to the claim of Daniel Nppes, file in the De
partment of War. t.
J, ". EIa
Mr. NORTON Mr. President early in the session
memorial was presented from J. W Kelley of Florida
asking remuneration for alleged violation Of contract
entered into with him by the Pest Office Department for
carrying the mail from Bainbrdge Georgia, TO Apalach
cola Florida That memorial referred to the Commit
tee Of Claims. Subsequently resolution adopted by
the Senate nquirng of the Post Office Department if that
contract had been annued; and so for what
The response of the department received yesterday and
referred to the Committee the Post Office and Post
Roads Thus memorial in the possession of the Com
mtee of Claims, while the response of the department
giving information in regard to the claim in possession
of the Committee the Post Office and Post Roads.
charged from the further consideration Of the memorial of
J. w. Kelley and that il be referred to the Committee on
the Post Office and Post Roads, which presume is the
appropriate committee to take charge of the subject
The motion was agreed to-
REPORTS FROM COMMITTEES.
Mr. SHIELDS from the Committee on Military Affairs
to whom referred the petition of Adele Sands widow
Of Richard Sands OF the army praying an increase Of
pension asked to be discharged from its further consdea
ton and that it be referred to the Committee Pensions
which agreed TO,
Mr. s. ALSO from the same committee to whom was re-
fered petition of descendants of officers of the army of
the revolution praying that the heirs and descendants of
officers of the revolution who served to the end of that
war; may be allowed the hapay for life promised by the
resolution of 1880, deductng thererom the value of the
Communication received, asked be discharged from its
further consideration the ground that bill applying
ma mir. EVANS from the Committee Revolutionary
Claims, pending before the Senate
The motion was agreed TO.
whom referred bin to authorize the payment of
tain claims for depredations and spoatons during the
hostilites with the Greek and Seminole Indiana 1886
and 1881 reported it back without amendment. He also
submitted report upon the subjects which ordered to
| be printed. ~
ferred the petition Of Willard III Boynton praying ndem
nifty for merchandise destroyed by the Greek Indians in
Is 345) for the relief of Calvin Seymour and Willard
H. Boynton, surviving partners Of the firm Of w II.
Boynton; which read and passed second reading
i The report ordered to be printed.
Mr. Il, from the Committee the Judiciary, TO whom
was referred the memorial Of Charles Stearns praying
demnity for expenses &c, incurred in defending himself
against unjustifabe suit brought against him and
Others by the United States submitted adverse report
on the same; which was ordered to be printed,
1 Mr. JONES, of Iowa. from the Committee Pensions,
10 whom referred the petition and documents in the
of Seth Ingram praying TO be allowed certain
of pension submitted adverse report thereon which
was ordered TO be printed.
BILLS INTRODUCED.
i Mr. SLIDEI.L asked and, by unanimous consent OBJ
i "a y.
claim Of William N Henderson and the heirs of Robert
Henderson five hundred acres of land in the Basrop
grant; which read first and second time by its title
and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims
Mr. BROWN, in pursuance of previous notice. asked and
obtained leave to introduce bill Is 348 to grant other
lands in lieu Of certain sixteenth sections in the State
Mississippi heretofore disposed of by the United States for
other than school purposes which was read the first and
second times by unanimous consent and referred TO the
I Committee on Public Lands.
JErrRus AND SMITH
I Mr. RUSK The Committee on the Post Office and Post
Roads to whom referred the petition of James Jefrcs
and jeremiah NJ Smith, have directed to report bin for
their relief Ii is very small bill the Is hard one
and therefore ask the unanimous Of the Senate
act upon it
The motion being agreed TO- the bin Is 344 for the re-
lief of James Jeres and Jeremiah NJ Smith accord
ingy read first and second time by unanimous consent
and considered as in committee Of the whole II directs
4 the Postmaster General 10 release the parties mem
toned and their guaranor from the penalty incurred by
their failure carry the mail certain according
TO the bid offered by them and accepted by the depart
has been paid by them in consequence Of any failure upon
! their part TO carry the mail upon those routes.
Mr. RUSk. The facts in relation 10 the briefly
these These parties resided in Kentucky and became bid
des for routes there and for fourteen in Texas Their
bids accepted being the lowest They
Texas and arranged for all but the three specified
in the bill but they asccrtaned that the distance those
three about onethrd than stated in the ad-
vertisemeu; that they being Of limited means il
not possible for them TO those routes In operation
The testimony very clear that the distance advertised
for the three routes two hundred and four miles and
that the actual distance three hundred and FIVE miles
and pretty rough road that They therefore faed
put these three routes into operation The which
They obtained in Kentucky they did put In operation The
Postmaster General fined them for their failure on the
three and detained the amount of the fines out Of their
compensation for those which they are actually
carrying on in Kentucky. They OF limited means
and IL is very embarrassing 70 them II very clear
case in my Judgment hope therefore, that the Senate
will pass the bill. H1
The bill was reported the Senate without amendment
ordered to be engrossed for third reading, read
/ third time and passed
CONTRACT SETTLEMENTS.
Mr.. ADAMS | am instructed by the Committee on the
Post Office and Post Roads to whom referred the pc
on Of John Jefferson and others report joint res
oluon authorizing settlements under certain mail con-
tracts As shall necessarily be absent from the city for
weeks come ask the unanimous Of the
ate 70 consider It If II should lead to any discussion
4 ! will consent TO let II pass
The joint resolution read first and second time by
unanimous consent and considered rs in committee Of the
whole II requires the Auditor of the Treasury for the
Post Office Department TO settle the Of the
tractors for carrying the mail Of the United States who
were ordered by the Postmaster General suspend por-
ton Of their regular mail service between November
1888 and The Isl OF June 1889 at the pro rata reduction
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