The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1854-01-19
CONGRESS-.
rHIRTY-rHIRD coNGRrss-rIRsr SESSION
Senate, January 10, 1854.

CONGRESS-.
THIRTY-THIRD CoNGREss-FIRsT SESSION.
Senate, January 10, 1854.
On motion Of Mr.. Cass, the Presidents mes
sage, communicating correspondence relating
to the affairs Of Central America was post
poned until tomorrow.
| The Chair laid before the Senate comuu-
nication from the Secretary of the Interior
transmitting q report from Messrs. German
and Young, commissioners appointed to inves-
tgate the charges alleged against Alexander
| Ramsey, late Superintendent of Indian Affairs
in Minnesota. Referred, and ordered to be
printed.
Mr.. Fish presented the memorial of II. X
Brown, praying that he may be allowed to
take certain pieces of condemned brass cannon.
to enable him to cast an equestrian statue of
Washington in the city of New York
Mr.. Mallory gave notice of a bill to repeal
the tonnage duty on Spanish vessels.
Mr.. Seward presented memorials, asking
that an expose may be made Of the tax collect
ed on coasting vessels under the act of 1897.
Mr.. Gwin, from the Committee on Finance
reported Joint resolution for the relief OF
George Il. Floyd, late Secretary of Wisconsin
Territory, and his sureties; which, after ex-
PLANTATION, was passed.
The resolution heretofore submitted by Mr..
Jones, of Tennessee, directing an inquiry wheth.
or any change had been made in the plan OF
the extension of the Capitol, and if so, by what
authority, and whether such change would in
volve any additional expenditure of public mon
ey, was taken up and agreed to.
The resolution submitted Yesterday by MIR.
Jones, of Iowa, calling for statement of the
expenditures made under the appropriations of
1852 for the improvement of Western rivers
and harbors, was taken up, and agreed to.
On motion by Mr.. Dawson, it was ordered
that so much Of the message Of the President
as related to the District of Columbia be refer
red to the Committee on the District of Column
bia.
A message was received from the House of
Representatives, announcing the death of the
Hen. Mr.. Muhlenberg, Of Pennsylvania; which
was taken up.
Mr.. Brodhead addressed the Senate in ap-
propriate terms upon the merits of his deceased
friend and colleague, and submitted the usual
resolutions of respect.
The resolutions were unanimously adopted
and the Senate adjourned.
House Of Representatives, Jan. 10, 1854.
The Chaplain, Rev. Mr. Slicer, delivered an
earnest and impressive prayer, in which he al
luded in appropriate and affecting terms to the
! recent death of member of this body, and to
the bereaved family and friends Of the deceased
whose hearts bleed under the affection they
| have experienced
After the Journal was read
Mr. Dfa-n, Of pSz-iasy lvS.EisI, arvse snd an
nOunoed the death of his late colleague, the
Hon. Henry A. Muhlenberg, which occurred in
this city at 10 o'clock On Monday night. Mr.
Drum made this announcement in elCuuent
terms of grief for the loss Of beloved friend.
and CT coincidence with the bereaved family,
who mourn the sad event. Mr.. Drum concluded
! by presenting q series of resolutions to the
effect that the House has heard with deep emo
ton the account of the death of Mr. Mullen
berg; that the House tender to the relatives of
the deceased the assurance of its sympathy in
this affecting event that, rs a testimony of
respect to the memory Of the deceased, the
members of the House will wear the usual
badge of mourning fJr the period Of 30 days
that the Clerk Of the House be instructed to
communicate n copy of these resolutions to the
family of the deceased; that committee of
four members be appointed by the Speaker, to
accompany the remains Of the deceased ~ his
late home, 10 Berks county, Penn sylvania and
that, as further mark of respect, the House
do now ad journ.
Mr.. Dawson, Of Pennsylvania, followed, and
in a brief speech paid a feeling and earnest
tribute 70 the worth of the deceased who was
cut off from life in the period Of early man.
hood-being we believe, but thirty years of
age-and whose practical usefulness, whose
liberal attainments, whose manly energies, and
social virtues, had won for him the ardent af-
fections of his familiar friends, and the conf.
dence and respect of all.
MIR. Straub, of Pennsylvania, addressed the
House. and spoke at some length of the charac-
ter and worth of his departed friend and of
his ancestry, and their services to his native
State and to his country, from the period of
its carly history to the present moment.
The resolutions were then adopted, and the
House adjourned.