New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-07-19
Congressional.

i WASHINGTON, July IL, 1862.
i SENATE. MIR. Rockwell presented memoris
of five hundred citizens Of Massachusetts,, 70
4 the repeal Of the fugitive slave act.
4 MIR. Sumner presented the memorial of Josial
Goddard, q merchant in New York, declaring til
fugitive slave law to be unconstitutional, accord
A ing to the Judgment of approved witnesses ant
common sense, and therefore ought to be re
pealed; and also the memorial Of members .
the Unitarian Church, in Cambridge, Mass, 70
the repeal of the same law.
Mr.. Brodhead presented resolution request
ing the Fost- master General to inform the Sen
| ate If suitable site can be obtained for til
erection Of post office building in Philadelphia
and If so, What price, and that he communicate
to the Senate copies of all proposals for lots ant
the construction Of buildings, ETC., with an,
4 suggestions he may have to make respecting TIL
same. Adopted
4 The bill Tor telegraph line to San Francisc,
! was again taken up, and it was then passed
! yeas 20, nays IS. ~
The bill allowing the Alexandria Railroad
Company to extend their road through the Dis
trict to the depot of the Baltimore and Ohio
hailroad was taken up, when Mr.. Mason offered
an amendment allowing the company to con
struct bridge above Georgetown, and then LEI
the road extend through Georgetown and Wash.
| ington, but none on Pennsylvania avenue
| Adopted, and the bill passed,
The chair laid before the Senate communi
cation from the Secretary of the Treasury, sub.
uniting, In compliance with the resolution Of the
Senate IN January last, a copy of the revenue
| laws Of the United States, carefully revised and
collected INTO one law, with obsolete and incon-
slstent provisions omitted, and all arranged and
| adapted to the present wants of the country
with such improvements and additions as are
required by experience, The Secretary sub
nd ookc far 49, J,,tr
enactment Referred and ordered to be printed
Mr. Brown laid on the table substitute he
intends Offering for the homestead law,
Inc bill granting the right way for railroad
| through the Government grounds at Pensacola,
Fla, passed
Mr. Sebastian said an Executive session was
indispensable to-day, and he moved one, which
was agreed to.
at q quarter past o'clock the doors were
opened and the Senate adjourned
HOUSE The House passed bill incorporat
ing the Georgetown Gas Light Company.
Mi. Bennett's bill granting lands equally to
the several States for railway and school pur-
poses was postponed till the third Tuesday in
December next.
The House agreed to the Senate's amend
ments to several Territorial bills.
Two private bills were passed, also the bill
making provision for the postal service of Cali
|
tories.
Mr.. Odds, from the Committee on Post. Offices,
reported bill repeating the section in the law
OF August, 1858, which makes deduction of
5U per cent on prepaid postage on newspapers
and periodicals. He looked on the section as a
bonus to the city press, and against the country
press.
Further proceedings were interrupted by the
expiration OF the morning hour
Mn
monstrances of Stillman, Allen & Co., and a
large number of other citizens of New York.
against the extension of the patent of W. 4.
Nevins for biscuit machine.
The House went into Committee of the Whole
on the state of the Union, and took up the
River and Harbor bill
Mr.. Ritchie, of Pennsylvania, offered an
amendment increasing from $780, 900 to $3.50, 600
the approprl alton for the improvement of the
navigation OF the Ohio, including repair of the
dam at Cumberland Island -
Mr.. Wentworth, of Illinois, thought the best
the House could do was to stand by the estimates
of the engideers.
Mr.. Campbell dissented from this mode of
doing business saying that the Representatives
from the interior knew better what the wants
OF commerce are, through their respective
regions, than one half of the engineers sent out
by the Department
Mr. Preston moved an amendment to the
amendment appropriating $4,000 to defray the
necessary expense of keeping the Louisville
and Portland Canal in repair, making it free
of toll.
There was further debate, during which it
was said the canal will become the exclusive
property Of the United States before the next
session Of Congress-
Mr.. Ritehie's amendment, as amended by
Mr.. Preston, was agreed to-
Mr.. Perkins, of Louisiana, moved to strike
out the enaeting clause of the bill. Negatived-
63 against H.
The committee then rose.
Mr.. Rufhn has been appointed in place of Mr..
Clingman, declined, q member of the select
committee to inquire whether any improper
means have been used to procure the passage Of
bills through Congress.
Adjourned