Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-01-16
THIRTT.THInD CoSGnEs -FIRsT SESSION
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WAsIiIHGToN. Jan. l2.-The chair presented a comm.
rafion from the Secretary of War; transmitting the re-
port Of the officers appointed 10 select site for Wa
tern Military Asylum.
Mr Butler said that quorum of the Judiciary Com
mittec was in the city. lie moved that an additional
member disappointed until the regular members appear
Agreed to. 'f
Mr Cooper presented petition of the Accessory Trims
u steam Company, signed by Charles Morgan iis Pres
ueht asking Tor the passage Of law allowing steamers
owned by that line to obtain registers in the name of the
Company The owners principally citizens Of New
oth Oht the Company is chartered by the State of Nicar
aqua Under the of the revenue laws the
1"neFs cannot get American registers, sail under
he American lag without the intervention of the trus.
ices III the ownership. Referred to the Committee on
Commerce.
Mr. Weller gave notice Of a bill to establish a semi
monthly mail between the Atlantic and Pacific by way
Nicaragua "'
Nc Bright presented petition of citizens of Georgetown
Tor the erection of Custom House ia the District Of Co.
lumbia
Sir. Chase presented petition signed he said by John
Jay worthy grandson OF the former Chief Justice of the
United states, aud John T.. Hale late distinguished mem.
oer oil the Senate, praying for the abolition aud probib
ton OF slavery in all the Territories of the United States
lie SAID e would not 10 refer To the Senatorial
Committee, because he opposed To tn. PRAYER and
therefore moved that Il lie on the table But he gave
notice that at early day he would move that and all
oher Ike petitions be taken up and referred TO Select
Committee.
MI Mallory introduced bill to repeal tonnage duties
Mr. Fish reported bill for the relief Of the capors Of
the figate Philadelphia.
Several reports &c, then made.
hT. Clayton commenced at 10 O'Clock his reply TO Gen
eral Cas-, aud before e lad concluded the Senate adj
journed.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
The Speaker laid before the House tnessays Cro m.
fe'ident OF the United States ia reply to resolution Of
the second inst communicating letter from the Score.
y OF the Navy, and tho orders our Naval officers con-
eceu hercWth last year. issued ia relation to the protcc
uon OF American fishermen the British coast Laid on
the table and ordered to be printed
Inc House resumed the consideration Of the resolution
reported yesterday from the committee on Printing pro.
posing to print fifty thousand copies Of compendium of
e census TO be prepared by the present Superintendent
provided shall be printed in roys octave form and not
exceeding four hundred pages
Mr. heacham moved an amendment 10 print one hun.
area thousand copies The information has been
collected at the cost OF million and half of dollars In
Tue ilrge book form not in thousand persons can
dunn the largest circulation.
MI. Eastman Mr.. Speaker !, for one, am opposed to
'no amendment a' moved by the gentleman ffom Yer
mont and my reason for opposing II 1, this: I think
that Tue book large volume which has been publish
eu IA nll OF errors. SO lar my obsetv aons have
lenued am sure II IL. In proof Of this assertion Il will
mention one fact
The county in which reside the county Of Grant In
.ne otate OF Wsconsnis composed, or was composed,
10 1900, OF sixteen counties liz the book as published
u represented to contain only ten Counties The mum
Der OF the population in 1850 when the census returns
we're made, was sixteen thousand AZ returned II
only appears TO contain thousand or rather about
nine thousand FIVE hundred
NJ. Washburn, Of Illinois. The gentleman from Wis.
cohsn, Mr. E,stman resides in nearly tho same part OF
Souy ,hnt do that psrt which Is known as the
mineral di'trct-the lead mines Of the north. west.
wsh 10 ascertain from him whether Ia HE examination Of
.nat WORK, he has found anything which goes to show
'na' We nave ahy mineral product there?